Antiquities & Oddities

//Antiquities & Oddities
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  • Peter Jackson (Lord of the Rings) brings it all to create a cinema spectacular of the classic tale of the legendary gorilla brought from a treacherous island to civilisation, where he faces the ultimate fight for survival. Also starring Adrien Brody, Colin Hanks and Andy Serkis as Kong.
  • Bride-to-be Sophie is on a quest to find her father before the big day.  The only problem is - she's not sure who he is! After reading her mother's diary, she narrows it down to three great loves.  So she invites them all - knowing her mother would not approve - and tries to conceal their presence...but it's not long until the secret's out!
  • Book IV of The Courtney Chronicles. A holiday in Italy for Susan Courtney, the prospect of meeting new friends and the even more delightful prospect of meeting up with an old and very agreeable friend.  This friend from times past has come to a crossroads in his life - will he choose the upward path, or the downward?  Illustrated by John Harcourt Finnie.
  • Short stories, tales, articles and features for teenage boys. Illustrated. In this volume: A Day In October, Edward Boyd; Gabriel's Horn, Paul Gardiner; Bunst's Good Turn, John Newtown Chance; The Ear Of Lieutenant Banzai, Hugh Paterson; Tarf The Terrible, David Stephen; The Black Horse, Jim Kjelgaard; The Rasp And The Rope, Jane Oliver; All For Madam Wonko, Captain Frank Knight; The Mystery Of The Devil's Hoofmarks, Trevor Holloway; Roly Dawson's Quiet Holiday; Have You A Puppy? David Stephen; Dave Garratt And The Space Pirates; Ship Parade; Let's Go Sailing, Thomas Muir.
  • A very educational annual circa 1940s with chapters on Heroes of the Bible; Heroes of Legend; Heroes of History; Heroes of the Arts; Heroes of Leadership and Service; Heroes of the Second World War.  With beautiful colour plates, monochrome and black and white illustrations.
  • Quite a rollicking tale of corrupt soldiers and starving convicts, set in a South Pacific penal colony in 1790.  Into this alien world comes Corporal Phelim Halloran: Innocent and lover, poet and scholar and soldier-by-accident who attempts to make a world for himself in this non-conducive setting. First published in 1967.
  • Subtitle: Being the Story of British Heroism in Voyaging and Sea-fight from Alfred's Time to the Battle of Trafalgar. First published in 1905, this anthology was the first one-volume survey of Britain's historic sea voyages and battles. With selections from John Dryden, Samuel Pepys, Sir Walter Raleigh, King Alfred as well as contemporary accounts from documents, letters and eyewitnesses.  This history covers the period from 55 B.C. to 1805 A.D. With one colour plate, several glossy black and white plates and sketches.  
  • A further instalment in the Freddie Browne and Jim Fanshawe investigations series - a 1937 mystery in which, no doubt, the bodies pile up and the femmes are fatale - or fainting - in the best tradition of the genre. Illustrated by J. Philips Paterson. A fabulous period piece for fans of the traditional detective story.
  • Bruce, the son of the busy Dr Henshaw and a doting mother, is pretty used to doing just as he likes.  But Bruce also has an older sister who is not quite so charmed by him. Bruce doesn't realise the value of money, has no respect for the property of others, is too lazy to apply himself to school and always seems to talk his way out of the mischief he gets into so effortlessly. But when he 'borrows' a motor car belonging to City merchant Mr. Ferguson, almost has an accident and the bewildered merchant gets a summons to appear in court for reckless driving, Bruce's father knows the time has come to teach his charming lad a sharp lesson in reality. He also needs to learn that driving recklessly in a 'borrowed' motor is NOT a 'lark'.  The railway line near Boonderong in Queensland is being extended and Dr. Henshaw's friend Mr. Langdon is in charge of the work camp there. And this is where Bruce is sent - to work, to learn the value of what he earns and to respect that which does not belong to him... and he has to learn it the hard way.