Fred Van Lente s brilliant debut is both an homage to the Golden Age of Mystery & a thoroughly contemporary show-business satire. As the story opens, nine comedians of various acclaim are summoned to the island retreat of legendary Hollywood funnyman Dustin Walker. The group

Includes:: a former late-night TV host, a washed-up improv instructor, a ridiculously wealthy blue collar comic, & a past-her-prime Vegas icon. All nine arrive via boat to find that every building on the island is completely deserted. Marooned without mobile phone service or wifi signals, they soon find themselves being murdered one by one. But who is doing the killing, & why?

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- The history, rituals & world-changing properties of ten spirits-

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The 25th anniversary edition of the picture book classic Ten in the Bed. With ten in the bed, it`s a bit of a squeeze! Roll over, roll over! But the little one gets cold all alone, & soon all ten are snuggled up & fast asleep. Children will love reading this famous rhyme & shouting out the crash, thud & bump noises! ...

In Ten Lessons from the Road Alistair Humphreys sums up what he learned from his 46, 000-mile cycle trip round the world, described in his two books Moods of Future Joys & Thunder & Sunshine. This pocket size hardback, illustrated with numerous photos from the author’s challenging journey, would make a lovely little present to encourage converting a hesitant dream into exciting reality! ...

Nothing is sweeter, as everyone knows, than tiny baby fingers & chubby baby toes! All over the world, babies are different. Yet in some ways they are very much the same: each one has ten little fingers & ten little toes
- to play with, to tickle, to wave. & each child is very, very special to its parents... With Mem Fox`s gently rhyming text illustrated by Helen Oxenbury, best loved as the illustrator of the classic nursery join-in picture book We`re Going on a Bear Hunt, Ten Little Fingers & Ten Little Toes will fast become the essential book for baby playtime
- & the perfect gift for a new arrival!

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Ten little pirates sailing out to sea, Looking for adventure, happy as can be. Are they hunting treasure? Are they going far? Ten little pirates all say, ` Arrrrrr!` Ten little pirates set out to sea in search of adventure. But what will the ten little pirates do when they meet a hurricane.. .and a giant squid.. .and a HUNGRY SHARK? This fun-filled rhyming story, which incorporates counting backwards from ten to one, is great to share with young children who are learning about numbers. The colourful, humourous illustrations feature objects to spot & count on every page. With a bouncy, rhythmic text & lots of great sound words, this piratical adventure is perfect for sharing again & again. ...

Ten little princesses going to the ball, Trotting on their ponies, past the castle wall. Are they looking for ward to their very special day? Ten little princesses all shout, ” Yay!” Ten little princesses set off on a journey to a magical fairy tale ball. But on the way to the ball there`s a dark & spooky forest, & a wicked witch, & a big bad wolf, & a sneaky troll, & a hungry giant! Will any of the little princesses get to the ball on time? Meet all your favourite fairy tale characters in this perfectly princessy adventure: Little Red Riding Hood, Sleeping Beauty, Rapunzel, Snow White & more! With lots of things to spot & count on every page, this bouncy rhyming story from the creators of the highly acclaimed Ten Little Pirates is perfect for sharing again & again. Praise for Ten Little Pirates: ` Hilarious. Will have both child & reader laughing out loud`
- Angels & Urchins ` Hugely entertaining...an absolute joy to read aloud`
- Library Mice ` This book is wonderful`
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Learn to count from ten to one & back again with this rhythmic, rhyming robot adventure! ” This factory looks exciting. Shall we take a peep?” Ten little robots all say, ”BEEEP!” Ten little robots set off on a hilarious, madcap adventure through a fantastical factory in this wonderfully wacky rhyming romp
- with NEEE-NAAAAH-ing sirens, KER-BOOOOMG-ing engines, & plenty of gadgets, levers & utter chaos along the way! Look out for the other books in the bestselling, award-winning Ten Little series: Ten Little Pirates Ten Little Princesses Ten Little Monsters Ten Little Dinosaurs Ten Little Elves Praise for the other Ten Little books:`a rollicking read with an easy rhythm & jaunty illustrations...excellent`
- Guardian`jaunty verse with lots of humorous details to discover on every page`
- Time Out`roaringly funny rhymes`
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Life on planet earth is not weirder than we imagine. It`s weirder than we are capable of imagining. And we`re all in it together: humans, blue whales, rats, birds of paradise, ridiculous numbers of beetles, molluscs the size of a bus, bdelloid rotifers who haven`t had sex for millions of years & creatures called water bears: you can boil them, freeze them & fire them off into space without killing them. In this breathtakingly audacious book, Simon Barnes opens our eyes to the real marvels of the planet we live on. ...

Life on Planet Earth is not weirder than we imagine. It`s weirder than we are capable of imagining. & we`re all in it together: humans, blue whales, rats, birds of paradise, ridiculous numbers of beetles, molluscs the size of a bus, the sexual gladiators of slugs, bdelloid rotifers who haven`t had sex for millions of years & creatures called water bears: you can boil them, freeze them & fire them off into space without killing them. We`re all part of the animal kingdom, appearing in what Darwin called ”endless forms most beautiful & most wonderful”. In this breathtakingly audacious book, Simon Barnes has brought us all together, seeking not what separates us but what unites us. He takes us white-water rafting through the entire animal kingdom in a book that brings in deep layers of arcane knowledge, the works of Darwin & James Joyce, Barnes`s own don`t-try-this-at-home adventures in the wild, David Attenborough & Sherlock Holmes. Ten Million Aliens opens your eyes to the real marvels of the planet we live on. ...