A cobbler girl tricks the Wawel Dragon, after all the king's knights fail...The Polar Bear King loses his skin...Momotaro, born from a peach, defies the ogres everyone else is too scared to face...Snow White and Rose Red make friends with a bear...From Poland to Iceland, Japan to Germany, these ten fairytales from across the globe re-told as comics will have you enthralled. Giants! Trolls! Witches! Beasts! You will encounter ...

In summer 2000 a new media phenomenon was born - Big Brother. Rivetting the viewing public and the media alike, it was watched by over 10 million people.The very first winner was Craig Phillips, the endearing Liverpudlian 'chippie with a heart of gold'. He emerged from the big Brother house with 3.7 million votes and promptly gave his entire £70,000 winnings to a friend with Downs Syndrome.Craig already had an established and successful construction business and after leavi...

Backpacking, Travelling, Gap Year, Big Trip, Sabbatical, Career Break, or whatever else you want to call it - this book aims to provide you with all the first-hand information, tips and help you could possibly need in regards to planning your adventure.Written by experienced backpacker, Craig Phillips, the creator of backpackeradvice.comBackpacking Around The World For First Timers chapters include:Should You Go Backpacking?Ways To Fund Your TripInitia...

(USA/European Edition)PIRATES! CURSES! CUTLASSES!Meet Jack Scratch. Pint sized hero. Swashbuckler. Adventurer... and singer of pirate ditties!Together with Cap'n Catnip - The World's Greatest Mariner - and his Uncle Silver, Jack is about to embark on a quest to find the fabled treasure of the Hiss-paniola!And he'll encounter a whole lot of trouble along the way.Created by award-winning author and illustrator Craig Phillips, this is the first in The Adve...

Go on an adventure with Gary the Time-Travelling Goat and help him find his magic jellybeans! Gary is one unique, kooky goat who has a bright technicolor beard that enables him to travel through time, granting wishes to anyone he meets. He keeps his beard long and wavy by adding his magic jellybeans to his favorite dish...Gary's famous 'Yummy Tum Stew'! There's only one problem; Gary had an accident on his time-travels and lost all his magic jellybeans somewhere between future and past, so...

When twelve-year-old Dalya is dragged to Istanbul to help sell her family's ancestral home, the visit begins unpromisingly. Most of the aged mansion is off-limits because it's falling apart, her father is ignoring her, and her great aunt keeps prattling on about a family curse. Despite warnings against it, Dalya tiptoes upstairs, where she finds an old bottle of magic ink hidden under a floorboard. She asks the bottle's jinn (aka genie) to grant her a simple wish...to send her home. Except...

Dawk and Hype find themselves in the middle of an alchemist mystery in 1600s Prague.

Having a special power isn't all funWhat would you do if you could hear into the past?Brianna, a teenage girl, lives in Florida with her Mom, swims for the high school team in the evenings, hangs out with her friends on the weekends. Sounds pretty normal, hey? Except she’s not. What fifteen year old girl, is? True, but how many teenagers can hear people that aren’t there?Shortly after the death of her father, Brianna discovers she has a str...

Lonely Planet's local travel experts reveal all you need to know to plan the trip of a lifetime to Japan.Discover popular and off the beaten track experiences from visiting Yoshino for Japan's most famous cherry-blossom-viewing festival to sipping sake at a 300-year-old brewery in Niigata, and exploring the Unesco-listed streetscapes of Hagi.Build a trip to remember with Lonely Planet's

(Piano/Vocal/Guitar Artist Songbook). Our matching folio to the 2006 release by this popular CCM trio of full-time pastors includes the hit single "Your Name," the title song, and eight more: Amazed * Because of That Blood * I Will Boast * One Way * That's My Lord * more.

The long-awaited consolidation of the UK merchant shipping legislation finally arrived with the passing of the Merchant Shipping Act 1995 which replaced the thirty or so Acts dating from the Merchant Shipping Act 1894. This new edition of Merchant Shipping Act 1995 - An Annotated Guide provides an authoritative and practical guide to the implications of this important legislation.Written in a clear and accessible style, the authors guide you chronologically through each of the Act'...

Every leader in the social sector starts out believing they can change the world. But they often find that making a clear, measurable difference isn't easy. Few, by mid-career, are achieving quite as much impact as they anticipated. Some leaders settle for that and focus on having a decent career.Others don't sit back. Instead, they look to take their effectiveness as a social sector leader to another level. This book shares the experience of more than 25 exceptional leaders runnin...