Tale Of Two Cities (Puffin Classics)
Charles Darnay and Sydney Carton are alike in appearance, different in character and in love with the same woman. In the midst of the French Revolution, Darnay, who has fled to London to escape the cruelty of the French nobility, must return to Paris to rescue his servant from death. But he endangers his own life and is captured. Carton may be able to help, but will his resemblance be enough to save Darnay’s life? With an enticing introduction by bestselling author, Roddy Doyle.
Tale of Two Cities (Longman Classics)
The story is set in two cities, London and Paris. It has the French Revolution as its background. The story covers a period of eighteen years. It starts in 1775, fourteen years before the fall of the Bastille and continues until the Reign of Terror (1792-93)
200 Tips For Cake Decorating Tips, Techniques and Trade Secrets
Tapping into the hottest (and most persistent) trend in the craft cooking market, this book is crammed with information on the art and craft of using fondant. Today, a tastefully decorated cake is expected for birthday parties, weddings and any important celebration. A simple iced cake without a handmade fondant character or flowers is downright dull, no matter how good it may taste.
History of Sri Lanka
Synopsis This book presents the history of Sri Lanka from the earliest times to the present. Sri Lanka is an ancient civilization, shaped and thrust into the modern globalizing world by its colonial experience. With its own unique problems, many of them historical legacies, it is a nation trying to maintain a democratic, pluralistic state structure while struggling to come to terms with separatist aspirations. This is a complex story, and there is perhaps no better person to present it in reasoned, scholarly terms than K. M. de Silva, Sri Lanka’s most distinguished and prolific historian. “A History of Sri Lanka”, first published in 1981, has established itself as the standard work on the subject.
A Naturalist`s Guide To The Trees of Sri Lanka
A photographic identification guide to 125 tree species most commonly seen in Sri Lanka, perfect for resident and visitor alike. Over 350 high quality photographs from Sri Lanka’s top nature photographers are accompanied by detailed species descriptions, which include nomenclature, size, distribution and habitat. The user-friendly introduction covers geography and climate, the different habitats and tree structure.
A Photographic Field Guide To The Birds of Sri Lanka
A fully comprehensive field guide to the 462 bird species of Sri Lanka. With photographs from the author and the region’s other top-quality nature photographers, each species is illustrated, including variants where relevant. The guide is focussed on field use to help beginners and experts identify species.
A Naturalist’s Guide To The Butterflies & Dragonflys of Sri Lanka
Increasingly the segmentation between birders, butterfly watchers, dragonfly watchers and photographers is reducing as interests overlap and there is a demand for books that cover the three popular groups of birds, butterflies and dragonflies. Having written and photographed the guide to the birds of Sri Lanka in the series, Gehan de Silva Wijeyeratne has produced a single, compact and portable photographic guide to the butterflies and dragonflies of the country.
A Naturalist`s Guide to The Birds of Sri Lanka
This easy-to-use identification guide to 280 bird species covering the most commonly seen in Sri Lanka is an ideal, portable guide for residents and visitors alike, written by an experienced birder with a track record for writing to a popular audience. The author’s top quality photographs are accompanied by detailed species descriptions, which include nomenclature, plumage, distribution, habits and habitat. The species accounts cover 75 of the 82 families of birds recorded in Sri Lanka and distinguish between highly scarce migrants and vagrants to explain what a realistic and good `country list’ and `trip list’ would be for residents and visitors respectively.
The Girl With The Louding Voice
AT FOURTEEN, ADUNNI DREAMS OF GETTING AN EDUCATION AND GIVING HER FAMILY A MORE COMFORTABLE HOME IN HER SMALL NIGERIAN VILLAGE. INSTEAD, ADUNNI’S FATHER SELLS HER OFF TO BECOME THE THIRD WIFE OF AN OLD MAN. WHEN TRAGEDY STRIKES IN HER NEW HOME, ADUNNI FLEES TO THE WEALTHY ENCLAVES OF LAGOS, WHERE SHE BECOMES A HOUSE-GIRL TO THE CRUEL BIG MADAM, AND PREY TO BIG MADAM’S HUSBAND. BUT DESPITE HER SITUATION CONTINUOUSLY GOING FROM BAD TO WORSE, ADUNNI REFUSES TO LET HERSELF BE SILENCED. AND ONE DAY, SOMEONE HEARS HER.
