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Love Will Tear Us Apart: (The Stranger Times 3) (The Stranger Times #3)
By C. K. McDonnell. 2023
Love can be a truly terrible thing.Marriages are tricky at the best of times, especially when one of you is…
dead.Vincent Banecroft, the irascible editor of The Stranger Times, has never believed his wife died despite emphatic evidence to the contrary. Now, against all odds, it seems he may actually be proved right; but what lengths will he go to in an attempt to rescue her?With Banecroft distracted, the shock resignation of assistant editor, Hannah Willis, couldn't have come at a worse time. It speaks volumes that her decision to reconcile with her philandering ex-husband is only marginally less surprising than Banecroft and his wife getting back together. In this time of crisis, is her decision to swan off to a fancy new-age retreat run by a celebrity cult really the best thing for anyone?As if that wasn't enough, one of the paper's ex-columnists has disappeared, a particularly impressive trick seeing as he never existed in the first place.Floating statues, hijacked ghosts, homicidal cherubs, irate starlings, Reliant Robins and quite possibly several deeply sinister conspiracies; all-in-all, a typical week for the staff of The Stranger Times.Ladybird Classics: Gulliver's Travels
By Jonathan Swift. 2013
This beautiful hardback Ladybird Classic edition of Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift is a perfect first illustrated introduction to the…
classic story for younger readers.It has been sensitively abridged and retold to make it suitable for sharing with young children from 5+, whilst retaining all the key parts of Gulliver's travels and adventures in the strange lands of Lilliput and Brobdingnag. Detailed full-colour illustrations throughout also help to bring this classic tale to life. Other exciting titles in the Ladybird Classics series include Alice in Wonderland, Black Beauty, The Secret Garden, Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, Peter Pan, Heidi, The Jungle Book, The Wind in the Willows, The Three Musketeers and Treasure Island.Jake Cake: The Werewolf Teacher (Jake Cake)
By Michael Broad. 2007
This is the first book in a four-book series. Each book has three unbelievable adventures written in Jake's own notebooks…
and embellished with his gloriously funny comments and illustrations throughout. Here Jake meets a werewolf, a monster and a real-life mummy.Deliciously funny, the stories are a satisfying blend of comforting real life mixed with magical mayhem. Just right for boys and girls of 7+, and for all fans of Horrid Henry!Jake Cake: The Robot Dinner Lady (Jake Cake)
By Michael Broad. 2007
Jake Cake is an ordinary kid who likes writing and illustrating stories about his adventures. He swears they're all true,…
but no one ever believes him. In this second book of a four-book series, Jake discovers the school dinner lady is a robot (and she can't cook chips!), he has goblins in his garden (they're green and they bite) and he's tricked by a really tricky witch (trouble!).Just perfect for readers of 7+.Jake Cake: The Pirate Curse (Jake Cake)
By Michael Broad. 2008
The fifth book about Jake Cake and his EXTRAORDINARY adventures. Here are three more hilarious stories, written in Jake Cake's…
own notebooks and embellished with his very funny comments and illustrations. It's not Jake's fault that he gets cursed by the ghost of Old Crusty, the fierce pirate (get those decks swabbed!), meets an alien pretending to be his granny and rubs up against a really mean genie!Jake Cake: The Football Beast (Jake Cake)
By Michael Broad. 2008
Have you ever met a yeti playing football, a very tricky sea monster or a REAL phantom on the ghost…
train at the funfair? Jake has, and here's what happened when he met them! (Nobody believed him, of course.)Jake Cake: The Visiting Vampire (Jake Cake)
By Michael Broad. 2007
In this fourth book in the series, Jake battles with a vampire visiting his school (fangs and bats and zombies),…
a demon hairdresser (arrrrrggggh!) and stays in a haunted castle (things that go CLANG in the night!).Joe v. the Fairies
By Emily Smith. 2011
"There's no such things as fairies!"Joe is sure he's right, but his sisters are obsessed by them. They've turned the…
climbing frame into a fairy bower, there are fairy cakes for tea and no one wants to do his assault course any more. Then a new neighbour arrives, who loves climbing trees and messing about in the pond - and has some other very useful talents too.The Ice Whisperers
By Helenka Stachera. 2021
