Nicola Barber

This Children's USA Encyclopedia is a clear and comprehensive introduction introduction to our amazing country. It is full of fascinating facts and intriguing information. Discover the answers to questions such as: Who made a giant leap for mankind? - Why did Lewis and Clark go upriver? - How many soldiers died at Gettysberg? - Who was the first black president of the U S?

Explores history's worst air disasters, including the runway collision at Tenerife and the September 11 terrorist attacks, and investigates both the emergency response and lessons to be learned from each example.

Introduces charities that try to improve living conditions of those in poverty, looking at the organization's efforts, workers, and volunteers, and provides advice on how readers can get involved.

Devastated by a hit-and-run accident that has ended the life of her young son, Jenna moves to the remote Welsh coast to search for healing while two dedicated policemen try to get to the bottom of the case.

"2009: When Julia Conley hears that she has inherited a house outside London from an unknown great-aunt, she assumes it's a joke. She hasn't been back to England since the car crash that killed her mother when she was six, an event she remembers only in her nightmares. But when she arrives at Herne Hill to sort through the house--with the help of her cousin Natasha and sexy antiques dealer Nicholas--bits of memory start coming back. And then she discovers...

Conor, Abeke, Meilin, and Rollan, supported by their spirit animals, follow a lead in the cold North only to arrive in a deceptively beautiful village where everything is not as it seems.

In the autumn of 1948, Iris Digby vanishes from her London home with her American diplomat husband and their two children. The world is shocked by the familys sensational disappearance. Were they eliminated by the Soviet intelligence service? Or have the Digbys defected to Moscow with a trove of the Wests most vital secrets? Four years later, Ruth Macallister receives a postcard from the twin sister she hasnt seen since their catastrophic parting...