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High in the Clouds
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Paul McCartney, Geoff Dunbar, Philip Ardagh
With his homeland destroyed, Wirral the squirrel vows to find Animalia where all the animals live in freedom and without fear. Aided by a hot-air-ballooning frog, a red squirrel, and a streetwise rat, Wirral's quest turns into a plan to save all enslaved animals in this "urban furry tail" by rock legend McCartney. Full color.
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A House Called Awful End: Book One in the Eddie Dickens Trilogy
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Philip Ardagh, David Roberts (Illustrator)
This is the first entry in a trilogy of books about the unlikely life of an 11-year-old boy named Eddie Dickens. Sent to stay with his "Mad Uncle Jack and Mad Aunt Maud" while his parents recover from a lingering illness, Eddie mistakenly ends up at St. Horrid's Home for Grateful Orphans. Will Eddie ever escape and make it to his aunt and uncle's ...
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Terrible Times
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Philip Ardagh, David Roberts (Illustrator)
In the third installment of the Eddie Dickens saga, our poor hero Eddie finds himself on the way to America aboard the sailing ship Pompous Pig, along with a cargo hold full of left shoes, the world-famous Dog's Bone Diamond, and some of the most dangerous traveling companions anyone might have the misfortune to share a ship with. A mysterious ...
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Dreadful Acts: Book Two in the Eddie Dickens Trilogy
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Philip Ardagh, David Roberts (Illustrator)
In this eagerly awaited sequel to "A House Called Awful End, " Eddie Dickens narrowly avoids being blown up, trampled by horses, and arrested. All the old favorite faces are here, along with some very worrisome new ones. Illustrations.
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Terrible Times: Book Three in the Eddie Dickens Trilogy
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Philip Ardagh, Elizabeth Winthrop, David Roberts (Illustrator)
In the final book, Eddie is on board a ship heading for America, but a stowaway and familiar faces from Eddie's past complicate matters, as does being set adrift in a leaky rowboat. Illustrations.
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Awful end
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Philip Ardagh, David Roberts
When both of Eddie's parents catch a disease that makes them turn yellow and smell of hot-water bottles, it's agreed that he should go to stay with relatives at Awful End. Sadly for Eddie, those relatives are Mad Uncle Jack and Even-Madder Aunt Maud.
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Eddie Dickens Trilogy: A House Called Awful End
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Philip Ardagh, David Roberts (Illustrator)
The hilarious, nefarious, precarious journey of Eddie Dickens is well worth its weight in the wonderful and wacky words that make up this story. Illustrations.
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Fall of Fergal
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Philip Ardagh, David Roberts (Illustrator)
In the first of Philip Ardagh's darkly hilarious Unlikely Exploits, the McNally children find themselves at The Dell Hotel, the venue for the final of the Tap 'n' Type typing competition, surrounded by a strange assortment of characters ranging from Twinkle-Toes Tweedy, the house detective, to Mr. Peach, a ventriloquest with a conveniently large ...
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Heir of Mystery
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Philip Ardagh, Joe Barrett (Read by)
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Heir of Mystery, or Four Legs Good
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Philip Ardagh, David Roberts (Illustrator)
In this second Unlikely Exploit, Fergal McNally's brain--last seen in a pickling jar in the basement of Sacred Heart Hospital--is stolen, and the remaining McNally children find themselves mysteriously drawn to Fishbone Forest and the forgotten crumbling mansion that lies at its heart. There they meet the terrifying, teddy-bear-clutching Mr. Maggs ...
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The Not-So-Very-Nice Goings-on at Victoria Lodge
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Philip Ardagh
Whilst flipping through issues of The Girl's Own Paper from the 1890s, it gradually dawned on Philip Ardagh that he was witnessing tantalising glimpses of a mystery story unfolding in the seemingly-unrelated illustrations. Using these originals and his brand-spanking-new text, he's created the quite extraordinary (and very funny) The Not-So-Very ...
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The Fall of Fergal: Or Not So Dingly in the Dell
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Philip Ardagh, David Roberts (Illustrator)
In the first of Philip Ardagh's darkly hilarious Unlikely Exploits, the McNally children find themselves at The Dell Hotel, the venue for the final of the Tap 'n' Type typing competition, surrounded by a strange assortment of characters ranging from Twinkle-Toes Tweedy, the house detective, to Mr. Peach, a ventriloquest with a conveniently large ...
