Books with author CD Collins

From the Award-winning Author of Spider Silk, Stone Fly, and Not Before Midnight Bitter's Run is a spirited and adventurous tale. Told in three parts, it portrays the realities and uncertainties of life on the Oregon Trail, of the war-weary men seeking or returning to a homestead in Oregon, and of the courageous women who rode with them.Following Lee's surrender of the Army of Virginia to Grant on April 9, 1865 at Appomattox, Captain John Bitter of Abiqua Creek, Oregon musters out of the 40th Missouri. A loner, Bitter plans a quick ride home over the Oregon Trail. The good Lord, however, has other plans for him.After a month on the Trail, two gun battles, a bruising fistfight to settle a blood feud, a new wife, and two adopted sons, Bitter tells Rockford, his big, mean, black horse, "This sure complicates the business of getting back to Oregon."Bitter now finds himself the leader of a mixed entourage going west: a black pioneer family earlier wagon trains shunned; an Irish rebel turned galvanized Yankee; a dispossessed Cherokee turned Cheyenne medicine man; the rescued sister of a Bannock chief; a white boy adopted by the Cheyenne; and a scout for the Union Army who is also one of the richest men in Oregon.If you like well-researched historical fiction that delivers entertainment as well as passion and suspense ... you'll love Bitter's Run.

The Stig gets his kit off and reveals how he came to be Top Gear's iconic racing driver and so much more - including what it's like to thrash an Aston Martin DBS, train for the Army and face the terror of Jeremy Clarkson's underwear…When the Black Stig disappeared off the end of an aircraft carrier in 2003, we were introduced to The White Stig. Faster. Stranger. Harder to keep clean. And ever since, millions have wondered – who is The Man in the White Suit? They're about to find out.Ben Collins caught the car the bug young, kicking his dad's boss in the balls for not giving him a company Jag. This was the attitude that eventually led him to spend seven years sharing a cabin with Jeremy Clarkson's underwear, James May's PhD thesis and Richard Hammond's hairspray. Because he is The Stig.Now he tells all about life inside the iconic white helmet. What it's like to guide a blind ex-RAF officer around the Top Gear track; pit a drug dealer's Mitsubishi Evo against a Trojan tank; set a Vauxhall Monara against Chloe the dancing Ninja; and race double-decker Routemasters against bendy buses. Not to mention all the inside stuff on how the show's amazing driving sequences are made.He also reveals how he got to be there – settinga Dunsfold lap time faster than Michael Schumacher's. Breaking records with the best of the best at Daytona and Le Mans.It's an awesome story, told by an amazing man.

Based on new research that proves repeated practice is more effective than repeated study, this Year 4 workbook is guaranteed to help improve performance in SATs and assessments. When it comes to getting the best results, practice really does make perfect! Matched to the requirements of the National Curriculum, this English Practice Workbook targets every topic in Year 4. • Questions for every topic organised into three levels of increasing difficulty.• Progress tests throughout the book for ongoing assessment• Children can record their results and track their own progress• Pull-out answer section included

Prepared specifically to support social studies and geography courses at upper primary and lower secondary levels throughout the Caribbean, this atlas is fully illustrated and includes the most up-to-date reference and thematic mapping of the countries within the Caribbean Community, as well as the broader Caribbean region. Maps are fully supported with illustrations, photographs, and data. The world maps cover international issues which have a bearing on Caribbean development.

Built To Last, the defining management study of the nineties, showed how great companies triumph over time and how long-term sustained performance can be engineered into the DNA of an enterprise from the very beginning. But what about companies that are not born with great DNA? How can good companies, mediocre companies, even bad companies achieve enduring greatness? Are there those that convert long-term mediocrity or worse into long-term superiority? If so, what are the distinguishing characteristics that cause a company to go from good to great?Over five years, Jim Collins and his research team have analyzed the histories of 28 companies, discovering why some companies make the leap and others don't. The findings include:Level 5 Leadership: A surprising style, required for greatness.The Hedgehog Concept: Finding your three circles, to transcend the curse of competence.A Culture of Discipline: The alchemy of great results.Technology Accelerators: How good-to-great companies think differently about technology.The Flywheel and the Doom Loop: Why those who do frequent restructuring fail to make the leap.

