The Day of The Djinn Warriors

Djinn twins John and Philippa are off on another whirlwind adventure that takes them around the globe and into unknown worlds. And it's a race against time as they attempt to rescue their mother from her fate as the Blue Djinn of Babylon. An aging curse has been placed on their father and if the twins are gone too long, he'll rapidly become an old man. Meanwhile, museums all over the world a…

The Blue Djinn of Babylon

John and Philippa Gaunt are twelve-year-old twins who recently discovered themselves to be descended from a long tine of djinn (which are commonly called genies). They are now in possession of great magical powers and have just returned from their adventures battling an evil djinn in Cairo and London. When the Solomon Grimoire, which can give its user complete power over all djinn, is reported…

The Cobra King of Kathmandu

From New York Times-bestselling author P. B. Kerr comes the third volume in this exceptional, imaginative adventure series about a twin boy and girl who discover they are djinns, or genies. In the third book of the bestselling Children of the Lamp series, djinn twins, John and Philippa Gaunt, are on the trail of another magical mystery. As they travel from New York to London to Nepal and…

20.000 Leagues Under The Sea

Jules Verne’s classic science fiction fantasy carries its hero—Professor Aronnax of the Museum of Paris—on a thrilling and dangerous journey far below the waves to see what creatures live in the ocean’s depths. In the process, Verne imagined a vessel that had not yet been invented: the submarine.

Black Beauty

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

9781402711442

Collation

152p; ill; bw; hc

Series Title

Classic Starts

Call Number

823 SEW B

Deadheads

from the back cover: An English rose garden on a summer's day. A small boy watches with interest as his great-aunt cuts the deadheads off the rosebushes with a sharp knife. What could be more peaceful, more harmless? Young Patrick grows up to be a calm, pleasant man, with a good job, a wife and two children, and the best rose garden for miles around. When somebody tells the police that Patrick…

The Big Sleep

Edition

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ISBN/ISSN

9780194791656

Collation

88p; ill; bw; pbk

Series Title

Oxford Bookworms 4

Call Number

CHA

A Dubious Legacy

from the back cover: In 1944 Henry Tillotson brings his new wife, Margaret, home to his farmhouse in the English countryside. Margaret is a strange, unpleasant woman, determined, it seems, to make Henry's life miserable. 'Poor Henry!' say his friends, as they visit at weekends and holidays. 'What an awful life he has!' But Henry is not at all the sad and disappointed man we might expect him to…

Planes: The Movie Storybook

Planes follows Dusty Crophopper (voiced by Dane Cook), a big-hearted, speed-loving crop duster who dreams of competing in the toughest and most exhilarating around-the-world air race in history. With the support of friends old and new, Dusty reaches heights he never dreamed possible—and in the process, gives a world the inspiration to soar. Boys ages 2–5 who love Disney\Pixar Cars will love…

The Last Sherlock Holmes Story

from the back cover: For fifty years after Dr Watson's death, a packet of papers, written by the doctor himself, lay hidden in a locked box. The papers contained an extraordinary report of the case of Jack the Ripper and the horrible murders in the East End of London in 1888. The detective, of course, was the great Sherlock Holmes - but why was the report kept hidden for so long? This is th…