Social Skills For Adults

A coming of age story about self-discovery and independence from the Queen of Tween, Jean Ure.‘I’ve always been the quiet one in my dramatic family. Not a drama queen, or a genius composer, or a twin, but Just Peachy. Mum says I’ve got my own thing going on… I just wish I knew what that was! When I decide I want to attend Sacred Heart school rather than Summerville where my family have always gone everyone finally stops to listen! Stepping out on my own is scary...

Six girls, six boys. Each in the two separate bays of a single spaceship. They have six minutes each week to seduce and to make their choices, under the unblinking eye of the onboard cameras. They are the contenders in the Genesis programme, the world's craziest speed-dating show ever, aimed at creating the first human colony on Mars.

There's a hurricane smashing, trashing, bashing through our house. CRASH! BANG! WALLOP! The doors are slamming, chairs are falling, cushions are flying, feet running, voices shouting, STOP! STOP! STOP! STOP! The hurricane is Wills. Chris's 13 year old brother. He has A.D.D. - Attention Deficit Disorder. Chris says it stands for Acts Dumb and Daft. It's not easy being eleven and having a brother who causes so much chaos around the house.

Step inside Marietta’s Magic Dress Shop! There are hundreds of beautiful dresses in every colour of the rainbow, sewn with magic thread. Take a look, try one on and wait for the magic to whisk you away... Ava is looking for her cat when she finds Marietta’s mysterious shop. She tries on a perfectly-fitting gold and emerald princess dress and whizzes through a secret mirror - to fairyland! Will she get there in time to be a bridesmaid at Cinderella’s wedding?

Chandler the Handler is now in middle school. His challenges are greater because he is confronted with drugs, crime, and peer pressure from females. How does Chandler use his proactive skills in these situations? Listen and you shall see!

Teenager mit besonderer Gabe - nie war Pubertät so lustig! 13 werden ist nichts für Feiglinge! Die Erfolgsreihe wird fortgesetzt. Markus verliert sein Gedächtnis und kann sich an rein gar nichts mehr erinnern. Hat seine plötzliche Amnesie vielleicht etwas mit dem Horrorladen zu tun, der gerade erst in der Stadt aufgemacht hat?

Teenager mit besonderer Gabe - nie war Pubertät so lustig! 13 werden ist nichts für Feiglinge! Die Erfolgsreihe wird fortgesetzt. Markus wartet seit Wochen darauf, dass sich seine Superkräfte zeigen - schließlich ist er ein Halbvampir! Zu allem Überfluss häufen sich in der Stadt merkwürdige Vorfälle. Treibt hier etwa ein Vampir sein Unwesen? Für Markus' Freundin Tallulah ist die Sache klar: Sie will sofort Jagd auf das fiese Monster machen!

Dans ce livre destiné aux enfants Jakob Streit nous raconte la vie de Louis Braille, de son enfance marquée par l'accident qui lui fit perdre la vue.

If given the choice, most seniors prefer to live independently at home for life. This book, 6 Signs Your Parent Needs Help at Home, is written for adult children of seniors, whose parent lives independently but may be nearing a time when they need a little outside support to continue doing so. Knowing when and how to provide this support is vital in every family. This little book calls attention to the non-verbal clues your parent may be sending you.

Maddie's dreams come true when she makes friends with Poppy, a flower fairy who lives in the woods behind her grandpa's house. But the fairies are in trouble! And not only the flower fairies - tooth fairies, book fairies, and dream fairies too. Someone is catching and imprisoning them and only Maddie and Poppy can help. Poppy has just one wing and can't fly, but soon she and Maddie set off on a daring rescue mission. Can they save the fairies before it is too late?

Just as Daniel is trying to fit in at his new school, his mum, the head teacher, stops taking her medicine. As she starts behaving more and more weirdly, Daniel realizes that his mum is ill - and he is the only person who can help her.

This story is based on the true experiences of the author as she and her husband Cliff, through pain and joy, have raised their son Aric. Maria's son was hit by a car when he was 14-years-old. He was in a coma for three months. During this period, Maria sat by her son and read him stories until he awoke. Maria and her husband nourished Aric through a successful recovery.

This story was going to begin like all the best stories. With a school bus falling from the sky. But no one saw it happen. They were all too busy - Jason Reynolds conjures 10 tales (one per block) about what happens after the dismissal bell rings and brilliantly weaves them into one wickedly funny, piercingly poignant look at the detours we face on the walk home, and in life.

What’s not to love about Jane Eyre? Gothic and passionate, it features the ultimate hero – Mr Rochester. And that gives Charlotte a top idea: she’ll look for a new Mr Rochester for her lovely mum. So when Charlotte finds the ideal man, she can’t believe her luck. He’s dark, brooding and mysterious. He’s PERFECT.But this real-life romantic hero also turns out to be sarcastic and rude. Does Charlotte really want her mum marrying him?

A knife is a deadly weapon. Paul Varderman knows that. Well, he does now.... Paul could be at any normal school - bullies, girls and annoying teachers are just part of life. Unfortunately 'normal' doesn't apply when it comes to the school's most evil bully, Roth, a twisted thug with an agenda quite unlike anyone else. When Paul delivers a message from Roth to the leader of a gang at a nearby school, it fuels a terrible rivalry. Paul attempts to distance himself from the feud, but then Roth hands him a knife....

Aaaaaaaaghhhhhhh! Dene screamed at the TV. A commercial for ice-cream had just come on and it starred those twins Evie and Cameron Billingham. We've never spoken to them but we just know they're vomitus. If you walked into an audition and the terrible twins were there, you could forget about it! The first book in an entertaining series of short novels about four girls who attend The Shooting Star drama school.

Dene knows that being in a movie is going to be so perfect, until she finds out that she has to kiss a boy. She has never kissed a boy before. Then she meets her co-star. Suddenly, everything's even scarier. Book 3 in the popular Shooting Stars series.

Maddy was always being asked to sing jingles for commercials. She'd sung about chocolate, cereal and dog food. Now she wanted a real acting job. But was she good enough to be an actor? Then came the announcement in class: "Maddy, you have an audition for Halfway Hospital." An audition! She just had to get the job. The second book in a series of entertaining short novels about four girls who attend The Shooting Star drama school.

From best-selling author and illustrator Kate Pankhurst, descendant of Emmeline Pankhurst, comes another 'smart, informative, inclusive and accessible' book about trail-blazing women. This time, it's women who have helped protect our natural world from way before it was on a political agenda. Discover their untold stories.

Un guide pratique et accessible pour apprendre à développer son sens de la répartie ! Qui ne s'est jamais dit en sortant d'une réunion entre collègues ou d'un entretien d'embauche "C'est ça que j'aurais dû répondre ?" Vous aussi êtes de ceux qui, dans le feu de l'action, ne trouvent pas la réponse qui fait mouche ? Les mots ne vous viennent qu'une fois la joute verbale terminée et vous restez frustré de n'avoir pu vous défendre. Il ne tient qu'à vous de ne plus rester sans voix face à une taquinerie ou une question gênante en apprenant les secrets d'une bonne répartie.