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Angel of Mons
Angel of Mons
Bennett, Robin
¥44.05
"e;Ben's father is in prison and his mum, a former child genius, is barely hanging on to her sanity.When Ben and his classmates are nearly killed in a coach crash in Belgium, Ben starts to experience flashbacks: visitations to the brutal start of World War 1 and the uncertain world of Corporal Sam Lyle.Is Ben going mad too, like his mum, or is there another reason why he finds himself in a war zone in 1914? Who is the spectral figure that haunts both the boy and the soldier? Do angels exist?What people are saying...'This is a stunning story: fast moving, fiercely realistic yet engaging with ghosts and an angel. It's alive with native wit and, underpinned by the conflict of courage and cowardice, loyalty and bullying, it's genuinely moving.Very many school groups visit the battlefields of WWI, and Angel of Mons (with its excellent notes at the end) should be essential reading for them all.' - Kevin Crossley-Holland, Author and President of the School Library "e;'This could be something very special' The Literary Consultancy
Iron Knights
Iron Knights
Bennett, Robin
¥44.05
Three best friends uncover a brooding secret in a deserted castle: 3 huge mechanical knights. They set about repairing them but their enthusiasm turns to panic when the Iron Knights turn out to be bonkers and almost completely evil. They reduce the boysi village to rubble and the friends are exiled. By luck, they are taken in by 3 separate Lords who look after them. They return a few years later to do the honourable thing: become warriors themselves and destroy the Iron Knights.
It Falls into Place
It Falls into Place
Allfrey, Phyllis Shand
¥44.05
It Falls Into Place brings together for the first time the shorter fiction of Phyllis Shand Allfrey whose novel The Orchid House is a classic of Caribbean literature. These tantalising stories set in Dominica, New York and London yet always steeped in an unmistakably West Indian identity probe beneath the surface of colonial life, often drawing on autobiographical experience. Allfrey s skill is to lead her characters of different races and cultures into unpredictable encounters where miracles can happen. With an introduction by Allfrey s biographer, Lizabeth Paravisini-Gebert, professor of Caribbean culture and literature in the department of Hispanic Studies at Vassar College, USA.
The Charlie Davies Mysteries Books 1-3
The Charlie Davies Mysteries Books 1-3
Clare Kauter
¥48.97
Charlie Davies isn't really qualified to solve a murder. She isn't really qualified to do anything, unless it involves publicly embarrassing herself. She’s great at that. Catch up on Charlie's crime-solving antics in this hilarious, binge-worthy mystery collection! Losing Your Head: When rich boy James is accused of killing his billionaire uncle, he bets Charlie twenty grand that she can't find the real culprit, and she simply can't resist. The money, that is – she has no trouble resisting him, no matter how symmetrical his stupid face is.?As Charlie investigates, things get more and more dangerous. She needs to find the murderer soon, or it won't just be her money and reputation on the line...? She might lose her head.? Unfinished Sentence: Word is that local club owner Lonny Lionel isn’t who he claims, but that's not the kind of thing you can just come out and ask someone. Charlie might not be a world class private investigator, but this time she’s the only person for the job, what with her friend dating the man in question and all.? Graceless: When a little girl goes missing, Charlie is convinced that both the police and her boss are looking in the wrong place. She joins off-duty cop James McKenzie in a secret investigation into the clues everyone else seems to be overlooking - but?Charlie finds herself wondering about McKenzie’s real motives for spending time with her. And when more details of her brother’s disappearance come to light, she’s not sure whose side James is on… A hilarious sleuthing series for anyone who loves to laugh out loud on their crime-solving adventures. If you enjoy chick-lit murder mysteries with romance and a snarky heroine, give Charlie Davies a try!
The Slaughter Sisters: When the Dead Walk the Earth
The Slaughter Sisters: When the Dead Walk the Earth
Greg Alldredge
¥8.09
Strange world: creatures are more civilized than men. Set in the Helena Brandywine universe, this story follows the adventures of The Slaughter Sisters. Humans have become more monstrous than the legendary creatures the women are hired to seek out. How is a monster hunter meant to survive? The Slaughter Sisters are premier monster hunters in the North East, the only problem the legendary creatures are blending in with the human denizens of the world, while the human charlatans take their place. After a brush with the dreaded New Jersey devil, the sisters must flee their home of Yonkers, to escape the dreaded local matchmaker. Fearing for their independence, they escape to New York City to search for any job available. They uncover a series of disappearances around the notorious Five Points. Who is behind the missing people, monsters, or humans? The Slaughter Sisters will discover who is behind it all!
Ashes to Ashes: The Slaughter Sisters
Ashes to Ashes: The Slaughter Sisters
Greg Alldredge
¥24.44
Set in the Helena Brandywine universe, this story is the third adventure of The Slaughter Sisters. New York is alive with magic. Deep in the heart of Chinatown the alleys hide a secret. There’s a building that uses magic to mask itself from the mundane mortals that live around it. A good friend asked the Slaughter Sisters to find a wayward fiancée. How far are they willing to go? What new monster is tempting men, both young and old to their demise? In Ashes to Ashes the Slaughter Sisters find an escapee from hell itself. Will they survive?