'An epic icy adventure with a warming tale of sisterhood at its heart' - Maria Kuzniar'Every way I look at…
it, I love this book from the crystalline brilliance of its surface to its tender, glowing heart' - Zillah Bethell A chilling magical adventure about two sisters born 40,000 years apart, perfect for fans of The House With Chicken Legs and The Wild Way Home. When Bela's mother dies, she is summoned to deepest Siberia to stay with an uncle she's never met. Exploring his strange scientific workshop, she uncovers a secret she was never meant to find - a doorway that opens to an icy land, frozen in time and full of legends come to life.But this frozen land is in danger, and it's up to Bela to find a way to save it. To succeed, she must join forces with the impossible: a long-lost sister she never knew she had, born 40,000 years before . . .The Hollow Sea: The unforgettable and mesmerising debut inspired by mythology
By Annie Kirby. 2022
THE ISLANDERS SAY IT'S CURSED. BUT THAT'S ONLY ONE SIDE OF THE STORY . . .'A bold, magical story' JO…
BROWNING WROE, Sunday Times bestselling author of A Terrible Kindness'A majestic work of the imagination . . . I woke up thinking about it' ROSIE ANDREWS, Sunday Times bestselling author of The Leviathan'An atmospheric tale, shot through with folklore. The writing shimmers' KATE SAWYER, Costa shortlisted author of The Stranding_______They say the Hollow Sea is cursed. A wild expanse separating the remote islands of St Hía, not even the locals brave its treacherous waters.But new arrival Scottie feels a pull she can't ignore. Because behind the curse is the legend of Thordis: a woman whose story feels eerily familiar. No one knows what became of her, but Scottie believes Thordis's fate may answer questions about her own past.Despite the islanders' warnings, Scottie sets out to discover the truth. But as she dares to cross the Hollow Sea, will its secrets give her the answers she needs?Or will the past drag her under?_______'A heart-rending atmospheric novel of finding what makes one whole' Melissa Fu, author of Peach Blossom Spring'Mesmerising' Good Housekeeping'A poetic tale' PrimaHms Marathon
By A E Langsford. 1989
1942: The Mediterranean. The war at sea is at its most intense. Operation Stonehenge gets under way - a convoy…
laden with desperately needed fuel, food and ammunition for the besieged island of Malta sets sail. Captain Robert Thurston commands the cruiser HMS Marathon, one of the escort vessels on this Malta run. Thurston is a career officer with a record of conspicuous gallantry under fire, from Jutland to the North Atlantic convoys. But he is also a man under stress - in the last three years he has seen one ship go to the bottom, leaving pitifully few survivors; he has seen his closest friends and shipmates killed and maimed; he has carried the impossibly heavy burden of responsibility for his men's welfare in the bloody destruction of war at sea.And soon another cause for concern is added to his worries - Marathon is crippled by enemy action and forced to limp towards Alexandria, a constant target for attack by sea and air, vulnerable to the weather and to the enemy alike. Men and machines are stretched to their limit - but the most deadly threat to Thurston's own life and career is yet to be faced.Hms Inflexible: The war in the Pacific is reaching its climax…
By A E Langsford. 1991
1945. The battle against Japan in the Pacific is reaching its climax. One way or another, Inflexible will be Captain…
Thurston's last command of the war.Captain Thurston VC is a navy man to his bones. Offered a cushy office job to see out the last months of the war, he resists: instead he's handed command of HMS Inflexible, a proud and powerful aircraft carrier.It is no easy task. The overwhelming determination of the Japanese fighters and the cruel weather conditions make Thurston's command fraught with difficulties, but the struggle to provide air support for the US and Commonwealth troops must continue.Home is on the other side of the world, barely a reality, and Thurston finds that he is striving to do the right thing, not only as the Captain of the Inflexible but also in his private life. For a while he and his men are under daily attack from a deadly enemy, Thurston is plagued by feelings of guilt and remorse for the woman he has left behind.A. E. Langford's compelling naval adventure is an evocative account of life at sea during one of the most perilous and hard-fought battles of this century.Hms Crusader
By A E Langsford. 1990
Death by fire - Death by ice. These were the twin threats confronting the seamen on the North Atlantic convoys:…
