The Kallinov jewels were to be exhibited and John Mannering was asked to add his own Gloria diamonds. What was not realised was that Mannering is the legendary ‘Baron’, a highly successful jewel thief! Then, Mannering hears a gunshot in the middle of the night and is probably going to be framed for the theft. He is hemmed in from all sides.

The Baron, a small wig creature from the most insignificant planet in the galaxy, has purchased a new weapon. Something capable of "booing" whole planets from space. He's also bought an army of two thousand deadly female robots and declared war on, well, everyone.

Spend hours solving over 400 various puzzles in the Puzzle Baron's largest offering yet! The Puzzle Baron is at it again—creating puzzles his puzzle followers crave. Puzzle Baron's Big Book of Puzzles provides puzzlers hours of entertainment with 400 assorted popular puzzles, including logic puzzles, crosswords, cryptograms, acrostics, word search puzzles, and more! Each puzzle type includes statistics—such as the average completion time, the record completion time, and the percentage of puzzlers who can complete the puzzle—to bring out the competitor in puzzlers and better inform them on how easy/difficult each puzzle is to do. So grab your pencil and see how you stack up to the competiton!

A prequel to the bestselling Merlin Saga starring Shim, a young giant who must embark on a dangerous adventure when he's shrunk to the height of a man's knee. * “An excellent jumping-in point for new readers as well as pleasurable reading for established fans…Simply delightful.” —Kirkus Reviews, starred review Read it before you see it! The Merlin Saga is soon to be a major motion picture! Shim has only ever known a world of peace. Unusually big and strong even for a young giant, he lives on the magical isle of Fincayra, immersed in nature as well as tales of wizards, merfolk, and dragons. Suddenly that world explodes in chaos. A terrible attack forces Shim and his mother to flee—and take a hazardous journey to reach the only person who could possibly help them, the mysterious Domnu. But when a wager goes horribly wrong, Shim shrinks down to a tiny fraction of his size. Now only as tall as a man’s knee, he finds himself lost in a deadly swamp. Worse yet, he has forgotten something important, something truly essential. But what? As small as he is now, Shim must find giant-size courage. He embarks on a perilous quest to discover what happened, what secret he forgot, and what it really means to be a giant. Combining his trademark passion, adventure, and spiritual depth, T. A. Barron tells the origin story of this beloved character from his highly acclaimed, international bestselling series, The Merlin Saga. As the prequel to the Saga, this story is as big as a giant... and as magical as Merlin.

Be careful who you friend... Jason has met the perfect girl. OK, so maybe he hasn't actually MET Lacey yet, but they talk online all the time. Yet despite spending most nights chatting, Lacey refuses to meet up in person. Suspicious, Jason starts googling, and his cyberstalking leads to a shocking discovery: According to multiple newspapers, Lacey died a year earlier. Soon, Jason finds himself enmeshed in a disturbing mystery. Has he found a way to iChat with the dead? Or is someone playing a dangerous trick? Either way, Jason has to discover the truth before it's too late. You can't put up away messages from beyond the grave. . .

It all began with a letter: "One of my most esteemed patients, has lately suffered from a severe mental and physical shock, followed by brain fever, and is still, I regret to say, in an extremely unstable mental condition. I have strongly recommended quiet and change of scene, and at my suggestion he is to be sent abroad under the care of a medical attendant. I have now much pleasure in offering you the post..." So begins the adventures of a lunatic at large. The Essential Library presents J. Storer Clouston's comedy masterpiece "Lunatic at Large" and its sequel, "Count Bunker." Visit www.EssentialLibrary.com to find more easy-to-read classics for the modern reader.

The Baron DeGuerre Had Finally Met His Match Though famed for prowess in tourney and war, Etienne DeGuerre now found himself at odds in the Battle of the Sexes. For his opponent, Gabriella Frechette, was a woman of singular beauty…and single-minded resolve. One who had easily stormed his defenses, and laid siege to his unsuspecting heart.