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Hatchimals: (Book 1) (Hatchimals)
by Kay Woodward Lea WadeThe first fiction book from the must-have toy brand, Hatchimals™! Find out the Hatchimals' story, discover why they've come here, and step through into their world . . .
The Queen's Nose
by Dick King-SmithHarmony's uncle sends her on a treasure trail - which disappointingly ends in her finding a 50p piece. But the coin is a magic one, and when you rub the queen's nose, your wishes will come true!From the number one author for animal magic comes this wonderful new edition of a much-loved classic.
Facial Justice (Penguin Modern Classics)
by L. P. Hartley'The spirit that dwelleth in us lusteth to envy...' Jael 97's good looks have been deemed a cause of discontent among other women, and she finds herself reporting to the Ministry of Facial Justice, where her face will be reconstructed to become 'beta' (second-grade). For she lives in a post-apocalyptic world, where society is based on a collective sense of guilt, where all citizens are labelled 'delinquents' and obliged to wear sackcloth and ashes. Individuality and privilege, which might arouse envy, are stamped out. But Jael refuses to fit in. Forced to become 'beta', and thus exempt from envy, her self-respect and rebellious spirit cannot be suppressed so easily. Slowly, she begins the struggle to reassert the rights of the individual.L. P. Hartley's dystopian classic is a darkly entertaining vision of human weakness, envy and governmental interference taken to their most chilling extremes.
A Slip Under the Microscope (Penguin Little Black Classics)
by H. G. Wells'I will go in, out of this dust and heat, out of this dry glitter of vanity, out of these toilsome futilities. I will go and never return.'Three disturbing, mysterious and moving stories from Wells, science-fiction pioneer.Introducing Little Black Classics: 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday. Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range and diversity of Penguin Classics, with books from around the world and across many centuries. They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Here are stories lyrical and savage; poems epic and intimate; essays satirical and inspirational; and ideas that have shaped the lives of millions.H. G. Wells (1866-1946). Wells's works available in Penguin Classics are Ann Veronica, The Country of the Blind and Other Selected Stories, The First Men in the Moon, The Invisible Man, The Island of Doctor Moreau, Kipps, Love and Mr Lewisham, A Modern Utopia, The New Machiavelli, The Shape of Things to Come, A Short History of the World, The Sleeper Awakes, The Time Machine, Tono-Bungay, The War in the Air and The War of the Worlds.
Mermaid Curse: The Golden Circlet (Mermaid Curse Ser.)
by Louise CooperLizzy Baxter's life is turned upside down when she moves to Cornwall and discovers that she has a long-lost brother and that their mother is a mermaid. Lizzy soon learns that the tranquil underwater world is ruled by an evil mermaid queen, Taran, who will stop at nothing to complete her power. After a terrifying battle, Taran is one step nearer to her goal. But then she disappears. Lizzy is suspicious. She knows Taran needs the black pearl – the key to ultimate power – but how is she planning to get it?A thrilling final episode by Louise Cooper, the renowned fantasy writer.
The Virgin of the Seven Daggers: Excursions into Fantasy (Pocket Penguin Classics Ser. #Vol. 8)
by Vernon LeeHe lusts and kills in equal measure. The brutal Don Juan – an unrepentant sinner – makes a pact with the Virgin of the Seven Daggers. He promises to forever proclaim her supreme beauty and asks that in return she save him from damnation. Emboldened by the deal and driven by insatiable greed, he embarks on a necromantic journey to an enchanted palace beneath the Alhambra. In an orgy of beasts, demons and slumbering infantas Don Juan is called upon to uphold his side of the bargain and in doing so lose everything his lustful heart desires.
2-Power: The Korski Code (2-power Ser.)
by Pete JohnsonSam and Ella are just an ordinary brother and sister - until they discover two amazing things . . .They can send thought messages to each other.They have incredible super powers.Suddenly they're extraordinary! And then a jewel robbery and a sinister stranger plunge them into a mystery that tests their new super powers to the limit!This is the first book in a brand-new series of thrilling crime-busting adventures aimed at younger readers of 7+. If you're a fan of Horrid Henry, then the 2-Power books are for you!