Where do you turn when you can’t trust your friends, your peers,your own husband?Aoife is a contented newlywed, temping while she awaits the birth of her first child. When her agency asks her to fill in on a temp position, Aoife witnesses a horrific tragedy at the office—one that will change the course of her life forever.Three months later, now employed full-time at the same workplace, Aoife’s learns that the ‘tragedy’ she witnessed was actually a cold-blooded murder. When she decides to investigate, Aoife discovers that everyone in the organisation has secrets they are desperate to protect. Even her friends cannot be trusted. An attempt on Aoife’s life proves that somebody is going to extraordinary lengths to ensure the past stays dead and buried—and Aoife along with it.What’s more, Aoife’s personal life is beginning to unravel. She’s positive she has a stalker but everyone thinks she’s imagining it. Her husband is turning into a stranger who doesn’t care that his wife’s life is in danger, even her mother-in-law is keeping secrets from her.Convinced that solving the case is the only way her she and her daughter will ever be safe again, Aoife rushes to uncover answers to a shocking scheme of greed, betrayal, and murder before the killer silences her for good.Girl Targeted is a perfect read for fans of Paula Hawkins, Gillian Flynn, Shalini Boland and B.A.Paris.“This book was incredibly thrilling,” - Dylan C, NetGalley.“The pacing was great, I was hooked from beginning to end,” - Shannon T, Librarian.“A real page turner with some imaginative twists that kept me guessing until the end,” - Denise P, NetGalley.Girl Targeted was awarded the B.R.A.G Medallion July 2018

A quiet evening ends in murder on a muddy mountain road. Local attorney Lije Evans and his beautiful wife, Kaitlyn, are gunned down. But the killers don’t expect one of their victims to live. After burying Kaitlyn, Lije is on a mission to find her killer―and solve a mystery that has more twists and turns than an Ozark-mountain back road. When the trail of evidence goes cold, complicated by the disappearance of the deputy who found Kaitlyn’s body at the scene of the crime, Lije is driven to find out why he and his wife were hunted down and left for dead along Farraday Road. He begins his dangerous investigation with no clues and little help from the police. As he struggles to uncover evidence, will he learn the truth before the killers strike again?

Collins International Primary English is a six-level, multi-component course for the international market which has been carefully developed to meet the needs of teachers and students. Collins is working with Cambridge International Examinations towards endorsement of these titles. Collins International Primary English is a self-contained, cohesive course which develops reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills at primary level. Consisting of students books, workbooks, teachers guides, and a digital resource, it includes a wide range of stimulating and engaging texts to build literacy and language skills. With a colorful and engaging design, the Student s Books follow a clear structure and progression through the levels.They feature carefully selected texts, covering both fiction and non-fiction genres, including extracts from the highly successful Collins Big Cat series. Skills are clearly defined and different levels of ability are catered for within each unit."

Develop fluency, reasoning and problem solving to master maths in year 7 and 8. Build confidence and resilience to be ready for GCSE 9-1 Maths with hundreds of expertly written practice questions, review sections and worked examples.Make a smooth transition from the new primary curriculum at KS2 and look ahead to GCSE 9-1 with KS3 Maths Now, a one book solution for consistency and whole class teaching in year 7 and 8.• Provide purposeful practice with carefully planned question progression in fluency, reasoning and problem solving• Focus on key concepts explained in clear worked examples• Recall and revisit knowledge to aid long-term memory retention in review sections• Understand key mathematical vocabulary on the page and collated in the glossary• Help pupils to think explicitly about their own learning with self-reflection opportunities• Avoid cognitive overload with carefully designed exercises and worked examples• Build confidence and overcome maths anxiety with frequent low stakes assessments in the accompanying KS3 Maths Now Teacher Handbook