For KC Watson, the first day of school was always unusual. This was especially true of her first day of freshman year at Richelieu High School. KC was a girl who could never resist a good mystery - and Penelope Dredalus, a new student at Richelieu High School, was exactly that. Penelope was quiet and mysterious. As KC begins to unravel the truth about Penelope, she realizes there is a bigger mystery to be solved as strange and frightening things start to happen at Richelieu High. KC and Pe...

Zoe loves the different seasons! Each one is fun and special in different ways.

Elmo loves spending time with his father. Elmo loves baseball, too! So what could be better than a day with Daddy at the ballpark?

Wham! Pow! Bam! Kaboom! Learn everything you need to make your own comic books, superheroes, and story lines with The Art of Comic Book Drawing.Featuring step-by-step tutorials, helpful tips, and dozens of drawing and illustration techniques, aspiring cartoonists, graphic illustrators, and comic book artists will discover all of the basics, from creating characters to mastering features and expres...

Featuring drawing lessons, step-by-step projects, and open practice pages, The Little Book of Drawing Dragons & Fantasy Characters teaches beginning artists how to draw dragons, fairies, mythological beasts, and more.Step-by-step projects, creative exercises, interactive prompts, and helpful tips and techniques bring this popular drawing subject to life and invite creativity and personalization. Drawing techniques, such as...

The character, Jim Cocks, is a hard-working and honest, Detective Constable, who only joined the Police to provide security for his family.Set in the early nineteen eighties, the Police were respected for being tough on criminals and there was no mercy for anyone caught doing wrong.A senior officer invites Jim to become a Freemason and when he accepts, mysteriously, he is promoted to Sergeant and fast tracked to the Home Office, Regional Crime Squad.From recycling reco...

This book discusses the recent assessment movements in the eastern and western worlds with particular focuses on the policies, implementation, and impacts of assessment reform on education. A new perspective of assessment sees assessment as a means to enhance learning.This book examines the tensions, challenges and outcomes (intended and unintended) of assessment reform arising at the interface of policy and implementation, and implementation and student learning. The book reviews t...

Trek through the Himalaya and experience the full sweep of the world's greatest mountain range, from the glaciers of the Karakoram and the sacred kora around Mount Kailash in Tibet to the Everest and K2 base camps, the Annapurna and Manaslu Circuits, and the remote kingdom of Bhutan. Spanning 2,400km across Pakistan, India, Nepal, Tibet, and Bhutan, the Himalayas offer a lifetime of trekking adventures across the most spectacular mountain terrain on earth.A large-f...

A POLICEMAN ON TRIAL.Detective Inspector Bill Quinn is killed by a crossbow in the tranquil grounds of a police rehabilitation centre. When compromising photos are found in his room, DCI Banks is brought in to investigate. And it isn't long before he's assailed on all sides...There's Joanna Passero, the Professional Standards inspector who insists on shadowing the investigation in case of police corruption. There's Annie Cabbot, back at work after six month...

Key Concepts for Understanding Curriculum is an invaluable guide for all involved in curriculum matters. Now fully updated, this revised and enlarged fourth edition provides not only a solid grounding in the subject but also covers the latest trends and issues affecting the field. Written in Marsh's clear and accessible style, the book details the strengths, weaknesses and controversies around major concepts in curriculum, includingcurriculum planning and d...

Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisherLonely Planet's Nepal is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Explore the historic temples of old Kathmandu, search for rhinos and tigers in the dawn mist of Chitwan National Park, and trek in the shadow of the world's highest mountain on an Everest Base Camp expedition - all with your trusted travel companion. ...

Born in Newcastle in 1976, from the age of three, the very people who meant to be looking after and protecting Sarah Forsyth were sexually abusing her. Somehow she managed to overcome the hurt and heartbreak of a horrific childhood, and build a new and happy life for herself as a nursery nurse. Then, one day, Sarah spotted a newspaper advert for a job in a creche in Amsterdam. Thrilled by the prospect of a fresh start away from Newcastle and all the memories it held, she eagerly signed up....