Let Inga Moore take you on an adventure with Captain Cat & his shipful of cats! New lands, an island Queen, untold treasures & glorious feasts...it will be a journey like no other! Captain Cat is a trader. However, his eye is not for gold but for...CATS! So much so, that his ship
- the Carlotta
- is populated by all kinds of felines! But one day, Captain Cat decides that it`s time to give up his trading &, with his beloved cats in tow, visit all the places he has always dreamed of. Out on the sea, a rogue storm brews up & Captain Cat ends up on a remote isl&. Here, they meet an Island Queen who`s beside herself with joy...she has never seen a cat before! She prepares a huge feast in their honour, but
- EWWW! A horde of hungry RATS emerge! Good thing Captain Cat has his ship full of cats! Amazed, the queen begs Captain Cat to trade her his cats for untold treasure. Does he? Could he? What happens next? Never fear, fellow travellers! The purr-fect solution is on the horizon & is sure to satisfy both pet-lovers & adventurers. Inga`s extraordinary illustrations practically leap off the page, totally immersing her readers in a world she has made entirely her own. Fabulous storytelling & a great narrative voice reels you right in, so much so that you want to press your nose against the page & be ON the Carlotta with Captain Cat!


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Ace Detective Captain Coconut, who proclaims he can solve any mystery large or small, is called in to investigate the case of the missing bananas. He soon finds himself on a slippery trail of peels & missing numbers. Anushka Ravishankar, India`s best known writer of nonsense verse, is at her best in this absurd yet logical tale, which gently satirises the very form that it uses. British-Indian artist Priya Sundram`s collage art serves as a perfect fit to Ravishankar`s text: it brings together elements of popular Indian imagery, drawn from advertising, the movies, newspapers & interior decor, to create a delightful world that is at once hilarious & founded. ...

The age of discovery was at its peak in the eighteenth century, with heroic adventurers charting the furthest reaches of the globe. Foremost among these explorers was navigator & cartographer Captain James Cook of the British Royal Navy. Recent writers have viewed Cook largely through the lens of colonial exploitation, regarding him as a villain & overlooking an important aspect of his identity: his nautical skills. In this authentic, engrossing biography, Frank Mc Lynn reveals Cook`s place in history as a brave & brilliant seaman. He shows how the Captain`s life was one of struggle
- with himself, with institutions, with the environment, with the desire to be remembered
- & also one of great success. In ” Captain Cook”, Mc Lynn re-creates the voyages that took the famous navigator from his native England to the outer reaches of the Pacific Ocean. Ultimately, Cook, who began his career as a deckh&, transcended his humble beginnings & triumphed through good fortune, courage, & talent. Although Cook died in a senseless, avoidable conflict with the people of Hawaii, Mc Lynn illustrates that to the men with whom he served, Cook was master of the seas & nothing less than a titan.

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A uniquely woven story encompassing three separate centuries & three different lives. Captain Cook, best known for his heroic voyages through the Pacific Ocean, is brought to life in vivid detail. We follow his humble beginnings as the son of a farm labourer, through his convention-shattering treatment of the indigenous groups he met on his travels, & then onto his final tragic voyage which signalled the end of his revered reputation. One hundred years on from the death of Cook, another great man, George Collingridge begins his own adventure. He, like Cook was oblivious to the implications his journey would have. Along the way he unfolds ancient maps, secret tales & unearths hidden lands & buried treasure. He is also said to have realised that it was not Cook who discovered Australia
- it was the Portugese. This firm belief was the eventual cause of his self-destruction. Another hundred years later Vanessa Collingridge, is searching for books on her lifelong hero Captain Cook in a university library. She discovers the name of a distant cousin, George Collingridge, in a dusty card index. & so a new journey of discovery begins
- in the footsteps of her hero & his nemesis.

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British Royal Navy Captain James Cook`s voyages of exploration across & around the Pacific Ocean were a marvel of maritime achievement, & provided the first accurate map of the Pacific. The expeditions answered key scientific, economic, & geographic questions, & inspired some of the most influential images of the Pacific made by Europeans. Now readers can immerse themselves in the adventure through the collections of London`s National Maritime Museum, which illuminate every aspect of the voyages: oil paintings of lush landscapes, scientific & navigational instruments, ship plans, globes, charts & maps, rare books & manuscripts, coins & medals, ethnographic material, & personal effects. Each artifact holds a story that sheds light on Captain Cook, the crews he commanded, & the effort`s impact on world history. Showcasing one of the richest resources of Cook-related material in the world, this publication invites readers to engage with the extraordinary voyages-manifested in material culture-and their continuing significance today. ...

