When the Diamond Brothers receive an invitation to a school reunion on a remote Scottish island, things seem to be looking up. But Nicks got a bad feeling, and its not indigestion. And when he meets their fellow guests, the feeling only gets worse – especially when they start dying in ever more bizarre ways.
“Since the day I found out about Emma, I seemed to have gone to the bad. I was rude. I told lies. I listened at doors and read other peoples letters if they left them about. I was always losing things . . . watches, cameras, and silver bracelets. And whenever my mother reproached me, […]
Consisting of twelve fully illustrated short stories, The Oxford India Illustrated Premchand looks at the village and the small town in India – focal points offering Premchand a fascinating stage for the interplay of diverse personalities. Human suffering, crushing poverty, and brutal exploitation by landowners, moneylenders, and others occupying positions of power (A Catastrophe, The […]
Ten thousand years ago, humans and fairies fought a great battle for the magical island of Ireland. When it became clear to the fairy families that they could never win, they decided to move their civilization underground and keep themselves hidden from the humans. All the fairy families agreed on this, except the eighth family, […]
Popular TV courtroom personality Judge Judy Sheindlin has a dare for kids. When faced with tough tests of character in (and out of) school, children are challenged to make the right choices. By using examples of problems kids face every day and providing four possible responses to each situation, Judge Judy helps readers build up […]
The Enchanted Wood?ÿis one of Enid Blytons most memorable and truly imaginative stories, capturing a world where almost anything can happen if you just believe in the magic of nature and its creatures. Many adults will have fond memories of discovering the world of?ÿThe Enchanted Wood: from the delightfully gentle Silky the Fairy, to the […]
Native English Speakers: Ages 7-10 Eight-year-old Jack and his seven-year-old sister, Annie, are on the third of their four searches to save a dog, Teddy, from a spell. When they are sent to the jungles of India, will Jack and Annie be able to survive the wild beasts? #19 in the series.
Kalis father is a snake catcher – the best in the village. Kali knows that is really something to be proud of, but at school he sometimes gets embarrassed. The other children seem to think there is something very strange about having a snake catcher for a father, and eating things like fried termites for […]
Feluda and Topshe are on vacation in picturesque Gangtok when they stumble upon the mysterious murder of a business executive. There are many suspects??the dead man??s business partner Sasadhar Bose, the long-haired foreigner Helmut, the mysterious Dr Vaidya, perhaps even the timid Mr Sarkar. Feluda unravels the knotty case with his usual aplomb and tracks […]
At once satiric and magical, rich in philosophy and astonishing adventure, “Gullivers Travels” transports children into worlds unknown. The entire voyage is seen through the eyes of Lemuel Gulliver, a ships surgeon whose amazing account begins with a shipwreck on the high seas and continues as he encounters a race of miniature people known as […]
The classic nightmare tale in a thrilling new edition?ÿ Spawned by a nightmare that Stevenson had, this classic tale of the dark, primordial night of the soul remains a masterpiece of the duality of good and evil within us all.
Daniel Defoe relates the tale of an English sailor marooned on a desert island for nearly three decades. An ordinary man struggling to survive in extraordinary circumstances, Robinson Crusoe wrestles with fate and the nature of God. This edition features maps.
Since its publication in 1946, George Orwells fable of a workers revolution gone wrong has rivaled Hemingways?ÿThe Old Man and the Sea?ÿas the Shortest Serious Novel Its OK to Write a Book Report About. (The latter is three pages longer and less fun to read.) Fueled by Orwells intense disillusionment with Soviet Communism,?ÿAnimal Farm?ÿis a […]
No child should be allowed to grow up without reading?ÿThe Jungle Books. Published in 1894 and 1895, the stories crackle with as much life and intensity as ever. Rudyard Kipling pours fuel on childhood fantasies with his tales of Mowgli, lost in the jungles of India as a child and adopted into a family of […]