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There was one truth on Australia, the derelict ship on which Chan was born and raised: you fight or you die. Usually both • But everything on Australia was a lie. Abandoned and alone, Chan was forced to live a terrible existence on the fringes of society, Australia's only survivor after a terrible crash-landing on Earth • But Chan discovered she was not alone. Together with the unlikeliest of allies, Chan carved out a place for herself on Earth. And now the time has come: she's finally found a reason to keep going. But friends have become enemies, and enemies have become something worse. It's time for Chan to create her own truths, and discover a life beyond fighting and death • A life beyond Australia

An abandoned prison. A deadly game. How far would you go for a dare? • Nia would do anything to win the approval of her boyfriend Scott and his friends, especially mean girl Olivia. When Olivia dares Nia to explore an abandoned prison, she sees it as the perfect opportunity to prove herself. Facing dark tunnels, distant noises and creepy mementoes left behind by incarcerated criminals will surely all be worth it • But it isn't long before Nia and her little sister, Kayla, find themselves trapped inside. And then Kayla vanishes • Suddenly, this feels like more than a game gone wrong. Someone is hellbent on making Nia and Kayla the prison's last inmates • An utterly compelling, terrifying thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat, from remarkable new author Tess James-Mackey

Стив Энтони — замечательный детский автор, обладатель книжной премии «Оскар», также он вошел в шорт-лист премии детской книги «Waterstones» и был номинирован на медаль Кейт Гринуэй • Мистер Панда и его друзья готовятся ко сну. Но некоторые из них не чистят зубы, другие не принимают ванну, а один даже не надевает пижаму! Мистер Панда должен показать им, как правильно ложиться спать • Книга "Goodnight, Mr Panda" — отличный подарок для ребенка и веселая книжка с картинками о том, как важно правильно укладываться спать! • Книга на английском языке • A hilarious Mr Panda picture book, about the importance of doing the Bedtime Routine properly! • Mr Panda and his friends are getting ready for bed. But some won't brush their teeth, others won't have a bath, and one won't even wear pyjamas! It's down to Mr Panda to show them how to do bedtime properly

Стив Энтони — замечательный детский автор, обладатель книжной премии «Оскар», также он вошел в шорт-лист премии детской книги «Waterstones» и был номинирован на медаль Кейт Гринуэй • Эта замечательная книга о Панде покорила издательский мир, разошедшись тиражом более, чем в 150 000 экземпляров • Учитесь говорить «пожалуйста» вместе с мистером Пандой в этой очаровательной книжке с забавными картинками • У мистера Панды есть поднос с пончиками. Мистер Панда терпеливо и вежливо спрашивает своих друзей, не хотят ли они пончиков. Каждое животное говорит «да», но без самого важного «пожалуйста»! Кто-нибудь достоин пончиков мистера Панды? • Книга "Please Mr Panda" — отличный подарок для ребенка, удивительно милая и веселая книжка с картинками о том, как важно быть вежливым! • Книга на английском языке

Вошедшие в данный сборник рождественские рассказы Энид Блайтон по праву считаются нестареющей классикой детской литературы. Эта книга - отличный подарок для тех, кто насладился этими историями в детстве и хочет познакомить с ними новое поколение читателей • Книга «Enid Blyton`s Christmas Stories» оказалась столь популярной, что издательство Hodder & Stoughton по просьбам читателей выпустило второй праздничный сборник, и именно его вы держите в руках! Энид Блайтон передаёт атмосферу Рождества с несравненным мастерством, какой бы аспект праздника она ни описывала: колядки, ожидание подарков, праздничный стол и, конечно, посиделки с родными и близкими… Да, в историях Блайтон, как обычно, нашлось место для озорства и хаоса, но добро и веселье в них всегда на первом месте! • Рассказы из этой книги ранее не публиковались в «Enid Blyton`s Christmas Stories»

