Homer''s great epic, The Odyssey, is perhaps Western literature''s first adventure story, and certainly remains one of its finest. It describes King Odysseus of Ithaca''s epic, ten-year quest to return home after the Trojan War. He encounters giants, sorceresses, sea-monsters and sirens, while his wife ...
Little piglets will adore the Peppa Pig Little Library.The Peppa Pig Little Library is a charming collection of six chunky mini books, based on your f….
AutorPatrik Rothfuss VydavateľstvoGollancz VäzbaBrož Strán1002 ISBN 9780575081437 Sequel to the extraordinary THE NAME OF THE WIND, THE WISE MAN''''S FEAR is the second instalment of this superb fantasy trilogy from Patrick Rothfuss. This is the most exciting fantasy series since George R. R. Martin''''s ...
The brilliant follow-up to David Walliams� bestseller The World�s Worst Children! Ten more stories about a brand new gang of hilariously horrible kids from everyone�s favourite children�s author, illustrated in glorious full colour by Tony Ross. If you thought you had read about the World�s ...
According to The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch, Judgement Day is almost upon us and the world''s going to end in a week... Now people have been predicting the end of the world almost from its very beginning, so it''s only natural to be sceptical when a new date is set for Judgement ...
The third book in the latest series from international bestselling author, Rick Riordan He was a God once. Until he was cast out his father, Zeus. Now, he''s an awkward teenager. Called Lester. The only way out is a series of scary and dangerous trials, of course. For his third trial, Apollo must journey ...
Seventeen-year-old Alice and her mother have spent most of Alice\''s life on the road, always a step ahead of the strange bad luck biting at their heels. But when Alice\''s grandmother, the reclusive author of a book of pitch-dark fairy tales, dies alone on her estate - the Hazel Wood - Alice learns ...
Victor Mancini has devised a scam to pay for his mother''s medical care: pretend to be choking on a piece of food in a restaurant and the person who saves" you will feel responsible for the rest of their lives. Multiply that by a couple of hundred times and you generate a healthy income.".
Taking to heart his charming, insatiably curious heroine\''s words, Lewis Carroll worked many long hours (days, months.) with illustrator Sir John Tenniel to create the most perfect pictures imaginable for what were to become instant classics: Alice\''s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass. ...
Gerald was a tall giraffe whose neck was long and slim,But his knees were awfully bandy and his legs were rather thin... Gerald the giraffe longs to go to the great Jungle Dance, but how can he join in when he doesn''t know how to tango or two-step? Everyone knows that giraffes can''t dance... or can ...
Oliver Marks has just served ten years for the murder of one of his closest friends - a murder he may or may not have committed. On the day he''s released, he''s greeted by the detective who put him in prison. Detective Colborne is retiring, but before he does, he wants to know what really happened ten ...
