The Case Of The Missing Lightning Bat

To fill the void left by his mother's death, twelve-year-old Evan Sinclair seeks popularity by volunteering to find the most popular boy in school's missing lucky baseball bat. He enlists the help of his friends and grandmother. The quest ultimately leads him to discover who his true friends are while also finally accepting his authentic self.

In this latest Tor.com Original short story by Lavie Tidhar, "Judge Dee and the Mystery of the Missing Manuscript,"our beloved hero Judge Dee must himself stand trial before his fellow vampires for the loss of a valuable manuscript, even as those vampires are murdered, one by one, by an unknown hand. At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

The grandniece of Sherlock Holmes tackles two mysteries in this book, based on the Fox Family Channel TV series. In the first, Shirley investigates a case of stolen diamonds after her friend Bo is forced to mow the lawn of a crazy woman. Then, Shirley takes an interest in a new boarding student who comes to Sussex Academy with a bodyguard. Bo seems to be infatuated with her, and Shirley is moving closer to danger.

With the iOS 6 software and the new iPhone 5, Apple has two world-class hits on its hands. This sleek, highly refined pocket computer comes with everything—cellphone, iPod, Internet, camcorder—except a printed manual. Fortunately, David Pogue is back with this expanded edition of his witty, full-color guide: the world’s most popular iPhone book. The important stuff you need to know: The iPhone 5. This book unearths all the secrets of the newest iPhone. Taller screen, faster chip, 4G LTE Internet, thinner than ever. The iOS 6 software. Older iPhones gain Do Not Disturb, the new Maps app, shared Photo Streams, camera panoramas, smarter Siri, and about 197 more new features. It’s all here. The apps. That catalog of 750,000 add-on programs makes the iPhone’s phone features almost secondary. Now you’ll know how to find, manage, and exploit those apps. The iPhone may be the world’s coolest computer, but it’s still a computer, with all of a computer’s complexities. iPhone: The Missing Manual is a funny, gorgeously illustrated guide to the tips, shortcuts, and workarounds that will turn you, too, into an iPhone addict.

The crime busting character Jimmie Dale is back in yet another installment of the detective mystery novels. A wealthy playboy by day, at night he puts on inconspicuous dark clothes, a mask and a black slouch hat and becomes The Grey Seal, who enters businesses or homes and cracks safes, always leaving a diamond shaped, grey paper "seal" behind to mark his conquest but never taking anything. In this installment, he is hot on the trail of jewel thief Tom Braemer and the valuable necklace he is accused of having stolen. And the trail leads to Spike Dorlan, the notorious gangster, an encounter with whom can only portend doom for Dale and his companions...

There was a cricket bat missing from Rehman chacha's warehouse and he suspected that young Ahmed had stolen it.

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There was a cricket bat missing from Rehman Chacha's warehouse, and he suspected that young Ahmed had stolen it. A funny tale from Kashmir, the land of the willow trees.