Captain Codswallop And The Flying Kipper

Author : Michael Cox
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408180383
Total Pages : 97 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Captain Codswallop and the Flying Kipper written by Michael Cox and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2012-03-29 with total page 97 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This laugh-out-loud comic romp marks Michael Cox's debut on the A&C Black children's list. Captain Codswallop's pirate ship has been stolen by the ruthless highwayman, Dick Turnip. But it seems that Dick is even more incompetent than the captain and his hapless crew. However, the pirates get more than they bargained for when they find themselves head-to-head with the Spanish Armada.

Author : Kaye Umansky
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408153351
Total Pages : 114 pages
Book Rating : 4.52/5 ( download)

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Download or read book I Live in a Mad House written by Kaye Umansky and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2011-12-05 with total page 114 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Following his star turn in I am a Tree Tim is back for more comic fun. This time he's spending half term cleaning cars, and screaming toddlers have taken over his home. He's not happy. Luckily his friend Flora is on hand to help out and have a joke with. Things start to look up. Until, that is, they encounter a very angry customer and a very wet Rottweiler. But in this comedy, who will have the last laugh?

Author : Michael Cox
Publisher : A & C Black
ISBN 13 : 9780713676297
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.99/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Captain Codswallop written by Michael Cox and published by A & C Black. This book was released on 2007-03 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Michael Cox
Publisher : McClelland & Stewart
ISBN 13 : 1551993856
Total Pages : 607 pages
Book Rating : 4.50/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Meaning of Night written by Michael Cox and published by McClelland & Stewart. This book was released on 2011-05-18 with total page 607 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: “After killing the red-haired man, I took myself off to Quinn’s for an oyster supper.” So begins an extraordinary story of betrayal and treachery, of delusion and deceit narrated by Edward Glyver. Glyver may be a bibliophile, but he is no bookworm. Employed “in a private capacity” by one of Victorian London’s top lawyers, he knows his Macrobius from his First Folio, but he has the street-smarts and ruthlessness of a Philip Marlowe. And just as it is with many a contemporary detective, one can’t always be sure whether Glyver is acting on the side of right or wrong. As the novel begins, Glyver silently stabs a stranger from behind, killing him apparently at random. But though he has committed a callous and brutal crime, Glyver soon reveals himself to be a sympathetic and seductively charming narrator. In fact, Edward Glyver keeps the reader spellbound for 600 riveting pages full of betrayal, twists, lies, and obsession. Glyver has an unforgettable story to tell. Raised in straitened circumstances by his novelist mother, he attended Eton thanks to the munificence of a mysterious benefactor. After his mother’s death, Glyver is not sure what path to take in life. Should he explore the new art of photography, take a job at the British Museum, continue his travels in Europe with his friend Le Grice? But then, going through his mother’s papers, he discovers something that seems unbelievable: the woman who raised him was not his mother at all. He is actually the son of Lord Tansor, one of the richest and most powerful men in England. Naturally, Glyver sets out to prove his case. But he lacks evidence, and while trying to find it under the alias “Edward Glapthorn,” he discovers that one person stands between him and his birthright: his old schoolmate and rival Phoebus Rainsford Daunt, a popular poet (and secret criminal) whom Lord Tansor has taken a decidedly paternal interest in after the death of his only son. Glyver’s mission to regain his patrimony takes him from the heights of society to its lowest depths, from brothels and opium dens to Cambridge colleges and the idylls of Evenwood, the Tansor family’s ancestral home. Glyver is tough and resourceful, but Daunt always seems to be a step ahead, at least until Glyver meets the beguilingly beautiful Emily Carteret, daughter of Lord Tansor’s secretary. But nothing is as it seems in this accomplished, suspenseful novel. Glyver’s employer Tredgold warns him to trust no one: Is his enigmatic neighbour Fordyce Jukes spying on him? Is the brutal murderer Josiah Pluckthorn on his trail? And is Glyver himself, driven half-mad by the desire for revenge, telling us the whole truth in his candid, but very artful, “confession”? A global phenomenon, The Meaning of Night is an addictive, darkly funny, and completely captivating novel. Meticulously researched and utterly gripping, it draws its readers relentlessly forward until its compelling narrator’s final revelations.

