It's hard to resist the siren callof the sea- and near impossible if you're a member of the X-Venture Xplorers! Jellyfish, pirates and assorted nautical naughtiness are no barrier reef to our team, and neither is time travel! A sinister circus is the key to their salvation, where the discovery of a mermaid egg sparks a scramble for victory! How will the team navigate through this murky mystery, and will they triumph in their travels to track ddown the truth? Flip a fin and come on in as we solve this MERMAID MYSTERY!

A submarine's ruinous run in has the X-Venture Xplorers holding their breath as they submerge themselves into a marine mystery, chasing after a sinister saboteur. Spectacular trials await those trying to get an inkling about what went down! The Professor had no idea about the dangers the X-Venture Xplorers would have to face when he sent them looking for an armed aggressor, but with a little skill and a lot of luck, our plucky protagonists will surely make it through the inky depths, regardless of whatever gets to grips with them! Won't they?

Aiming for the top! To save the world! Akhator has declared war on Earth - and the Earth is losing! To reverse the situation, all Adventurers mobilise and push back Akhator's forces. But in response, Akhator unleashes his ultimate attack to wipe out all life on the planet! How will Alex and the other adventurers save the Earth from the certain doom?

Womanizer and pirate hunter, Dulac fights tooth and nail against the attraction he feels for the young pirate lad named Jesse. Unfortunately, even when they are apart, he can't stop thinking about the little imp. Tormented by his unexplainable, unnatural attraction to the lad, Dulac does his best to keep as much distance between them as possible. Raised on a pirate ship from the age of eight, Jesse wants the one man she cannot have- a pirate hunter. As luck would have it, Dulac wants her too, but he is very resistant. For Jesse is known to everyone not only as a pirate, but also as a boy, and how can she have her man without exposing her secret to the world? "A Pirate's Kiss offers a turbulent ride as Dulac and Jesse work through the obstacles that stand in the way of happiness." - Rhonda Leah, About Last Night

Aiming for the top! Diving into the mystery of the mermaids! Alex and Lulu travel to the Pacific Ocean to search for the legendary mermaids, only to encounter - a ghost ship?! Not only that, they run into the famous ocean adventurer, "Ancient Mariner"! Is he friend or foe?

'A beguiling author who interweaves past and present' The Times Most assumed that literary legend Wynn Staniland stopped writing because of his wife's tragic suicide. Yet writer Zac Wilkinson hopes to reveal the true story to the world in his upcoming biography of Staniland. When Zac is found brutally murdered, DI Wesley Peterson finds that Staniland is a link between Zac's death and an unexplained poisoning of a couple in a local caravan park. He suspects that the killings are a grim re-enactment of the murder of Mary Field, which inspired Staniland's best-known novel. As Wesley begins to unravel decades of deception, he discovers that someone close to him is involved - and the truth proves almost too much to bear . . . Whether you've read the whole series, or are discovering Kate Ellis's DI Wesley Peterson novels for the first time, this is the perfect page-turner if you love reading Elly Griffiths and Ann Cleeves. PRAISE FOR KATE ELLIS: 'I loved this novel . . . a powerful story of loss, malice and deception' Ann Cleeves 'Haunting' Independent 'Unputdownable' Bookseller 'The chilling plot will keep you spooked and thrilled to the end' Closer 'A gripping read' Best 'A fine storyteller, weaving the past and present in a way that makes you want to read on' Peterborough Evening Telegraph

Discover the secrets of mermaids living in the kingdom of Mermina, in this interactive book full of pop-up, lift-the-flap, and other fun features.

From Homer's Odyssey to Pirates of the Caribbean, Mermaids have fascinated popular culture for centuries. Among the Mermaids is an enchanting collection of classic stories, facts, and tales of mermaids from around the world that will thrill every lover of this romanticized mythological creature. Compiled by Book of the Bizarre author and Magical Creature devotee Varla Ventura, Among the Mermaids includes turn of the century tales of merfolk from Bret Harte, T. Crofton Croker, and W.B. Yeats, along with tantalizing trivia, facts, first-hand accounts, and speculations about mermaids in popular culture. Some facts about the fluid and the fair from the book: Many people believe today that early explorer sightings of mermaids were manatees. (Scurvy + many days away from your lady = a blubbery creature looking supple and bodacious.)Blackbeard, the fierce and terrible pirate, was afraid of his crew being lured into a watery grave by mermaids, so he ordered his ships to avoid certain areas reputed to have a high number of mermaid sightings.Since 2009, the town of Kiryat Yam, Israel has offered a prize of $1 million dollars to anyone who can prove the mermaid off their coast is real. The prize remains unclaimed.

"Are you ready to unlock the magical world of mermaids and become a mermaid seeker? With a splash of bravery, a shimmer of magic and a shower of imagination you can meet your mermaid companion and write your own seeker story. Packed with secrets, stories, activities and recipes, this is the perfect book for anyone who believes in mermaids"--Back cover.