Pearce: 510 books

In the sequel to Discovering Emily, Emily Carr is determined to become an artist. But her parents have died, and she and her siblings are ruled by the iron-willed eldest, Dede. Dede is more concerned with decorum than with ridiculous dreams and is not averse to punishing Emily severely. In the face...

Shannon is excited about spending a week at her friend Rina's house, but she's a little nervous too. Rina seems to be able to do everything better than she can and her home is chaotic compared to Shannon's own. When things fall apart, Rina's grandmother is there to tell them a story from her past,...

Ruthie is a young sponge who can never get enough knowledge. She looks everywhere to fill up her sponge, but cannot find a way. Then, Ruthie turns to the Bible and realizes her sponge can become full by reading the word of God. She begins sharing the word of God with others. Now Ruthie feels "full"filled.

After hard-working Jimmy is chided by a conceited tractor trailer named Mack, he comes to realize that in life everyone has an equally important role to play. In this delightful enhanced edition, enjoy read-along and fun animations that bring the beautiful full-color illustrations to life!

At each change of a season, an elderly woman invites the neighborhood children to tea. She teaches them the fine art of afternoon tea and other life lessons along the way. In this enhanced edition, enjoy read-along and fun animations that bring this charming story to life.

At each change of season, an elderly woman invites the neighborhood children to tea. Ages 8 and up

After hard-working Jimmy is chided by a conceited tractor trailer named Mack, he comes to realize that in life everyone has an equally important role to play. Full-color illustrations.

Lucas: Luke had been a friend of Janice’s family long before Jerry and Janice had met, and being married to Janice now, Jerry just had to accept the fact that Luke was part of a package deal.  Jerry didn’t know that the kid thought of him as a big brother, or father figure, and he wasn’t...

What else could possibly go wrong?Geoff is sixteen and still at school.Julio is a seventeen year-old panel beater.Herbie is eighteen and already in the Air force.They have a common love – skydiving.Nothing seems to go right for Geoff – he has to go behind his over-protective mother’s...

For millennia, Egypt has depended upon the waters of the Nile. Its annual floods fertilize the land. By the time Britain extends its dominion over Egypt, the Cairo Barrage is the key to control, its name taken from the French term meaning a dam or irrigation channel designed to increase a river's...

In the Cairo of 1908, the city lives - and dies - by its caf� culture. But for all restaurant businesses, then and now, the protection rackets pose a problem. And the city's caf�s are experiencing a sudden upsurge in threats from various gangs. But who are they? More importantly, who's behind...

Someone is running a campaign to discredit Cairo's senior police officials. Is Garvin, the Commandant, playing power games, or is he trying to get to the bottom of the allegations of corruption? What about Garvin's senior deputy, McPhee, a man who might finally be going round the bend? And what of...

The Mamur Zapt, head of Cairo's CID in the heyday of (the indirect) British rule, focused on political, not police, matters. With the bustling new century, the loosening of imperial ties, and the rise of nationalism, his was a busy office. The attempted assassination of a veteran politician raises...

It's 1909, and Cairo is the murder capital of the world. Deaths are two a piastre. But the death of an effendi is something different. Effendis - the Egyptian elite - are important. Especially if they happen to be foreign. When effendi Tvardovsky is shot at a gathering of financiers in Crocodilopolis,...