Bullied at school for her dyslexia & troubled by her mothers unexplained disappearance Kara seeks sanctuary sailing the oceans waves in her fathers boat. Meanwhile Felix resents his well-meaning parents for dragging him to live by the coast & misses his old friends back in London. On their first encounter Kara & Felix take an immediate dislike to each other. But when they happen to discover a dolphin calf stranded on the beach they know they must work together to save it against all odds. Realizing they have more in common than they could ever have guessed the two friends set out to find the truth behind the disappearance of Karas marine biologist mother & to protect the delicate reef in the bay of their home town from the destruction of commercial dredging. Their actions set in motion a dramatic chain of events that no one could have foreseen. & soon they must make an impossible choice. Risk their own lives or face losing everything.. . ...

The white dolphin is a sign that Mums out there.. . When they first meet Kara & Felix cant stand each other. But on discovering an injured dolphin calf on the beach they know they must work together to save it. Now friends they set out to find the truth behind the disappearance of Karas mother & to protect the nearby reef. But powerful people dont want them to succeed. & with the odds stacked against them how can Kara & Felix make their voices heard? ...

Born into an aristocratic family beautiful Amy Lovell leads a whirlwind life of extravagant parties & debutante balls. But Amy curious about the world beyond the narrow confines of her class is ill-suited to a life of indulgence. Eagerly embracing a nursing career she is drawn into the radical politics of the day. As the spectre of war looms Amy's bittersweet love for the proud miner Nick Penry
- a love which defies the differences between them
- leads them to the conflict in Spain where love & pain become inseparable agonies.

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Never had there been as close a bonding as the one that existed between the young Lord Jaxom & his extraordinary white dragon Ruth. Pure white & incredibly agile Ruth possessed remarkable qualities. Not only could he communicate with the iridescent fluttering fire lizards but he could fly. Back in time to any WHEN with unfailing accuracy. Nearly everyone else on Pern thought Ruth was a runt who would never amount to anything but Jaxom knew his dragon was special. In secret they trained to fight against the burning threads from the Red Planet to fly Back in time as well as Between & finally their close & special union was to result in the most startling & breathtaking discovery of all...THE WHITE DRAGON is one of the most unforgettable episodes in Anne Mc Caffrey's world-famous Chronicles of Pern. ...

Surprisingly little known the Polish-Soviet War of 1919-20 was to change the course of twentieth-century history. In White Eagle Red Star Norman Davies gives a full account of the War with its dramatic climax in August 1920 when the Red Army
- sure of victory & pledged to carry the Revolution across Europe to water our horses on the Rhine
- was crushed by a devastating Polish attack. Since known as the miracle on the Vistula it remains one of the most decisive battles of the Western world. Drawing on both Polish & Russian sources Norman Davies illustrates the narrative with documentary material which hitherto has not been readily available & shows how the War was far more an episode in East European affairs but largely determined the course of European history for the next twenty years or more.

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White Fang by Jack London was published in 1906. It tells the story of White Fang part-dog & part-wolf as he fights for survival in the harsh landscapes of northwest Canada. Essential Classics is a wonderful new series that offers a quick way into a range of exciting stories. Fast-moving & accessible each story is a shortened dramatically illustrated version of the classic novel which loses none of the strength & flavour of the original. ...

In order to save his reputation & the honour of his house at school after he shames himself by running away from a fight between fellow pupils & toughs from the local town a studious schoolboy takes up the study of boxing. This charming early novel by P. G. Wodehouse plays a series of witty variations on the standard school story of the period balancing the minor heroics of the action against a humorously ironic commentary. The simple tale is given sparkle by vivid character drawing & the authors sharp ear for schoolboy dialogue. ...

This is the story of a journey like no other as Jacek Hugo-Bader makes his way across Siberia from Moscow to Vladivostok in the middle of winter. Travelling alone in a modified Russian jeep he traverses a continent that is two-&-a-half times bigger than America awash with bandits & not always fully equipped with roads. Along the way Hugo-Bader discovers a great deal of tragedy but also plenty of dark humour among the reindeer shepherds nomadic tribes the former hippies the shamans & the followers of some of the many arcane religions that flourish in this isolated impossible region. ...

When she is eleven years old Martine is orphaned & sent to live with her grandmother on a game reserve in South Africa. Her grandmother seems strangely unwelcoming & Martine has a difficult time settling in at her new school where she is conspicuously an outsider. But she has an ally in Tendai
- one of the keepers on the reserve from whom she learns the lore & survival techniques of the bush & in Grace
- who instantly senses there is something special about Martine. There are secrets about Sawubona (the reserve) just waiting to be revealed & rumours too about a fabled white giraffe
- a trophy for hunters everywhere. One night Martine lonely & feeling slightly rebellious too looks out of her window & see a young albino giraffe
- silver tinged with cinnamon in the moonlight. This is the beginning of her mysterious & magical adventures
- her discovery of her gift of healing & a secret valley that she travels to with the giraffe where shell find clues about her past & future. Above all its is a heart-warming story full of charm & atmosphere & Martines sheer delight in her giraffe friend & the fantastic landscape which is theirs to explore.




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Martine is eleven when she goes to live on a game reserve in South Africa. One night she looks out of her window & sees a giraffe
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