This novel is a sequel to "When the lion feeds" and follows Sean Courtney through the Boer War and its aftermath.
Adventure stories
-
Auteur:SMITH, WilburSommaire: - Auteur:MORRISSEY, DiSommaire:
In Melbourne, a young woman abandons her baby girl, wrapped in a shawl. The only clue to the baby's origin is the shawl's motif which links her to an ancient rock painting in the Kimberley of WA.
- Auteur:Grossman, LevSommaire:
Kate and her younger brother Tom lead uninteresting lives. That is, until their mysterious and highly irresponsible Uncle Herbert surprises them with a colossal steam locomotive called the Silver Arrow.
- Auteur:ANDREYEV, Leonid NikolayevichSommaire:
The Seven Who Were Hanged depicts the fates of five terrorists foiled in their attack and two common peasants who have received death sentences. These condemned men are awaiting their executions by hanging. In prison, each of the...
- Auteur:Fodi, Lee EdwardSommaire:
When a bright blue winged tiger appears on his aunt’s sofa, Ozzie can tell he’s in for an adventure. He’s thrilled to follow Tug—a skyger—through a secret door in the basement and into Zoone, the bustling Grand Central Station of the...
- Auteur:King, SJ.Sommaire:
Blast off into space with this lunar themed installment of DK's new educational fiction series for children. Meet the Secret Explorers-a band of brainiac kids from all over the world. Everyone in this diverse group of young experts has...
- Auteur:King, SJSommaire:
Meet The Secret Explorers! Children will be inspired to discover the world with these brand new character-driven adventure stories for children. Learn about humpback whales and fascinating deep-sea creatures in this action-packed...
- Auteur:Hassan, RochelleSommaire:
When Roda helps an injured crow, who turns out to be a shapeshifting boy named Ignis, she is thrust into a mystery full of baffling clues from anonymous letters and a perilous journey that leads into the mist and beyond.
- Auteur:JUNGER, SebastianSommaire:
It was the storm of the century, boasting waves over one hundred feet high - a tempest created by such a combination of factors that meteorologists deemed it "the perfect storm".
- Auteur:Stewart, Trenton LeeSommaire:
Some time has passed since the inimitable quartet of Reynie, Sticky, Kate, and Constance have had a mission together. But with the arrival of a new Society member, and a new threat, they must reunite to face dilemmas more dangerous than...
-
Auteur:DiCamillo, KateSommaire:Once, in a house on Egypt Street, there lived a china rabbit named Edward Tulane. The rabbit was very pleased with himself, and for good reason: he was owned by a girl named Abilene, who treated him with the utmost care and adored him...
- Auteur:Lasenby, JackSommaire:
In 1941 there are rumours that the Japanese may invade New Zealand. George's mother decides to send the family to their bach on the east coast of the Coromandel. The children decide that to survive they need to fend for themselves...
-
Auteur:Kipling, RudyardSommaire:Britain is still an Empire and India still her loyal subject when Carnehan and Dravot set out for the wild northern passes "to be kings."
- Auteur:Quinn, JordanSommaire:
Welcome to the Kingdom of Wrenly-a new chapter book series full of fantasy and adventure. Meet Lucas, the eight year-old prince, and Clara, the daughter of the queen's seamstress. Lucas is an only child who longs to make friends...
-
Auteur:TOLKIEN, John R. R.Sommaire:Sauron, the Dark Lord, has gathered to him all the Rings of Power – the means by which he intends to rule Middle-earth. All he lacks in his plans for dominion is the One Ring – the ring that rules them all – which has fallen into the...
-
Auteur:Rotstein, AdiraSommaire:Presenting both of Little Jane Silver's piratical adventures in one special bundle! Little Jane Silver is the granddaughter of the notorious pirate Long John Silver. Growing up on her parents' ship, she vows to become a real pirate. As...
-
Auteur:SMITH, WilburSommaire:Craig Mellows undertakes a secret mission and the chance to return home to Zimbabwe. Under cover of writing a book he investigates ivory poaching and suspected Russian involvement to overthrow the government.
- Auteur:INNES, HammondSommaire:
Ian Ferguson discovers that the death of his father was triggered by an SOS from the leader of a geological expedition in Labrador, supposedly killed in a plane crash. He treks to the desolate north of that country to unravel the...
-
Auteur:Higgins, JackSommaire:Freelance flyer Jack Nelson makes a living peddling his talents to the highest bidder...and now he has a chance to pull off the heist of a lifetime. There are millions in sunken treasure for the taking in a go-for-broke caper tailor-...
- Auteur:HIGGINS, JackSommaire:
It's a trip that agent Paul Chavasse will never forget. His destination: the isolated republic of Albania on the Adriatic coast, at a time when the regime is at its most repressive and the people live in daily fear of the secret...
Pages
