Stuart David's Cult classic, The Peacock Manifesto, was described by The Scotsman as a "lightning paced explosion on the page."

Lernen?! Nicht mit Jack! Schließlich gibt’s dafür 'ne App ...Jack hat es gründlich satt: Ständig kriegt er eins auf den Deckel, weil er im Unterricht nicht aufpasst! Aber damit ist jetzt Schluss, denn Jack hat DIE Idee, wie er aus der öden Schulnummer rauskommt: eine App, mit der man sich unbemerkt aus Mathe, Englisch & Co. ausklinken kann und trotzdem Bestnoten abräumt! Der Haken: Jack hat keinen Schimmer vom Programmieren – dafür aber den nächsten Geistesblitz: N...

Lovable rogue Peacock Johnson must solve a murder to keep D I McFadgen in a job

Meet fifteen-year-old Jack “The Jackdaw” Dawson, a young man with a serious plan. Daydreaming in class one day, Jack gets an idea he knows can't fail: an app that stops you from daydreaming in class. (Ahem . . . ) Fame, glory, and tons of money seem just around the corner. But Jack runs into some trouble, and suddenly this sure thing doesn’t seem quite so sure.Ricocheting from the absurd to the profound in his first book for teens, Stuart David uses his extraordinary intelligence a...

Stuart Horten, ten years old and small for his age, is about to have the strangest ADVENTURE of his life.After moving to the boring town of Beeton, he finds himself swept up in an INCREDIBLE QUEST to find his great-uncle's lost legacy: a magician's workshop stuffed with trickery and MAGIC. There are clues to follow, unbearable neighbours to avoid and PUZZLES to solve, but what starts as FUN ends up as DANGER, and Stuart begins to realise that he can't finish the task on his own . ....

Stuart Horten (aged ten, but looks younger) is now the owner of a Magician's Workshop - a treasure trove of illusions and the gateway to seven magical adventures. Except that without his great-uncle's last will and testament, Stuart can't actually prove the workshop is his.Can he solve the puzzles and find the will before it's too late? Or will the looming danger and increasing risks ruin his friendships for good?

**“An extraordinary recovery of a lost world.”—Peter Brown, author of The World of Late AntiquityFrom the world-leading expert on the Maya, a monumental history of a flourishing civilization across three millennia**The Four Heavens brings to life the cultural and visual splendor of the ancient Maya, drawing on the oldest indigenous texts of the Americas and the latest archaeological discoveries to present an entirely new history of this spectacular civiliz...

From the world-leading expert on the Maya, a monumental history of a flourishing civilization across three millenniaThe Four Heavens brings to life the cultural and visual splendor of the ancient Maya, drawing on the oldest indigenous texts of the Americas and the latest archaeological discoveries to present an entirely new history of this spectacular civilization. Renowned historian and archaeologist David Stuart, who has made groundbreaking contributions ...

"A taut, suspenseful, terrifically well-researched historical thriller about the greatest crime of the 19th Century." ~William Martin, New York Times Bestselling Author of The Lincoln Letter and Bound for Gold.In 1900, former Congressman John Bingham tells his doctor, Jamie Fraser, about a terrible secret he learned thirty-five years ago while prosecuting John Wilkes Booth's co-conspirators in the assassination of Abraham Lincoln—a secret that cou...

Nearly twenty-five years ago, David Stuart published an article titled “The Arrival of Strangers,” in which he proposed that “Spearthrower Owl,” a prominent historical figure cited in the Early Classic inscriptions of Tikal, might be a ruler of Teotihuacan. Stuart expands on this provocative argument in Spearthrower Owl: A Teotihuacan Ruler in Maya History, offering evidence that Spearthrower Owl was a historical individual whose political legacy reverberated for generations in th...

New town, new job, new neighbor...new crush.I’ve got a serious problem, and it goes by the name of Ted Jones. Even his name is nerdy! Combine that with his glasses, lean runner’s frame, crazy smarts, and superhero addiction, and he’s got my lady engine revving hard.What can I say? I’ve got a thing for hot nerds.But our shy glances and awkward exchanges in the elevator aren’t going to cut it. This nerd is mine; he just doesn’t know it yet.

Explore the Royal Gardens of the Tudors and Stuarts, and how these unique landscapes played key roles in international diplomacy. This will be of particular interest to those studying garden design, post-medieval archaeology, social and political history, as well as royal court studies.Monarchs, no less than their subjects, want to impress their guests. This book is about gardens as one aspect of creating favorable impressions – soft power – in particular through t...