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The Victorian era was a time of great change and rapid progress. Britain was undergoing the most tremendous development. Scientific discoveries had prompted the Industrial Revolution, which made Britain the world leader in iron and steel production. Science was undergoing a revolution, enabled by the groundbreaking work of Michael Faraday, who led the Royal Institution. Great swathes of Central Africa were mapped by the explorer David Livingstone and the understanding of humankind’s place in the world was being redefined by the theories of the great naturalist Charles Darwin.

Enjoy a family singalong with Baroness Floella Benjamin, including favourites such as 'Heads, Shoulders, Knees and Toes', 'Incy Wincy Spider' and 'Round and Round the Garden'! This brilliant audiobook features 15 familiar action songs and rhymes to enjoy. You can also learn about Floella's own...

No warrior of the Nightfury pack is more complicated or damaged than Wick. Scarred from a childhood of slavery and torture, Wick cannot bear the touch of another person. But all bets are off when he meets J. J. Solares. When she is unjustly imprisoned, Wick agrees to help rescue and keep her from harm. But Wick lives a life of self-imposed isolation, and venturing into the world to seek justice for J. J. may be more than he can take.

La memoria de un lugar donde todo era posible… hasta que dejó de serlo. En el puerto de La Habana desembarca una mañana de principios de los años 50 un joven asturiano, Patricio, sin otro patrimonio que sus ganas de comerse el mundo y sin otro afán que dejar atrás una aldea aún envuelta...

For the first time since the death of the Emperor the Imperium has new leadership and new strength while the clans are on the move. The Centauri Bliss seeks out new technology, new power, new worlds to add to the clan of thieves to prepare themselves for what is to come.

När de tre vännerna Peter Parker, Gwen Stacy och Miles Morales inte spelar spel och äter glass, blir de till superhjältar som slåss mot skurkar i grannskapet! Men när Rhino, den mänskliga noshörningen, begår ett bankrån, har trion svårt att komma överens om hur man ska stoppa honom. "Med stora krafter följer ett stort ansvar!" Följ med Peter Parker aka Spider-Man när han svingar sig runt i New Yorks gator och bekämpar brottslingar och superskurkar! Följ med till MARVELS fantastiska universum!

Following the success of the first Great Scientists title in the Junior Classics range, this collection features the lives of nine more remarkable scientists, with descriptions of their discoveries. From the astronomy of Copernicus and Halley to the natural science of Linnaeus and Humboldt, and from the discoveries of Pascal, Davy, Volta, and Babbage to the harnessing of atomic power by Julius Oppenheimer, it explores the contributions made by these great scientists, and their impact on our everyday lives.

Los Angeles, 1981. Bret, dix-sept ans, plongé dans l'écriture de Moins que zéro, entre en terminale au lycée privé de Buckley. Avec Thom, Susan et Debbie, sa petite amie, il expérimente les rites de passage à l'âge adulte : alcool, drogue, sexe et jeux de dupes.

La mythologie ? Quelle barbe jupitérienne... Sauf si Percy Jackson, le plus célèbre des demi-dieux, se mêle de nous la raconter de l’intérieur. Révisez votre mythologie grecque, et plongez dans les vies mouvementées des divinités de l’Olympe !

London has fallen. With the city breached and no sanctuary left, Cassius Jones is thrust into the chaos of a dying world. Monsters roam free, factions fracture, and the University lies in ruins. Cassius must navigate shifting allegiances and the complex politics of the teras—hybrids and...

Tiernan n'a plus goût à rien. Oubliée dans un internat par ses parents trop obsédés par leur célébrité, elle s'est construite sans amour et sans repères, dans une solitude qui lui pèse. Quand ils décèdent alors qu'elle n'a que dix-sept ans, elle a l'impression de s'éteindre avec eux, jusqu'à ce que Jake, le demi-frère de son père, accepte sa garde en attendant sa majorité. Tiernan est ainsi envoyée chez lui et ses deux fils, Noah et Kaleb, qui vivent isolés dans les montagnes du Colorado. L'arrivée de Tiernan va bouleverser les certitudes des trois hommes. Elle les désire. Ils la possèdent.

With travel tips and culture in our guidebooks written by a local, it is never too late to visit Zürich. Greater Than a Tourist - Zürich, Switzerland by Michael Friedman offers the inside scoop on Zürich, Switzerland. Most travel books tell you how to travel like a tourist. Although there is nothing wrong with that, as part of the Greater Than a Tourist series, this book will give you candid travel tips from someone who has lived at your next travel destination.

Autor Jan Gaspard hat eine verwegene Theorie, die einen der prominentesten Vertreter des viktorianischen Zeitalters der Tat zweifelsfrei überführt. Im Gespräch mit den Protagonisten seiner Hörspiel-Serie Offenbarung 23 zeichnet Gaspard ein vollständiges Bild des perfiden Killers.

Stephan has lived the lifestyle of a Dominant for five years. After several rebellious teenage years, it gave him the stability and control he had been seeking after his parent's death. As president of a not-for-profit foundation, he knows what his future holds and what he wants out of life. All that changes when a simple lunch with his college friend and mentor, Daren, leads him to buying a slave. Thrust into a situation he never thought he'd be in, Stephan can't walk away. He is compelled to help this girl.

Umbra is the first book in the Sentient Stars trilogy, an intergalactic, space opera, adventure story, with a slow burn enemies to lovers romance, told from 3 POV’s with fully sentient starships, a militaristic society, alien worlds, and a signal in the darkness that threatens to destroy humanity.

Stefansson’s classic Not By Bread Alone chronicles a 1928 scientific experiment, conducted by the Russell Sage Institute of Pathology at Bellevue Hospital in New York, in which Stefansson and his colleague Dr. Karsten Andersen ate a meat-only diet for one year. The two men stayed healthy and fared very well, leading him to claim that we should reexamine our notion of what foods constitute a healthy diet.

What could possibly be in Longbourn Crater that was worth their while?When damage to his ship forces Captain Darcy to land in an unexpected location on an alien world, he's not prepared for what he finds. He expected aliens, certainly, but he didn't expect a contingent of humans related to Earth's most notorious traitor, or for those humans to be his crew’s only chance to repair their ship and complete their mission. Brilliant and beautiful, the human women they meet seem poised to do more harm than good.

Life was far from perfect after my mother's sudden death, but it was one I'd grown to love. And now, it's a life I'll never know again. Not after she and her two cruel sons entered our lives. My father swore he'd never love again, but just as suddenly as Merelda arrived, she became the very center of his world . . . and just as quickly, I was all but forgotten. Still, I did not complain . . . if only for my father's sake. Not even when cruel words turned into even crueler punishments at my new step family's hands.

A candid and beautifully written wrinkles-and-all meditation on the middle years, with all their dilemmas and challenges.... In a society obsessed with living longer and looking younger, what does middle age nowadays mean? How should a 50-something be in a world ceaselessly redefining ageing, youth and experience? The Middlepause offers hope and heart. Cutting through society's clamorous demands to work longer and stay young, it delivers a clear-eyed account of midlife's challenges.

She’s the one girl this player can’t have. A human. I’m dying to claim the redhead who lights up the club every Saturday night. I want to pull her into the storeroom and make her scream, but it wouldn’t be right. She’s too pure. Too fresh. Too passionate. Too human. When she learns my secret, my alpha orders me to wipe her memories. But I won’t do it. Still, I’m not mate material - I can’t mark her and bring her into the pack. What in the hell am I going to do with her?