Ethan Garrick is living an idyllic life in Cairns, Australia, with his wife Julie.He is content in his new role with the Australian Federal Police however on a sporting trip to Canberra he is approached my the mysterious ASIO officer, Myles Petterson, who blackmails Ethan, forcing him to leave behind his happy life and return to the steamy jungles of Papua new Guinea with a specialist team to discover once and for all what is really happening to the people of West Papua.The...

A Midsummer Night’s Dream, one of the greatest stories ever told . . . in texts?!Imagine: What if the fairies and star-crossed lovers of the forest had smartphones? A classic is reborn in this fun and funny adaptation of one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays!Four lovers who can’t decide who they have a crush on.One mischievous fairy with a love potion.Total chaos in the fairy world, the human world, and everywhere in between!...

Today more than ever, series finales have become cultural touchstones that feed watercooler fodder and Twitter storms among a committed community of viewers. While the final episodes of The Fugitive and M*A*S*H continue to rank among the highest rated broadcasts, more recent shows draw legions of binge-watching fans. Given the importance of finales to viewers and critics alike, Howard and Bianculli along with the other contributors explore these endings and what they mean to the audience, ...

Encounters with the Spirit World contains many never-before-documented reports of peoples' encounters with those who have left this life and gone to the next. Some of these accounts are inspirational and uplifting; some however, are truly frightening.What stops this book from being just another, 'bump in the night', collection of ghost stories is that many of the encounters told within come from respected, professional members of the community; from doctors and police to l...

A Christmas Carol, one of the holiday’s greatest traditions told . . . in texts?!Imagine: What if Scrooge, Marley, the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future, and the whole Cratchit family had smartphones? A classic is reborn in this clever adaptation of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol!One grouchy old man who can’t stop asking “How did you get this number?!”Three ghosts who communicate in the most modern ways, including o...

Romeo and Juliet, one of the greatest love stories ever told . . . in texts?!Imagine: What if those star-crossed lovers Romeo and Juliet had smartphones? A classic is reborn in this fun and funny adaptation of one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays!Two families at war.A boy and a girl in love.A secret marriage gone oh-so-wrong. and h8. The classics just got a whole lot more interesting. ;)

Hamlet, one of the greatest stories ever told . . . in texts?!Imagine: What if Hamlet, the Prince of Denmark, and the tragic Ophelia had smartphones? A classic is reborn in this fun and funny adaptation of one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays!A kingdom on the brink of war.A stolen throne.A boy seeking revenge. and h8. The classics just got a whole lot more interesting. ;)tl...

"Self-deprecating humor abounds in this debut novel that pulls no punches about the experience of depression and anxiety for its teen protagonist."— Kirkus Reviews (starred review)"I hate myself but I love Walt Whitman, the kook. Always positive. I need to be more positive, so I wake myself up every morning with a song of myself." Sixteen-year-old James Whitman has been yawping (à la Whitman) at his abusive father ever since he kicked his beloved older sist...

My mother bore me in the southern wild,And I am black, but O my soul is white!White as an angel is the English child,But I am black, as if bereaved of light.My mother taught me underneath a tree,And, sitting down before the heat of day,She took me on her lap and kissèd me,And, pointing to the East, began to say:‘Look on the rising sun: there God does live,And gives His light, and gives His heat away,And flowers...

When a tornado hits her farmhouse in Kansas, Dorothy is caught up in a whirlwind of adventure, complete with flying monkeys, talking lions, and silver slippers. Advanced readers will join Dorothy, Toto, and her friends from Oz on an unforgettable journey down the Yellow Brick Road in this Level 4 reader.The Wizard of Oz will now join classics like The Secret Garden and Alice in Wonderland in the Penguin Young Readers program!

Macbeth, one of the greatest stories ever told . . . in texts?!Imagine: What if that tragic couple, Macbeth and Lady Macbeth, had smartphones? A classic is reborn in this fun and funny adaptation of one of Shakespeare’s most famous plays!A prophecy from three witches.A social-climbing couple committing a murder most foul.A cover-up that spins way out of control. and h8. The classics just got...

From the bestselling author of Horrible Histories, named 'the outstanding children's non-fiction author of the 20th century' by Books For Keeps_______________Ideal for readers aged 7+Molly loves travelling with Shakespeare's theatre company but the jester, Armin, keeps picking on her and faithful donkey, Dolly. Can she keep Armin away from Dolly and stay with the theatre company? Meanwhile, on stage, Helena ...