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Features: — Clean new design for easy readability and comprehension; — Updated text presented in a lively, continuous narrative; — New center-spread sidebar feature presenting material in a fun, creative way; — Excellent age-appropriate introduction to curriculum-relevant subjects; — Important Words glossary clarifies subject-specific vocabulary; — Resources section encourages independent study; — Index makes navigating subject matter easy. |
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Features: — Clean new design for easy readability and comprehension; — Updated text presented in a lively, continuous narrative; — New center-spread sidebar feature presenting material in a fun, creative way; — Excellent age-appropriate introduction to curriculum-relevant subjects; — Important Words glossary clarifies subject-specific vocabulary; — Resources section encourages independent study; — Index makes navigating subject matter easy. |
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Features: — Clean new design for easy readability and comprehension; — Updated text presented in a lively, continuous narrative; — New center-spread sidebar feature presenting material in a fun, creative way; — Excellent age-appropriate introduction to curriculum-relevant subjects; — Important Words glossary clarifies subject-specific vocabulary; — Resources section encourages independent study; — Index makes navigating subject matter easy. |
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Will and Lyra, whose fates are bound together by powers beyond their own worlds, have been violently separated. But they must find each other, for ahead of them lies the greatest war that has ever been — and a journey to a dark place from which no one has ever returned. |
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Without this child, we shall all die. Lyra Belacqua and her animal daemon live half-wild and carefree among scholars of Jordan College, Oxford. The destiny that awaits her will take her to the frozen lands of the Arctic, where witch-clans reign and ice-bears fight. Her extraordinary journey will have immeasurable consequences far beyond her own world... |
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But a dog would damage the expensive carpets in Hal's glamorous home, and his wealthy parents refuse to consider one. Then they discover Easy Pets, a convenient dog-rental agency. Terrier Fleck arrives on Hal's birthday, but when Hal discovers that his dog must be returned, he runs away. Hal and Fleck are joined by a group of pedigree breeds joyfully escaping from Easy Pets — among them is Otto, the wise and somber St Bernard, and the fierce and excitable Pekinese Li-Chee. A large reward is offered for the missing boy, and soon Hal and his dogs are being chased across the country by ruthless pursuers. Helped by a travelling circus, and the sympathetic children from an orphanage, they race for their freedom in a classic adventure in the tradition of 101 Dalmatians . Every dog-loving child will adore this irresistible story from a truly great and much-loved children's author. |
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Soon after Sally Lockhart's father drowns at sea, she receives an anonymous letter. The dire warning it contains makes a man died fear at her feet. Determined to discover the truth about her father's death, Sally is plunged into a terrifying mystery in the dark heart of Victorian London, at the centre of which lies a deadly blood-soaked jewel. Philip Pullman's ever-popular, action-packed Victorian melodramas are rejacketed for the bicentenary of Charles Dickens in 2012. |
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Sally Lockhart is twenty-two, and running her own financial consultancy — a thoroughly modern woman in a world of pompous men — but she's about to be thrown headlong into a vicious web of murder, mystery and pure evil. When a client's lost investment appears suspicious, Sally investigates. Soon she is ensnared in a whirl of high-society danger and deceit, which can lead her in only one direction — to the terrifying secret of the Shadow in the North. Philip Pullman's ever-popular, action-packed Victorian melodramas are rejacketed for the bicentenary of Charles Dickens in 2012. |
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Will has just killed a man. He's on the run. His escape will take him far beyond his own world, to the eerie disquiet of a deserted city, and to a girl, Lyra. Her fate is strangely linked to his own, and together they must find the most powerful weapon in all the worlds... |
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Sally Lockhart is 25, and somebody wants to destroy her. She receives divorce papers from a man she has never met, let alone married — yet this trap is so well laid that she is powerless to prove otherwise. When custody of her precious daughter is awarded to his evil stranger, it is the beginning of a terrifying struggle in which Sally will have to fight, and kill if necessary, for the freedom of her family. Philip Pullman's ever-popular, action-packed Victorian melodramas are rejacketed for the bicentenary of Charles Dickens in 2012. |
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Jim Taylor, Sally Lockhart's oldest friend, is engaged as bodyguard to a princess. But Crown Princess Adelaide of Razkavia is not what you'd expect. She's the slum-girl Jim has been searching for ever since she vanished ten years ago. Now her life is in mortal danger, and together they must battle against unknown enemies in a country where no one can be trusted. This dramatic story of love, loyalty and adventure is the final novel in the quartet. Philip Pullman's ever-popular, action-packed Victorian melodramas are rejacketed for the bicentenary of Charles Dickens in 2012. |
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George Beard and Harold Hutchins are special. Yeah, ask their school principal, Mr Krupp (just make sure you aren't standing too close-he's got a mean right hook). Now the amazingly-talented George and Harold have created an all-new superhero-Super Diaper Baby! The first newborn ever to fight crime, stomp on evil baddies and not get his diaper dirty. With the help of his trusty sidekick, Diaper Dog, little Billy Hoskins is out to save the world before bedtime! |
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It's history with the nasty bits left in! Want to know: Why the Aztecs liked to eat scum? When the world is going to end? How to play a really violent ball game? Discover all the foul facts about the Angry Aztecs — all the gore and more! |
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It's history with the nasty bits left in! Want to know: Why llamas wore earrings and drank beer? How a bucket of stewed pee can make you beautiful? Why servants ate the emperor's hair? Discover all the foul facts about the Incredible Incas — all the gore and more! |
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It's 1917 and the Great War rages in Europe. When Daffy Rowntree's brother goes missing in action, she refuses to sit safely in England, and determines to do something to help win the war. Soon she finds herself in the mud and horror of the battlefields of France, driving an ambulance transporting the wounded of the trenches. |
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Ook and Gluk have a pretty awesome life growing up together in Caveland, Ohio, in 500,001C — even though they`re always getting in trouble with their nasty leader, Big Chief Goppernopper. But Ook and Gluk`s idyllic life takes a turn for the terrible when an evil corporation from th future invades their quiet town... |
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The dark stuff sent to Fraser and Cassie's student newspaper is disturbing. Old tales are being rewritten. Tales of plague graves, and forbidden woods where children vanish. Hidden steps leading to a decaying underworld. Old songs used to ensnare the innocent. But they're just horror stories — aren't they? Then the first child is taken... |
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No school for two whole weeks! (Yeah!) I can forget all about lessons (and irritating things like Marcus Meldrew). And concentrate on good stuff like: Inventing new ways to annoy my sister Delia. (So many). Unfortunately a couple of small problems called the dentist and my big weirdo sister, Delia, seem to be getting in the way of my plans... |
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George and Harold (the co-stars of the enormously popular CAPTAIN UNDERPANTS series) are in big trouble again! Their mean principl, Mr Krupp, has had it with their comic books. But the boys aren't giving up, and they decide to create an all-new epic novel about a subject they've never tackled before! Dr Dilbert Dinkle started his career as an ordinary, everyday evil genius/inventor/bank robber. But when he awakens one day transformed into a walking talking puddle of pee, he vows to destroy every toilet in town. Will the devious Dr Dinkle and his conniving cat, Petey, ruin restrooms for the rest of us? Or could this be a job for the death-defying, dynamic duo of Super Diaper Baby and Diaper Dog? |
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This is a powerful novel of tremendous scope from the best-selling author of Witch Child — a literary thriller with all the mystery Celia's fans love. The whole history of the human race is in Adam and Zillah's hands... |
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