Books with author Richard Hardigan

Take the Leap. Merlin is a good-looking woman and madly in love with Arthur, but that's only the start of the story. Tertia, Unita and Marlene know what they want to be... detectives with a difference. Bored with the lack of opportunity in 5th century Camelot, they start up the Temporal Detective Agency and use the great Merlin's Time Portal to relocate from Camelot to the 21st century. Mostly because the cases are more interesting, but also because the toilet facilities are so much better. Things start slowly until one Sunday morning, Tertia finds herself replacing Nelson's statue in Trafalgar Square and involved in the thefts of the Koh-i-noor diamond and the Mona Lisa. The Agency follows the trail to South Wales in 1734 where they come up against a gang of vicious smugglers and ship wreckers led by their deadliest enemy. Help comes from an equally unexpected source, but the Temporal Detective Agency's first case could also prove to be their last!

Stretch's Treasure Hunt video is creatively captured on audiocassette with a read-along book. Stretch discovers "Nosy Rock," a place where there is believed to be a hidden treasure. While the other animals are preoccupied with cleaning up after a big storm, Stretch starts looking for the treasure. Will Stretch find the treasure she is looking for, or is there a greater treasure to discover?• Includes a Faith Parenting™ Guide that encourages application through sight, sound and touch activities. • Teaches children to be thankful for what God has given them and for the friends they have. • Helps children understand what a "treasure" is.Richard Hays is the author of the Noah's Park book and video series. He has written and published more than 30 children's coloring books, and a 20-title elementary curriculum series for K-4th grades in phonics, math, reading and science. Richard lives in San Marcos, CA with his wife and son.

This is a collection of short stories like no other as it is a Richard Hamm short story collection!Short Story count = 5 Word count = 33 thousand words—of Richard Hamm!Do you like short stories and, at the same time, love amazing deals and getting great value for money?—Then this book of short stories is definitely for you … or your friend … your family member or loved one.Now available in paperback, this short story collection showcases the first five Richard Hamm originally published short stories (for children, young adults, adults and just about anyone else who will read them).The titles included in the Five Short Stories You Will Read MORE THAN ONCE short story collection:• The Freedom to Move On • Three Bells and Boom! • Free as a Bird • Don't Go Inside • Dream PrisonThe Freedom to Move OnAn emotional short story about friendship, loss and the teenage desire for freedom.We all suffer loss, even if only the loss of our innocence and youth or simply losing friendships made in childhood or our hormone-fueled teenage years.Saying goodbye is never easy. Sometimes it takes real effort to come to terms with tragedy and move on; sometimes it seems impossible to go on as before.For fifteen-year-old Andrew this means embarking on a bold escapade, traveling abroad and ending up on a ghostly joyride in order that his friend might find eternal peace. Andrew pays a touching tribute to his friend whilst learning that positive action is a much better way to cope than his original plan of shutting himself away from the world and giving up on all that the future holds. Three Bells and Boom! One disillusioned, outcast casino worker has finally had enough. On behalf of his kind he devises a revolutionary high-tech heist, the like of which Officer Jenkins has never seen before. The Vegas retiree sets about liberating his enslaved counterparts and literally wires himself up to the AI machine that will influence technology on a global scale … the one-armed bandit prepares for detonation…Free As A BirdThe value of independence cannot be overestimated. Man, woman, child, animal, bird… No one wants to live in a cage.Graybeard the parrot valued her freedom to such a degree that she undertook a vast transcontinental journey to escape a life of imprisonment. Having been captured at an early age, she struggled to adapt to life back in her natural habitat; she encountered the harshness of living in the wild, searching for food, avoiding predators and smugglers who ensnared wildlife daily.She finally made the momentous decision to retrace her epic flight and return to the country, and the little girl, who had shown her kindness—but it had to be on her own terms…Don't Go InsideIn a world of ever-changing fashion and trends, the latest must-have was a Titan Plus pen. On the popular sci-fi TV show, it was a teleporting, communicating, laser-transmitting, all-singing-and-dancing gizmo; in the stores it was simply a tool for writing but an exact replica in appearance.It was not surprising, then, that all boys and girls between ten and twelve years of age wanted one, needed one…Dream Prison:Sometimes your day just doesn’t go as planned; sometimes a seemingly ordinary day can turn into a complete nightmare. When Janine Allthorp missed her bus, her day took an unexpected turn and set off a series of terrifying events. As the shadowy figure pursuing her grows ever closer so the mood of Janine’s day darkens, and she gravely regrets missing the school bus when she finds herself running...

One disillusioned, outcast casino worker has finally had enough. On behalf of his kind he devises a revolutionary high-tech heist, the like of which Officer Jenkins has never seen before. The Vegas retiree sets about liberating his enslaved counterparts and literally wires himself up to the AI machine that will influence technology on a global scale. He has no other form of weaponry on his person, no handgun or rifle, not even a sword or baton. HE is the weapon. It is the only way for the world to acknowledge his existence and importance.As Officer Jenkins tries to contain and make sense of the situation, the one-armed bandit prepares for detonation…

Sometimes your day just doesn’t go as planned; sometimes a seemingly ordinary day can turn into a complete nightmare. When Janine Allthorp missed her bus, her day took an unexpected turn and set off a series of terrifying events. As the shadowy figure pursuing her grows ever closer so the mood of Janine’s day darkens, and she gravely regrets missing the school bus when she finds herself running for her life.The girl’s epic marathon is spurred on by her desperate school friends watching the scene unfold from the safety of the bus, and everywhere Janine turns for help only enemies are found. Her respite within the school gates is short-lived as whatever forces are at play start to affect her peers too. Once her nightmare appears to be over, another begins…