Did you watch British driver Jensen Button win the world championship title in 2009? Have you followed his Formula 1 career on the circuit? Would you like to know more about the popular McLaren driver? If so, you are certain to enjoy this fun and informative quiz book. Where in the UK was Jenson Button born? At what age did he begin karting, before later progressing to motor racing? What is the name of his model girlfriend? Find out the answers to all those questions you have always wanted to ask in The Jenson Button Quiz Book. You will need to be on top form to attempt the 100 challenging questions in this book, covering Jenson's early life, career highlights, appearances on the podium, wins and losses as well as many personal details right up to the current day. This tribute to the English motor racing ace will appeal to Jensen Button fans the word over. If you enjoy motor racing, you won't want to be without this quiz book.

The fantastic tale of the benefits and drawbacks of great wealth, written by the creator of Sherlock Holmes, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle.

The fascinating and somewhat sensationalist memoirs of Anna Leonowens, the English travel writer, educator, and social activist that became tutor to the wives and children of the king of Siam from 1862-68. Her story was later fictionalised in the book 'Anna and the King of Siam', which was adapted by Rogers and Hammerstein into the hit 1951 musical 'The King and I'.

Is Southend United your local football club? Are you a lifelong fan of the Blues or new to the touchline? Do you know all about the team's long and fascinating past, which began in the Blue Boar pub in 1906? Would you like to find out more? If you answered yes to any of these questions, you are certain to enjoy 101 Interesting Facts on Southend United, all about the boys from Roots Hall. Perfect for challenging your friends on match days or teaching your children about the history of your local football team. This tribute to the Southend United will tell you everything you ever wanted to know about the Blues, including all the memorable faces that have played a part in the team's wins and losses through the years. This is a must-have book for Southend supporters of all ages, so why not relive all those unforgettable moments from days gone by and gen up on your favourite football club.

Following on from her first book, Miaow There! It's Misty at Sea!, Misty, the playful grey and white cat, reveals further tales of life on board a cruise ship with her beloved owner, Sheila. In this new book, the mischievous Misty gives us another fictitious account of life at sea, experienced through the eyes of a well-travelled cat. As a result of her previous adventures, Misty has grown in confidence and knows exactly how to wheedle her way into getting the best service, the tastiest food and the most attention, giving the reader a fascinating insight into the devious mind of a cat. Through the many strange sights, sounds and smells and the interesting characters she meets, Misty gives you a charming and humorous account of living the high life on the ocean waves. With a foreword written by former MP and cat lover Ann Widdecombe, It's Still Misty Out at Sea will appeal to cat lovers of all ages and strike a chord with anyone who has ever been on a cruise.

A fantastic romance novel set during the 16th century French Wars of Religion, written by the master of the romance novel, Stanley J. Weyman.

This classic horror novel by the author of Dracula, Bram Stoker, is the original Mummy story. An archaeologist hatches an evil plan to resurrect Queen Tera, an ancient Egyptian mummy.

Sherlock Holmes and Doctor John Watson are returning to London from Bucharest after the great detective has interceded in a delicate matter relating to the Rumanian Royal House. As they depart from Bucharest they receive their mail forwarded from London. Doctor Watson opens a distressing letter from his niece, Mina, now living in Budapest with her young husband, Janos, a newly qualified lawyer. It seems that the young man has not returned from a business assignment in Transylvania.Holmes advises that he and Watson should postpone their return to Baker Street. Watson wires ahead and they are met at the station by Mina and her friend, Lucy Westenra. Holmes is duly intrigued by their stay overnight at the home of Dr Westenra in the grounds of the asylum of which Dr Westenra is the Administrator.Holmes suspects that letters from the young lawyer may have been forged, or written under duress. Next day they set off for Castle Dracula.

