Rowan is desperate for a horse of her own
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John Susan Titty & Roger return to the lake for another summer camping on their island with their old allies Nancy & Peggy otherwise known as the Amazon pirates. But immediately disaster strikes when the Swallows find themselves marooned ashore by the shipwreck of their boat. But if they can't have the island there's always Swallowdale the secret valley hidden from the world & containing an extra secret concealed within it... ...

The world that the children enter as soon as they get off the train in the Lake District is as separate from their everyday world as Hogwarts or Narnia... For most readers the idea of cooking trout you have caught yourself is as strange & poetic as the idea of casting a spell that turns a teacup into a turtle. --Guardian "' Ahoy! Ahoy! Swallows! Ahoy!'" Have you ever sailed in a boat or built a camp? Have you caught trout & cooked it yourself? The four Swallows John Susan Titty & Roger return to the lake full of such plans & they can't wait to meet up with Nancy & Peggy the Amazon Pirates. When the " Swallow" is shipwrecked & the Amazon's fearsome Great-Aunt makes decides to make a visit their summer seems ruined. Then they discover a wonderful hidden valley & things take a turn for the better." ...

' Ahoy! Ahoy! Swallows! Ahoy!' Have you ever sailed in a boat or built a camp? Have you caught trout & cooked it yourself? The four Swallows John Susan Titty & Roger return to the lake full of such plans & they can't wait to meet up with Nancy & Peggy the Amazon Pirates. When the Swallow is shipwrecked & the Amazon's fearsome Great-Aunt makes decides to make a visit their summer seems ruined. Then they discover a wonderful hidden valley & things take a turn for the better...BACKSTORY: Discover the real Swallowdale swot up on seafaring & learn all about the adventurous author. ...

Merry Gentry is not your average private investigator. Half human half faerie shes caught in a struggle that threatens not only her life but the lives of those she desires & holds dear. Her very existence & her rightful place on the throne of Faerie have long depended on her producing an heir
- & now after many failed attempts she is pregnant...A triumphant moment but revelation follows revelation: for Merry carries twins & they have more than one father... There are those of her own flesh & blood who want Merry & her unborn children dead but she is a fighter & wields a wild magic. & this is her world. This is where the magical & the mortal intertwine where folklore fantasy & erotically charged adventure collide...
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The ultimate children's classic
- long summer days filled with adventure. John Susan Titty & Roger sail their boat Swallow to a
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A master storyteller sympathetically in touch with real children & their interests has created characters who are accepted as friends by children everywhere not to mention plots which are eminently plausible & unexpected.' SUNDAY TIMES in an article listing Swallows & Amazons among '99 Best Books for Children. ...

Swallows & Amazons for ever!' The Walker children
- also known as Captain John Mate Susan Able-Seaman Titty & Ship's Boy Roger
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Moshen & his wife Zunaira met at the university & once looked forward to a happy & prosperous life together. But Moshems dream of becoming a diplomat halted by the war with Russia dies with the ascendancy of the Taliban. Zunaira formerly a lawyer who worked for womens rights can no longer even appear on the streets of Kabul without a veil over her face. It is only in their own home that they can be themselves. One day unable to resist Moshens pleas Zunaira dons her burqa & goes to market with him. The outing turns into a nightmare. Atiq a veteran of the Russian war is now a part-time jailer who watches over those condemned to death. The darkness of the prison & the wretchedness of his job have seeped into his soul. His home offers little respite from his rage & misery; his wife Musarrat is suffering from an illness no doctor can cure & even the most furvent prayers cannot alleviate. As Atiq begins to lose all faith in his own ability to survive the arbitary demands & extreme cruelties of the Taliban he is drawn to Zanaira now in prison awaiting public execution. In a final act of defiance Musarrat conceives a plan that will allow her husband to live & hope again... Already a best seller in France The Swallows of Kabul" brilliantly exposes the differences between religiosity & dangerous religious extremism. Written in spare exquisite prose it is an unforgettable portrait of life under a fascist theocracy." ...

The second action-packed quest in an exciting new six book character-led series for 7+ girls who love fantasy adventure & high-kicking heroines! This time Sophie has to call upon all her strength & skills to defeat her most gruesome foe yet...THE SWAMP BOGGLES! Very few people ever enter the Shadow Woods for these woods are like no others. Hidden deep within them is the Gateway to the Shadow Realm
- a dark & chaotic world where all kinds of gruesome creatures live... On her tenth birthday tomboy Sophie learns she is the Guardian of the magical gateway & that her destiny is to protect the human world from the goblins trolls & evil sprites that inhabit the Shadow Woods. Together with her brave best friend & loyal sidekick Sam Sophie must find a way to stop an invasion of disgusting slime-filled stinky Swamp Boggles from causing mayhem in her town & it'll take all of Sophie's Guardian magic powers to defeat it!
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