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When Prince Mutt Blue is exiled from the pinnacle of a mysterious world called The Cliff by his father Baron Anton Blue, he soon meets the beautiful but troubled Partridge Bark, from the Kingdom of Cornea, about to jump to her death. The ensuing helicopter accident draws them into a doomed romance and introduces them to Torvek Rotinski, an adventurer from Skullborough who has lost his camera during the helicopter explosion.The three friends are running low on provisions when they find a boat which can take them on the mysterious Inner River to the Nexus Island--a hinge point between dimensions. There they find themselves caught in a civil war between Sheriff Raymont Raymont of Nexus Island and the Equivocal Smattering of Miscellaneous Territories, Etc. and the so-called Penguinistas.Who is the enigmatic, absent penguin? Can Mutt Blue and Partridge Bark's love survive? Is it okay to eat 30 samosas and not pay?For the answers to these and other pressing questions, please consult the pages within.

The first book to examine the transformation of sporting cultures in South America in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries

Paint Your Town Red tells the story of how one city in the north of England decided to level upwithout waiting for Whitehall.

With an immensely practical series of principles, Lori and Matthew Brown address the thorny issue of bullying through typical episodes seen from a child's perspective. JeeMin observes injustice, witnesses how words hurt and notices how bullies exploit others to cover their own weaknesses. She asks questions of her parents and acts on sound advice to turn situations around and build happy and lasting relationships. The situations encountered, encompassing verbal, physical and cyber bullying, will ring true with a multitude of parents. In this realistic and thoughtful demonstration of how to understand, combat and conquer bullying, the measures outlined will give any child much-needed insight and confidence to take steps to succeed in being an overcomer.

Presents a collection of oral stories from Africa, drawn from sources representing 250 years of history and almost 12 million square miles of geography. This may very well be the most widely shared repertoire of African oral traditions outside of the continent.