Little Wombat just loves to explore & today hes decided he wants to search for the elusive Bunyip. His friends Rabbit & Koala dont believe theres any such thing
- so Wombat sets off to the creek on his own to find out. But down by the creek anything can happen
- & its not just Little Wombat who ends up finding a little bit more than hed bargained for!

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This title was a No. 1 Contemporary Fiction & No. 2 Kindle Bestseller. (Novelicious" (9/10))
- "A fabulous book. " Watch Over Me"
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Hes watching her every move... Darcy was just trying to be friendly to the new boy in the office. But its gone horribly wrong. At first it was just unwanted invitations but now Joe is sending her abusive emails calling her late at night unwilling to take no for an answer. & every step Darcy takes to distance herself from him is just adding fuel to Joes obsession. & now he knows where she lives... ...

' There was no warning of any kind...' Friday rush-hour. Martin Gregory laden with packages just manages to catch the 4.48 train. Tomorrow is his wife's birthday
- he has a surprise in store
- & he plans to devote the weekend to her & their beloved dogs. But Saturday morning Martin rises early & does something so horrific so inexplicable & so out of character & his only option is to run.. . And from this shocking incident the journey begins. With the help of a therapist he can't trust & friends who no longer trust him Martin's quest for meaning takes him down shifting realities & twisted corridors of time into the deepest recesses of the human mind. It is a world of menace & obsession from which neither he
- nor the reader
- can escape for Martin Gregory is either lost in a dark maze of madness & horror or frighteningly sane.



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A mysterious toymaker who lives as a recluse in an old mansion surrounded by the magical beings he has created...A sickly wife locked away in a hidden room... An enigma involving strange lights that shine out from the small island on which an old disused lighthouse stands...A shadowy creature that hides deep in the woods... These are the elements of a mystery will bind 14-year-old Irene to Ismael during one magical summer spent in Blue Bay when her mother takes a job as a housekeeper for the enigmatic toymaker Lazarus Jann. A novel of mystery intrigue & romance from the author of THE PRINCE OF MIST & THE SHADOW OF THE WIND. ...

They escape from a secret government: two mutant creatures both changed utterly from the animals they once were. & no one who encounters them will ever be the same again: a lonely widower; a ruthless assassin; a beautiful woman; a government agent. Drawn together in a deadly hunt all four are inexorably propelled towards an evil beyond human imagining. ...

The enthralling story of the dark side of Elizabethan rule
- its spies secret agents & informers
- from Stephen Alford dubbed

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The acclaimed & enthralling story of the dark side of Elizabethan rule from Stephen Alford Elizabeth I's reign is known as a golden age yet to much of Europe she was a ' Jezebel' & heretic who had to be destroyed. The Watchers is a thrilling portrayal of the secret state that sought to protect the Queen; a shadow world of spies codebreakers agent provocateurs & confidence-men who would stop at nothing to defend the realm. Reviews: Forget Le Carre Deighton & the rest
- this is more enthralling than any modern spy fiction". (Daily Telegraph). " Absorbing & closely documented... Alford vividly evokes this murky world of codes ciphers invisible ink intercepted letters aliases disguises forgeries & instructions to burn after reading.. .flowing narrative [and] crisp judments.. .engrossing". (Guardian). "[ Alford] has brought a dash of le Carre to the 16th century". (The Times (Book of the Week)). "A vivid & staggeringly well-researched portrait of the sinister side of Elizabethan Engl&... This is a spectacular book. It sheds new light on plots that most historians have ceased to explore & brings less famous conspiracies to the attention of the general reading public". (Herald). " Fascinating... If you want to know the inside story of this struggle the dark heart of calculation & the fight for survival then this is the book to read. I know no better". (Spectator). About the author: Stephen Alford is the author of the acclaimed biography Burghley: William Cecil at the Court of Elizabeth I & a Fellow of the Royal Historical Society. He taught for fifteen years at Cambridge University where he was a Senior Lecturer in the Faculty of History & a Fellow of King's College. He is now Professor of Early Modern British History in the University of Leeds."
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The British Museum watch collection is unsurpassed anywhere in the world & tells the story of the watch which spans an incredible 500 years. Within the collection are examples ranging from sixteenth-century early stackfreed watches made in south Germany to exquisite decorative watches of the seventeenth century. Everyday watches from the eighteenth century & precision-made chronometers from the eighteenth & nineteenth centuries are included as are examples of mass-produced watches from the modern era. All the major makers of Europe & America will be represented many of them with multiple examples. There are for example thirty-one genuine watches from the London workshops of Thomas Tompion whose reputation stretched far & wide even in his own time. Another famous maker is Swiss-born Abraham Louis Breguet who lived & worked in Paris supplying the best that money could buy to the crown heads & aristocratic families of the western world. ...

From small beginnings as a self-published writer producing booklets in response to demand from people who attended her retreats or quiet days Ann Lewin has gone on to be on of the most successful writers of prayers & reflective poetry. With the Inspire" imprint closing in 2009 Canterbury Press welcomes this fine writer & is pleased to announce a new edition of Anns bestselling book " Watching for the Kingfisher" named after her most well known poem about prayer. Ann draws many insights into the nature of prayer from her love of birdwatching & images from the natural world & from scripture permeate her writing. Wit warmth & economy of expression characterise her style." ...