In the world of Erdas there's a story of four noble animals who sacrificed everything to protect their homes from the ambitions of a mad king Briggan the Wolf Uraza the Leopard Jhi the Panda & Essix the Falcon Long before they were spirit animals the four were still legends--Great Beasts the most powerful beings to roam the wilds of Erdas Aided by a brave resistance of humans & animals they gave their lives to protect the world from a threat more dangerous than any it had seen before their own kind Wise & cunning gentle & ruthless these are tales of the true heroes & villains in the war that started it all ...

The mysterious & exciting legends of the gods & heroes in Ancient Greece from the adventures of Perseus the labours of Heracles the voyage of Jason & the Argonauts to Odysseus & the Trojan wars ...

The mysterious & exciting legends of the gods & heroes in Ancient Greece from the adventures of Perseus the labours of Heracles the voyage of Jason & the Argonauts to Odysseus & the Trojan wars Introduced with wit & humour by Rick Riordan creator of the highly successful Percy Jackson series ...

Written by Mike W Barr Len Wein Paul Kupperberg Robin Snyder Kurt Busiek & Todd Klein Cover by Brian Bolland Art by Joe Staton Dave Gibbons Carmine Infantino & others A key piece of Green Lantern Corps history is collected for the first time in this new trade paperback presenting the 3-issue TALES OF THE GREEN LANTERN CORPS miniseries from 1981! Also included are backup Corps stories from GREEN LANTERN 148 151-154 161 162 & 164-167 ...

Written by Alan Moore Len Wein Kurt Busiek & others Art by Dave Gibbons Kevin O' Neill & others Cover by Brian Bolland It's another incredible collection of classic tales of the Corps from the pages of GREEN LANTERN 168 169 171-173 177 179-183 185 187-190 & TALES OF THE GREEN LANTERN CORPS ANNUAL 1 & featuring the work of Alan Moore Dave Gibbons & many others! ...

' The Curious Case of Benjamin Button' sees a baby born in 1860 begin life as an old man & then age backwards F Scott Fitzgerald hinted at this kind of inversion when he called his era 'a generation grown up to find all Gods dead all wars fought all faiths in man shaken' Perhaps nowhere in American fiction has this ' Lost Generation' been more vividly preserved than in Fitzgerald's short fiction Spanning the early twentieth-century American landscape this collection captures with Fitzgerald's signature blend of enchantment & disillusionment America during the Jazz Age ...

A new set of stories from the world of Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children Now in paperback with a br&-new story The Man who Bottled the Sun In this collection of fairy tales Ransom Riggs invites you to uncover hidden legends of the peculiar world A fork-tongued princess a girl who talks to ghosts & wealthy cannibals who dine on the discarded limbs of peculiars are just a few of the characters whose stories will have you hooked Featuring stunning illustrations from world-renowned artist Andrew Davidson this compelling rich & truly peculiar anthology is the perfect gift for fans
- & for all lovers of great storytelling Watch the movie Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children directed by the visionary Tim Burton & starring Judi Dench Eva Green & Samuel L Jackson Praise for Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children'A tense moving & wondrously strange first novel The photographs & text work together brilliantly to create an unforgettable story' John Green author of The Fault in Our Stars
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John Fletcher began his railway career at the age of 15 at Lostock Hall loco shed near Preston in 1962 He soon progressed to became a fireman working around the shed & on the footplate in the twilight years of steam in the North of England Following involvement in the last BR steam runs in August 1968 he decided that the new railway was not for him so left to pursue a different career before returning to the railway until 1974 However it wasn't long before his skills were in demand on heritage railways & he found himself once more on the footplate firing on preserved locos on the West Somerset Railway & in particular the North Yorkshire Moors Railway eventually making his home in Grosmont From there he progressed to firing on main-line-registered steam locomotives on the national network taking him all over the country from Plymouth to Inverness & Norwich to Newport John is a natural story-teller & his fascinating & lively 'tales of the rails' not only explain the techniques of firing steam locomotives of many different classes but vividly convey the hard work the challenges & the sheer exhilaration of being 'on the shovel' when man & machine are working together out on the line These lively & varied tales include a stint on Hogwarts Castle on Glenfinnan Viaduct for one of the ' Harry Potter' films & journeys aboard a wide variety of engines from the ' Big Four' & beyond including among many others the LMS's No 6233 Duchess of Sutherland LNER 'A4' Sir Nigel Gresley SR No 34067 Tangmere GWR No 6024 King Edward I & the unique BR ' Pacific' No 71000 Duke of Gloucester ...

An anthology of classic tales focusing on Japanese life before the Meiji Restoration 272 pages Full-colour illustrations Mitford A B ...

The hit TMNT anthology series is back & now in color! Volume 1 with a new cover by Steve Lavigne collects issues 1-4 which include the stories "A Tale of the TMNT" " Nobody's Fool" " All Hallow's Thieves" & "I Monster" Read along again (or for the first time!) to enjoy the enormity of the Turtles' universe ...