The twenty-seventh book in the number one bestselling Alan Banks crime series - by the master of the police procedural.

The gruesome double murder at an Eastvale property developer's luxury home should be an open and shut case for Superintendent Banks and his team of detectives. There's a clear link to the notoriously vicious Albanian mafia, men who left the country suspiciously soon after the death. Then they find a cache of spy-cam videos hidden in the house - and Annie and Gerry's investigation pivots to the rape of a young girl that could cast the murders in an entirely different light.

Banks's friend Zelda, increasingly uncertain of her future in Britain's hostile environment, thinks she will be safer in Moldova hunting the men who abducted, raped and enslaved her than she is Yorkshire or London. Her search takes her back to the orphanage where it all began - but by stirring up the murky waters of the past, Zelda is putting herself in greater danger than any she's seen before.

And as the threat to Zelda escalates, so does the danger for Banks and those who love her . . .

The most dangerous person in the courtroom isn't the killer...

Single mother Revelle Lee is an interpreter who spends her days translating for victims, witnesses and the accused across London. Only she knows what they're saying. Only she knows the truth.

When she believes a grave injustice is about to happen, and a guilty man is going to be labelled innocent, she has the power to twist an alibi to get the verdict she wants. She's willing to risk it all to do what's right.

But when someone discovers she lied, Revelle finds the cost might be too high... and she could lose everything, including her son.

The brilliant new novel in the number one bestselling Alan Banks crime series - by the master of the police procedural.

Late November, 1980. Student Nick Hartley returns from a lecture to find his house full of police officers. As he discovers that his ex-girlfriend has been found murdered in a nearby park, and her new boyfriend is missing, he realises two things in quick succession: he is undoubtedly a suspect as he has no convincing alibi, and he has own suspicions as to what might have happened . . .

Late November 2019. An dig near Scotch Corner unearths a skeleton that turns out to be far more recent than the Roman remains the archaeologist is looking for. Detective Superintendent Alan Banks and his team are called in and, as an investigation into the find begins, the past and the present meet with devastating consequences.

Wall Street Journal reporters Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg offer a deeply reported account of the intertwined sagas and legacies of two of the greatest soccer players of all time—Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo—examining how their rivalry has grown from a personal competition to a multi-billion-dollar industry, paralleling the stunning rise, overwhelming excesses, and uncertain future of modern international soccer.

For over fifteen years, almost any conversation about international soccer has always come back to two players—Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo—undoubtedly the greatest of their generation but with styles, attitudes, and fanbases that couldn’t be more different. For millions of people around the world “Messi or Ronaldo?” isn’t simply a barroom argument, or an affirmation of fandom, so much as a statement of philosophy, of values, of what global soccer is today and of what it will be tomorrow.

Now Wall Street Journal reporters and co-authors of The Club, Joshua Robinson and Jonathan Clegg, unite the stories of Messi and Ronaldo into a single modern epic of global sports, detailing how one rivalry changed both the game and the business of international soccer—forever. Based on dozens of firsthand accounts and years of original reporting, Messi vs. Ronaldo weaves together the stakes, color, and characters at the heart of each man’s story, going inside the locker rooms and boardrooms where their legends were forged and revealing off-field drama as gripping as anything that happened on it. From their contrasting origin stories to their divergent career arcs and their conflicting reputations, these players have built their successes on opposite paths, yet each, in his own way, offers a riveting tale of triumph and excess. Taken together, their story embodies the astronomical growth of international soccer, how social media has revolutionized the power of sports celebrity, and how the desire to capitalize on the billions of dollars these players represent electrified some of the most storied clubs in Europe—Barcelona, Real Madrid, and Manchester United among them—and cost them almost everything.

Updated with a new epilogue detailing Messi and Argentina’s remarkable victory in the 2022 World Cup, Messi vs. Ronaldo offers a deeply researched look at their legacy and grapples with the impact that their talents have had on the game for better and for worse. Much more than a retelling of the dual accomplishments of these great players, this is truly a biography of a rivalry, one that has become a crucial lens for understanding the past, present, and future of global soccer.

From the international bestselling author of The Element, Ken Robinson is one of the world's most influential voices in education. In this inspiring, empowering book, he sets out a new vision for how education can be transformed to enable all young people to flourish.

Filled with practical examples and groundbreaking research, it will inspire the change our children urgently need.

Marvel Entertainment was a struggling toymaker not even twenty years ago. Today, Marvel Studios is the dominant player both in Hollywood and in global pop culture. But what accounts for its stunning rise?

In MCU, beloved culture writers Joanna Robinson, Dave Gonzales, and Gavin Edwards draw on more than a hundred interviews with actors, producers, directors, and writers to present the definitive chronicle of Marvel Studios and its sole, ongoing production, the Marvel Cinematic Universe. As they delve into the studio’s key moments – from the contentious hiring of Robert Downey Jr. for Iron Man to the negotiations over Disney’s acquisition of Marvel to studio head Kevin Feige’s embrace of streaming TV – the authors demonstrate that the genius of Marvel was its resurrection and modification of Hollywood’s old studio system.

