Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare - The Mav...
A magnificent story, brilliantly told. Read it! Anthony ...
Hitler in Argentina - The Documented Truth of Hitler's ...
Who said that Hitler did not die in the bunker in April 1945...
Dictatorland - The Men Who Stole Africa
A vivid, heartbreaking portrait of the fate that so many Afr...
In the Name of Rome - The Men Who Won the Roman Empire
The Roman army was one of the most effective fighting forces...
100 People Who Made History - Meet the People Who Shape...
Meet the people who helped shape the world we know today. 1...
Liberty - The Spy Who (Kind of ) Liked Me
What is a heroPaige Nolan knows.Sean Raynes, the young man w...
Doctor Who - The Doctor Who Book of Whoniversal Records...
The Doctor Who Book of Whoniversal Records is a celebration ...
The Pug Who Bit Napoleon - Animal Tales of the 18th and...
From elaborate Victorian cat funerals to a Regency era pony ...
The Boy Who Set Sail on a Questionable Quest
Princess Lois has been kidnapped by Anatoly the Handsome, wh...
Something in the Blood - The Untold Story of Bram Stoke...
An essential examination (New York Times Book Review), t...
Churchill's Ministry Of Ungentlemanly Warfare - The Mavericks Who
The Story Of The Orchestra - Listen While You Learn About the Instruments, the Music and the Composers Who Wrote the Mus...
Eye-catching illustrations, an engaging text and delightful musical selections on an accompanying 70-minute CD lead children aged 8 to 12 (and parents too!) on an exciting and educational listen-while-you-learn tour through the instruments and music of the orchestra. The Composers, name by name Baroque Classical Romantic Modern - The Orchestra, instrument by instrument String ...
The Man Who Climbs Trees
A book of heart-stopping bravery and endurance Helen Macdonald A great read incredible adventures and a dramatic new perspective Chris Packham (A) delightful, endlessly fascinating book Daily Mail BOOK OF THE WEEK This is the story of a professional British tree climber, cameraman and adventurer, who has made a career out of travelling the world, filming wildlife for the ...
The Camel Who Crossed Australia
Third in Jackie Frenchs Animal Stars series, featuring the animals who contributed to historys most famous events. the story of the famous Burke and Wills expedition
as it has never been told before the humans called him Bell Sing, but to the other camels he is known as He Who Spits Further than the Wind. transported from the mountains and deserts of the Northwest Frontier (p...
Something in the Blood - The Untold Story of Bram Stoker, the Man Who Wrote Dracula
An essential examination (New York Times Book Review), this revelatory biography exhumes the haunted origins of the man behind the immortal myth. In this sumptuous (Publishers Weekly) portrait of the man who birthed an undying cultural icon, David J. Skal pulls back the curtain to reveal the author who dreamed up this vampire (Time). A fascinating character whose own anxieties and ...
The Man Who Was Thursday
The Penguin English Library Edition of The Man Who Was Thursday by G. K. Chesterton A mans brain is a bomb, he cried out, loosening suddenly his strange passion and striking his own skull with violence. My brain feels like a bomb, night and day. It must expand! It must expand! A mans brain must expand, if it breaks up the universe In a park in London, secret policeman Gabriel Sym...
The Ministry of Utmost Happiness - `The Literary Read of the Summer' - Time
LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMENS PRIZE FOR FICTION 2018 LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2017 NOMINATED FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD FOR FICTION Longlisted for the Carnegie Medal 2018 THE SUNDAY TIMES #1 and THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER A sprawling kaleidoscopic fable Guardian, Books of the Year Roys second novel proves as remarkable as her first Financial Times A ...
Unreasonable Hope - Finding Faith in the God Who Brings Purpose to Your Pain
Where was God when How could God allow Why These are the questions that flood our hearts and minds when the unimaginable happens. When things go horribly wrong and the world seems to be unraveling, how do you believe in Gods goodness How do you cling to hope Chad Veach directs readers away from cliche Sunday-School answers that fail to offer real comfort or faith-building insights. In...
The One Who Got Away
A compulsive and startling psychological thriller for fans of Girl on a Train and Gone Girl. Loren Wynne-Estes appears to have it all: shes the girl from the wrong side of the tracks whos landed a handsome husband, a stunning home, a fleet of shiny cars and two beautiful daughters
Then one day a fellow parent taps Loren on the shoulder outside the grand school gate, hands her a note
an...
The Crocodile Who Didn't Like Water
Meet a most unusual crocodile! Everybody knows that crocodiles love water, but this little crocodile is different. He doesnt like water at all. In fact, he prefers climbing trees! But it can be lonely when youre the odd one out, so the little crocodile tries his best to change. But being wet isnt for everyone and a shiver soon becomes a cold and the cold becomes a sneeze, a very hot sneez...
