Download or read book The Fincredible Diary of Fin Spencer written by Ciaran Murtagh and published by Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.. This book was released on 2015-03-05 with total page 107 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A boy, a book and a bucket of trouble... Fin Spencer is not the sort of boy who writes in a diary. But when he's given one by a batty old lady at a funfair, he writes in it anyway. He's going to be a famous stuntboy one day, and then he can sell his memoirs and make loads of money! But Fin soon realises it's not a normal kind of diary - it can change the past! So when Fin writes what he SHOULD have done that day (rather than what actually happened) what he SHOULD have done is what everyone remembers. To start with, it's great! By changing what he did, Fin stands up to the school bully and ends up winning the school talent show. But he gets into lots of scrapes while he works out exactly what the diary is capable of changing and what it's not. And even then things backfire - so Fin falls out with his best friend and ends up at a Charlie Dimples concert with a load of six-year-old girls listening to 'My Swishy Wishy'! Can Fin control the diary, or will it control him? This is the first in a hilarious new series by Ciaran Murtagh, a rising star of comic children's fiction, wonderfully illustrated by Tim Wesson.
Download or read book Action Hero The Fincredible Diary of Fin Spencer written by Ciaran Murtagh and published by Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.. This book was released on 2016-05-05 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Fin Spencer is in BIG trouble. He upset Mrs Johnson, and now he's not going on the class trip. But he has to, after all he's a born action hero! Stevie Knuckles Action Camp is where Fin belongs. So it's time to use the diary again - if he can just tweak what happened today, he'll be on his way to fame, fortune and fearlessness once again. But the diary has a naughty habit of backfiring . . . Can Fin turn things around before he officially becomes an 'Action Zero'? Another laugh-out-loud 'Fincredible' adventure written by rising star Ciaran Murtagh with comic illustrations by Tim Wesson.
Download or read book Prom King The Fincredible Diary of Fin Spencer written by Ciaran Murtagh and published by Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.. This book was released on 2016-10-20 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Can Fin make prom night unforgettable (in a good way), dazzle Claudia and win the crown? When Blake - a US exchange student - suggests a Prom Night for the end of term, everyone is buzzing about it. But to be in the running for Prom King Fin has to be on the committee and help organise a BIG party in only two weeks. He already has extra chores at home to help Mum during her pregnancy and save up for the key ingredients to his success: the tux, the limo and a ticket for Claudia, the Prom Queen of his dreams. Fin's going to use the diary again to help him, but on the night will he remember what's really important? Another laugh-out-loud 'Fincredible' adventure from rising star Ciaran Murtagh, with comic illustrations by Tim Wesson.
Download or read book Roman Life in Britain Band 12 Copper Collins Big Cat written by Ciaran Murtagh and published by Collins. This book was released on 2016-05-02 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the Roman Emperor Claudius invaded in 43 AD, life for people in Britain changed - a lot! This book will show you how people in Roman Britain lived, travelled, ate, dressed and even washed themselves. You'll also find out why the Romans came to Britain in the first place - and why they had to leave in the end. - Copper/Band 12 books provide more complex plots and longer chapters that develop reading stamina. - Text type - An information book. - The book is organised into short chapters to help children practise the skills of locating and identifying important information. - The glossary and index on pages 30 and 31 can be used to develop children's information retrieval skills further. - Curriculum links - History
Download or read book Genie in a Trap written by Ciaran Murtagh and published by Piccadilly Press Limited. This book was released on 2013 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jamie's playing football when he receives an urgent message from his friend, Balthazar asking him to come back to Genie School immediately. Jamie's really pleased to go back - and even brings his human friend Dylan with him. But it's a trap!
Download or read book Spread the Word written by Ciaran Murtagh and published by Oxford Reading Tree inFact. This book was released on 2014-09-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Spread the Word' explores the lives of William Caxton, Alexander Graham Bell and Tim Berners-Lee. They all found ways to help us communicate, spreading the word around the world. 'Oxford Reading Tree inFact' is a non-fiction series that aims to engage children in reading for pleasure as powerfully as fiction does.
Download or read book The Making of Mozart Band 12 Copper Collins Big Cat written by Ciaran Murtagh and published by HarperCollins UK. This book was released on 2020-11-23 with total page 35 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Get ready to meet a small boy with a big talent! Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was composing music and travelling the world to perform for kings and emperors when he was only eight years old. This is his story.
Download or read book Megastar The Fincredible Diary of Fin Spencer written by Ciaran Murtagh and published by Bonnier Publishing Fiction Ltd.. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 121 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A boy, a book and a bucket of trouble . . . Fin has promised never to use his diary again. A little old lady gave it to him at a funfair and it turned out to be magic - it let him change what happened during the day as long as he made a wish that evening. But it was more trouble than it was worth and got him into all sorts of scrapes at school and at home. But he needs help. A newish boy, Cliff Sharpnel, is stepping on his toes. Not only does he play the guitar, but he's interested in Claudia Ronson - the most beautiful girl at school. When their teacher, Mrs Johnson, announces that she has written a musical called HOT RODS Fin thinks he's too cool to audition. Until he discovers that the hero gets to kiss the girl at the end - mostly likely to be Claudia - and that Cliff has put himself up for the part! Fin has some serious backtracking to do. The diary HAS to come out again. And in his fight to become the Oscar-winning megastar Fin has to scramble to 'do' and 'undo' the havoc that ensues . . .
