The Secret of the violet Lake is a collection of five interlinked stories that take us from Ghana to Orkney & from Spain to Norway & Thailand As a minor character from one story assumes a major role in the next we meet a fascinating cast including Imoro the magic elephant the Walrus Prince & the Wild Princesses of Rousay The protagonist of the opening tale The Fisherman's Daughter has to retrieve her dead father's bones from the bottom of the sea in order to bring harmony back to her seaside village In fulfilling her task she must evade the clutches of The Fish-man of the violet Lake The Fish-man a monstrous creature with the body of a man & the head of a fish was once a beautiful boy from the Sahel & has his own story about how he became the Fish-man ...

In this remarkable book William Buhlman author of the bestselling Adventures Beyond the Body offers the reader a comprehensive guidebook to understanding & exploring the fascinating phenomenon of out-of-body experiences (OBEs) Learn how you can Explore your true spiritual self & attain profound transformation in your awareness & knowledge of the universe Gain life-changing benefits as you break free from mental & physical limitations Contact departed loved ones using OBEs to move beyond the current limited understanding of death Filled with engrossing stories based on the testimonies of people from all over the world & offering forty new easy-to-understand techniques The Secret of the Soul will prepare human beings everywhere for the next major leap in the evolution of consciousness ...

When Leah & Alan awaken in an enchanted forest they have only each other & their wits to guide them ...

Herge's classic comic book creation Tintin is one of the most iconic characters in children's books These highly collectible editions of the original 24 adventures will delight Tintin fans old & new Perfect for lovers of graphic novels mysteries & historical adventures The world's most famous travelling reporter learns the secret of the Unicorn When Tintin stumbles across a model ship at the Old Street Market he buys it as a gift for his friend Captain Haddock But this isn't just any old model ship it's the Unicorn Built by one of Haddock's ancestors it holds a clue to finding the treasure of a notorious pirate The Adventures of Tintin are among the best books for readers aged 8 & up Herge (Georges Remi) was born in Brussels in 1907 Over the course of 54 years he completed over 20 titles in The Adventures of Tintin series which is now considered to be one of the greatest if not the greatest comics series of all time Have you collected all 24 graphic novel adventures? Tintin in the Land of the Soviets Tintin in the Congo Tintin in America Tintin Cigars of the Pharaoh Tintin The Blue Lotus Tintin The Broken Ear Tintin The Black Island Tintin King Ottakar's Sceptre Tintin The Crab with the Golden Claws Tintin The Shooting Star Tintin The Secret of the Unicorn Tintin Red Rackham's Treasure Tintin The Seven Crystal Balls Tintin Prisoners of the Sun Tintin Land of Black Gold Tintin Destination Moon Tintin Explorers of the Moon Tintin The Calculus Affair Tintin The Red Sea Sharks Tintin in Tibet Tintin The Castafiore Emerald Tintin Flight 714 to Sydney The Adventures of Tintin & the Picaros Tintin & Alph-Art ...

Herge's classic comic book creation Tintin is one of the most iconic characters in children's books These highly collectible editions of the original 24 adventures will delight Tintin fans old & new Perfect for lovers of graphic novels mysteries & historical adventures The world's most famous travelling reporter learns the secret of the Unicorn When Tintin stumbles across a model ship at the Old Street Market he buys it as a gift for his friend Captain Haddock But this isn't just any old model ship it's the Unicorn Built by one of Haddock's ancestors it holds a clue to finding the treasure of a notorious pirate The Adventures of Tintin are among the best books for readers aged 8 & up Herge (Georges Remi) was born in Brussels in 1907 Over the course of 54 years he completed over 20 titles in The Adventures of Tintin series which is now considered to be one of the greatest if not the greatest comics series of all time Have you collected all 24 graphic novel adventures? Tintin in the Land of the Soviets Tintin in the Congo Tintin in America Tintin Cigars of the Pharaoh Tintin The Blue Lotus Tintin The Broken Ear Tintin The Black Island Tintin King Ottakar's Sceptre Tintin The Crab with the Golden Claws Tintin The Shooting Star Tintin The Secret of the Unicorn Tintin Red Rackham's Treasure Tintin The Seven Crystal Balls Tintin Prisoners of the Sun Tintin Land of Black Gold Tintin Destination Moon Tintin Explorers of the Moon Tintin The Calculus Affair Tintin The Red Sea Sharks Tintin in Tibet Tintin The Castafiore Emerald Tintin Flight 714 to Sydney The Adventures of Tintin & the Picaros Tintin & Alph-Art ...