How To Develop Self Confidence Influence People By Public Speaking
If public speaking frightens you and you’re gripped by anxiety when asked to stand up and speak, then this book is right for you! It holds the key to fight away your fears.
The Witches
The witches have a motto: One child a week is fifty-two a year. Squish them and squiggle them and make them disappear.The Grand High Witch of All the World is the scariest of the lot, but one boy and the grandmother he adores have a plan to get rid of the witches for good.
Magic Finger
very Saturday morning the Greg family goes off to shoot animals and birds. But the girl who lives next door hates hunting.
Now it’s made her so angry she’s PUT THE MAGIC FINGER ON THEM ALL. And very strange things have begun to happen . .
Matilda
Matilda Wormwood’s father thinks she’s a little scab. Matilda’s mother spends all afternoon playing bingo. And Matilda’s headmistress Miss Trunchbull? Well, she’s the worst of all. She is a big bully, who thinks all her pupils are rotten and locks them in the dreaded Chokey. As for Matilda, she’s an extraordinary little girl with a magical mind
202 Outstanding House Ideas
202 Outstanding House Ideas is packed with 600 pages of ideas for the dream house. For practicing professionals and homeowners this is a reference to successful designs chock full of ideas, analyses and successful applications from around the world.
202 Outstanding City House Ideas
An architect or homeowner who is tackling a project is confronted with thousands of new styles and materials to consider when designing, renovating or building a house. However, a project in an urban setting has additional considerations. It must take into account limited lot size, height restrictions, parking, proximity to employment and recreation, and in many cases, neighborhood aesthetic. Thanks to the creativity of outstanding architects and designers, as well as exciting innovations in technology and construction, there is an unprecedented number of options.
The Official Cambridge Guide To IELTS For Academic & General Training
IELTS or the International English Language Testing System has been designed for those candidates who wish to study or work in a place where English is a medium of communication. Managed jointly by the British Council, Cambridge EOSL and IELTS Australia, the IELT examination, held regularly, conforms to the highest international standard of English language assessment and screening
Recursion
AT FIRST, IT LOOKS LIKE A DISEASE. AN EPIDEMIC THAT SPREADS THROUGH NO KNOWN MEANS, DRIVING ITS VICTIMS MAD WITH MEMORIES OF A LIFE THEY NEVER LIVED. BUT THE FORCE THAT’S SWEEPING THE WORLD IS NO PATHOGEN. IT’S JUST THE FIRST SHOCKWAVE, UNLEASHED BY A STUNNING DISCOVERY – AND WHAT’S IN JEOPARDY IS NOT JUST OUR MINDS. IN NEW YORK CITY, DETECTIVE BARRY SUTTON IS CLOSING IN ON THE TRUTH – AND IN A REMOTE LABORATORY, NEUROSCIENTIST HELENA SMITH IS UNAWARE THAT SHE ALONE HOLDS THE KEY TO THIS MYSTERY . . . AND THE TOOLS FOR FIGHTING BACK.
The Land of Stories – An Author`s Odyssey
IN THE THIRD BOOK IN THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIES BY CHRIS COLFER, THE BROTHERS GRIMM HAVE A WARNING FOR THE LAND OF STORIES.CONNER BAILEY THINKS HIS FAIRY-TALE ADVENTURES ARE BEHIND HIM-UNTIL HE DISCOVERS A MYSTERIOUS CLUE LEFT BY THE FAMOUS BROTHERS GRIMM. WITH HELP FROM HIS CLASSMATE BREE AND THE OUTLANDISH MOTHER GOOSE, CONNER SETS OFF ON A MISSION ACROSS EUROPE TO CRACK A TWO-HUNDRED-YEAR-OLD CODE.MEANWHILE, ALEX BAILEY IS TRAINING TO BECOME THE NEXT FAIRY GODMOTHER…BUT HER ATTEMPTS AT GRANTING WISHES NEVER GO AS PLANNED. WILL SHE EVER BE TRULY READY TO LEAD THE FAIRY COUNCILWHEN ALL SIGNS POINT TO DISASTER FOR THE LAND OF STORIES, CONNER AND ALEX MUST JOIN FORCES WITH THEIR FRIENDS AND ENEMIES TO SAVE THE DAY. BUT NOTHING CAN PREPARE THEM FOR THE COMING BATTLE…OR FOR THE SECRET THAT WILL CHANGE THE TWINS LIVES FOREVER.THE THIRD BOOK IN THE BESTSELLING LAND OF STORIES SERIES PUTS THE TWINS TO THE TEST AS THEY MUST BRING TWO WORLDS TOGETHER
The Land of Stories – Beyond The Kingdoms
ALEX AND CONNER BAILEY HAVE NOT BEEN BACK TO THE MAGICAL LAND OF STORIES SINCE THEIR ADVENTURES IN THE WISHING SPELL ENDED. BUT ONE NIGHT, THEY LEARN THE FAMED ENCHANTRESS HAS KIDNAPPED THEIR MOTHER. AGAINST THE WILL OF THEIR GRANDMOTHER (THE ONE AND ONLY FAIRY GODMOTHER), THE TWINS MUST FIND THEIR OWN WAY INTO THE LAND OF STORIES TO RESCUE THEIR MOTHER AND SAVE THE FAIRY TALE WORLD FROM THE GREATEST THREAT IT’S EVER FACED.
