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  Horrid Henry: Horrid Histories

  Lucinda Whiteley

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  It’s time to learn your Horrid Histories, you know that when he’s King he’ll be King of everything, so bow down to the inevitable when Henry finds out he’s King Henry the Ninth, discovers the power of a well chosen word and finds out what’s in a name. This is a truly regal (and Horrid!) collection of 11 Horrid Henry super stories performed by the show's full cast. So let’s turn up the Horrid and enjoy these classic stories with "Football Fever", "When I'm King", "Very Famous Author", "All The World's A Stage", "Game Changer", "New Name", "Hot To Be Horrid", "Top Ten Things", "King Henry The Ninth", "My So Called Life" and "Story Of Her Life". Horridly Brilliant or Brilliantly Horrid? You decide!!

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  Across the Isthmus

  Steven Becker

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  Join the crew of the Panther in this thrilling continuation of the Tides of Fortune series. As tensions mount in San Francisco, Nick Van Doran and his crew are thrust into a desperate race against time. Their mission: to navigate the treacherous waters and war-torn landscapes to reach New York. 
  The perilous journey set against the backdrop of the Nicaraguan civil war, the journey is fraught with peril at every turn. From fierce sea battles to relentless land skirmishes, the crew of the Panther must rely on their wits, bravery, and unbreakable camaraderie to survive. 
  Will they overcome the odds and reach their destination in time? 
  Packed with action, suspense, and historical intrigue, this installment promises to keep readers on the edge of their seats from the first page to the last.

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  Fallen Tide - A Jesse McDermitt...

  Wayne Stinnett

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  Coral branches rarely wear a wristwatch. That was Jesse McDermitt’s first thought when he found a partially denuded human arm, teeming with crab, lobster, and fish life, during his morning ocean swim. 
  The discovery of a drifting mega-yacht the following day while fishing the Gulf Stream, causes quite a stir among the many alphabet agencies of the federal government, not to mention one shaggy canine. 
  A severed leg and two whole bodies are discovered aboard. The find links the disappearance of the yacht’s owners to the arm Jesse found twenty miles to the north, near his home in the back country of the Florida Keys. 
  Black marketers from Eastern Europe have set up a base of operations too close to Jesse for comfort. The rescue of the yacht-owners takes on national security importance, but it’s even more important to one of Jesse’s closest friends. 
  High speed boats and planes race across the Gulf Stream, causing the Cuban Air Force to become nervous. Will Jesse and his crew reach the victims in time?

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  The Crocodile - Legendary author...

  Fyodor Dostoyevsky

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  Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky was born in Moscow on 11th November, 1821 to distinguished multi-ethnic parents from a Lithuanian background.   
   
  His childhood years were at the family home in hospital grounds which also contained an orphanage, an insane asylum and a cemetery for criminals.  The young Fyodor often disobeyed his father by talking to the ill in the hospital gardens.   
   
  His health was compromised at age 9 when he experienced his first epileptic fit. By the time he was a teenager both parents had died and he was now enrolled in a military academy where he graduated and eventually became a Lieutenant in 1842.  He left military service the next year. 
   
  In 1846 he published his first novel ‘Poor Cow’ to great literary acclaim.  His next was unable to emulate that success but his short stories helped provide an income.  Life as an author was definitely difficult. As he began his next work he was arrested and incarcerated for treason and participation in the political and literary Petrashevsky Circle. Although the case was weak and unjustified he was sentenced to 4 years of hard labour followed by 5 years of military service in a Siberian regiment.  
   
  Despite the undoubted hardships and setbacks in his life, and whether they helped or hindered his writing, his talents produced many exceptional works of literature including ‘Crime and Punishment’, ‘The Idiot’ and ‘The Brothers Karamazov’.   
   
  Dostoevsky’s ability to get under the skin of his characters and show the inner workings of their mind was hugely influential and ahead of its time.  Interwoven with this was the influence of the broader social, spiritual and political forces at work in a person's psyche.   
   
  Fyodor Dostoevsky struggled financially and remained in poor health for much of his adult life.  He died from a lung haemorrhage on 9th February, 1881. 
   
  In the Crocodile a man is swallowed whole and through this Gogol explores themes and ideas that no other author would attempt. Absurdist genius.

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  Titbottom’s Spectacles

  George William Curtis

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  American writer George William Curtis' short story, "Titbottom's Spectacles," is a satircally humorous tale about a man who is bequeathed glasses which let him see people for who they really are--and the consequences thereof. 
   
  George William Curtis (1824 - 1892) was a traveler, essayist and fiction writer who was particularly renowned for his short stories. He combined a highly polished style with a great sense of humor and his works were enthusiastically received in the heydays of American periodical literature. 
   
  Gillian Warner has been acting and narrating for the past two decades, and has a particular affinity for Tacoma, WA, and American fiction of the nineteenth century.

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  Under the shade of the feijoa...

  Hayley Ann Solomon

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  Under the shade of the feijoa trees offers a representative sample of Hayley Ann Solomon’s particular brand of high quality, emotionally resonant short stories. The styles and intensities vary extensively, but the common denominator is humanity in all its complexity, woven with philosophy. 
  “This eclectic and very personal collection of short stories by successful writer of genre fiction and emerging poet, Hayley Ann Solomon, describes in lyrical detail widely dispersed places and situations. The stories are well-constructed and intensely-felt and the author’s joy in the sounds and sequencing of beautiful words is evident.”—Philip Chatting, Winner of the Proverse Prize 2014, author of The Snow Bridge and Other Stories (Proverse, 2015). 
  Hayley Ann Solomon is an award winning author and poet.  A Librarian by training, Hayley has been a full time author for some years, winning repeated recognition in commercial genre fiction. In 2017—a new departure—her first poetry collection, Celestial Promise, received a Proverse Publication Prize. She travelled to Hong Kong for the launch of her book in November 2017 and was interviewed on Radio Television Hong Kong on Phil Whelan’s Morning Brew programme.

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