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Billie B Brown’s best friend Jack is the star of the show in the third collection of stories from the popular Hey Jack! series.

Billie B Brown's best friend, Jack, finally gets to be the star of the show in this first collection of five stories from the popular Hey Jack! series. Join Jack in his first collection of crazy adventures - he might be shy, but he shines in his school musical, builds excellent Lego castles and even makes his own robot costumes out of cardboard boxes!

In the third book of the Pelle No-Tail series, Pelle catches up with lots of friends, old and new. But always lurking nearby is Måns, keen to cause trouble. It's time to sing! When Måns asks Pelle to sing a song at the Big Swing Fair, Pelle is pleased. Maybe Måns has decided to be his friend? But, as always, Måns has something else in mind. What tricky things is he planning? Can Pelle stand up for himself? Find out in this fun-filled tale featuring holiday adventures, trolls, spies and, of course, Pelle - Sweden's favourite cat.

On a tiny island far away, in a sea that ripples with magic, Monty never knows what he might find. The most unexpected things wash up on Monty's Island. And a golden egg might be his most amazing find yet! But when a pair of flying monsters and a mysterious explorer arrive, it seems the egg is about to hatch into a very big problem. Can Monty find a way to solve it? Surely he can! All he needs is a little help from his friends. And the Hairy Horrible.

On a beautiful island far away, on a sea that ripples with magic, Monty never knows what he might find. Monty lives on a perfect island in the middle of a magical sea. Sometimes the sea throws up something interesting...and Monty goes on an amazing adventure! Monty, Tawny and friends receive some startling news: Scary Mary and her pirate crew are on their way, looking for a new island to call home. What can they do? Hiding is not an option - especially when Bunchy accidentally turns the whole island stripey with her new magic wand.

In April 2011, four soldiers - each a hero of recent conflicts who suffered devastating injuries in the line of duty - set out on a challenge that even an able-bodied athlete would balk at: a 200 mile trek, unsupported, to the North Pole. It was the culmination of a journey that began long before, when two friends decided to mount an expedition that would demonstrate how remarkable our armed forces are and raise funds for the rehabilitation of injured service men and women.

The city of Luskan has always been a den of pirates, thieves, and murderers. But lately, things have gotten much worse. A ship crashes offshore with nothing but corpses. Every day, people go crazy and brutalize those around them. And the only signs that even the most hardened criminals still walk the streets at night are bones. Luskan's sister city, Waterdeep, has sent a detachment to quarantine the unclean city - to let the filth within die, rather than infect the rest of the Realms. But Myrin has slipped inside, declaring that she will save Luskan.

After the defeated Emperor Napoleon Bonaparte goes into exile on tiny St. Helena Island in the remote South Atlantic, he and his lover, Albine de Montholon, plot to escape and rescue his young son. Banding together African slaves, British sympathizers, a Jewish merchant, a Corsican rogue, and French followers, they confront British opposition as well as treachery within their own ranks with sometimes subtle, sometimes bold, but always desperate action. When Napoleon and Albine break faith with one another, ambition and Albine’s husband threaten their reconciliation.

Charismatic and roguish, gentleman thief Arsène Lupin returns once again in a quest to locate the ‘Hollow Needle’, a centuries-old legend said to contain the gold and precious jewels belonging to generations of French aristocracy. Isidore Beautrelet, a precocious young detective, is hot on Lupin’s heels as he attempts to crack the mystery of the Hollow Needle and swindle its fortune. Despite Lupin’s cunning tricks and disguises, Beautrelet gets closer and closer to the truth in what becomes a thrilling battle of intellect and wit.

In 1995, the physical and social landscape of Japan was transformed by two events: the Kobe earthquake, in January, which destroyed thousands of lives, and the poison-gas attacks in the Tokyo subways in March, during the morning rush hour. Following these twin disasters, Haruki Murakami...

The Ragpicker—a man, bonded into a mysterious 'secondskin' that has prolonged his life after the digital apocalypse—wanders the lush, deserted Earth, haunted by failing avatars and fragmented texts. He’s searching for traces of his long-dead husband but his journey is interrupted by a girl, Ysmany, fleeing her remote village in order to save a baby orphaned by a military-grade secondskin, ‘The Server,’ the fanatical ruler of their town. Together they cross the flourishing, treacherous landscape towards sanctuary.

The New Mythic: the new voice of 21st century speculative fiction. An all-new anthology of chilling horror, apocalyptic science fiction and awe-inspiring fantasy, by an award winning ensemble of international writers.

Poland, January 1945. Two women and four men escape from a Nazi death march after enduring the horrors of imprisonment at Auschwitz. Despite their individual backgrounds and nationalities, they form their own family caught between the euphoria of freedom and the terror of their circumstances. This is a tale of exploding joy within a hothouse of fear, of human beings erupting into life after breaking free of death’s embrace–an unusual and moving tale that cements Albert Maltz’s reputation as a compassionate observer of character and one of the finest storytellers of his generation.

Ric Peters has just returned from a disastrous trip to Indonesia. Ric bills himself as a photojournalist. Elaina suspects he shoots more than just photographs. Ric has insight into the journey he and Elaina must take. He knows Elaina isn’t ready for what’s going to happen. There are too many moving parts for him to control.

In October 2018, Mark “Mace” Macy, sixty-four years old, was diagnosed with early-onset Alzheimer’s disease. He had spent thirty years competing in Colorado and around the world in ultra-endurance competitions and is one of the few people who have finished all eight Eco-Challenge events. Once diagnosed, he feared losing endurance, strength, and independence.

The fifth collection of adventures featuring Billie B Brown’s best friend, Jack!

The fifth collection of adventures featuring Billie B Brown’s best friend, Jack!

This adapted and condensed version of the tale by Alexandre Dumas will introduce children to beloved characters from the original novel and give them a taste of the adventure-filled classic.

Jack's back! The fourth collection of stories from the popular Hey Jack! series, featuring Billie B Brown's best friend, Jack. 'The Toy Sale': Jack is selling the toys he doesn't play with anymore. There's some old Lego, a scruffy teddy bear and a robot dog that doesn't work. But when Jack sees other kids having fun with his stuff, will he regret the whole idea? 'The Other Teacher': Jack's class has a new teacher who seems really cool. But then Jack breaks a rule he didn't even know existed! Maybe the teacher's not so great after all....

Jack's back! The fourth collection of stories from the popular Hey Jack! series, featuring Billie B Brown's best friend, Jack. 'The Toy Sale': Jack is selling the toys he doesn't play with anymore. There's some old Lego, a scruffy teddy bear and a robot dog that doesn't work. But when Jack sees other kids having fun with his stuff, will he regret the whole idea? 'The Other Teacher': Jack's class has a new teacher who seems really cool. But then Jack breaks a rule he didn't even know existed! Maybe the teacher's not so great after all....