Little Luca seems to be everybody's favourite bird on Golden Island. But when Luca's voice suddenly disappears, followed by Luca himself, the other birds realize that they don't know him as well as they had thought. It's time for the birds to learn a valuable lesson: how to listen to somebody who isn't able to speak for himself yet. Join best friends Stella, Dahlia, Poppy, Willow and Luca in the newest Angry Birds installments. It is a must-have for all Angry Birds fans! © 2020 Rovio Enter...

The trickster Mr. Mxyzptlk is partnering with Lex Luthor in a new scheme to take down Superman. After responding to a fake alarm, the Man of Steel is caught in a red kryptonite cage and must meet Luthor’s demand to crush a mountain of coal into diamonds. But with the kryptonite zapping Superman’s strength, the task is impossible. That’s when a disguised Mxy appears with a deal. He’ll help . . . if the Super Hero gives up a super ability. Will Superman discover who he's truly dealing with b...

The evil SCAREDY CROWS are coating GOTHAM CITY with fear dust, and ACE THE BAT-HOUND is Halloween's only hope.

A delayed honeymoon at a remote cabin becomes a terrifying ordeal of paranoia, secrets, and survival in this psychological thriller.Mary and Jackson got married after a whirlwind romance. Then Jackson's work sent him halfway across the globe. Now they are finally reunited, spending their first anniversary at a luxury cabin in the Poconos. It should be a dream come true, but there are reports of an assailant in the area. And when Mary reveals a secret from her past, ...

Riz sometimes notices weird stuff. She can pick the twins apart, notices when people grow, and challenges the lunch staff when they change the cheese brand. Most people think it is odd, so she keeps her observations to herself.But when Riz notices something different about her mum’s cash, she speaks up only to get questioned by the police!With her observations and a little help from some tech-savvy friends Riz leads the counterfeit bust. But can her team follow the right cl...

Riz Chester loves mysteries, and with an interest in forensics she keeps finding crime. But nothing has happened for months. With Riz and her friends itching for a mystery to solve, Riz organises the perfect forensic party for her friends. Even her brother, Pax, is joining and Mum and Dad are helping.But when the news reports a real theft at the petrol station, and some unknown tracks are in the freshly laid dirt outside Riz’s house, everyone gets involved to find out what happened...

A luminous, deeply felt collection of essays from Riverhorse Nakadate—angler, musician, conservationist, and lifelong nomad—whose devotion to wild places and the healing power of water pulses through every page. For readers of Edward Abbey, Barry Lopez, Mary Oliver, and Jim Harrison, this book is a soulful invitation to step off the grid and into the current.Across thirty-two essays, Nakadate paddles, hikes, casts, surfs, and canoes through landscapes as varied as ...

‘Hegel in Fragments’ is a collection of writings in dialogue with the work of German philosopher, G. W. F. Hegel. In bite-sized pieces, Australian academic Stephen Curkpatrick applies Hegelian insights to themes such as contingency, truth, theology, identity, limit, and rhythms.This exploratory collection is informed by Hegel’s concept of spirit as relation and mediation, within which identity is both identity and difference. That is, anything is itself by reference to others—not in...

This book has bite . . . When Lena and her best friend Abby find an old Polaroid camera, they never suspect that a creepy ghost story is about to develop! Best friends Lena and Abby love searching through thrift stores for lost treasures. When they find an old Polaroid camera, they can't wait to try it out. But the photos that develop are troubling -- things that weren't really there appear in the pictures. Creepiest of all is the image of a boy, dark and angry looking. He shows up, over a...

Embarking on your own psychology research? This book equips you with the skills you need to complete a qualitative project confidently.The book takes you through the process of doing your project, showing how to plan and execute each stage. It helps you make good decisions about key steps such as choosing a research topic, designing your project, doing ethical research and writing up.This second edition:Offers a host of learning features including ‘in a nutshe...

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. A few pages can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere.In this series we try to offer up tried and trusted ‘Top Tens’ across many different themes and authors. But any anthology will immediately throw up the questions – Why that story? Why that author?The theme ...

A young readers' companion to the adult memoir Kid Quixotes by Stephen Haff.Narrated by one extraordinary ten-year-old girl, this inspiring memoir tells the story of a daughter of Mexican American immigrants who finds her voice through the power of words and performance of Cervantes' Don Quixote.When a shy girl named Sarah Sierra first joins an after-school program in her neighborhood, she never expects to travel back in t...