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As the story of Cape Lost opens, an important new thread is about to be woven into the life of teenage Gabrielle Allan. Home from boarding school for the summer holidays, she and Merry are once more happily on horseback in the New Zealand hills. They are helping their Uncle Dunsany bring a herd of sheep to Cape Lost, the station owned by their great-uncle Garnet. Considered eccentric, Garnet Allan has lived all alone on the remote station bordering the sea ever since the mysterious disappearance of his young and beautiful wife many years before.

You’ve heard of Zeus, Poseidon, Aphrodite, etc. But what do you know about the Greek underworld, minor gods, and mythical beasts? Do you know how these stories were passed on from generation to generation or what significance they held for the people who believed in them? This fascinating audiobook introduces readers to the canon of Greek mythology and its influence on the world today in language, storytelling, and even science. 

The enigmatic family saga the Tryptych I continues as Elsa discovers new secrets in the family’s past with a lot of hope for the future. Special emphasis on children with Williams Syndrome. Please donate generously to their cause: williams-syndrome.org. 

This is a wonderful, simple audiobook about Popsicles and the recipes for making simple and easy-to-make icy treats. It has been written by eight-year-old Nodi Khan; this is her first ever published work. The audiobook is great for kids of all ages during summer, or any season, really. It is full of funny writing by a very young, lovely, and upcoming writer.

Cv/VAR 50 publishes an interview with the artist Helen Chadwick (1953-96), recorded at her Beck Road studio in 1989. It explores the body-action-photographic works distilled in installations such as Ego Geometria Sum and Of Mutability, and the cromalin prints of 1989: Viral Landscapes, prepared for exhibition at the Museum of Modern Art Oxford in 1990.

Lady Alexandra Baldwyn is stifled by her claustrophobic life of privilege at Somerton Hall. She is desperate to escape the confines of her family's stately home and do her bit for the war effort like her brother, Charles, and his best friend, Freddie Chevalier. She pleads with her parents to let her become a nurse in France, but her father refuses to sign the necessary papers, and she must be content with driving ambulances in London. 

Young Martin is your average nine-year-old boy, just one who happens to frequent graveyards, and reads books about spells and monsters. He happens upon one such spell book and finds a spell that allows him to bring back the dead, and the one he brings back is one Young Miss Victoria Blackwell. Miss Blackwell had no real friends to speak of when she was alive, so she had to make ones out of her own imagination. The problem was no one else could see them. With Martin's Book of the Occult though, that was a problem of the past.

This book gives you a fascinating insight into the psychology of creativity, and how you can use it on your journey to becoming an author. Writing a book is a complex process including several different states of mind. After many years of trying to find new ways to write, edit and publish my own work, I stumbled on a foolproof method for overcoming writer's block at every stage of the process. You can do this too, by following the practical solutions presented here.

Listen to a story about a baby sea turtle named Daughtry who, instead of following the moon to the sea, visits it. With the help of a few crafty sand owls, not only does the turtle clean up the beach, it learns and unlocks the secrets of the wild stars, and beyond. 

Meet Splitz the Tuffa, the animal kingdom's biggest rap star! Not only is Splitz the toughest skunk in the animal kingdom, but he is also the greatest rapper in the woods! Enjoy this listen today, and join Splitz in making fun, random, rhyming statements! 

The toughest skunk in the animal kingdom is back, and he is currently working on his brand-new rap album! Enjoy this listen today, and join Splitz the Tuffa in making fun, random, rhyming statements! All his peeps from Knock Wood Forest will be there! Will you? Tuffa, tuffa, puffa, puffa! Mic check, one-two! Let’s go! 

Lost in the other entrance, Davy discovers himself in different forms. Every-one and every-thing are just waves being surfed. Look out for the set and hang ten! If not, just duck-dive, bra.

Story about an uninspired T-Rex dinosaur named Gormore who is trying to find its life’s purpose. With a little encouragement and a new racetrack stadium built in the neighborhood, Gormore will soon be speeding through its wildest dreams faster than it can blink!

Gentle mental reminders of what to be.

A story about a quirky deer and his high-sprung garden snake who attempt to rescue all their friends, who are trapped dairy cows.

Woodrow and the Ants is a story about an overly gracious bear with impaired hearing who, after taking on the responsibility to shield a selected group of bees, offers to help a colony of ants whom, in return, reward him for his efforts with a special key. A key to what? Connect with Big Row today on this new mystery throughout the wilderness.

King Platty of Cypress has recognized the Archer Otters’ accomplishments and has deemed them eligible for knighthood.

Story about a spider named Hickery who crawled into an electric socket and became an oversized marshmallow. Now ten times his original size, there are not many professions he’s fit for. Hickery is forced into the underground sumo wrestling world of the kitchen cabinets, until he meets someone who inspires him to appreciate the ups and downs of life.

There was a time when author Ash Adams didn’t know God. It was a long time, more than half of her life. In Lambent Light, she shares her story, showing how blind she was to God. She was indifferent to his existence.

Callum is about to discover that no matter how much he loves his beautiful Lady of Loch Awe, he cannot always be around to protect her, especially now that he has been marked for death.