James and the Giant Peach (Colour Edition)
James and the Giant Peach by Roald Dahl in magnificent full ...
James and the Giant Peach - The Play
Join James as he escapes from his horrible aunts and sets of...
Roald Dahl Magical Gift Set (4 Books) - Charlie and the...
Four of Dahls most beloved bestselling books are packaged ...
Gods, Monsters, And The Lucky Peach
Brave Queen Esther/David and the Giant
Whats better than a favorite Bible story? Two favorite Bible stories! Read about the boldness and bravery of Esther, and then flip the book over and learn about Davids bravery too! These Big Picture Interactive Flip-Over books offer coloring fun as well, so you can make the story your own. Collect all six in the series: In the Beginning/The Great FloodBrave Queen Esther/David and the G...
The Canterbury Tales - Fifteen Tales and the General Prologue
Each is presented in the original language, with normalized spelling and substantial annotations for modern readers. Among the new added to the Second Edition are the much-requested Merchants Tale and the Tale of Sir Thopas. Sources and Backgrounds are included for the General Prologue and for most of the tales, enabling students to understand The Canterbury Tales in light of relevan...
The Last Kids on Earth and the Nightmare King
In their third zombie-tastic adventure, Jack Sullivan and his friends June, Quint and Dirk discover that they might not be the last kids on Earth after all
And everyone is thrilled except Jack. Living in a tree house with his best friends, battling monsters and escaping certain death hes been having the most awesome time of his life. Some how hes got to persuade his friends that life i...
Time and Space - The Tactics That Shaped Australian Rules - and the Players and Coaches Who Mastered Them
An accomplished book about the genius and ingenuity of the games greats (and the forgotten) and how they have shaped the game through the innovation of tactics. From Pagans Paddock to Clarksons Cluster, from Fitzroys huddle to Sydneys flood, the tactics of Australian football have become part of the vernacular. In this groundbreaking book, ABC journalist James Coventry reveals the...
Lucky Peach Issue 18 - Versus
Lucky Peach is a quarterly journal of food and writing. Each issue focuses on a single theme, and explores that theme through essays, art, photography, and recipes. The theme of Lucky Peach Issue 18 is Versus, a look at the oppositions in the food world, including: a conversation around the continuing lack of African American chefs in fine dining; New York vs. San Francisco, with David Chang an...
Rainbow Fish and the Sea Monster's Cave
Its Rainbow Fishs most challenging adventure yet, for he must brave the Sea Monsters Cave, rumored to be the most dangerous place in the ocean, to find healing algae to cure the ailing bumpy-backed fish. Warned by his friends about the dreadful denizens of the deepthe giant rock monsters, the five-eyed globe fish, and the horrible creature with a thousand armsRainbow Fish, accompanied by...
Dr. Coo And The Pigeon Protest
Dr. Archibald Coo, an erudite New York City pigeon, is tired of the way people treat him and the other pigeons. Theyre always being shooed and swatted, and theyre never admired the way the other birds are. As Dr. Coo tells his pigeon friends: It wasnt always this way. In ancient times, pigeons were known to accompany the gods. And more recently, delivered messages and medicine to soldiers ...
The Right Way, The Wrong Way and the Railway - Great Victorian Rail Stories
The Right Way, the Wrong Way and the Railway takes a real warts and all look at the Victorian Railways. Eight years in the making, this book abounds in history, humour, railway stuff-ups and the typical stupidity which often went with The Job. From the mysteries of safeworking to suburban shenanigans, from close shaves to the downright bizarre, this book has it all right across the state ...
Asterix: Omnibus 11 - Asterix and The Actress, Asterix and the Class Act, Asterix and the Falling Sky
In this special collectors edition, three great Asterix albums are collected in one fabulous volume for the first time ever. In ASTERIX AND THE ACTRESS, Asterix and Obelix celebrate their joint birthday party and some surprise guests have been invitied! ASTERIX AND THE CLASS ACT contains 14 stories, including tales of the day Asterix and Obelix were born (in the middle of a village fist fight...
The Lucky Ones
A haunting and suspensful tale, THE LUCKY ONES explores the gray area between good and evil and one womans desperate search for truth in a past full of secrets and lies. Allison is a woman with secrets from her past: a mysterious accident, a lost family, a clandestine medical procedure that changed the course of her life-and those of the other lucky children-far more than she ever realised...
