Rix: 70 books
Daughters of the Silk Road
A beautiful and epic novel of family, love and the secrets of a Ming Vase
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2016
‘She crossed over to the shelf where her father kept the dragon vase. He had placed it there when they first arrived in Venice. She took it down carefully, feeling it cool and comforting under her shaking fingers.’
Venice 1441: Maria and her brother Daniele arrive in the birthplace of their...
Through a Catholic Lens
Religious Perspectives of 19 Film Directors from Around the World
Language: English
Release Date: April 16, 2007
Movies are often examined for subtext and dramatizations of social and psychological issues as well as current movements. Studies of well-known Catholic directors, such as Alfred Hitchcock and John Ford, have made the search for Catholic themes a reputable field of examination. Through a Catholic...
by Megan Rix
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2016
London 1666 - A terrible plague has swept through the city and people live in fear of animals carrying the disease.
Woofer is a loveable stray who works in the palace kitchen and Tiger Lily is the pampered pet spaniel of King Charles II. They come from very different worlds but this hasn't...
Grizzly Tales: The Gnaughty Gnomes of 'No'!
Cautionary Tales for Lovers of Squeam! Book 7
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2008
Away from the Hothell Darkness ('You'll never leave ...') we book our passage on a rusting hulk at the bottom of the ocean floor, The Hard Ship Grizzly. Read and weep the tales of the wicked children who were too naughty, too selfish, too rude or just ... too much.
by Megan Rix
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 7, 2015
Two friends, fighting their way home . . .
SHANTI and her baby daughter TARA are beautiful circus elephants.
HARVEY is a faithful old collie who leads the show.
Together they are the best of friends.
But with the First World War raging in Europe, the circus is forced to close. The men...
Grizzly Tales: Blubbers and Sicksters
Cautionary Tales for Lovers of Squeam! Book 6
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2008
Read and weep . . . Six brand-new accounts from the Hothell Darkness's Visitor's Book (a.k.a the Book of Grizzly Tales). There's no love lost between the baddest children of all - blubbing brothers and sickening sisters or, as the Night-night Porter so fondly thinks of these rotten relations . . . the blubbers and sicksters!
Grizzly Tales: Terror-Time Toys
Cautionary Tales for Lovers of Squeam! Book 5
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2008
For any child tempted to pinch other people's toys or relegate their own property to the back of a dark cupboard, here are six potent and punchy accounts of careless kids who have done wrong and must face the wrath of the TERROR-TIME TOYS. Read these six stories and weep. Brilliantly illustrated and...
by Megan Rix
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2018
Meet the leader of the Suffragettes, Emmeline Pankhurst, and a particularly plucky pup, during a momentous time in history!
Alfie can't believe his luck when he is allowed to keep a tiny puppy he finds abandoned on the street. Rascal is cute as a button and has lots of attitude, and Emmeline...
by Megan Rix
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: January 7, 2016
'I wish I had a dog . . . It could be a big dog or a little one. It could be any colour or breed. Just most of all I'd like a hearing dog.'
Eleven-year-old Jake is dreading his new school. No one understands how hard it is for him to make friends.
But then Jake meets Echo. Echo is a...
Sketching the Moon
An Astronomical Artist's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: December 11, 2011
For anyone artistically inclined, observing the Moon and attempting to sketch or paint it can easily become a passion. The Moon presents a broad array of tone, texture, and form. Capturing this in a painting or sketch at the eyepiece of a telescope – or even with binoculars – develops observational...
Grizzly Tales: Superzeroes
Cautionary Tales for Lovers of Squeam! Book 8
Language: English
Release Date: September 18, 2008
Away from the Hothell Darkness ('You'll never leave ...') we book our passage on a rusting hulk at the bottom of the ocean floor, The Hard Ship Grizzly. Read and weep the tales of the wicked children who were too naughty, too selfish, too rude or just ... too much.
My Life on Earth
A Memoir
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
My Life on Earth is a most unusual memoir. It’s magical— like the stories people tell huddled around a campfire under the stars. It’s full of rich, vivid and deeply rewarding stories that make you ponder the world we live in and all its grand synchronicity.
You’ll want to take a deep...
Japan's Economic Aid
Policy Making and Politics
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2010
Japan’s arrival since World War Two as a major industrial nation has meant that she has had to bear a greater share of the developed world’s contribution to the developing nations and foreign aid has become an integral part of foreign policy. This book describes the roots of Japan’s aid policy...
by Jamie Rix
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2012
When a young boy called Phelan Whelan is taken to the zoo by his mum on a hot summer's day, the last thing he expects is for a small hot penguin to stow away in his rucksack. Phelan soon realizes that Whistler the penguin can't live in his house, and together they plan to find a new home for him. Preferably an island somewhere near the South Pole...