Meet Captain Falsebeard & Admiral Swintoes Bitter enemies of the briny blue! When Captain Falsebeard discovers the legendary Crossbone treasure, he & his crew can`t believe their luck! Until, that is, Falsebeard`s arch enemy
- the dastardly Admiral Swinetoes
- determines to steal the booty
- by any means possible. This first picture book by hilarious new storyteller, Fred Blunt, is a swashbuckling tale of battling pirates, stolen treasure, mermaids &
- parrot poo!



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This is Giles Andreae & Russell Ayto`s super-fun ” Captain Flinn & the Pirate Dinosaurs”. Flinn is at school looking in the art cupboard for some coloured pens to finish off his dinosaur drawing when he stumbles upon Captain Stubble, a real live Pirate Captain! He tells Flinn that his ship, the Acorn, has been stolen & that he needs Flinn to help him rescue it back. Stubble makes Flinn the captain & they sail away on an old pirate ship.. .they finally find the Acorn but, to their horror, realise it`s been stolen by Pirate Dinosaurs! Captain Flinn & his crew attack the dinosaurs &, after much fighting, seize control of the ship once more. Flinn & his friends then sail back to the harbour clambering through the boatshed door & back into the art cupboard without the teacher even noticing they`ve been gone! Giles Andreae is an award-winning children`s author & has written both fiction titles & best-selling picture books. His picture book, ” The Lion Who Wanted to Dance”, won The Federation of Children`s Book Award in the best picture book category in 1998. However, he is probably most famous as the creator of the phenomenally successful violet Ronnie, Britain`s favourite stickman. Giles lives in Notting Hill with his wife & three young children. Russell has illustrated books by prolific children`s authors such as Ian Whybrow & Cressida Cowell. ” The Witch`s Children” was shortlisted for the Greenaway last year & this year ” The Witch`s Children & the Queen” is on the Smarties shortlist. Russell lives in Penzance, Cornwall. Don`t miss the other Captain Flinn picture books
- they`re all rip-roaring fun! ” Captain Flinn & the Pirate Dinosaurs”; ” Captain Flinn & the Pirate Dinosaurs: Missing Treasure!”; ” Captain Flinn & the Pirate Dinosaurs: Smugglers Bay!”; ” Captain Flinn & the Pirate Dinosaurs: The Magic Cutlass” & Giles Andreae`s brilliant book with illustrator ” Korky Paul: Sir Scallywag & the Golden Underpants”.
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The sale at auction in Edinburgh in 2010 of an old walking stick belonging to a British officer, Captain Gill, shed new light on one of the mysterious crimes of the Victorian era. Captain William Gill & his companions, the noted Arabist Professor Edward Palmer of Cambridge University & a young naval lieutenant, Harold Charrington, were killed in an ambush by Bedouin in the Sinai Desert in 1883. The trio had been tasked with informal diplomacy in the region, specifically to prevent the Arab sheikhs from joining the Egyptian rebels & to secure their non-interference with the Suez Canal. The gruesome murders shocked late-Victorian Britain, & led to pressure from the Queen, Parliament & the Press for the British government to launch a manhunt for the killers in a vast desert area, with mountainous terrain. This book traces the story behind the murder of the three men, uncovering the reason for their journey to the desert, the story of the murder itself as well as the backlash back home in Engl&. It shines light on a fascinating, forgotten crime, as well as on early intelligence operations in the Middle East ...

” Hornblower & the Atropos” skippering the flagship for Nelson`s funeral on the Thames is not Hornblower`s idea of thrilling action. But soon his orders come, & he sets sail for the Mediterranean in the Atropos. ` Battle, storm, shipwreck, disease
- what were the chances that he would never come back again?` ” The happy return” Hornblower sails the South American waters & comes face to face with a mad, messianic revolutionary in a novel that ripples with risk & gripping adventure. ”a ship of the line” commando raids, hurricanes at sea, the glowering menace of Napoleon`s onshore gun batteries
- Hornblower must deal with them all as he sails his ship to the Spanish station. Throughout his escapades Forester remains gallant, resourceful & courageous
- the embodiment of all the most vivid in a great naval tradition.


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The first unpublished novel from the historical fiction legend, George Macdonald Fraser, featuring the unscrupulous & brilliantly entertaining pirate, Calico Jack Rackham. New Providence, 1720s. When infamous pirate Captain ` Calico` Jack Rackham returns from the high seas to ask Governor Woodes Rogers for a royal pardon, the Governor sees his chance to put his own devious plans into action. Their agreement sets off an adventure of betrayals, counter-betrayals, plots & escapes that see Rackham join forces with the scheming but seductively beautiful pirate, Anne Bonney. Captain in Calico is a wonderfully spirited & entertaining novel, which will delight fans of George Mac Donald Fraser. The unscrupulous Captain Rackham is pure pleasure, & shows the author`s early penchant
- & flair
- for writing scoundrels of the highest order.

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