Author: Emma Read
Publisher: Chicken House
ISBN: 1915026717
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
An edge-of-your-seat adventure packed full of puzzles, spooks and mystery! When Claude’s little sister, Amity, runs off in forbidden Badwell Woods – where children disappear – Deliah, Sam and Claude follow her to a mysterious mansion. Inside, time has frozen in the 1930s and an invitation promises a devious party game. Not long after they find a terrified Amity, hiding from 'ghosts', the floor beneath their feet starts to twist and turn: the rooms are changing places. The house has rearranged itself like a giant Rubik’s cube. To escape, they must solve the puzzle – and the century-old mystery of a girl who disappeared ... A fabulous twist on a timeless haunted house adventure from the acclaimed author of the Milton the Mighty series Scooby-Doo meets The Mysterious Benedict Society via Escape Room Full of friendship, teamwork and logic versus instinct – all wrapped up in a book with thrills, heart and bags of atmosphere Perfect for readers aged 9 and up
The Housetrap
Author: Emma Read
Publisher: Chicken House
ISBN: 1915026717
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
An edge-of-your-seat adventure packed full of puzzles, spooks and mystery! When Claude’s little sister, Amity, runs off in forbidden Badwell Woods – where children disappear – Deliah, Sam and Claude follow her to a mysterious mansion. Inside, time has frozen in the 1930s and an invitation promises a devious party game. Not long after they find a terrified Amity, hiding from 'ghosts', the floor beneath their feet starts to twist and turn: the rooms are changing places. The house has rearranged itself like a giant Rubik’s cube. To escape, they must solve the puzzle – and the century-old mystery of a girl who disappeared ... A fabulous twist on a timeless haunted house adventure from the acclaimed author of the Milton the Mighty series Scooby-Doo meets The Mysterious Benedict Society via Escape Room Full of friendship, teamwork and logic versus instinct – all wrapped up in a book with thrills, heart and bags of atmosphere Perfect for readers aged 9 and up
Publisher: Chicken House
ISBN: 1915026717
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
An edge-of-your-seat adventure packed full of puzzles, spooks and mystery! When Claude’s little sister, Amity, runs off in forbidden Badwell Woods – where children disappear – Deliah, Sam and Claude follow her to a mysterious mansion. Inside, time has frozen in the 1930s and an invitation promises a devious party game. Not long after they find a terrified Amity, hiding from 'ghosts', the floor beneath their feet starts to twist and turn: the rooms are changing places. The house has rearranged itself like a giant Rubik’s cube. To escape, they must solve the puzzle – and the century-old mystery of a girl who disappeared ... A fabulous twist on a timeless haunted house adventure from the acclaimed author of the Milton the Mighty series Scooby-Doo meets The Mysterious Benedict Society via Escape Room Full of friendship, teamwork and logic versus instinct – all wrapped up in a book with thrills, heart and bags of atmosphere Perfect for readers aged 9 and up
HouseTrap
Author: Daniel R. Lee
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595531466
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Dedicated to the American Homeowner And to my wife Veronica for all her support, patience and help in writing this book. To my good friend and colleague Kent, and to my trusted advisor Bob who both let me know that I was the right guy to write it. To my close friend Dave who made me understand what the book needed to be about if I wanted it to help people. To my kids- Nate, Meagan, Andrea and Truman who, one way or another, all reminded me that a person can do anything they set their mind to. I guess they really were listening. And finally, to Ed. Thank you.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 0595531466
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 202
Book Description
Dedicated to the American Homeowner And to my wife Veronica for all her support, patience and help in writing this book. To my good friend and colleague Kent, and to my trusted advisor Bob who both let me know that I was the right guy to write it. To my close friend Dave who made me understand what the book needed to be about if I wanted it to help people. To my kids- Nate, Meagan, Andrea and Truman who, one way or another, all reminded me that a person can do anything they set their mind to. I guess they really were listening. And finally, to Ed. Thank you.
Of Destiny's Daughters
Author: R. J. Hore
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1947128779
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
When a gigantic damaged spaceship suddenly appears over Ottawa requesting assistance the world is thrown into confusion. Why are they really here? If they are having problems, what caused the damage? Then there is the Thorncroft family: Paul is feeling depressed and gets sucked up into a spaceship. Lucile and her ex-military girlfriends are bored and looking for a fight, romance, or something to break up the monotony. Their mother, Martha, is trying to hold the family together while she deals with her husband's PTSD and alcoholism. Everyone else is trying to discover the aliens? secrets and befriend them, or destroy them and anyone who has dealings with them.
