Second Pass


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An ancient scroll is discovered. It blows the lid off a conspiracy of silence at the highest level. As the Earth faces destruction Jem Dearden and the SHaFT organisation hit the GO button. They have to live up to their motto; Nos Successio Procul Totus Sumptus. We Succeed At All Costs.




The Business of Editing


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Pop the Bronze Balloon


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The Crimson Five make their International Debut! Kia Krumpet and her team of young inventors embark on the Swirl and Spark Creativity Tour, the highest level of the Piedmont Challenge. To solidify their spots at the Piedmont Inventor's Prep School once and for all, they're challenged to create a final life-changing invention with Team France and Team Switzerland. Everything changes when the Crimson Five discover that someone else is pulling the strings in the competition—and a hidden invention with a secret. In order to save Piedmont, and the futures of all kids with big dreams around the world, Kia, Ander, Mare, Jax, and Jillian must find a way to unlock the invention and lead a new connected team—the ultimate test of imagination and teamwork. The Crimson Five are traveling the globe. Because a dream is born to become a dream come true.




Riddley Walker


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‘Walker is my name and I am the same. Riddley Walker. Walking my riddels where ever theyve took me and walking them now on this paper the same. There aint that many sir prizes in life if you take noatis of every thing. Every time will have its happenings out and every place the same. Thats why I finely come to writing all this down. Thinking on what the idear of us myt be. Thinking on that thing whats in us lorn and loan and oansome.’ Composed in an English which has never been spoken and laced with a storytelling tradition that predates the written word, RIDDLEY WALKER is the world waiting for us at the bitter end of the nuclear road. It is desolate, dangerous and harrowing, and a modern masterpiece.




Pass It On


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In Pass It On: The Second Alarm, Chief Billy Goldfeder has once again gathered leading firefighters, fire officers and chiefs from all over the country to share their wisdom and insight through short personal stories, life experiences and anecdotes. Including more than 80 contributors, Second Alarm delivers tactics, operations, tragedy, humor, knowledge, and personal perspectives from a very wide range of extremely diverse personalities. Anyone from rookie to chief (and anyone who knows or plans to be a firefighter) will find loads of great stuff in this book. In cooperation with all of this books contributors, Chief Goldfeder is donating 100% of his royalties equally between the DC Raymond Downey Scholarship Charity Fund, the National Fallen Firefighters Foundation, and the Firefighter Cancer Support Network.




The Seconds Pass


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Acid


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Originally published in the U.K. in 2013 by Corgi Books.




Cracking the CSET (California Subject Examinations for Teachers), 2nd Edition


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A revised second edition of our test prep guide to help teachers score higher on the California educators' certification exam, updated to reflect recent changes to the CSET and now including bonus CSET: Writing Skills online material. Techniques That Actually Work. • Essential tactics to work smarter, not harder • Tips for pacing yourself and guessing logically • Targeted guidance for multiple-choice and constructed-response questions Everything You Need to Know to Help Achieve a High Score. • Essential review of CSET: Multiple Subjects content, including reading, language, and literature; history and social science; science and math; and physical education, human development, and the performing arts • Sample questions with step-by-step guidance • Key Terms lists and bulleted summaries for every chapter • PLUS! Free online access to 3 Writing Skills practice tests plus bonus Writing help Practice Your Way to Perfection. • 3 full-length CSET practice tests available online • End-of-chapter practice drills for all test subjects • Detailed answer explanations for all practice questions