From internationally bestselling author Mary E. Pearson, The Courting of Bristol Keats is the first book in her debut adult fantasy series, filled with forbidden romance, deadly faerie curses and pulse-pounding action.

After losing both their parents, Bristol Keats and her sisters struggle to stay afloat in their small, quiet town of Bowskeep. When Bristol begins to receive letters from an 'aunt' she has never heard of, who promises to help, Bristol reluctantly agrees to meet her – and discovers that everything she thought she knew about her family is a lie. Her father might even still be alive. Not killed but kidnapped by terrifying creatures and taken to another realm – the one he is from.

Desperate to save her father and find the truth, Bristol journeys to a land of gods, fae and monsters. Pulled into a dangerous world of magic and intrigue, she makes a deadly bargain with the fae king, Tyghan. But what she does not know is that he is the one who drove her parents to live a life on the run. And he is just as determined as she is to find her father – dead or alive . . .

A heart-wrenching love story that spans worlds and decades, The Courting of Bristol Keats by Mary E. Pearson explores second chances – the ones we are denied and the ones we refuse to give – and the lines we cross that may never be forgiven.

Award-winning investigative journalist Karyn Maughan and former National Treasury insider Kirsten Pearson reveal the inside story behind South Africa's controversial nuclear deal.

Through insider accounts, audio recordings and confidential minutes, the authors piece together the Zuma administration's secret dealings with Russia and how it went to extraordinary and dark lengths to conclude the nuke before Zuma's time ran out.

Die HAT Afrikaanse Sakwoordeboek bevat sowat 30 000 Afrikaanse woorde en uitdrukkings, duisende voorbeeldsinne en -frases, meer as 300 illustrasies, sinonieme, antonieme, inligting oor die herkoms van woorde, intensiewe vorme, manlike en vroulike vorme, afkortings en terme vir Afrikaans Huistaal (graad 4-12) en Afrikaans Eerste Addisionele Taal (graad 6+).

Formula is our new three-level Cambridge English exampreparation series for teens and young adults. It works equally well for bothextensive and intensive courses and covers B1 Preliminary, B2 First, and C1Advanced levels. Using Pearson's trusted exam know-how, Formula takes a freshapproach to topics, units, and components to create an exam-focused packagewhatever your teaching and learning scenario. Its truly flexible learningmaterials are designed to work independently for short and intensive preparationor in combination for longer exam courses. Adaptable for the classroom,independent study, and blended learning to fully digital environments createyour own Formula for exam success. Coursebook contains: * 8 individual units * A fold-out exam file booklet * Grammar file * Vocabulary file * Available as an interactive eBook

At the dawn of the 1990s, as the United States celebrated its victory in the Cold War and sole superpower status by waging war on Iraq and proclaiming democratic capitalism as the best possible society, the 1990s underground punk renaissance transformed the punk scene into a site of radical opposition to American empire. Nazi skinheads were ejected from the punk scene; apathetic attitudes were challenged; women, Latino, and LGBTQ participants asserted their identities and perspectives within punk; the scene debated the virtues of maintaining DIY purity versus venturing into the musical mainstream; and punks participated in protest movements from animal rights to stopping the execution of Mumia Abu-Jamal to shutting down the 1999 WTO meeting. Punk lyrics offered strident critiques of American empire, from its exploitation of the Third World to its warped social relations. Numerous subgenres of punk proliferated to deliver this critique, such as the blazing hardcore punk of bands like Los Crudos, propagandistic crust-punk/dis-core, grindcore and power violence with tempos over 800 beats per minute, and So-Cal punk with its combination of melody and hardcore. Musical analysis of each of these styles and the expressive efficacy of numerous bands reveals that punk is not merely simplistic three-chord rock music, but a genre that is constantly revolutionizing itself in which nuances of guitar riffs, vocal timbres, drum beats, and song structures are deeply meaningful to its audience, as corroborated by the robust discourse in punk zines.

