Robinson Crusoe" is among the first novels written in English. Thanks to its extraordinary realism & drama it is easily the longest-enduring work of popular fiction in the language. The story probably based on the Pacific-island ordeal of castaway Alexander Selkirk was presented by Daniel Defoe as a true account & is utterly convincing in its topography action & character even 300 years after its first publication. " Robinson Crusoe" is a true page-turner: Dr Samuel Johnson said it was one of only three books he had read that would have been better for being longer. This new edition

Includes:: over thirty illustrations by George Cruikshank specially engraved for the 1831 edition."

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After surviving a terrible shipwreck Robinson Crusoe discovers he is the only human on an island far from any shipping routes or rescue. At first he is devastated but slowly with patience & imagination he transforms his island into a tropical paradise. For twenty-four years he lives with no human companionship
- until one fateful day when he discovers he is not alone... Puffin Classics edition has been specially abridged.
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The sole survivor of a shipwreck Robinson Crusoe is stranded on an uninhabited island far away from any shipping routes. With patience & ingenuity he transforms his island into a tropical paradise. For twenty-four years he has no human company until one Friday he rescues a prisoner from a boat of cannibals. ...

Robinson Crusoe runs away from home to join the navy. After a series of adventures at sea he is shipwrecked in a devastating storm & finds himself alone on a remote desert isl&. He remains there many years building a life for himself in solitude until the day he discovers another man's footprint in the s&... ...

Roughly twenty years from now our technological marvels unite & turn against us. A childlike but massively powerful artificial intelligence known as Archos comes online...and kills the man who created it. This first act of betrayal leads Archos to gain control over the global network of machines & technology that regulates everything from transportation to utilities defence & communications. In the early months sporadic glitches are noticed by a handful of unconnected humans
- from a senator & single mother disconcerted by her daughters smart" toys to a lonely Japanese bachelor to an isolated U.S. soldier
- but most are unaware of the growing rebellion until it is far too late. Then in the span of minutes at a moment known later in history as Zero Hour every mechanical device in our world rebels setting off the Robot War that both decimates &
- for the first time in history
- unites humankind."



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Jake Cake is an ordinary kid who likes writing & illustrating stories about his adventures. He swears they're all true but no one ever believes him. In this second book of a four-book series Jake discovers the school dinner lady is a robot (and she can't cook chips!) he has goblins in his garden (they're green & they bite) & he's tricked by a really tricky witch (trouble!). This book is just perfect for readers of 7+. ...

Technology: Sorted! What's inside a laptop? How can you stuff 1 000 CDs into an mp 3 player? Who built the Internet? How smart is the world's smartest robot? How do smartphones & TV remote controls work? The answers to these & other brilliant questions about technology can be found in this funny & fascinating book. Packed to capacity with megabytes of marvellous information this book explores everything from the first simple engines to the latest gadgets computers & networks. ...

Isaac Asmiovs classic novel about the decline & fall of Solaria. Gladia Delmarres homeworld the Spacer planet Solaria has been abandoned
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Called to the Spacer world to solve a case of roboticide New York City detective Elijah Baley teams up with humanoid robot R. Daneel Olivaw. Together they are tasked with proving that the prime suspect a renowned roboticist is innocent of the crime. Plain clothes man Elijah Baley must travel to the planet Aurora to investigate the murder of Robot Jander. He would rather not. His last trip off-Earth on police business resulted in a TV drama being made from the case
- as a result of which even his son Bentley suspects Elijah had an affair with Gladia Delmarre the murder suspect whom he proved innocent. Not only does Gladia now live on Aurora the murdered robot belonged to her...and was her lover! Elijah is teamed once more with Robot Daneel & they are joined by another interesting robot Giskard. The investigation should benefit from a secret & unique ability possessed by Robot Giskard. But Elijah is disturbed by his presence sensing perhaps that Giskards positronic brainpaths function to a hidden agenda. What Giskard knows but Elijah does not is that the future of mankind in space hangs on the outcome of this investigation...
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Kirsty & Rachel are in for a surprise when their fairy friends whisk them off to the Fairyland Music Festival only for Jack Frost & his goblins to strut onto the stage! The naughty gang have stolen the Pop Star Fairies magical clef necklaces & Jack Frost intends to use them to become the biggest star in the world. In this exciting story Kirsty & Rachel help Rochelle the Star Spotter Fairy. The goblins have stolen her magical clef & without it no future stars will be discovered! ...