Collins Big Cat Phonics for Letters and Sounds features exciting fiction and non-fiction decodable readers to enthuse and inspire children. They are fully aligned to Letters and Sounds Phases 1-6 and contain notes in the back. The Handbooks provide support in demonstration and modelling, monitoring comprehension and expanding

How big a problem is torture? Are the right things being done to prevent it? Why does the UN appear at times to be so impotent in the face of it? In this vitally important work, Malcolm D. Evans tells the story of torture prevention under international law, setting out what is really happening around the world. Challenging assumptions about torture\'s root causes, he calls for what is needed to enable

After he cruelly humiliated her at her eighth-grade dance, Annabelle Richards wants nothing to do with Jordan Myers. Even when a chance encounter sends Jordan crashing back into her life ten years later, Annabelle is sure of this. But living in such a small town makes hiding difficult, and Annabelle soon finds that she is seeing more and more of Jordan, who appears to be eager to put the past behind

Nature\'s repeating patterns, better known as fractals, are beautiful, universal, and explain much about how things grow. Fractals can also be quantified mathematically. Here is an elegant introduction to fractals through examples that can be seen in parks, rivers, and our very own backyards. Young readers will be fascinated to learn that broccoli florets are fractals--just like mountain ranges, river

When a blackened body is discovered buried beneath a hot-house, Coroner Titus Cragg uncovers a tale of scandalous secrets stretching back almost twenty years. \"Blake again demonstrates why he belongs in the first rank of historical mystery novelists\" - Publishers Weekly Starred ReviewCoroner Cragg. You think you can find out what happened at this house? You are mistaken. You can never find out.\"

Pollination biology or anthecology is the science concerned with the study of pollination and the association between flowers and pollinators. Pollination is an important process in plant reproduction that is essential to the production of fruits and seeds. The process is mediated through an interaction between flowers and pollen vectors. Pollinators (or pollen vectors) are insects, birds or mammals

Eugenie Schumann, youngest daughter of the famed composer Robert Schumann and his wife Clara discusses her memories of her life, and her studies with Johannes Brahms. Drawing upon correspondences between members of the Schumann family, Eugenie relates her memories of childhood and education, and her experiences learning music under the tutorship of Johannes Brahms. The ongoing fame of her mother Clara

2013 Reprint of 1961 Second Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. Acclaimed one of the \"seminal books... comparable in ultimate importance to... Galileo or Malthus or Rousseau or Mill,\" \"Cybernetics\" was judged by twenty-seven historians, economists, educators, and philosophers to be one of those books published during the \"past four

First published to great acclaim in 1996, New Yorker writer and art critic Calvin Tomkins\' biography of the influential artist Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968) has been out of print for many years. Now, The Museum of Modern Art, New York, is publishing a new and revised edition of the landmark biography to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Duchamp\'s first Readymade, \"Bicycle Wheel,\" a later version

Whether in family life, social interactions, or business negotiations, half the people in the world speak more than one language every day. Yet many myths persist about bilingualism and bilinguals. In a lively and entertaining book, an international authority on bilingualism explores the many facets of life with two or more

Shows how to stimulate the mind in new and exciting ways. This is about freeing up your

\'A vibrant page-turner with entrancing characters\' Margaret Dickinson\'Rosie writes such heartwarming sagas\' Lyn AndrewsThursday\'s child has far to go

Dr Walker focuses your full attention on this forgotten part of the body. He will lead you on a tour of each vital organ of your body explaining how it is affected by the condition of the large intestine, the

Anyone who learns the principals set out in this book need never again be accused of playing against the

Get ready for a busy day in Playtown, in this Lift-the-Flap book from bestselling children\'s book author Roger Priddy! The illustrated interiors are packed with detail, showing busy scenes and cross-sections from around the town, including the airport, the hospital and the shops. There are lots of things to look for and find on every page, and over 35 flaps to find throughout the book which reveal

New York Times bestselling author Renee Ahdieh returns with the second instalment of her new sumptuous, sultry and romantic series, The

* Celebrity Status: Acker is a well-known TV personality starring on Hot Bench, a twice-Emmy-nominated CBS nationally syndicated show that averages 3.2 million viewers daily and is now in its sixth season. * Huge Media Platform: In addition to her regular CBS television appearances, Acker has her own podcast--The Tanya Acker Show--and has done interviews for other popular news channels, shows, podcasts,

Praise for William Dunham s Journey Through Genius The GreatTheorems of Mathematics \"Dunham deftly guides the reader throughthe verbal and logical intricacies of major mathematical questionsand proofs, conveying a splendid sense of how the greatestmathematicians from ancient to modern times presented theirarguments.\" Ivars Peterson Author, The Mathematical TouristMathematics and Physics Editor, Science

Students will love learning from this fantastic introductory text. Its novel \'mindbugs\' approach uses quirks of the mind to lend insights into how the brain works, making it both original and cutting-edge. Written by psychology superstars, this edition has been adapted for a British/European audience by high-profile professor of experimental psychology, Bruce Hood, Bristol University. It is written

Just when Artemis Fowl decided to forego criminal activity of the magical kind, his mother became gravely ill. The only way he can save her is by traveling back in time to steal the cure from the clutches of the devious mastermind . . . Artemis