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Have you ever dreamt of high adventure? Has your soul unendingly ripped at its reigns - To defend your truth with light and rapture, And serve others truly without gains? Oh dear stranger, the story now before you, Let me tell with innocence of youth; Of a maid, both brave and noble, Serving others well, and serving truth. Let the stamping hooves, like drum-roll beating, Hold your place, as your soul takes flight, To delight in marvels, and ...some battles, Both in the field, and youth's fair trials of right.

Gaspi is an ordinary boy, living in the mountain village of Aemon's Reach, but life, for Gaspi, is forever changed the day magic erupts in him. He discovers he has a powerful gift - he is a Nature Mage, able to control natural forces and creatures and bend them to his will. It is a rare gift, and no-one has been born with it in centuries, but Gaspi's powers also have a dark side, and without training they will kill him. He is forced to leave his home and travel to the distant city of Helioport, where the Archmages of the College of Collective Magicks will teach him how to use his powers. Accompanied by his guardian and his best friends, Gaspi sets off on the long journey to Helioport. The journey is fraught with danger, and Gaspi and his friends discover that there are demonic creatures abroad, intent on finding and killing anyone with magical ability. As Gaspi begins his magical studies, a shadow hangs over him and over the city of magicians. Gaspi's story of a demonic attack is not an isolated incident. As these stories increase, Hephistole, the Chancellor of the college, is growing increasingly certain that someone or something is directing the demonic forces, but who, and to what end? As things unfold, Gaspi finds himself in the middle of dark and terrible times, and can only hope that his powerful gift will develop in time to make a difference when the time comes.

Seventeen humorous farm stories for five to eight year olds up. In this collection David Evans takes his reader on another jaunt to Thistledown Farm where the irrepressible Farmer John is cracking on with the daily chores of farming life. John is as likeably down to earth and inept as ever. He always has a new ploy up his sleeve and readers will chuckle as his best laid plans go oft agley- but always come right in the end. These stories have a sheer good natured warmth with moments of slapstick humour and delightful silliness. A fun easy going literary spree for readers of all ages. Those who already know Farmer John will welcome a revisit to Thistledown Farm and new readers will no doubt find much to enjoy. If you enjoy this book try THISTLEDOWN FARM: Farmer John's Boots and other stories.

'Farrow'd sell 'is own granny for a fiver in them days an' I can't imagine 'e's improved any since. If you've got dealin's wiv 'im, then watch out fer yerself Mrs Atkins. Get shot of 'im, sharpish.' Sam Johnson is happy in Winterne until someone's criminal plan puts the Atkins family in danger. There's a ghost who walks through walls and strangers are seen in the wood. This time Jonah, and Charlie's extraordinary friends, need Sam's help to catch a killer.

Christmas is approaching and for 14 year old Sam Johnson it promises to be the best ever. The prettiest girl in school agrees to go to the Christmas Ball with him and his father is coming home from South Africa. But it all goes awry when Fate steps in and turns his world upside down. Spending Christmas with little known relatives int he heart of Somerset is not exactly his ideas of a good time. But phantom lights in the nearby forest and his new uncle's secretive moonlit walks are mysterious enough but, when he hears what sounds like wolf howling in the night...

