With impeccable timing Hercule Poirot the renowned Belgian detective makes his dramatic entrance on to the English crime stage. Recently there had been some strange goings on at Styles St Mary. Evelyn constant companion to old Mrs Inglethorp had stormed out of the house muttering something about a lot of sharks. & with her something indefinable had gone from the atmosphere. Her presence had spelt security; now the air seemed rife with suspicion & impending evil. ...

When a peculiar advertisement appears in the newspaper for children to take part in a secret mission children everywhere sit a series of mysterious tests. In the end just four children succeed: Reynie Kate Sticky & Constance. They have three things in common: they are all honest all remarkably talented & all orphans. They must go undercover at the Learning Institute for the Very Enlightened where the only rule is that there are no rules. There they must work as a team to save not only themselves but also the world outside the walls. ...

This exclusive companion book to the bestselling Mysterious Benedict Society series is a mind-bending collection that will put YOU to the test! With full-color artwork throughout this companion features ingenious new puzzles riddles & brainteasers compiled by Mr. Benedict himself with the help of Reynie Kate Sticky Constance & other Society associates. Think you have what it takes to join The Mysterious Benedict Society? Open this book & find out ...

It should have been a celebration party but now it's another mind-bending mission for the children of the Mysterious Benedict Society. Join Reynie Kate Sticky & Constance as they race across the globe by train bicycle & ship to save their beloved Mr Benedict. It's a perilous journey that will test all their unusual talents. ...

Jules Verne (1828-1905) is internationally famous as the author of a distinctive series of adventure stories describing new travel technologies which opened up the world & provided means to escape from it. The collective enthusiasm of generations of readers of his 'extraordinary voyages' was a key factor in the rise of modern science fiction. In The Mysterious Island a group of men escape imprisonment during the American Civil War by stealing a balloon. Blown across the world they are air-wrecked on a remote desert isl&. In a manner reminiscent of Robinson Crusoe the men apply their scientific knowledge & technical skill to exploit the island's bountiful resources eventually constructing a sophisticated society in miniature. The book is also an intriguing mystery story for the island has a secret. ...

Mysterious Maths covers essential topics from the National Curriculum & is based around the popular theme of magic. Wizard Whimstaff s blend of fun with curriculum-based activities enchants & educates young learners. Children work towards attaining a Wizard s Trophy of Excellence at the end of the book. * Motivating activities based on the KS2 National Curriculum * Step-by-step learning introduced by fun characters *
Includes: gold stickers to reward achievement
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A fun interactive activity book based around the popular theme of magic to engage & motivate young learners. This book helps children to practise their multiplication & division skills reinforcing what has been taught at school. The books combine fun magical characters & fantastic illustrations with National Curriculum- focused activities * Motivating activities based on the KS2 National Curriculum * Step-by-step learning introduced by fun characters *
Includes: gold stickers to reward achievement
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A fun interactive activity book based around the popular theme of magic to engage & motivate young learners. This book helps children to practise their multiplication & division skills reinforcing what has been taught at school. The books combine fun magical characters & fantastic illustrations with National Curriculum- focused activities * Motivating activities based on the KS2 National Curriculum * Step-by-step learning introduced by fun characters *
Includes: gold stickers to reward achievement
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Mysterious Wisdom is a biography of the painter Samuel Palmer whose world of slumbering shepherds & tumbling blossoms mystical cornfields & bright sickle moons has enchanted admirers since the nineteenth century. The lynchpin of the first British art movement Palmer dreamed of creating a new rural ideal. Leading a band of fellow artists
- the brotherhood of Ancients
- from London to live in the village of Shoreham in Kent he pursued his vision. If English tradition had ever encompassed the making of icons they would not have been so different from Palmers enraptured landscapes. Samuel Palmer however was more than a reclusive eccentric. He lived during a century of great social upheaval & his works at their finest reflect its hopes & its fears. They capture a world in which the concerns of politics religion & culture are inscribed onto the contours of our native landscapes. In his day Palmer was much neglected. He did not attempt the grand dramas of J. M. W. Turner or follow John Constables profoundly naturalistic path. But he belongs in their Romantic pantheon; as much for the numinous visions that are embodied in his loveliest paintings as for the vagaries of a life story in which so often he failed. Mysterious Wisdom offers a vividly intimate account of a man who has been as much misunderstood as admired; who was as sensual as he was spiritual as dreamy as determined as playful as profound. This is a portrait of a great British Romantic. It is a picture of a life shaped by passionate conviction lit by enthusiasm irony & a captivating charm.

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In a glamorous area of Los Angeles the Beverley Fauborg hotel is about to close for good. Psychologist Alex Delaware & his girlfriend Robin are making a farewell visit to the hotel bar when one patron in particular grabs their attention
- a beautiful but aloof young woman dressed all in white. Two days later Alex is called in on a murder case & is shocked when he recognises the victim as the woman in white. Discovering her true identity is not going to be easy though & Milos investigation into the girl nicknamed Mystery leads him to the darkest of secrets in the highest of places.
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