Reasons to stay alive

Aged 24, Matt Haig's world caved in. He could see no way to go on living. This is the true story of how he came through crisis, triumphed over an illness that almost destroyed him, and learned to live again. It has helped millions of people do the same. Moving, funny, and even joyous, these are the lessons Matt learned. His reasons to stay alive.

The devouring gray

After her sister's death, seventeen-year-old Violet Saunders finds herself dragged to Four Paths, New York. Violet may be a newcomer, but she soon learns her mother isn't: They belong to one of the revered founding families of the town, where stone bells hang above every doorway and danger lurks in the depths of the woods. Justin Hawthorne's bloodline has protected Four Paths for generations…

A girl from the coast

Edition

Ed. 1

ISBN/ISSN

9780786887088

Collation

280 p. ; 22 cm

Series Title

-

Call Number

823 TOE T

A life of one's own: nine women writers begin again

Newly untethered, Joanna returned to the free-spirited writers of her youth and was soon reading in a fever—desperately searching for evidence of lives that looked more like her own, for the messiness and freedom, for a possible blueprint for intellectual fulfillment.

Oxford read and imagine level 4: the flower thief

At the city's gardens, Ben, Max, and Clunk are in the van, looking at some amazing flowers. Grandpa, Rosie, and Alice want to see the fantastic orchids... but they're gone! Can Grandpa and the children help Doctor Lee find the flower thief?

Oxford read and imagine level 5: the painting in the attic

Oxford Read and Imagine is a fiction series written for primary and pre-primary students. Young learners follow Rosie, Ben and Grandpa on their adventures and grow up with the characters as they read and learn. When Rosie and Alice found a painting in the attic, Alice's grandma gave it to a gallery to be studied. But why was the woman from the gallery on TV with Grandma Vera's painting? Would t…

Oxford read and discover level 4: all about desert life

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

9780194644426

Collation

48p; ill; col; pbk

Series Title

Oxford Read and Discover level 4

Call Number

577 PEN d

Oxford read and imagine level 3: fear at the festival

Edition

-

ISBN/ISSN

9780194736725

Collation

48 p. ; ill. ; 21 cm

Series Title

-

Call Number

372 SHI o

Feminism a graphic guide

The term "feminism" came into English usage around the 1890s, but women's conscious struggle to resist discrimination and sexist oppression goes back much further. Introducing Feminism surveys the major developments that have affected women's lives from the seventeenth century to the present day. "Readers who have forgotten the struggles of women who came generations—and centuries—before wi…

Alex Rider Action, Adrenalin, Adventure: Scorpia

Young MI6 agent Alex travels to Venice to track down Scorpia, the secret organization his father was involved with. After being recruited by them he learns more about their large-scale political demands as well as the truth about his father.