Giles Andreae & Russell Ayto's super-fun Captain Flinn & the Pirate Dinosaurs: Smugglers Bay!" Captain Flinn is Puffin's favourite pirate. He has swashbuckled his way through three pirate dinosaur adventures & lived to tell the tale. But now he faces his toughest challenge yet. Captain T Rex & his pirate crew are smuggling sausages out of a secret cove & their favourites are Children Chipolatas
- gulp! Watch out " Captain Flinn!" But this time the Captain T Rex has bitten off more than he can chew & wily Captain Flinn & his friends soon teach him a lesson he won't forget. Giles Andreae is an award-winning children's author & has written both fiction titles & best-selling picture books. His picture book " The Lion Who Wanted to Dance" won The Federation of Children's Book Award in the best picture book category in 1998. However he is probably most famous as the creator of the phenomenally successful violet Ronnie Britain's favourite stickman. Giles lives in Notting Hill with his wife & three young children. Russell has illustrated books by prolific children's authors such as Ian Whybrow & Cressida Cowell. " The Witch's Children" was shortlisted for the Greenaway last year & this year " The Witch's Children & the Queen" is on the Smarties shortlist. Russell lives in Penzance Cornwall. Don't miss the other Captain Flinn picture books
- they're all rip-roaring fun! " Captain Flinn & the Pirate Dinosaurs"; " Captain Flinn & the Pirate Dinosaurs: Missing Treasure!"; " Captain Flinn & the Pirate Dinosaurs: Smugglers Bay!"; " Captain Flinn & the Pirate Dinosaurs: The Magic Cutlass". & Giles Andreae's brilliant book with illustrator Korky Paul: " Sir Scallywag & the Golden Underpants"."

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Captain Flinn & his friends are sailing off on an action-packed pirate adventure & they want you to come on board! So join the crew for hours of seafaring fun full of piratical puzzles games colouring dot-to-dots & creative things to make including a Flinn-tastic pirate hat & telescope! Then create your very own pirate ship scene with a super set of swashbuckling stickers. All aboard me hearties! ...

Hornblower & the Atropos"
- Skippering the flagship for Nelsons funeral on the Thames is not Hornblowers idea of thrilling
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Bored by society's rules & strictures Kathryn ' Kit' Cranmer yearns for adventure
- & she finds it on Britain's rugged eastern
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In Cooks relatively short & adventurous life (1728-79) he voyaged to the eastern & western sea boards of North America the North & South Pacific & the Arctic & Antarctic bringing about a new comprehension of the worlds geography & its peoples. He was the linking figure between the grey speculation of the early eighteenth century & the industrial age of the first half of the nineteenth century. Richard Houghs biography is full of new insights & interpretations of one of the worlds greatest mariners. ...

The second installment in this thrilling maritime adventure; two mighty empires battle each other for control of the high seas. Atticus is the young captain of the Aquila the flagship of the Roman navys attack fleet. But his inexperienced commanders position has been bought not earned. Bound to obey his superior Atticus sails straight into a carefully-laid trap. In the brutal battle that follows he pulls his men back from the brink of defeat only by disobeying orders. Summoned to Rome Atticus will pay a high price for his defiance. Despite his friendship with a Roman centurion he is dangerously unversed in the politics of the Roman senate & has created a powerful enemy. So Atticus finds himself facing battles both at sea against an ever-more ferocious enemy; & on board his own ship from those who are thirsty for revenge! ...

Frances Lincoln are delighted to present paperback editions of this classic picture book series which come with a free CD audiobook read by Jim Broadbent. There's nothing more likely to prompt our portly hero into action than the prospect of treasure. So when the valiant cabin boy Tom espies a mound of yellow stuff aboard a nearby ship the Captain sets off in hot pursuit. Unfortunately his villainous arch-enemy the horrible Cut-throat Jake is not far away. Will the Captain be trapped by Jake's dastardly plan? Or will Tom the wisest little cabin boy on the Seven Seas have a plan of his own...? ...

That most unlikely of pirates the greedy selfish Captain Pugwash is at the helm once more. & his familiar crew are all aboard. In these four adventures the crew turn vegetarian their enemy Cut-throat Jake is defeated by a parrot theres a fierce battle on the poop deck & the pirates find a whole new way to walk the plank. Pugwash fans old & new will revel in these stories. John Ryans text & drawings are as full of comic vigour as ever. ...

This great value paperback collection brings together three classic stories about the much loved bumbling pirate told in comic ...

Sir Ranulph Fiennes is uniquely qualified to write a new biography of Captain Scott. This is the first biography of Scott by someone who has experienced the deprivations the stress & the sheer physical pain that Scott lived through; he has suffered all but the final tragedy endured by the much maligned Scott. He is determined to put the record straight. As well as being the definitive biography of Scott written with the full & exclusive cooperation of the Scott Estate this book traces the way that Scotts reputation has been attacked & his achievements distorted. ...