An explosive new novel about the friendship and courage of a group of young boys living through the Second World War, from award-winning author Jenny Pearson.

There's a war going on out there, and I'm missing it.

When war comes to London in 1939, Ronnie Smith is scared and excited: scared of the bombs that fall at night, but excited to race his friends to collect the best bits of shrapnel every morning.

But for Ronnie, the battles aren't just in the sky and on the streets. They're at school and at home too. His little brother is up to no good with a secret job and dangerous new friends, and Ronnie's worried he's getting himself into big trouble.

Ronnie's desperate to help his little brother. But he isn't expecting to uncover secrets that could change the fate of the whole war...

Roadmap is an eight-level general English course for adults that is practical and communicative, and gets students talking. Each lesson has clear language objectives built on the Global Scale of English, with carefully scaffolded pathways for students to achieve them. The unique twin-track approach enables you to personalize your learners' journeys and teach the language and skills you know they need to progress. So, while every class covers the essential language and speaking skills in the fast track route, the extended route provides additional training in reading, writing and listening. Comprehensive teacher support makes Roadmap lessons easy to organize and fun to teach, however much time you have to prepare. The Student's Book comes with an Interactive eBook. Audio and video is available online and in the Pearson Practice English app, which also provides extra practice. The Student's Book covers ten units, with main input lessons and specific listening, reading and writing lessons. An English in Action lesson covers key functional language with video clips and worksheets. A Check and Reflect lesson at the end of each unit helps show learners how their confidence and mastery of the spoken language has improved. Further vocabulary and grammar development and practice are provided at the end of the book. The interactive eBook is a digital version of the Student's Book, with audio and video at the point of use, enabling students to complete activities wherever they are.

For much of its history, human population growth increased at a glacial pace. The demographic rate only soared about 200 years ago, climaxing in the period 1950-2000. In that 50-year span, the population grew more than it had in the previous 5000 years. Though these raw numbers are impressive, they conceal the fact that the growth rate of population topped out in the 1960s. The apparent population boom may be approaching a population bust, despite our coexistence with more than seven billion people. In On the Cusp, economist Charles Pearson explores the meaning of this population trend from the arc of demographic growth to decline. He reviews Thomas Malthus's famous 1798 argument that human population would exceed the earth's carrying capacity, and explains why this surfaces periodically when birth rates strongly exceed 2.1 children per household. Analyzing population trends through dual lenses - demography and economics - Pearson examines the potential opportunities and challenges of population decline and aging. In many industrialized countries, the combination of an aging population and considerable food security may call for policies that boost fertility, immigration, and worker participation, reform pension schemes, and ease concern over moderating rates of population and economic growth. Sharp and occasionally funny, Pearson's research has thought-provoking implications for future public policies. Pearson ends his analysis with a mildly hopeful conclusion, noting that both the rich and the poor face a new demographic order. Bold and comprehensive, general readers and students alike will find On the Cusp an informative and engaging read.

StartUp is a completely new course for adults and young adults who want to make their way in theworld and need English to do it. StartUp makes learning easy and relevant, focusing on meaningfullanguage that builds student confidence in using English, both in and out of class. Teachers aresupported in numerous ways, minimizing preparation time and providing a flexibility that allowsfor personalized teaching and focus on the skills that are important for their classes.

StartUp is a completely new course for adults and young adults who want to make their way in theworld and need English to do it. StartUp makes learning easy and relevant, focusing on meaningfullanguage that builds student confidence in using English, both in and out of class. Teachers aresupported in numerous ways, minimizing preparation time and providing a flexibility that allowsfor personalized teaching and focus on the skills that are important for their classes.

Professor Pearson's book starts with an introduction to the area and an explanation of the most commonly used functions. It then moves on through differentiation, special functions, derivatives, integrals and onto full differential equations. As with other books in the series the emphasis is on using worked examples and tutorial-based problem solving to gain the confidence of students.

