18 books like With Buller in Natal, or, a Born Leader
Star wars
Masterfully drawn by artist Toshiki Kudo, this volume follows Luke Skywalker as he travels to meet Jedi Master Yoda while Han and Leia struggle to outrace the grip of Darth Vader. You wont want to miss out on this exquisite telling of the classic tale of betrayal and high-adventure.
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The Battle of Hackham Heath
As Morgarath recruits an army of Wargals, Halt ventures into enemy territory to uncover the extent of Morgarath's plan of attack.
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The Slopes of War
In the summer of 1863, Bekah Summerhill watches as Confederate troops sweep through her sleepy Pennsylvania town of Gettysburg, in a panoramic tale about the turning point of the Civil War.
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The Burning Bridge
Bracing for a final clash with the evil warlord Morgarath, the Rangers rally the kingdom's allies, and Will is chosen, along with his friend Horace, as special envoys to nearby Celtica. But the simple mission soon takes an unsettling turn - the Celticans have disappeared, their town abandoned. The scheming hand of Morgarath, it seems, has been far from idle. He has found a way to bring his…
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The Rider from Lost Creek
Lance Kilkenny has a debt to pay, and he isn't about to let the friend who saved his life go down in a range war. But when Kilkenny tries to stop the fighting, he finds there's more at stake than land or wire. Whoever is stirring up trouble has big ideas for the Live Oak country--and an army of hired guns to back them up. Nita Riordan, the beautiful and fiery owner of the Apple Canyon Saloon,…
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The Shapeshifters
Five shapeshifter novels--one fascinating read!HawksongDanica Shardae, an avian shapeshifter, will do anything in her power to stop the war that has raged between her people and the serpiente--even pretend to be in love with Zane Cobriana, the terrifying leader of her kind's greatest enemy, and accept him as her pair bond. But will Zane strike as swiftly and lethally as the cobra that is his…
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Burning for revenge (Tomorrow #5)
Having been separated from the New Zealand rescue troops they were guiding, five Australian teenagers continue their resistance against the unknown enemy invading their homeland.
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D-Day
Three kids get caught up in an adventure of historic proportions!Anna, José, and Henry are complete strangers with more in common than they realize. Snowed in together at a chaotic Washington D.C. airport, they encounter a mysterious tattooed man, a flamboyant politician, and a rambunctious poodle named for an ancient king. Even stranger, news stations everywhere have announced that the famous…
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The Mystery of the Strange Messages
Mr. Goon, the policeman, can't understand it. Messages keep coming to him, popping up all over the place. But who is sending them? He thinks it is Fatty, playing tricks on him but this is the first the Five Find-Outers have heard about the messages. It all becomes a remarkable mystery, and one which the Five just have to solve.
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My Enemy, My Brother
Released from a concentration camp after World War II, a sixteen-year-old boy settles on an Israeli kibbutz but finds his new life threatened by the growing conflict between Arabs and Jews.
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Greek Tales
From the bestselling author of Horrible Histories, named 'the outstanding children's non-fiction author of the 20th century' by Books For Keeps
The great inventor Archimedes has just one problem. His clumsy servant, young Lydia, is the bane of his life. But when the Romans besiege Syracuse, and the Greeks turn to Archimedes for help, it is young Lydia who always seems to come up with the…
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The Show-And-Tell War
Five stories relate the adventures and misadventures of Adam Joshua as he contends with the first day of school, pretending to be sick, stealing a library book, making the scariest Halloween costume, and being upstaged at show-and-tell time.
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While You Were Away, Daddy
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The Edge of War
Commander Selene Cross watches her security teams fall back through smoke-filled corridors. Energy weapons light the darkness. Explosions rock the deck plates. Black Sky Station has become a battlefield, and the enemy knows every secret passage.
Crystalline devices appear throughout the station, each one channeling devastating power. Saboteurs in ancient robes cut through defenses with weapons…
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Galactic war
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Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailorMaureen Roffey
Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor
"Tinker, Tailor" is a counting game, nursery rhyme and fortune telling song traditionally played in England, which can be used to count cherry stones, buttons, daisy petals, and other items. It has a Roud Folk Song Index number of 802. It is commonly used by children in both Britain and America for "counting out", e.g. for choosing who shall be "It" in a game of tag.
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Shattered
A journey that begins with adventure soon plunges into the depths of one of Africa's darkest moments. The Shattered Pearl is the gripping memoir of Sara L. Armstrong, an ordinary woman thrust into extraordinary circumstances. Born in Chicago, Sara joined the Peace Corps in 1966, driven by a hunger for exploration and service. Her travels led her to Uganda, where love and destiny…
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1915
1915 is an Australian historical drama television miniseries written by Peter Yeldham, based on Roger McDonalds 1979 novel 1915: A Novel of Gallipoli, that premiered on ABC TV on 27 June 1982, and concluded on 8 August 1982.
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