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There have been many great and enduring works of literature by Caribbean authors over the last century. The Caribbean Contemporary Classics collection celebrates these deep and vibrant stories, overflowing with life and acute observations about society.Sunrise Orphanage is a happy place until the great sickness comes to the country, when the ten orphan children are left to fend for themselves. Normal life breaks down, and people do what they can to survive. Threatened with being taken to a labour camp, the children's only alternative is a perilous journey across the island. Sanctuary awaits them at Last Man Peak, but will they be able to reach it? Unforeseen danger waits at every turn. No one can be trusted. The arduous trek would be challenging enough even without the need to avoid capture - capture which would mean the labour camp, or possibly something much worse. The journey, with only their wits and courage to help them, will change their lives for ever.Suitable for readers aged 11 and above.

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Johnnie Sobert is a brown Jamaican who earns his living as a barman in a Soho club. Sobert is a man divided: between Black and White; between class identities; between heterosexual and homosexual desires; between being an exiled Jamaican and an incipient Black Londoner. Against the background of bedsitter Hampstead and bohemian Soho, Sobert attempts to be, as he describes himself, a 'nigger with coolth' but the reality is that his wisecracking persona is an all too transparent cover for his uncertainties. He embarks on an unsatisfactory affair with his landlady, Fiona, which makes him uncomfortably aware of the stereotype of black desire for 'white pussy', and then goes to live with his gay friend Dick. The novel ends with Johnnie yet to make a decision about where his desires really lie.Introduction by Thomas Glave.

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Here is Ivan in a brand new adventure. This time he is trying to outwit the Moscow Secret Police who have imprisoned his best friend, Pyotr, in a children's home. Can Ivan rescue Pyotr? Can he find a way to get Pyotr's father, Pastor Kachenko, released from prison? Read how God uses Ivan's skill at football to help his friends and get the better of the Moscow Secret Police.

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Must she choose loyalty over happiness?January 1900. When her mother dies late in pregnancy, sixteen-year-old Rose resolves never to marry. She is resigned to a life of mind-numbing domestic work alongside her five siblings at Sawdons Hall.A chance encounter with the charismatic Mr. Pritchard leads Rose to make a bid for freedom, against family wishes, by accepting a job at his new bookshop in the market town of Widdock.Rose values her developing relationship with Mr. Pritchard and her strong female friendships, and her feelings for Mr. Pritchard deepen. But, just as she seems to have gained a free, independent life, family duty calls her home.Will Rose ever find her own happiness?A heartwarming and gripping family saga of love and the sacrifice of family duty.

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This is the perfect gift for those looking to create an exciting experience in their own home! Perfect for playing with your family and friends, this kit contains everything you need to create five intricate escape rooms in your living room. Enter the world of The Wexell Escape Room Kit, but beware... you only have a limited time to solve the puzzles before the seconds runs out and you are locked in forever! Written by an experienced escape room creator, this kit contains five rooms for you to unravel. You must help Adam Parkinson, a young investigative journalist, and his conspiracy-theorist friend Henry Fielding as they take on the diabolical Wexell Corporation. As you decipher the puzzles in each room, an escape route will be revealed and a new location uncovered for you to explore. The story spans from Adam''s apartment in London to an ancient ruin buried under a Spanish city... and beyond.

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Solve the puzzles to escape from the space station in this mini intergalactic adventure.

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Young readers and gamers can now join the escape game phenomenon with this Escape Game Adventure series! Your mission: Find the dish poisoned by the rival in his restaurant and replace it with an identical dish, then escape before my time-travel portal is closed. With the help of Dooz, your faithful robot, you have been teleported to the year 1889. In Naples, Italy, the creator of margherita pizza is about to be poisoned by a jealous rival . . . In a few moments, it will be too late! Choose to solve this challenge on your own or with a friend! Either way, let’s go! Mazes, puzzles, riddles, and word games test problem-solving skills in the race to destroy and replace a poisoned dish before the time-travel portal closes. Items from Dooz’s toolbox can be cut out and used to help solve puzzles along with the hint and answer keys provided in the back.