Save Her: A Dystopian Novel
Save Her: A Dystopian Novel
Jason Bonet
¥8.09
Without Her, All Is Lost DRAYDEN's murdered brother started the bio-nanotech battle, but 16-year-old Drayden just started the war by revealing the secret technology to the enemy. Then, he made things worse by getting his lover pregnant and letting her get captured by the enemy. NATALIE wakes bound to a chair in a cement room with no windows. Across from her is an interrogator. Natalie reaches to feel the small belly bump already forming but her binds restrict her. She knows immediately who her captors are: Drayden’s enemy. The same enemy who killed his brother. The same enemy who stole the secret bio-tech for their evil purposes. And she knows why they want her -- to steal her baby. Natalie has to escape before revealing too much about Drayden and before her baby is born. Drayden has to find her and save her, or else the enemy will have everything they need to destroy everything, and everyone. Author Jason Bonet is back with an action-packed superhero series full of emotional and thrilling pacing, and a new future apocalyptic world with limitless consequences. Will Drayden find Natalie in time? Will Natalie be able to escape from her captors? Or, will the enemy get the grand prize they’ve been after all along — Natalie’s and Drayden’s powerful child? READ NOW and receive the first two chapters of the next book in the series, SAVE THE 7 - LAUNCHING SOON!
Alex McKenna & The Geranium Deaths
Alex McKenna & The Geranium Deaths
Vicki-Ann Bush
¥32.62
For Alex McKenna, high school is just a distraction from the love of his life, Margaret, with whom he can't wait to spend more time once they get to college.In many respects, Alex is just an average seventeen-year-old boy...except for the fact he's a transgender medium born from a long line of Strega witches, possessing the ability to communicate with ghosts.With the help of Margaret and his talented Strega great-grandmother, Alex will learn how to strengthen his abilities. The dead need Alex to help them reconcile issues they left behind—and he finds that he needs them, too. As his abilities multiply, assisting the dead becomes an outlet to channel his new energy, giving him the strength to come to terms with who he is as a transgender male, and how far he will choose to go.
Мечты о тебе
Мечты о тебе
София Норт
¥39.24
Главная героиня Сара жила обычной жизнью и даже не подозревала, как скоро все изменится. Умирает её бабушка, и девушка едет в родовое поместье вместе со своим другом, чтобы узнать тайны своей семьи. После этого её жизнь никогда не станет прежней. Оказывается, девушка способна видеть прошлое. Но однажды эти свидания с прошлым становятся слишком опасны для близкого ей человека… И тогда она решает во что бы то ни стало изменить ход истории прежде, чем изменить его будет невозможно.
Dark Consort
Dark Consort
Amber R. Duell
¥32.62
Nora has faced the horrors of the Nightmare Realm and put a stop to the Weaver. But the girl that went in isn’t the same one who has come out. Now, as the Lady of Nightmares, Nora’s next passage to the Night World will be permanent. Months in the Day World have already taken their toll on her new identity. Her body aches from the strain of magic and her mind is tormented by a powerful darkness. The only thing holding her together is the thought of returning to the place that beckons her as much as it terrifies her.The Sandman knows Nora needs to return to her realm, but that doesn’t mean he has to like it. Especially when he sees firsthand what happened in the Nightmare Realm since she left. Not only have the nightmares become restless, but Rowan stole the Weaver’s Keep and is gathering an army strong enough to rip the magic from Nora so she can dominate the realm. If the Sandman can put off the inevitable for a few more days, he will.When Nora finds her own way back to the Nightmare Realm, her relationship with the Sandman stretches thin, but there isn’t time to dwell on hurt feelings. Not when she’s delivered straight to Kail, the masked nightmare that got her into this mess. Unfortunately, her allies are too few and Kail’s desire for Rowan’s death seems to burn as brightly as her own. Nora must decide whom to trust if she wants to survive the Nightmare Realm. And, if she wants to reclaim what’s hers, she must embrace the darkness within. READ BOOK TWO IN THE DARK DREAMER TRILOGY NOW?? Don't know where to begin? Start with Book One, Dream Keeper!?
Mark of the Empress
Mark of the Empress
M. Dalto
¥40.79
An Empress ripped back to the life she left behind.A Prince desperate to save his people.One child lost within another realm, the other dependent on their constant protection.Betrayed by those closest to her, Empress Alexstrayna must figure out a way to get it all back - her throne, her people, her son. Fulfilling a two-thousand-year-old prophecy, Reylor, the banished Lord Steward, has stripped Alex of her rightful rule and set in motion a chain of events even he, himself, does not fully understand. Determined to strip his brother of happiness by any means possible, his actions send Alex and Treyan back to Boston and away from the Empire they called home.Blinded by vengeance with hate running thick within her veins, the Empress must consider the ramifications of their return, for better or for worse. But when an unexpected visitor offers help assist with their attempts, Alex and Treyan need to determine how best to reclaim their Empire without more lives lost before whatever time they have left runs out.It’s time to return to the Empire. Are you prepared to join the battle?
