Its time for Ping the panda cub to meet his public in this hilarious adventure by award-winning author Jamie Rix One of the fantastic titles in the AWESOME ANIMALS series
- awesome adventures with the wildest wildlife from award-winning authors. Ping the panda lives with his mum & twin sister An on the Wolong nature reserve in China. Although his name means peaceful in Chinese hes anything but! Ping craves adventure & excitement but unfortunately he is a panda...and pandas do pretty much nothing except eat bamboo for around 14 hours a day & poo up to 40 times a day. So when Ping overhears one of the reserve rangers talking about plans to send a panda to London Zoo as part of an exchange programme he knows this is his big chance! But how can he make sure he gets selected for the programme? Will Ping be able to swap his boring life on the reserve for a once-in-a-lifetime adventure on the other side of the world or is he destined to a life of eating & pooing bamboo? Nothings black & white in this laugh-out-loud Awesome Animal adventure!
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Collecting texts taken from letters diaries literature scientific journals & reports Pandomonium gathers a beguiling narrative as it traces the development of the machine age in Britain. Covering the years between 1660 & 1886 it offers a rich tapestry of human experience from eyewitness reports of the Luddite Riots & the Peterloo Massacre to more intimate accounts of child labour Utopian communities the desecration of the natural world ground-breaking scientific experiments & the coming of the railways. Humphrey Jennings co-founder of the Mass Observation movement of the 1930s & acclaimed documentary film-maker assembled an enthralling narrative of this key period in Britains national consciousness. The result is a highly original artistic achievement in its own right. Thanks to the efforts of his daughter Marie-Louise Jennings Pandomonium was originally published in 1985 & in 2012 it was the inspiration behind Danny Boyles electrifying Opening Ceremony for the London Olympic Games. Frank Cottrell Boyce who wrote the scenario for the ceremony contributes a revealing new foreword for this edition. ...

Following in the muddy footsteps of Mr Peek's first adventure which won the Bologna Ragazzi Opera Prima award 2009 comes complete Pandamonium at Peek Zoo! The zoo is holding an animal parade but when the day arrives nothing is ready. As Mr Peek races around preparing he makes hilarious mistakes that leave a trail of chaos
- including a baby panda on the loose heading for the lion's den! Thank goodness his son Jimmy's there to save the day & ensure the crowd sees the most fabulous animal parade ever
- shown to great effect on a gatefold spread.

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Humans seem hardwired to react to giant pandas with a sigh & a smile. They are cute cuddly & playful. They are also wild animals though & this book introduces kids to pandas & their environments both in zoos & in the wild. This high-interest educationally vetted series of beginning readers features the magnificent images of National Geographic accompanied by texts written by experienced skilled childrens book authors. The inside back cover of the paperback edition is an interactive feature based upon the book. ...

The eagerly anticipated sequel to the international bestseller DELIRIUM one of the most addictive books of last year. Unflinching heartbreaking & totally addictive this novel will push your emotions to the limit. Lena's been to the very edge. She's questioned love & the life-changing & agonising choices that come with it. She's made her decision. But can she survive the consequences? PANDEMONIUM is the explosive sequel to the critically acclaimed & bestselling DELIRIUM. ...

No picture ever came more beautiful than Raphael's Pandora". Discovered by a dashing young lieutenant Raymond Kelvedon in a Normandy Chateau in 1944 she had cast her spell over his family
- all artists & dealers
- for fifty years. Hanging in a turret of their lovely Cotswold house Pandora witnessed Raymond's tempestuous wife Galena both entertaining a string of lovers & giving birth to her four children: Jupiter Alizarin Jonathan & superbrat Sienna. Then an exquisite stranger rolls up claiming to be a long-lost daughter of the family setting the three Belvedon brothers at each other's throats. Accompanying her is her fatally glamorous boyfriend whose very different agenda

Includes:: an unhealthy interest in the Raphael. During a fireworks party the painting is stolen. The hunt to retrieve it takes the reader on a thrilling journey to Vienna Geneva Paris New York & London. After a nail-biting court case & a record-smashing Old Masters sale at Sotheby's passionate love triumphs & Pandora is restored to her rightful home."



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The air of celebration surrounding fifteen-year-old Oz Vessaliuss coming-of-age ceremony quickly turns to horror when he is condemned for a sin about which he knows nothing. He is thrown into an eternal inescapable prison known as the Abyss from which there is no escape. There he meets a young girl named Alice who is not what she seems. Now that the relentless cogs of fate have begun to turn do they lead only to crushing despair for Oz or is there some shred of hope for him to grasp on to? ...

Guided by Jack Vessalius the man from Alices memories Oz wanders back into the world of lost memories in search of Alice. There he stumbles upon the devastating tragedy of Sablier the century-old disaster which sent the old capital into the Abyss an incident of which no one has any recollection...except Alice who was there?! When Oz discovers the truth of the memories Alice so desperately wants to forget the powers of the B-Rabbit will spiral out of control & threaten the lives of all who are trapped within the dreamlike dimension including Alice herself... ...

Heir to an aristocratic family Oz Vessalius is a carefree teen. That is until his fifteenth birthday. His entire world changes at his coming of age ceremony when dark forces rise to punish Oz for the sins of a past life. Incarcerated in a prison known as the Abyss Ozs life & perhaps his sanity are saved by a black rabbit called Alice. As Oz plunges deeper down the proverbial rabbit hole he must unravel the mysteries surrounding him before falling into the clutches of the shadowy cabal called Pandora! ...

Having found his way back from Abyss Oz together with Alice & Raven go to investigate the mansion where Ozs coming-of-age ceremony was held. What they find there will surprise you! Heir to an aristocratic family Oz Vessalius is a carefree teen. That is until his fifteenth birthday. His entire world changes at his coming of age ceremony when dark forces rise to punish Oz for the sins of a past life. Incarcerated in a prison known as the Abyss Ozs life & perhaps his sanity are saved by a black rabbit called Alice. As Oz plunges deeper down the proverbial rabbit hole he must unravel the mysteries surrounding him before falling into the clutches of the shadowy cabal called Pandora ...