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En los juegos de escape tu objetivo es poner a trabajar todas tus capacidades cerebrales con un único objetivo: encontrar la clave para salir de la habitación.Los llamados escape room son un entretenimiento de moda en el que los participantes acceden a un lugar, normalmente compuesto por varias salas decoradas según el ambiente que se pretende recrear, y en el que los participantes son encerrados mediante una puerta de acceso que solo se puede traspasar para salir si se acierta con la combinación adecuada para su apertura. Dicha combinación se deduce a partir de pruebas dispuestas en el interior de las habitaciones que los jugadores, que normalmente van en grupo, deben descubrir y descifrar.En el libro que tienes en tus manos hemos pensado en algo parecido: cada capítulo se refiere a un tema, con la descripción de un entorno relacionado y varios pasatiempos o actividades que te permitirán deducir la clave final de salida, lo que supone un total de 24 salas y más

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A modern YA reimagining of the iconic Jack Kirby characters that explores identity, trauma, and the sacrifices it takes to be a hero. Fresh, Kinetic, and slick as hell. Ngozi Ukazu, New York Timesbestselling author of Check, Please! From acclaimed author Varian Johnson (The Parker Inheritance) and popular sci-fi artist Daniel Isles, a.k.a. DirtyRobot, comes the story of an escape plan that will take a miracle to pull off. Luckily for Scott Free, everyone calls him MISTER MIRACLE! Okay, no one calls him that yet. Once Scott pulls off his foolproof plan and becomes the first person to escape the fiery pits of the planet Apokolips, he s sure to be considered one of the greatest superheroes of all time at least among his friends. The only problem is: his plan never involved falling in love with the head of the Female Furies, Big Barda the one person tasked with ensuring he never escapes.

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Embark on intergalactic adventures within your living room! From the designers behind the worldwide-hit Unlock! series of escape-room-style home games come three thrilling, cooperative missions that put you at the heart of the action in a galaxy far, far away. A free companion app handles organisation and hints while you focus on solving puzzles and completing objectives.

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Overcome challenges, solve puzzles, and uncover the true culprit in the fourth installment of the Escape Book series! What started as a typical family vacation takes a turn for the worse when you and your grandfather, a security guard at the local museum, find yourselves at the center of a serious scandal. It turns out that one of the museum’s masterpieces was stolen on the same night you and your grandfather were taking an after-hours tour—since you were the only two people there, you’re the prime suspects! To prove your innocence, you must now find the stolen masterpiece by observing, analyzing, and investigating like a real detective! Are you ready for an adventure?

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Beautiful and full of adventure, Escape to the River Sea is Emma Carroll's compelling novel inspired by Eva Ibbotson's bestselling, classic masterpiece, Journey to the River Sea.'A joyously animal-packed adventure.' – Hilary McKay, Costa Award-winning author of The Skylark's WarIn 1946, Rosa Sweetman, a young Kindertransport girl, is longing for her family to claim her. The war in Europe is over and she is the only child left at Westwood, a rambling country estate in the north of England, where she'd taken refuge seven years earlier.The arrival of a friend of the family, Yara Fielding, starts an adventure that will take Rosa deep into the lush beauty of the Amazon rainforest in search of jaguars, ancient giant sloths and somewhere to belong. What she finds is Yara’s lively, welcoming family on the banks of the river and, together, they face a danger greater than she could ever have imagined.Featuring places and characters known and loved by fans of Journey to the River Sea (including, among others, Maia, Finn, Miss Minton and Clovis) this spectacular story tells of the next generation and the growing threats to the Amazon rainforest that continue to this day.

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Chillííí, con lo feliz que me sentía por estar en París con mi familia y mi (casi) novia Tenebrosa Tenebrax... y resulta que me quedo atrapado en la torre Eiffel después de la hora del cierre!Y se está haciendo de noche... Brrr!Queréis ayudarme a salir de aquí? Por mil ratones, será una aventura de vibrarte los bigotes!

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Snowpiercer is the enthralling and thought-provoking post-apocalyptic graphic novel that inspired the critically acclaimed movie starring Chris Evans (Captain America, Fantastic Four). Originally published in French, this marks the first time that Snowpiercer will be available in English.In a harsh, uncompromisingly cold future where Earth has succumbed to treacherously low temperatures, the last remaining members of humanity travel on a train while the outside world remains encased in ice.  The surviving community are not without a social hierarchy; those that travel at the front of the train live in relative luxury whilst those unfortunate enough to be at the rear remain clustered like cattle in claustrophobic darkness. Yet, things are about to change aboard the train as passengers become disgruntled...

