In Peter F. Hamilton and Gareth L. Powell's action-packed sci-fi adventure LIGHT CHASER, a love powerful enough to transcend death can bring down an entire empire. Amahle is a Light Chaser – one of a number of explorers, who travel the universe alone (except for their onboard AI), trading trinkets for life stories. But when she listens to the stories sent down through the ages she hears the same voice talking directly to her from different times and on different worlds. She comes to understand that something terrible is happening, and only she is in a position to do anything about it. And it will cost everything to put it right. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.
Mae Ffion, y gyrrwr tacsi, a Josh ei mab yn gymeriadau pwysig yn y nofel gyffrous hon. Mae Josh mewn cariad efo Mari sy'n byw yn Heol y Garn, ardal lawer mwy cefnog.
Pan ddaeth y Rhyfel Mawr yn 1914, fe gymerodd un gem bel-droed arbennig yn erbyn gelynion go iawn - sef yr Almaenwyr - i'r ddau sylweddoli pa mor werthfawr yw cyfeillgarwch mewn gwirionedd.
Nofel ar gyfer disgyblion Blynyddoedd 7-9 i'w darllen fel dosbarth neu fel unigolion. Mae Gareth F. Williams yn feistr ar storiau sy'n codi gwallt eich pen a bydd Hwdi yn gwneud i chi edrych dros eich hysgwydd dro ar ol tro ...An exciting story by master novelist Gareth F. Williams for Year 7-9 pupils, with many hair-raising occurrences to keep readers looking over their shoulder time and time again ...
Examines plants, what they have in common, how they can differ, how they grow and reproduce, and how some plants have adapted to different environments.
Examines plants, what they have in common, how they can differ, how they grow and reproduce, and how some plants have adapted to different environments.
In this start to a hilarious middle-grade fantasy trilogy, Max Spencer discovers that a killer unicorn is hunting him. Stuck in another world and with a carnivorous unicorn on his trail, Max must find the courage to save himself, his friends, and the entire human race.
Un tro - yn reit ddiweddar, a dweud y gwir - roedd bachgen ifanc o'r enw Derwyn yn byw efo'i rieni mewn hen fwthyn yn y goedwig. Dysgai ei fam yn ysgol gynradd a'i dad yn yr ysgol uwchradd. Anodd iawn oedd dweud pa un ohonyn nhw oedd yn cwyno fwyaf.
Mae Y Ddwy Lisa yn adrodd hanes Lisa Angharad a Lisa Marie, y ddwy ar yr wyneb yn gymeriadau hollol wahanol i'w gilydd. Ond mae bywydau'r ddwy'n dod ynghyd mewn modd tywyll sydd y tu hwnt i realiti. Nofel sy'n dal gafael hyd at y diwedd.
Lee F. Monaghan offers a timely, critical and original take on the obesity debate, bringing male bodies into the frame and questioning the claim from public health that millions of people are unhealthy because they are ‘overweight’ or ‘obese’.
Widowed at thirty-four, Mindy Croixe is a highly respected and popular artist. Her landscapes and aquatic portraits reflect all of the places—from New York to Paris—she had visited with her late husband, Lamont. Embarking on a new and important episode in her life, Mindy is participating in another art show, this one in Saint-Tropez on the Mediterranean Sea—a long way from her roots of Crystal Shores. It’s here she runs into Blaine O’Neill, a friend from way back when in Crystal Shores. He’s in Saint-Tropez for the opening of yet another of his luxury hotels. At thirty-five, Blaine has been successful in building his conglomerate, but not his personal life. Mindy is conflicted. She and Blaine were friends, good friends. But her late husband had given her so much, and she is still reeling from their life together and what it should have been. She’s not sure she can consider a relationship, not even for an old friend who knows her well.
When murder mystery theatre becomes too real for comfort... Firefighter Larry Holmes needs some time away. Out of other options, he agrees to take his cousin's place at a crime fiction convention. Larry doesn't like mystery novels, but he can enjoy the host resort's amenities and stay out of the way. That plan goes out the window, however, when he arrives at the venue with the convention's organizer, Selena Watt, and the close-knit Crime Club decides that with Holmes and Watt present, the game must be afoot. The convention concludes with a staged murder mystery weekend at stately Rafferty House. Neglected for decades, the Victorian-era summer home built on an island in Georgian Bay has been restored and upgraded... mostly. At first, everything goes according to script. Then, shots are fired, people get hurt, and Larry suddenly finds himself in the middle of a real-life murder mystery. Only a few people on the island could have done it. The police can't come soon enough and the Crime Clubbers are itching to practice their sleuthing skills, taking Larry along for the ride. But with a serving staff paid to lie and unexpected guests with unclear motives, who can be trusted? Only Rafferty House knows--and it is not happy.
