Books with author Kingsley,

Ronnie Kaye knows about monsters. He’s lived with them for his entire life. And he’s always been afraid of monsters. Now that he’s in fifth grade, his parents decide to put their foot down. His father won’t allow him to burn the nightlight anymore. Ronnie’s mother is sympathetic but stands firm in backing up his father. What can he do? Without the protection of the nightlight the monsters will surely get him.Ronnie confides in his best friend David. In response to a school assignment they set off together on a journey to learn about monsters, once-and-for-all. Are they real? Do others believe in monsters? Are there different kinds of monsters? Are there ways to deal with monsters? Where do monsters come from? Can you ever win against a monster?During the course of their quest, they find answers to these and a few other questions and discover the real truth about monsters.

Furzedown Under Thirteen Cricket coach can hardly believe his luck when a talented Australian boy asks if he can play for this team who are at the bottom the Under Thirteen Cricket League. When Shane starts to play for them, their fortunes change and they can take on the best.However, Coach Ken begins to find that there is something odd about the boy, but it takes team members Adam and Angie to find out the mystery behind Shane. If you like cricket, you will enjoy reading this story, and even if cricket isn’t your thing, you may still find it intriguing.

Amis, Kingsley. Lucky Jim. New York, Viking Press, 1958. 12.5 x 19.5cm. 256 pages. Original softcover. Good condition with some signs of external wear, including foxing and discolouration to jacket and some paper loss to spine. Text itself in very good condition. From the library of swiss - american - irish poet Chuck Kruger. [Compass Books, No. C35]. Kingsley Amis's witty campus novel, Lucky Jim is a comedy that skewers the hypocrisies and vanities of 1950s academic life. Jim Dixon has accidentally fallen into a job at one of Britain's new red brick universities. A moderately successful future in the History Department beckons - as long as Jim can stave off the unwelcome advances of fellow lecturer Margaret, survive a madrigal-singing weekend at Professor Welch's, deliver a lecture on 'Merrie England' and resist Christine, the hopelessly desirable girlfriend of Welch's awful son Bertrand. Inspired by Amis's friend, the poet Philip Larkin, Jim Dixon is a timeless comic character, adrift in a hopelessly gauche and pretentious world. [Penguin Books]

Read about lizards and learn how these reptiles are adapted to their varied environments. Find out how they find food, defend themselves, and have young, plus which ones are harmless and which require some caution if you meet them in the wild! A photo diagram in each book points out unique lizard characteristics, and all titles include table of contents, glossary, index, and further resources. This high-interest book uses striking photographs of komodo dragons in the wild to highlight the unique features of these lizards. Readers will learn about their habitat, survival adaptations, and life cycle.

Read about lizards and learn how these reptiles are adapted to their varied environments. Find out how they find food, defend themselves, and have young, plus which ones are harmless and which require some caution if you meet them in the wild! A photo diagram in each book points out unique lizard characteristics, and all titles include table of contents, glossary, index, and further resources. This high-interest book uses striking photographs of geckos in the wild to highlight the unique features of these lizards. Readers will learn about their habitat, survival adaptations, and life cycle.

Life is not easy for twelve-year-old Erec Rex. His single mother can barely support her six adopted kids. And they've moved into an apartment so tiny that Erec sleeps with the washing machine. Worse, there is a strange force within Erec that is making him do odd things. His urge to obey these thoughts grows -- until it becomes impossible to resist them. Then one morning, Erec's mother is missing. The force inside Erec commands him to find her, leading him on an adventure that will change him forever. When he arrives in Alypium, a hidden world where old knowledge of magic is kept, Erec learns that his mother and the entire kingdom are in peril. And he might be the only one who can save them.

Where did Kurt Silas go? Vanished from his hospital room into a surreal landscape of mad dreams and torments, that's where. His girlfriend, Sarah Browning, vows to find him . . . but WHERE did he GO? To find out, she'll need . . . a mad scientist, obviously. Handily, one is available, a certain Dr. Emerson Jeffries; unfortunately, his deranged ambitions do not play nice with others. Between the psychopathic human superbreed he creates and the torrent of deviant creatures pouring into our reality from worlds beyond, it is safe to say . . . that no one is safe.Mayhem erupts in multiple quadrants! The hitherto sleepy town of Lakeview is thrown into turmoil! Potentially, the world is doomed!Another thrilling young adult muck-em-up from Zinna Kingsley. Read your hearts out, ladies and gents, it's all for fun.

“I can’t take my eyes off her. It’s the bravest thing I’ve ever seen her do.” Raven Araroa is now Woman King of Nuimana and she’s finding island life suits her…especially with Leif by her side. When she learns all is not well back in her old kingdom and Leif must return, she chooses to follow, despite knowing her choice to defy the King of Nadir—her father—will put both their lives in danger. But what she finds upon her return to Nadir is far worse.