The Garbage King (Laird Elizabeth)(Paperback)

The Garbage King (Laird Elizabeth)(Paperback)

When Mamo's mother dies, he is abandoned in the shanties of Addis Ababa. Stolen by a child-trafficker and sold to a farmer, he is cruelly treated. Escaping back to the city, he meets another, very different runaway. Dani is rich, educated--and fleeing his tyrannical father. Together they join a

Oxford Playscripts - The Garbage King (Laird Elzabeth)(Paperback / softback)

Set in the squalor of an Ethiopian dumpsite, this adaptation of Elizabeth Laird's award-winning novel tells the story of two young boys' fight for

Grobblechops (Laird Elizabeth)(Paperback / softback)

Elizabeth Laird Set x 3 shrink-wrapped - Elizabeth Laird

Elizabeth Laird's unforgettable stories of the conflict and crises refugees face on a daily basis. No Man's Land is the moving story of a young girl trying to help her family amid the crisis of civil war in Beirut; Kiss the Dust examines the persecution and hardships faced by refugees as they try

Easystart: Simon and the Spy (Laird Elizabeth)(Paperback / softback)

Original / British English Simon Simple is going on holiday and the police are looking for a spy. On the train, Simon meets a beautiful girl. He likes her and she likes him. But the spy is there too. Simon and the police can't see the spy. Can you?

Garbage in Popular Culture (Iqani Mehita)(Paperback)

Explores the cultural politics of garbage in contemporary global

Red Sky in the Morning (Laird Elizabeth)(Paperback / softback)

Highly Commended for the Carnegie Medal and runner-up for the Children's Book Award, Red Sky in the Morning is remarkably moving and beautifully

Welcome to Nowhere (Laird Elizabeth)(Paperback)

Twelve-year-old Omar and his brothers and sisters were born and raised in the beautiful and bustling city of Bosra, Syria. Omar doesn't care about politics--all he wants is to grow up to become a successful businessman who will take the world by storm. But when his clever older brother, Musa, gets

Secret Friends (Laird Elizabeth)(Paperback)

What's the good in keeping secrets? Rafaella doesn't find it easy to make friends. She looks and feels different from the others at school. And Lucy is the first to tease, the first to call her 'Earwig,' until they get to know one another and Lucy sees that Rafaella is full of hopes and ideas, just

Sophocles I: Antigone/Oedipus the King/Oedipus at Colonus (Sophocles)(Paperback)

Sophocles I contains the plays 'Antigone,' translated by Elizabeth Wyckoff; 'Oedipus the King,' translated by David Grene; and 'Oedipus at Colonus,' translated by Robert Fitzgerald. Sixty years ago, the University of Chicago Press undertook a momentous project: a new translation of the Greek

Dindy and the Elephant (Laird Elizabeth)(Paperback)

Bored with her little brother Pog's childish games, Dindy decides that she's finally grown-up enough for a real adventure. While her mother is sleeping and the servants are busy, she takes Pog deep into the tea gardens, a place they are never supposed to go alone. Terrified by wild animals and

Where's Toto?/?Donde esta Toto? (Laird Elizabeth)(Paperback / softback)

Jenny wants to take her new puppy, Toto, to the circus but Toto isn't willing to sit still and watch the show. Suddenly there's a whooosh and the circus cannon goes off... Where's Toto now?! Find out in this exciting story - in Spanish and English. Includes parallel text, speech bubbles, guidance

Where's Toto?/Ou est Toto ? (Laird Elizabeth)(Paperback / softback)

Jenny wants to take her new puppy, Toto, to the circus but Toto isn't willing to sit still and watch the show. Suddenly there's a whooosh and the circus cannon goes off... Where's Toto now?! Find out in this exciting story - in French and English. Includes parallel text, speech bubbles, guidance

Jake's Tower (Laird Elizabeth)(Paperback)

Jake is an unhappy little boy whose dream is to live in a tower, protected by a moat and a drawbridge. His room would be at the tower's very top, where he would always be safe and happy. In real life, Jake is never safe and he's seldom happy. He is often beaten by his mother's boyfriend, and his

Love And Garbage (Klima Ivan)(Paperback / softback)

The narrator of Love and Garbage has temporarily abandoned his work-in-progress - an essay on Kafka - and exchanged his writer's pen for the orange vest of a Prague road-sweeper. As he works, he meditates on Czechoslovakia, on Kafka, on life, on art and, obsessively, on his passionate and

To a Fault (Laird Nick)(Paperback / softback)

In this impressive debut, Nick Laird explores the sharp edge of relationships, from the intimacy of lovers to the brutality of political violence. Formally deft, rhetorically fresh, these poems never shy from difficult choices, exploring cruelty and vengeance wherever they may be found: in love, in

The Outlaw and the Upstart King (Duncan Rod)(Paperback)

Elizabeth Barnabus returns, to uncover the secrets and mysteries of the Gas-Lit Empire, in the startling sequel to The Queen of All Crows. As it is inked, so shall your oaths and bindings be. Tattoos are the only law on the Island of the Free, and there can never be a king. Every clan agrees on

Achilles (Cook Elizabeth)(Paperback / softback)

Born of the sea-nymph Thetis by the mortal King Peleus, hidden as a girl on Skiros until Odysseus discovers him, Achilles becomes the Greek's greatest warrior at Troy. This text retells the legend of

Tudor Houses Explained (Yorke Trevor)(Paperback)

The Tudor period was dominated by King Henry VIII and Queen Elizabeth I. The houses still standing from that time are typified by black and white timber framed buildings and rambling rows of quaint cottages around a village green. This book explains the rich range of domestic houses built during

Tomb of the Golden Bird (Peters Elizabeth)(Paperback / softback)

Emerson is convinced that the tomb of the little-known King Tutankhamon lies somewhere in the Valley of the Kings. Emerson and Ramses are lured into a trap by a group of villains who demand answers to the mysterious question, 'Where is he?'. Their curiosity piqued, the duo is determined to uncover

A House Without Walls (Laird Elizabeth)(Paperback)

Thirteen-year-old Safiya and her family have been driven out of Syria by civil war. Safiya knows how lucky she is--lucky not to be living in a refugee camp, lucky to be alive. But it's hard to feel grateful when she's forced to look after her father and brother rather than go back to school, and

Mycenae: Agamemnon's Capital (French Elizabeth)(Paperback)

Famous from ancient Greek literature as King Agamemnon's capital, Mycenae was the site of almost unbroken excavation during the 20th century, and this continues today. In presenting a full up-to-date account of the site and placing it in its geographical and historical setting, the author

Oranges in No Man's Land (Laird Elizabeth)(Paperback / softback)

A gripping story of a ten-year-old girl who risks death to make a life-saving dash through war-torn

Garbage Truck Coloring Book (Kids Coloring Pages for)(Paperback)

Garbage Truck Coloring Book for Kids is a collection of beautiful illustrations of different types of Garbage trucks and the activities they are involved in to keep our surroundings clean and tidy. Garbage trucks are big vehicles that come in different shapes and the community personnelIs use them