The Land of Stories – A Grimm Warning
AFTER BEING SWEPT UP IN THE MAGICAL WORLD OF CARAVAL, DONATELLA DRAGNA HAS FINALLY ESCAPED HER FATHER AND SAVED HER SISTER SCARLETT FROM A DISASTROUS ARRANGED MARRIAGE. THE GIRLS SHOULD BE CELEBRATING, BUT TELLA ISN’T YET FREE. SHE MADE A DESPERATE BARGAIN WITH A MYSTERIOUS CRIMINAL, AND WHAT TELLA OWES HIM NO ONE HAS EVER BEEN ABLE TO DELIVER: CARAVAL MASTER LEGEND’S TRUE NAME.
The Land of Stories – The Enchantress Returns
WITH A SIMPLE OBSERVATION THAT IN HIS GARDEN, 80 PERCENT OF THE PEAS WERE BORNE BY 20 PERCENT OF THE PODS, VILFREDO PARETO CREATED A REVOLUTIONARY PRINCIPLE. KNOWN AS THE PARETO’S PRINCIPLE OR THE RULE OF 80-20, THE CORE OF THIS PRINCIPLE LIES IN THE FACT, THAT 80 PERCENT OF THE RESULTS WHICH ONE RECEIVES IN A FIELD OF ACTIVITY IS A RESULT OF 20 PERCENT OF THE EFFORTS.
Land of Stories 6 Book Boxset
ALEX AND CONNER BAILEY’S WORLD IS ABOUT TO CHANGE. WHEN THE TWINS’ GRANDMOTHER GIVES THEM A TREASURED FAIRY-TALE BOOK, THEY HAVE NO IDEA THEY’RE ABOUT TO ENTER A LAND BEYOND ALL IMAGINING: THE LAND OF STORIES, WHERE FAIRY TALES ARE REAL. BUT AS ALEX AND CONNER SOON DISCOVER, THE STORIES THEY KNOW SO WELL HAVEN’T ENDED IN THIS MAGICAL LAND – GOLDILOCKS IS NOW A WANTED FUGITIVE, RED RIDING HOOD HAS HER OWN KINGDOM, AND QUEEN CINDERELLA IS ABOUT TO BECOME A MOTHER! THE TWINS KNOW THEY MUST GET BACK HOME SOMEHOW. BUT WITH THE LEGENDARY EVIL QUEEN HOT ON THEIR TRAIL, WILL THEY EVER FIND THE WAY? THE LAND OF STORIES: THE WISHING SPELL BRINGS READERS ON A THRILLING QUEST FILLED WITH MAGIC SPELLS, LAUGH-OUT-LOUD HUMOUR AND PAGE-TURNING ADVENTURE.
