People who excel at mathematics use better strategies than the rest of us; they are not necessarily more intelligent. With this collection you’ll discover methods to make maths easy and fun. These books are perfect for students, parents, teachers and anyone who enjoys working with figures and even those who are terrified of numbers!
Three terrifying tales to keep you awake all night: Night of the Sea Monkey, Lamb Feed and Homewrecked – a trifecta of 80s throwback terror with mauling monsters, home invasions gone haywire and stomach-turning human sacrifice. Features a cast of horror icons like Felissa Rose (Sleepaway Camp), Lynn Lowry (The Crazies), Arch Hall Jr. (The Sadist) and Robert Allen Mukes (House of 1000 Corpses).
Mysteries grow around them… Stunning gardens provide the backdrop for this hit British mystery series starring Felicity Kendal (Good Neighbors, The Camomile Lawn) as Rosemary Boxer and Pam Ferris (Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban, Matilda) as Laura Thyme, professional gardeners and amateur sleuths. From their former careers as a university plant biologist and a police officer, Rosemary and Laura bring unique investigative talents to their horticultural and human mysteries.
In 17th Century Amsterdam, an orphaned girl Sophia (Alicia Vikander) is forcibly married to a rich and powerful merchant Cornelis Sandvoort (Christoph Waltz) – an unhappy “arrangement” that saves her from poverty. After her husband commissions a portrait, she begins a passionate affair with the painter Jan Van Loos (Dane DeHaan), a struggling young artist. Seeking to escape the merchant’s ever-reaching grasp, the lovers risk everything and enter the frenzied tulip bulb market, with the hope that the right bulb will make a fortune and buy their freedom.
Avery Malone, a wannabe writer and lonely librarian, gets her big break when she’s hand-selected to assist her hero, reclusive author, Caleb Conrad. Whisked away to Caleb’s remote estate, Avery is given her one and only task; to participate in a controlled psychological experiment in fear that will serve as the basis for Caleb’s next novel.
John Wayne stars as Seattle police detective Lieutenant Lon McQ, wholaunches a one-man crusade to solve the murder of his best friend. Nownothing will stop McQ from his quest to prove that a drug kingpin is thekiller … Neither the police department’s order to drop the case, hislove for a woman entangled with the mob nor the combined power of thecity’s underworld can stop McQ.
