Everyone knows that tyrannosauruses are big & scary so when a placid duckbill dinosaurs egg ends up in the wrong nest confusion is sure to ensue! When the baby dinosaur hatches out hes so out of place that his grisly big sisters call him Tyrannosaurus Drip. Poor little Drip: all he wants is a quiet life munching on water weed.. . ...

Kineas the Athenian cavalry commander has come a long way since being dismissed from the army of Alexander & vengefully exiled by his own city. Together his mercenary force & their Scythian allies have defeated a mighty Macedonian army at the Ford of the River God & his adopted city of Olbia is now free once more. But his destiny will not allow him to enjoy the fruits of victory for long. Far to the east at the farthest edge of the Sea of Grass Alexander is threatening to crush the Scythian hordes once & for all. The Lady Srayanka of the Cruel Hands the Scythian warrior-princess who spurned a king's love to be at Kineas's side is pledged to take her tribe east to help stop 'the monster'
- & Kineas knows he has no choice but to follow even if it means embracing the violent death in battle that he has seen prefigured in countless dreams. But long before he can confront the might of Alexander's army alongside his beloved Srayanka he must undertake an epic journey of breathtaking daring...
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Glory. Death. Well-born Athenian cavalry officer Kineas fought shoulder to shoulder with Alexander in his epic battles against the Persian hordes. But on his return from the east to his native city he finds not glory but shame
- & exile. With nothing to his name but his military skills Kineas agrees to lead a band of veterans to the city of Olbia where the Tyrant is offering good money to train the city's elite cavalry. But soon Kineas & his men find they have stumbled into a deadly maze of intrigue & conspiracy as the Tyrant plots to use them as pawns in the increasingly complex power games between his own citizens & the dread military might of Macedon. Caught between his duty to the Tyrant his loyalty to his men & a forbidden love affair with a charismatic Scythian noblewoman Kineas must call on all his Athenian guile his flair on the battlefield & even
- he is convinced
- the intervention of the gods to survive.


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Terry Pratchett takes Shakespeare's Macbeth & then turns it up 'till the knob comes off. It's all there
- a wicked duke & duchess
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Liam O' Connor should have died at sea in 1912. Maddy Carter should have died on a plane in 2010. Sal Vikram should have died in a fire in 2026. But all three have been given a second chance
- to work for an agency that no one knows exists. Its purpose: to prevent time travel destroying history... Hunted by cyborg assassins from the future the Time Riders" must abandon New York & go on the run. They escape to Victorian London & the streets where Jack the Ripper roams. But before they can establish their new base they make their most shattering discovery yet
- & it will change everything... Book six in the bestselling " Time Riders series" by Alex Scarrow. Victorian London's " Jack the Ripper" get a time-travel makeover! Perfect for fans of Doctor Who & Sherlock Holmes. " Time Riders" (Book 1) won the Red House Book Award older readers category & was Penguin UK's first ever number one on the i Bookstore."

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The Trials are over. WICKED have collected all the information they can. Now it's up to the Gladers to complete the blueprint for the cure to the Flare with a final voluntary test. But something has happened that no-one at WICKED has foreseen: Thomas has remembered more than they think. & he knows WICKED can't be trusted.. . The time for lies is over. But the truth is more dangerous than anyone could have imagined. With the Gladers divided can they all make it ...

Liam O' Connor should have died at sea in 1912. Maddy Carter should have died on a plane in 2010. Sal Vikram should have died in a fire in 2026. But all three have been given a second chance
- to work for an agency that no one knows exists. Its purpose: to prevent time travel destroying history.. . Project Exodus
- a mission to transport 300 Americans from 2070 to 54AD to overthrow the Roman Empire
- has gone catastrophically wrong. Half have arrived seventeen years earlier during the reign of Caligula. Liam goes to investigate but when Maddy & Sal attempt to flee a kill-squad sent to hunt down their field office all of the Time Riders become trapped in the Roman past. Armed with knowledge of the future Caligula is now more powerful than ever. But with the office unmanned
- & under threat
- how will the Time Riders make it back to 2001 & put history right? This is book five in the bestselling Time Riders" series by Alex Scarrow. Ancient Rome gets a time-travel makeover! " Time Riders" (Book 1) won the Red House Book Award older readers category & was Penguin UK's first ever number one on the i Bookstore."




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Liam O' Connor should have died at sea in 1912. Maddy Carter should have died on a plane in 2010. Sal Vikram should have died in a fire in 2026. But all three have been given a second chance
- to work for an agency that no one knows exists. Its purpose: to prevent time travel destroying history... Relocated to Victorian London the Time Riders joy-ride back to 1666 to witness the Great Fire of London. In the ensuing chaos Liam & their newest recruit Rashim find themselves trapped between the fire & the Thames. They escape onboard a river boat only to be confronted by an unscrupulous captain with his heart set on treasures of the high seas... Back in 1888 Maddy & the rest of the team are frantically trying to track them down. But with limited resources at their new base can Liam & Rashim survive the bloodthirsty & barbaric age of piracy long enough to be rescued? This book seven is in the bestselling Time Riders" series by Alex Scarrow. " The Golden Age of Piracy" get a time-travel makeover! It is perfect for fans of " Doctor Who" & " Pirates of the Caribbean". " Time Riders" (Book 1) won the Red House Book Award older readers category & was Penguin UK's first ever number one on the i Bookstore."
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In this centenary year celebrating the author's birth Thomas & his friends remain as popular as ever loved by millions all over the world; the original Railway Series books continue to delight Thomas fans of all ages. All twenty-six of the Rev. W. Awdry's books are collected in this classic library each containing a lively assortment of engine stories. ...

It was like being in the presence of a snake first hissing its presence & then coiled in readiness. I didnt dare turn my back or take my eyes off of her. I stood very still. I let go of my fight-or-flight defense & decided to play dead. If you run from a bear it gives chase. Thats the nature of the beast. Likewise a snake. If I moved she might strike. When her elderly neighbour Gus has an accident Kinsey Millhone is relieved when his niece organises a nurse for him. Verifying a background check on Solana Rojas doesnt turn up anything suspicious. But Kinseys not convinced -- especially when Gus seems to be getting worse under his nurses tender care. Realising that her neighbourly concern isnt going to get her past the front door Kinsey turns to more unorthodox methods to step up her investigation. & gets far more than she bargained for.. . Not only is Solana not who she seems to be but shes more than able to play Kinsey at her own game. Suddenly the tables have turned & its Kinsey whos on the wrong side of the law.. . ...