Exam Board: SQALevel: HigherSubject: BiologyFirst Teaching: August 2018First Exam: June 2019Ensure that students are prepared for every aspect of Higher Biology with the new edition of this popular textbook from James Torrance and his renowned author team, completely updated for the 2018 changes to the SQA Higher Biology syllabus.- Suggested learning activities throughout help to develop students' knowledge and skills including a...

Exam Board: SQALevel: HigherSubject: Human BiologyFirst Teaching: August 2018First Exam: June 2019Ensure that students are prepared for every aspect of Higher Human Biology with the new edition of this popular textbook from James Torrance and his renowned author team, completely updated for the 2018 changes to the SQA Higher Human Biology syllabus.- Suggested learning activities throughout help to develop students' knowledge and ...

Off Limits by Clare Connelly‘I want to taste you tonight.’With chemistry this hot, it’s worth getting burned…Billionaire Jack Grant is totally off-limits to Gemma Picton. He’s wild, deliciously dangerous…and her boss. When working late turns X-rated, it’s better than her wildest imaginings—and Gemma’s imagined a lot! But Jack has major emotional baggage, so when she starts wanting to heal his heart as well as enjoy his body she kno...

Gran didn't do it. Beatrice is sure of that. She is slightly less sure the detective agrees. Beatrice Wainwright left a suffocating London career to open the Nook & Kettle — a tea room wedged between a crooked bookshop and Little Hedley's village green. She came home for scones, silence, and second chances with the woman who raised her. Not for murder. But the Summer Fete ends with Marcus Thistle, the most despised property magnate in the county, toppled face-first into the Victoria sponge...

Exam Board: SQALevel: National 5Subject: BiologyFirst Teaching: August 2017First Exam: May 2018The second edition of this textbook covers all recent revisions to course content, incorporating essential new material whilst retaining the unique style of the original.The new edition contains:- Streamlined chapters differentiate between mandatory core text and non-mandatory activities- Testing Your Knowledge: Key questions for homework a...

Someone died in the reading room. The door was locked from the inside. And the only person found inside was Lark's sister. Lark Penwythe came back to Inkwell-on-Wye for one reason: bury her father and clear out his crumbling bookshop. She came for closure, not a corpse. But on the eve of the town's annual Literary Lantern Festival, the local historian is found poisoned inside the shop's private reading room — a room locked from the inside, no forced entry, no explanation. The detective has...

A fast-paced, breezy read about life at the bottom of the Hollywood food chain.No political science degree could ever prepare Elizabeth Miller for her new job as a second assistant at The Agency, whose clients include everyone you’ve never met—but you know who they’re sleeping with. A former congressional intern in Washington, Lizzie made a bid for a life change that landed her a job a world away, where ethics and First Amendment debates take a backseat to pleading...

The public appetite for spies, both real and fictional, seems inexhaustible. But where and when did spying begin and how has the art and craft of espionage developed over the centuries? Spies in History is a collection of portraits of some of the most famous spies we know, but it also includes some lesser known and more surprising names. A remarkable line-up of distinguished historians, scholars and writers examine the evolution of intelligence and counter-intelligence – from anci...

This is the first book developed specifically for the Final FFICM structured oral examination. It is written by two senior trainees who have recently passed the exam and is edited by a consultant intensivist with a special interest in education. The book is designed in the style of the SOE, and provides model answers which include summaries of the relevant evidence to guide trainees in their preparation for the exam. The 91 topics and questions therein are drawn from previous exam sittings...

Anna Farrier learns the hard way that in some careers, high-powered connections mean far more than actual talent. So, she becomes assistant to Cassandra Knight, author of scorching blockbusters whose real forte is social climbing. Unfortunately, the ad Anna answered is Cassandra's latest plan to bamboozle someone into becoming nanny to her son Zak-a post no one in his or her right mind would want.

From a winning voice in fiction — the author of My Favorite Mistake and Exes and Ohs — comes a romantic comedy that will have you in stitches.She's late for her life...Becca Davis has always played it safe — denying her passion for fashion design in a dead-end job and letting her pragmatic boyfriend (mastermind of the "Kevin Bradley Ten-Year Plan") make the tough decisions in life. Stunned into saying yes when Mr. Predictable springs a sur...

What Pretty Girls Are Made Of breaks the lipstick seal of silence in this thinly veiled tell-all about what it’s like working in the cosmetic trenches. Roth’s roman-a-clef centers around the indefatigable Alison Kraft, who lands a new career in the cutthroat world of high-end makeup, ensnared under a new boss who could give even Miranda Priestly a run for her money. A boss who secretly wires the office halls, requires coffee in the shade of Beyoncé, and locks misbehaving employees...