Formula is our new three-level Cambridge English exampreparation series for teens and young adults. It works equally well for bothextensive and intensive courses and covers B1 Preliminary, B2 First, and C1Advanced levels. Using Pearson's trusted exam know-how, Formula takes a freshapproach to topics, units, and components to create an exam-focused packagewhatever your teaching and learning scenario. Its truly flexible learningmaterials are designed to work independently for short and intensive preparationor in combination for longer exam courses. Adaptable for the classroom,independent study, and blended learning to fully digital environments createyour own Formula for exam success. Coursebook contains: * 8 individual units * A fold-out exam file booklet * Grammar file * Vocabulary file * Available as an interactive eBook

Diego Luna directs this biographical drama based on the life and achievements of Mexican American civil rights activist and labour movement leader Cesar Chavez. The film shows how Chavez (Michael Peña) went from being just another Latino American farm worker to a passionate and respected spokesperson whose embrace of non-violent means of protest led to the securing of a living wage for workers like himself.

Triple bill of horror films. In 'Devil Riders' (2009), lawyers Robert (Bertie Higgins) and Allen (J.D. Rudometkin) go on a five-stop motorcycle poker run, along with their wives Susan (Debra Hopkins) and Cheri (Jasmine Waltz), but on the way they encounter psychopaths Ray (Robert Thorne) and Billy (Jay Wisell). Before long Susan and Cheri are kidnapped and Robert and Allen are put through their paces in a number of horrific challenges as they attempt to get their wives back. In 'The Maze' (2010), five teenagers decide to explore a corn maze one night. Unbeknown to them, however, a murderous lunatic lurks within the maze and is luring them to their deaths. Will any of them make it out alive? In 'The Goatman Murders' (2011), a group of friends on a road trip to Florida experience some car trouble and end up in the Maryland countryside where an axe-wielding murderer, who is half-man, half-goat, begins to kill them one by one. Will there be any survivors?

Roadmap is an eight-level general English course for adults that is practical and communicative, and gets students talking. Each lesson has clear language objectives built on the Global Scale of English, with carefully scaffolded pathways for students to achieve them. The unique twin-track approach enables you to personalize your learners' journeys and teach the language and skills you know they need to progress. So, while every class covers the essential language and speaking skills in the fast track route, the extended route provides additional training in reading, writing and listening. Comprehensive teacher support makes Roadmap lessons easy to organize and fun to teach, however much time you have to prepare. The Student's Book comes with an Interactive eBook. Audio and video is available online and in the Pearson Practice English app, which also provides extra practice. The Student's Book covers ten units, with main input lessons and specific listening, reading and writing lessons. An English in Action lesson covers key functional language with video clips and worksheets. A Check and Reflect lesson at the end of each unit helps show learners how their confidence and mastery of the spoken language has improved. Further vocabulary and grammar development and practice are provided at the end of the book. The interactive eBook is a digital version of the Student's Book, with audio and video at the point of use, enabling students to complete activities wherever they are.

'Mary E. Pearson is a fearless storyteller' Stephanie Garber A reformed thief and the young leader of an outlaw dynasty lock wits in a battle that may cost them their lives, and their hearts, in a new novel from the New York Times bestselling author of The Remnant Chronicles. When the patriarch of the Ballenger empire dies, his son, Jase, becomes its new leader. Even nearby kingdoms bow to the strength of this outlaw family, who have always governed by their own rules. But a new era looms on the horizon, set in motion by a young queen, which makes her the target of the dynasty's resentment and anger. At the same time, Kazi, a legendary former street thief, is sent by the queen to investigate transgressions against the new settlements. When Kazi arrives in the forbidding land of the Ballengers, she learns that there is more to Jase than she thought. As unexpected events spiral out of their control, bringing them intimately together, they continue to play a cat and mouse game of false moves and motives in order to fulfil their own secret missions. PRAISE FOR MARY E. PEARSON 'One of my favorite reads of the year' Alyson Noel 'Deeply satisfying, intricately plotted fantasy' Robin LaFevers 'Breathtaking' Booklist 'Heart-pounding' Cinda Williams Chima