Dishy and authoritative, MCU is the first book to tell the Marvel Studios story in full – and an essential, effervescent account of popular culture.

SHE'S MEANT TO SAVE LIVES... NOT DESTROY THEM. *Available to pre-order now!* For readers of The Silent Patient comes a propulsive, edge-of-your-seat thriller that asks: can you ever escape your past? Former police officer Tia quit the Met years ago when she failed her exam to become a negotiator, her dream job. But when a peaceful climate protest at a London museum turns deadly, and one of the radicalised group members takes Tia and others hostage, she realises this is her chance to prove she has what it takes. Only not everyone gets out of the siege alive. Three years later, Tia discovers that the surviving hostages are being harassed by an anonymous person, leading one of them to take their own life. Refusing to have another death on her conscience, Tia begins to investigate. But Tia was a hostage that day too... and now she's a target. For fans of Sunday Times bestsellers Clare Mackintosh, Alex Michaelides and Gillian McAllister.

Join three sporting detectives as they race around the world in the brand new mystery adventure series from multi gold medal-winning Paralympian, Ellie Robinson.    It’s been a year since Seb, Hannah and Maria solved the mystery of the gold medal thief at the Tokyo Games. Now they are reunited at the World Football Championship but Brazil’s star goalie has gone missing. Finding a lost medal was one thing, finding a missing person is much more difficult. Can the trio team up again to find out what happened to Carlota before the final game?

The irresistible unicorn follow-up to 1, 2, 3, Do the Dinosaur, shortlisted for the 2020 BookTrust Storytime Prize Cleo and her unicorn friends are having fun dancing, prancing and swishing their tails in the magic forest, until – oh no! – their noise wakes the big, scary GIANT. But not all is what it seems . . . and a FE FI FO FUM turns quickly into friendship! A fun-filled rhyming adventure, with a message about not judging others by appearances! Move over Ten Minutes to Bed, Little Unicorn . . . this one’s got A GIANT! Look out for 1 2 3 Do the Dinosaur 1 2 3 Do the Shark 1 2 3 Do the Robot

A sweetly spooky Halloween story about a little pumpkin with big fears, by a best-selling picture book duo! The way every pumpkin is meant to behave is fearless and feisty and spooky and brave. It's what every pumkpin is brought up to do . . . apart from the littlest pumpkin, named Boo. Boo does NOT like Halloween. She isn't spooky, she's small and sweet. And she does NOT like trick-or-treating. Why? Because she's afraid of the dark. So, when Halloween comes around Boo is especially worried. All the noise, and scary costumes, and people running around in the dark... Boo does not like it one bit! But when she meets a little boy who also shares his fears, Boo realises that perhaps Halloween - and the dark - aren't quite as scary as she thought. And is Boo ready to shine? You bet she is! Children will love this brilliantly fun picture book - especially those who find Halloween a little bit too spooky! A must-have Halloween gift! Fun and heartfelt story, with brightly-coloured illustrations showing all the fun and magic of halloween Created by award-winning author Michelle Robinson and bestselling illustrator Mike Byrne

Set your students on track to achieve the best grade possible with My Revision Notes: CCEA GCSE Mathematics Foundation Our clear and concise approach to revision will help students learn, practise and apply their skills and understanding. Coverage of key content is combined with practical study tips, exam-style questions and effective revision strategies to create a guide that can be relied on to build both knowledge and confidence. With My Revision Notes: CCEA GCSE Mathematics, students can: - Consolidate knowledge with clear, focused and relevant content coverage, based on what examiners are looking for - Plan your revision effectively with diagnostic tests for the three main subject areas - Embed skills with 'Practise your revision' questions, and use the full worked solutions to improve your understanding and presentation for the exam - Improve technique through exam-style practice questions, expert tips and examples of typical mistakes to avoid - Plan and manage a successful revision programme with our topic-by-topic planner, exam breakdown feature, user-friendly definitions throughout and questions and answers online

Folly Beach native Gretchen Stringer-Robinson takes the reader through a history of this delightful beach town covering the war years, the innocence of the fifties, the recession of the seventies, Hurricane Hugo and times in between. Visiting colorful characters and beautiful locations, this book will be enjoyed by both residents and visitors.

Robin Williams, Peter Dinklage and Mila Kunis star in this comedy drama directed by Phil Alden Robinson. Henry Altmann (Williams), a cynical and curmudgeonly Brooklynite, undergoes a drastic transformation when he is mistakenly told by Dr. Sharon Gill (Kunis) he only has 90 minutes to live. Desperate to make amends with the people closest to him before he dies, he leaves the doctor's surgery frantically and sets off on a path of redemption. Meanwhile, Sharon, who has realised her mistake but has become aware of a potentially life-threatening brain aneurysm, tries to track Henry down to get him into care.

