The inspiring and extraordinary true story of Daniel Radcliffe's stunt double David Holmes, the real-life 'boy who lived' - with plenty of behind-the-scenes Potter anecdotes along the way.'An extraordinary story from an extraordinary young man. Brutally honest, utterly engaging, deeply sad yet incredibly uplifting. A must read.' - READER REVIEW ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'A million stars for this incredible book.' - READER REVIEW ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐'A...

Threads are a fundamental part of the Java platform. As multicore processors become the norm, using concurrency effectively becomes essential for building high-performance applications. Java SE 5 and 6 are a huge step forward for the development of concurrent applications, with improvements to the Java Virtual Machine to support high-performance, highly scalable concurrent classes and a rich set of new concurrency building blocks. In Java Concurrency in Practice, ...

A troll whose determination to find his love but has to do remarkable things to find it, to find new friends he never thought possible and travel to places only a price can go, to become something that even a troll only dreams of. Take a deep breath and open the page to find out the loving nature of a troll never seen before. Welcome to The Remarkable Troll’s Tales.

The war against the shadows continues, as do the machinations of the gods, both good and evil. Darras, now happily settled in his new world, continues to aid his friends and deal with those who would oppose the plan of Erren, the Goddess of Light. Yet the struggle takes a darker turn when Colanthus, the God of War, takes the side of the King’s Council of Rachtelin and selects his brutal, murderous champions to face Darras, the Agent of Erren.

A lull has come in the conflict between Erren, the Goddess of light and life, and her brother, the Dark Lord. Darras, her agent, is currently dealing with those who have drawn her wrath in the world through their conduct. The forces of the Dark Lord are reconsolidating their position in the far south of the known lands, where there are few gateways and access could be more problematic. Yet there are still issues in other places, all needing the aid of the Champion of the Gods.

This edition is for Issue 6 of the Pearson Edexcel A-level Geography specification, for examination from Summer 2026 onwards.Develop the geographical skills and knowledge that students need with this fully updated textbook from the leading A-level Geography publisher.This book provides in-depth subject coverage and exam support for all compulsory and optional topics.Learn, understand and revise the content, using clear explanations of e...

This edition is for Issue 6 of the Pearson Edexcel A-level Geography specification, for examination from Summer 2026 onwards.Develop the geographical skills and knowledge that students need with this fully updated textbook from the leading A-level Geography publisher.This book provides in-depth subject coverage and exam support for all compulsory and optional topics.Learn, understand and revise the content, using clear explanations of e...

Magic is all around you. Most of you don’t see it and will never see it, not without some very expensive and large scientific apparatus. It doesn’t mean it doesn’t exist of course, just that most people aren’t equipped for it. We call it magic. I guess a scientist would call it something else.

For want of a nail the shoe was lost, for want of a shoe the horse was lost, for want of a horse the knight was lost, for want of a knight the battle was lost, for want of a battle the kingdom was lost. So a kingdom was lost-all for want of a nail. Sometimes a minor thing can have great consequences. The death of the eldest son of James I of England allowed his brother Charles to take the throne and civil war ensued. Not a story as such but a timeline of what might have been...

Forty short, easy-reading memoirs record events that occurred when the author and his family lived and worked in the Middle East. This was before the days of mobile phones and all forms of communication made possible by the advent of the internet.The stories cover family matters such as travel, language learning, cultural issues, home life, illness and accident. The work stories are about teaching Science and English at secondary level, followed by the production and distribution o...

Having been alerted by allies to a hostile culture the Council of the Wise has decided to take a look as to whether or not this culture is a threat. A team is being assembled and journeyman Mage John asked to go as aide to Mage Roxanne. The threat turns out to be very real, and, rather than just observe, the Mages and their allies are drawn into the conflict against a foe whose numbers dwarf humanity.

Darras was a veteran of a brutal five year war against a despicable yet powerful enemy. Ordered to hold for three days as the last of his defeated nation’s people were loaded onto colonisation ships, he’d done the impossible and held for ten, leaving the invaders with nothing but an empty port and massive casualties. Their revenge was terrible, those few that survived the final onslaught were impaled before him even as he was tortured to try and reveal where his nation had fled. Finally, h...