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'A great debut. You'll be itching to read more.' Anthony Horowitz Meet Itch - an accidental, accident-prone hero. Science is his weapon. Elements are his gadgets. All-action adventure perfect for fans of Alex Rider and Young Bond. Itchingham Lofte...

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After almost poisoning his whole class with arsenic gas, going on the run from a psychotic science teacher and nearly dying of radiation poisoning, life is getting back to normal for Itchingham Lofte - at least, as normal as it can be when you hav...

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Exploding euros and exciting elements - join Itch, Jack and Chloe on their latest adventure. Itchingham Lofte, teenage element hunter and unlikely hero, has had anough excitement to last him a lifetime. Stumbling across an unknown radioactive elem...

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What happens when society wants you banged up in prison for a crime your parents committed? That's the situation in which Ant finds herself - together with her little brother Mattie and their foster-parents, she's locked up in a new kind of family...

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Charles Lambert (17931876) was a Franco-British entrepreneur who made a fortune in copper and silver miningand smeltingin nineteenth-century Chile. His introduction of new copper-smelting technology had a decisive impact on the Chilean mining indu...

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Cryptic species are organisms which look identical, but which represent distinct evolutionary lineages. They are an emerging trend in organismal biology across all groups, from flatworms, insects, amphibians, primates, to vascular plants. This boo...

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Cryptic species are organisms which look identical, but which represent distinct evolutionary lineages. They are an emerging trend in organismal biology across all groups, from flatworms, insects, amphibians, primates, to vascular plants. This boo...

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This is the first detailed modern account of the early evolution of the monocots - one of the most ancient major branches of flowering plants. Featuring contributions from leading scientists and covering a range of rapidly advancing fields, the bo...

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Tracing the evolution of one of the most ancient major branches of flowering plants, this is a wide-ranging survey of state-of-the-art research on the early clades of the monocot phylogenetic tree. It explores a series of broad but linked themes, ...

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Tracing the evolution of one of the most ancient major branches of flowering plants, this is a wide-ranging survey of state-of-the-art research on the early clades of the monocot phylogenetic tree. It explores a series of broad but linked themes, ...

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Cryptic species are organisms which look identical, but which represent distinct evolutionary lineages. They are an emerging trend in organismal biology across all groups, from flatworms, insects, amphibians, primates, to vascular plants. This boo...

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Simon Mayo first opened his confessional in 1988 on BBC Radio 1's Breakfast Show. Every day, one shamefaced listener would share their deepest, darkest secret while millions tuned in to find out whether or not Simon would grant his forgiveness.Ove...

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'A great debut. You'll be itching to read more.' Anthony HorowitzMeet Itch - an accidental, accident-prone hero. Science is his weapon. Elements are his gadgets. All-action adventure perfect for fans of Alex Rider and Young Bond.Itchingham Lofte -...

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After almost poisoning his whole class with arsenic gas, going on the run from a psychotic science teacher and nearly dying of radiation poisoning, life is getting back to normal for Itchingham Lofte - at least, as normal as it can be when you hav...

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Can a crocodile spit? What does the Queen have for dinner? How do you measure a rainbow? Why is q always followed by u?Originally open for children to phone in with their homework issues, these days the Homework Sucks segment of Simon Mayo s award...

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Exploding euros and exciting elements - join Itch, Jack and Chloe on their latest adventure.Itchingham Lofte, teenage element hunter and unlikely hero, has had anough excitement to last him a lifetime. Stumbling across an unknown radioactive eleme...

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What happens when society wants you banged up in prison for a crime your parents committed?That s the situation in which Ant finds herself together with her little brother Mattie and their foster-parents, she s locked up in a new kind of family pr...

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'Wonderful. Told with style, pace, character, texture, and tension - Lee Child1815: The war is over but for the inmates at Dartmoor Prison, peace - like home - is still a long way away. On the eve of the year 1815, the captured sailors of the Eagl...

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'The best kind of thriller - step by all-too-plausible step we're sucked into frantic, breathless action ... Perfect."e; LEE CHILDYou never know where danger may come from... 6.45am. A sweltering London rush hour. And in the last 27 minutes, s...

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'A slice of scary, escapist fun' Observer'The twists and turns are never-ending' Daily Mail'An unnervingly plausible and scintillatingly paced thriller' Radio Times'A phenomenal thriller, meticulously plotted and brilliantly realised' Clare Mackin...

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Whatever your ailment, the nation's best-loved film experts have the perfect cinematic prescription for you, whether it's a course of the Coens or a dose of Die Hard. And they're ready to cure the movies to, taking their scalpels to bloated blockb...

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'The plot of Mad Blood Stirring grows from a kernel of historical truth, but his book dazzles not so much as fact than as fiction...Instructive as well as entertaining' NEW YORK TIMES 1815: The war is over but for the inmates at Dartmoor Prison, p...

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'The best kind of thriller - step by all-too-plausible step we're sucked into frantic, breathless action ... Perfect." LEE CHILD You never know where danger may come from... 6.45am. A sweltering London rush hour. And in the last 27 minutes, seven ...

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Your house is on fire. What do you save? You have seconds to decide. If everything is about to burn, what do you rescue first? 'Gripping' Daily Express 'Full of twists and turns' That's Life 'Another winner... Plenty of twists, the odd conspiracy ...

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'A slice of scary, escapist fun' Observer 'The twists and turns are never-ending' Daily Mail 'An unnervingly plausible and scintillatingly paced thriller' Radio Times 'A phenomenal thriller, meticulously plotted and brilliantly realised' Clare Mac...

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'Full of intrigue and mystery' Bella 'Another winner?Short chapters, plenty of twists, the odd conspiracy theory ramp up the pace' Daily Mirror 'An absorbing read? Deftly unpicks the years of hidden resentments beneath the glossy veneer of a rich ...

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This book discusses innovative methods for mining information from images of plants, especially leaves, and highlights the diagnostic features that can be implemented in fully automatic systems for identifying plant species. Adopting a multidiscip...

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