Stupendo the dog has died. But that's just the beginning of his story • To love and protect. The code of the good dog is clear. When single mother Tuesday took on mongrel pup Stupendo, she made a friend for life. Through the best and the worst of times, Stupendo has been there for her. Ever faithful, ever loyal, ever true. Nothing could break their bond. Until last week • Stupendo doesn't know why Tuesday is suddenly ignoring him or why his doggy antics no longer seem to soothe Baby William. It takes his worst enemy - the cat next door - to break the news that Stupendo has become a ghost • Somehow left behind on Earth, Stupendo knows he has unfinished business. Enlisting the help of the community of animals in the neighbourhood, Stupendo must get to the bottom of the very human sadness that hangs over his old home and keeps him from saying goodbye to Tuesday

John Connolly turns his pen to the short story to give us a volume of chilling tales of the supernatural. In this macabre collection, echoing masters of the genre from M R James to Stephen King, Connolly delves into our darkest fears - lost lovers, missing children, subterranean creatures and predatory demons • Framing the collection are two substantial novellas - The Cancer Cowboy Rides charts the fatal progress of a modern-day grim reaper, while The Reflecting Eye is a haunted house tale with a twist and marks the return of private detective Charlie Parker, the troubled hero of Connolly's crime novels. This edition contains two additional stories - The CyclE and Mr Gray's Folly - not previously included. Nocturnes is a masterly volume to be read with the lights on - menace has never been so seductive

The Cahill family are famous for two things: their wealth, and the scandals that surround them • James Cahill has always tried to make his own way in the world, though he has enjoyed the many women taken in by the easy charms of a handsome, soon-to-be-rich bad boy • Waking up in hospital, bandaged and bruised, James barely recognises the gorgeous blonde at his bedside; Sophia, his mistress • As James' memories gradually return, pieces of a terrifying puzzle begin to slot into place. His girlfriend, Megan, had found out about his affair. Megan is missing. His family is hounding him. The police are asking him questions • James insists he has no idea what happened to Megan. But the betrayal you can't remember may be worse than you can imagine

Some people just look destined for great things. And sometimes, life has other ideas • Whatever happens to those kids at school who are always being tipped to be stars in adult life? • It's a question all of us find ourselves asking at some time and Mike Gayle's powerful, poignant novel answers it with regard to Danny Morgan and James McManus - rivals for top honours in everything throughout their school years in Birmingham • Whatever their friends and teachers might have expected, neither Danny nor James is currently running the country • Depressed and unemployed, Danny is facing an ultimatum from his girlfriend Maya: if he doesn't get out and get a job, she's leaving • It was an accident that changed James's life and now he is looked after affectionately by his parents

The seventh title in the number one bestselling CHERUB series! James uncovers corruption where he least suspects it • When an MI5 operation goes disastrously wrong, James Adams needs all of his skills to get out of Russia alive • Meanwhile, his sister Lauren is on her first solo mission, trying to uncover a brutal human trafficking operation • And when James does get home, he finds that his nightmare is just beginning • CHERUB agents have one crucial advantage: adults never suspect that children are spying on them • For official purposes, these children do not exist

The twelfth title in the number one bestselling CHERUB series! James Adams' loyalties are tested in his most dangerous mission yet • After a tsunami causes massive devastation to a tropical island, its governor sends in the bulldozers to knock down villages, replacing them with luxury hotels • Guarding the corrupt governor's family isn't James Adams' idea of the perfect mission, especially as it's going to be his last as a CHERUB agent. And then retired colleague Kyle Blueman comes up with an unofficial and highly dangerous plan of his own • James must choose between loyalty to CHERUB, and loyalty to his oldest friend • For official purposes, these children do not exist

Frances Gorges has happiness within her grasp. King James would rather be hunting stags with her beloved husband Thomas than chasing witches, which means her medical skills and herbal knowledge no longer hang over her like a death sentence. Her family is growing and their estates are secure • But a new arrival at court brings intrigue, jealousy and danger. George Villiers is a young man with the face of an angel and the cunning heart of a devil • Soon James is besotted by this charismatic new lover. Former favourites are crushed with scheming and lies. Thomas's life is made a misery and Frances is back under suspicion as Villiers plots to marry her friend Katherine Manners and seize her fortune • Appalled at the courtier's greed and the King's weakness, Frances finds herself drawn back to her old friend Sir Walter Raleigh and his last, desperate plot to see a Catholic monarch on the throne