Christopher Pike
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Simon Pulse
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English
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"Rotterham Home was a hospice for young people--a place where teenagers with terminal illnesses went to die. Nobody who checked in ever checked out. It was a place of pain and sorrow, but also, remarkably, a place of humor and adventure. Every night at twelve, a group of young guys and girls at the hospice came together to tell stories. They called themselves the Midnight Club, and their stories could be true or false, inspiring or depressing, or...
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Spooksville volume 5
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English
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Adam and his friends are exploring the forest near Spooksville when they come across huge blocks of ice hidden among the trees. They decide to melt one, but when they do, a strange man comes out of the ice and tries to grab them. The man has very cold hands, and his eyes aren't too warm either! Soon there are dozens of Cold People running around Spooksville freezing everyone. It seems like nothing can stop them. But Adam and his friends have an idea...
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Spooksville volume 4
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English
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When Adam and his friends stay up late one night, they see bright lights in the sky-- lights that look an awful lot like flying saucers! Then the next night, one of the saucers lands by the reservoir. The creatures that come out of the ship don't look like people at all. Their heads are too large and their eyes are too big and black. Worse, the want Adam and his friends to come with them for a little ride in space. In fact, the aliens insist that...
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Spooksville volume 2
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English
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Cindy is playing by the ocean with her younger brother, Neil, when a ghost appears out of nowhere and grabs the little boy and carries him away. Cindy tries to tell people what happened, but everyone assumes that Neil drowned. Cindy is left heartbroken, with no one to help her find her brother. Until Sally reads about what happened. Sally believes in ghosts-and she knows there are plenty of them to be found in Spooksville. With Adam and Watch, Sally...
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Spooksville volume 1
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English
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Disregarding a warning that the town of Springfield is called Spooksville for a good reason, newcomer Adam accompanies his friends to a secret path at the graveyard that is said to lead to other, more terrifying worlds.
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Spooksville volume 6
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English
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The time has come for Adam and his friends to again face Spooksville's most powerful citizen, Ms. Ann Templeton. Sally says the woman is definitely a witch, but Adam and Watch are not so certain. To find the truth, they visit her castle together. There they find both good and bad: creatures more horrible than anything they could imagine, but also magical tools that can create the most wonderful things.
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Spooksville volume 9
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English
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When Adam and his friends find a cube-shaped crystal while hiking, they find it makes their wishes come true. Unfortunately, the stone wants to be paid for what it gives.
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Spooksville volume 11
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English
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When flying dinosaurs swoop down on Spooksville, attacking and eating anyone found outdoors, Adam and his friends discover that a time portal has linked the present day to the dinosaur era.
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Spooksville volume 12
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English
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When a dragon attempts to destroy Spooksville in the wake of its missing treasure, Adam and his friends begin a desperate search while outracing the dragon's flames.
10) The haunted cave
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Spooksville volume 3
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English
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There is a famous cave located just outside of Spooksville. A lot of stories surround the dark place-scary ones as well as exciting ones. Adam decides to explore the cave with his friends Watch, Sally and Cindy. But the moment they step inside the cave, the entrance closes behind them. Trapped, in the dark, they walk deeper and deeper into the cave, frantically searching for a way out. But the batteries in their flashlights begin to run low. And then...
11) Pan's realm
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Spooksville volume 8
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English
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Are there fairies and gnomes? Leprechauns and elves? Most people, including Adam, would have said no. But one day a whole herd of magical creatures invades Spooksville. At first they play childish pranks, and Adam and his friends are happy to welcome them. But quickly the pranks turn cruel, and Adam, Sally, Watch, and Cindy are soon fighting for their lives. Where did these little people come from? How can Adam and his pals make them go away?
12) The dark corner
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Spooksville volume 7
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English
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Talked into venturing to the fearsome otherworld dimension of the Secret Path by Bum, who has learned of a super-fun place there, Adam and his friends ignore Sally's reservations and find more than they expect.
13) The wicked cat
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Spooksville volume 10
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English
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Adam and his friends find a black cat in the area around Spooksville and it follows them home. Then strange things begin to happen and the cat won't go away.
14) The Secret of Ka
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English
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One minute Sara's bored on vacation in Istanbul. The next, she's unearthed a flying carpet that cleverly drags her to the mysterious Island of the Djinn-or genies. By her side is Amesh, a cute guy she has a crush on but doesn't yet trust. When Amesh learns the secret of invoking djinn, he loses control. He swears he'll call upon only one djinn and make one wish. The plan sounds safe enough. But neither Sara nor Amesh are any match for the monster...
15) The Yanti
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Alosha series volume 3
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English
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In Alosha and The Shaktra, thirteen-year-old Ali Warner discovered that she was not an ordinary teenager, but was actually Queen of the Fairies. Through seven painful trials, Ali reclaimed many of her magical powers and defeated an elemental army that was preparing to attack the Earth. In the elemental world, Ali learned the true nature of her greatest enemy -- the Shaktra -- and discovered why it covets the Yanti, a mystical talisman of immense power...
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Jessica Ralle croyait que le pire était passé. La révélation époustouflante est une sorcière; le danger terri ant des sorcières malé ques; et la perte bouleversante d'êtres chers dans un combat contre des créatures malveillantes.
La découverte de l'existence d'un monde parallèle au ntre - le monde des sorcières - et de la possession d'extraordinaires pouvoirs, en même temps qu'elle doit faire face à de puissants ennemis, s'avèrent...
17) The Shaktra
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Alosha series volume 2
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English
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In Alosha, Ali Warner discovered that she was not an ordinary teenager but actually Queen of the Fairies. Through seven terrifying trials, Ali reclaimed her magical powers and managed to defeat an elemental army that was preparing to destroy the Earth. At the same time, she took possession of the Yanti, a mystical talisman whose powers she has barely begun to understand.
Now Ali searches for her missing mother in the elemental world. Accompanied...
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CHRISTOPHER PIKE's first book in his trilogy Making Sense of War examined war as a social phenomenon. About War (2021) explained why war, organised violence, happens.
War in Context shows-through examples from history-how the state legitimises war and how war legitimises the state, and how Britain has used military force in the past.
Pike asks: is war necessary? Can it be predicted? Is terrorism war? Is terrorism effective and how should it be countered?...
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Alosha series volume 1
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English
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From New York Times bestselling author Christopher Pike comes the first novel in the young adult fantasy Alosha Trilogy, featuring a teenager discovering her true identity and potential destiny.
Every young girl dreams that she's secretly a princess of a far-off land and that someday her true parents will come to claim her and usher her into a life of luxury, a fabulous existence where she might even have magical powers and be swept off her feet...
20) La reine rouge
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En route pour un weekend à Las Vegas avec ses amis, Jessie Ralle n'a qu'un seul souci: comment survivre au voyage en voiture avec son ex-petit ami, Jimmy Kelter - le gars qui lui a brisé le cœur il y a cinq mois lorsqu'il l'a plaquée sans raison. Le gars qui est en n prêt à lui expliquer pourquoi il a agi ainsi, parce qu'il veut qu'elle revienne à lui.
Mais ce dont Jessie ne se rend pas compte, c'est que Jimmy est le dernier de ses problèmes.
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