Publisher: Lulu.com
ISBN: 1947128779
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 276
Book Description
When a gigantic damaged spaceship suddenly appears over Ottawa requesting assistance the world is thrown into confusion. Why are they really here? If they are having problems, what caused the damage? Then there is the Thorncroft family: Paul is feeling depressed and gets sucked up into a spaceship. Lucile and her ex-military girlfriends are bored and looking for a fight, romance, or something to break up the monotony. Their mother, Martha, is trying to hold the family together while she deals with her husband's PTSD and alcoholism. Everyone else is trying to discover the aliens? secrets and befriend them, or destroy them and anyone who has dealings with them.
Hounds Of Basalt Ville
Author: R. J. Hore
Publisher: BURST
ISBN: 1771551038
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 103
Book Description
As usual, Randy is behind in Bertha’s wages. When she begs him to help her younger brother in a northern mining town, it’s an offset opportunity. Just because there are mysterious goings-on in Basalt Ville, and rumors that Hell Hounds have been seen, there’s no reason for worry. He tackles the job with his usual dramatic flair. The body count piles up, with hounds baying, and even stranger things rising out of the ground, making for an almost-typical few days outside the office.
Publisher: BURST
ISBN: 1771551038
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 103
Book Description
As usual, Randy is behind in Bertha’s wages. When she begs him to help her younger brother in a northern mining town, it’s an offset opportunity. Just because there are mysterious goings-on in Basalt Ville, and rumors that Hell Hounds have been seen, there’s no reason for worry. He tackles the job with his usual dramatic flair. The body count piles up, with hounds baying, and even stranger things rising out of the ground, making for an almost-typical few days outside the office.
The House Trap
Author: Alfred Gingold
Publisher: Workman Publishing
ISBN: 9780894806155
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
A funny look at the trials and tribulations of home ownership from the author of Items from Our Catalog and Snooze; The Best of Our Magazine. For anyone who has bought a house, lived in a house, sold a house or had to fix up a house. Illustrated.
Publisher: Workman Publishing
ISBN: 9780894806155
Category : Humor
Languages : en
Pages : 164
Book Description
A funny look at the trials and tribulations of home ownership from the author of Items from Our Catalog and Snooze; The Best of Our Magazine. For anyone who has bought a house, lived in a house, sold a house or had to fix up a house. Illustrated.
The White Phantom
Author: Wilbur Braun
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN: 9780573629624
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Mystery Characters: 3 male, 4 female Platform with a black cyclorama or drapes. Mrs. Blake rents an old fashioned residence. While she is waiting for her colored maid to arrive, the lights go out, pistol shots are heard, and all sorts of weird happenings occur. Officer Jerry Nolan attributes the strange happenings to "The White Phantom," a notorious criminal terrorizing the neighborhood. When the maid arrives, she is confronted with "The White Phantom" himself! All clues lead to Curt Frazier, who is in love with Mrs. Blake's daughter, Marion. The suspense is tense and there are more thrills.
Publisher: Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN: 9780573629624
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 52
Book Description
Mystery Characters: 3 male, 4 female Platform with a black cyclorama or drapes. Mrs. Blake rents an old fashioned residence. While she is waiting for her colored maid to arrive, the lights go out, pistol shots are heard, and all sorts of weird happenings occur. Officer Jerry Nolan attributes the strange happenings to "The White Phantom," a notorious criminal terrorizing the neighborhood. When the maid arrives, she is confronted with "The White Phantom" himself! All clues lead to Curt Frazier, who is in love with Mrs. Blake's daughter, Marion. The suspense is tense and there are more thrills.
Caste and Class in a Southern Town
Author: John Dollard
Publisher: New Haven Pub. for the Institute of human relations by Yale University Press 1937.
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
Publisher: New Haven Pub. for the Institute of human relations by Yale University Press 1937.
