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Getting her first job was the hard partAt least that’s what she thought...But then she found the Inca steps.It’s 1987 and Sam Harris has a problem. She’s a geologist at a time when women are recently entering the male domain of mining and finding strong resistance. Undeterred by the difficulties this presents, she is determined to overcome her inexperience and naivety to make her mark in a man’s world.Desperate for her first job, she accepts a contract with a dodgy entrepreneur exploring for gold in the remote rainforests of Sierramar. When she uncovers a clue to a treasure buried deep within the jungle, she is sent on an expedition to find it, but one of her colleagues is plotting to seize the hoard and will kill to get his hands on it.Will Sam find the treasure or will her first adventure be her last?If you like female protagonists, exotic locations, and complex characters, then you'll love PJ Skinner's thrilling novel, the first book in the series.Download Fool's Gold for free and have an adventure today.

Would you let someone die if you could prevent it? Teen Alice and ghost Ruth's special bond permits them to explore days of Kylemore Abbey's past, when their school was a Victorian castle and estate owned by the ill-fated Henry family. But such adventuring has its consequences. With the arrival of an illusive matron, two-faced twins and the mystery of a new haunting, life in second year gets a lot more complicated. Of one thing Alice is sure, being a K-Girl is never dull, especially when you can time-travel.

Sterling Page never thought that, some day, he'd be sailing across the ocean with a robot, a fairy, a hot-tempered teddy bear, and a sewer lizard. But when a strange creature breaks into his house and tells him his sister is still alive, Page embarks on an adventure to another world to find her. Unfortunately for Page, this is a world that rarely makes sense, a world where boats get stuck in clouds, storks deliver baby dragons, and leftover biscuits turn into flying monsters. Blending together The Odyssey and Alice in Wonderland, The Second Page is filled with both silly humor and dangerous situations. Page and his quirky crew travel to the bottom of the ocean, crash into bizarre islands, and defy the laws of physics at every turn. But while it's all fun and games at first, Page soon realizes he's in over his head, that he's not invincible, and neither are his friends.

‘The Boy in The Well’ is the first ever book I’ve written and published. My name is Manal Faris and I’m thirteen years old. The reason I chose to write about Prophet Joseph is many. But mostly because I found his life so exciting, the kind of life you’d read stories about and then dream on going on adventures just like that. And it was inspirational- so many lessons and morals entwined within it. I was learning without even realizing. My role model soon grew to be Prophet Joseph, everything about him interested me. His life, the historical facts and theories, the differences in his story between the religions and everything in between. In his life, after everything he went through, he still made it out alive - he’s a survivor. As a child, he was abused by the people he trusted with his life, and they betrayed that trust. He was sold as a slave, belittled and treated like dirt. His freedom was taken from him. He was tortured in prison - it must have felt like his childhood had come back to haunt him. And yet, he was able to forgive, to live on without grudging. Prophet Joseph did not only survive through it all, he thrived, and that’s what makes him so amazing. I’ve been asked why I chose to write it as fiction. Shouldn’t it be non-fiction to learn from? My answer to that is that direct learning can be tiring - to a lot of people most the time. But reading a story that’s full of adventure is different. It’s fun and it appeals to people. Just like fiction appeals to me. The idea slowly turned into a plan - it took six months for the research and planning. These are some of the references I used for my research. I read books on him, listened to lectures, and the references from the other are important. The TV show called ‘Prophet Joseph’ was what first brought my interest to him. The Quran was the book that I knew had 100% pure fact, and Dawud Wharnsby’s song is one of my all-time favourite.

Snappy the shark swims in the deep blue Mediterranean Sea and one day he meets a human child who can understand what he's saying. Charlie and his older sister Emily are on holiday and their mother thinks it would be fun for them to join the local sailing school for some lessons. While they are doing so Snappy is trying to discover why the dolphins are being so secretive about their exploration of the seabed. The two children have some thrilling adventures afloat when the wind picks up while down below Snappy has to flee for his life.

Toddy is a bear of distinction who loves jazz; not everyone does!To some, jazz isn't a beautiful sound at all, but when Toddy sang jazz to his garden plants, they loved it and grew strong and healthy.When Ziggy the Twecckle, learnt that new plants in the park had been trodden down by children, destroying some and leaving others damaged, he suggests a jazz concert for the young shoots to see if it would help.Toddy thinks it's a grand idea, so Ziggy gets lots of other Twecckles to join them and they all set off to the park... making a noise is something we can all do; making your noise into something beautiful, is an art.

Snappy is an inquisitive young shark who likes going out with his uncle to discover what is going on in the sea around them. One day when they are out exploring they are chased away by the dolphins' combat patrol and left wondering what they are up to.Then Snappy makes friends with Bubbles, a young dolphin who is lost and together they roam the sea trying to unravel the mystery of the Brotherhood of Dolphins and where have the missing sardines got to....A delightful tale of adventure beneath the waves which is fun and easy to read.

'Who in their right mind wants to go to boarding school?'Meet Alice Stone, an adventure-seeking twelve-year old who wants to go, and not just to any school. Convincing her parents to send her to Kylemore Abbey School for Girls, Alice gets more than she bargains for when she stumbles upon Ruth Stoker.But Ruth isn't any ordinary student at Kylemore.So begins the mysterious bond between Ruth and Alice, as Alice settles into school in the bleak but beautiful heart of Connemara.Alice soon discovers that becoming a true K-Girl is not so easy, even if you have a ghost for a friend.

Ellie Sparrow's summer gets hotter by the minute! This adventurous 12-year-old girl just stumbled upon an ancient secret which spells a whole lot of trouble. Now she must fulfil an age-old promise as she becomes helplessly swept up in lives and events surrounding the Great Fire of London.Forced to live on her wits, Ellie will discover new friends and powerful enemies in the famous city of London. When the Great Fire catches hold, Ellie’s world will shift again. Difficult choices will have to be made, choices that will lead her to the court of King Charles II. Can Ellie’s presence be the key to saving the life of an innocent man?

Sometimes children are so unaware of how their socialisation impacts the way they treat others. That our colour should not determine how we can be treated. That Black or White , Chinese or Indian we are all human beings. In this book, Mikhel shares how we are all unique regardless of our skin tone and creed.This book should be read by parents to their children and used to educate them around colour and being human.

Nobody told her geology could be dangerous When a rookie geologist discovers a clue to a lost Inca treasure, her first job gets a lot more thrilling. It's 1987. Geologist Sam Harris is a woman in a man's world - naive and underpaid, but resilient and passionate. Desperate for her first job, she accepts a contract with a dodgy entrepreneur exploring for gold in the remote rainforests of Sierramar. When she uncovers a clue to a treasure buried deep within the jungle, she is sent on an expedition to find it, but one of her colleagues is plotting to seize the hoard and will kill to get his hands on it. Will Sam find the treasure or will her first adventure be her last? If you like gutsy heroines, complex twists and turns, and heart-pounding action, then you'll love PJ Skinner's thrilling novel. Download Fool's Gold for free and have an adventure today