Tomorrow is the Fancy-Fins Dress-up Party, and the MerTales crew are very excited! Pearl, Sandy and Coral are extra thrilled to be testing out their mer-mazing new magic powers. But what about Shell? She doesn't seem to have any powers, and is feeling a bit left out. Then a giant turtle blunders into Cockleshell Cover, and Shell is worried that she is too much of a scaredy fish to help. Together the girls must find a way to save the turtle, rescue Cockleshell Cover and have the best dress-up party ever! Welcome back to Cockleshell Cove, MerFriends!

Galloping Guppies! It's Book 2 in the sea-sational MerTales series, packed with mer-magical adventure.

In this splashy new Sea Keeper tale, something's fishy at a Down Under talent show and the Sea Keepers are called in to help in this third installment in the series. The Sea Keepers are off to Australia to help their mates, the Oceania mermaids! Divers are threatening their beautiful coral reef and evil siren Effluvia has bewitched a dangerous shark to spoil the mermaids' tropical talent show. Now all the fish who live there are in danger! Can Emily, Grace, and Layla find the magical pearl to save the show and protect the reef without becoming a shark's snack? Pick up The Mermaid's Dolphin if you are looking for: The perfect book for 2nd to 5th grade students A story with strong female protagonists that explores bravery and friendship A fun series that promotes environmentalism and other aspects of marine biology

While spending the summer in Key West, Julie discovers why the coral reefs are dying and attempts to save them while facing various threats including kidnapping attempts.

Gavin Mortimer reveals the 12 legendary Special Forces commanders of World War II. Prior to the war, the concept of 'special forces' simply didn't exist, but thanks to visionary leaders like David Stirling and Charles Hunter, our very concept of how wars can be fought and won has totally changed. These 12 men not only reshaped military policy, but they led from the front, accompanying their troops into battle, from the sands of North Africa to jumping on D-Day and infiltrating behind enemy lines. Mortimer also offers a skilful analysis of their qualities as military commanders and the true impact that their own personal actions, as well as those of their units, had on the eventual outcome of the war.

In 1628 the Dutch East India Company loaded the Batavia, the flagship of its fleet, with a king’s ransom in gold, silver, and gems for her maiden voyage to Java; the ship itself was a tangible symbol of the world’s richest and most powerful monopoly. The company also sent along a new employee to guard its treasure. He was Jeronimus Corneliszoon, a disgraced and bankrupt man with great charisma and dangerously heretical ideas. With the help of a few disgruntled sailors, he hatched a plot to seize the ship and her riches. The mutiny might have succeeded, but in the dark morning hours of June 3, 1629, the Batavia smashed through a coral reef and ran aground on a small chain of islands near Australia. The captain and skipper escaped the wreck, and in a tiny lifeboat they set sail for Java—some 1,500 miles north—to summon help. More than 250 frightened survivors waded ashore, thankful to be alive. Unfortunately, Jeronimus and the mutineers had survived too, and the nightmare was only beginning.