Bloomsbury

A story set in Ancient Greece. When news reaches Athens thatPersian ships are about to invade Greece at Marathon, Philip knows thathis uncle and grandmother are in great danger. As his brothers andfather are busy preparing for war, he is the only one who can cross themountains and warn his family. The race is on...but will he reach themin time?...

Harry Patch, born June 17, 1898, was the last British soldier alive to have fought in the trenches of the First World War. From his vivid memories of an Edwardian childhood, the horror of the Great War and fighting in the mud during the Battle of Passchendaele, working on the home front in the Second World War, and fame in later life as a veteran,...

City of SwordsWhen a talisman transports her to the Talian city of Fortezza, Laura finds herself falling in love with a young Talian man named Ludo. But soon a rivalry erupts between two factions in Fortezza, and Laura and Ludo find themselves on opposite sides! Secret meetings and divided loyalties drive the sixth book in the Stravaganza series to...

The Ultimate Book ofKnots is an amazing resource of both practical and ornamental knots - flatknots, braids, plaits, webbing, woven knots, knob knots, solid knots, nettingand Turk’s head knots in all their varieties.Decorative knotting is an appealing craft, devotedto creating attractive patterns and interwoven textures for...

Ebony has always known that she is different. Her violet eyes mark her out, and her protective parents have kept her in a gorgeous valley, home-schooled, safe from everything - almost as if she's being hidden. But she's changing: glowing, getting more and more beautiful, and stronger than anyone knows. Ebony can't stay hidden for...

Jailed at age sixteen for armed robbery, Nathan Henry was the kind of teenager most parents and teachers have nightmares about. His crime was the culmination of a life lived on the edge: guns and drugs, sex and violence, all set against the ordinary backdrop of a one-stop light town in rural Indiana. Nate’s personal history is both disturbing...