Books with author Richard Newton

With all the suspense, humour and twists and turns of The Billionaire's Curse, The Emerald Casket will delight readers waiting for the sequel and send new readers clamouring for the first book of The Billionaire Trilogy. What do you do when you're a billionaire, you're thirteen and you've just discovered your family tree goes back a thousand years to a pact made by three brothers to carry three caskets to three secret locations and to protect them for centuries to come? What do you do when you know a bloodthirsty criminal holds the contents of one of those caskets and will stop at nothing to discover the others? Gerald, Sam and Ruby fly to India in Gerald's private jet for a holiday at the home of Alisha Gupta. But their holiday soon turns to a desperate quest to outwit a deadly cult, and to beat Mason Green to the Emerald Casket in a fast-paced race against time and tide. Richard Newsome lives in Brisbane with his family. He won the inaugural Text Prize for Young Adult and Children's Writing and the 2010 Esther Glen Award for The Billionaire's Curse, the first book in the Billionaire series. textpublishing.com.au 'Between fortune-tellers and ninjas, cross-country train rides and lost cities, there is plenty of action...young fans of this James Bond meets The Famous Five adventure will be left hanging out for the final instalment.' Age

Have you ever encountered a wild animal? Have you ever had one of God's creatures visit your home without an invitation? In One Bat-Two Bats, Richard Newton tells the true story of an eight-year old boy whose cat catches a bat and brings it into the house, only to find another one following. Everyone in the family gets involved in the excitement that no one will forget. This book is a cleverly woven slice of everyday life that children will want to hear again, and parents will say, 'I remember when we had a...'

This book, written in 1973, is for readers interested in the naval history of the ancient peoples of the Mediterranean. The period covered starts with Greek and Phoenician vessels of 800-700 Bc and includes ships up to 800 Ad. The aim of the book is to fill a gap by concentrating on the practical aspects of naval warfare in antiquity, and the battles selected for description are intended to show the development of tactics and strategy, rather than illustrate the general history of the period. It includes descriptions of the ships, crews, tactics and campaigns of Greek, Persian, Carthaginian, Hellenic, Roman, Celtic, Germanic, Scandinavian and Byzantine fleets. Long out of print, this reprint brings an important text to modern readers.

After a garden-center dwarf gives him a fishing rod to hide, Tarquin has to rescue him from a supermarket freezer. So begins a battle with the Aliens under California, who will start the next earthquake unless they are locked back up with the Key. The fishing rod is the Key, and only Tarquin knows where it is. The Aliens send scary creatures to get it back. A huge shark tries to swallow his Dad’s boat. Tarquin is hijacked by dog-sized spiders on the courtesy train at the airport. A giant centipede crawls out of his Dad’s microwave. Dinosaurs threaten him in a video. A saber-toothed tiger hunts him through the night on a mountain. Wolves search for him in a shopping mall. Each time Tarquin outwits or escapes them by the skin of his teeth, till the final showdown, when he and Zog the dwarf windsurf across San Francisco Bay at night with the Key. Can they reach the Lock ahead of the pursuing monsters and stop the earthquake by locking the Aliens back up? Ideal for bedtime stories, each scary (but reasonably short) chapter ends with a cliffhanger..

Young Gerald Wilkins’ life is in danger. The world’s mostvaluable diamond has been stolen and a guard lies unconsciousin the British Museum, two sedative darts protrudingfrom his backside -- not something Gerald Wilkins knows orcares anything about. Not until he finds himself on a privateluxury jet heading to London for the funeral of a great aunt hehas never met. Not until he inherits her estate, worth twentybillion pounds. Not until he opens a bundle of envelopes sheleft behind.Was she murdered? Who stole the diamond? And what isthe mysterious artifact that everyone seems to be searching for?With the help of the Valentine twins -- the rat-fearing Samand the gymnastic champ Ruby -- Gerald’s got a mystery tosolve. A mystery that will take him into secret passageways, amusty jumbled bookshop, an ancient crypt, the tower of a ruinedchurch and a colossal cavern where the secret of a pricelesstreasure lies protected by deadly booby traps.The Billionaire’s Curse is an irresistible action story withan array of curious characters, some ancient folklore and anengrossing whodunit guaranteed to keep young and not-so-youngup late turning the pages.

It’s been two weeks since the events in the English countryside.Two weeks since the diamond casket was opened. Twoweeks since Mason Green disappeared with an object that Gerald’sfamily had been keeping secret for centuries. And whileeveryone knows that Green will resurface again, no one knowswhat his next move will be. No one . . . except Gerald.Breaking into Green’s room at the Rattigan club, Gerald,Ruby and Sam discover that the diamond casket was actuallyone of three ancient boxes containing objects of great power.After our heroes accept an invitation from Mr. Gupta to visitIndia, they discover that it may be the resting place of the emeraldcasket. But India holds more than just the casket: it also hasassassins bent on stopping them at all costs, a great city underthe sea, and Alisha Gupta, who Ruby can’t stand, and Geraldand Sam can’t see enough of.Richard Newsome has crafted a sequel that more thandelivers on the promise of the first book, and sets us up for abreathtaking conclusion.

Young Gerald Wilkins' life is in danger. The world's mostvaluable diamond has been stolen and a guard lies unconsciousin the British Museum, two sedative darts protrudingfrom his backside -- not something Gerald Wilkins knows orcares anything about. Not until he finds himself on a privateluxury jet heading to London for the funeral of a great aunt hehas never met. Not until he inherits her estate, worth twentybillion pounds. Not until he opens a bundle of envelopes sheleft behind.Was she murdered? Who stole the diamond? And what isthe mysterious artifact that everyone seems to be searching for?With the help of the Valentine twins -- the rat-fearing Samand the gymnastic champ Ruby -- Gerald's got a mystery tosolve. A mystery that will take him into secret passageways, amusty jumbled bookshop, an ancient crypt, the tower of a ruinedchurch and a colossal cavern where the secret of a pricelesstreasure lies protected by deadly booby traps.The Billionaire's Curse is an irresistible action story withan array of curious characters, some ancient folklore and anengrossing whodunit guaranteed to keep young and not-so-youngup late turning the pages.