Life on the remote island of Papavray in the 1970s was a world away from Mary J. Mac Leod's urban existence in the south of Engl&. & this peaceful environment was just what she was looking for. While indoor toilets were still something of a luxury & 'teleeffissions' could produce terror in some of the older residents the glory of the mountains & the sea combined with the warmth of the island people meant she had found a haven for her family. Mary's post as district nurse gave her a unique insight into island life & her stories of the troubles joys drama & comedies endured by her patients make this a charming & humorous account of community life on a small island in a bygone era. ...

Something very sinister is happening on the mysterious Isle of Gloom & the children are determined to uncover the truth! But Philip Dinah Lucy-Ann & Jack are not prepared for the dangerous adventure that awaits them in the abandoned copper mines & secret tunnels beneath the sea. ...

This is the Penguin English Library Edition" of " The Island of Doctor Moreau" by H. G. Wells. That black figure with its eyes of fire struck down through all my adult thoughts & feelings & for a moment the forgotten horrors of childhood came back to my mind. Adrift in a dinghy Edward Prendick the single survivor from the good ship Lady Vain is rescued by a vessel carrying a profoundly unusual cargo
- a menagerie of savage animals. Tended to recovery by their keeper Montgomery who gives him dark medicine that tastes of blood Prendick soon finds himself stranded upon an uncharted island in the Pacific with his rescuer & the beasts. Here he meets Montgomerys master the sinister Dr. Moreau
- a brilliant scientist whose notorious experiments in vivisection have caused him to abandon the civilised world. It soon becomes clear he has been developing these experiments
- with truly horrific results. " The Penguin English Library"
- 100 editions of the best fiction in English from the eighteenth century & the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War."



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A temptation too far The only way Luc Mac Allister can get his hands on his inheritance is to spend six months on a Pacific island with his stepfathers alleged mistress. Joanna Forman could tempt a saint but if Luc wants to keep his sanity
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- he should keep her at arms length. Taking her inheritance would confirm Lucs belief that shes a gold-digger but turning it down would cost Joanna everything. So she must stand toe-to-toe with the powerful tycoon & hope that she can fight the attraction that burns between them until the end of the long hot summer...I have been a fan of Robyns for years! She writes so beautifully & never fails to deliver a big smile on my face at the end of each book.
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Jack & Jessica find an old rocking chair in the shed of their new house. Suddenly a pixie called Wishler appears & says he was trapped in the chair. He wants to go home so soon theyre off to the Island of Surprises on the magical wishing-chair. But there they meet a rather naughty wizard named Flick & they discover that surprises arent always nice. ...

Twelve-year-old Karana escapes death at the hands of treacherous hunters only to find herself totally alone on a harsh desolate isl&. How she survives in the face of all sorts of dangers makes gripping & inspiring reading. This title is based on a true story. ...

Buried treasure. Ruthless gangsters. An ancient clue.. . Our Captain took the pinnacle ashore & I went with him & six men also who were sworn by God to be secret in all they saw. Here we buried five chests filled with gold. Tom Trelawney was looking for excitement. Now hes found it. With his eccentric uncle Harvey hes traveling to South America on a quest for hidden gold. But Harvey has some dangerous enemies & they want the treasure too. Who will be the first to uncover the secrets of the mysterious island? ...

Longlisted for the Orange Prize 2012. 1830. Neil & Lizzie Mac Kenzie a newly married young couple arrive at the remotest part of the British Isles: St Kilda. He is a minister determined to save the souls of the pagan inhabitants; his pregnant wife speaks no Gaelic & when her husband is away has only the waves & the cry of gulls for company. As both find themselves tested to the limit in this harsh new environment Lizzie soon discovers that marriage is as treacherous a country as the land that surrounds her. ...

The Island That Dared" is a passionate book from the pen of Dervla Murphy which begins with a three-generational family holiday in Cuba. Led by their redoubtable hard-walking grandmother the trio of young girls & their mother soon find themselves camping out on empty beaches beneath the stars with only crabs & mosquitoes for company. This pure Swallows & Amazons experience confirms Dervla in her quest to understand the unique society that has been created by the Cuban Revolution. She returns again & again to explore the island investigating the experience of modern Cuba with her particular candid curiosity. Through her own research & through conversations with Fidelistas & their critics alike " The Island That Dared" builds a complex picture of a people struggling to retain their identity in the face of insistent hostility & to stand against the all-but-overwhelming fire-power of capitalism. Whatever the fate of Cuba " The Island That Dared" beautifully fulfils the role of a great travel book to catch the moment on the wing & stop it in Time
- Colin Thubron."
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My childhood socks were always white my frocks ironed. Each day predictable safe. I escaped. Aged 19 I was swept off my feet by a wild adventurer & married within months. Two small children later (with three more to come) complete with Labradors cats a heavy horse & hearts full of dreams we arrived on a remote Hebridean island to begin our life on the Tapsalteerie Estate. Nothing was ever predictable again. ISLAND WIFE tells the story of Judy who at 19 met her Wild Pioneer. He whisked her off into an adventure a marriage of forty years & a life on a remote Hebridean isl&. Along the way she bears five children learns how to run a rocky hill farm a hotel a recording studio & the first whale watching business in the UK
- all the while inventively making fraying ends meet. When her children start to leave home things fall apart & there is sadness & joy in how she puts things back together. Judy tells her story in a clear & unique voice in turns funny unforgettable & intensely moving. br
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