Author : Neil Gaiman
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 1408845458
Total Pages : 481 pages
Book Rating : 4.55/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Unnatural Creatures written by Neil Gaiman and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2013-06-13 with total page 481 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chosen and introduced by Neil Gaiman, this thoroughly beguiling collection of short stories is inhabited by an amazing menagerie of creatures from myth, legend and dark imagination The griffin, the sunbird, manticores, unicorns – all manner of glorious creatures never captured in zoos, museums or photographs are packed vividly into this collection of stories. Neil Gaiman has included some of his own childhood favourites alongside stories classic and modern to spark the imagination of readers young and old. All contributors have given their work free to benefit Dave Eggers' literacy charity, 826DC. Includes stories by: Peter S. Beagle, Anthony Boucher, Avram Davidson, Samuel R. Delany, Neil Gaiman, Maria Dahvana Headley, Nalo Hopkinson, Diana Wynne Jones, Megan Kurashige, E. Nesbit, Larry Niven, Nnedi Okorafor, Saki, Frank R. Stockton, Gahan Wilson, E. Lily Yu.

Author : J. K. Rowling
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1408835002
Total Pages : 769 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix written by J. K. Rowling and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2013-01-01 with total page 769 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harry is furious that he has been abandoned at the Dursleys' house for the summer, for he suspects that Voldemort is gathering an army, that he himself could be attacked, and that his so-called friends are keeping him in the dark. Finally rescued by wizard bodyguards, he discovers that Dumbledore is regrouping the Order of the Phoenix - a secret society first formed years ago to fight Voldemort. But the Ministry of Magic is against the Order, lies are being spread by the wizards' tabloid, the Daily Prophet, and Harry fears that he may have to take on this epic battle against evil alone.

Author : Michael Cox
Publisher : HarperCollins UK
ISBN 13 : 0008215561
Total Pages : 316 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Mixer: The Story of Premier League Tactics, from Route One to False Nines written by Michael Cox and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2017-06-01 with total page 316 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An absolutely essential book for every modern football fan, about the development of Premier League tactics, published to coincide with 25 years of the competition.

Author : Bloomsbury Publishing
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1408102579
Total Pages : 719 pages
Book Rating : 4.72/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Anagram Solver written by Bloomsbury Publishing and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2009-01-01 with total page 719 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anagram Solver is the essential guide to cracking all types of quiz and crossword featuring anagrams. Containing over 200,000 words and phrases, Anagram Solver includes plural noun forms, palindromes, idioms, first names and all parts of speech. Anagrams are grouped by the number of letters they contain with the letters set out in alphabetical order so that once the letters of an anagram are arranged alphabetically, finding the solution is as easy as locating the word in a dictionary.

Author : Kaye Umansky
Publisher : A&C Black
ISBN 13 : 9780713659870
Total Pages : 72 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Big Iggy written by Kaye Umansky and published by A&C Black. This book was released on 2001 with total page 72 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Black Cats is a brand new, on-going series of top stories. Children will come to trust the Black Cat logo as a sign of good writing in all genres: spooky, comic and magic, among others. These first six paperbacks are comic. Some are wild, some are mad, all of them are very funny. Written by the some of the most well-known comic writers - Terry Deary, Kaye Umansky and Jeremy Strong. Illustrated throughout, Black Cats are for confident young readers who like to lose themselves in great books.

Author : Georgia Byng
Publisher : A & C Black
ISBN 13 : 9780713661699
Total Pages : 96 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Ramsbottom Rumble written by Georgia Byng and published by A & C Black. This book was released on 2001 with total page 96 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The books in the Black Cats series contain entertaining and witty stories in all genres. Illustrated throughout, they are for confident young readers between the ages of 8 and 10.