It's June
- winter in South Africa & Martine & her grandmother are enjoying a cold but beautiful walk along the beach when they
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From high in the skies
- The Starry Hunter tells the story of Orion
- to deep beneath the waves
- meet the god Poseidon in


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This animal of the sea is highly accessible to young children as they can be seen up close & personal all around the country. The appearance of a smile on dolphin faces makes them appear more kid friendly than they actually are. This book will share the most interesting facts & stories about dolphins while at the same time reminding readers that these wild animals deserve our respect & help in keeping their natural environment clean & healthy. The inside back cover of the paperback edition is an interactive feature based upon the book. ...

It's October AD 79. The arrival of a ragged man at the Geminus household sets in motion a series of events which take Flavia & her three friends to an opulent villa by the sea at Laurentum a few miles south of Ostia. Just off the coast is a sunken wreck full of treasure which could be the answer to all their problems. But someone else is after the treasure too. As the four children try to recover it they solve the terrible mystery of Lupus's past. ...

As a small boy Readis Lilcamp is rescued by the shipfish when he & his uncle Alemi are caught in a sudden squall beyond Paradise River Hold. AIVAS confirms that the big fish are called dolphins part of the original settlers of Pern. On Earth they had been partnered with men having learned to speak intelligible words. Readis his Uncle Alemi & bronze Gadareths rider Tlion of Eastern Hold are determined to restore the doll fins to their rightful place in the ecology of Pern...and the partnership of men. Meanwhile the fight to rid Pern of the terrible nightmare of Thread is still all consuming. While Lord Jaxom Flar & his dragonriders struggle to implement AIVAS instructions other challenges are issued & answered including one which threatens young Tlion in the shape of his older brother a brown rider who harbours a deep grudge. & Readis must win his parents consent to his association with the sea dragons of Pern
- the bottlenose dolphins.
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Mr Dombey is a man obsessed with his firm. His son is groomed from birth to take his place within it despite his visionary eccentricity & declining health. But Dombey also has a daughter whose unfailing love for her father goes unreturned. ' Girls' said Mr Dombey 'have nothing to do with Dombey & Son'. When Walter Gay a young clerk in her father's office rescues her from a bewildering experience in the streets of London his unforgettable friends believe he is well on his way to receiving her hand in marriage & inheriting the company. It is to be a very different type of story. ...

Dom-bey & Son"... Those three words conveyed the one idea of Mr. Dombeys life. The earth was made for Dombey & Son to trade in & the sun & moon were made to give them light. The hopes of Mr Dombey for the future of his shipping firm are centred on his delicate son Paul & Florence his devoted daughter is unloved & neglected. When the firm faces ruin & Dombeys second marriage ends in disaster only Florence has the strength & humanity to save her father from desolate solitude. This new edition contains Dickenss prefaces his working plans & all the original illustrations by Phiz. The text is that of the definitive Clarendon edition. It has been supplemented by a wide-ranging Introduction highlighting Dickenss engagement with his times & the touching exploration of family relationships which give the novel added depth & relevance. The Notes & Bibliography have been substantially revised extended & updated. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford Worlds Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxfords commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study & much more." ...

This is one of Dickenss great middle period novels in which fairy tale melodrama & realism mingle with hallucinatory power. The story weaves together a number of stories which centre upon the family of the self-important merchant Paul Dombey & his children Paul & Florence. ...

Charles Dickens' Dombey & Son" is a darkly witty tale of two siblings' struggle to achieve happiness in the shadow of their father's pride edited with an introduction & notes by Andrew Sanders in " Penguin Classics". To Paul Dombey business is all & money can do anything. He runs his family life as he runs his firm: coldly calculatingly & commercially. The only person he cares for is his frail son grooming him for entry into the family business; his daughter Florence abandoned & ignored craves affection from her unloving father who sees her only as a 'base coin that couldn't be invested'. As Dombey's callousness extends to others
- from his defiant second wife Edith to Florence's admirer Walter Gay
- he sows the seeds of his own destruction. Can this heartless businessman be redeemed? A compelling depiction of a man imprisoned by his own pride " Dombey & Son" explores the devastating effects of emotional deprivation on a dysfunctional family & on society as a whole. In his introduction Andrew Sanders discusses the character of Paul Dombey business & family relationships in " Dombey & Son" & their similarities to Dickens' own childhood. This edition also

Includes:: a chronology further reading appendices notes & the original illustrations by ' Phiz'. Charles Dickens is one of the best-loved novelists in the English language whose 200th anniversary was celebrated in 2012. His most famous books including " Oliver Twist" " Great Expectations" "A Tale of Two Cities" " David Copperfield" & " The Pickwick Papers" have been adapted for stage & screen & read by millions. If you liked " Dombey & Son" you might enjoy Dickens's " Martin Chuzzlewit" also available in " Penguin Classics". " There's no writing against such power as this
- one has no chance." (William Makepeace Thackeray)."




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THE PRESS CALLED IT 'THE HEIST OF THE MILLENNIUM' & 'A PLOT WORTHY OF JAMES BOND'. In 2000 a gang of villains from the South East of England hatched an audacious plan to steal the world's largest perfect diamond from the Millenium Dome in broad daylight & make their getaway by speedboat. The gang had figured out an ingenious way to breach the diamond vault but the execution was reliant on timing brute force & a JCB digger. Had they succeeded it would have made the spoils of the Great Train Robbery & Brinks Mat look like loose change. They came within a whisker of unimaginable wealth but it was snatched from under them by one of the most daring police operations ever. Here is the thrilling & dramatic full story of the robbery
- as told by the detective who foiled their plans. Experience the electrifying attacks the jaw-dropping guile of the villains the nerves needed for the stakeout & the final nail-biting confrontation inside the Dome.
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