Set students on track to achieve the best grade possible with My Revision Notes. Our clear and concise approach to revision will help students learn, practise and apply their skills and understanding. Coverage of key content is combined with practical study tips and effective revision strategies to create a guide that can be relied on to build both knowledge and confidence. My Revision Notes: OCR A Level Geography (Second Edition) will help students: - Consolidate knowledge with clear, concise and relevant content coverage, based on what examiners are looking for - Extend understanding with our regular 'Now Test Yourself', tasks and answers - Improve technique through our increased exam support, including exam-style practice questions, expert tips and examples of typical mistakes to avoid - Identify key connections between topics and subjects with our 'Making Links' focus and further ideas for follow-up and revision activities - Plan and manage a successful revision programme with our topic-by-topic planner, new skills checklist and exam breakdown features, user-friendly definitions and glossary

The complete first and second series of the BBC's fast-paced modernised crime drama based on the characters created by Arthur Conan Doyle. Laptops, mobile phones and the internet are the new tools for crime in a modern London under threat from serial killers, bombings and gang warfare. Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch), the most brilliant intellect of his generation, has a unique analytical brain unlike anyone else's, and staves off the ever-present threat of boredom by solving crimes, the more intricate and baffling the better. Meanwhile, his friend and flatmate, John Watson (Martin Freeman), is an army doctor invalided home from the battlefields of Afghanistan. Episodes are: 'A Study in Pink', 'The Blind Banker', 'The Great Game', 'A Scandal in Belgravia', 'The Hounds of Baskerville' and 'The Reichenbach Fall'.

The complete first and second series of the BBC's fast-paced modernised crime drama based on the characters created by Arthur Conan Doyle. Laptops, mobile phones and the internet are the new tools for crime in a modern London under threat from serial killers, bombings and gang warfare. Sherlock Holmes (Benedict Cumberbatch), the most brilliant intellect of his generation, has a unique analytical brain unlike anyone else's, and staves off the ever-present threat of boredom by solving crimes, the more intricate and baffling the better. Meanwhile, his friend and flatmate, John Watson (Martin Freeman), is an army doctor invalided home from the battlefields of Afghanistan. Episodes are: 'A Study in Pink', 'The Blind Banker', 'The Great Game', 'A Scandal in Belgravia', 'The Hounds of Baskerville' and 'The Reichenbach Fall'.

A laugh-out-loud picture book that explores our emotions and reassures toddlers that having the wobbles is OK. "Wibble wobble, wibble wobble, Jelly on a plate" When Jelly is entered into the 'Best Food Competition', it makes him wobble with worry. Everyone loves chicken nuggets and pizza - but does everyone love jelly? Suddenly he's filled with self-doubt. But soon Jelly learns that the things that make us different should be celebrated... and that it's definitely OK to have a wobble every now and then. A fantastically funny book about being true to ourselves and letting our emotions shine From the creators of The Day the Banana Went Bad Bright and bold illustions will engage and entertain Shiny foiled cover makes this a special gift From an award-winning and Book Trust Pick author

This guidebook to UK's ultimate challenge walk, the End to End, describes a 1956km (1215 mile) walking route from Land's End in Cornwall to John o' Groats in Scotland's far north - the two points on mainland Britain that are the furthest apart. The recommended route avoids road walking as much as possible and frequently takes advantage of existing long-distance trails, including the South West Coast Path, Pennine Way and West Highland Way. Passing through remote terrain at times and keeping to the hills where practical, it is intended for experienced hill-walkers. The guide includes route description and maps, concentrating on the 'gaps' between the major long-distance trails covered in other Cicerone guides. There is also a wealth of advice to help you prepare for and undertake your walk, covering equipment, safety, supplies and facilities. Notes on history, geography and local sights, along with anecdotes from those who have successfully completed the journey, add interest and inspiration. The route is presented in 61 daily stages (each averaging around 32km), divided into 6 sections; an alternative three-month schedule is also provided. The End to End Trail promises a magnificent adventure through some of the best the British countryside can offer, and a unique sense of achievement on completion of your walk.

Examining how policy affects the human rights of people with disabilities, this topical Handbook presents diverse empirical experiences of disability policy and identifies the changes that are necessary to achieve social justice. Expansive in scope, the Handbook illustrates how language, law and concepts about human rights impact the way that disability policy is framed and implemented. Chapters use the lenses of human rights, welfare, health and economic inclusion to address contemporary policy questions such as globalisation and technology. Grounded in lived experiences, the Handbook interweaves personal narratives from people with disabilities which provide important insights into how policy impacts opportunity and point to future possibilities for the influence of human rights on policy change. As narrative author Karla Garcia Luiz reflects, ‘We often share situations that make us feel lonely, exhausted, insecure, questioning ourselves.... When we share, we realize that these feelings are collective and, [in]naming them we re-signify them and, thus, we strengthen ourselves for political action’. Informed by international, comparative experiences, this Handbook will be an engaging and perceptive resource for students and scholars of sociology and social policy, health and welfare studies and disability policy. With diverse examples from across the global north and south, it will also appeal to people working in social policy who are looking to develop and reform policies to be more inclusive, accessible and progressive towards people with disabilities.

Lora inherits Blackstone Cottage from her Aunt May. With rumours of ghosts and a mysterious black cat will she be able to settle? Strange things start to happen. Does somebody not want her there?