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Epic Adventures

Explore the World in 12 Amazing Train Journeys

By: Sam Sedgman

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Epic Adventures

Explore the World in 12 Amazing Train Journeys

By: Sam Sedgman

From Adventures on Trains author and British Book Award 2021 winner Sam Sedgman comes a beautiful and fact-filled book encapsulating the excitement and wonder of adventure and travel – all seen through the world's most epic train journeys. So climb on board and travel across six continents, 34 countries and numerous cities via twelve of the world's most awe-inspiring railways. Bestselling author Sam Sedgman brings to life these astonishing feats of railway engineering, including the Eurostar (London to Amsterdam), Orient Express (Paris to Istanbul), the first Transcontinental Railroad (Chicago to San Francisco) and the Rejuvenation Express (Beijing to Hong Kong). Each locomotive adventure reveals some of the rich history, culture, landscape and wildlife of the countries travelled. Take in the safari sights of Southern Africa, wrap up warm in the Arctic Circle, cross scorching deserts on the California Zephyr, and taste tea in India whilst on a toy train – there's a whole world to discover when travelling by train! Detailed, colourful illustrations by Sam Brewster bring the facts and journeys to life. Epic Adventures will appeal to culture-, travel-, locomotive-fans of all ages.

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1529098998

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9781529098990

The Clockwork Conspiracy

By: Sam Sedgman

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The Clockwork Conspiracy

By: Sam Sedgman

Clever, inventive and a cracking read' – Eoin Colfer, author of Artemis Fowl A locked-room mystery packed with rooftop chases, hidden codes and mind-bending science, The Clockwork Conspiracy is a must for fans of the Adventures on Trains series and Sharna Jackson's High Rise mysteries. Aspiring inventor Isaac Turner lives with his dad, the horologist in charge of Big Ben. But when his father vanishes from the belfry on the night the clocks go back, leaving behind only a smashed pocket watch and a cryptic message, Isaac determines to find him. Hunting a trail of clues through London's landmarks, Isaac uncovers a sinister plot in the gears of government and embarks on a race against time to save his father – and time itself. 'An ingenious mystery full of fascinating facts. Sedgman has cracked the code for an absolute triumph of a book' – A.F. Steadman, author of Skandar and the Unicorn Thief 'The Clockwork Conspiracy offers a captivating and perilous adventure that surprises and delights at every turn' – Catherine Doyle, author of The Storm Keeper's Island 'A smart and pacey thriller. Time well spent' – The Times 'A taut, tense mystery with perfectly-timed plotting, this is guaranteed to make the time fly' - Maz Evans, author of Who Let the Gods Out? 'A gripping mystery delivered with panache' – The Observer 'A thrilling story from start to finish' – Inis Magazine 'Action-packed with twisty turns and a gripping plot' – Daily Mail 'THE CLOCKWORK CONSPIRACY is a fiendishly clever contraption, featuring brilliantly savvy characters and a well-wound plot that ticks along like – what else? – clockwork' - Andy Sagar, author of Yesterday Crumb and the Storm in a Teacup 'A thrilling locked-room mystery, with a plot as beautifully engineered as clockwork' - Pari Thomson, author of Greenwild: The World Behind the Door 'An action-packed, thrilling adventure' – The Week Junior 'A rapid adventure, combined with an encyclopaedic focus on a particular subject – and an ability to make it sing' – The Telegraph 'I predict this will be a very popular addition to any library, home or classroom' – Books for Keeps

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1526665417

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9781526665416

The Arctic Railway Assassin

By: M. G. Leonard,Sam Sedgman

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The Arctic Railway Assassin

By: M. G. Leonard,Sam Sedgman

A thrilling and hugely entertaining adventure story' – David Walliams on The Highland Falcon Thief, the first journey in the Adventures on Trains series. The bestselling, prize-winning Adventures on Trains series embarks on a thrilling sixth adventure as Harrison Beck and Uncle Nat climb aboard the night train to Narvik, travelling to the Arctic Circle to see the northern lights for Christmas. But as their train leaves Stockholm, Hal and Uncle Nat realize they’re being followed by a sinister figure, and Hal’s powers of observation are tested when Uncle Nat’s past comes back to haunt him. Journeying into the never ending night of the arctic winter, our railway detectives must outsmart an assassin in their most chilling adventure yet, in which nothing is as it seems. The Arctic Railway Assassin can be read as a stand-alone novel, or enjoyed as part of the award-winning Adventures on Trains series. Join Hal and Uncle Nat on more stops in this thrilling series with: Murder on the Safari Star, Danger at Dead Man's Pass and Sabotage on the Solar Express. Praise for the series: 'Like Murder on the Orient Express but better!' – Frank Cottrell-Boyce on The Highland Falcon Thief 'A first class choo-choo-dunnit!' – David Solomons on Kidnap on the California Comet 'A high-speed train journey worth catching . . .The best yet' – The Times on Murder on the Safari Star 'This series just gets better and better' – Maz Evans on Danger at Dead Man's Pass

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227

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Macmillan Children's Books

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1761264281

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9781761264283

Precarious spectatorship

Theatre and image in an age of emergencies

By: Sam Haddow

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Precarious spectatorship

Theatre and image in an age of emergencies

By: Sam Haddow

Precarious spectatorship is about the relationship between emergencies and the spectator. In the early twenty-first century, ‘emergencies’ are commonplace in the newsgathering and political institutions of western industrial democracies. From terrorism to global warming, the refugee crisis to general elections, the spectator is bombarded with narratives that seek to suspend the criteria of everyday life in order to address perpetual ‘exceptional’ threats. The book argues that repeated exposure to these narratives through the apparatuses of contemporary technology creates a ‘precarious spectatorship’, where the spectator’s ability to rationalise herself or her relationship with the object of her spectatorship is compromised. This precarity has become a destructive but too-often overlooked aspect of contemporary spectatorship.

