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With the support of the Iffenwilders and their mighty water magic,
Daisy and her friends are finally setting off to rescue the Botanists
held prisoner in the heart of the Amazon rainforest - including Daisy's
Ma. But when an unexpected attack sends the rescue mission spinning off
course, Daisy and Max are separated, and Max shipwrecked on an
impossible shore with no way of escape. Even Daisy's arrival in
Amazeria - the stunning Amazonian pocket of the Greenwild, teeming with
green magic - is in jeopardy as the mysterious Great Reaper draws ever
closer.
In the shadows of the great rainforest, it's impossible to know who to
trust. Daisy and her friends must draw on every ounce of courage they
have to fight for Daisy's Ma, for the Greenwild, and for everything
they hold most dear.
Across the ocean, a magical adventure awaits in The City Beyond the Sea
. . .
Daisy Thistledown and the Five O'Clock Club might have defeated a
terrifying enemy, but their journey to find the missing Botanists is
just beginning. Their only hope: to find the legendary Iffenwild, a
mysterious city hidden beyond the sea and lost to time.
But a strange, wild magic is stirring beneath the waves. It will take
all of Daisy’s courage and determination – and the trust of a new
friend – if she is to discover the truth that haunts Iffenwild, and
save the magical world before it’s too late.
Who is watching Nell Masters?
Nell Masters is certain someone is following her. The hairs on the back of her neck rise when she travels to and from work, there are silent calls to her office, and a huge bouquet of flowers arrives without a card. And Nell has a reason to be looking over her shoulder, because she has a secret that she’s hiding from everyone in her life, including her new partner, Alex. But Alex also has secrets of his own.
Fourteen years earlier, when Nell went by the name Elle Nugent, she witnessed a student, Bryony Sanders, getting into a stranger’s car. When Bryony was found murdered, Elle became obsessed with finding the person responsible. She was convinced she knew who it was and her fixation with Brett Parker, the man she accused, led her down a dangerous path …
Now, Nell tries to convince herself that this unnerving feeling of being watched is all in her mind. Has someone from her past discovered her new identity? Has the stalker become the stalked? Or is there something even more deadly at play?
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Mercenaries (DVD)
Robert Fucilla, Billy Zane, Kirsty Mitchell, Geoff Bell, Vas Blackwood, …
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R102
Discovery Miles 1 020
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Ships in 20 - 40 working days
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Robert Fucilla and Billy Zane star in this low-budget British
special forces action thriller. Former SAS man turned mercenary
Andy Marlow (Fucilla) is sent into the Balkans to rescue an
American ambassador and his aide in the wake of a military coup.
Open the door to a spellbinding world
where the wilderness is alive and a deep magic rises from the earth
itself . . .
Daisy Thistledown has escaped from boarding school and has a mystery to
solve. Her search for her missing mother will lead her across London
and through a hidden doorway to another world, filled with plants and
bursting with magic: the Greenwild.
But all is not well in this astonishing land. Before long Daisy finds
herself confronting a dangerous presence that threatens green magic on
both sides of the door. Daisy must band together with a botanical
genius, a boy who can talk to animals, and a cat with an attitude, to
channel the power that can revive the Greenwild and find her missing
mother - and save her own world too.
Embark on an unforgettable adventure
through the Greenwild, in this enchanting fantasy with an environmental
twist.
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Ramifications (Paperback)
Daniel Saldana Paris; Translated by Christina MacSweeney
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R264
Discovery Miles 2 640
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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The memories we return to most frequently are the most inaccurate,
the least faithful to reality... This is the tragic realisation
made by the narrator of _Ramifications _as he tries to make sense
of the defining event of his childhood: the disappearance of his
mother to join the Zapatista uprising that shook Mexico in 1994.
Left behind with an emotionally distant father who is singularly
unqualified to raise him, and an older sister who only wants to get
on with being a teenager, he takes refuge in strange rituals that
isolate him from his peers: favouring the left-hand side of his
body, trying to tear leaves into perfect halves, obsessively
shaping origami figures. Now, two decades older and withdrawn from
the world, he folds and unfolds these memories, searching the
creases for the truth of what happened to his mother, unaware that
he is on the verge of a discovery that will destroy everything he
believed he knew about his family.Award-winning Mexican author
Daniel Saldana Paris masterfully evokes a child's attempts to
interpret events beyond his understanding. Less a Bildungs-roman
than a tale of arrested development, this story of a boy growing up
in the aptly-named Educacion neighbourhood of Mexico City is a rich
and moving portrait of a life thwarted by machismo and secrecy.
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Greenwild 2
Pari Thomson; Illustrated by Elisa Paganelli
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R386
R354
Discovery Miles 3 540
Save R32 (8%)
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Ships in 9 - 17 working days
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Daisy Thistledown's epic adventure continues in the stunning sequel
to Greenwild: The World Behind the Door. Daisy and her friends in
the Five O'Clock Club might have defeated a terrifying foe, but
they are no closer to finding the missing Botanists - including
Daisy's own mother. Their search will take them to lands even Daisy
and her Ma never visited, and after a series of unexpected dangers
at sea, they must prepare to discover green magic as they have
never seen it before . . .
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Discovery Miles 36 780
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