Heroes and monsters; gods and goddesses; adventure and excitement: all are to be found in this book, which contains four well-known myths and legends from Ancient Greece told in an accessible style. Find out how Theseus killed the minotaur, how Daedelus escaped from the maze and why Herakles longed for a rest! Sapphire/Band 16 books offer longer reads to develop children's sustained engagement with texts and are more complex syntactically. A humorous...

Traversing across the world by train, boat and plane, the two children in this story poem encounter the extremes of sun and snow travelling to Africa, India and China. The book begins with a poem, before revealing their journey's details, and repetitive questions encourage the reader to turn the page and continue the voyage. Yellow/ Band 3 books offer varied sentence structure and natural language. Text type - A poem with predictable structure and...

When a catastrophic wildfire suddenly rips through a woman’s hometown, she thinks she is lucky to have survived . . . until she finds a dead woman in her driveway, clutching a piece of paper with her name on it. . . .
The blaze came out of nowhere one summer afternoon, a wall of fire fed by blustering wind. Yet, somehow, Alison is alive. She rode out the fire on the damp tiles of her bathroom, her entire body swaddled in a wet woolen...

Is destroying your reputation worth chasing your dreams? The Dean's List:Grad student River Roberts is a high-class escort. Businessman Jonathan Ferris is a heartbroken client. Falling in love was never in the contract…With graduation fast approaching, can River and Jonathan see past the price tag and open their hearts to true love? The Graduate: Bonus Content Paul is charming, intelligent and filthy rich, but what he wants most is to find someone...

Maddox Wade is a man used to getting what he wants. Raised on the wrong side of the tracks, what he wanted most was to never be poor again. Now with billions at his disposal, his only wish is to free his sister from killers. What he didn't count on is the one-night-stand that he can't stop obsessing over. A woman who could prove to be his downfall. FBI Special Agent, Pepper James, has it all - a stellar career, friends she loves, a doting father....

Family can be murder!When Ted's daring plan to put an end to his father's brutish ways backfires, Dad ends up dead, and he's not the only one.To make matters worse, the local guard arrests his defenceless sister for the crime, ignoring the never-ending list of suspects with a motive. Sleuth along as Ted uncovers secrets buried in his family's past to unmask a murderer and save the only family he has left.The Death of Hope is a gripping prequel novelette...

A dead and dismembered body has been found at the zoo, the first of many. Now it's up to Detective Isaac Taylor to find out if those people were killed by an animal or by an actual beast. The kind that walk around on two legs. Sidney Taylor is going through a personal struggle of her own. One that has her fighting constant untamed fear. At what should be one of the happiest times of her life, the ferocious worry has its claws in her throat. When an...

Are you ready to embark on a journey that will awaken the power within you, providing the keys to unlock a world of limitless potential? If you've ever felt the pain of unfulfilled dreams, the agitation of unanswered questions, and the yearning for a solution, then "The Astral Goddess: Unleashing Your Inner Wisdom through Astral Projection" is your ultimate answer. Discover the countless benefits of diving into the realms of astral projection with...

Round Top's African American pioneers came into Texas in 1825 when Stephen F. Austin brought in 300 Anglo-Americans, and the people they enslaved, for the purpose of colonizing the area. Soon afterward, more slaves were bought in from other slaveholding states. After the Civil War ended, the descendants of these original Round Top pioneers began building their own community. Many earned money by toiling away in the cotton fields for the very men who...

My Journey to the Light is the story of Dave Collins' journey through life from childhood to old age. The story includes childhood and family experiences. Follow the impact of his education. See him start and grow a relationship with God and develop a life mission. See the beginning and growth of his family. Follow how all these things move Dave toward maturity and completeness in order to be a light for others. Life is filled with dark hard times...