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The Light Thieves: Search for the Black Mirror von Duggan Helena

The second adventure in the gripping and mysterious eco-adventure series The Light Thieves from Helena Duggan the bestselling author of A Place Called Perfect.

'The Light Thieves is a feast of fun, fiction, fantasy and fear. Opens with a bang and never lets up until the last page. I loved it.' - Eoin Colfer

Grian, Jeffrey and Shelli now know that the sun is being stolen. They also know they can no longer trust Howard Hansom's smart technology because it will track them wherever they go. But it's up to the three friends to save the world. Someone called the White Rose is secretly trying to help them by sending out letters containing clues to the objects they need to find to reverse the process that's being used to steal the sun's power. They need to find a strange black mirror but time is running out and the the world is getting darker... (draft)

'Fizzling with ideas, (The Light Thieves is) a wildly imaginative adventure which reads like a blockbuster movie.'

CHF 11.60

See Inside Bridges, Towers and Tunnels von Reid Struan

Lift the flaps to reveal the mechanics and engineering of amazing bridges, towers and tunnels including the Channel Tunnel, the Burj Khalifa, Golden Gate Bridge and more. With detailed illustrations and links to websites to see views from the top of the Shard and CN tower, travel through tunnels and see the enormous machines used to create them.

CHF 16.70

Timelines of World History von Chisholm Jane

A gorgeously illustrated guide to the history of the world, from wars and revolutions to ground-breaking inventions, discoveries and artistic movements. With over 3,500 key dates from the Stone Age to the year 2000, organised geographically so readers can compare what was happening in different parts of the world.

CHF 19.10