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The Spindrift Scientific Foundation has sent Dr. Tony Briotti, Rick Brant, and Don "Scotty" Scott to the Philippine Islands for a quiet peaceful archeological expedition. Dr. Briotti wants to investigate some native artifacts, among which is supposedly a golden skull. Rick and Scotty travel along to assist Dr. Briotti. The artifacts are located in a remote part of an island with natives who are purported to be headhunters.

In Smuggler’s Treasure, life is good for Liesl in West Germany in 1989. But as she works on a class project, she stumbles onto a startling secret no one will talk about. Will she ever learn the whole story about her family and what happened to them after the building of the Berlin Wall?

Предлагаем вашему вниманию аудиокнигу "Карандаш и Самоделкин в стране пирамид" - сказочную повесть детского писателя Валентина Постникова, автора весёлых и познавательных историй о приключениях маленьких волшебников Карандаша и Самоделкина. Карандаш - художник, у которого вместо носа карандаш.

Dylan sat gazing out of his classroom window, waiting for the bell to ring. He was watching seahorses playing in the reeds of sea kelp swaying in the gentle current…and not paying any attention at all to the math lesson that was continuing outside of his daydream. “Pssst … psst,” Dylan heard behind him. Murdoch passed a note forward. Dylan quickly grabbed it and opened it under his desk without Mrs Pike-Teeth seeing it. It read, "Happy birthday Bubble Boy!”

After 13-year-old Hertz endures World War II, he must now survive Berlin’s devastation. With only Father’s violin as comfort, Hertz scrounges for food with his older sister Elsa, best friend Jakub from Poland, and fellow Berliners. Meanwhile, Soviet soldiers police the streets and blockade people from traveling to the American-controlled areas of Berlin.

происходит в последней четверти XVIII века, во времена царствования Екатерины Великой. Сюжетную основу книги составила ранняя биография реального исторического деятеля - знаменитого русского мореплавателя и путешественника Василия Михайловича Головнина. Герой повести - двенадцатилетний отпрыск старинного дворянского рода.

Илья Ильин (наст. имя Илья Хасанович Чвыр, род. 1957) - российский журналист, драматург, детский писатель. В недавнем прошлом - главный редактор печатной версии юмористического журнала «Ералаш». Автор более 30 исторических и приключенческих книг для детей и взрослых. Исследователь, историк, путешественник.

En algún lugar cerca de Casa Grande es nuestro segundo libro de las series, cuya historia está ambientada en el desierto de Sonora que se extiende a lo largo de la frontera de los Esados Unidos de América con México. Un zorro no conoce fronteras, sólo como pasárselo bien en el desierto.

When Freddie is given an ancient map for his birthday by his eccentric Uncle Patrick, it seems an odd gift, but Freddie is thrilled. Little does he realise that the mysterious map is about to turn his world upside down. Plunged into a perilous adventure between two worlds, and pursued in turn by a ruthless bully and a determined adversary who each go to any lengths to get what they want, Freddie must fight for what's right - and for his very life....

Diesmal bringt das magische Baumhaus Anne und Philipp an den Fuß eines Berges in Peru. In der Nähe lebende Bauern erzählen ihnen von einem gestohlenen Babylama, und die Geschwister versprechen, das Tier zu seinen Besitzern zurückzubringen. Doch der Weg ist tückisch: Die Suche nach dem Kleinen führt die Kinder in die geheimnisvolle Inka-Stadt Machu Picchu. Ob ihnen die Lama-Legende helfen kann, das junge Tier sicher nach Hause zu bringen?

Was ist schlimmer als ein blumig duftendes Schaumbad? Richtig: ein Räuberhauptmann mit Zahnschmerzen! Und so stehen Rapido und seine kleinen Räuberfreunde vor der nächsten Herausforderung: Wer es schafft, den schlimmen Zahn aus Hauptmann Rigoros Räuberklappe zu ziehen, der bekommt die Räuberwurst. Gut, wenn man wie Rapido vielleicht nicht räubermutig ist, aber Freunde wie Waschbär Störenfried hat, der den geheimnisvollen Kieferknacker kennt.

