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Why DidnÂ’t They Ask Evans?
Agatha Christie
Paperback (HarperCollins UK, Feb. 1, 2012)Bobby Jones is playing golf - terribly. As his ball disappears over the edge of a cliff, he hears a cry. The ball is lost, but on the rocks below he finds the body of a dying man. With his final breath the man opens his eyes and says, 'Why didn't they ask Evans?'
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They Came to Baghdad
Agatha Christie
Paperback (HarperCollins UK, May 1, 2012)Baghdad is the chosen location for a secret superpower summit. But the word is out, and an organisation in the Middle East is plotting to sabotage the talks. Victoria Jones gets involved in the situation but gets more adventure than she bargained for.
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Purple Hibiscus
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Hardcover (Collins UK, Feb. 1, 2010)Chimamanda Ngozi Adiche tells the evocative story of 15-year old Kambili’s life growing up in Nigeria during a military coup.This set text for AQA GCSE is an ideal reader for any Key Stage 4 classroom.The limits of fifteen-year-old Kambili's world are defined by the high walls of her family estate and the dictates of her repressive father. Her life is regulated by schedules: prayer, sleep, study, and more prayer. When Nigeria begins to fall apart during a military coup, Kambili's father is involved mysteriously in the political crisis, while Kambili and her brother are sent away to live with their aunt. In this house, full of energy and laughter, Kambili discovers life and love - and a terrible, bruising secret deep within her family.Centring on the promise of freedom and the pain and exhilaration of adolescence, Purple Hibiscus is the extraordinary debut of a Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the prize-winning author of Half of a Yellow Sun.
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The Man in the Brown Suit
Agatha Christie
Paperback (HarperCollins UK, Feb. 1, 2012)Pretty, young Anne Beddingfield comes to London looking for adventure. But adventure finds her when she sees a man fall off an Underground platform and die on the rails. The police think the death was an accident. But who was the man in the brown suit who examined the body before running away?
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After the Funeral
Agatha Christie
Paperback (HarperCollins UK, May 1, 2012)When Cora is murdered, the remark she made the previous day at her brother's funeral suddenly takes on a chilling significance. She had been heard questioning if he was murdered. In desperation, the solicitor turns to Poirot to solve the mystery.
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The Murder of Roger Ackroyd
Agatha Christie
Paperback (HarperCollins UK, Feb. 1, 2012)Roger Ackroyd is found dead in a locked room, stabbed with an antique dagger. A number of people have a motive to murder him. The local police are puzzled, but Hercule Poirot brings his forensic skills to bear to solve a complex set of contradictory circumstances with a masterful display of logic and reasoning.
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Collins Elt Readers ― Amazing Thinkers & Humanitarians
Katerina Mestheneou, Fiona MacKenzie
Paperback (HarperCollins UK, Jan. 1, 2014)The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history.
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Collins Elt Readers ― Amazing Entrepreneurs & Business People
Helen Parker, Fiona MacKenzie
Paperback (Collins UK, Aug. 1, 2014)The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history.
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Collins Elt Readers — Amazing Leaders
Katerina Mestheneou, Fiona MacKenzie
Paperback (HarperCollins UK, Aug. 1, 2014)The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history.
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Crooked House
Agatha Christie
Paperback (Collins Educational, May 1, 2012)The Leonides were one big happy family living in a sprawling, ramshackle mansion. That was until Astrides, the head of the household, was murdered. Charles Hayward, engaged to the late millionaire's granddaughter, decides to investigate.
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Collins Elt Readers — Amazing Scientists
Anne Collins, Fiona MacKenzie
Paperback (HarperCollins UK, Sept. 1, 2014)The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history.
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Collins Elt Readers ― Amazing Scientists
Katerina Mestheneou, Fiona MacKenzie
Paperback (Collins UK, Jan. 1, 2014)The inspiring stories of 6 people who changed history.
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