Meet the great Skulduggery Pleasant: wise-cracking detective, powerful magician, master of dirty tricks & burglary (in the name of the greater good, of course). Oh yeah. & dead. Then there`s his sidekick, Stephanie. She`s...well, she`s a twelve-year-old girl. With a pair like this on the case, evil had better watch out...” So you won`t keep anything from me again?” He put his hand to his chest. ” Cross my heart & hope to die.” ” Okay then. Though you don`t actually have a heart, ” she said. ”I know.” ” And technically, you`ve already died.” ”I know that too.” ” Just so we`re clear.” Stephanie`s uncle Gordon is a writer of horror fiction. But when he dies & leaves her his estate, Stephanie learns that while he may have written horror, it certainly wasn`t fiction. Pursued by evil forces intent on recovering a mysterious key, Stephanie finds help from an unusual source
- the wisecracking skeleton of a dead wizard. When all hell breaks loose, it`s lucky for Skulduggery that he`s already dead. Though he`s about to discover that being a skeleton doesn`t stop you from being tortured, if the torturer is determined enough. & if there`s anything Skulduggery hates, it`s torture... Will evil win the day? Will Stephanie & Skulduggery stop bickering long enough to stop it? One thing`s for sure: evil won`t know what`s hit it.
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Topographic survey of Sweden at 1:50, 000, the Terrängkartan, from the Lantmäteriet, covering most of the country in 244 double-sided maps. Please note: the mountainous regions of central & northern Sweden are not covered by this series but presented in a separate “ Fjällkartan
- Mountain Map” series also listed on our website. Each 1:50, 000 topographic survey map covers an area of 37.5 x 40km. The maps have contours at 5 metre intervals, plus relief shading & graphics for rocky outcrops & boulders. Further graphics and/or colouring show different types of land use or vegetation (forests, arable l&, orchards, marshes, peat bogs, etc). An unusual feature of this survey is the colouring indicating buildings below or above two storeys high & “leisure/holiday homes”. The maps indicate privately maintained roads & include all other information expected of topographic survey at this scale. The maps have a 1-km UTM grid, plus latitude & longitude lines 5’ intervals. Map legend

Includes:: English. For coverage of the country’s most visited hiking areas in central & northern Sweden please see Lantmäteriet’s Mountain Map series, listed separately on our website.


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The Skull & Crossbones Flag by World Wide Flags is an ideal decoration for Halloween or pirate themed party & also great for kids to play with. It features two eyelets for easy mounting on a pole or hanging on the wall. The flag is made from 100% polyester. ...

The Skull Formal Cane by Classic Canes with R925 silver handle & hardwood shaft. This is an extremely elegant & formal cane, suitable for light balance & support. The skull is beautifully detailed, with suitably sinister eye & nasal sockets & a full set of teeth. The angle at which the skull is set onto the cane means that it is also extremely comfortable to hold & use. The black hardwood shaft is fitted with a smart, chrome ferrule to complete the formal appearance. Overall height 90cm. Not suitable for heavy or orthopaedic use. Hallmark explanation: The Italian-made handle is hallmarked 'R925': the European hallmark for silver that has been applied in a layer over a moulded head. The R stands for 'rivestito', Italian for 'covered'. The '925' means that the metal used contains at least 925 parts pure silver to each 1000 parts. European '925 silver' is the same quality of silver that in the UK is referred to as 'sterling silver'. ...

The Skull with Bandana or Pirate Flag by World Wide Flags is an ideal decoration for Halloween or pirate themed party & also great for kids to play with. It features two eyelets for easy mounting on a pole or hanging on the wall. The flag is made from 100% polyester. ...

This title showcases the sheer beauty of the sky, with magnificent colour photographs. All aspects are covered from the golden colours of dawn to spectacular storms & cloud formations. This is a stunning book that will fascinate everyone from budding meteorologists to lovers of beautiful images. Packed with full colour photographs, Sky showcases the sheer beauty of the sky. All aspects are covered from diverse cloud formations, the golden colours of dawn & dusk, spectacular storms & unique weather, plus a wide range of meteorological phenomena. The book also details the wonders of our night sky from the beautiful constellations, to meteors & the moon. Each image is reproduced in full colour & often full page. An inspiration for every budding meteorologist, keen sky watcher or lover of beautiful images. ...