Not Quite a Mermaid: Mermaid Surprise (Not Quite A Mermaid Ser.)
by Linda ChapmanElectra is so excited about Gran's birthday party. She knows the perfect present to get her - a baby sea mouse!But a scary snake has been spotted in the caves where the baby sea mice live.Only a super brave mermaid would swim out there now!
Stardust: Magic Secrets (Stardust Ser.)
by Linda ChapmanA wonderful mix of a magical stardust world and the everyday dilemmas that every young girl faces.As the last of the summer stardust spirits, it has been foretold that Lucy will have a big part to play in protecting others from dark stardust spirits. But to be able to do this, Lucy must practise her magical powers with Joanna, a friend of her best friend's mum and a particularly strong spirit. But, however hard she practises, strange things begin to happen all around Lucy. She's not sure her best friends can help and she can't even tell her mum and dad about her stardust secret. Will Lucy's magic be strong enough to save herself and her friends?
The Portal
by Andrew NorrissYou tend to remember the day your parents disappear. It's one of those things that sticks in your mind. Another of those things is the incredible discovery that behind your dad's office door lies an intergalactic portal . . . When both of these things happen to William Seward and his brother Daniel they're left with two questions. What are they going to do now? And where are their parents?Warm, funny, accessible fiction, perfect for boys and girls aged 9 to 12.
The Blazing World and Other Writings (Penguin Classics Series)
by Margaret Cavendish Kate LilleyFlamboyant, theatrical and ambitious, Margaret Cavendish was one of the seventeenth century's most striking figures: a woman who ventured into the male spheres of politics, science, philosophy and literature. The Blazing World is a highly original work: part Utopian fiction, part feminist text, it tells of a lady shipwrecked on the Blazing World where she is made Empress and uses her power to ensure that it is free of war, religious division and unfair sexual discrimination. This volume also includes The Contract, a romance in which love and law work harmoniously together, and Assaulted and Pursued Chastity, which explores the power and freedom a woman can achieve in the disguise of a man.
Fighting the Future War: An Anthology of Science Fiction War Stories, 1914-1945
by Frederic KromeThe period between World War I and World War II was one of intense change. Everything was modernizing, including our technology for making war—witness machine guns, trench warfare, biological agents, and ultimately The Final Solution. This modernization and eye toward the future was reflected in many facets of pop culture, including fashion, home-wear design, and the popular literature of the time. In sci-fi, a specific genre emerged—that of the ‘future war.’ Fred Krome has collected many of these future war stories together for the first time in Fighting the Future War. Bolstered by a comprehensive introduction, and introduced with historical information about both the authors of the stories and the historical time period, these stories provide a view into the field of pulp science fiction writing, the issues that informed the time period between the world wars, and the way people envisioned the wars of tomorrow. Revealing anxieties about society, technology, race and politics, the genre of the future war story is important material for students of history and literature.
Fighting the Future War: An Anthology of Science Fiction War Stories, 1914-1945
by Frederic KromeThe period between World War I and World War II was one of intense change. Everything was modernizing, including our technology for making war—witness machine guns, trench warfare, biological agents, and ultimately The Final Solution. This modernization and eye toward the future was reflected in many facets of pop culture, including fashion, home-wear design, and the popular literature of the time. In sci-fi, a specific genre emerged—that of the ‘future war.’ Fred Krome has collected many of these future war stories together for the first time in Fighting the Future War. Bolstered by a comprehensive introduction, and introduced with historical information about both the authors of the stories and the historical time period, these stories provide a view into the field of pulp science fiction writing, the issues that informed the time period between the world wars, and the way people envisioned the wars of tomorrow. Revealing anxieties about society, technology, race and politics, the genre of the future war story is important material for students of history and literature.