Frankenstein meets The Shadow of the Wind in a Gothic thriller set in the diabolical city of fin-de-siecle Barcelona Daniel Amat has left Spain & all that happened there behind him Having just achieved a brilliant role in Ancient Languages at Oxford University & an even more advantageous engagement the arrival of a letter
- a demand
- stamped Barcelona comes like a cold hand from behind He arrives back in that old labyrinthine & near-mythic city a few days before the great 1888 World Fair amid dread whispers of murders
- the injuries reminiscent of an ancient curse & bearing signs of the genius 16th century anatomist Vesalius Daniel is soon pulled into the depths of the crime & eventually into the tunnels below Barcelona where his own dark past & the future of science are joined in a terrible venture
- to bring the secret of Vesalius to life Gothic & gripping this historical thriller makes of Barcelona a diabolical character
- emerging out of the dark into a new electrical age aflame with spirit superstition & science Published in eighteen countries Jordi Llobregat's bestselling first novel mixes a passionate setting & cryptic mystery into a genre-crossing phenomenon




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Geronimo isn&t the only world-famous adventuring journalist from New Mouse City; introducing his fabulous sister Thea! The Thea Sisters are five fun lively students at Ratford College on Whale Island who want to be real live journalists just like their hero Thea Stilton Between classes & friendships love & small fits of jealousy they&re finding college life is really exciting! In " The Secret of Whale Island" it&s the start of the new school year & the students have arrived at Ratford College Every year at this time the whales move off the coast of Whale Island but this time a savage killer whale threatens the peace Meet the Author Thea Stilton was born in New Mouse City Mouse Island She is a special correspondent for The Rodent&s Gazette Mouse Island&s most famouse newspaper which is edited by her famouse brother Geronimo Stilton A graduate of the prestigious Mouseford Academy Ms Stilton is a visiting professor of journalism at Mouseford today She is also the author of numerous mystery novels based on the exciting lives of her friends & former students the Thea Sisters In her spare time Ms Stilton loves to travel & go on fabumouse adventures ...

Percy the Park Keeper is in for a surprise in this funny story from highly-regarded bestselling author-illustrator Nick Butterworth

Includes:: a fabulous fold-out maze It's a beautiful spring morning & a perfect opportunity for Percy to trim the overgrown maze The animals decide to have some fun hiding on the stone lion in the middle of the maze to surprise Percy But the suprise is on them when they fall asleep & Percy finding them hides behind the statue & pretends his voice is the lion's telling them to wake up Percy has unravelled some string through the maze to help him find the way out but the squirrel thinking he is helping has wound the string into a ball Help Percy & his friends find the way out of the park guiding them through the fold-out maze at the back of the book

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The last of John le Carre's espionage novels to feature his most enduring & well-loved character George Smiley & a gripping feat of narrative brilliance The Secret Pilgrim is published in Penguin Modern Classics with an afterword by the author The Cold War is over & Ned has been demoted to the training academy He asks his old mentor George Smiley to address his passing-out class There are no laundered reminiscences; Smiley speaks the truth
- perhaps the last the students will ever hear As they listen Ned recalls his own painful triumphs & inglorious failures in a career that took him from the Western Isles of Scotland to Hamburg & from Israel to Cambodia He asks himself Did it do any good? What did it do to me? & what will happen to us now? In this final Smiley novel the great spy gives his own humane & unexpected answers If you enjoyed The Secret Pilgrim you might like le Carre's The Spy Who Came In From the Cold also available in Penguin Modern Classics' Consummate & enthralling' Observer
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Lil is a pirate a good sort of pirate & when there is someone to save she'll do what is right (if it takes her all night) Yes she'll always be bold & be brave When evil pirate Stinkbeard tries to kidnap Lil's teacher it's up to schoolgirl & secret pirate Lil to come to the rescue In story two it's sports day but there's a very hungry croc on the loose Can Lil & her trusty parrot Carrot scare Stinkbeard & his pet croc awayswashbuckle Lil The Secret Pirate by author Elli Woollard & illustrator Laura Ellen Anderson is the first in an exciting series with two rip-roaringly rhyming brilliantly illustrated stories in each book which make the perfect transition from parent-led to independent reading ...