Murray Shaw has bought his dream home - the imposing St Margaret's House in the exclusive Edinburgh district of Corstorphine. However, for his wife Rowan his dream is about to become her nightmare.Because St Margaret's House has a dark past. And, unknown to Rowan, that's exactly why Murray bought it.Forty years earlier Murray's school friend Angus lived in the house - until his shocking death in an unexplained arson attack. So what has drawn Murray back to the scen...

It was on a beautiful morning in June 1973 that eleven-year-old Miller McAllister’s world fell apart … That was the weekend that police found the remains of three missing teenage girls on the tiny Scottish island of Fidra. And that was the weekend that Miller’s father, Douglas, was arrested for triple murder. Thirty-two years later, Douglas has died in prison and Miller returns home after decades of self-imposed exile. The McAllister family always maintained Douglas’s innocence – as steadf...

Think you know all about Roblox?Hop in and test your gamer knowledge! The gaming platform Roblox allows people to design their own games or play games created by others. The site has more than 40 million games available. Discover the history of Roblox, different types of Roblox games, and how to make your own games.

This text will take a modular approach to Medical Terminology starting with the basics of word structure and the specifics of how medical terms are devised, followed by medical terminology specific to each body system and finishing with two areas not normally covered in medical terminology texts, 'Alternative and Complimentary Therapies' and 'Public Health, Epidemiological and Clinical Research Terms'. - Two Levels - Basic and Advanced - Coverage of terminology specific to the current heal...

“Don’t touch – it’s poisonous,” thirteen-year-old Jess Ponder, the Schools’ Secret Agency ‘Double A-Star’ agent, tells schoolmate and master of the forged sick-note, Leo Sleepwell, when he sees a trail of dried, gold saliva on the seal of an envelope. The letter it contained was sent to Jess by the notorious Nine-carat, aka ‘The Man with the Golden Tongue’.The head of the agency pulls Jess from the mission to locate Ms Higson, developer of the Plascrylics Aspitator, which could rid...

Typography and Language in Everyday Life provides a detailed look at graphic as well as linguistic aspects of language and suggests there is much to be gained from collaboration between typographers and applied linguists.The first part of the book provides an introduction to aspects of typographic theory and history and suggests some areas of applied linguistics that offer approaches to studying graphic language. The second part comprises case studies which look at the rela...

This new handbook takes the broadest possible view of typography, defining it as 'design for reading'. It considers all kinds of reading matter and visual communication systems; digital, environmental, printed, and produced by hand.By offering a rich collection of texts that are genuinely international in authorship and in scope, it seeks to rebalance the Western bias of so many books on the subject. It gives space to new voices and emerging standpoints about the global nature of d...

Educating Children with Acquired Brain Injury is an authoritative resource book on the effects of brain injury on young people and how educators can understand and support their needs. This new edition has been updated to reflect changes to legislation and practice relating to special educational needs and will enable you to maximise the learning opportunities for young people with acquired brain injury (ABI). Considering key areas in special educational needs such as communicatio...

New Evolve resources including flashcards and multiple-choice questionsAudio glossary – practise pronouncing more than 2,500 medical terms with the new ‘hear, say and playback’ option on Evolve

LEGO has been empowering people to explore their creativity for decades. Learn about the birth of these colorful toys and how this brand built an empire brick by brick. From mini builds to huge theme parks, LEGO has a whole universe to discover!Learn more about famous toys in the Cool Toy Brands series—part of the Lightning Bolt Books® collection. With high-energy designs, exciting photos, and fun text, Lightning Bolt Books® bring nonfiction topics to life!

At this book’s core is the fundamental belief that teacher quality is the single most important factor in student learning. It shows you how to improve your students’ academic achievement by focusing on what teachers know and are able to do. This brief handbook serves as a practical tool which provides professional growth benchmarks for aspiring and practicing teachers; a framework to use when hiring new teachers; common language for dialogues on learning and for teacher evaluation; and a ...

Think you know everything about aliens?Are they real, or only science fiction? Stories about aliens have been used to explain everything from mysterious lights to ancient sites that seem too advanced to have been made by humans. Discover key facts about UFO sightings, how scientists are searching for alien life, and more!