From the internationally bestselling creator of Claude and Mr Penguin comes a brand-new tongue-in-cheek murder mystery series, stylishly illustrated in black and white, and perfect for fans of Robin Stevens, Enola Holmes and Knives Out.When the tyrannical family patriarch Sir Ignatious Gristle is murdered on his 90th birthday at his country estate, every one of his gathered family members is a suspect. Trapped by a snowstorm with no way to contact...

The second book in a hilarious middle-grade mystery series from bestselling author Alex T. Smith!Ten-year-old Jacob Oolong and his best friend J. Algernon Pickle (a very dapper beaver detective) expect a relaxing South of France holiday filled with world-famous ice cream sundaes. Instead, they are plunged straight into an international crime wave!When Jacob's aunt accidentally swaps her tiara with a Duchess, the detective duo leaps into action. A hilarious ...

Is your child a race car enthusiast?Do car parts and auto related illustrations make your children interested?Why not make learning alphabet more fun and more engaging for your baby driver?Introduce them to alphabet and car parts so that they can learn ABC's in the motorhead under-the-hood way!The "ABC Book of Car Parts For Kids" contains:26 alphabetic colorful illustrations of actual car partsEasy description of the function of each ...

Is your child a race car enthusiast?Do car parts and auto related illustrations make your children interested?Why not make learning alphabet more fun and more engaging for your baby driver?Introduce them to alphabet and car parts so that they can learn ABC's in the motorhead under-the-hood way!The A is for Alternator book contains:26 alphabetic colorful illustrations of actual car partsEasy description of the function of each part

There is a particular hour between six and eight in the evening that everyone reading this book knows intimately. The capable person who mailed things and answered emails that morning is gone, replaced by someone staring into a refrigerator full of food that technically qualifies as ingredients, feeling a heavy resistance to doing anything with it. The resistance is not laziness, and it is not a lack of cooking skill. It is a neurological condition meeting a daily pattern, and the answer i...

You want to cook Mediterranean on Tuesday, but you do not want 4 pans and 45 minutes of cleanup after a long day. You also do not want to hunt down rare ingredients or memorize strict rules. This book solves both with 30 complete dinners that come together in 1 pot, 1 pan, 1 skillet, or 1 Dutch oven and leave you with 1 vessel to rinse.Built on vegetables, beans, grains, olive oil, herbs, fish, and modest dairy, these meals are satisfying, colorful, and aligned with the heart healt...

Imagine if Hercule Poirot was a beaver... A fast-paced crime caper for readers aged 7+ with black and white illustrations.Ten-year-old Jacob Oolong lives with his eccentric great aunt, Lady Petronella Oolong in the penthouse flat of Odd-Doings House.They arrive home one afternoon to find an enormous heart shaped box of delicious chocolates has arrived for Lady Oolong. And these aren't any old chocolates though. These are from Eclair's (Est. 1844) and are th...

From Alex T. Smith, bestselling author of the Claude series and How Winston Delivered Christmas**, comes a fantastically festive Christmas adventure about a gorgeous grumpy character. A modern day Grinch, The Grumpus is** a heartwarming story that celebrates the true meaning of Christmas, accompanied by irresistible colour artwork to make it the perfect story for ...

Death comes for us all.In the glorious heat of a Norfolk summer, the Extreme Crime Task Force is facing its biggest case yet: organising DS Kate Savage and PC Aaron Duke’s wedding.It should be a joyous escape after months of heartbreak. But the celebrations are interrupted by the discovery of a young woman, bloodied and barefoot, who claims she has just escaped from hell.What she leads DCI Kett and the team to is a nightmare beyond imagination: a ho...

From the internationally bestselling creator of Claude comes a hero like no other: Mr Penguin. Indiana Jones meets Hercule Poirot in this series from Alex T. Smith, ideal for 7+ readers of Dave Pigeon.This new Alex T. Smith series has plenty of slapstick humour, mystery and adventure: highly illustrated throughout with a striking black and orange design.It has been weeks since Mr Penguin's last adventure and he's been stuck at his desk, twiddling his flippe...

From the internationally bestselling creator of Claude comes a hero like no other: Mr Penguin. Indiana Jones meets Hercule Poirot in this series from Alex T. Smith, ideal for 7+ readers of Dave Pigeon.Mr Penguin is boarding a luxury cruise ship. He doesn't like water, and he can't swim, but his friend Colin is performing with the Ladies Choir on board - and anyway, Mr Penguin feels like a rest after some busy Adventuring. What's more, fish finger sandwiches are app...

This book is about the negotiation strategies legislators use to end stalemate. Throughout American history, legislative bodies struggle to act on controversial policy topics. By looking at the Constitutional Convention of 1787, the Compromise of 1850, the Civil Rights Act of 1957, and the Affordable Care Act of 2010, we gain a better understanding of how politicians try to change legislators’ minds when voting on bills. In doing so, we build a theory about the political conditions in whic...