Daniel Defoe's " Robinson Crusoe", regarded by many to be first novel in English. This edition contains a full chronology of Defoe's life & times, explanatory notes, glossary & a critical introduction discussing " Robinson Crusoe" as a pioneering work of modern psychological realism. ...

A series with silk-ribbon markers & headbands, gold stamping on front & spine, & the original colour illustrations on the jackets. This 1968 version of Defoe's classic aimed to make the original text more accessible to young readers. The engravings are reproduced from a 19th-century edition. ...

It happened one day, about noon, going towards my boat, I was exceedingly surprised with the print of a mans naked foot on the shore...

Thus Defoe describes the heart-stopping moment when
- after years of solitude
- the worlds most famous shipwrecked mariner discovers that he is not totally alone on his isl&.

Although the inspiration came from a real-life castaway called Alexander Selkirk, the novel can be enjoyed as a tale of survival, of spiritual awakening, or as a mythic quest.

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9781785996214
• Author: Daniel Defoe
• Publisher: Arcturus
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 287
• Dimensions: 20 x 13 x 2cm













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When his ship is caught in a storm, Robinson Crusoe is the only survivor. Washed ashore on a deserted isl&, he builds a shelter, hunts for food & learns to fend for himself. After years fo solitude, Crusoe discovers he may not be alone after all. Who else is on the island? & will Crusoe ever make his way back home? ...

Books Classic Novels Discover the legendary story of a marine adventurer shipwrecked on a desert isl&. Robinson Crusoe runs away from home to join the navy. After a series of adventures at sea, he is shipwrecked in a devastating storm, & finds himself alone on a remote desert isl&. He remains there many years, building a life for himself in solitude, until the day he discovers another man's footprint in the s&... Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9780099511847 •†Author:†  Daniel Defoe •†Publisher:†  Vintage Classics •†Format:†  Paperback •†Pages:† 272 •†Dimensions:†12.7 x 1.52 x 20.32 cm ...

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Enter a world of superheroes & villains in this action-packed comic caper from No.1 bestselling author David Walliams – & meet Robodog: the future of crime fighting! Welcome to the city of Bedlam. Enter if you dare! Bedlam is one of the most dangerous places on Earth – home to a host of wicked villains. Nothing & nobody is safe from these evil criminals. The city needs its own superhero to defeat the supervillains. But who? Robodog! He’s the newest recruit at the Police Dog School, & supercharged for adventure. But can he stop the most feared duo in Bedlam, & their evil plans to ruin the city... ? Product Information: • ISBN: 9780008588861 • Author: David Walliams • Publisher: Harper Collins Publishers • Format: Paperback • Pages: 320 • Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 2.6 cm ...

Roughly twenty years from now, our technological marvels unite & turn against us. A childlike but massively powerful artificial intelligence known as Archos comes online...and kills the man who created it. This first act of betrayal leads Archos to gain control over the global network of machines & technology that regulates everything from transportation to utilities, defence & communications. In the early months, sporadic glitches are noticed by a handful of unconnected humans
- from a senator & single mother disconcerted by her daughter's smart toys, to a lonely Japanese bachelor, to an isolated U.S. soldier
- but most are unaware of the growing rebellion until it is far too late. Then, in the span of minutes, at a moment known later in history as Zero Hour, every mechanical device in our world rebels, setting off the Robot War that both decimates &
- for the first time in history
- unites humankind.



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Roughly twenty years from now, our technological marvels unite & turn against us. A childlike but massively powerful artificial intelligence known as Archos comes online...and kills the man who created it. This first act of betrayal leads Archos to gain control over the global network of machines & technology that regulates everything from transportation to utilities, defense, & communications. In the early months, sporadic glitches are noticed by a handful of unconnected humans
- from a senator & single mother disconcerted by her daughter's "smart" toys, to a lonely Japanese bachelor, to an isolated U.S. soldier
- but most are unaware of the growing rebellion until it is far too late. Then, in the span of minutes, at a moment known later in history as Zero Hour, every mechanical device in our world rebels, setting off the Robot War that both decimates &
- for the first time in history
- unites humankind.



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A massively powerful artificial intelligence called Archos is created & cannot be contained. Humanity has no idea when it starts to silently take over our cars, power grids, aircraft guidance systems & computer networks
- the entire global system that runs our lives. In those early months, only a handful of technological glitches are noticed by humans across the globe. Laura Perez, US congresswoman, senses a menacing new awareness in her daughter's 'smart' doll; Paul Blanton, an American soldier stationed in Afghanistan, witnesses the violent meltdown of a military pacification unit, Takeo Nomura, a lonely inventor, is victimized by his robot companion & a hacker in London unwittingly accesses a hidden network & comes face to face with a merciless digital identity. Later known as Zero hour, the robot war suddenly ignites, humankind is both decimated & for the first time in history, united.
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