The StarSeeds
The StarSeeds
Tricia Kelly
¥26.07
Herb, an Earth boy, while searching for his real mother, mysteriously ends up in a crystal cave, and discovers a Galactic boy, Izar from the Pleiades has returned home to his planet Earth; but Herb is now in danger of traveling into the many realms, even the dark dimensions like his nightmares.? Izar, and all the benevolent visitors must protect their City of Lights; but he helps Herb understand why they have returned, their past ways are about to be repeated, and this will create havoc amongst all its neighboring planets, and beyond. Others, like Lesley, have incarnated as the Starseeds, and she knows where the missing boy, Herb, is hiding, who he visits, because she travels beyond time in her dreams and visits their City of Lights that for thousands of years has been hidden inside a sacred mountain, near an Indian Reservation, for a reason. Their StarGate is now in danger of being discovered by the ones searching for the runaway boy with their fear that he’s been taken by another, but by who? Author: Tricia Kelly ~ With thirty years of spiritual, metaphysical, and personal experiences, Tricia entwines this information within her novels in a playful colorful way. SPIRIT BOY: An Earth Spy ~ is another one of her published titles that shares her knowledge about the mystical mysteries of our universe.
In Restless Dreams: Trust no one... believe everything
In Restless Dreams: Trust no one... believe everything
Wren Handman
¥8.09
Sylvia is just a normal girl with huge, normal problems – her mother’s attempted suicide; how to adjust to life on the Upper East Side; trying to make friends in a rich prep school where she doesn’t belong; whether or not to trust the cute boy with the dangerous eyes. She thinks that’s more than she can handle, but she tests the limits of her endurance when she learns that she is the long awaited Phantasmer, a human who can change the fabric of Fairy simply by believing in a new story. Sylvia’s life is thrown off course as two warring Courts, the Seelie and Unseelie, both attempt to co-opt her gift to fight the other Court, which she has to deal with while trying not to get kicked out of school for fighting. And it doesn’t help matters that the fairies begging for her help are both attractive young men – with their own agendas.
Is It True?
Is It True?
GM Stone
¥8.09
The truth is only half the story… Ten year old Vivienne’s parents disappeared without a trace.Twenty years later, an anonymous email claims to know where they are.Now, pregnant with her second child, Vivienne must confront her past to find out what happened to her parents. But as her family’s secrets and lies unravel, she starts to realise that the truth is only half the story… Who are her parents? And what have they done?
Miss Mapp
Miss Mapp
Benson, E. F.
¥19.52
The second novel in E. F. Benson's classic 'Mapp and Lucia' comedy series following the lives of Emmeline "e;Lucia"e; Lucas and Elizabeth Mapp in the one-upmanship and snobbery of the 1920s/30s British social scene. Also includes the short story "e;The Male Impersonator"e;.
Octavius Mint and the Indigo Dragon
Octavius Mint and the Indigo Dragon
Stafford, William
¥29.33
Irrepressible, intergalactic good-time guy Octavius wakes in a grey room. He has many questions - not least of which is how he came to be there. Making good use of his quick wit and pretty face, Octavius embarks on a series of adventures in which he strives to uncover the secrets of his past and unravel the mystery of the Indigo Dragon. This funny and inventive story will entertain fans of science fiction, fantasy and saucy humour.
Dogs and All About Them
Dogs and All About Them
Leighton, Robert
¥19.52
A fascinating look at all the major breeds of dog, from Bull-Terrier to Poodle, from Airedale to Whippet, from Collie to Pekinese, as well as a history of the dog, some advice on keeping and breading dogs, and a look at some common canine ailments and illnesses.
England under the Tudors
England under the Tudors
Innes, Arthur D.
¥19.52
A comprehensive look at the history of England during the rule of the Tudor monarchs (1485-1603).
English Fairy Tales
English Fairy Tales
Jacobs, Joseph
¥19.52
Forty-three traditional English fairytales collected by famed folklorist Joseph Jacobs. Contains childhood favourites such as Jack and the Beanstalk, the Three Little Pigs and Tom Thumb, as well as some forgotten classics like The Well of the World's End, The Magpie's Nest and Kate Crackernuts.
Fascination of London
Fascination of London
Besant, Walter
¥19.52
The Fascination of London' was a series of guide books written by Sir Walter Besant and G. E. Mitton about various different areas of London. This book is about the Strand District, the historical district that used to surround 'The Strand', the road that now runs from Trafalgar Square to Fleet Street but historically was far longer.
100+ Fun Ideas for a Happier Classroom
100+ Fun Ideas for a Happier Classroom
Jones, Eileen
¥102.91
This book is crammed with stimulating ideas to help you create and communicate the impression of a calm, happy classroom where pupils feel secure and are challenged to do their very best. Suggestions cover everything from layout of the classroom and innovative ways of controlling noise levels to great ways of making every child feel special and valued. These carefully selected, enjoyable activities will not only help the children feel confident in your classroom and at school, they will also foster self-confidence, positive attitudes, teamwork and improved links with home.