All bets are on when there's a body found at the bookies...When Jude wanders into Fethering's local bookies she has no idea that she will shortly be investigating the murder of Polish immigrant Tadeusz Jankowski. With her partner in crime, friend and next-door-neighbour Carole, she's determined to discover who killed him - and why? There are several favourites in the running: A mysterious woman in the bookies? The charming lecturer at the university? Or the mysterious attacker who Jude only narrowly escapes from?
Touching the Void (Level 3-Intermediate) (Only audio)
In 1985, two mountain climbers, Joe Simpson and Simon Yates, go to climb Siula Grande in the Peruvian Andes. They reach the summit successfully, but on the way down, Joe has a bad accident. Simon has to make some terrible choices. Should he cut the rope that holds him and Joe together and save himself? Or should he stay on the mountain with Joe and wait to die?
PreSchool-Grade 2-- Simon's musical romp through the zoo has been transformed into a picture book for young children. The illustrations, featuring giraffes in "cool shades," frogs on surfboards, and antelopes with Red Cross flags attached to their antlers, will prompt some giggles from young animal lovers.
The Meaning of Everything - The Story of the Oxford English Dictionary Simon Winchester traces the history of the Oxford English Dictionary from its earliest inception through its long path to completion, describes the nuts-and-bolts process of creating a dictionary, and includes anecdotes about its creators and their work.
This is the first in the series featuring protagonist Owen Deathstalker and the story of his rebellion against the evil Empire. We meet Owen at a turning point in his life - a historian by profession, he lives the languid life of the lazy aristocracy. However, in a flash all this is stripped from him, for he has been outlawed, which basically means everyone is suddenly looking either to capture or to kill him.
