Ricco A Tale Of Adventure

Ricco the jumping spider, meets Commander Taran5, a member of the elite GloSSI- Global Spider Services Intelligence and is catapulted into a life of commandos, and secret missions! From his home near the Congo River, he travels to the GloSSI headquarters on the outskirts of Bumba. Ricco is one of the most intelligent species of spiders in the world, and as a trained GloSSI commando, he puts his life in danger for the spiders of the world. Take a ride with Ricco through this thrilling tale of bravery and adventure as he is tasked with deactivating ShiSna, a human scientist who wants to tame and train spiders to do her bidding. An undertaking that is as exciting as it is deadly! The fate of the spider kingdom is in his hands now. Will Ricco succeed in saving his fellow spiders?

In 1721, Bartholomew Roberts was at the pinnacle of his career as a rogue captain aboard the Royal Fortune. On the horizon, he spies the HMS Frizzington and her escorts sailing to Jamaica with supplies for a sugar plantation. With resounding conviction, Roberts vanquishes the hapless English, confirming his standing as the greatest pirate in the Golden Age of Piracy. Three centuries later, a group of college friends reunite for a week of treasure hunting in the southern Bahamas, where their path inexplicably crosses Roberts' storied past. Danger befalls them when the friends are abducted at sea and entangled in a ring of international piracy from which there seems no escape. Jolie Rouge is a spellbinding tale that intertwines the nefarious historical fiction career of Bartholomew Roberts with a macabre yarn of terror and deceit that will leave you contemplating about venturing too far from shore.

Jack and Annabel have been dating for two years. With high school over they're about to start university - until Jack decides to chuck it all in. I think you and Annabel should get out of here as fast as possible. Have a year doing anything you want. My going-away present is enough money to buy a car - a cheap old one, okay? You'll have to work somewhere to buy the petrol, and to keep going. But go. No destination in mind, Jack and Annabel leave town and discover themselves in a place they never knew existed. An inspiring verse novel about the pursuit of dreams and the realities of life, A Place Like This was shortlisted for the CBCA Book of the Year- Older Readers and New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards and commended in the Victorian Premier's Literary Award Sheaffer Pen Prize for Young Adult Fiction.