Eleven Minutes (Paulo Coelho)
ELEVEN MINUTES’ IS THE MASTERPIECE OF BRAZILIAN BESTSELLING AUTHOR PAULO COELHO. THIS NOVEL IS BASED ON A FICTIONAL ACCOUNT OF A WOMAN NAMED MARIA WHO LIVES IN RIO, BUT MOVES TO GENEVA. SHE IS POOR AND HAS TO DO MENIAL JOBS TO SURVIVE IN GENEVA. FATE LED HER TO BE A PROSTITUTE. SHE HAS ACCEPTED HER LIFE IN THIS WAY AND KEEPS ON GOING WITH IT DISPLAYING GREAT STRENGTH. IT IS DURING ONE OF HER WALKS DOWN A STREET THAT SHE FEELS A SEXUAL AWAKENING INSIDE HER. THE QUEST FOR PHYSICAL PLEASURE LEADS HER INTO SOME INTERESTING SITUATIONS, WHERE SHE TRIES TO FIND HER OWN BODY AND DESIRES. WHILE SHE IS LIVING A LIFE OF A PROSTITUTE, TRYING TO UNDERSTAND HERSELF SEXUALLY,
Queen of Air and Darkness: 3 (The Dark Artifices)
DARK SECRETS AND FORBIDDEN LOVE THREATEN THE VERY SURVIVAL OF THE SHADOW HUNTER IN CASSANDRA CLARE’S QUEEN OF AIR AND DARKNESS, THE FINAL NOVEL IN THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLING THE DARK ARTIFICES TRILOGY. QUEEN OF AIR AND DARKNESS IS A SHADOW HUNTER NOVEL. WHAT IF DAMNATION IS THE PRICE OF TRUE LOVE? INNOCENT BLOOD HAS BEEN SPILLED ON THE STEPS OF THE COUNCIL HALL, THE SACRED STRONGHOLD OF THE SHADOW HUNTER. IN THE WAKE OF THE TRAGIC DEATH OF LIVIA BLACKTHORN
Lord of Shadows: 2 (The Dark Artifices)
SUNNY LOS ANGELES CAN BE A DARK PLACE INDEED IN CASSANDRA CLARE’S LORD OF SHADOWS, THE SEQUEL TO THE #1 NEW YORK TIMES AND USA TODAY BESTSELLING LADY MIDNIGHT. LORD OF SHADOWS IS A SHADOW HUNTERS NOVEL. EMMA CAR STAIRS HAS FINALLY AVENGED HER PARENTS. SHE THOUGHT SHE’D BE AT PEACE. BUT SHE IS ANYTHING BUT CALM. TORN BETWEEN HER DESIRE FOR HER PARABATAI JULIAN AND HER DESIRE TO PROTECT HIM FROM THE BRUTAL CONSEQUENCES OF PARABATAI RELATIONSHIPS
Bad Blood
IN 2014, THERANOS FOUNDER AND CEO ELIZABETH HOLMES WAS WIDELY SEEN AS THE FEMALE STEVE JOBS: A BRILLIANT STANFORD DROPOUT WHOSE STARTUP “UNICORN” PROMISED TO REVOLUTIONIZE THE MEDICAL INDUSTRY WITH A MACHINE THAT WOULD MAKE BLOOD TESTING SIGNIFICANTLY FASTER AND EASIER. BACKED BY INVESTORS SUCH AS LARRY ELLISON AND TIM DRAPER, THERANOS SOLD SHARES IN A FUNDRAISING ROUND THAT VALUED THE COMPANY AT MORE THAN $9 BILLION, PUTTING HOLMES’S WORTH AT AN ESTIMATED $4.7 BILLION. THERE WAS JUST ONE PROBLEM: THE TECHNOLOGY DIDN’T WORK.
New Millennium English Workbook Grade 5 New Syllabus (Coloured)
NEW MILLENNIUM WORKBOOK IS SUITABLE FOR BEGINNERS AND STUDENTS OF GRADE 1 TO GRADE 5, TO ACQUIRE AND GRASP THE BASICS OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN SPEAKING, READING AND WRITING MORE EFFECTIVELY.
New Millennium For Grade 4 ( English Work Book)
NEW MILLENNIUM WORKBOOK IS SUITABLE FOR BEGINNERS AND STUDENTS OF GRADE 1 TO GRADE 5, TO ACQUIRE AND GRASP THE BASICS OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN SPEAKING, READING AND WRITING MORE EFFECTIVELY.
New Millennium For Grade 3 ( English Work Book)
NEW MILLENNIUM WORKBOOK IS SUITABLE FOR BEGINNERS AND STUDENTS OF GRADE 1 TO GRADE 5, TO ACQUIRE AND GRASP THE BASICS OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN SPEAKING, READING AND WRITING MORE EFFECTIVELY.
New Millennium For Grade 2 ( English Work Book)
NEW MILLENNIUM WORKBOOK IS SUITABLE FOR BEGINNERS AND STUDENTS OF GRADE 1 TO GRADE 5, TO ACQUIRE AND GRASP THE BASICS OF THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE IN SPEAKING, READING AND WRITING MORE EFFECTIVELY.