My Secret Unicorn: Keeper of Magic (My Secret Unicorn Ser.)
by Linda ChapmanThe fourteenth story in the My Secret Unicorn series, about a little girl called Lauren and her magical pony, Twilight.Lauren's twelve-year-old cousin Hannah is coming to stay. Hannah is pony mad and Lauren can't wait to introduce her to Twilight. But when she arrives, Lauren is disappointed to discover that Hannah's not into ponies any more and prefers doing other things. Old Mrs Fontana, the only person who knows that Twilight is really a secret unicorn, explains to Lauren that time cannot stand still, and that people change and life moves on. She gives Lauren a small chest with a key and asks her not to open it until the time is right. Lauren is curious but has a worried feeling that there is more to Mrs Fontana's words than she is letting on . . .
Unicorn School: The Treasure Hunt (Unicorn School Ser.)
by Linda ChapmanFollow little Willow and her new unicorn friends as they settle into life at Unicorn School. The fun continues in this third adventure when Willow and her best friends go on a treasure hunt. Troy becomes very bossy and Willow gets cross, but the team all pull together when one of the clues leads them to a most unusual find, and, suddenly, winning doesn't seem quite as important any more.
Of Love and Other Demons (Marquez 2014)
by Gabriel Garcia MarquezNobel Prize winner and author of One Hundred Years of Solitude and Love in the Time of Cholera, Gabriel Garcia Marquez blends the natural with supernatural in Of Love and Other Demons - a novel which explores community, superstition and collective hysteria. 'An ash-grey dog with a white blaze on its forehead burst on to the rough terrain of the market on the first Sunday of December'When a witch doctor appears on the Marquis de Casalduero's doorstep prophesising a plague of rabies in the Colombian seaport, he dismisses her claims - until he hears that his young daughter, Sierva Maria, was one of four people bitten by a rabid dog, and the only one to survive.Sierva Maria appears completely unscathed - but as rumours of the plague spread, the Marquis and his wife wonder at her continuing good health. In a town consumed by superstition, it's not long before they, and everyone else, put her survival down to a demonic possession and begin to see her supernatural powers as the cause of the town's woes. Only the young priest charged with exorcizing the evil spirit recognises the girl's sanity, but can he convince the town that it's not her that needs healing?'Superb and intensely readable' Time Out'A compassionate, witty and unforgettable masterpiece' Daily Telegraph'At once nostalgic and satiric, a resplendent fable' Sunday Times
My Secret Unicorn: Snowy Dreams (My Secret Unicorn Ser.)
by Linda ChapmanLauren's pony, Twilight, turns into a beautiful unicorn when she says the magic words, and together they have some amazing adventures. They really are the best of friends, but now Twilight has a secret that he simply cannot share - not even with Lauren - because it would mean leaving her forever. Twilight has been chosen by the Elders to return to Arcadia to watch over other young unicorns and help them develop their magic. It's a huge honour, but Twilight can't bear the thought of leaving Lauren. Lauren notices that Twilight is very quiet, and is sure that something is seriously wrong when Twilight's magic powers begin to fail. Finally, after a daring rescue, the Elders decide that Lauren and Twilight make a very special team and that Twilight should stay after all. And Lauren and Twilight promise that they won't keep secrets from each other ever again.
Fright Night: The Shrieking Stones (Fright Night Ser.)
by Steve Rogers'Welcome to Fright Night! Tonight’s destination is . . . Ireland: at the Shrieking Stones of Bray.'The cast and crew of Fright Night are roaming the country in search of all things spooooooky. Just when it seems the ghosts and ghouls are staying hidden, twins Adam and Lana make a chilling discovery, which leads them to an eerie circle of standing stones. Something very sinister awaits them – and the question isn’t what, but WHO is lurking inside? First in a brilliantly creepy new series. Perfect for boys and girls of 8+ who love to be seriously spooked!
Ctrl-Z
by Andrew NorrissAlex is used to getting unusual birthday presents from his Godfather John – a pair of ferrets, or a Make Your Own Explosions Kit. But this year's present is something really different – a computer that takes you back to an earlier part of the day when you hit Ctrl-Z . . . Join Alex and his friend Callum as they discover the true results of making mistakes, with plenty of laughs and mayhem along the way!
