This exclusive companion book to the bestselling Mysterious Benedict Society series is a mind-bending collection that will put YOU to the test! With full-color artwork throughout this companion features ingenious new puzzles riddles & brainteasers compiled by Mr. Benedict himself with the help of Reynie Kate Sticky Constance & other Society associates. Think you have what it takes to join The Mysterious Benedict Society? Open this book & find out ...

It should have been a celebration party but now it's another mind-bending mission for the children of the Mysterious Benedict Society. Join Reynie Kate Sticky & Constance as they race across the globe by train bicycle & ship to save their beloved Mr Benedict. It's a perilous journey that will test all their unusual talents. ...

Jules Verne (1828-1905) is internationally famous as the author of a distinctive series of adventure stories describing new travel technologies which opened up the world & provided means to escape from it. The collective enthusiasm of generations of readers of his 'extraordinary voyages' was a key factor in the rise of modern science fiction. In The Mysterious Island a group of men escape imprisonment during the American Civil War by stealing a balloon. Blown across the world they are air-wrecked on a remote desert isl&. In a manner reminiscent of Robinson Crusoe the men apply their scientific knowledge & technical skill to exploit the island's bountiful resources eventually constructing a sophisticated society in miniature. The book is also an intriguing mystery story for the island has a secret. ...

WILLING CAPTIVE? When Miss Jane Lanchester is mistakenly abducted her captors soon realise they have underestimated this feisty young woman. Brave Jane makes a daring break only to be assisted by one of her kidnappers
- the mysterious & well-bred George who offers her his exclusive protection. Fleeing for their lives Jane & Lord George Marlowe form a deep attachment! Jane cant bear the thought of losing him once the danger is past. All she can hope is that George turns her from willing captive to his willing wife...
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Mysterious Maths covers essential topics from the National Curriculum & is based around the popular theme of magic. Wizard Whimstaff s blend of fun with curriculum-based activities enchants & educates young learners. Children work towards attaining a Wizard s Trophy of Excellence at the end of the book. * Motivating activities based on the KS2 National Curriculum * Step-by-step learning introduced by fun characters *
Includes: gold stickers to reward achievement
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A fun interactive activity book based around the popular theme of magic to engage & motivate young learners. This book helps children to practise their multiplication & division skills reinforcing what has been taught at school. The books combine fun magical characters & fantastic illustrations with National Curriculum- focused activities * Motivating activities based on the KS2 National Curriculum * Step-by-step learning introduced by fun characters *
Includes: gold stickers to reward achievement
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Mysterious Wisdom is a biography of the painter Samuel Palmer whose world of slumbering shepherds & tumbling blossoms mystical cornfields & bright sickle moons has enchanted admirers since the nineteenth century. The lynchpin of the first British art movement Palmer dreamed of creating a new rural ideal. Leading a band of fellow artists
- the brotherhood of Ancients
- from London to live in the village of Shoreham in Kent he pursued his vision. If English tradition had ever encompassed the making of icons they would not have been so different from Palmers enraptured landscapes. Samuel Palmer however was more than a reclusive eccentric. He lived during a century of great social upheaval & his works at their finest reflect its hopes & its fears. They capture a world in which the concerns of politics religion & culture are inscribed onto the contours of our native landscapes. In his day Palmer was much neglected. He did not attempt the grand dramas of J. M. W. Turner or follow John Constables profoundly naturalistic path. But he belongs in their Romantic pantheon; as much for the numinous visions that are embodied in his loveliest paintings as for the vagaries of a life story in which so often he failed. Mysterious Wisdom offers a vividly intimate account of a man who has been as much misunderstood as admired; who was as sensual as he was spiritual as dreamy as determined as playful as profound. This is a portrait of a great British Romantic. It is a picture of a life shaped by passionate conviction lit by enthusiasm irony & a captivating charm.

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In a glamorous area of Los Angeles the Beverley Fauborg hotel is about to close for good. Psychologist Alex Delaware & his girlfriend Robin are making a farewell visit to the hotel bar when one patron in particular grabs their attention
- a beautiful but aloof young woman dressed all in white. Two days later Alex is called in on a murder case & is shocked when he recognises the victim as the woman in white. Discovering her true identity is not going to be easy though & Milos investigation into the girl nicknamed Mystery leads him to the darkest of secrets in the highest of places.
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When Abby Lovitt gets to work at her family's ranch she can hardly believe her luck. True Blue is a beauty a dapple grey & he needs a new home
- his owner was tragically killed in a car crash & no one has claimed him. Her father is wary as always. But Abby is smitten. True Blue is a sweetheart & whenever Abby calls out Blue Blue how are you?" he whinnies back. But sometimes True Blue seems well.. .spooked. He paces & always seems to be looking for something. Or someone. Abby starts to wonder about True Blue's owner. What was she like? What did she look like? & what are the strange whispers Abby sometimes hears when she's with him?"
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In 1358 the fledging college of Michaelhouse in Cambridge is in need of extra funds. A legacy from the Archbishop of York of a parish close to that city promises a welcome source of income. However there has been another claim to its ownership & it seems the only way to settle the dispute is for a deputation from Michaelhouse to travel north. Matthew Bartholomew is among the small party which arrives in the bustling city where the increasing wealth of the merchants is unsettling the established order & where a French invasion is an ever-present threat to its port. But soon he & his colleagues learn that many of the Archbishop's executors have died in unexplained circumstances & that the codicil naming Michaelhouse as a beneficiary cannot be found... ...