Funny & adventurous stories with colourful engaging text design makes Geronimo Stilton" perfect for aspirational readers of " Diary of a Wimpy Kid". A huge hit with both avid & reluctant readers aged 5+. Captured by cats! It's every rodent's worst nightmare. It all started when my cousin Trap convinced me to join him on a quest for a legendary island covered in silver. We set out by hot-air balloon. But before you could say 'hot cheese on toast' we were attacked by a ship of pirate cats! They mouse-napped us & threatened to cook us for dinner. Would we escape with out lives...or end up in the soup? Who is Geronimo Stilton? That's me! I run a newspaper but my true passion is writing adventure stories. Here in New Mouse City the capital of Mouse Island my books are all bestsellers! My stories are fa-mouse-ly funny. They are whisker-licking-good tales & that's a promise!" ...

When a cheetah exhibition opens at the National Zoo in Washington D.C. Princess Diana arrives to witness the event. At the grand opening the rare cats suddenly escape fleeing through a crowd of frightened zoogoers! Diana quickly transforms into her secret identity Wonder Woman captures the cats & saves the day. But when the cheetahs continue their odd behavior only one thing can explain it. The cat-like super-villain Cheetah is on the loose. ...

When Jamie moves to Dinosaur Cove with his father hes looking forward to doing some fossil hunting on the beach. But when he & his friend Tom discover a forgotten cave with fossilised dinosaur footprints it takes them to another world.. .a world of dinosaurs. In this secret place the boys meet a small friendly Wannanosaurus who leads them further into the prehistoric landscape past mysterious fungi & strange fruits (which smell like sick!). But when the ground starts to shudder & the Wannanosaurus runs off at lightning speed the boys know theyre in serious danger. The Tyrannosaurus Rex has spotted them & hes coming their way.. . Can the boys outwit the T-Rex? Will they be able to find their way back to the cave? & can they make it to their own world before the tide comes in? ...

When Jamie moves to Dinosaur Cove with his father hes looking forward to doing some fossil hunting on the beach. But when he & his friend Tom discover a forgotten cave with fossilised dinosaur footprints it takes them to another world.. .a world of dinosaurs. In this secret place the boys meet a small friendly Wannanosaurus who leads them further into the prehistoric landscape past mysterious fungi & strange fruits (which smell like sick!). But when the ground starts to shudder & the Wannanosaurus runs off at lightning speed the boys know theyre in serious danger. The Tyrannosaurus Rex has spotted them & hes coming their way.. . Can the boys outwit the T-Rex? Will they be able to find their way back to the cave? & can they make it to their own world before the tide comes in? See Booktrusts Review Write a Review for Attack of the Lizard King Booktrusts Review Jamie & Tom are both obsessed with dinosaurs & love finding fossils in Dinosaur Cove. They find more than they bargained for when they discover a secret cave that takes them back to the time of the real dinosaurs including an angry T Rex. This exciting adventure story is the first in the Dinosaur Cove series wonderfully illustrated with maps fact files about dinosaurs stickers & a great website. " ...

Evil Pharaoh Oba has imprisoned the gods who protect Egypt & now bloodthirsty monsters roam the l&. Only one boy can stop them: Akori an orphaned farm-boy with a huge destiny. For his first quest Akori must risk his life fighting giant scorpions & a deadly Snake Goddess. But will his terrifying battle end in victory? Dont miss a single battle in this huge new adventure series! ...

Martin Crimps 17 scenarios for the theatre shocking & hilarious by turn are a rollercoaster of late 20th-century obsessions. From pornography & ethnic violence to terrorism & unprotected sex its strange array of nameless characters attempt to invent the perfect story to encapsulate our time. Since its premiere at the Royal Court Theatre in March 1997 Attempts on her Life" has been translated into more than 20 languages. The National Theatre presented its first major UK revival in March 2007." ...

It was 1921 when Lord Peter Wimsey first encountered the Attenbury emeralds. The recovery of the magnificent gem in Lord Attenburys most dazzling heirloom made headlines
- & launched a shell-shocked young aristocrat on his career as a detective. Now it is 1951: a happily married Lord Peter has just shared the secrets of that mystery with his wife the detective novelist Harriet Vane. Then the new young Lord Attenbury
- grandson of Lord Peters first client
- seeks his help again this time to prove who owns the gigantic emerald that Wimsey last saw in 1921. It will be the most intricate & challenging mystery he has ever faced.. . Since the publication of A Presumption of Death which was set in 1941 in the wartime English countryside readers have been eagerly asking for this story
- a wholly original & utterly engrossing new detective adventure.



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This solemn rhythmic intonation of the shipping forecast on BBC radio is as familiar as the sound of Big Ben chiming the hour. Since its first broadcast in the 1920s it has inspired poems songs & novels in addition to its intended objective of warning generations of seafarers of impending storms & gales. Sitting at home listening to the shipping forecast can be a cosily reassuring experience. Theres no danger of a westerly gale eight veering southwesterly increasing nine later (visibility poor) gusting through your average suburban living room blowing the Sunday papers all over the place & startling the cat. Yet familiar though the sea areas are by name few people give much thought to where they are or what they contain. In ATTENTION ALL SHIPPING Charlie Connelly wittily explores the places behind the voice those mysterious regions whose names seem often to bear no relation to conventional geography. Armchair travel will never be the same again. ...

Meet the ghosts who prophesy great danger & great trouble & those death singers
- the Sirens
- whose irresistible singing has

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When Atticus receives a mysterious message asking him to a meeting in a sleepy coastal town he packs his bags & sets off. The world's greatest cat burglar likes a good mystery & this time curiosity has got the better of him. The writer of the message it turns out is none other than Jimmy the Magpie gang leader. He wants Atticus to steal all the jewels in town & leave the humans baffled. & what could be more straightforward? But when Atticus moves in with Inspector Cheddar & his family he starts to wonder if a life of crime is really for him.. . ...