A glorious new edition of Robin Jarvis's classic & the inspiration for The Power of Dark & its sequels Contains bonus material specially produced for this Egmont Modern Classics title When orphans Ben & Jennet arrive in the seaside town of Whitby to stay with Alice Boston they have no idea what to expect A lively 92-year-old Miss Boston is unlike any other foster mother they've known Ben is gifted with the sight' which gives him the power to see things invisible to other mortals He soon encounters the mysterious fisher folk who live under the cliffs & discovers that Alice & her friends are not quite what they seem But a darkness is stalking the streets of Whitby bringing with it fear & death Could it be a ghost from the Abbey? Or a beast from hell? Unless the truth is uncovered the town & all its inhabitants is doomed Robin Jarvis started writing in 1988 & quickly became a bestselling author with his Deptford Mice & Whitby Witches series The Whitby Witches is the book that inspired his latest series which begins with The Power of Dark You can find out more at wwwrobinjarviscom or follow him on Twitter robinjarvis 1963 ...

A thous&-miles-an-hour hoot' Esquire Hilariousand immensely moving' The New Yorker A blast of satirical heat from the talented heart of black American life' New York Times White Boy Shuffle is Man Booker-winner Paul Beatty's electrifying debut novel about teenage-surf-bum Gunnar Kaufman who is forced to wise up when his mother moves from suburban Santa Monica to urban West Los Angeles There he begins to undergo a startling transformation from neighbourhood outcast to basketball superstar & eventually to reluctant messiah of a divided downtrodden people' A bombastic coming-of-age novel that has the uncanny ability to make readers want to laugh & cry at the same time Beatty mingles horrific reality with wild fancy in this outlandish laugh-out-loud funny & poignant vision of contemporary America ...

Track Listings Disc 1 1 Ballad Of A Deadman 2 How The West Was Won 3 The Pilot 4 One Lone Night 5 Sleepy Little Town 6 BB Guns & Dirtbikes 7 The Bowery 8 Wish It Was True 9 Hold The Line 10 Good Ol' Day To Die 11 Stunt Driver 12 The Witch 13 I Am The Light 14 Every Night Every Day 15 Darkside Of Town 16 Insane 17 Highwayman ...

' Roma Tearne is an exquisite writer & captivating storyteller' Aminatta Forna Through endless years of glacial winter artist Hera has known loss her brother's arrest & imprisonment on terrorism charges her mother's resulting death & the collapse of normal life in a devastated London Her one comfort has been her relationship with Raphael As the thaw begins can she track down her elusive lover? ...

By the Sunday Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon a powerful true story of adventure & obsession in the Antarctic lavishly illustrated with colour photographs 160 pages appx 50 black & white & colour photos & maps Grann David ...

Packed full of analysis & interpretation historical background discussions & commentaries York Notes will help you get right to the heart of the text you re studying whether it s poetry a play or a novel You ll learn all about the historical context of the piece; find detailed discussions of key passages & characters; learn interesting facts about the text; & discover structures patterns & themes that you may never have known existed In the Advanced Notes specific sections on critical thinking & advice on how to read critically yourself enable you to engage with the text in new & different ways Full glossaries self-test questions & suggested reading lists will help you fully prepare for your exam while internet links & references to film TV theatre & the arts combine to fully immerse you in your chosen text York Notes offer an exciting & accessible key to your text enabling you to develop your ideas & transform your studies! ...

The day the fox came things began to change for Sol Lost alone & far away from home Sol feels a deep connection with the little Arctic fox he discovers down at the Seattle docks
- he too feels lost in the big city Dad is always busy working & Sol misses the grandparents they have left behind So Sol decides to take the little fox back home reuniting his own family in the process
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The first of Lauren St John's heartwarming White Giraffe series featuring the adventures of a young orphan girl & a magical white giraffe in exotic Africa When she is eleven years old Martine is orphaned & sent to live with her grandmother on a game reserve in South Africa Her grandmother seems strangely unwelcoming & Martine has a difficult time settling in at her new school where she is conspicuously an outsider But she has an ally in Tendai
- one of the keepers on the reserve from whom she learns the lore & survival techniques of the bush & in Grace
- who instantly senses there is something special about Martine There are secrets about Sawubona (the reserve) just waiting to be revealed & rumours too about a fabled white giraffe
- a trophy for hunters everywhere One night Martine lonely & feeling slightly rebellious too looks out of her window & see a young albino giraffe
- silver tinged with cinnamon in the moonlight This is the beginning of her mysterious & magical adventures
- her discovery of her gift of healing & a secret valley that she travels to with the giraffe where she'll find clues about her past & future Above all it's is a heart-warming story full of charm & atmosphere & Martine's sheer delight in her giraffe friend & the fantastic landscape which is theirs to explore




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The fourth instalment in Lauren St John's heartwarming White Giraffe series in which Martine must travel to Namibia to save an elephant & the home she has come to love It's the first day of the December school holidays & Martine has lots of fun planned for the next few weeks not least spending time with Jemmy her beloved white giraffe & her best friend Ben But her plans for a peaceful holiday are soon shattered when a sinister man informs Martine & her grandmother that Sabuwona is about to be repossessed The nature reserve & everything in it will no longer belong to them Martine is determined to save the home she's grown to love When Grace has a vision about a unique herd of Namibian elephants she knows she must travel to Namibia to learn their secrets This could be the answer to all their troubles The fourth thrilling African adventure written with all the zest & skill that has endeared so many readers to THE WHITE GIRAFFE DOLPHIN SONG & THE LAST LEOPARD ...

Drawing closely on Bulgakov's personal experiences of the horrors of civil war as a young doctor The White Guard takes place in Kiev 1918 a time of turmoil & suffocating uncertainty as the Bolsheviks Socialists & Germans fight for control of the city It tells the story of the Turbins a once-wealthy Russian family as they are forced to come to terms with revolution & a new regime ...