A comical-historical-fantastical novel for Juveniles of all ages.Mark 77 hails from another planet: the one the Creator made before this one. He lands on earth in 777, when King Offa rules Mercia, and despite his alien appearance wins the hand of Offa's daughter, which is only the start of his troubles. The Astromancer, Taliesin, helps him with his Maths, and eventually discloses the secret of mixing fire and water. But when the new Firewater replaces beer and mead as the tipple of...

A collection of twenty-eight literary parodies. Find out why Just William got no anti-social behaviour order. Discover how The Great Gatsby really made his millions. Learn from Mrs Danvers' diary why Rebecca was so wicked. Uncover the real truth about Dr Jekyll. Why was Dorian Gray so ugly? All will be revealed as Viv Doyle pays tribute to books she has enjoyed reading, as a child and an adult.

A Fantasy novel for 8-12 year-oldsGwen, a Welsh girl, meets a strange half-human called Perewulf in the forest, who asks her to help him save his red dragons from extinction. She takes home the last egg, and when the dragon hatches she calls him Prince.Perewulf tells Gwen that Prince must be mated with an English green dragon, to save the race. She flies off on Prince's back and meets Dane, a boy who works at a dragon stud run by an evil man, Logar.Prince falls into...

Twins CHRIS and TINA are visiting their great-grandparents in Manchester while their Mum is having a baby. GRAMPS discovers nanodot.com where a webmaster called MORDANT WITT lets them download weird plastic dots containing microscopic robots (nanobots) that will clean the house and even make grumpy Gran look young again. Unfortunately these effects do not last.Tina buys a makeover doll called Maxine from the nanodot mall, and they are given a peculiar furry pet, but both of these r...

A mysterious and magical tale plays out in the fabulous lands of Sevenwaters ... this is a must for fans of Juliet Marillier's enthralling series.Long ago, the sorceress Lady Oonagh cast a curse over her own child. Now a druid, an ill-tempered raven and an adventurous young woman are drawn together as the time approaches for the evil magic to be undone. Fans of the Sevenwaters series will love this new episode, which fleshes out the history of druid Ciaran and his constant companion...

The story follows Leopold Bloom on a seemingly ordinary day in Dublin, during which Bloom's wife, Molly, commits adultery. This experimental novel is among the most important works of Modernist literature. It was initially deemed obscene in England and the USA for its scandalously frank, life-changing reading experience.

The world is at war and the prophesied savior is nowhere to be found. The Witcher, Geralt of Rivia, races to find her in the fourth novel of Andrzej Sapkowski's groundbreaking epic fantasy series that inspired the hit Netflix show and the blockbuster video games.★ The New York Times Bestselling Series★ Over Fifteen Million Copies Sold Worldwide★ World Fantasy Award Winning Author★

The novels of Iain M. Banks have forever changed the face of modern science fiction. His Culture books combine breathtaking imagination with exceptional storytelling, and have secured his reputation as one of the most extraordinary and influential writers in the genre.'Banks is a phenomenon' William GibsonIn the winter palace, the King's new physician has more enemies than she realises. But then she also has more defences than even her most...

Gwen must clear her father’s name before his music is silenced … forever.As a bard’s daughter, Gwen has spent her life traveling from castle to castle and village to village with her family, following the music. In the winter of 1141, Gwen’s family is contracted to provide the entertainment for the coming-of-age celebration of Lord Cadfael’s son. But before the celebration can begin, Gwen’s father is found over the body of his friend, with a harp string as the murder weapo...

This is what happened. I saw it, and it is a true tale.So begins the story of Merlin, born the illegitimate son of a Welsh princess in fifth century Britain, a world ravaged by war. Small and neglected, with his mother unwilling to reveal his father's identity, Merlin must disguise his intelligence - and hide his occasional ability to know things before they happen - in order to keep himself safe.One beautiful afternoon, while exploring the countryside near his hom...

This book, newly updated, contains now several HTML tables of contents that will make reading a real pleasure!The first table of contents (at the very beginning of the ebook) lists the titles of all novels included in this volume. By clicking on one of those titles you will be redirected to the beginning of that work, where you'll find a new TOC that lists all the chapters and sub-chapters of that specific work.Here you will find the complete novels of James...

The girl's stuck in a tower. The boy's stuck in a castle. There are two sides to every story....Rapunzel is having the ultimate bad day. She's been stolen by a witch, may have a ghost for a roommate, and doesn't even have a decent brush for her hair.Prince Benjamin's got it pretty tough, too. His father wants him to be more kingly, his mother wants him to never leave her sight, and his cousin wants to get him into as much trouble as possible (possibly with a troll)....