Woodsies can take on any human shape, and have appeared in larger and finer forms than we can ever hope to have, though mostly they just need well-disguised bodies strong enough to care for plants that like wood-filtered light. They are mainly practical, wise, and helpful, but all families have misfits and trouble-makers and sometimes young woodsies like Leaf-lag won't grow up and have to learn the hard way. This rebellious, 'ne'er-dowell' woodsy only half listens to his lessons and training, and after idling his way through summer is frightened to face a season of work to make up for this during the warm and secure underground winter festivities. He decides to go his own way, but the cold and hunger are too much for him, so he takes refuge in a dolls' house inside the playroom of a large house. The two young children, whose noise and size at first terrify the visitor, are delighted with his presence, a secret close-kept from adults. But because he has not paid full attention to his training, every trick he plays to show off cannot be reversed, and this gets his friends into more and more trouble. He becomes disruptive, selfish, isolated and cowers away in fear of being trapped. After many adventures, including a night in a mouse trap, he has to make for the closed doors of the winter palace, beg for admittance and face up to the discipline of his teachers. Born in Birmingham in 1943, Michael Tolkien grew up in rural South Oxfordshire and North Yorkshire. He studied classics and English at St Andrews and Oxford. Settled in Rutland since 1968, he worked as a secondary school teacher until early retirement in 1994. His verse has been published in two booklets and five full collections, which have been widely and favourably reviewed. He recently adapted and developed two tales by Florence Bone, a forgotten children's writer. He presented his versions in narrative verse as Wish and Rainbow. This new tale for younger readers is similarly adapted from the work of Hilda Adshead's now rare little book, The Idle Fairy.

Nikko is happily playing in the backyard of his home when a giant bird swoops down and clasps him firmly in its talons and soars back into the sky leaving his mother desperately crying behind. And so begins an incredible adventure for Nikko in a fantastical land where the Leaf Children live in trees with magical musical leaves, where the Drongs wage wars against them, where the beautiful Gabrysia is captured, and where Nikko and his new friends must go to the Dead Place in a bid to rescue her. For Nikko it is just the beginning. Keepers of The Deep is a story of wonder, of friendship, of trust.

The Desolate Garden is centred on one family, the Earls of Harrogate who, since its inauguration, have been the sole custodians of a secret Government bank now situated in London's Queen Anne's Gate and affectionately known as; Annies.In 2007, on his appointment to the running of that bank, Lord Elliot Paterson discovers, in a hidden ledger, an address in Leningrad, Russia, some initials and a missing fortune of money disappearing over a period of some years.He suspects his grandfather, Maudlin, has been funding a Russian spy!Elliot telephones his estranged eldest son, Harry, to tell of his worries and six months later is found shot dead in the London town house in Eton Square.Harry, already an employee of the British Intelligence Service, is recalled to London from the vast family estate in Yorkshire.He seemingly meets by accident a 'stick insect' of a woman, Judith Meadows, in the world famous Martini Bar at Duke's Hotel, St James's.She greats his appearance by asking to be told a joke; "Tell me a joke, I've had a really shitty day and need cheering up."Harry thinks that he's being chatted up, but that's not the case. She knows more about his family than he does, and neither of them want to readily disclose their knowledge to each other!It is the interaction between these two that tells the story, and it was this dialogue that caught the attention of the CEO of a London Film Production Company, prompting their decision to buy the option to film The Desolate Garden. That option has now been renewed, twice. This political thriller resonates with charm, deft touches of satire, and romantic entanglement and where the promise of rampant sex is a turn of the page away. At 331 pages, The Desolate Garden is suitable for all age groups and lovers of an old fashion story, where there is no sex nor graphic violence..www-thedesolategarden-com.co.uk/

In a desperate plea to save Anouka from complete demise, William and Rosabella Joy are hurled into a web of strange new friends. A Black Witch is set to turn the human world into a slavery of coldness if she finds her way in. Her accomplice, an elusive goblin, is trying to capture four children, and if these children surround the Old Oak Tree only darkness will prevail for eternity. But who is he? Angus Moon, a charming Scottish boy, is bewildering and no one seems to understand his role. Alyssa too seems a rather knowledgeable dark horse. And Myriad, the elf? Well, he's just ridiculously tiny. A new headmaster, Mr Vixonight, is acting suspicious. Miss Terrine? She just smells of old coffee. And Miss Lovett? Too bothersome she is. At the crux of Anouka, will the light or the dark side prevail? Will Mr Vixonight be able to hide his true colours? Will Angus Moon ever stop flirting. And Alyssa? Will her heroine nature help or hinder? William and Rosabella could get slain alongside their friends, or will Mrs Joy be able to rely on her son to get back home unscathed, with at least a semi-pleasing school report? For once.