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Harold Huxley, the adventuring househog, and his best friend, Lamb, find a baby dragon hiding among the boxes in the attic. They help Dillon, the baby dragon, return to his family in Hawaii and have an amazing adventure along the way.

Get shrunk! Humour and high-stakes combine in the action-packed Infinity Drake series. A big adventure with a tiny hero! Infinity Drake - Finn for short - is still only 9mm tall. But before his crazy scientist uncle can figure out a way to return him to his normal size, a new threat emerges on the other side of the world. Supreme villain, Kaparis, plans to release an army of self-replicating nano-bots - a hardware virus that will give him total control of global communications.

Nineteen years after defeating the Dark Father, Maggie has begun searching for the band of werewolves who are the source of her lycanthropy. She knew them to be vile beasts, but not even what she believed to be true could prepare her for the horror of what they have done, and will do again...if she doesn’t stop them.

As an 11 year old boy, Chris Bellinger was kidnapped by a violent group calling themselves the Keepers of the Forest. He survived, but something happened during that time. He wasn't sure what that was...until now. As an adult, he is about to learn what it means to be the Chosen One.

A memoir by the legendary proprietor of Balthazar, Pastis, Minetta Tavern, and Morandi, taking us from his gritty London childhood to his serendipitous arrival in New York, where he founded the era-defining establishments Odeon, Cafe Luxembourg, and Nell’s. Eloquent and opinionated, Keith McNally writes about his stint as a child actor, his travels along the hippie trail, his wives and children, his devastating stroke, and his Instagram notoriety.

Largely forgotten, Martha Dodd began emerging as an iconic historical figure in the early 2000s. While her scandalous behaviour and pro-Soviet leanings were never much in dispute, the actual matter of her guilt remained unresolved. Using recently released KGB archived information and FBI files, in Traitor's Odyssey, author and journalist Brendan McNally corrects this, telling the full epic of Martha Dodd's life for the first time, casting her in a new and bright light.

You're at your wits' end. Again. Your teen is bright, savvy, and capable—and completely unmotivated. Whether it's too much screen time, pandemic-induced resignation, or disillusionment at the state of the world, so many kids recently seem to have lost the passion to create, excel, engage, and do. What you need, for them and you, is a teen expert—a fresh voice to ask the right questions, make powerful suggestions, and offer proven techniques for getting your teen back in the game and focused on a future of fulfillment, success, purpose, and enjoyment.

A violent group has invaded the Adirondack Forest, and 11-year-old Chris has become the target of their affection. It will be a summer of terror, because they believe Chris is the key to opening the door to a new world order. And they will stop at nothing to bring their plans to fruition.

How's Timothy? is the first book depicting schizophrenia from the point of view of a helpless family member's journal of grief, sorting through the feeling that her brother was robbed of a life. In this memoir, the author's overwhelming love for her brother seeps from every word, starting with the parents lives coming together and the introduction of six boys and the author, the youngest and only girl. The stories of family in the seventies are filled with laughter, love, and intense loyalty.

Adorado por los soldados comunes que sirvieron bajo su mando y el héroe que necesitaba Gran Bretaña en la "Hora más oscura" de su larga historia, Montgomery también fue a menudo odiado por sus pares, sus superiores y sus aliados.

Abriendo con una asombrosa serie de ideas sobre los años de formación del futuro dictador, rastreamos cómo el hijo sin importancia de un matón provinciano experimentó el fracaso en el amor y el arte para luego encontrar la felicidad en medio de un baño de sangre. Cómo la derrota de Alemania en la Gran Guerra catalizó su antisemitismo y su sentido del destino.

Via stunning contemporary footage, freshly declassified discoveries, a brilliant script, insights from the greatest historians of the past 70 years, and the unforgettable words of the dictator himself and the people who knew him best, we deliver History’s Verdict on Stalin.

Adored by the ordinary soldiers who served under him and the hero Britain needed in the "Darkest Hour” of its long history, Montgomery was also often hated by his peers, his superiors, and his allies. Our brilliant documentary will explain why this was so by providing the most revealing insights ever into this complex, brilliant, and infuriating man.

Abriendo con la colosal invasión nazi de la URSS, mostramos cómo el propio Stalin casi ayudó a Hitler a conquistar la Unión Soviética en las primeras semanas de Barbarroja. Cómo su paranoia con respecto a sus propios comandantes y potenciales aliados lo cegó a los planes de Hitler. Cómo sus intentos de apaciguar a Hitler fracasaron. Y su falta de liderazgo en las desastrosas etapas iniciales de la campaña.

A magnificent script, newly declassified revelations, testimony from the world's greatest historians and thinkers, and the chilling words of the Fuhrer himself and those of his closest henchmen to deliver History’s Verdict on Hitler. Opening with an astonishing series of insights into the formative years of the future dictator, we trace how the unremarkable son of a provincial bully experienced failure in love and art to then find happiness in the midst of a bloodbath. How Germany's defeat in the Great War catalysed his anti-Semitism and sense of destiny.

Heaven's emperor; man of science; survivor. Brilliant writing, the latest declassified information, witnesses from among the greatest historians, and the hitherto unknown words of the Emperor himself deliver History’s Verdict on Hirohito, the Second World War's most enigmatic leader. Opening with the fateful attack on Pearl Harbor and his role in it, we trace how this great admirer of the Western world had overseen his country's march to war with both the United States of America and the British Empire.

Comenzando con el fatídico ataque a Pearl Harbor y su papel en el mismo, rastreamos cómo este gran admirador del mundo occidental había supervisado la marcha de su país a la guerra tanto con los Estados Unidos de América como con el Imperio Británico. Nos enteramos de su infancia enclaustrada lejos del mundo. Sin embargo, cómo visita Europa y aprende lo que es la libertad. Vemos cómo su legendario abuelo eclipsó a su padre enfermo mental.

Bender has recently become a multimillionaire, and he is about to marry the woman of his dreams. He thinks he lives a charmed life. All that changes when his estranged father is found dead in a snake pit, and Bender is accused of his murder. This is a romantic comedy set in Oregon's high desert.

Erwin Rommel has achieved almost legendary status as the German field marshal of World War Two. Mainly for his cunning in outwitting and outmaneuvering his Allied enemies, he is now known as the Desert Fox. This is a truly remarkable achievement, given the hatred for Nazism and all things Nazi in the wake of World War Two.

Bender is a young insurance adjuster thrown into a lifestyle he knows nothing about. He has a lot to learn, and Charlie, an aging rock shop owner, and her quirky Indian sidekick, Tree, are just the two who can teach him if they can get his mind clear of lusting for Silko, a beautiful, seductive Indian maiden. Then there is the multimillion-dollar land and minerals that Bender is also lusting after.