The Land and the People - China
China: the Land and People takes you on a whistlestop tour around this most incredible country. Explore its forests, rivers (including the mighty Yangtze), mountains and beaches, and meet some incredible wildlife along the way. Marvel at the vibrant street life, the amazing food and the diverse culture, and delve into the countrys rich history. Discover what its like to grow up in China sc...
Four Seasons in Rome - On Twins, Insomnia and the Biggest Funeral in the History of the World
On the same day that his wife gave birth to twins, Anthony Doerr received the Rome Prize, an award that gave him a year-long stipend and studio in Rome
`Four Seasons in Rome charts the repercussions of that day, describing Doerrs varied adventures in one of the most enchanting cities in the world, and the first year of parenthood. He reads Pliny, Dante, and Keats the chroniclers of Rome ...
The Spider and the Fly - A Reporter, a Serial Killer and a Journey into Murder
Extraordinarily suspenseful and truly gut-wrenching, The Spider and the Fly is not just a superb true-crime story but an insightful investigation of the nature of evil, the fragility of good, and the crooked road that can turn human beings into monsters. A must-read. GILLIAN FLYNN, author of the #1 New York Times bestseller Gone Girl Well, well, Claudia. Can I call you Claudia? Ill have t...
Magnus Chase and the Hammer of Thor (Book 2)
An exclusive edition of the second book in this number one bestselling series, featuring a new short story inside Percy Jackson and the Singer of Apollo. Thors hammer is missing again. The thunder god has a habit of misplacing his weapon which happens to be the mightiest force in the Nine Worlds. But this time the hammer isnt just lost, it has fallen into enemy hands. Magnus Chase a...
Children, Meaning-Making and the Arts
This Australian text is about childrens voices their minds, feelings, souls. Its about how childrens voices are liberated through the arts, and how children make and communicate meaning through still and moving images, sounds, textures, gestures and the use of many other signs. It is also about how teachers, parents, peers and the community influence childrens early development, and h...
THE COWBOY AND THE BABY/HER STUBBORN COWBOY
The Cowboy And The Baby Marie FerrarellaWhen the father of her baby bails, Devon Bennett finds herself in a difficult position. As in giving-birth-in-a-truck-on-the-side-of-a-road difficult. Devons never felt more alone, until a hunky cowboy rides in to save the day. Deputy Cody McCullough has a feeling that Devon and her baby still need him, and not just because theyre staying at his ranch...
The Snail and the Whale
How I long to sail! said the tiny snail. One little snail longs to see the world and hitches a lift on the tail of an enormous whale. Together they go on an amazing journey, past icebergs and volcanoes, sharks and penguins, and the little snail feels so small in the vastness of the world. But when disaster strikes and the whale is beached in a bay, its the tiny snails big plan that saves ...
Scary Monsters and Super Creeps - In Search of the World's Most Hideous Beasts
Dom Joly sets off round the world again, but this time hes not looking to holiday in a danger zone hes monster hunting. Ever since he was given a copy of Arthur C. Clarkes Mysterious World for his ninth birthday Dom has been obsessed with the world of cryptozoology (monster hunting), and in Scary Monsters and Super Creeps he heads to six completely different destinations to investigate lo...
The Snail and the Whale
How I long to sail! said the tiny snail. One little snail longs to see the world and hitches a lift on the tail of an enormous whale. Together they go on an amazing journey, past icebergs and volcanoes, sharks and penguins, and the little snail feels so small in the vastness of the world. But when disaster strikes and the whale is beached in a bay, its the tiny snails big plan that saves ...
Dinkin Dings and the Curse of Clawfingers
Dinkin Dings is afraid of everything not just scary things, like being stuck in a lift with a hungry jaguar, but pretty much totally everything (apart from the monsters under his bed)! Dinkin has made a big mistake hes created an invention of such mind-boggling anti-everythingness that its far too terrifying to use and must be destroyed at once. But before he can get rid of it, the Anti-...
Monsters of the Deep - An Augmented Reality Book
Monsters of the Deep is a tour of the most spectacular creatures in the oceans: the biggest, the fiercest and the strangest. It takes the readers breath away with stunning visuals of truly astonishing animals. Plus there are four spreads in the book that trigger an Augmented Reality experience. See yourself in the diving cage, lowered deeper and deeper into the ocean. Then watch as a fearsom...