fire from the Luftwaffe's bombs, and from the torpedoes of the lurking U-Boats: ice in the deadly cold waters that could kill in three minutes, five minutes at most.Between these two hells lived another threat: the slow paralyzing hand of fear.Invisible Vinnie
By Jenny Millward. 2012
'Zack's not scared of anything. But everyone's scared of him.'Rose wishes Zack wasn't such a big bully. He's always teasing…
her at school. Luckily for Rose, her Uncle Vinnie has a wizard trick or two up his sleeve - maybe he can conjure up a magic solution to her problem?Soon, with a little help from Uncle Vinnie and the classroom pet rat, Rose is ready to teach Zack a lesson he'll never forget . . . A comical and thought-provoking story by an award-winning author.Illustrated by Sue Heap, winner of the Smarties Prize Gold Award.Invisible Vinnie
By Jenny Millward. 2011
'Zack's not scared of anything. But everyone's scared of him.'Rose wishes Zack wasn't such a big bully. He's always teasing…
her at school. Luckily for Rose, her Uncle Vinnie has a wizard trick or two up his sleeve - maybe he can conjure up a magic solution to her problem?Soon, with a little help from Uncle Vinnie and the classroom pet rat, Rose is ready to teach Zack a lesson he'll never forget . . . A comical and thought-provoking story by an award-winning author.Illustrated by Sue Heap, winner of the Smarties Prize Gold Award.Hunting the Dark
By Karen Mahoney. 2015
Moth's adventures in the dark and twisted underworld of modern-day Boston continue in this thrilling sequel to Falling to Ash.Once…
bitten . . . never shyAdjusting to life as a vampire hasn’t been easy for Moth. Torn between her family and her maker Theo, Moth spends her time running from one deadly situation to the next. That’s not her only problem. There’s a killer on the loose and no vampire is safe. Even worse, the prime suspect is Jace Murdoch, Moth’s friend and one-time crush.He is in serious danger. Moth needs to hunt down the killer before Jace is destroyed. Time is running out and the darkness is closing in . . .The Hunting Season
By Dean Vincent Carter. 2007
Eight years ago, the Austrian emergency services were called to the scene of a bizarre car accident.Eight years ago two…
mangled bodies were found in the snow not far from the vehicle, clawed and chewed, it seemed, by some ferocious animal. Eight years ago something unspeakable took Gerontius Moore's parents from him, leaving him orphaned and alone... And now, that something, is back.Caught up in a hunt he was never meant to be a part of, and finding help from a most unlikely source, Gerontius must once more flee the clutches of an appalling beast, before it learns its business is unfinished.Full moon or not, the hunt is on.Hunters & Collectors
By M. Suddain. 2016
John Tamberlain is The Tomahawk, the universe’s most feared food critic – though he himself prefers the term ‘forensic gastronomer’.…
He’s on a quest, in search of the much-storied Hotel Grand Skies, a secretive and exclusive haven where the rich and famous retreat to bask in perfect seclusion. A place where the waiters know their fish knife from their butter knife, their carotid from their subclavian artery, and are trained to enforce the house rules with brutal efficiency. Blurring the lines between detective story, horror and sci-fi, Hunters & Collectors is a mesmeric trip into the singular imagination of M. Suddain – a freewheeling talent whose poise, invention and sensational sentences have already earned him comparisons to Vonnegut, Pynchon and Douglas Adams.Glubbslyme
By Jacqueline Wilson. 1987
'Glubbslyme. You're magic!'When Rebecca wades into the witch's pond after a row with her best friend Sarah, she meets a…
very unusual new friend - a huge, warty toad! And Glubbslyme is no ordinary toad. Hundreds of years old, he can talk and - best of all - he can work magic. Maybe, just maybe, he can help Rebecca be best friends with Sarah again . . .The Humming Machine
By Berlie Doherty. 2006
Great-grandpa Toby is making so much NOISE! And if Tam can hear the clamour coming from his humming machine, the…
fairies will too. And soon enough, on the night of a blue moon, Great-grandpa Toby vanishes without a trace. While battling nightmarish fairies and decoding the words of the Flame-Reader, Tam eventually discovers his Great-grandpa has been captured by the beautiful Damson Hag, and turned into a nine-year-old boy! Bewitched, fed only with rose petals, and mournfully playing the humming machine to himself, Great-grandpa Toby is tempted to stay in Faery Land and be young for ever... Unless Tam has anything to do with it.