Way back during the crusades Richard I presented the Huntingforest family with the tiny Balkan state of Averna. Since that time the kingdom has been forgotten until circumstances in Europe suddenly render it strategically important to the British Government. They hire unconventional detective Albert Campion to recover the long-missing proofs of ownership
- the deeds a crown & a receipt
- which are apparently hidden in the village of Pontisbright. In Pontisbright Campion & his friends meet the eccentric flame-haired Amanda Fitton & her family who claim to be the rightful heirs to Averna & join in the hunt. Unfortunately criminal financier Brett Savanake is also interested in finding the evidence for his own ends. Things get rather rough in the village as Savanake's heavies up the pressure on Campion to solve the mystery before they do.. .

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A simple introduction to the Muslim season of Ramadan & Eid. Follow a family as they fast each day go to the mosque on the Night of Power & enjoy a delicious feast to celebrate the beginning of Eid. This pre-school series introduces young children to world religions & focuses on the way the festival is celebrated today. There is detailed historical & cultural information at the end for parents & teachers. ...

Its night-time on Sugar Lump Lane & the ten Tinies should be getting ready for bed.. . But one Tiny has lost her special blanket & another is nowhere to be found. Now they are all too frightened to sleep! Fortunately Lucky Wish Mouse knows just how to calm her little ones & fill their night-time with the sweetest of sweet dreams. These enchanting storybook mice offer a tiny message of confidence & encouragement to every reader.
- Shirley Hughes
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It has been a year of change since Gemma Doyle arrived at the foreboding Spence Academy. Having bound the wild dark magic of the realms to her Gemma has forged unlikely & unsuspected new alliances both with the headstrong Felicity & timid Ann Kartik the exotic young man whose companionship is forbidden & the fearsome creatures of the realms. Now as Gemma approaches her London debut the time has come to test those bonds. As her friendship with Felicity & Ann faces its gravest trial & with the Order grappling for control of the realms Gemma is compelled to decide once & for all which path she is meant to take. Pulled forward by fate the destiny Gemma faces threatens to set chaos loose not only in the realms but also upon the rigid Victorian society whose rules Gemma has both defied & followed. Where does Gemma really belong? & will she can she survive? ...

Pythias is her fathers daughter right down to her hard intelligent slate-grey eyes. Aristotle has never been able to resist a keen mind in another
- even in his own girl-child who should be content with the kitchen the loom & a life dictated by the rhythms of childbearing. His little Pytho is smart able to best his students in debate & match wits with a roomful of Athenian thinkers. Is she a freak or a harbinger of what women can really be? Hers is a privileged position a woman who moves in a mans world protected by the reputation of her philosopher father. But when the great warrior-king Alexander dies a thousand miles from Athens sentiment turns against anyone associated with him most especially his famous teacher Aristotle. Forced to flee Aristotle & his family head to the garrison town of Chalcis; however ailing & broken in spirit the old philosopher soon dies. Without her father the orphaned sixteen-year-old Pytho quickly discovers that the world is a place of superstition not logic & that a girl can be preyed upon by gods & goddesses as much as by grown men & women. To safely journey to a place in which she can be everything she truly is Aristotles daughter will need every ounce of wit she possesses but she must also learn quickly to nurture her capacity to love.""
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Charley has a strange feeling when she sees the idyllic mill house with its cluster of outbuildings the lake & the swirling mill stream; a powerful sense of recognition as if she has been there before. Except she knows she hasnt. After Charley & her husband Tom move into Elmwood Mill sinister memories of a previous existence start to haunt her. Despite both their attempts to dismiss everything with rational explanations the feeling turns to certainty as the memories become increasingly vivid & terrifying. Charley is persuaded to undergo hypnosis
- but in searching deep into her past she unwitting opens a Pandoras box of evil.. .and now the terror is free.
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You did WHAT? screamed Mari. You turned down the cutest boy ever? Are you crazy? Fliss isnt exactly outgoing. But on stage she really comes alive. & this summer shes playing Juliet opposite her dream Romeo
- Tom Mayerling. If only she could tell him how she feels! But unless Fliss finds some inner confidence shes going to miss her chance with Tom. Because someone else has her eyes on Fliss role
- & her leading man...

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The second title in this gorgeous new series for fans of Cathy Cassidy & Jacqueline Wilson is set in the glamourous world of ballroom dancing. Megan can't believe she's had to move 200 miles away from her home. What about her school & her friends? Not to mention her dancing & her dancing partner Jake who has been her best friend since for ever. In an attempt to make herself feel better Megan joins a salsa class & things start to look up. She meets new friends & even a new exciting boy. But will she listen to the warnings about him...? ...

This is the sixth title in this wonderful series. For all fans of Cathy Cassidy & Jacqueline Wilson
- Sweet Hearts" follows a huge
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This is the third title in this wonderful series. For all fans of Cathy Cassidy & Jacqueline Wilson
- Sweet Hearts" follows
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