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During their Christmas holidays in the “red heart” of Australia, Penny and Bob set out to look for a very special boomerang that is missing from an Aboriginal museum near Ayers Rock. The situation gets serious and they get lost in the unfriendly Australian bush. There they meet Sel, a young Aborigine, and his grandfather who give them clues about the location of the boomerang. From then on their cultural holiday turns into an exciting adventure!

Ugly and unwanted by the outside world, Quasimodo the hunchback lives under the protection of the priest in the Cathedral of Notre-Dame. Then his quiet life is destroyed by the priest’s evil plans for a beautiful gypsy girl. The priest needs Quasimodo’s help. But the hunchback has other ideas.

When they were young, Anne Elliot and Captain Wentworth were in love. Though Wentworth wanted a life together with her, Anne was persuaded not to marry him. Many years later they meet again, but have their feelings changed?

There is a climate of secrecy and fear at the Paris Opera. People are dying and a beautiful, talented young singer has disappeared. Is this the work of the Opera ghost? Is the ghost a man or a monster? And what else will he do to get what he wants?

Northern Ireland, 2000. Fiona is the 16-yearold captain of the ARG, a female rugby team taking part in a peace project. The project aims at uniting Protestant and Catholic students in sport. However, old and new conflicts emerge when Colin, an English boy, falls in love with Fiona. Will sport and friendship be able to overcome religious and political divisions?

Pip is a poor orphan whose life is changed forever by two very different meetings, one with an escaped convict, and the other with an eccentric old lady and the beautiful girl who lives with her. And who is the mysterious person who leaves him a fortune?

Becky Sharp, an intelligent young lady with no family or money, becomes a governess. But this type of life is not enough for her. She has big plans for herself. Is she clever enough to find success? Will she marry and be happy? Or will life be unkind to her?

The man has been shot many times, but he lives. Who wants to kill him, and why? The man can’t remember. He can’t even remember his name. As he begins to learn about his past, he becomes even more confused. Read the thrilling novel that was adapted into the hit movie starring Matthew Damon.

England, 1651. The Knightmare is a highwayman who is feared in the dark streets of London. With the help of a mysterious assistant, the Knightmare is searching for jewellery from another world and comes face to face with the Doctor.

The Story of the Internet charts the development of an invention that has had a more dramatic effect on human communication than any since the telephone. From the first networked computers during the cold war to the Silicon Valley, this fascinating book tells the story of the major events that shaped the Internet as we know it today.

Two babies are born on the same day in England. One boy is a prince and the other boy is from a very poor family. Ten years later, they change places for a game. But then the old king dies and they cannot change back. Will the poor boy be the new King of England?

This is a great love story set in the tragedy of war. It is 1941. The Italian officer, Captain Corelli, falls in love with Pelagia, a young Greek girl. But Pelegia’s fiancé is fighting the Italian army. Captain Corelli’s Mandolin has been made into a film, starring Nicolas Cage.

The Doctor and Clara have to save a Viking village from space warriors from the future, the Mire. Without the villagers’ best fighters, or the technology of the Mire, how can they win? And why is the Doctor so interested in one Viking girl?

Paul Sheldon is Annie Wilkes’s favorite writer. She loves all his books about Misery Chastain. When Annie finds Paul after a car accident, she takes him home to look after him. Then Annie discovers that Paul wants to kill Misery and write a different kind of book. She is determined to stop him, and Paul becomes her prisoner.

Ebenezer Scrooge is rich but he is a mean old man with no friends. It is Christmas Eve but he’s still in his office counting money. He doesn’t like Christmas – it costs too much! Later that night, Scrooge is visited by three ghosts. They show him scenes from his life. They show him the present, Christmas Eve in Victorian England where both rich and poor are enjoying Christmas with family and friends. They show him a frightening, lonely future. In this famous story by Charles Dickens, Christmas brings a surprising change in Ebenezer Scrooge…

The Doctor and his companion, Clara, are on the most beautiful train in history, speeding past the stars of the future. But something terrible is killing the passengers. After you see the mummy, you only have 66 seconds. Then... You die!

The Doctor and Clara, with their friend Rigsy, find themselves in an alien world, on a street hidden in the heart of London. Inside there are some of the most frightening beings imaginable, and Ashildr! The visitors are faced with a death sentence.

A man fell from a very tall building. Why didn’t he die? Why did a dead woman have a frozen chicken under her hat? What fell out of an old man’s ear, and why did everybody laugh? And how did a cow fly? Find the answers in these strange stories.

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The Moonstone is an ancient Indian diamond which brings disaster to everyone who owns it. Rachel Verinder’s uncle gives her the diamond as a birthday present, but that same night it is stolen. The Moonstone is now seen as the first, and one of the best, English detective novels.

In 1673, young John Ridd meets a little girl called Lorna Doone. Seven years later they meet again and fall in love. Unfortunately the Doones are a family of robbers and murderers. One of them, Carver, killed John’s father and now wants to marry Lorna. Can John save Lorna from her worst fears?

Up in the air! Down on the ground! Under the water! Extreme sports are new, exciting, and dangerous! Learn about extreme sports from aerial ballet to zorbing. Read about the crazy people who love extreme sports. Are extreme sports for you?

Phileas Fogg is living quietly in London. Then he makes a bet that he can travel around the world in eighty days. The result is a crazy, exciting race against time across Europe, Asia and America. There are many dangers along the way, and a detective who wants to arrest him!

Alone, without the Doctor, Clara discovers a new danger from another dimension. But how do you hide when even the walls give no protection? People need help and the Doctor can’t leave the TARDIS. And Clara has to fight an enemy that can’t be seen.