There's no place like Bikini Bottom for laughs & Sponge Bob & his friends are sure to keep readers laughing til the tide comes in with this joke book bind-up! Included in this collection of four joke books are Jokes from the Krusty Krab Nautical Nonsense Classroom Crack-ups! & For Singing Out Loud! ...

What happened when Plankton donned a Patrick costume to try & weasel the Krabby Patty recipe out of Sponge Bob? How did baking a cheer up!" cake for Squidward get the Krusty Krab closed by the health inspector? Will Sponge Bob ever make it back from Hiccup Island? Find out the answers to these mysteries & more in this first ever collection of hilarious Sponge Bob comics!" ...

What happens when old spies come out to play one last game? In New York a young Cuban called Tito is passing iPods to a mysterious old man. Such activities do not go unnoticed however in these early days of the War on Terror & across the city an ex-military man named Brown is tracking Titos movements. Meanwhile in LA journalist Hollis Henry is on the trail of Bobby Chombo who appears to know too much about military systems for his own good. With Bobby missing & the trail cold Hollis digs deeper & is drawn into the final moves of a chilling game played out by men with old scores to settle... ...

Time is running out for Thomas Ward. His final battle against the Fiend is drawing near & the Spooks apprentice has never felt more alone in his task. Isolated & afraid the Fiend is set to send the greatest of his servants against him
- Siscoi a Vampire God more ferocious than anything he has yet faced. Tom must risk his life to prevent the evil beast from entering this world even as he learns that the final destruction of the Fiend may involve a sacrifice more terrible than he can imagine...
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This is a fabulous collection of stories based on many of the witches from Joseph Delaneys Spooks books. Ever wondered why the Spook doesnt trust girls who wear pointy shoes? Or why Grimalkin became the Assassin for the Malkin Witch clan? Find out all this & more in this a dark & eerie collection. You dont have to know the Spooks books to enjoy the stories. Theyre all standalone & absolutely haunting. This is a perfect introduction to the world of The Spooks Apprentice". But for any fans of the series out there this collection will be a must-have." ...

Far from the Wardstone a new darkness is rising... Slither is a haizda mage who preys upon humans drinking their blood to feed his dark urges. So when a local farmer dies its only natural that Slither should want to feast on his lovely daughters. But then the farmer offers him a deal & extracts from Slither a promise that will take him on a journey to the City of the Petrified Tree to a fallen star-stone that holds great power & straight into the path of Grimalkin the Witch Assassin. The series that inspired the forthcoming movie The Seventh Son" starring Jeff Bridges Ben Barnes & Julianne Moore." ...

' Someone has to stand against the dark. & you're the only one who can.' For years the local Spook has been keeping the County safe from evil. Now his time is coming to an end but who will take over? Many apprentices have tried.. . Some floundered some fled some failed to stay alive. Just one boy is left. Thomas Ward. He is the last hope. But does he stand a chance against Mother Malkin the most dangerous witch in the County? The first chilling tale in the Wardstone Chronicles. ...

' Someone has to stand against the dark. & you're the only one who can.' For years the local Spook has been keeping the County safe from evil. Now his time is coming to an end but who will take over? Many apprentices have tried.. . Some floundered some fled some failed to stay alive. Just one boy is left. Thomas Ward. He is the last hope. But does he stand a chance against Mother Malkin the most dangerous witch in the County? The first chilling tale in the Wardstone Chronicles the series that inspired the forthcoming movie The Seventh Son starring Jeff Bridges Ben Barnes & Julianne Moore. ...

' Pendle District is riddled with witches.. . The biggest problem we face is their sheer numbers. You see that's right at the heart of the threat we face
- that the witch clans might unite.' In Pendle the witches are rising & the three most powerful witch clans are rumoured to be uniting in order to conjure an unimaginable evil. Together they will be capable of raising the dark made flesh
- the Devil himself. Tom & the Spook need to set off for Pendle to avert the unthinkable. Before they go the Spook tells Tom to journey home & collect the trunks Mam left behind for him. But what dark family secrets are contained in the trunks? & will they place Tom's family in even greater danger? The fourth chilling installment of The Wardstone Chronicles the series that inspired the forthcoming movie The Seventh Son starring Jeff Bridges Ben Barnes & Julianne Moore.

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My name is John Gregory. What follows is my Bestiary
- my personal account of the denizens of the dark I've encountered together
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