At the Wings & Co. Fairy Detective Agency, Emily Vole and her friends are beginning to worry. It's been five months since their official opening, and they haven't had a single case Then local landowner Sir Walter Cross dies in sudden and mysterious circumstances, and his case arrives right on their[...]
"Advanced Satellite Communications".
Everyone knows that tyrannosauruses are big and scary, so when a placid duckbill dinosaur's egg ends up in the wrong nest confusion is sure to ensue! When the baby dinosaur hatches out, he's so out of place that his grisly big sisters call him Tyrannosaurus Drip. Poor little Drip: all he wants is a [...]
In a startling look at the classic "Annapurna" -- the most famous book about mountaineering -- David Roberts discloses what really happened on the legendary expedition to the Himalayan peak. In June 1950, a team of mountaineers was the first to conquer an 8,000-meter peak. Maurice Herzog, the leader[...]
"Frightfully Friendly Ghosties," described as "exciting, charming and ridiculous," by "The Guardian," is a hilarious book for young readers about the adventures of a funny, charming, and terribly polite group of ghosts who just want to get along with their housemates. The cast of classic characters,[...]
This anthology collects the most riveting, real-life adventure stories from America's oldest mountaineering and conservation journal, Appalachia. Each of these essays, published from 1877 to the present, chronicles a tale of explorers who push the limits of endurance, weather, altitude, or personal [...]
On 8 June 1924, George Leigh Mallory and Andrew 'Sandy' Irvine were last seen climbing towards the summit of Everest. In 1999, Conrad Anker found the body of Mallory on Mount Everest. This title assesses the clues provided by the body, its position, and the possibility that Mallory had successfully [...]
It is 1935 and the Duke of Mersham is hosting a party at his country house, when one of the guests is poisoned. Was it an accident or something more sinister? The Duke's younger brother, Lord Edward Corinth, and journalist Verity Browne, set out to investigate.[...]
Lord Benyon is on the Queen Mary, bound for New York. It is 1937, and his mission is to persuade President Roosevelt to supply Britain with arms and money if it comes to war with Germany. Those who want him to fail will not stop at murder to achieve their aim.[...]
This is a unique visual encyclopedia of rock and a must-have reference guide for any serious music fan. Documenting the development and impact of 250 of the world's most influential rock acts over the past fifty years and detailing the development of their sounds and line-ups, innovative colour-code[...]
Bertie can be a bit smelly. When he trumps, it makes his mum cross, embarrasses his dad, upsets his gran and offends his sister. But they all have a secret - and Bertie knows what it is.[...]
Winston Churchill is dismayed to receive unauthorized information on the perilous state of Britain's rearmament programme in the year 1937. The Foreign Office brings in Lord Edward Corinth to investigate the leaks. Falling rapidly under Churchill's spell, he is sidetracked from the investigation.[...]
A murder mystery featuring Lord Edward Corinth and Verity Browne.
Lord Edward Corinth's fiance, Verity Browne, returns from Prague with suspected tuberculosis. The only cure for TB in 1938 is rest and a healthy diet so she goes to a private clinic in Henley. Meanwhile, Edward investigates a series of murders with a Henley connection. His dentist, Eric Silver, has [...]
In February 1939 it is clear that Britain will soon be at war and will depend on Winston Churchill's leadership. MI5 learns that an enemy agent has been dispatched to assassinate him. Lord Edward Corinth must identify the killer and his first port of call is the Astors' country house, the focus for [...]
August 1939, war is now certain, this week, next week ...soon. Lord Edward Corinth, newly married, is determined to spend these last days of peace quietly with Verity. The poet, Byron Gates is bizarrely murdered after the village fete - executed, in fact, his head chopped off on a wooden block - and[...]
Meeting your AS/A Level Politics needs.
Rock Atlas is more than just a guide to over 700 music locations. You can visit many of the places or simply enjoy reading this extraordinary fact-packed book's fascinating stories. Some are iconic, others are just plain weird or unusual, such as Bob Dylan turning up unannounced on a public tour of [...]
I 1978 var Gregory David Roberts heroinmisbruker og ble dømt til 19 års fengsel for en serie væpnede ran. Etter to år rømte han fra et høyrisikofengsel på høylys dag og ble Australias mest ettersøkte mann. Roberts søkte tilflukt i Bombay, der han slo seg ned i slummen: først med en improv[...]