An Absence Of SquirrelsWelcome to Thutta. We have a train, an ocean and 5,120 people. One of these people is Katli, although she pretends to be seven people ? making up new versions of herself is her way of dealing with being a thirteen year old on an island where nothing much happens. Until one morning, when she follows a cat off a train and sets off a sequence of events involving absent animals, mysterious meetings and sneaky schemes. As the secrets grow into something

Except for Izzy and Lucas - bitter rivals banned from working the same shift

and gradually they return to a simpler way of life

A handy guide to the meanings and origins of the many foreign phrases we use every day

Every medical library should possess this remarkable book

Evie Dexter is in pursuit of a career as a European tour guide

the book then deals with ways of overcoming gloomy situations

QUESTIONS FOR MY DEAREST The girls of Lamplight are hard at work on their assignment to kill their leader

Natasha Walter was thrown into a time of bewilderment and sadness

But then one February morning everything changes

Earth's population is growing at the rate of 1 billion people every 15 years

half of the world's economic growth will come from 440 cities including Kumasi in Ghana or Santa Carina in Brazil that most executives today would be hard-pressed to locate on a map

pierced by the talons of the almost-crow that delivered it