Looking In Depth At The Main Issues Of Emotional And Behavioural difficulties of 7-11 year olds, this book draws on recent study material and projects to suggest practical ways of dealing with such difficulties in schools, and to give a clearer understanding of the problems posed by children with EBDs. Key topics covered include educating children with Emotional And Behavioural Difficulties Ebds In Mainstream And Special schools, disruptive behaviour and bullying, withdrawal, anxiety and depression, identification and assessment and how schools, parents and others can help.
Gareth Rees was a young journalist in Cardiff when tragedy hit. His girlfriend, Anne, was taken ill and died. Afterwards, at work, his colleague Janet Lawrence pursued him. When he rebuffed her advances she made a complaint of sexual harassment. Gareth suffered a mental breakdown and was sacked.He left South Wales to start a new life in the Western Highlands of Scotland. He acquired a dog, rented a bungalow and found work with the Forestry Commission. One day he encountered a wild young girl, Mhairi, who lived by herself in a cave high up in the mountains. Their strange relationship resulted in one night of sexual passion.Later he met, and was attracted to, a glamorous blonde, Carol McLeod, wife of Angus, a wealthy Scottish landowner. Angus's subsequent suicide resulted in Carol and Gareth entering into a closer liaison.Carol later discovered that her husband had accumulated massive debts which were registered on their home and the banks were about to foreclose with Orders for Possessions. She became frantic with worry as she had two young children who attended the local infants school, so she turned to Gareth for help. He was only too happy to oblige as he was extremely attracted to her. Eventually she was evicted from her lovely home and had to find refuge for her and the children in a rented cottage. The trials and tribulations that followed caused their relationship to become closer. A year after Angus's death they decided to get married and she and the two children moved into his bungalow.Then, very early one morning there was a hammering on the back door. Gareth went to open it and was shocked to discover a tiny baby wrapped in blankets on the back door step. There was no one else around.
Many myths surround male bodies and associated bodywork, especially when such bodywork is labelled culturally or socially atypical or 'problematic'. Bodybuilding, for example, has been explained in terms of gender inadequacy and an 'Adonis complex' akin to reverse anorexia, while men electing to undergo aesthetic cosmetic surgery are deemed 'too concerned' about their appearance and thus woman-like. Myths also discredit men and boys who do not engage in appropriate bodywork when this is expected. For instance, amidst public health concerns surrounding a so-called 'obesity epidemic', men and boys who resist physical activity and/or attempts to promote a 'healthy weight' are deemed ignorant, apathetic and in need of correction. Drawing on extensive field research conducted in North America and Britain over a twenty year period, this book challenges such masculine myth making. Mindful of a rich sociological tradition that seeks to understand the social world as lived and experienced, the authors provide insights that are likely to challenge common perceptions of various groups of men and boys, their diverse physical cultures, shared ways of being and identities. Presenting empirically grounded understandings of diverse bodily practices and discourses including bodybuilding, cosmetic surgery, dieting and nightclub security, Challenging Myths of Masculinity will appeal to scholars of sociology, geography and cultural studies, with interests in gender, embodiment and masculinities.
Llyfr i blant 7-9 mlwydd oed. Mae Curig yn cael syndod mawr wrth glywed morlo yn dweud y drefn wrtho am gicio tun i'r môr. Ond mae gwaeth i ddod wrth i'r morlo fynd ag o ar daith anhygoel i weld y llanast ofnadwy y mae llygru diofal pobl yn gallu ei wneud i fyd natur. Stori-sy'n-odli fachog, lawn antur, am gyfrifoldeb pob un ohonom i warchod ein byd. -- Cyngor Llyfrau Cymru
Pat Barker is one of the most compelling of the current generation of British novelists, especially in her use of the novel as an instrument of social critique, fashioning a literature which does not shy away from asking thorny questions, refusing the doctrinaire of what goes without saying, suspicious of simple answers. In this critical study, David Waterman examines questions of social representation in all of Pat Barker's novels, published over the last twenty-five years, from Union Street (1982) to the recent Life Class (2007), especially the ways in which Barker encourages us to interrogate the reality created by such conventionalizing, prescriptive representations in favor of a reality more accurately represented through a critical assessment of the uses and abuses of collective representations." --Book Jacket.
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