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A storybook retelling of The Little Mermaid. Follow the adventures of Ariel, a young mermaid who longs to be where the people are.

WHAT IF you still had so many more strange questions about the universe? And what if Randall Munroe, former NASA roboticist and xkcd creator, were prepared to move mountains, eat clouds and fill the solar system with soup to answer them? Whatever your hypothetical query, whether it's how to make a lava lamp out of lava or how many inhabitants of New York it would take to feed a T. Rex, here is a practical guide to the weird, wonderful (and sometimes terrifying) world of WHAT IF? 2

Soaring oil prices caused four out of the last five recessions. They caused the current recession. And they will cause the next one. Expensive oil costs us more than just money. It costs jobs, homes and in the long run it is going to radically alter the way we live. For if cheap oil is the fuel that keeps the machinery of globalisation in motion, then expensive oil has the same effect as pouring diesel into an unleaded tank. Everything stalls; the engine fails. Oil prices will rise again in the…

Scrooge’s heart is colder than snow, he’s richer than half the banks in England and meaner than, well, everyone. But when three seriously spooky ghosts turn up to take him on an adventure through time, he soon learns that being cold isn’t cool. Can he change his ways before it’s too late?

An illustrated adaptation of Charles Dickens's Victorian classic – at an easy-to-read level for readers of all ages! When Dr Manette is released from prison and reunited with his daughter, everything seems to finally be getting better. But his daughter’s boyfriend is keeping some dangerous secrets that lead the family on a deadly adventure. How long can ‘happy ever after’ really last? About Sweet Cherry Easy Sweet Cherry Easy Classics adapts classic literature into illustrated stories for…

Up in the Clouds is a soft, magical tale all about the wonder of the natural world, and the power of imagination