This is a fiendishly pacy mystery-adventure story for 9+ readers set in the seamy smoggy underworld of Victorian London. Behold the savage spectacle of the wild boy
- one penny a kick! Wild Boy has been covered in hair since birth; he's the missing link a monster a sideshow spectacle. Condemned to life in a travelling freakshow excluded from society & abused by his master he takes refuge in watching people come & go at the fair
- & develops a Sherlock Holmes style talent for observation & detection. But when there's a murder suspicion turns on Wild Boy & he & the feisty redhaired acrobat Clarissa Everett find themselves on the run from a London-wide manhunt. Together the detective & the acrobat must solve clues to identify the real killer confronting the sinister underside of scientific advancement & the darkness of Wild Boy's own nature. Dripping with atmosphere & gothic gore Wild Boy" will appeal to fans of Sherlock Holmes gothic horror & all things murderous & mysterious. First novel from a confident new voice in children's fiction. Early interest in film rights for Wild Boy. Sequel title: " Wild Boy & The Black Terror" to follow."

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Talented chef Juliet Eden imagines she has the perfect marriage to Toby
- a titled aristocrat
- & no need to stray from her

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There is a secret history of the world
- a history in which an alien virus struck the Earth in the aftermath of World War II endowing
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Raising her daughters alone widowed Flora Wilcox often feels out of her depth. Theres no problem with mousy Hilary but Isobel is a wayward beauty who can never forgive her plainer sister for stealing her boyfriend & will be pregnant before she marries. Worse the father of Isobels baby isnt her new husband
- & when the truth comes out her marriage is likely to hit the rocks. Hilarys life seems to be moving along more calmly until her husband is badly injured in an accident. & as she takes charge of his business Hilary also faces the discovery that her adored children are struggling at school. Theres hope if the sisters can pull together at last
- but can they ever put the past behind them?

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John Gimlette travels to Guyana to the Wild Coast in South America & discovers his ancestral colonial history
- one of brutal cruel
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Althea is the mother of three strong-minded children
- one of whom is a Buddhist
- & owner of a finicky dog named Bozo. Saddled

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Bread. Cheese. Wine. Beer. Coffee. Chocolate. Most people consume fermented foods & drinks every day. For thousands of years humans have enjoyed the distinctive flavors & nutrition resulting from the transformative power of microscopic bacteria & fungi. Wild Fermentation: The Flavor Nutrition & Craft of Live-Culture Foods is the first cookbook to widely explore the culinary magic of fermentation. Fermentation has been an important journey of discovery for me " writes author Sandor Ellix Katz. "I invite you to join me along this effervescent path well trodden for thousands of years yet largely forgotten in our time & place bypassed by the superhighway of industrial food production." The flavours of fermentation are compelling & complex quite literally alive. This book takes readers on a whirlwind trip through the wide world of fermentation providing readers with basic & delicious recipes-some familiar others exotic-that are easy to make at home." ...

Conner Vega physically & emotionally scarred by his past has returned to the lush exotic landscape of the Panama rainforest
- his
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Welcome to the Custer Hill Club
- an informal mens club set in a luxurious Adirondack hunting lodge whose members include
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This wild flower identification guide was first published in 1981 & is still widely accepted as the best of its kind for its combination of meticulous illustrations & the use of keys to aid recognition. For this new edition the Latin names have been revised in accordance with the current classification system. It is now published as the ideal book for the serious student of British & north-west European wild plants providing a bridge between picture identification guides & the non-illustrated academic floras. ...