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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A humorous story featuring two whacky scientists building a robot. They assemble the robot carefully with each body part but where is the head? In this simple text each body part is named as it is added & as the different parts are used a repeated reply of thank you reinforces the phrase. * Pink B/ Band 1B books offer emergent readers simple predictable text with familiar objects & actions. * Text type
- A patterned story with predictable structure * The body parts are repeated in a single labelled diagram of the completed robot on pages 14 & 15 providing opportunities for speaking listening & writing.
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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. ...

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! ...

DK Eyewitness Rock & Mineral" is an exciting & informative guide to the world beneath our feet. stunning real-life photographs ...

Join the girls at the Strictly Dance Academy & experience all the fun & glamour of Strictly Come Dancing. Meet Bella Natalie & Sofia
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Growing up in a small seaside town Marcie Brooks dreams of owning a Mary Quant mini-skirt the Beatles & escape. Instead shes stuck in a dead-end job selling candy floss to tourists & with a crazy family. Her grandmother sees ghosts her step-mother is unable to control her growing family & Marcies father is usually in & out of prison or away working for East End gangsters. Despite it all Marcie adores her father but Tonys light fingers & hard man reputation mean most people give the Brooks family a wide birth. Sometimes Marcie even wishes she had a respectable dad like her friend Rita; well-groomed wealthy by local standards & surprisingly attentive to a teenage girl. But when she discovers Tony may have had something to do with her real mothers death Marcie finds her friends father is more than just a shoulder to cry on. Mia Dolans novels will appeal to all saga readers especially fans of Katie Flynn. ...