` Driver`s prose takes flight in Huntress: Sky. Exhilarating, gripping & full of heart` Kiran Millwood Hargrave, author of The Girl of Ink & Stars. The second book in a stunning new fantasy adventure trilogy, perfect for readers aged 9+ & fans of Philip Pullman, Piers Torday, Abi Elphinstone, Katherine Rundell & Frances Hardinge. Seek the scattered Storm-Opals of Sea, Sky & L&, before an enemy finds them & uses them to wield dark power... The trail of the Storm-Opals takes Mouse further than she has ever been before. With her little brother Sparrow & friend Crow alongside her, she stumbles into the world of Sky, where fortresses are hidden amongst the clouds, secret libraries (skybraries) nestle atop gigantic icebergs & the sky swirls with warring tribes & their ferocious flying beasts. Can they solve Da`s message before it`s too late for their ship, their tribe & the whole of Trianukkasky-soaring, beast-chattering, dream-dancing, draggle-riding, terrodyl-flying, world-saving adventure. Praise for Sea, the first book in The Huntress Trilogy:` Moonsprites. Terrodyls. Beastchatter. The Huntress: Sea is a heart-thumpingly brilliant adventure. Paver meets Pullman. A real gem`
- Abi Elphinstone, author of The Dreamsnatcher & The Shadow Keeper`A glorious world, a wild adventure & a fierce heroine. I can`t stop thinking about this book!`
- Robin Stevens, author of Murder Most Unladylike If you like Northern Lights, The Lie Tree, The Girl of Ink & Stars & Rooftoppers, you`ll love The Huntress Trilogy. Sarah Driver is a graduate of the Bath Spa MA in Writing for Young People, during which she won the United Agents Most Promising Writer prize in 2014. She is also a qualified nurse & midwife. Sarah started writing stories as a small child & lists her influences as Spellhorn by Berlie Doherty, A Necklace Of Raindrops by Joan Aiken & the Carbonel books by Barbara Sleigh
- those gorgeous, magical stories that create & nurture readers. When she`s not writing, she can be found walking by the sea, visiting exhibitions, reading or travelling, often in the name of research. She has seen humpback whales from an oak boat in the northern seas of Icel&, eaten cubes of six-month fermented Greenland shark, & journeyed by train beyond the arctic circle to the far north of Swedish Lapl&, where she rode a slightly obstinate horse through a forest, under the northern lights, in temperatures of -32 degrees. She has learned that even horrifying bouts of sea-sickness make excellent research material. Sky is the second book in Sarah`s debut series, The Huntress trilogy. Sarah lives in Sussex, close to the sea, with Lily, a street-wise ginger cat & an excitable mini-lop bunny named Peter.


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Building on the ongoing success of the ” Cube Book” series, ” White Star” has condensed the chunky format of the traditional ” Cube Book” format to present the ” Mini Cube” series. These small format volumes are unabridged. Due to their particular shape & format, the ” Mini Cubes” are not only books; they are objects to play with or to collect. Each of these palm sized books is a tiny treasure trove of images. ...

As a young girl in China Xinran heard a rumour about a soldier in Tibet who had been brutally fed to the vultures in a ritual known as a sky burial: the tale frightened & fascinated her. Several decades later Xinran met Shu Wan, a Chinese woman who had spent years searching for her missing husband who had been serving as a doctor in Tibet; her extraordinary life story would unravel the legend of the sky burial. For thirty years she was lost in the wild & alien landscape of Tibet, in the vast & silent plateaus & the magisterial mountain ranges, living with communities of nomads moving with the seasons & struggling to survive. In this haunting book, Xinran recreates Shu Wen`s remarkable journey in an epic story of love, loss, loyalty & survival. Moving, shocking &, ultimately, uplifting Sky Burial paints a unique portrait of a woman & a l&, both at the mercy of fate & politics. ...

A encounter with a boy dangling from the sky changes pickpocket Magpie`s life forever. Like her, the boy dreams of flying over the rooftops of Paris. His family, the Montgolfiers, are desperate to be first to discover the secret of flight. Together with Pierre, Magpie is soon caught up in a world of inflatable bloomers, spies & a trio of unruly animals in a race to be the first to fly a hot air balloon
- in front of the King & Queen of France.
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