Winner of the Virginia Prize for Fiction A young American on a vacation trip around India with her boyfriend, steps down off the train for a bottle of water at Shambala Junction, only to find herself stranded at the town with no phone or money, she has to rely on the kindness of strangers... A journey into the heart of India, Iris is forced to question her beliefs and values and to learn what really counts.? "... a refreshingly original viewpoint on the traditional ‘coming of age’ story, brimming with powerful women, a complex society and fundamental human truths laid out in all its gritty beauty.”? -SkyLightRain “An enlightening and enjoyable read. As much a cultural exploration as it is a love story, the book is a remarkable webbing of different viewpoints. Mukherjee is able to translate captivating realities to a wide audience through pulsing characters, with a natural story-telling ability that is inviting and enlightening.”? -Windy City Review “My hat is off to you for making Shambala Junction a compelling, suspenseful novel that illuminates the personal and social consequences of corrupt adoptions.” - Umberto Tosi author of Ophelia Rising and contributing editor of Chicago Quarterly Review “… fluid prose that takes firm hold of the plot to produce an invigorating, engaging, and dynamic story.”? -World Literature Today “A truly engaging and lovely read, Shambala Junction is a book that tugs at the reader’s morality while at the same time telling a truly inspiring coming-of-age story.”? -9/10 – Star2.com ?“Shambala Junction takes hold of you and leads you with absolute confidence into one of the most extraordinary journeys any of us ever embark on: the discovery of India.”? -- Barney Norris, author of Five Rivers Met On A Wooded Plain ? About the author Dipika Mukherjee made her debut as a novelist with Thunder Demons (Gyaana Books, 2011), long-listed for the Man Asian Literary Prize. She won the Platform Flash Fiction competition in April 2009. She has edited two anthologies of Southeast Asian short stories: Silverfish New Writing 6 (Silverfish, 2006) and The Merlion and Hibiscus (Penguin, 2002). Her first poetry collection, The Palimpsest of Exile, was published by Rubicon Press in 2009. Her short stories and poems have appeared in publications around the world, including World Literature Today, Asia Literary Review, The South Asia Review, Del Sol Review and Postcolonial Text among others, and have been widely anthologised. She curates an Asian/American Reading Series for the Guild Literary Complex, Chicago. Dipika holds a doctorate in English (Sociolinguistics) from Texas A&M University. She has taught language and linguistic courses in China, India, the Netherlands, United States, Malaysia, and Singapore and now teaches Sociolinguistics at Northwestern University and is Faculty Affiliate at the Equality Development and Globalisation Studies (EDGS), Roberta Buffett Centre for International and Comparative Studies. She lives in Chicago with her husband and they have two sons. ? Reviews “This vividly written, courageous book… a refreshingly original viewpoint on the traditional ‘coming of age’ story, brimming with powerful women, a complex society and fundamental human truths laid out in all its gritty beauty.” --SkyLightRain “An enlightening and enjoyable read. As much a cultural exploration as it is a love story, the book is a remarkable webbing of different viewpoints. Mukherjee is able to translate captivating realities to a wide audience through pulsing characters, with a natural story-telling ability that is inviting and enlightening.” --Windy City Review “My hat is off to you for making Shambala Junction a compelling, suspenseful novel that illuminates the personal and social consequences of corrupt adoptions.” --Umberto Tosi author of Ophelia Rising and contributing editor of Chicago Quarterly Review “… fluid prose that takes firm hold of the plot to produce an invigorating, engaging, and dynamic story.”? --World Literature Today “A truly engaging and lovely read, Shambala Junction is a book that tugs at the reader’s morality while at the same time telling a truly inspiring coming-of-age story.”? --9/10 – Star2.com About previous books: “Dipika Mukherjee uses vibrant imagery and brutally honest observation to create a humanistic portrait of a modern nation still coming to grips with its past.” --City Weekend (Shanghai) “Longlisted for the Man Asian Prize in 2009, Mukherjee’s novel is not unlike Miguel Syjuco’s IIustrado, which won the prize in 2008. Both are grim state-of-the-nation novels based in East Asia, written by peripatetic authors. Both have lead characters who leave relatively comfortable lives in the United States of America to travel back to the troubled East and tragic pasts.” Paperback Pickings, The Telegraph

