Isla, a young girl with a magical bond to the sea, embarks on an extraordinary adventure to find the fabled Mermaid’s Pearl, a treasure said to possess the power to heal the ocean.Joined by Sparkle, her witty seahorse companion, Isla faces fierce underwater storms, trickster creatures, and ancient guardians to reach the pearl before those with dark intentions can seize it.Along her journey, Isla discovers that true treasure is not always something you can hold, but the wisd...

Kevin, a fearless diver, embarks on an unforgettable adventure when he is swept into the Phantom Depths, an eerie and haunted part of the ocean where no one has ever returned.As Kevin faces spectral creatures, sunken shipwrecks, and mysterious underwater puzzles, he must use his wit, bravery, and respect for the ocean’s power to survive. Along the way, he uncovers secrets hidden deep in the sea and learns valuable lessons about the balance between fear and reverence.Kev...

Brought to you by Penguin.Unleash the dark and delirious with this electrifying anthology of folk horror from some of Britain's most iconic working-class voicesA phonograph cylinder that plays on a loop for eternity, casting out ghostly spectres of violence; a centuries-old stew made of severed body parts; a bigoted woman working at an ossuary, the bones she watches over her only remaining friends; three siblings who set out to scatter thei...

The perfect book for fans of small town romanceBeatrice Norton is a country girl. Working on a farm by day and pulling pints at the Big Apple pub by night, her simple life suits her just fine.Arthur Redgrave is city boy. Raised in luxury by acting royalty, he dreams of conquering the Big Apple – New York – and isn’t afraid to trade off his parents’ name to get there.But fed up with his entitled attitude, his parents ship him off to ...

As early as the 1940s, Walter L. Shaw was thinking of speakerphones, conference calls, and call forwarding. Of the thirty-nine patents to his credit, those three telephonic breakthroughs were his biggest inventions, yet nobody knows his name. Ahead of the world by decades, Shaw spent a lifetime inventing and patenting the many means of communication we take for granted, but he was repeatedly cheated by shrewd businessmen and big corporations.His son, Walter T. Shaw, was enraged by ...

After being Christened Valentine, Master Vincent had grown up naturally being popular amongst the girls at school. Until that is until an American kid showed up. Befriending him was easy. Understanding him was a different story altogether. In this coming of age gay comic short story, just who will bring Valentine out to be his true self.The Yank, a wannabe ballet dancer, as well as the kid who outgrows his acne, all try to help Valentine understand his sexuality. When he does reali...

With the target date for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) behind us, this book asks did they work? And what happens next? Arguing that to effectively look forward, we must first look back, the editors of this insightful book gather leading scholars and practitioners from a range of backgrounds and regions to provide an in-depth exploration of the MDG project and its impact.Contributors use region-specific case studies to explore the effectiveness of the MDGs in addressing th...

This is an SBA question book aimed at the post-graduate radiology market, specifically those taking the Fellowship of the Royal College of Radiology (FRCR) part 2 ('final') exams. This is a complementary title to The Final FRCR: Complete Revision Notes, which published in 2018.Part 2 of the FRCR is itself composed of two elements. Part 2a is a series of six multiple choice exams covering the major body systems: musculoskeletal & trauma, gastrointestinal, genitourin...

This is a vital revision aid for postgraduate radiology students taking the Fellowship of the Royal College of Radiology (FRCR) Part 2 final exams. Part 2 comprises two elements: 2a includes a series of six multiple choice exams covering the major body systems, and 2b contains a written exam and an oral viva typically taken at the beginning of the fourth year of specialty training.

The language of Poetry is an art that most of us attempt at some point in our lives. Although its commonplace exposure has been somewhat marginalised in today’s often fast-paced lives we all recognise good verse that can empathise with our thoughts or open us up to experience new things in new ways, to better understand and to enjoy the many strands of our lives.But finding a starting point can be overwhelming, even off-putting, so in this series we offer up our Top 10 classic poet...

Throughout the long centuries of human history is the want, and the need, to share information, to exchange ideas and for that knowledge and experience, for curiosity and learning, to be the basis of a civil society.In literature the ambition is much narrower. In order to be known, to be popular, you had to be published. And for that people had to know you existed and your ideas worth reading. Obviously for most of humanity’s time people couldn’t read and texts couldn’t be publishe...

There is something about the number 3.The Ancient Greeks believed 3 was the perfect number, and in China 3 has always been a lucky number, and they know a thing or two.Most religions also have 3 this and 3 that and, of course, in these more modern times, three’s a crowd may be too many, except when it’s a ménage à trois. It seems good things usually come in threes.Whatever history and culture says WE think 3, a hat-trick of stories, is a great number to explore them...