The Runaway Peacock

The Runaway Peacock
Author: Niyatee Sharma
Publisher:
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2022-04
Genre:
ISBN: 9789389203066

* A fun ' find-it' book with a high-speed chase after a peacock - through a bustling market, onto an umbrella, up on a tree... and find out where else! * Written in short, crisp sentences that children will enjoy reading aloud * Colourful pictures with energy and detail create vibrant scenarios in which children will enjoy spotting the perky peacock * Plays on the idea of the peacock as a motif, common in India. The visuals pick up on that to bring in a range of other motifs.

Runaway

Runaway
Author: Peter May
Publisher: Quercus
Total Pages: 348
Release: 2016-02-09
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1623657911

"MAY IS GOING FROM STRENGTH TO STRENGTH... A WONDERFUL EXHIBITION OF JUST HOW GOOD MAY CAN BE." --The Daily Mail "Five of us had run away that fateful night just over a month before. Only three of us would be going home. And nothing, nothing would ever be the same again." Glasgow, 1965. Headstrong teenager Jack Mackay has just one destination on his mind--London--and successfully convinces his four friends, and fellow bandmates, to join him in abandoning their homes to pursue a goal of musical stardom. Glasgow, 2015. Jack Mackay, heavy-hearted sixty-seven-year-old is still haunted by what might have been. His recollections of the terrible events that befell him and his friends some fifty years earlier, and how he did not act when it mattered most is a memory he has tried to escape his entire adult life. London, 2015. A man lies dead in a one-room flat. His killer looks on, remorseless. What started with five teenagers following a dream five decades before has been transformed over the intervening decades into a waking nightmare that might just consume them all.

The Peacock Detectives

The Peacock Detectives
Author: Carly Nugent
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 235
Release: 2020-01-14
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 0062896725

Perfect for fans of The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street and Waiting for Normal, this charming middle grade mystery is full of heart, humor, and more than a few surprises. Eleven-turning-twelve-year-old Cassie is an expert Peacock Detective. Her sharp eye for details is why the Hudsons from across the street call her every time their pet peacocks wander away. But there are some things even the greatest Peacock Detective can’t figure out, like why her best friend is so angry lately; why her older sister is cutting her hair off; or why her parents are acting like they don’t know each other anymore. Cassie is an expert at solving things. But what’s a master detective to do when her whole world is changing, and all the answers are out of reach?

The Runaway Valentine

The Runaway Valentine
Author: Tina Casey
Publisher: Albert Whitman
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2001
Genre: Picture books
ISBN: 9780807571781

Victor, a valentine card eager to be brought home, is overlooked until he marches out of the store and into the street, where he proves helpful to one person after another.

You Were Never Here

You Were Never Here
Author: Kathleen Peacock
Publisher: HarperCollins
Total Pages: 400
Release: 2020-10-20
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0063002531

“A page-turner of a thriller with a smart, compelling heroine.” —Kirkus “This novel is more than a murder mystery. It's about self-empowerment, acceptance, and the strength to be found in female friendships.” —School Library Journal “A crafty, well-paced thriller. The novel’s finale is appropriately fiendish—and also unexpectedly uplifting.” —Publishers Weekly Cat hasn’t been to Montgomery Falls, the town her family founded, since she was twelve years old. Since the summer she discovered she could do things that no normal twelve-year-old could do. Since she had her first kiss with Riley Fraser. Since she destroyed their friendship. Now, five years later, she’s back and Riley has disappeared. When Noah, Riley's brother, asks for help in discovering what happened, Cat is torn between wanting to learn the truth and protecting the secret that she’s been guarding ever since that summer she and Riley stopped speaking. Only one choice will put her in a killer’s sights… This engrossing mystery with a hint of the supernatural is perfect for fans of The Darkest Corners by Kara Thomas and Bone Gap by Laura Ruby.

The Wacky World of Peafowl

The Wacky World of Peafowl
Author: Dennis Michael Fett
Publisher: Dennis Fett
Total Pages: 86
Release: 1990-01-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 9780961778910

Postcards from Penguin

Postcards from Penguin
Author: Penguin
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2010-09-15
Genre: Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN: 0141044667

A collection of 100 postcards, each featuring a different and iconic Penguin book jacket. From classics to crime, here are over seventy years of quintessentially British design in one box. In 1935 Allen Lane stood on a platform at Exeter railway station, looking for a good book for the journey to London. His disappointment at the poor range of paperbacks on offer led him to found Penguin Books. The quality paperback had arrived. Declaring that 'good design is no more expensive than bad', Lane was adamant that his Penguin paperbacks should cost no more than a packet of cigarettes, but that they should always look distinctive. Ever since then, from their original - now world-famous - look featuring three bold horizontal stripes, through many different stylish, inventive and iconic cover designs, Penguin's paperback jackets have been a constantly evolving part of Britain's culture. And whether they're for classics, crime, reference or prize-winning novels, they still follow Allen Lane's original design mantra. Sometimes, you definitely should judge a book by its cover.

The Star Crossed Collection

The Star Crossed Collection
Author: Jamie Campbell
Publisher: Jamie Campbell
Total Pages: 161
Release:
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN:

Melrose Morgan’s whole life changed when she met the lead singer of the world’s biggest boy band. Little did she realize how quickly and deeply they would fall in love. Now the band is facing their biggest obstacles yet. Can Melrose help the boys get back on top of the charts? And what will happen to her own future once they realize she can sing too? Find out in the heart-fluttering sequel to Star Kissed. Included in this collection: Star Crossed Stardust Starlet Star Fall Also in the Star Kissed Series: Star Struck Star Kissed Starburst Star Bright The Star Kissed Collection (First four stories in one)

LAST FRONTIERS OF THE MIND

LAST FRONTIERS OF THE MIND
Author: MOHANDAS MOSES
Publisher: PHI Learning Pvt. Ltd.
Total Pages: 428
Release: 2005-01-01
Genre: Philosophy
ISBN: 8120328515

In this original and brilliantly written book, Mohandas Moses has embarked on a daring theme-the challenge of artificial intelligence to the human mind and human creativity. The mind, he says, is the greatest invention in the universe; it has created the greatest works of art and science: its dimensions and potential are yet to be fathomed. But now the marvellous human mind stands challenged by the machine. To illustrate the central theme of his book, the author has brought together the views of a galaxy of eminent philosophers, cognitive scientists and neuroscientists who have explored the phenomenon and evolution of the human mind and consciousness, and the growth of Artificial Intelligence. The author describes the contribution made by the 'Artificial Intelligentsia', the human-computer interaction, and emphasizes the formidable power of the machine mind to usurp the grandeur of the human mind. He has described the manner in which memory, language, creativity, mathematics, teaching-learning and chess-playing could be altered by the digital culture. He says that 'the question we need to ask ourselves as thinking men is-would we like to sense sensations, experience experiences and think thoughts with under-standing as human beings should or are our personas to be blue matched to the template of the machine mind?' With erudition and wry humour the author takes the reader on a fascinating journey of exploration. Written with brilliance and clarity, there is freshness in his perspective and a lucid presentation of ideas. This book will be of great interest as much to academics, experts on artificial intelligence, as to the general reader who wishes to know about the challenges to the human intellect and creativity in the digital age.