For years, rumors of the Marsh Girl have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl. But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand. Then the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved. When two young men from town become intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new life - until the unthinkable happens. Where the Crawdads Sing ... |
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Based on the story of Charles Dickens . Retold by Clare West . ... In a gloomy, neglected house Miss Havisham sits, as she has sat year after year, in a wedding dress and veil that were once white, and are now faded and yellow with age. Her face is like a death's head, her dark eyes burn with bitterness and hate. By her side sits a proud and beautiful girl, and in front of her, trembling with fear in his thick country boots, stands young Pip. Miss Havisham stares at Pip coldly, and murmurs to the girl at her side: 'Break his heart, Estella. Break his heart!' Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. ... |
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Retold by Tim Vicary . ... A beautiful young Indian girl, and a brave Englishman. Black eyes, and blue eyes. A friendly smile, a laugh, a look of love... But this is North America in 1607, and love is not easy. The girl is the daughter of King Powhatan, and the Englishman is a white man. And the Indians of Virginia do not want the white men in their beautiful country. This is the famous story of Pocahontas, and her love for the Englishman John Smith. Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms Library has seven reading levels from A1 - C1 of the CEFR. ... |
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Complete and unabridged. A pocket sized book - 10 x 15.5 cm. ... This beautiful Macmillan Collector's Library edition of Ross Poldark features an afterword by novelist Liz Fenwick. Ross Poldark is the first novel in Winston Graham's sweeping saga of Cornish life in the eighteenth century. First published in 1945, the Poldark series has enthralled readers ever since serving as the inspiration for hit BBC TV series, Poldark, Returning home from grim experiences in the American Revolutionary War, Ross Poldark is reunited with his beloved Cornwall and family. But the joyful homecoming he had anticipated turns sour; ... |
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Perfect for fans of Erin Stead and Emily Winfield Martin, here is a charming paperback picture book about two friends who enter a fairy-tale world hoping to find an exciting story to tell. When best friends Fern, a bear, and Otto, a cat, go searching for an exciting story in the forest, they have different ideas about what that means. Fern thinks they should stop and watch a race between a tortoise and a hare, but Otto worries that a tortoise is too slow to be exciting. Fern thinks listening to the three brothers talking about how to build a house is incredibly interesting, but Otto isn't convinced. Along the way, ... |
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Mirror, mirror on the wall... Who's the deadliest of them all? Once upon a time, a girl named Sophie rode into the forest with the queen's huntsman. Her lips were the colour of ripe cherries, her skin as soft as new-fallen snow, her hair as dark as midnight. When they stopped to rest, the huntsman pulled out his knife... and took Sophie's heart. It shouldn't have come as a surprise. Sophie had heard the rumors. They said she was too kind and foolish to rule - a disaster of a future queen. And Sophie believed them. She believed everything she'd heard about herself, the poisonous words people use to ... |
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Fire is like a rumour. You might think you've extinguished it but one creeping, red tendril, one single wisp of smoke is enough to let it leap back into life again. Especially if someone is watching, waiting to fan the flames ... New school. Tick. New town. Tick. New surname. Tick. Social media profiles? Erased. There's nothing to trace Anna back to her old life. Nothing to link her to the "incident". At least that's what she thinks ... until the whispers start up again. As time begins to run out on her secrets, Anna finds herself irresistibly drawn to the tale of Maggie, a local girl accused of ... |
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Sometimes making the wrong choice is the right thing to do... ... Jenna is known as The Ice Cream Girl. She doesn't mind the name one bit. After all, there far worse jobs than selling ice creams by the sea. Then one hot summer's day, everything changes and Jenna faces the most difficult decision of her life. Craig spends as much time as he can at the beach hut in Everdene he rents with a few of his mates. It's the perfect break from his stressful job, and he loves to surf. But one weekend he notices a girl on the beach - for all the wrong reasons. For Jenna and Craig, it's a chance meeting which could ... |
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A masterful suspense novel from the author of the unforgettable bestseller "We were liars". ... The story of a young woman whose diabolical smarts are her ticket into a charmed life. But how many times can someone reinvent themselves? You be the judge. Imogen is a runaway heiress, an orphan, a cook, and a cheat. Jule is a fighter, a social chameleon, and an athlete. An intense friendship. A disappearance. A murder, or maybe two. A bad romance, or maybe three. Blunt objects, disguises, blood, and chocolate. The American dream, superheroes, spies, and villains. A girl who refuses to give people what they want ... |
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The ¹1 International Bestseller. ... Here is a small fact - you are going to die. 1939. Nazi Germany. The country is holding its breath. Death has never been busier. Liesel, a nine-year-old girl, is living with a foster family on Himmel Street. Her parents have been taken away to a concentration camp. Liesel steals books. This is her story and the story of the inhabitants of her street when the bombs begin to fall. Some important information - this novel is narrated by Death. It's a small story, about: a girl; an accordionist; some fanatical Germans; a Jewish fist fighter; and quite a lot of thievery. ... |
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Áúðçèÿò íà÷èí äà ðàçó÷èòå "Microsoft Office 2019" è "Office 365"! Êíèãàòà ñúäúðæà ôàéëîâå çà óïðàæíåíèÿ. ... Òîâà å ëåñíèÿò íà÷èí çà ó÷åíå. Âúðøåòå ïîâå÷å íåùà è ïî-áúðçî ñ "Microsoft Office 2019" è "Office 365". Ñêà÷àéòå íàïðàâî òàì, êúäåòî âè òðÿáâàò îòãîâîðè - êðàòêè óðîöè è ïîäðîáíè åêðàííè ñíèìêè ðàçêðèâàò òî÷íî êàêâî äà íàïðàâèòå, ñòúïêà ïî ñòúïêà. Îòêðèéòå ïåñòÿùè âðåìå ïðåêè ïúòèùà çà Word, Excel, PowerPoint è Outlook. Ôîðìàòèðàéòå, îðãàíèçèðàéòå è ñè ñúòðóäíè÷åòå ñ äðóãè õîðà âúðõó âúçäåéñòâàùè äîêóìåíòè íà Word. Èçãðàæäàéòå ìîùíè, íàäåæäíè ðàáîòíè ëèñòîâå íà Excel è ... |
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Òîâà å ëåñíèÿò íà÷èí çà ó÷åíå! Âúðøåòå ïîâå÷å è ïî-áúðçî ðàáîòà ñ Excel 2016. Îòâàðÿéòå òî÷íî òàì, êúäåòî ñå íàìèðàò íåîáõîäèìèòå âè îòãîâîðè - áúðçè óðîöè è åêðàííè ñíèìêè âè ïîêàçâàò òî÷íî êàêâî äà ïðàâèòå, ñòúïêà ïî ñòúïêà. Îò êíèãàòà ùå íàó÷èòå: áúðçî íàñòðîéâàíå íà ðàáîòíè êíèãè, âúâåæäàíå íà äàííè è ôîðìàòèðàíåòî èì çà ëåñíî ïðåãëåæäàíå; èçâúðøâàíå íà èç÷èñëåíèÿ è îòêðèâàíå è êîðèãèðàíå íà ãðåøêè; ôèëòðèðàíå, ñîðòèðàíå, îáîáùàâàíå è êîìáèíèðàíå íà äàííè; àíàëèçèðàíå íà äàííè ÷ðåç èçïîëçâàíå íà îñåâè òàáëèöè, îñåâè äèàãðàìè, ñöåíàðèè, òàáëèöè ñ äàííè è èíñòðóìåíòà Solver; âèçóàëèçèðàíå íà äàííè ñ ãðàôèêè è ... |
