Oksa Pollock the Last Hope

Oksa Pollock the Last Hope
Author: Anne Plichota
Publisher: Oksa Pollock
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014-02
Genre: Adventure stories
ISBN: 9781782690351

Oksa Pollock is a 13-year-old girl, moving with her family from Paris to a new life in London. Along with her best friend Gus, she is ready to settle into their new lives. But bizarre things start happening around Oksa. When she finds she has magical powers, the truth emerges: her family are not from this world, but from Edefia, having fled magical, hidden homeland years ago, in fear of all their lives. And Oksa is their queen.

Oksa Pollock: the Last Hope

Oksa Pollock: the Last Hope
Author: Anne Plichota
Publisher: Pushkin Press
Total Pages: 498
Release: 2013-06-04
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1782690395

A New Heroine. An Old Evil. An Unforgettable Adventure. A thrilling new supernatural adventure series. Fuses the excitement, action and extraordinary worlds of Harry Potter, I Am Number Four and Buffy the Vampire Slayer with an inspirational new teen heroine. Oksa Pollock is a normal thirteen-year-old girl, starting a new life in London. New lives, new friends, a new school and new adventures. But bizarre things start happening around Oksa she finds she can produce fire from her hands, move objects with her mind, and even fly. Finally the truth emerges...her family fled Edefia, their magical, hidden homeland years ago. And more than that: Oksa is their queen... Oksa will be thrown into a wilder adventure than she could ever have imagined. She must triumph over her enemies. The whole of Edefia is counting on her.

Oksa Pollock

Oksa Pollock
Author: Anne Plichota
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2013
Genre: Children's stories
ISBN: 9781782690009

Oksa Pollock is a 13-year-old girl, moving with her family from Paris to a new life in London. Along with her best friend Gus, she is ready to settle into their new lives. But bizarre things start happening around Oksa. When she finds she has magical powers, the truth emerges: her family are not from this world, but from Edefia, having fled magical, hidden homeland years ago, in fear of all their lives. And Oksa is their queen.

The Forest of Lost Souls

The Forest of Lost Souls
Author: Anne Plichota
Publisher: Pushkin Children's Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2014-10
Genre: Children's stories
ISBN: 9781782690337

Oksa Pollock has discovered that she's the queen of the magical land of Edefia. As if that wasn't enough for any thirteen-year-old to be dealing with, her mother is still desperately ill and now her best friend, Gus, has become trapped in the Forest of Lost Souls. In the forest the group, Oksa and a few fellow Runaways-including the moody, mysterious Tugdual, must all face their own personal demons, not to mention an assortment of horrific creatures, in a desperate attempt to bring Gus back alive.

Fundamental Themes in Clinical Supervision

Fundamental Themes in Clinical Supervision
Author: Tony Butterworth
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 354
Release: 2005-08-09
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1134584601

Clinical supervision has been available to nurses for over a decade. This book, edited by leading practitioners in the field, looks at how clinical supervision has developed during this period and what the issues are for the future, including: * education and training in clinical supervision * the introduction of clinical supervision into policy and practice * the practice of clinical supervision within the different nurse specialisms * current research activity * international perspectives and experiences. The book is firmly grounded in clinical practice and all the contributors write from real experience. They include clinicians, educationalists, researchers and policy makers from the UK, Finland, America and Australia. Containing the latest research evidence, Fundamental Themes in Clinical Supervision demonstrates the potential of this form of training to support staff and improve client care an essential tool for nurses and other health professionals.

The Black Lotus: Shadow of the Ninja

The Black Lotus: Shadow of the Ninja
Author: Kieran Fanning
Publisher: Scholastic Inc.
Total Pages: 310
Release: 2016-09-27
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0545942756

Ninja and samurai lore come together with action and adventure to create an explosive new book perfect for fans of Rick Riordan and Brandon Mull! "Wonderful characters, unbelievable adventure . . . I loved this book." -- Eoin Colfer, author of the Artemis Fowl seriesGhost, Cormac, and Kate are not like other kids. Ghost can turn invisible, Cormac can run up walls, and Kate can talk to animals--all abilities that make them perfect recruits for the Black Lotus, a training school for ninjas who are sworn to protect the world from the evil samurai-run Empire. But when the Moon Sword--a source of unimaginable power--is stolen, the three are forced to put their new skills to the test and go back in time to sixteenth-century Japan and retrieve it.

City of Thieves

City of Thieves
Author: Ellen Renner
Publisher: Orchard Books
Total Pages: 275
Release: 2010-08-05
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1408313731

'The final shock of it hit home. The Petches were thieves, and they had stolen him.' Tobias is on the run. From the father who betrayed him...from the mother who couldn't comfort him...from his own desperate fear. But when he falls into the clutches of his uncle's sinister gang of thieves, his fear grows. And soon Toby realises, his nightmare has only just begun... 'Renner's story bristles with talent and brio, craft and polish' THE TIMES on Castle of Shadows

Lose, Team, Lose!

Lose, Team, Lose!
Author: R. L. Stine
Publisher: Chapter Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2011
Genre: Boarding schools
ISBN: 9781599618289

Reprint. Originally published: New York: HarperCollins, 2005.

Tara Duncan and the Spellbinders

Tara Duncan and the Spellbinders
Author: Princess Sophie Audouin-Mamikonian
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 516
Release: 2012-05-01
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 1620873893

Though only twelve years old, orphaned Tara has developed strange telekinetic powers that allow her to bend space and levitate others high above the ground, as if they are lighter than air. Her two best friends, Betty and Fabrice—often the victims of Tara’s uncontrollable abilities—are the only ones who know about Tara’s secret. Even her grandmother and caretaker, Isabella, doesn’t have a clue. That is until Tara learns that she is a spellweaver, descended from a long line of powerful magic-wielders born on the planet OtherWorld. Forced to flee her Earth home when Magister, the Master of the Bloodgraves, attacks, Tara escapes to planet Other- World, where she finds loyal friends and learns about her mysterious powers. But when Tara discovers that her mother is alive and being held captive by Magister, will she be able to save her? Tara Duncan is an inspiring heroine, whose adventures and personal struggles will captivate readers already hooked by fantasy adventures and characters like Harry Potter. This is the first installment of the Tara Duncan series—an epic adventure full of magic and bravery that is sure to cast a spell on young readers!

Sports Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation

Sports Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation
Author: David Joyce
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 669
Release: 2015-12-14
Genre: Medical
ISBN: 1135075093

World-class rehabilitation of the injured athlete integrates best practice in sports medicine and physical therapy with training and conditioning techniques based on cutting-edge sports science. In this ground-breaking new book, leading sports injury and rehabilitation professionals, strength and conditioning coaches, biomechanists and sport scientists show how this integrated model works across the spectrum of athlete care. In every chapter, there is a sharp focus on the return to performance, rather than just a return to play. The book introduces evidence-based best practice in all the core areas of sports injury risk management and rehabilitation, including: performance frameworks for medical and injury screening; the science of pain and the psychology of injury and rehabilitation; developing core stability and flexibility; performance retraining of muscle, tendon and bone injuries; recovery from training and rehabilitation; end-stage rehabilitation, testing and training for a return to performance. Every chapter offers a masterclass from a range of elite sport professionals, containing best practice protocols, procedures and specimen programmes designed for high performance. No other book examines rehabilitation in such detail from a high performance standpoint. Sports Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation is essential reading for any course in sports medicine and rehabilitation, strength and conditioning, sports science, and for any clinician, coach or high performance professional working to prevent or rehabilitate sports injuries.