Download or read book Dinopants written by Ciaran Murtagh and published by Bonnier Zaffre. This book was released on 2009 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Cave boy Charlie Flint is fed up with dinosaurs leaving poo all over his home town of Sabreton. When he finds his brand new club covered in dinopoo, it's the final straw. Something must be done – so Charlie invents Dinopants! But will he manage to convince the dinosaurs to put on a piar of his fantastic new Dinopants? And what about the terrifying T-Rex who is determined to make both the pants and Charlie extinct?"--Publisher description.
Download or read book Killers of the Flower Moon written by David Grann and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2018-04-03 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A twisting, haunting true-life murder mystery about one of the most monstrous crimes in American history, from the author of The Wager and The Lost City of Z, “one of the preeminent adventure and true-crime writers working today."—New York Magazine • NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FINALIST • NOW A MARTIN SCORSESE PICTURE “A shocking whodunit…What more could fans of true-crime thrillers ask?”—USA Today “A masterful work of literary journalism crafted with the urgency of a mystery.” —The Boston Globe In the 1920s, the richest people per capita in the world were members of the Osage Nation in Oklahoma. After oil was discovered beneath their land, the Osage rode in chauffeured automobiles, built mansions, and sent their children to study in Europe. Then, one by one, the Osage began to be killed off. The family of an Osage woman, Mollie Burkhart, became a prime target. One of her relatives was shot. Another was poisoned. And it was just the beginning, as more and more Osage were dying under mysterious circumstances, and many of those who dared to investigate the killings were themselves murdered. As the death toll rose, the newly created FBI took up the case, and the young director, J. Edgar Hoover, turned to a former Texas Ranger named Tom White to try to unravel the mystery. White put together an undercover team, including a Native American agent who infiltrated the region, and together with the Osage began to expose one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history. Look for David Grann’s latest bestselling book, The Wager!
Download or read book Dinoball written by Ciaran Murtagh and published by Dino Books. This book was released on 2010 with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Caveboy Charlie invents a new game and decides to hold a tournament, but what can they do when the Tucksville Terrors start to cheat.
Download or read book Cosima Wagner written by Oliver Hilmes and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2010-05-25 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this meticulously researched book, Oliver Hilmes paints a fascinating and revealing picture of the extraordinary Cosima Wagner—illegitimate daughter of Franz Liszt, wife of the conductor Hans von Bülow, then mistress and subsequently wife of Richard Wagner. After Wagner’s death in 1883 Cosima played a crucial role in the promulgation and politicization of his works, assuming control of the Bayreuth Festival and transforming it into a shrine to German nationalism. The High Priestess of the Wagnerian cult, Cosima lived on for almost fifty years, crafting the image of Richard Wagner through her organizational ability and ideological tenacity.The first book to make use of the available documentation at Bayreuth, this biography explores the achievements of this remarkable and obsessive woman while illuminating a still-hidden chapter of European cultural history.
Download or read book Kids Fight Plastic How to Be a 2minutesuperhero written by Martin Dorey and published by Candlewick Press. This book was released on 2022-08-02 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Kids can become ocean-saving superheroes with these plastic-fighting missions from best-selling author and environmental champion Martin Dorey. Every kid can be a superhero, fighting plastic waste at home, at school, and in their community. This engaging guide is chockfull of facts, vibrant art, graphics, and #2minutesuperhero missions—practical ways to take action now. Some ideas may spring to mind right away, such as picking up trash. Others are surprising, such as learning to cook with fresh ingredients or mending clothes. Readers will learn not only how to combat plastic waste head-on, but how to advocate for a cleaner world, beginning at home. Anti-plastic campaigner Martin Dorey brings both extensive experience and boundless enthusiasm to this essential book for young people who want to create a better world.
Download or read book An Autobiography written by Herbert Spencer and published by . This book was released on 1904 with total page 734 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This autobiography is published as it was left by Mr. Spencer, with a few modifications, the most important of which relates to the division of the volumes ... the first volume end[s] with the termination of his miscellaneous work and the second volume begin[s] with the planning of the Synthetic Philosophy.
Download or read book The Limit written by Kristen Landon and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2010-09-07 with total page 306 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An eighth grade girl was taken today . . . With this first sentence, readers are immediately thrust into a fast-paced thriller that doesn't let up for a moment. In a world not too far removed from our own, kids are being taken away to special workhouses if their families exceed the monthly debt limit imposed by the government. Thirteen-year-old Matt briefly wonders if he might be next, but quickly dismisses the thought. After all, his parents are financially responsible, unlike the parents of those other kids. As long as his parents remain within their limit, the government will be satisfied and leave them alone. But all it takes is one fatal visit to the store to push Matt’s family over their limit—and to change his reality forever.
Download or read book Genie in Trouble written by Ciaran Murtagh and published by Piccadilly Press. This book was released on 2012 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When Jamie's genie friend, Balthazar, pops up in the middle of a really tricky spelling test, Jamie knows there's an adventure in store. Bad genies have taken over Lampville and Balthazar wants Jamie to come back immediately and help! Evil wishes, undercover missions and death-defying magic carpet races face Jamie in his most dangerous challenge yet.
Download or read book Sviatoslav Richter written by Bruno Monsaingeon and published by . This book was released on 2005 with total page 432 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Throughout a life dedicated to music, Richter maintained a stubborn silence about his own ideals and aspirations. Here at last he opens up his heart in these exceptional interviews with Bruno Monsaingeon, who became close to Richter not long before the pianist's death in 1995. These conversations take us on a journey which begins with Richter's childhood memories, follows his early career and his development into 'an artist of the people', and finally charts his rise to international acclaim. unparalleled witness to the music of our time. The pianist writes with precision, humour and clarity and is uninhibitedly himself. These are the private thoughts of a nonconformist, one of the greatest performers of the century, yet one whose life was inextricably bound to the history of the USSR.
