Following Sterling's spectacularly successful launch of its children's classic novels (240 000 books in print to date) comes a dazzling new series: Classic Starts." The stories are abridged; the quality is complete. " Classic Starts" treats the world's beloved tales (and children) with the respect they deserve--all at an incomparable price. " Black Beauty "is the classic horse story a beautiful & touching tale told by the title character himself. Set in Victorian London it follows Beauty's life & changing fortunes as he moves from owner to owner. As the horse encounters new experiences & new friends who reveal their own histories the story quietly paints a fascinating portrait of how animals were treated during that era." ...

Kyo the head of the Tengu demon clan is Misaos only chance for survival. But even though she has sweet memories of him as a childhood friend she has trouble reconciling them with the man he has become. Despite the strange attraction can she trust her life let alone her heart to a man who only cares about the promise of her blood? There is a world of myth & magic that intersects ours & only a special few can see it. Misao Harada is one such person & she wants nothing to do with magic realms. She just wants to have a normal high school life & maybe get a boyfriend. But she is the bride of demon prophecy & her blood grants incredible powers her flesh immortality. Now the demon realm is fighting over the right to her hand or her life. ...

The past returns to haunt Kyo & Misao when Kyo s long-lost father suddenly reappears. But the reunion is less than happy for Lord Yo is suspected of murdering his wife! Misao learns the real story of the deadly incident but it is hardly comforting. Should she tell Kyo about his mother s fate or should she protect him from a truth he might not want to know? ...

He loves her blood but does her love her? Misao is starting to trust her heart where Kyo is involved especially after he gives her one of his primary feathers. It isnt just her first present from him its a magic talisman that will keep her safe when hes not nearby. Misao is elated to be able to go to school without the fear of being eaten just like a normal teenage girl. But as her feelings for Kyo deepen she starts to realize that as his bride she will have to leave her human life behind including her family. ...

Misao has made the choice to forgo college & a normal human life in order to be Kyo's wife & mother to the demon child she carries. But her pregnancy is unusual even for the demon world. The last pages of the Senka Roku will reveal the truth of the matter but now that Kyo has it in his hands does he really want to know…? ...

This book reproduced some of the early stories & features from the Black Bob Book" with an introduction by Morris Heggie who was the editor of " The Dandy" from 1986 to 2006. Notes list all of the " Black Bob" stories over the years." ...

Tony must stop a cult summoning a demon before the blood moon rises. If only he knew when that was... When your dad owns a magic shop youre pretty much prepared for weird things to happen. So when Tony comes across a strange skull hes not fazed. Its not until the demon inside wakes up that he realises he might have a problem. & when the trolls who worship the demon decide to dig up the rest of the bones he must act fast or everyone will die
- Funny & supernatural urban fantasy particulary suitable for struggling reluctant & dyslexic teen readers.
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Our eyes tell us about colour. But what if you are blind? Can you still know colours? Using simple language & beautiful textured art this book shows you how to see without your eyes. The pages are black but using your imagination & your senses you can hear smell touch & taste colours! Red is sour like unripe strawberries & sweet as watermelon. Yellow tastes like mustard but is as soft as a baby chicks feathers. Blue is the colour of the sky when kites are flying. From out of the blackness a beautiful rainbow of colours emerges. ...

True are The NIGHTmare Of a person that FEARs. Safe A re the BODIES Of t He Silent World. When a young man first saw this message typed out on his computer at home a shiver ran down his spine. It was clear what was happening
- the poltergeist which had plagued him for months was now manifesting itself in a most original modern & terrifying way. As the world around us experiences an epidemic of supernatural events Alasdair Wickham collects together the strangest creepiest & most enthralling in a compendium of brilliantly told & chillingly convincing tales. The Black Book of Modern Myths explores the richness & malevolence of the supernatural from across the globe including possession witchcraft & Mothmen sightings to cursed movie sets & ritualistic killings in the Cornish countryside. No mystery is left unexamined. But beyond these traditional notions of the supernatural The Black Book of Modern Myths shows us the paranormal connecting with the hi-tech world. These days the ghosts really are in the machines... Do you dare enter?
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When Ludlow Fitch's parents cruelly betray him he steals away on the back of a carriage & leaves behind the stinking City. He arrives in the dead of night at a remote village where he crosses paths with the tall & limping figure of Joe Zabbidou
- a pawnbroker with a difference. For Joe trades secrets not goods for cash. Ludlow is employed to record the villagers' fiendish confessions in The Black Book of Secrets. Bodysnatching; thievery; murder. The people of Pagus Parvus have much to hide. But is Ludlow Fitch ready to release his own skeletons? & will he ever learn to trust his mysterious master?
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