Cinderella, A new stage adaptation of the popular fairytale by Matt Beames with Lyrics by Kayleigh Benham.? A witty updating of the classic Cinderella story for our times. As the feast of Midwinter approaches, the King wishes to find a suitable partner for his eldest son and heir to the throne, Prince Arren.He decrees a Midwinter Ball and all across the land his excited people prepare for the big celebration. But in a small shoe shop close to the palace, one young woman sits at her workbench,?carefully making shoe after shoe after shoe… Poor Cinderella has so much work to do, she can’t hope to go to the Ball, however much she might wish to… but sometimes dreams really do come true! "No matter how difficult the journey, the right pair of?shoes will get you where you need to be.” ABOUT THE AUTHOR Matt Beames?is a writer based in the Southampton area. He loves stories of all kinds and has been writing and telling his own since childhood. His work is often inspired by and draws on folklore and mythology from around the world. Matt writes for the theatre as well as long and short fiction, poetry, comics and he is also developing an original board game. His writing for theatre includes more than ten plays and adaptations that have been performed in various professional and youth theatre productions in the UK and even as far as Seattle, USA. Aurora Metro has also published Matt’s adaptations of?Sleeping Beauty?(2017) and his other recent projects include adaptations of Jules Verne’s?Journey to the Centre of the Earth?and?The Signal-Man?by Charles Dickens. PRAISE FOR PREVIOUS WORK “A heart-warming tale of friendship and the power of?storytelling. Matt Beames has taken the traditional story?of Sleeping Beauty and adapted it for a modern audience.”– Review 2017

The day came when I could stand it no longer! Whenever I arrived anywhere (usually with a burst of "e;You're not gonna believe this . . . ."e;) the people around me knew that they would be in for yet another tale of woe about something that had just happened to me during my journey. Some would say, "e;I don't know why you don't write this all down."e; My answer was always that no one would believe me, but, then again, perhaps someone out there just might. So here it is, written down. This book has been written by me for all of you. From footie fans to comical commuters, from dodgy dog-walkers to hapless (or should that be 'helpless'?) hotel guests, from what not to do at pelican crossings to tucking into a takeaway on a Friday night - it's all here. Now, I don't know if you are going to believe what you are about to read or not, but I can assure you that some, most or indeed all the events related in this book have happened (or will happen) to you at some point; and I wish you the very best of luck in trying not to laugh when they do!Jeff Jenkins

I always wished I had supernatural powers. Now I wish I didn’t.Sadie’s a dud, a failure–the only one in high school who?doesn’t?have any kind of supernatural powers. Her psychic bff, Jo, knows something about Sadie’s future, but just won’t tell. And what the heck is going on when one of her teachers starts looking at her while he’s going on about powerful lost keys, portals of madness, and destinies?Then it all starts.On her 18th birthday, Sadie starts to feel weird. And when werewolves, vampires, and demons all turn up to spoil her party, the weirdness really ramps up.Leaving her best friend, her family, and the only town she’s ever known, Sadie must find safety. But while the king of the werewolves can offer her somewhere to hide while she’s learning about her new powers, he can’t stop his psycho witch fiancée from finding new ways to try and kill her. Of course, the murderous tendencies of this psycho witch only get worse when she realises the Werewolf King is, um… attracted to Sadie.And all that’s before Sadie sets off to try and find one of the lost keys. Before she visits hell. Before she picks up a pet ogre.And before she realizes just how powerful she can become.But if it really is her destiny to collect one of the lost keys, will she be able control her newfound power and help save the world and all the people in it she loves? Or will she buckle under the pressure?She’s about to find out. A mansion surrounded by demons and full of vampires and witches intent on her destruction awaits. Oh, and that psycho-witch fiancée of the Werewolf King. What could possibly go wrong?

Hector is a kind little hedgehog who likes playing with his friends in the park. When he sees the old park keeper has a problem he wants to help. But just what can a hedgehog do for a human being? Hector Helps Clean Up the Park is the first in a series of children's picture books written in accordance with a number of the United Nations' Sustainable Development Goals. With fantastic, colourful animal characters, the stories show children how helping each other and their environment can be lots of fun! The books are suitable for use at home or in the classroom and include questions for discussion on the topics raised - a useful supplement for teachers and parents.

In the mid-Atlantic the Clerkenwell family yacht goes to the aid of a drifting life raft. Minutes later, Steve Clerkenwell lies dead in his wife's arms, and their son, Adam has killed his father's murderer with a boathook. In the raft is a bound-and-gagged woman. Back in Falmouth the woman disappears and Adam is seemingly thwarted by the police, prompting him and his father's best friend, Tom, to start their own investigation. They find themselves drawn into a web of deceit and corruption in high places at home and abroad, and Adam soon loses his youthful innocence as he and Tom battle for justice and retribution.