The Girl Who Thought in Pictures - the Story of Dr. Temple Grandin
Age range 5 to 10 If youve ever felt different, if youve ever been low,if you dont quite fit in, theres a name you shouldknow
Meet Dr. Temple Grandin-one of the worldsquirkiest science heroes! When young Temple wasdiagnosed with autism, no one expected her to talk, let alonebecome one of the most powerful voices in modern science.Yet, the determined visual thinker did just that. Her u...
The Horse Who Bit a Bushranger
An exciting new tale of a brumby, a boy and a bushranger in the Animal Stars series. (Book 5) Ages: 9 13 A story of survival, second chances
and a dance with danger. Young Billy Marks is a pickpocket, transported to the penal colony of New South Wales. He and his mate reckon theyll become bushrangers- but thats before Billys had a chance to see the bush up close. And when he buys th...
The Girl Who Rode the Wind
An epic, emotional story of two girls and their bond with beloved horses, the action sweeping between Italy during the Second World War and present day. When Lolas grandmother Loretta takes her to Siena, Italy, for the summer, Lola learns of her familys history of heartbreak and adventure, stretching back to the Second World War. In 1945, Lorettas nickname was `The Daredevil due to her fe...
The Boy Who Cried Vampire - A Graphic Novel
In Transylvania, a boy cries
vampire! Young Ion is bored by life in the village. So to spice things up, the imaginative prankster runs false vampire drills, much to the annoyance of the villagers. But one night, a shadow passes by Ions window. This time its no joke. Its a REAL vampire! Have all of Ions fibs come back to bite him, or can the boy find a way out of this batty situation? In ...
The Girl Who Rode the Wind
An epic, emotional story of two girls and their bond with beloved horses, the action sweeping between Italy during the Second World War and present day.When Lolas grandmother Loretta takes her to Siena, Italy, for the summer, Lola learns of her familys history of heartbreak and adventure, stretching back to the Second World War. In 1945, Lorettas nickname was `The Daredevil due to her fear...
Dingo - The Dog Who Conquered a Continent
Jackie Frenchs critically acclaimed and best-selling ANIMAL STARS series looks at history through the eyes of an animal. Ages: 9-13 All of Australias dingoes may be descended from one south-east Asian rubbish dog who arrived here over 5,000 years ago. this is a story about the first dingo. It is also the story of Loa, who heads off across the sea in his canoe when the girl he loves ma...
The Boy Who Set Sail on a Questionable Quest
Princess Lois has been kidnapped by Anatoly the Handsome, who wants to marry her. Cue damsel in distress to be rescued by none other than our own heroic Blart. He sets out on the good ship The Golden Pig with Olaf the innocent who believes what everyone says all the time and Kupverstich the Strange an explorer-come-scientist whose ingenious explanations for the natural world have one ...
Churchill's Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare - The Mavericks who Plotted Hitler's Defeat
A magnificent story, brilliantly told. Read it! Anthony Horowitz Six gentlemen, one goal the destruction of Hitlers war machine In the spring of 1939, a top secret organisation was founded in London: its purpose was to plot the destruction of Hitlers war machine through spectacular acts of sabotage. The guerrilla campaign that followed was to prove every bit as extraordinary as the ...
Anne Frank Remembered - The Story of the Woman Who Helped to Hide the Frank Family
For the millions moved by Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, here is Miep Giess own astonishing story. For more than two years, Miep and her husband helped hide the Franks from the Nazis. Like thousands of unsung heroes of the Holocaust, they risked their lives every day to bring food, news, and emotional support to its victims. From her remarkable childhood as a World War I refugee to the...
The Man Who Was Thursday - Green Popular Penguins
G.K. Chestertons 1908 masterpiece, The Man Who Was Thursday, is a metaphysical thriller, and a detective story filled with poetry and politics. Gabriel Syme is a poet and a police detective. Lucian Gregory is a poet and a bomb-throwing anarchist. Syme infiltrates a secret meeting of anarchists and becomes Thursday, one of the seven members of the Central Anarchist Council. He soon learns, ho...
The Man Who Listens to Horses
Monty Roberts is a real-life horse whisperer-an American original whose gentle Join-Up® training method reveals the depth of communication possible between man and animal. He can take a wild, high-strung horse who has never before been handled and persuade that horse to accept a bridle, saddle, and rider in thirty minutes. His powers may seem like magic, but his amazing horse sense is based o...
The Boy Who Knew Everything
Conrad Harrington III doesnt want to be a super genius; he just wants to live a normal life. But his father is the newly elected president of the United States, so he knows being normal isnt really an option. When suspicious disasters suddenly start happening all over the globe, his best friend, Piper McCloud, knows the world needs Conrads gifts and that all of the exceptional children ne...