A delightfully fantastical story for middle-grade readers that sparkles with magic and mystery. Perfect for Emily Rodda fans.No matter how much Olive longs for a pet rabbit, it's never going to happen. Not when she lives in an Australian country town where most people think they're a pest.So imagine Olive's shock when she unexpectedly finds not one, but one hundred and one rabbits. And one of them can talk!How Olive will ever be able to hide and pr...

A delightfully fantastical story for middle-grade readers that sparkles with magic and mystery. Perfect for Emily Rodda fans.No matter how much Olive longs for a pet rabbit, it's never going to happen. Not when she lives in an Australian country town where most people think they're a pest.So imagine Olive's shock when she unexpectedly finds not one, but one hundred and one rabbits. And one of them can talk!How Olive will ever be able to hide and pr...

With a twist of Australian language and mannerisms this erotic romance novel is where Carly’s exquisite beauty attracts many men but Carly has major trust issues with them. Carly’s hard life and rejection from her brother George who never accepted her presence from birth made her life a living hell. Whilst loved and supported by her father Andrew and her best friend Nicole, relationships with men is not something that Carly chases. Having one relationship with a man named Shaun which was e...

For Hannah and Tim, bedtime stories by their mom were a major part of their childhood. Their most favorite story was that of the Fallen Stars, people who became stars after their passing, and who returned to visit their loved ones. However, after their mother passes away and they're sent to live with their grandparents, they are visited in the middle of the night by a Fallen Star.

The field of criminology is limited by a 'hidden' measurement crisis. It is hidden because scholars either are not aware of the shortcomings of their measures or have implicitly agreed that scales with certain properties merit publication. It is a crisis because the approaches used to construct measures do not employ modern systematic psychometric methods. As a result, the degree to which existing measures have methodological limitations is unknown. The purpose of this Element is to unmask...

Crime and Justice in the Trump Era documents the impact of Trump administration policies on (1) violence against women, (2) the treatment of persons of color, (3) corporate and environmental crime (both domestic and international), and (4) federal crime control policy.First, the book examines how the policies of Donald Trump’s administration have affected the rights and safety of female Americans—in particular, violence against women, including sexual assault. The book then goes on...

Set in the 1980s, Harry is a young girl who, overnight, turned from a chrysalis into a butterfly. Harry finds love and fame whilst on a family holiday in Spain. Meeting her first love whilst under the watchful eyes of the hungry press pack, how will her journey unfold? Will she escape unscathed as she learns to cope with her emotions and as her normal life is turned upside down?

This is book, for both the student paramedic and qualified paramedic, provides key information on the appropriate assessment skills needed when attending an emergency call. This book is a more accessible and concise alternative or supplement to the encyclopedias available for use on the job and perfect for exam revision.

Brian Kateman coined the term "Reducetarian"—a person who is deliberately reducing his or her consumption of meat—and a global movement was born. In this book, Kateman, the founder of the Reducetarian Foundation, presents more than seventy original essays from influential thinkers on how the simple act of cutting ten percent or more of the meat from one's diet can transform the life of the listener, animals, and the planet. This book features contributions from such luminaries as Seth Godi...

“Gripping and suspenseful all the way to its shocking end.”—Ana Reyes, New York Times bestselling authorThe acclaimed author of the “chilling, mesmerizing debut” (Rachel Harrison, author of The Return) Beneath the Stairs returns with a gripping, atmospheric suspense novel about a woman investigating a serial killer’s connection to her mother’s disappearance—for fans of I Have Some Questions for You and Notes on an Exe...

Featuring a new Jack Reacher story by Andrew Child!A dangerous drifter, a hired gun, a grisly corpse—you never know who you’ll run into at the Hotel California.Eight deliciously talented mystery authors have lent their skills of crafting murder and suspense to this collection of gripping short stories. Each of these eight provocative tales is designed to entertain and mystify—and maybe even chill you to your core. Get lost in the w...

The story illuminates the social and emotional challenges faced by immigrant children as they attempt to find their voices and themselves as early adolescents in a new country. It provides a personal reflection and perspective on the challenges faced by many students whose parents migrate from the West Indies to, more often than not, a larger country, but whose final destination landed them in the United States in hopes of making a better life for themselves and their children.