O Hector é um ouri?o-cacheiro que gosta de brincar com os amigos no parque. Ao aperceber-se de que o velho vigilante do parque tem um problema, decide ajudar. Mas como pode um ouri?o-cacheiro ajudar um ser humano? Hector Ajuda a Limpar O Parque é o primeiro de uma cole??o de livros ilustrados para crian?as escritos de acordo com vários Objetivos de Desenvolvimento Sustentável das Na??es Unidas. Com personagens encantadoras e coloridas, estas fábulas mostram às crian?as como pode ser divertido ajudarem-se umas às outras e ao seu meio-ambiente! Os livros adequam-se ao uso doméstico ou na sala de aula e incluem perguntas para discuss?o sobre os tópicos abordados, sendo um recurso útil para pais e professores.

Tab nabs were the biscuits dished out in the mess rooms of ships in the merchant navy. If a helmsman was asked if the ship's helm was hard a-starboard or hard a-port, he often would reply, "e;Hard a tab nab, sir."e; Master Mariner J. R. de L. Inniss has spent a lifetime sailing the world's oceans, first as a boy seaman on the aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious in the mid 1950s and then working his way up through the ranks of the merchant navy. He saw the great days of British shipping, and was able to adapt to the great changes that transformed the merchant marine during his long career. There were long hours of very hard work, hardly any sleep and, at times, atrocious feeding; but the seafaring life also lived up to its reputation for excitement and adventure, with a good deal of fun and laughter along the way.

荷托是一只喜欢和朋友们在公园里玩的小刺猬。当他看到公园的老管理员有困难时，他希望能帮得上忙。可是，一只刺猬能为人类做什么呢？《小帮手荷托打扫公园》是根据联合国可持续发展目标所编写的一套儿童绘本系列中的本。本系列图画书的故事以生动和色彩缤纷的动物角色告诉孩子们相互帮助、爱护环境是可以有很多乐趣的。本系列图画书提供与故事相关的讨论话题，适合家长和教师作为校内外使用的补充教材。

P Handley was evacuated from Portsmouth to Melton Mowbray at the beginning of the Second World War, and much of her poetry is a celebration of the town and the surrounding countryside. Her memories of Melton Mowbray span almost seventy-five years, and here she recalls in verse the local landmarks, unforgettable characters and vanished way of life of another era. With the same affection and humour, her poems cover subjects as diverse as a balloon flight on a glorious summer's evening, the temptations of full-cream milk and sugary treats, the pleasures of chatting, and watching the passage of the seasons from her window.

Everyone admires the new dress her mother has made for Pom-Pom. It has tiny rosebuds stitched around the hem, and Pom-Pom looks very pretty indeed in it. It is certainly not the sort of dress she ought to wear when she is meeting her friends to play in Bramble Wood. Full of fun, and bursting with energy, she cannot keep from joining in with every game. But things with Pom-Pom are apt to go wrong and soon poor Pom-Pom is in trouble again. Pom-Pom Goes to Bramble Wood is the third book in this series of rhyming stories for children.

"I can NOT wait for the next installment of this series. These characters are some that you care about and want to know what goes on with in this magical world. Even the bad ones keep your attention. I'm going to go take a cold shower and see if I can calm down some."?-?Flying Monkeys Reads Meet Kaps: renegade, dragon shifter, and general pain in her parent's backsides. Although born a royal, Kaps loves hunting down dragon artifacts. Too bad L’Griffe, the shifter mafia, wants the same stuff. Kaps gets in their way and ends up with a price on her head.A bounty hunter named Mack comes to collect. Although he’s human, Mack knows all about shifter ways. And what he lacks in shifting power he more than makes up for with a lethal combination of looks, strength, and smarts. After luring the princess away with an epic kiss, Mack slaps some supernatural handcuffs on Kaps, tosses her in a van, and heads off to L’Griffe headquarters with his quarry.The fact that Kaps is really dragon royalty doesn’t bother Mack in the slightest.That kiss might be a problem, though…Angelbound Offspring1. Maxon2. Portia3. Zinnia4. Rhodes5. Kaps6. Huntress

Tongues are set wagging at the post office when Emily and Jane make their home together running a B & B in the small close-knit village near Nottingham, but the gossips are taken by surprise when Emily suddenly becomes pregnant. Only Emily and Jane know who the father is, and they think he is out of their lives for ever. Alas, life is rarely that simple! The two women find themselves caught up in a blackmail plot and they stand to lose everything they have schemed so hard to gain. Their desire for a child together has set them on a path that could even lead to murder.