Wenn Trenk dem Fürsten den Stein der Weisen bringt, erfüllt ihm dieser jeden Wunsch. Das ist die Gelegenheit für Trenk und Thekla, die Bauern aus der Leib­eigenschaft zu befreien! Doch als auf ihrer Suche Ferkelchen dem bösen Ritter Wertolt in die Hände fällt, erscheint alles andere für die beiden plötzlich nebensächlich. Ob es ihnen gelingt, Ferkelchen zu be­freien und dem bösen Ritter Wertolt ein Schnippchen zu schlagen? Mit Tipps für Eltern und Lehrer*innen zur Leseförderung. Das gleichnamige Buch erscheint bei Oetinger.

Vulgar the Viking and a Midsummer Night's Scream: Vulgar thinks Midsummer Night's Eve is the best Viking festival of all! There'll be a massive bonfire, and everyone will sing songs about excellent longboats and enormous battles, then eat and drink until their stomachs explode! So what's with the tiny pile of firewood? Vulgar the Viking and the Battle of Burp: Vulgar can't believe his luck. He's going on a school trip in a real live longboat, with oars and everything! And they're going to visit Burp, where a long-ago battle once took place.

Lettice Pegg's father is a working-class policeman and her mother is a middle-class suffragette. Stuck between them as they argue, Lettice mostly cares about trying to fit in at school and convincing her parents to let her have roller skates and go to the music hall. But, when Lettice sees her mother brutally thrown to the ground by a policeman while on a protest march, her life changes forever. Not all of the women on the march are vulnerable to attack. Some of them have a secret weapon: jiu jitsu.

This adapted and condensed version of the tale by Alexandre Dumas will introduce children to beloved characters from the original novel and give them a taste of the adventure-filled classic.

In Beetle Bunker, Sabine lives in 1960s East Berlin, where neighbors spy on each other, books are forbidden, and people sometimes disappear in the middle of the night...to the west side of the Berlin Wall. When Sabine discovers a forgotten underground bunker, she first uses it to escape her crowded home and comments on her physical disability, then thinks of a new use for the bunker. Could it take her family under the wall to freedom?

Candy Bombers takes you to Berlin, Germany in the spring of 1948. Teenage cousins Erich and Katarina are just trying to survive Soviet isolation and starvation when they see the Americans have food. When Erich sneaks inside a US cargo plane, he is caught by an American sergeant who tries to befriend him. Though Erich has plenty of reasons to resent this man, in the end he must decide - should he cling to bitterness or learn to forgive?

June, 1942 - Libya. Free French Officer Susan Travers was one of the few women on the front lines in Africa during World War Two. After the Germans surrounded the military camp of Bir Hakeim, a shocking order was issued. The French troops were going to break out in the middle of the night - crossing through dangerous minefields and enemy territory - to reach their British allies. And Officer Travers would be leading the charge.

London, 1716. Lord William Nithsdale has been found guilty of treason after fighting alongside the other rebels against the British crown. For his crime, he is sent to the infamous Tower of London, where he awaits his punishment: the executioner’s blade. Upon learning of the lord’s death sentence, his wife, Lady Winifred Maxwell, sets out to free him from the “Bloody Tower”. She plots and plans to pull off a daring and dangerous breakout. If her idea works, Lord Nithsdale might just escape his deadly fate. If it doesn’t, both their heads will roll!

Every winter, girls are going missing. Lydia and her carefree sister, Sophie, must stay alive long enough to uncover the terrible, supernatural force that stalks the children of Rottenhall Orphanage. With the help of some strange, magical gifts, can Lydia defy the odds and survive the dangers of Regency London and overcome her nightmarish adversary?