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When a mysterious set of plastic dinosaur cards appear on his key-ring, Harry soon finds that he can call on an army of Back-Up Dinosaurs for some MONSTER-sized muscle! A big snow storm has blocked the roads, and the residents of Huntingdon village are trapped. Harry and his friends - Jack, Charlie and Siri - want to deliver emergency supplies. But it would take the strength of a triceratops or the enormous bulk of an apatosaurus to help them....

On the first morning of Rome's Covid-19 lockdown Matthew Kneale felt an urge to connect with friends and acquaintances and began writing an email, describing where he was, what was happening and what it felt like, and sent it to everyone he could think of. He was soon composing daily reports as he tried to comprehend a period of time when everyone's lives suddenly changed and Italy struggled against an epidemic that was so strange, so troubling and so fascinating that he found it impossible to think about anything else.

After a gruelling journey, the warriors of the Hallowed Knights and Astral Templars have found their quarry in the Sea of Bones. During the hunt, Mannfred the vampire lord has raised a mighty undead host to protect the realmgate he has claimed. While Ramus of the Hallowed Knights seeks the vampire's head and Vandalus of the Astral Templars wants to reclaim the realmgate, both must fight as one and alongside their orruk allies if they are to triumph.

After being reforged, Lord-Relictor Ramus of the Hallowed Knights is sent by Sigmar to capture the betrayer, Mannfred von Carstein. The quest brings Ramus to the Carthic Oldwoods of Ghur, where he comes to the aid of the Astral Templars against a massive ogor horde. Victorious, but at great cost, Ramus discovers Mannfred is finally close at hand. Only with the help of the Astral Templars will the Lord-Relictor catch his quarry, but there are deadlier things in the woods than ogors, a fact the Stormcast Eternals soon discover.

What is the difference between sex and gender? What is the impact of gender-role stereotypes on our lives, our relationships and the world? What does gender mean to you? The Psychology of Gender looks at our biology, history and culture to consider the impact of gender roles and stereotypes, and addresses the "dilemmas" we have regarding gender in a post-modern world. It offers a unique perspective on gender through storytelling and explores ideas around transgender and cisgender identities and androgyny, tackling hidden assumptions and helping us make sense of the world of gender.

Ransomware will cost companies around the world $20 billion in 2021. Prepare for, recognise, and survive ransomware attacks with this essential guide, which sets out clearly how ransomware works, to help business leaders better understand the strategic risks, and explores measures that can be put in place to protect the organisation.

Do you sometimes feel overwhelmed by feelings of panic that seem to come from nowhere and yet feel terrifyingly real? Do you avoid certain situations because you think you'll experience a panic attack? If so, this step-by-step self-help course can give you the necessary skills to overcome and prevent such attacks and the associated agoraphobia.

In this exciting collection of relaxation ideas, you will discover new ways to ease life's load so that you can find tranquility and access inner peace. Offering simple and easy daily solutions for busy people and containing a wealth of tips and techniques, from relaxation mantras and attitude acrobatics to self-help programs, physical workouts, and lessons from the East, 365 Ways to Beat Stress will help you access a calmer way of being.

Jack knows every wrestling move there is to know, and his dreams come true when he's recruited as a training assistant to Waldo's Wrestling Trolls. Little does Jack know that he's actually part troll, and that when his new family is in trouble he morphs into the terrifying Thud! He'll have to build a team of wrestling trolls to take on Lord Veto's evil orcs at the tournament of tournaments.

Just as Daniel is trying to fit in at his new school, his mum, the head teacher, stops taking her medicine. As she starts behaving more and more weirdly, Daniel realizes that his mum is ill - and he is the only person who can help her.

When Claude and a friend find a pile of dismembered bodies on the beach they are relieved to realize they are just shop-window dummies. But Claude and his friend are not the only ones who are interested in the dummies. A strange Italian visitor is showing a suspicious interest too. Soon Claude gets caught up in a heady adventure that drags him from a remote Scottish island to the art museums of Italy. What he discovers seems ludicrous, but no-one is pulling his leg - this one's for real!

Twins Ben and Zoe usually travel the world with their parents, who work as vets, but this time they’ve been left at home. Just when they think they’re never going to have another adventure, they receive a mysterious message. Could it really be from Dr Stephen Fisher, the famous zoologist who has been missing for years? Dr Fisher needs their help. Will they join Wild, the secret organisation he set up to save animals in danger?

Twins Ben and Zoe travel the world working for top secret organization Wild. Wild is the brainchild of their godfather, Dr Fisher, who sends the children on high-risk global missions to save rare animals in deadly danger. For their latest adventure, Ben and Zoe are in deepest China in search of baby panda, Jing Jing, who has escaped from a panda sanctuary following an earthquake.

Sarah and Robert Williams are no ordinary brother and sister. With superhuman powers originating from the mysterious Fall Virus that left thousands of others in a coma, the two are now working with government agency HIDRA and other superhuman kids to find a cure. The powerful alien that first sent the virus to Earth, known only as 'The Entity', is ready to attack again, determined to bring humanity under its control for good.

Twins Ben and Zoe travel the world working for top secret organization Wild. Wild is the brainchild of their godfather, Dr Fisher, who sends the children on high-risk global missions to save rare animals in deadly danger. Their latest mission takes them to a reservation in the remotest jungles of Borneo, where ruthless loggers have destroyed the home of a young orang-utan. But it’s not only the orang-utan who’s in danger. Someone has their eye on the reservation’s precious rainforest land, and it seems they’ll stop at nothing....

A freak virus released by a meteorite storm has given Sarah, Robert and their friends amazing superpowers. But such powers are both a blessing and a curse...Deadly meteorites are heading to Earth but mysterious Russian billionaire Nikolai Makarov seems gleeful. What is his secret and can the group of friends thwart his master plan? A thrilling sci-fi adventure, 'Alien Storm' is the sequel to A.G. Taylor’s highly-acclaimed debut 'Meteorite Strike'.

Good dreams are sweet. Bad dreams are scary. But imagine if nightmares were about to take over…Zac Wonder is about to find out. On the stroke of midnight, he finds himself plunged into an adventure in an extraordinary world on the other side of sleep.

Vampire Nathaniel Gray has spent two hundred years choosing not to feel. But when he accidentally runs Rowan Locke off the road, he is inexplicably flooded with everything she's feeling. He is consumed with the need to protect Rowan at all costs including from himself. To Nate what is happening is unthinkable and as unbelievable, as the existence of faeries. But you see, 'There is no such thing as immortality.'

It’s a popular belief that the world of leadership is some mysterious arena where only the strong, fearless, and gifted can survive. But this isn’t necessarily true, and it’s certainly not been the experience of Organisational Psychologists Karen Meager and John McLachlan.