When the sunny and affectionate cocker spaniel Bonny dies while Nat is in the Navy, his younger brother Davy Edwards felt he had to bring up Bonny's one living puppy to make his brother proud. Plenty of action abounds, with the black cocker spaniel eventually entering the National Dog Show at Madison Square Garden! Author F. E. Rechnitzer always had a dog of some sort around—from thoroughbred poodles to pooches—and cockers were one of his favorite breeds, being the proud owner of a pair of Cocker Spaniels himself. This wonderful story, first published in 1946, is beautifully illustrated by English-born artist Marguerite Kirmse—another lifelong dog-lover, whose delightful drawings make the little black cocker seem very natural and lifelike.

It is 1950 as a beautiful yet fierce woman, formerly known as Dr. Susan Blackmare, enters a heavily-guarded bunker hidden away under a California lake. Inside is a command station and various labs. After Susan hears what she perceives to be a twisted version of history, she enters a cavern and dons special glasses that allow her to see something she has no idea is about to take over her life. Unfortunately, sinister creatures known as Wisps, have returned to Earth to possess and transform humans by ridding them of their humanity and controlling their every action. Since the beginning of mankind, Wisps have controlled the destiny and future of Earth’s society. Now as Wisps begin to populate Earth again, a battle begins as their victims—that include Susan—desperately fight against them in a valiant effort to save humanity. As the future hangs precariously in the balance, will they manage to find a way or perish trying? Chronicles of the Wisp is a science fiction horror story that follows a new and evil predator as mankind battles for survival through history into the near future.

Born in Penzance in 1778, Humphry Davy's scientific reputation grew with his pioneering discoveries of nitrous oxide (laughing gas), sodium, calcium and the invention of the miners' Davy lamp.

Two novels starring a tough PI in Manchester, England, from an author known for “crime writing of the very highest order” (The Times). There was only one reason Manchester-based private eye Kate Brannigan was prepared to let her boyfriend help out with the investigation into a car sales fraud: Nothing bad could happen. In Crack Down, Kate learns once again that with Richard, you have to expect the unexpected. This time the unexpected is that he’s currently behind bars—so Kate will be looking after his eight-year-old while at the same time being dragged into a world of drug traffickers, gangland enforcers, and the worst the criminal element has to offer. And in Clean Break, Kate is not amused when thieves have the audacity to steal a Monet from a stately home where she’s arranged security. She’s even less thrilled when the hunt for the thieves drags her on a treacherous foray across Europe as she goes head to head with organized crime. And as if that isn’t enough, a routine industrial case starts leaving a trail of bodies across the Northwest. Unfortunately, cleaning up this mess will mean confronting some truths about her own life...

This is the story of Davy Crotchet, a musical adventurer and instrument discoverer named after Davy Crockett, the American folk hero. The fact that Crotchet (\krä-ch?t\) rhymes with Crockett was the inspiration for Davy's character. Davy Crotchet spends most of his time as a quarter note, or crotchet, as he is known in England. He is born out of the attempts of a frustrated composer called Mel Odi trying in vain to give expression to his compositions by singing or whistling. Davy is so unhappy with the way he sounds that he finally speaks up. Mel decides to send Davy to Germany to find an old friend who makes flutes hoping Davy can bring him back an instrument so that he can share his music with his friends. So Davy leaves Norwich, England, where Mel Odi lives and sets off on a journey through Western Europe filled with unexpected surprises along the way. Our hero's exciting adventures tie in with historical events that influenced European instrument development and is presented with whimsical, captivating and imaginative artwork.