The Island of Adventure is the first thrilling instalment in the Adventure series by Enid Blyton one of the best-loved children's writers of all time For Philip Dinah Lucy-Ann Jack & Kiki the parrot the summer holidays in Cornwall are everything they'd hoped for Until they begin to realize that something very sinister is taking place on the mysterious Isle of Gloom
- where a dangerous adventure awaits them in the abandoned copper mines & secret tunnels beneath the sea
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The hunter becomes the hunted in The Island of Doctor Lucky In this tropical spin on Kill Doctor Lucky you&re still competing to kill the old man but this time you picked a dangerous place to do it Isla Fortuna his mysterious tropical island You can still attempt murder the old fashioned way using a weapon when no one can see you or you can take advantage of the new hazard cards to hit him from anywhere else on the map! While hazards aren&t usually as strong as a murder attempt they give you faster movement for the rest of the game What&s more you can also throw hazards at players! Dodge hazards like the fire pit the hunting snare & the hammerhead crabs as you navigate the perilous regions of Isla Fortuna Find the old man alone & kill him with whatever you can find the shark tooth the elephant gun the bad dates or (if you must) your bare hands Every murder attempt makes you stronger & if you play your cards right you can kill Doctor Lucky! Players 2-8 Playing time 40 mins Ages 12 ...

' The creatures I had seen were not men had never been men They were animals humanised animals' A shipwrecked Edward Prendick finds himself stranded on a remote Noble island the guest of a notorious scientist Doctor Moreau Disturbed by the cries of animals in pain & by his encounters with half-bestial creatures Edward slowly realises his danger & the extremes of the Doctor's experiments Saturated in pain & disgust suffused with grotesque & often unbearable images of torture & bodily mutilation The Island of Doctor Moreau is unquestionably a shocking novel It is also a serious & highly knowledgeable philosophical engagement with Wells's times with their climate of scientific openness & advancement but also their anxieties about the ethical nature of scientific discoveries & their implications for religion Darryl Jones's introduction places the book in both its scientific & literary context; with the Origin of Species & Gulliver's Travels & argues that The Island of Doctor Moreau is like all of Wells's best fiction is fundamentally a novel of ideas ...

With an Introduction & Notes by Dr Emily Alder Lecturer in Literature & Culture at Edinburgh Napier University' Each time I dip a living creature into the bath of burning pain I say this time I will burn out all the animal this time I will make a rational creature of my own!' declares Doctor Moreau to hapless narrator Edward Prendick Moreau's highly controversial methods & ambitions conflict with the religious moral & scientific norms of his day & Wells later called The Island of Doctor Moreau 'a youthful exercise in blasphemy' Today his vivid depictions of the Beast People still strike modern readers with an uncanny glimpse of the animal in the human while the behaviour of humans leave us wondering who is the most monstrous after all This volume unites four of Wells' liveliest & most engaging tales of the strange evolution & behaviour of animals
- including human beings The Island of Doctor Moreau is followed by three fantastic yet chillingly plausible short stories of human-animal encounters The Empire of the Ants is a darkly humorous account of intelligent Amazonian ants threatening to displace humans as 'the lords of the future & masters of the earth' In The Sea Raiders the south coast of England is terrorized by an unwelcome visit from deep-sea predator Haploteuthis ferox while AEpyornis Island provides a marooned egg collector with an unusual companion
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Two girls divided by time united by their love for some very special horses
- an epic Caribbean adventure! On a remote tropical
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The Island of Tomorrow promises unimaginable treasures but to find them you have to avoid fierce creatures freak weather & other geometrical perils by using your mathematical skills Could you become a great treasure hunter & prove yourself worthy of membership of the Explorers' Club? Use your problem-solving skills & mathematical knowledge to help save the day! Finding the answers will enable you to advance through the story following the clues which are dotted along the way & learning more about maths
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- with every step you take Following on from series one of Maths Quest this is one of four new adventures that will help you develop your maths skills whilst engaging in a gripping & thrilling adventure!

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The creation myth of the US begins with the puritans of the Mayflower who went on to build the most powerful nation on earth This is the story of the passengers aboard its sister ship the Seaflower who in 1630 founded a rival colony on an isolated Caribbean island called Providence Their crops failed slaves revolted & as crisis loomed the settlers turned to piracy After the colony was wiped out by the Spanish Providence was forgotten in England but the drama was re-played by those who settled the island 100 years later now providing a fascinating microcosm of the Atlantic story ...

The Isle of Cats Late Arrivals is an expansion for The Isle of Cats adding new content & support for 2 additional players More players The Late Arrivals expansion

Includes:: 2 new player boats allowing you to play with up to 6 people More options With more cats boats & lesson modules you can now enjoy even more options while playing The Isle of Cats Players 1-6 Playing time 60-120 mins Ages 8

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A comprehensive walking guide to the Isle of Mull in the Inner Hebrides Mull is easily accessible from Oban on the west coast of Scotland The 47 routes described in this book range all over Mull & also onto Ulva Gometra Iona & Erraid & walks range from 3 to 26km (2 to 16 miles) long & from short circuits to demanding mountain traverses but without posing any technical difficulties The landscape is wild & rugged & outstanding for observing wildlife
- deer are commonplace golden & sea eagles grace the air otters frolic at the water's edge dolphins & harbour porpoise slip effortlessly by This guide is also full of information about all the islands' history & their much-studied & endlessly fascinating geology & will appeal to those who know the Mull well as much as those who are discovering it for the first time All routes are described fully & illustrated with the latest OS mapping
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Having successfully helped destroy two of the evil Ruby Eyes Minoru the Isolator is recruited by the Syndicate a secret organization dedicated to their eradication He teams up with Suu Komura the Refractor a young girl said to be the Syndicate&s most powerful member to attack a secret stronghold of the Ruby Eyes Their target is the most fearsome opponent they&ve ever faced the Liquidizer but their enemy is not what they expected About the Author Reki Kawahara is an award winning author best known for his light novel series Sword Art Online & Accel World ...