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The Green Men of Gressingham
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Philip Ardagh, Hazel Townson, Donnelly Karen (Illustrator)
The Green Men of Gressingham are medieval outlaws. They turn to kidnapping!
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The hieroglyphs handbook
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Philip Ardagh
An entertaining introduction to hieroglyphics which enables children to walk into a museum and translate Ancient Egyptian inscriptions. It provides background history and a practical section explaining how the language works and is written, as well as a glossary-cum-phrasebook.
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The Archaeologist's Handbook: the Insiders' Guide to Digging Up the Past
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Philip Ardagh
"The Archaeologist's Handbook" takes a look at the role of archaeologists from the discovery of an artefact or archaeological site to the identification, dating, preservation, restoration and understanding of what has been found. This book looks at everything from the most basic archaaeological techniques to the latest technological advances used ...
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The Further Adventures of Eddie Dickens 01. Dubious Deeds
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Philip; Roberts Ardagh, David
The pint-sized hero of the best-selling Eddie Dickens Trilogy is back in Dubious Deeds, the first of his Further Adventures, and this time he's many miles from home. In this ridiculous tale of deceit and double-dealing, Eddie Dickens is away from Awful End in the highly unlikely highlands of Victorian Scotland. He finds himself amongst a group of ...
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Philip Ardagh's Book of Absolutely Useless Lists for Absolutely Every Day of the Year: \N
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Philip Ardagh
Expect the unexpected in this ridiculously named, reassuringly chunky book, jam-packed full of eye-openingly absurd facts, lies, half-truths, thoughts, suggestions and musings with more footnotes than an orchestra of millipedes. The lists include: "Possessors of Notable Moustaches (Real or Otherwise)", "What MI5 Look For When Recruiting", "Basic ...
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Dubious Deeds (the Further Adventures of Eddie Dickens)
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Philip Ardagh
Pint-sized hero Eddie Dickens is back and this time he's miles from home. In this tale of deceit and double-dealing, Eddie Dickens is away from Awful End in the highlands of Victorian Scotland. He finds himself amongst a group of vegetarian strangers living in mad Aunt Maud's ancestral pile.
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Horrendous Habits (Book Two of the Further Adventures of Eddie Dickens)
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Philip Ardagh
After a serious accident involving a gorse bush, Eddie Dickens finds himself being cared for by monks of the Bertian order, founded by Ethelbert the Funny, and with absolutely no memory of who he is. Back at Awful End, he leaves behind a baby discovered in the bulrushes, his father flattened by a chimney in what was probably a deliberate act, and ...
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Did dinosaurs really snore? : 100-and-a-half questions about dinosaurs answered
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Philip Ardagh
Did dinosaurs have any hair? What did a dinosaur's nest look like? How do we know what colour they were? This book answers questions such as these and provides information about the fossilised clues they left behind, and about the experts whose job it is to study them.
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Why Are Castles Castle-Shaped?
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Philip Ardagh
Philip Ardagh has a passion for history. During his numerous children's events over the years, author Philip Ardagh has been asked just about every question about castles and life in medieval times. Here he answers his favourite (printable) ones. Everything from alchemy to the crusades is covered in this informative book, from "Who built castles", ...
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The Final Curtain (Further Adventures of Eddie Dickens)
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Philip Ardagh
In this, the third and final of "The Further Adventures of Eddie Dickens", our saucer-eyed hero Eddie Dickens finds himself embroiled in an attempt to foil a plot to steal an oil painting of Mad Uncle Jack, mistakenly commissioned by the War Office (who thought he was the other Major Dickens). Add to this the explosive mix of Even Madder Aunt Maud ...
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Philip Ardagh's Book of Absolutely Useless Lists for Absolutely Every Day of the Year: \N
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This is a brilliant, chunky book packed with incredible facts and figures. It contains a list for every day of the year and here are a few examples of the things you can expect to learn about ...six paintings that look better from a distance, three most likely places to find Tyrannosaurus Rex remains, six of the world's smelliest cheeses, eight ...
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The truth about Christmas : its traditions unravelled
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Philip Ardagh
Who decided to celebrate Jesus' birthday on 25th December...and why? Who exactly was Saint Nicholas (Santa Claus)? Why do we kiss under the mistletoe? When was the first Christmas card sent? What on earth has a Yule log to do with Christmas? What does "nativity" actually mean? Did Father Christmas really used to wear green? Who invented the advent ...
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Horrendous Habits (Further Adventures of Eddie Dickens)
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