The Wizards Of Once (PDF)
by Cressida CowellWinner of the Blue Peter Book Award This is the story of a young boy Wizard and a young girl Warrior who have been taught since birth to hate each other like poison; and the thrilling tale of what happens when their two worlds collide. Perfect for boys and girls who love fantasy adventure... Once there was Magic, and the Magic lived in the dark forests. Until the Warriors came... Xar is a Wizard boy who has no Magic, and will do anything to get it. Wish is a Warrior girl, but she owns a banned Magical Object, and she will do anything to conceal it. In this whirlwind adventure, Xar and Wish must forget their differences if they're going to make it to the dungeons at Warrior Fort. Where something that has been sleeping for hundreds of years is stirring...
Midnight (Skulduggery Pleasant Series (PDF) #11)
by Derek Landy'Skulduggery Pleasant and Valkyrie Cain are back in their most gripping story yet, as book 11, Midnight, picks up where Resurrection left off – and runs. For years, Valkyrie Cain has struggled to keep her loved ones safe from harm, plunging into battle — time and time again — by Skulduggery Pleasant’s side, and always emerging triumphant. But now the very thing that Valkyrie fights for is in danger, as a ruthless killer snatches her little sister in order to lure Valkyrie into a final confrontation. With Skulduggery racing to catch up and young sorcerer Omen scrambling along behind, Valkyrie only has twelve hours to find Alice before it’s too late. The clock is ticking…'
The First Men in the Moon: A Critical Text Of The 1901 London First Edition, With An Introduction And Appendices (The\annotated H. G. Wells Ser. #6)
by H. G. Wells China MievilleWhen penniless businessman Mr Bedford retreats to the Kent coast to write a play, he meets by chance the brilliant Dr Cavor, an absent-minded scientist on the brink of developing a material that blocks gravity. Cavor soon succeeds in his experiments, only to tell a stunned Bedford the invention makes possible one of the oldest dreams of humanity: a journey to the moon. With Bedford motivated by money, and Cavor by the desire for knowledge, the two embark on the expedition. But neither are prepared for what they find - a world of freezing nights, boiling days and sinister alien life, on which they may be trapped forever.
The Island of Doctor Moreau: A Possibility (1896) (World's Classics)
by H. G. Wells Margaret AtwoodAdrift in a dinghy, Edward Prendick, the single survivor from the good ship Lady Vain, is rescued by a vessel carrying a profoundly unusual cargo - a menagerie of savage animals. Tended to recovery by their keeper Montgomery, who gives him dark medicine that tastes of blood, Prendick soon finds himself stranded upon an uncharted island in the Pacific with his rescuer and the beasts. Here, he meets Montgomery's master, the sinister Dr. Moreau - a brilliant scientist whose notorious experiments in vivisection have caused him to abandon the civilised world. It soon becomes clear he has been developing these experiments - with truly horrific results.
The Sleeper Awakes: A Revised Edition Of When The Sleeper Wakes (Timeless Classic Ser.)
by H. G. Wells Patrick ParrinderA troubled insomniac in 1890s England falls suddenly into a sleep-like trance, from which he does not awake for over two hundred years. During his centuries of slumber, however, investments are made that make him the richest and most powerful man on Earth. But when he comes out of his trance he is horrified to discover that the money accumulated in his name is being used to maintain a hierarchal society in which most are poor, and more than a third of all people are enslaved. Oppressed and uneducated, the masses cling desperately to one dream - that the sleeper will awake, and lead them all to freedom.
Superpowers: The Tusked Terror
by Alex CliffHave you ever wondered what it would be like to be the strongest boy in the world? Or the fastest? Or even the noisiest? Two ordinary young boys are about to find out!When the castle walls of Max and Finlay's den start crumbling away, little do the best mates know that everything is about to change . . . Trapped inside the wall is the ancient god Hercules and he needs the boys' help! The friends must complete a terrifying challenge every day for seven days and can choose only one of Hercules's amazing superpowers at a time to help them.In this fourth thrilling Superpowers adventure, Max and Finlay are forced to do battle with a very angry giant boar (with very giant tusks!). They must choose their power wisely . . .