The first man & woman are lonely. What to do? They decide to fashion children out of clay. As they are baking the little figures in their fire theyre constantly interrupted by visits from the sky-god Nyame. As a result some of the children are pale & underdone some are left in so long that they come out very dark & the rest are every shade between. Frane Lessacs gorgeous gouache paintings inspired by West African masks & pottery & Eric Madderns vivid text make this one of the most compelling of creation myths for young readers. ...

It's been six months since Kate Michael & Emma confronted the Dire Magnus but the trail to their long-lost family remains cold. Then Michael & Emma find the man who was the last person to see them. He knows about a secret map of a distant mysterious land
- maybe this is the clue that will lead them to their parents... Meanwhile Kate's connection to The Book of Time" grows ever stronger & when a dangerous trick traps her in the past she must find new friends to help her return home. Once more the children must embark on a daring & perilous quest to find the second Book of Beginning & harness its power. But will it be enough to save them all?"
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It's been six months since Kate Michael & Emma confronted the Dire Magnus but the trail to their long-lost family remains cold. Then Michael & Emma find the man who was the last person to see them. He knows about a secret map of a distant mysterious land
- maybe this is the clue that will lead them to their parents... Meanwhile Kate's connection to the Book of Time grows ever stronger & when a dangerous trick traps her in the past she must find new friends to help her return home. Once more the children must embark on a daring & perilous quest to find the second Book of Beginning & harness its power. But will it be enough to save them all?
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Twenty-five years ago the world changed forever. A great war which had raged for three years ended & the reign of the Demons began... Within the crumbling walls of Fire City fifteen-year-old Martha is a member of the resistance a small band of humans fighting for freedom in a lawless & horrifying new world. Amidst the chaos of battle arrives Jonah a handsome stranger with a thirst for revenge & a power to destroy the Demon rulers. As Martha & Jonah's lives collide the future of the resistance is altered forever. The battle for humankind will now begin... This is an epic story of catastrophe survival & the power of humanity. ...

Take your child on a fantastic board-book adventure! Open up the front cover shaped like a fire engine & climb aboard. Youll get to meet a fireman watch the special ladder open up & discover whats in the cab. Read it together with your child
- the lively & engaging words are perfect for reading aloud to young children.
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Five years have passed since David Rain now a cult author disappeared mysteriously in the Arctic. Life in Wayward Crescent has settled to relative normality. But as the weather grows wild & the ice caps melt all eyes turn north where bears & the souls of the Inuit dead are combining to produce a spectacular solution...A solution with its focus on David's child Alexa
- if the agents of evil don't reach her first.
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The new high-stakes action-packed military thriller from the author of DEATH FORCE. Batota Africa. A nation under the rule of a brutal aging dictator. A group of businessmen believe there is only one way to save the country they still love: the President must be assassinated. & the men from Death Inc. the band of elite mercenaries for whom no job is too dangerous have been hired for the task. Steve West Ollie Hall & the rest of the unit from Death Force are plunged into a high-stakes battle for the future of one of Africa's most important yet tragic countries. But the mission is not what it seems. & soon they are fighting for their own lives against one of the most savage ruthless regimes on the planet... ...

Fire Ice" is Clive Cussler's third "NUMA Files" novel packed with nerve-shredding suspense. In the Black Sea Kurt Austin & the NUMA team discover an abandoned submarine base commandeered by a mining tycoon who claims Romanov ancestry. Backed by his incredible wealth the tycoon has proclaimed himself Czar of Russia. He is determined to overthrow the already shaky Russian government
- & he has a terrifying surprise in store for the Americans that will ensure they don't interfere. But standing in his way are Kurt Austin & the NUMA team... Packed with the hair-raising action & dazzling imagination that are his hallmarks " Fire Ice" is a stunning thriller from a writer at the top of his game. Clive Cussler author of the best-selling " Dirk Pitt" novels " Arctic Drift" & " Crescent Dawn" & co-author Paul Kemprecos unravel a tangled web of ambition & conspiracy in " Fire Ice" the third novel of the action-packed "NUMA Files" series. Praise for Clive Cussler: " Cussler is hard to beat". (" Daily Mail"). " The guy I read". (Tom Clancy). Bestselling author Clive Cussler has kept readers on the edges of their seats for four decades with his thrilling action novels. As well as the "NUMA Files" series there are also the " Oregon Files" the " Dirk Pitt" stories (which started it all) the " Isaac Bell" adventures & the " Fargo" series. The other titles in the "NUMA" files series are: " Serpent" " Blue Gold" " White Death" " Lost City" " Polar Shift" " The Navigator" " Medusa" " Devil's Gate" & " The Storm"."
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Edinburgh 1297. Margaret Kerr fiercely loyal to the deposed king John Balliol has come in search of her absent husband Roger
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The fire was visible seventy miles away as a distant flickering flame on the horizon. The heat generated was so intense that a helicopter could only circle at a perimeter of one mile. Flying at a height of 200 feet the air crew saw that the tongues of flame extended high above the rotor blades. On the surface a converted fishing trawler inched as close as possible but the paint on the vessels hull blistered & burnt & the rope handrails began to smoke. In the water surrounding the inferno mens heads could be seen bobbing like apples as their yellow hard hats melted with the heat. At the centre stood at least for now the Piper Alpha oil platform 110 miles northeast of Aberdeen once the worlds single largest oil producer. On 6 July 1988 its final day it was ablaze with 226 men onboard. Only sixty-one would survive. Fire in the Night" tells for the first time & in gripping detail the devastating story of that summer evening. Combining interviews with survivors witness statements & transcripts from the official enquiry into the disaster this is the moving & vivid tale of what happened on that fateful night inside an oil rig inferno." ...