Books published by publisher China Youth Press

Paperback. Pub Date :2013-10-25 Language: English Libby Day was just seven years old when her older brother massacred her family while she hid in a cupboard Her evidence helped put him away Ever since then she has been drifting. surviving.. for over twenty years on the proceeds of the Libby Day fund. But now the money is running out and Libby is desperate. When she is offered 500 to do a guest appearance. she feels she has to accept. But this is no ordinary gathering. The Kill Club is a group of true-crime obsessives who share information on notorious murders. and they think her brother Ben is innocent.Ben was a social misfit. ground down by the small-town farming community in which he lived. But he did have a girlfriend -. a brooding heavy metal fan called Diondra Through her. Ben became involved with drugs and the dark arts When the town suddenly turned against him. his th...

HardCover. Pub Date :2013-06-20 Pages: 224 Language: English The History of the World. but not as you know it.A new type of history is here - all 13.8 billion years of it. exploded into a visually jaw- dropping feast of facts. trends and timelines that tell you everything you'd ever want to know about the history of the world.From the primordial soup to the technological revolution of the 21st century. interesting stuff has been going on; and ever since prehistoric man scratched the first tally markings into a damp cave wall. we've been counting and measuring it all.Which historic warriors conquered the most territory. killed the most people. or had the largest empireWhen did everything evolveWhich languages ??are related to whichWhat's been invented and whenWhere are we being born. and what are we dying ofWhich countries are eating all the food. causing all the pollution an...

Six years of magic, adventure, and mystery make this luxurious boxed set the perfect gift for Harry Potter fans of all ages.Follow Harry from his first days at Hogwarts School for Witchcraft and Wizardry, through his many adventures with Hermione and Ron, to his confrontations with rival Draco Malfoy and the dreaded Professor Snape. From the thrilling search for the Sorcerer's Stone to the Triwizard Tournament to the return of He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, each adventure is more riveting and exhilarating than its predecessor, and now all six books are available together for the first time in an elegant hardcover boxed set.

Paperback. Pub Date :2013-10-08 Pages: 400 Language:... English Ten years ago. Calamity came It was a burst in the sky that gave ordinary men and women extraordinary powers The awed public started calling them Epics But Epics are no friend of man. With incredible gifts came the desire to rule. And to rule man you must crush his wills.Nobody fights the Epics ... nobody but the Reckoners. A shadowy group of ordinary humans. they spend their lives studying Epics. finding their weaknesses. and then assassinating them.And David wants in. He wants Steelheart-the Epic who is said to be invincible. The Epic who killed Davids father. For years. like the Reckoners. Davids been studying. and planning-and he has something they need. Not an object. but an experience.Hes seen Steelheart bleed. And he wants revenge.

Paperback. Pub Date :2013-09-12 Pages: 672 Language: English A magisterial chronicle of the calamity that crippled Europe in 1914.1914: a year of unparalleled change The year that diplomacy failed. Imperial Europe was thrown into its first modernised warfare and. white-gloved soldiers rode in their masses across pastoral landscapes into the blaze of machine-guns What followed were the costliest days of the entire War But how had it happenedIn Catastrophe:.. 1914 Max Hastings. best-selling author of the acclaimed All Hell Let Loose. answers at last how World War I could ever have begun Ranging across Europe. from Paris to St Petersberg. from Kings to corporals. Catastrophe 1914 traces how tensions across the continent kindled into a blaze of battles;.. not the stalemates of later trench-warfare but battles of movement and dash where Napoleonic tactics met with weapons from a ...

HardCover. Pub Date :2014-01-30 Pages: 288 Language: English The Days of Anna Madrigal. the suspenseful. comic. and touching ninth novel in Armistead Maupins bestselling Tales of the City series. follows one of modern literatures most unforgettable and enduring characters-Anna Madrigal. the legendary transgender landlady of 28 Barbary Lane-as she embarks on a road trip that will take her deep into her past.Now ninety-two. and committed to the notion of leaving like a lady. Mrs. Madrigal has seemingly found peace with her logical family in San Francisco: her devoted young caretaker Jake Greenleaf; her former tenant Brian Hawkins and his daughter Shawna; and Michael Tolliver and Mary Ann Singleton. who have known and loved Anna for nearly four decades.Some members of Annas family are bound for the otherworldly landscape of Burning Man. the art community in Nevadas Black Rock D...

Paperback. Pub Date :2010-8-1 Pages: 321 To five-year-old Jack. Room is the entire world It is where he was born and grew up; its where he lives with his Ma as they learn and read and. eat and sleep and play. At night. his Ma shuts him safely in the wardrobe. where he is meant to be asleep when Old Nick visits.Room is home to Jack. but to Ma. it is the prison where Old Nick has held her captive for seven years. Through determination. ingenuity. and fierce motherly love. Ma has created a life for Jack. But she knows its not enough ... not for her or for him. She devises a bold escape plan. one that relies on her young sons bravery and a lot of luck. What she does not realize is just how unprepared she is for the plan to actually work.Told entirely in the language of the energetic. pragmatic five-year-old Jack. ROOM is a celebration of resilience and the limitless bond between...

If there is such a book which can make us feel maternal love and forget reality, and which we could read contently with our children, then it will be the one, You are in My Forest. Zhou Li is more like a little fairy coming from forest, who knows well days and nights in the forest, the growth of animals and plants there. The forest is like a shield which can protect our heart, our happiness in our growth.

Paperback. Pub Date :2013-10-24 Pages: 16 Language:!. English Its Christmas in Glendragon Celebrate with Mike the Knight. Evie. Sparkie. Squirt and all their Glendragon friends Theres even a Glendragon visit from Father Christmas With fun pictures! to colour and stickers to decorate the pages. this book is perfect for keeping Mike fans entertained while the grown-ups check on Christmas dinner.