Mezi Nicka a jeho přátele se postaví nová holka. Je to pro něj skutečně špatná zpráva. A ještě horší věci následují, když se postaví na odpor a dojde to tak daleko, že mu hrozí vyloučení ze školy. Očistí Nick svoje jméno? Nebo se bude muset přece jen zapojit do programu na ochranu dětí, změnit si totožnost a přestěhovat se na Guam?
Nick je nejmenší dvanáctiletý kluk na světě (je si tím naprosto jistý), který nepatří do žádné party ani klubu (kdo je potřebuje?) a tráví více času uvnitř než vně své šatní skříňky (jsou větší, než si myslíte). Když Nicka jeho trýznitel Roy opět nacpe do šatní skříňky, výchovná poradkyně usoudí, že je načase, aby se zařadil do kolektivu. Seznámí ho s dvěma dalšími třídními outsidery Molly a Karlem a tak vznikne Povedená partička. Její členové ze sebe nejdřív nejsou moc nadšení, ale když je přihlouplý Roy šikanuje čím dál víc, začnou společně připravovat past… Text, psaný s jemným humorem a s nadhledem, je doplněn množstvím vtipů a komiksových kreseb.
Nick a Molly musí Karla zastavit, než bude pozdě. Jistá supertajná společnost se totiž rozhodla, že si tohohle naprosto ujetého týpka zvolí do svého čela. Hrozí, že Karl zostudí nejen sebe, ale i celou školu. Všichni budou povinně svačit čipsy z tofu a řepnou šťávu? To teda fakt ne, díky! Nick naštěstí vymyslel naprosto dokonalý záchranný plán… ovšem jestli je opravdu tak dokonalý, jak si myslí, to se teprve ukáže!
"This collection addresses issues of identity as two people find themselves living in an uncommon landscape. Through hybrid narrative prose poems, Hank and an unnamed narrator try to navigate their relationship and understand their identities amid a landscape that offers them almost nothing. The continent at first seems empty, but something emerges in the vacuum of Antarctica. The narrator's gender skips and changes, and the characters' self-awareness grows into a sort of horror. Dennis James Sweeney's poems consider the fullness of emptiness, revealing attempts to love and grow when surrounded by a white and frigid landscape that seems to go on forever. The space of these poems is something beyond the Antarctic of scientific exploration, the icy outpost that has served for so long as a masculine proving ground for polar explorers. This is the Antarctica of domestic disharmony, of love amid loneliness, where two people encounter themselves in the changeless breadth at the end of the world." -- Provided by publisher
"The story of modern Britain began 300 years ago, with the Treaty of Union between England and Scotland in 1707. In this fresh and challenging look at the origins of the United Kingdom, the first full study for four decades, Michael Fry focuses on the years which led up to the Union, setting the political history of both countries against the backdrop of war in Europe and the emergence of imperialism. In comparing the fate of Scotland with that of other small nations he reconstructs the human as well as the political story - in the voices of the people, in plots and conspiracies, in reports from battlefields and in the impassioned debates of the Scots Parliament." "In doing so he rejects the long-held assumption that the economy was of overwhelming importance in the Scots' acceptance of the terms of the Treaty, showing how they were in fact able to exploit English ignorance of and indifference to Scotland - as evident now as then - to steer the settlement in their own favour. Thus the future of Scotland, England and Britain remained open, not closed. The implications of this, Fry argues, have influenced the dynamics of the Union ever since, and are only being fully worked out in our own time."--Jacket
"A great story, lively drawings, and a cast of unforgettable characters. What else could you want for Christmas? The Naughty List is a book for all seasons!" --Lincoln Peirce, bestselling author of the Big Nate series "Will keep kids laughing from start to finish." --Publishers Weekly Fans of the Big Nate and Diary of a Wimpy Kid series will love this laugh-out-loud funny Christmas adventure packed with comic illustrations. When Bobbie's hilariously bumbling efforts to save her brother's Christmas actually land him on Santa's Naughty List, she must travel to the North Pole to make things right again and save Christmas. Bobbie suddenly finds herself on an epic holiday adventure complete with rogue elves, dysfunctional reindeer, a lazy Santa, and more.
From the best-selling author of the How to Be a Supervillain series comes this laugh-out-loud, heavily illustrated story of a shy boy, his best-friend-turned-ghost, and their bucket list of adventures and dares. Perfect for fans of the Timmy Failure and Diary of a Wimpy Kid series. Larry's got a few problems. In school, he's one of those kids who easily gets lost in the crowd. And Grimm, Larry's best friend in the whole world, has ghosted him. Literally. One minute Grimm was saving a cat in a tree during a lightning storm, and the next, he's pulling pranks on Larry in his new ghostly form. When the two best friends realize that there's something keeping Grimm tethered to their world, they decide that finishing their Totally To-Do bucket list is the perfect way to help Grimm with his unfinished business. Pulling hilarious pranks and shenanigans may be easier with a ghostly best friend, but as Larry and Grimm brave the scares of seventh grade, they realize that saying goodbye might just be the scariest part of middle school.
How the Scots Made America Safe for Liberty, Democracy and Capitalism
Fry analyses the astonishing contribution made by Scots to the development and continued success of the United States. Their philosophy, education and entrepreneurism, as well as their sheer grit, have been central to American history
Michael Fry, who has lived & work in Edinburgh for nearly 40 years, provides a compellingly readable account of this great city, from the earliest times to the present, balancing Edinburgh's cultural, political & social history, & shows how they have borne on one another.
