From Number One bestselling picture book duo, David Walliams & Tony Ross, comes this bear-illiantly funny adventure for children of 3 & up. At the top of the world, surrounded by snow & ice, lives a very cheeky polar bear cub who loves to go...BOO! But this little bear cub doesn`t always know when to stop... Presenting a mischievous new picture book packed with snow & surprises, from two standout talents! ...

Hector & his dog Hugo have made music together through good times, bad times & even some crazy times. But when Hugo learns to play the fiddle, & gets the chance to play with Bear’s Big B&, Hector’s jealousy gets the better of him. Can Hector swallow his pride & learn to be for happy for his friend? Set in New Orleans with a new cast of animal musicians, this big-hearted sequel to the best-selling The Bear & the Piano teaches that friendship, like good music, lasts forever. ...

The Beara & Sheep`s Head Peninsulas lie in the southwest of Irel&, pointed fingers of land wedged between the Kenmare River, Bantry Bay & Dunmanus Bay. They are peaceful, unspoiled peninsulas where the wild & largely untamed nature of the landscape immediately casts its magical spell. There is no better way to explore & experience this stunning landscape than on foot. This guidebook describes some of the best walking routes in the area: from Dursey Island & Bear Island to the Caha & Shehy Mountains, from the forest trails of Glengarriff to the lakes of Glaninchiquin, & from the tip of the Sheep`s Head to the ridges of Peakeen & Seefin. The routes range from short hikes to longer treks, coastal & inl&, something to suit everyone`s interest. Each route is prefaced with a reference summary & illustrated with maps & photographs. Route descriptions include GPS coordinates, navigation guidance, access notes & short variations. There is also material on the fauna, flora, folklore, history, geology & place names of each area. ...

Starving after a harsh winter, the bears descend from the mountains in search of food & invade the valley below, where they face fierce opposition from the army of the Grand Duke of Sicily. After many battles, scrapes & dangers, the bears` reign is established over the l&, but their victory comes at a price. ...

The bear has organized a picnic on the river for his friends. It`s the perfect day & everything is going swimmingly until they are disturbed by a loud croaking noise from among the lily pads. It`s the frogs! They want to join in, but the friends don`t fancy putting up with the noise, so they move on to a quieter part of the lake. Unfortunately they soon find themselves stuck on a sandbank, & only the frogs can help them! ...

Jeremy Underwood is a long-suffering subeditor on The Daily Beast, Britain`s mightiest tabloid. Returning from holiday, he notices two burqa-clad figures lurking outside the paper`s Kensington offices. Two male terrorism suspects have escaped from a mosque disguised as women; recently suspicion & fear have made everyone alert. Jeremy`s casual observation sets off a chain of events that spins out of control, as the great Beast feels that it is the next target of terrorism. Alexander Starritt`s darkly funny novel is a vivid anatomy of that most uncontrollable of large creatures, the British tabloid newspaper. The ferocious professionalism & manic rivalries of a newsroom have rarely been so well described. & at the heart of the newsroom is the brooding, dictatorial figure of its editor, Charles Brython, the booming voice of Middle Engl&. His world is under threat, & he will do whatever it takes to defend it. This is a story in which comedy teeters on the edge of horror. ...

The Beast is an animal You`d better lock the Gate Or when it`s dark, It comes for you Then it will be too late Alys was the only one to see the soul eaters when they came to her village. The others were sleeping. They never woke up... Now, an orphan, Alys knows the full danger of the soul eaters. She`s heard the nursery rhymes the chidren sing about the twin sisters who feed on souls. She`s seen people disappear into the fforest & never come back. So why, then, does she find herself mysteriously drawn to the fforest? Is she what everyone around her says she is? A witch? Alys soon finds herself on a journey that will take her to the very heart of the fforest. There she must decide where true evil lies. & face the thing they call.. . The Beast.A fairy tale with a difference: shivery, dark, & deeply satisfying. ` Read it if you loved The Handmaid`s Tale`
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For centuries the ceremonial order of the Knights of the Tarasque have met to bear the effigy of a mythical beast through the Provencal town of Tarascon. But one summer`s night the ceremony is disrupted by a gruesome discovery: a mutilated body found at the feet of the effigy, apparently torn apart by enormous teeth & claws. Could it be that the monster of legend is more than just myth? The case draws an unwilling Michel de Palma, called `the Baron` by his colleagues in the Marseille murder squad, into the dark heart of Provence, where mythology is part of everyday life. As more dismembered corpses appear, de Palma falls into a world coloured by murky financial intrigues & the tortured history of post-occupation France. It is a world where de Palma`s uninvited investigations could soon see him in mortal danger. ...

` The train ran on without a driver, on & on, like some mindless, unseeing beast...` One of Zola`s darkest & most violent works
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One day a few years ago, 300 migrants were kidnapped between the remote desert towns of Altar, Mexico, & Sasabe, Arizona. A local priest got 120 released, many with broken ankles & other marks of abuse, but the rest vanished. oscar Martinez, a young writer from El Salvador, was in Altar soon after the abduction, & his account of the migrant disappearances is only one of the harrowing stories he garnered from two years spent traveling up & down the migrant trail from Central America & across the US border. More than a quarter of a million Central Americans make this increasingly dangerous journey each year, & each year as many as 20, 000 of them are kidnapped. Martinez writes in powerful, unforgettable prose about clinging to the tops of freight trains; finding respite, work & hardship in shelters & brothels; & riding shotgun with the border patrol. Illustrated with stunning full-color photographs, ” The Beast ”is the first book to shed light on the harsh new reality of the migrant trail in the age of the ”narcotraficantes.” ...