Gavin: 705 books

Isaac is a pupil at an English prep school. His parents live and work in Hong Kong. Unable to spend the summer with Isaac, they arrange for him is to stay with his father’s estranged cousin. Isaac enters the world of inventor and eccentric recluse, Ebenezer Strangeman, who lives in Gravity Falls...

Part of a series of short stories for children ages 4-8 based on reduplication phrases. Twinning endearing animal characters for imaginatively written and beautifully illustrated stories to example each phrase and appeal to both old and young alike...this story twins kiwi and kakepo best friends – Dingle & Dangle!

Penny is an atypical ten-year-old girl because she lives with her parents in the Tower of London! Her father is Chief Yeoman… She discovers an old farthing in the Tower grounds after a trip to the dentist. The farthing dates back to 1483 and Edward V, and has special powers… Penny begins a magical...

If you enjoyed The Hunger Games, you will enjoy Seeker.Set four thousand years after the War of Dividing, Seeker is the story of Salgar, the illegitimate son born to the iconic beauty Elona, of the Holy Brevon Empire and David, the ambassador from the consumer nation of Nuon.When the...

What is everything really made of? If we split matter down into smaller and infinitesimally smaller pieces, where do we arrive? At the Particle Zoo - the extraordinary subatomic world of antimatter, ghostly neutrinos, strange-flavoured quarks and time-travelling electrons, gravitons and glueballs,...

Survival: The Ultimate Outdoor Survival Guide for Staying Alive and Surviving in the Wilderness ☆☆Download Today! Learn the Insider Secrets, Strategies and DIY Hacks to Survive In The Wild and Make It Out Alive☆☆ *NEW 2ND EDITION: Updated & Expanded! Includes new chapter:...

Religion and the Philosophy of Life considers how religion as the source of civilization transforms the fundamental bio-sociology of humans through language and the somatic exploration of religious ritual and prayer. Gavin Flood offers an integrative account of the nature of the human, based on what...

Sinful weekends in Vegas have never been this fun. Natalie Thinking outside the box has gotten my business to the top. Few companies can put together an event with the jaw-dropping quality I deliver. I'll be damned if I let Mr. Stephen Know-it-All Clark steal this potential client from...

There is an ancient prophecy. A long forgotten legend from a distant land... ‘When brother turns on brother and innovation lays waste to the world, after the last straw has fallen and when all seems lost, there will or will not be a seed of reason. But if it be, it will be the boy of bad blood with...

[Updated version - dialogue revisions made, spacing and syntax modified] The continuing story of Brody and Kate, and the new life they're creating for themselves. Along the way comes more visitors, some of them received with open arms, while others are uninvited and unwelcome. The land of Lore, having...

Gavin Hardy and Laurence Totelin have brought together their botanical and historical knowledge to produce this unique overview of ancient botany. It examines all the founding texts of botanical science, such as Theophrastus' Enquiry into Plants, Dioscorides' Materia Medica, Pliny the Elder's Natural...

Depuis qu’il est au chômage, Lucien Minchielli, 47 ans, est affalé sur le canapé du salon. Sophie, sa femme, n’en peut plus. Un jour, subitement, il reprend le sport et s’inscrit au cours de danse de sa fille Sarah, qui en est mortifiée. Paul, le petit dernier, se réfugie chez sa grand-mère,...

This ingenious book tells the story of how a simple family game based on telling a story using ten unconnected words grew into a unique creative writing programme. Packed with illustrative stories and screenplays, it will entertain and inspire you in equal measure as you discover that Decamot can...

The new biannual, peer-reviewed Journal of Romanian Studies, jointly developed by The Society for Romanian Studies and ibidem Press, examines critical issues in Romanian studies, linking work in that field to wider theoretical debates and issues of current relevance, and serving as a forum for junior...