I have written this book to put forward a new theory of reading the cognitive clarity theory. But the book is not all theory. I have tried to show how this theory can help students, teachers and parents to improve children's education in reading at home and at school. Although the cognitive clarity theory is new, it is derived from other theories and from a wide range of educational, linguistic and psychological research. The cognitive clarity theory is thus a bringing together of the insi...

"Readers will be swept away … [House of Matchsticks] is a literary rarity." –The Booklife PrizeStolen memories. Poison-induced visions. A mission they might not survive.The House of Matchsticks is calling ...Isaline is desperate to keep her identity a secret. In the space of one night, her future as a City Watch has crumbled before her eyes. And now she's on a train across Benemourne with two complete strangers—dan...

Eight authors. Ten stories. A world of possibilities.The AEGISverse just got a lot bigger.Based on the setting and characters of Airship Daedalus, A.E.G.I.S. Tales collects exciting new works of fiction written in the style of the pulps from the 1920s & '30s.Thrill to the adventures of stunt pilot Wanda "Wings" Jensen, ghost hunters Jim Holland & Mandy Hart, undead prizefighter John Mabry, The Gunshade - ghostly scourge of the Underworld, psychic detective David Li,...

The great love of Blue Heron and Red Bear sustain an Ojibwe clan as it struggles to survive war, famine, and the coming of foreign explorers bearing deadly diseases.The blood feud between two rival warriors over the love of Ashagi, a strong-willed woman of great beauty and greater determination threads through this story of one Ojibwe clan on the cusp of great change. A young woman from a peaceful village, Ashagi (Blue Heron) is abducted in a raid conducted by the Sioux, the ancestr...

****A Forbes Best Business Book of the Year, 2015****Winner of the 2015 800-CEO-READ Business Book Award in Entrepreneurship****When columnist Paul Downs was approached by The New York Times to write for their “You’re the Boss” blog, he had been running his custom furniture business for twenty-four years strong. or mostly strong. Now, in his first book, Downs paints an honest portrait of a real business, with a real boss, a real set of employees, and the r...

A creative life isn't about willpower. It's about practice.What if the secret to a deeply fulfilling life wasn't found in rigid goals or sheer willpower—but in the rhythm of your daily practices?In The 9 Practices, Christopher Downing explores a revolutionary approach to personal growth—one built on intention, creativity, and sustainable momentum. Through engaging storytelling and practical insights, he reveals how crafting a set o...

Aurelio and August have been neighbors for more than a year.They weren't always enemies. She wasn't always pouring coffee in his mailbox, and he wasn't always blaring his music through the walls.-Aurelio doesn't remember what happened to change his sweet neighbor into a hallway menace, but he suspects he has it coming. He woke up with a hangover and a gap in his memory, and only her anger for proof that he'd fallen short of the man he wanted to be. He quit partying ...

A warm and reassuring celebration of unconditional love. Cut outs on each page create a beautiful heart to make this book a very special object to treasure and share.*You are loved when you win the race.You are loved when you don't.You are loved when you brush your teeth.You are loved when you won't.You are loved all the days and nights,in sunshine and in rain.And if you forget, put your hand on your heartand feel t...

At the zoo, animals in action aren't always what they seem!When you're at the zoo, do you see scary crocodiles? Chimpanzees being silly? Look again! A young narrator makes the rounds of a zoo, pointing out that animals have special reasons for doing what they do. The crocodile is protecting her babies, and the chimpanzees are learning by trying new things. Animals protect, play, bathe, and communicate in different ways. Even the zookeeper isn't just a zookeeper. . ...

The memoir of a man wrongfully convicted of murder and his 27 years spent in the U.K. prison system until his conviction was overturned.On September 12, 1973, seventeen-year-old, naïve gardener Stephen Downing returned from his lunch break to discover the badly beaten, unconscious, thirty-two-year-old Wendy Sewell lying on the footpath of Bakewell Cemetery close to Catcliff Wood and the consecrated chapel where she had been attacked. Stephen ran to the nearby workme...

Harold Scanlon was having a perfectly normal day at work until a phone he’d been given to look after 14 years ago started to ring. Now he’s either in a deadly game of cat and mouse or caught up in the delusions of a self important idiot.Paradox Fraction is a hilarious short story by Sam Downes.

The Bug Man Suspense Bundle is a 3-in-1 set of eBooks from author Tim Downs: First the Dead, Less than Dead, and Ends of the Earth.This series follows Nick Polchak, a quirky forensic entomologist known as "The Bug Man," as he works to uncover murders using his expert knowledge of bugs.In First the Dead Nick tries to find a killer in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina’s attack on New Orleans. But the more he digs the stron...