Shaun Tan is one of the world's most highly acclaimed narrative artists -- his stories and images are loved by countless young and not-so-young readers around the world. Drawing upon 25 years as a picture book and comics creator, painter, and filmmaker, Creature explores the central obsession of this visionary artist, from casual doodles to studied oil-paintings. Beyond sketches for acclaimed works such as The arrival, The lost thing, and Tales from...

Fennerin was born into a life of adventure, happiness, and the love of his kind. Far into the northern lands, lived the Cascade Pack. Wolves worked in harmony for the better good and followed a strict set of laws set down by the first wolf, Lupa. Fennerin was no stranger to these rules, yet there was always something out there that sparked his curiosity. On a day like any other, the young pup crossed paths with a tragic misfortune that would forever...

The Diary of a Young Girl, also known as The Diary of Anne Frank, is a book of the writings from the Dutch language diary kept by Anne Frank while she was in hiding for two years with her family during the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands. This remarkable diary has become a world classic, which: . Is a powerful reminder of the horrors of war. . Offers a fascinating commentary on human courage and frailty and a compelling self-portrait of a sensitive...

First published in 1516, Saint Thomas More's Utopia is one of the most important works of European humanism. Through the voice of the mysterious traveler Raphael Hythloday, More describes a pagan, communist city-state governed by reason. Addressing such issues as religious pluralism, women's rights, state-sponsored education, colonialism, and justified warfare, Utopia seems remarkably contemporary nearly five centuries after it was written, and it...

The sea is huge. Dark and wide open. Nimue, she calls from her bottomless belly. Arthur... And yes, here we are. Come at last.' Nimue and Arthur are caught in the web of lies of the Asklepios Congregation. There, the shadows of the past keep them prisoner and Nimue fights the dark side of her healing gift. Hunted by their enemies, they try to continue the search for their mother, but Arthur and NImue are both forced to make painful choices along...

Queen Victoria is on the throne and below London's streets five orphans have made Bazalgette's wonderous invention their home. When a young Russian girl is kidnapped the five decide to step in to try and get her back to her family. Aimee needed a saviour; she found Five Against the World.

Abandoned at the age of two, Brân Finch anxiously waits for a family to take him in. But each year, the Elfin boy is passed over for other orphans. Can it be that his eerie resemblance to the evil sorceress Maggie Crow has something to do with it? Brân leaves the orphanage and ends up roaming from village to village picking pockets in order to survive. On one occasion, he is forced to escape from five village guards by jumping into a raging...

When a teenage amateur sleuth accompanies her best friend on a road trip to find her missing boyfriend, they drive straight into a small-town conspiracy.   With her BFF in a panic over her boyfriend's disappearance, Mollie Fox decides she and Roberta need to take matters into their own hands if they hope to find Jaime alive. But soon after driving to the small town where Jaime was last seen, the two girls realize they may as well have taken a...

The adventures of Percy St. John- now in a Deluxe Illustrated Edition!An unbreakable cipher, a dead priest with expensive shoes, a hermit who has conversations with saints, an angry French girl, a guardian angel with attitude, a murderous master criminal, and a gaggle of angry demons might stop an ordinary fifteen-year-old safe-cracking genius, but not Percy St.-John. He's out to prove he did not steal a mysterious ancient book that may hold the key...

Princess Mia from "The Princess Diaries" offers advice on inner and outer beauty, character development, etiquette, and dating