"The voice was coming from inside him … But it wasn't his."The Whisp is a fugitive. Living in between worlds, she flees from veteran hunters and the General who wishes to corrupt her power.For Will Devine, nothing could be worse than someone else knowing his thoughts.When an unfortunate incident in the boy's toilet mysteriously binds the two souls together, Will is horrified to find he is no longer the only voice inside his mind. With no way apart, the two of them m...

A laugh-out-loud picture book about dreams, friendship, and spectacularly silly space tractors – perfect for kids 3-5.Life on the farm is fun, but Toby the tractor has a much bigger dream... He’s going to space!Join Toby in his out-of-this-world adventure as he explores the wonders of our universe, races through asteroids, and discovers unexpected new friends along the way.With heaps of heart and hilarious illustrations by 2024 Lollies award-winning...

The two murder trials held in Toronto in the spring of 1962 only nineteen days apart made Canadian social and legal history. The accused man in each trial, one a pimp who stabbed to death a fellow pimp, the other a thief who killed a policeman in a shootout, were the last two men to be hanged in Canada. In personal terms, for a Toronto criminal lawyer named Ross Mackay, the trials represented just two more episodes in a tumultuous life story. Mackay was the counsel for the accused in both ...

So you read, and read, and read, and read, wishing you could just disappear.But some books don't make you disappear. They make you come alive.Local lad Robbie Stevenson lives in the smallest bedroom of the smallest house on the smallest street of Scotland. He prefers to hide away from the world inside the pages of his favourite book, Treasure Island. But, with a little bit of imagination, the book comes to life, and he is thrust aboard.For ...

Ross Mackay, The Saga of a Brilliant Criminal Lawyer is great fit for people who love Perry Mason’s courtroom drama and Better Call Saul’s criminal subculture. Two murder trials were held in Toronto in the spring of 1962, only nineteen days apart. The accused man in each trial, one a pimp accused of stabbing a fellow pimp to death, the other a thief who killed a policeman in a shootout, were the last two men to be hanged in Canada. Toronto criminal lawyer Ross Mackay was the counsel for th...

The "Cavalier Songs and Ballads of England from 1642 to 1684" is a rich anthology that encapsulates the spirit of royalist sentiment during the tumultuous English Civil War and the Restoration era. This collection features an array of lyrical poetry that blends invocations of loyalty to the monarchy with a vivid portrayal of the cultural zeitgeist. The literary style is characterized by its emotive language, rhythmic elegance, and often satirical undertones, reflecting the complexities of ...

What kind of political structure might one day enable Israelis and Palestinians to overcome the seemingly interminable cycle of violence and live in peace with one another? For many years, politicians and citizens have called for a two-state solution—two independent states, Israel and Palestine, coexisting side by side. This was Shlomo Sand's view too, but as more settlements were built in the occupied West Bank and millions of Palestinians were forced to live in a situation of de facto ap...

Discusses ways of ensuring genetic diversity, advances in wheat breeding and their use to improve properties such as drought resistance and cold tolerance;Summarises research on factors affecting nutritional and other aspects of wheat quality;Reviews advances in understanding wheat pests and diseases together with ways of controlling them such as disease-resistant varieties, integrated pest and weed management

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions – Why that story? Why that author?The theme ...