ISBN:
Category : African Americans
Languages : en
Pages : 502
Book Description
Dial M For Mudder
Author: R. J. Hore
Publisher: Champagne Books
ISBN: 177155052X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
In Central City’s shady underworld, even the mob bosses have trouble with theft. Randolph C. Aloysius, a well-known local detective who prefers to work alone, is hired by the Big Gnome (aka Fat Bob) to recover a missing statue. And the Big Gnome insists Randy take famous assassin, Faster Frederica, an X-rated Troll who likes to play with knives, along with him. If that is not trouble enough, Randy must lead an expedition into the swamps of Venus made up of Faster, a Hobgoblin senior citizen, with a teenage Goblin for a guide. Did I mention the evil wizard? Swamps filled with hungry plants and other nasty things, and a dungeon, complete the foggy picture. Of course, treachery abounds; just another normal day at Randy’s office.
Publisher: Champagne Books
ISBN: 177155052X
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 110
Book Description
In Central City’s shady underworld, even the mob bosses have trouble with theft. Randolph C. Aloysius, a well-known local detective who prefers to work alone, is hired by the Big Gnome (aka Fat Bob) to recover a missing statue. And the Big Gnome insists Randy take famous assassin, Faster Frederica, an X-rated Troll who likes to play with knives, along with him. If that is not trouble enough, Randy must lead an expedition into the swamps of Venus made up of Faster, a Hobgoblin senior citizen, with a teenage Goblin for a guide. Did I mention the evil wizard? Swamps filled with hungry plants and other nasty things, and a dungeon, complete the foggy picture. Of course, treachery abounds; just another normal day at Randy’s office.
The Treasure Of The Sarah Madder
Author: R. J. Hore
Publisher: Champagne Books
ISBN: 1771551232
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Take an order from the Committee of Public Safety he can’t refuse and add an expedition made up of an apprentice wizard still wet behind his drooping ears and a teenage elf who just happens to be the favorite niece of a high-ranking CPS agent. With no idea where he is going, what he is looking for, or who is supposed to be trying to stop them, private eyeball Randy is set for a typical trip where things can only go wrong. To make things worse, their cover story is that they are making a film, about butterflies, of all things. Exotic locations, exotic villains, who could ask for anything more to break up the monotony that started out as a typical day at the office? Randy could, if he had the freedom of choice.
Publisher: Champagne Books
ISBN: 1771551232
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 96
Book Description
Take an order from the Committee of Public Safety he can’t refuse and add an expedition made up of an apprentice wizard still wet behind his drooping ears and a teenage elf who just happens to be the favorite niece of a high-ranking CPS agent. With no idea where he is going, what he is looking for, or who is supposed to be trying to stop them, private eyeball Randy is set for a typical trip where things can only go wrong. To make things worse, their cover story is that they are making a film, about butterflies, of all things. Exotic locations, exotic villains, who could ask for anything more to break up the monotony that started out as a typical day at the office? Randy could, if he had the freedom of choice.
Father and Daughter
Author: Oakley, Ann
Publisher: Policy Press
ISBN: 1447318129
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Father and daughter provides an unique ‘insider perspective’ on two key figures in twentieth-century British social science. Ann Oakley, a highly respected sociologist and best-selling writer, draws on her own life and that of her father, Richard Titmuss, a well-known policy analyst and defender of the welfare state, to offer an absorbing view of the connections between private lives and public work. Using an innovative mix of biography, autobiography, intellectual history, archives, and personal interviews, some of which have not been previously available to the public, she provides a compelling narrative about gender, patriarchy, methodology, and the politics of memory and identity. This fascinating analysis defies the usual social science publications to offer a truly distinctive account which will be of wide interest.
Publisher: Policy Press
ISBN: 1447318129
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 320
Book Description
Father and daughter provides an unique ‘insider perspective’ on two key figures in twentieth-century British social science. Ann Oakley, a highly respected sociologist and best-selling writer, draws on her own life and that of her father, Richard Titmuss, a well-known policy analyst and defender of the welfare state, to offer an absorbing view of the connections between private lives and public work. Using an innovative mix of biography, autobiography, intellectual history, archives, and personal interviews, some of which have not been previously available to the public, she provides a compelling narrative about gender, patriarchy, methodology, and the politics of memory and identity. This fascinating analysis defies the usual social science publications to offer a truly distinctive account which will be of wide interest.