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Spangles McNasty is horrible to everyone and does vile things like eat cold chips from the bin and pull faces at old ladies. Spangles has inherited a rollercoaster called the Tunnel of Doom and plans to make his fortune, but it is up to a local boy Freddie Taylor to stop him in his tracks!

In Bitterly Bay, Spangles McNasty has decided to spend his summer doing what he loves most: shouting at babies, pulling faces at old ladies and, best of all, collecting other people's spangly things! Convinced that goldfish are made of gold and grow to the size of whales, Spangles and his friend Sausage-face Pete decide to find the great Fish of Gold. They'll be rich forever! Only young Freddie Taylor can stop Spangles' dastardly plan in a tale full of time-travelling Jet Skis and haunted custard.

When a kid is dragged to Central Park in New York on a Saturday (when he could be at home watching the ball game), the last thing he wants is a history lesson from his mom. But then his mother starts telling him a story. A story about the giant structure sitting in right in front of them—Cleopatra’s Needle. It turns out that an enslaved boy and hundreds of other people spent more than six hundred days carving the Needle out of stone and pulling it upright. And another kid’s drawings were used to create the hieroglyphs on its sides.

A darker force is festering in Enderlain’s underbelly, and Mikira, Ari, Damien, and Reid will need to find a way back to each other — and themselves — before the kingdom is torn apart. Hearts will be broken and new bonds will be forged in this explosive finale to This Dark Descent, where spellbinding fantasy meets Jewish mythology in a cutthroat race for the throne — and Enderlain’s survival.

Spring, 38 AD. Far from the intrigues of Caligula's Rome, the legion fortress of Carnuntum stands alone against the forested wilderness across the Danube River. Ex-Army tribune Marcus Carinna waits nearby for his beloved, the Germanic priestess Aurima. Stunned by treason in his family, he sees one hope of earning back his honor: to recover a lost legion's sacred Eagle captured by rebels. He needs Aurima's help to succeed - but after promising months ago to win the support of her chieftain father, a brutal enemy of Rome, she still hasn't returned.

Jake never meant to fall for a girl that night. But plans change, and soon Jake and Hannah are together, inseparable. That is until Hannah gets an opportunity that will take her away, where Jake could never afford to follow. Then the storm comes, bringing with it an extraordinary discovery, something that could turn Jake's life around. But the gifts of the sea can be cursed, and the great wave that is forming may break Jake and Hannah's world - and their hearts....

As the Apprentice Guardian, Leo Wilder's duty is to protect his village from the monsters that lurk in the surrounding forest. To do that, he needs magical stones that can only be found in the depths of the Endless Mines. When the stones run out, Leo will need to venture on a journey that will take him further into the forest than he's ever been. He'll encounter old foes, forest folk, and his most deadly monster yet, the Shrieking Serpent.

It's Leo's job as the Guardian's apprentice to protect the village from the monsters that lurk in the surrounding forest. Whenever a monster gets too close to the village walls, Leo must venture out, using his magical map to first find the monster and then do battle with it. This time, Leo must track down the ghostly Frightmare - a powerful monster that haunts the abandoned ruins, breathing deadly blue fire at any intruder!

When Leo opens his assignment envelope on his ninth birthday, two words stare back at him: Top Secret. But before he has time to ask any questions, he's whisked away beyond the village wall to meet his new boss, the Guardian. As the Guardian's apprentice, he must protect his village from the monsters that lurk in the surrounding forest. Armed with a slingshot of magical stones and a strange map, Leo is given his first mission - to do battle with an angry Armoured Goretusk.

In his final year at the Royal College of Music, star pianist Flynn Laukonen has the world at his feet. He has moved in with his girlfriend, Jennah, and is already getting concert bookings for what promises to be a glittering career. Yet he knows he is skating on thin ice—only two small pills a day keep him from plunging back into the whirlpool of manic depression that once threatened to destroy him.

It's Leo's job as the Guardian's apprentice to protect the village from the monsters that lurk in the surrounding forest. Whenever a creature gets too close to the settlement's walls, Leo must venture out, using his magical map to first find the beast and then do battle with it. This time, Leo must track down a deadly Spitfang Lizard before it reaches the village. He is given one piece of advice - first they spit, then they bite. If a Spitfang's throat swells up...run!

The Boxing Day hike is meant to bring their nature group together. As the sun sets, a gunshot rings out on the nature reserve. One of the seven is dead. And one of their number killed them.

Humans live with six or seven emotions - surprise, happiness, sadness, disgust and contempt, anger, and fear - and we all risk letting these emotions rule not only our moods but every decision we make in our day-to-day lives. While the relationship we have with our feelings is incredibly important, so is learning to control them instead of letting them control us. Author Milton J. Faraday explains our impaired biases and how they affect our entire lives.

Jake's classes are competing in the Whizz Bang Science Fair, and nothing can stop them! Well, maybe one thing can: their teacher, Mr Hyde, who has turned into a creature and is more interested in eating the exhibits than talking about them!

Something’s out of control in the classroom! Jake and his class are going to the opening of Wilf’s Wild Adventure Theme Park. Things get a bit too wild, though, when Jake’s teacher - Mr Hyde - ends up turning into Creature and causing chaos! Jake and his friends will have to find Creature and get him to turn back into Mr Hyde before the truth about their teacher gets out. It’s going to be a rollercoaster of an adventure!

Stewart's breasts speak to him every single day. They make fun of him and tell him he's not good enough. And although they are always there, Stewart feels very alone. But everything changes the day he sees Sylvie sitting on a bench behind the school. Sylvie with the red hair and the many freckles.