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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The first collection of the new acclaimed SWAMP THING series from the superstar team of writer SCOTT SNYDER & artist YANICK PAQUETTE!
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Alec Holland is back as the Swamp Thing fully formed as the protector of The Green". Immediately upon his return he must battle his way through the Bone Kingdom & The Rot to free his ally
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- Abigail Arcane. But will the cost of freeing her be...fighting her? Nothing not even this titanic battle will prepare Swampy for what he has to face next
- a resurrected & even more dangerous Anton Arcane! " Batman" writer Scott Snyder & artist Yanick Paquette bring you one of the New 52s breakthrough titles with the classic DC mainstay " Swamp Thing!""


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In the Florida Everglades gator-park Swamplandia! is in trouble. Its star performer the great beauty & champion alligator-wrestler Hilola Bigtree has succumbed to cancer & Ava her resourceful but terrified 13-year-old daughter is left in charge with her two siblings. But Avas sister has embarked on a romantic relationship with a ghost her brother has defected to a rival theme park & her father is AWOL. & then a mysterious figure called Bird Man guides Ava into a perilous part of the swamp called the Underworld promsing he can save both her sister & the park... Swamplandia! was longlisted for the 2011 Orange Prize & shortlisted for the 2012 Pulitzer Prize. ...

Of more than 8 000 bird species the swan is surely one of the most easily recognised. Airborne the swan is a majestic sight: with its long slender neck outstretched it glides gracefully with slow strong wing-beats. Its large webbed feet & short legs which make it awkward on land propel it serenely & effortlessly through water. Swan" is a comprehensive natural & cultural history of this most dignified of birds. Peter Young relates the natural history of the swan: its elegant exterior concealing a lightweight frame; details of extinct species & the differences between the 8 surviving species; its power & endurance; its formation flying which conserves energy & allows long-haul flights to be made at speed; its habitat & feeding habits. He also explores the extensive cultural history of the swan from its frequent portrayal in painting sculpture porcelain & furniture; to its use in heraldry; the Greek myth of Leda & the Swan; & Hans Christian Andersen's " The Ugly Duckling" & " Swan Lake". The book goes on to examine the uses & abuses of swans; questions of conservation; of the swan as food; & its widespread use in logos & br&-names. Informed yet accessible wide-ranging yet detailed " Swan" will appeal to the wide audience interested in this graceful & beautiful bird." ...

After the devastating events recounted in THE TIN ROOF BLOWDOWN Dave Robicheaux & his ex-partner in Homicide Clete Purcel head for the mountains & trout streams of Montana for some much-needed healing. However while Montana might seem an unspoilt paradise peopled by men & women from an earlier more innocent time in American history Dave & Clete soon find that there are plenty of serpents in the garden too. The deaths of a couple of hikers suggest a perverted serial killer may be at work while an escaped jailbird & his former tormentor are locked in a savage dance of revenge that is ultimately connected to the fortunes of a wealthy oil family hiding a terrible secret.. . ...

When an opera company gathers in Oxford for the first post-war production of Wagners Die Meistersinger its happiness is soon soured by the discovery that the unpleasant Edwin Shorthouse will be singing a leading role. Nearly everyone involved has reason to loathe Shorthouse but who amongst them has the fiendish ingenuity to kill him in his own locked dressing room? In the course of this entertaining adventure eccentric Oxford don Gervase Fen has to unravel two murders cope with the unpredictability of the artistic temperament & attempt to encourage the course of true love. ...

Psychiatrist Andrew Marlowe has a perfectly ordered life ? solitary perhaps but full of devotion to his profession & the painting hobby he loves. This order is destroyed when renowned painter Robert Oliver attacks a canvas in the National Gallery of Art & becomes his patient. Desperate to understand the secret that torments this genius Marlowe embarks on a journey that leads him into the lives of the women closest to Oliver & a tragedy at the heart of French Impressionism. Kostovas masterful new novel travels from American cities to the coast of Normandy; from the late nineteenth century to the late twentieth from young love to last love. The Swan Thieves is a story of obsession historys losses & the power of art to preserve hope. ...

OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Survey's most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities like walking horse riding & off-road cycling. Providing complete GB coverage the series details essential information such as youth hostels pubs & visitor information as well as rights of way permissive paths & bridleways. ...

Perfect for day trips & short breaks the OS Landranger Map series covers Great Britain with 204 detailed maps. Each map provides all the information you need to get to know your local area &

Includes:: places of interest tourist information picnic areas & camp sites plus Rights of Way information for England & Wales.

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