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A born raconteur, his escapes, his operations as a Spitfire pilot, his experiences as a prisoner-of-war, and his incredible escape crossing the Pyrenees - all are described in a breathtaking manner which made me read his book through in one sitting.' Prof Dr L de Jong, Founder/Director of the Dutch Institute for War Documentation 'Such a modest man, such a dramatic story - you'll be pulled into this absorbing account.' Jonathan Vance, The True Story of the Great Escape "Quickly, I climbed up to the surface and immediately found the rope . . . I felt no signal, so it was not safe yet. Then I felt three distinct tugs and slowly popped my head up. The nearest 'Goonbox' was at least 200 feet away; but, indeed, I was twenty feet from the edge of the woods." Bram Vanderstok On the night of 24 March 1944, Bram (Bob) Vanderstok was number 18 of 76 men who crawled beyond the barbed wire fence of Stalag Luft III in Zagan, Poland. The 1963 film The Great Escape, made this breakout the most famous of the Second World War: this is the true story of one of only three successful escapees. Vanderstok's memoir sets down his wartime adventures before being incarcerated in Stalag Luft III and then in extraordinary detail describes various escape attempts, which culminated with the famous March breakout. After escaping, Vanderstok roamed Europe for weeks, passing through Leipzig, Utrecht, Brussels, Paris, Dijon and Madrid, before making it back to England. He reported to the Air Ministry and three and a half months after escaping, on 30 May 1944, he returned to the British no.91 Squadron. In the following months he flew almost every day to France escorting bombers and knocking down V1 rockets. In August 1944 he finally returned to his home. He learned that his two brothers had been killed in concentration camps after being arrested for resistance work. His father had been tortured and blinded by the Gestapo during interrogation. He had never betrayed his son.

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Un escape book genial, lleno de juegos y desafiantes enigmas!Los hermanos Nansen han naufragado en la isla Octópoda. La leyenda cuenta que es la isla más temida por marineros y piratas. Desembarca allí y pon a prueba tu ingenio!Resuelve los desafiantes enigmas para que los intrépidos protagonistas logren escapar y volver a casa. La isla Octópoda es el segundo título de la serie Escape Book, con trepidantes aventuras en las que tú eres el verdadero protagonista.

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Feeling cornered at a wedding reception by gossipy guests? Stuck at a holiday party that lasts forever? This beautifully illustrated book is the ultimate funny, sometimes absurd guide to escaping those painfully awkward situations. Trapped in an airplane seated next to a chatterbox? Are you hosting a dinner party with people who just won't leave? Katie Vaz has the key to your escape. The Escape Manual for Introverts guides readers through different scenarios with themed chapters ('Friends,' 'Relatives,' 'Strangers,' etc.). Each chapter covers a range of situations, from an invitation to karaoke night to group lunchtime. And she offers a number of escapes for each scenario: bringing odoriferous foods to lunch for a while, having a pet (real or imagined) that 'requires' frequent check-ins, and even investing in a jet pack. This book features Vaz's full-page illustrated spreads, hand-lettering, and spot illustrations. From

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When an uncharted island springs up in Gotham City Harbour, Batman and Mystery Inc. join forces to uncover who created the tropical paradise. Before long, they find themselves under attack by a host of vile vegetation and prehistoric plants. Can the Dark Knight help Scooby and the gang escape from this mysterious island before they become a feast for the ferocious foliage? Find out in this action-packed chapter book for fans of Batman and Scooby-Doo!

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As trapsmith of the Carrion Tomb, Wily Snare spends all day every day inventing traps to keep plunderers at bay. While bored with his lot, he’s proud that no one has ever outwitted his snares - until one day, the unlikeliest group of invaders does just that. An acrobatic thief, a warrior with a phantom arm, and a giant not only steal the tomb’s gold - they take Wily, too! His skills will be invaluable for looting other treasure hoards across the kingdom. Yet the crew soon discovers it has an unexpected but crucial role to play in the fight against the Infernal King, a malevolent engineer who seeks to control the kingdom. Spanning a realm filled with dragons and dream spiders, golems and sorcerers, Snared: Escape to the Above is a great fit for middle-grade readers, particularly video game fans.

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No us ho creure-ho, estimats, però en la nit de Halloween, la més esgarrifosa de l?any, em vaig quedar atrapat al museu de Ratalona, entre mòmies, sarcòfags i tresors provinents de l?antic Egipte! Amb un plànol, unes quantes pistes i la vostra ajuda, hauré de tractar de trobar la sortida abans que es faci de dia!

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