Strange Stranger Strangest


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This third collection of quirky short stories goes to strange places just beyond the here and now. Come travelling to these peculiar worlds where mermaids can ride bicycles on their birthdays, and drive-movies still exist but not everyone gets to leave the drive-in when the movie finishes. Visit the school where something very weird and dangerous has happen to the baby duck. Help Amelia discover who's lurking under her Christmas tree in the middle of the night. Watch as see how anti-bully apples really work. Go hunting with kids trained to capture witches and their Cat-bots. Have lunch with a bizarre time traveller who's arrived at the skate-park. Discover the mutant mystery and find out why surfers, Libby and Jack, can stay under water forever. These peculiar places aren't too far away, just beyond the here and now.




Emily the Strange: Stranger and Stranger


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Emily is . . . 1. A mad scientist 2. A cat lover 3. A mural painter 4. A golem builder 5. A virtuo-spastic guitarist 6. A wicked skater 7. A wily troublemaker 8. A poltergeist tamer 9. A mystery solver 10. A master prankster 11. An eXtreme procrastinator 12. A happy loner 13. A unique individual . . . and now there are two of her.




Stranger in a Strange Land


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The original uncut edition of STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND by Hugo Award winner Robert A Heinlein - one of the most beloved, celebrated science-fiction novels of all time. Epic, ambitious and entertaining, STRANGER IN A STRANGE LAND caused controversy and uproar when it was first published and is still topical and challenging today. Twenty-five years ago, the first manned mission to Mars was lost, and all hands presumed dead. But someone survived... Born on the doomed spaceship and raised by the Martians who saved his life, Valentine Michael Smith has never seen a human being until the day a second expedition to Mars discovers him. Upon his return to Earth, a young nurse named Jill Boardman sneaks into Smith's hospital room and shares a glass of water with him, a simple act for her but a sacred ritual on Mars. Now, connected by an incredible bond, Smith, Jill and a writer named Jubal must fight to protect a right we all take for granted: the right to love.




A Writer’s Canvas Book 3 for Classes V and VI


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A Writer’s Canvas is a step-by-step creative writing experience which has a systematic and structured approach to writing. A set of four books that are graded for Classes I-VIII with age appropriate topics and simple language, forms the basis of creative writing





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The Complete Adventures of Feluda


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This omnibus edition features the ever-popular adventures of Satyajit Ray’s enduring creation, the professional sleuth Pradosh C. Mitter (Feluda). In his escapades, Feluda is accompanied by his cousin Topshe and the bumbling crime writer Lalmohan Ganguly (Jatayu). From Jaisalmer to Simla, from the Ellora Caves to Varanasi, the trio traverse fascinating locales to unravel one devious crime after another.




A HANDBOOK OF ENGLISH GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY


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Handbook of English Grammar and Vocabulary is on English grammar and vocabulary. In language learning the role of grammar and vocabulary is very important. To learn language properly knowledge of grammar and vocabulary is essential.  This book is intended for learners of language(ESL) especially Indian school students and aspirants of various competitive and entrance examinations.  It is a complete book for basic as well as advanced stage of language learning.  This book is a compilation of classical and modern grammar rules and usage.  It is a complete comprehensive guide on English grammar and vocabulary to facilitate learners to acquire language skills effectively.  The book is designed to meet the need of the learners.  The author has highlighted the structural and functional aspects of grammar.  A large number of vocabulary have been selected carefully to give the learners a comprehensive knowledge of the variety and spice of English Vocabulary.  Solved and practice exercises have been provided to enhance the scope of learning.




Strange and Stranger


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Strange and Stranger: The World of Steve Ditko is an art book tracing Ditko's life and career, his unparalleled stylistic innovations, his strict adherence to his own (and Randian) principles, with lush displays of obscure and popular art from the thousands of pages of comics he's drawn over the last 55 years.




basic English for dummies


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كتاب basic English for dummies هو دليل عملي ومفيد لتعلم قواعد اللغة الإنجليزية وتحسين مهاراتك في التواصل. يغطي الكتاب مواضيع مختلفة مثل: أنواع الكلمات وأدوارها في الجملة، مثل الأسماء والضمائر والأفعال والصفات والظروف والحروف الجر والروابط - أزمنة الأفعال وكيفية استخدامها للتعبير عن الحاضر والماضي والمستقبل والعلاقات بين الأحداث - عناصر الجملة الكاملة وكيفية تركيبها بشكل صحيح ومنطقي، مع مراعاة الفاعل والفعل والمفعول والمكملات - قواعد النحو والإملاء والعلامات الترقيم وكيفية تجنب الأخطاء الشائعة في الكتابة والنطق - المفردات والتعبيرات الأساسية والمتقدمة وكيفية اختيارها بحسب السياق والموضوع والمستوى - النمط واللهجة والموقف وكيفية التواصل بشكل فعال ومهذب ومناسب مع مختلف الجماهير والمناسبات.




The Inner Room


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Faber Stories, a landmark series of individual volumes, presents masters of the short story form at work in a range of genres and styles. In perhaps the most magnificent of what he called his 'strange stories', Robert Aickman blurs the lines between memory, premonition and the hallucinated life.Lene, a woman now recovering from the losses of the Second World War, recalls a gothic dolls' house of her childhood and the way in which its uncanny inhabitants entered her dreams. Most chillingly, the geometries of the house didn't add up; there had to be a secret room inside it.Years later, she comes across a life-size version in a wood not marked on any map . . .