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260

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Manchester University Press

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1526138433

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9781526138439

Sabotage on the Solar Express: Adventures on Trains #5

By: M. G. Leonard,Sam Sedgman

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Sabotage on the Solar Express: Adventures on Trains #5

By: M. G. Leonard,Sam Sedgman

This fifth standalone book in the middle-grade Adventures on Trains series by M. G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman finds young sleuth Hal Beck hurtling across the Australian Outback while trying to figure out who sabotaged the maiden voyage of a new train before it explodes! When artist, train enthusiast, and sleuth, Hal Beck, and his travel journalist uncle, Nat, are invited to be on the first ever ride of the Solar Express train in Australia, he couldn’t be more excited! The new train is the result of a worldwide contest held by tech billionaire August Reza, whom they met on a trip in America. And it’s even more exciting to learn that the train’s engine was designed by fourteen-year-old prodigy Boaz Tudaweli. Once Hal and Uncle Nat connect with August and his daughter, Marianne, she confides in Hal her suspicions about a gift her father received. At first, it seems there’s nothing to it. But when things start to go wrong even before the Solar Express has left the station—and get much worse when the ride begins—Hal, Marianne, and Boaz must investigate. Can they figure out who’s behind everything before the Solar Express goes completely off track...and possibly explodes?

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231

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Feiwel & Friends

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1250819385

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9781250819383

Kidnap on the California Comet: Adventures on Trains #2

By: M. G. Leonard,Sam Sedgman

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Kidnap on the California Comet: Adventures on Trains #2

By: M. G. Leonard,Sam Sedgman

In this second book of the middle-grade Adventures on Trains series, amateur sleuth Hal Beck travels to the U.S. with his uncle to ride a famous train—the California Comet—and stumbles on a new mystery to solve, in M.G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman's Kidnap on the California Comet... After his adventure on the Highland Falcon, amateur sleuth Hal Beck is excited to embark on another journey with his journalist uncle. This time, they're set to ride the historic California Comet from Chicago to San Francisco. Hal mostly keeps to himself on the trip, feeling homesick and out of place in America. But he soon finds himself drawn into another mystery when the young daughter of a billionaire tech entrepreneur goes missing! Along with new friends—spunky 13-year-old Mason and his younger sister, Hadley—Hal races against the clock to find the missing girl before the California Comet reaches its final destination.

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256

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1250222923

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9781250222923

The Clockwork Conspiracy

By: Sam Sedgman

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Bloomsbury Publishing

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1526665417

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9781526665416

Kidnap on the California Comet

By: M. G. Leonard,Sam Sedgman

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Kidnap on the California Comet

By: M. G. Leonard,Sam Sedgman

Board the California Comet and help Harrison Beck to solve another heart-stopping mystery in the second Adventures on Trains story, Kidnap on the California Comet, from bestselling authors M.G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman. After the excitement of his adventures aboard the Highland Falcon Thief, Harrison Beck can't wait for the opportunity to go on another amazing train journey. So when his Uncle Nat invites him aboard the California Comet, the iconic three-day train journey from Chicago to San Francisco, he leaps at the chance to travel. But when the daughter of billionaire entrepreneur August Reza goes missing en route, Hal finds himself with another mystery to solve. Can he uncover the kidnapper before the journey's end? Kidnap on the California Comet can be read as a stand-alone novel, or enjoyed as part of the Adventures on Trains series. Join Hal and Uncle Nat on more stops in this thrilling series with: The Highland Falcon Thief, Murder on the Safari Star, Danger at Dead Man's Pass and Sabotage on the Solar Express. Praise for the Series: 'Like Murder on the Orient Express but better!' – Frank Cottrell-Boyce on The Highland Falcon Thief 'A thrilling and hugely entertaining adventure story' – David Walliams on The Highland Falcon Thief 'A first class choo-choo-dunnit!' – David Solomons on Kidnap on the California Comet 'A high-speed train journey worth catching . . .The best yet' – The Times on Murder on the Safari Star 'This series just gets better and better' – Maz Evans on Danger at Dead Man's Pass

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Pan Macmillan

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1529013097

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9781529013092

Kidnap on the California Comet: Adventures on Trains #2

By: M. G. Leonard,Sam Sedgman

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Kidnap on the California Comet: Adventures on Trains #2

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Feiwel & Friends

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1250222923

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Danger at Dead Man's Pass: Adventures on Trains #4

By: M. G. Leonard,Sam Sedgman

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Danger at Dead Man's Pass: Adventures on Trains #4

By: M. G. Leonard,Sam Sedgman

Danger at Dead Man's Pass, the fourth book in the middle grade Adventures on Trains series by M.G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman with black-and-white illustrations from Elisa Paganelli, finds amateur sleuth Hal Beck dealing with a family curse and a possibly haunted railway line. Curses aren't real...are they? Twelve-year-old artist and budding railway detective Hal Beck is back on the case. This time, he and his Uncle Nat have been invited by Baron Essenbach to help solve a mystery...a supernatural one. Because Essenbach thinks there might be something going on with his wife's family, the Kratzensteins. They are powerful German railway tycoons who are very rich—and maybe cursed. After all, legend says that an ancestor of the Kratzensteins once made a deal with the devil. Hal and Uncle Nat agree to help going undercover to spend time with the family and investigate. As more and more weirdness happens, can Hal solve this paranormal puzzle before it's too late?

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Feiwel & Friends

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1250222974

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9781250222978

The Highland Falcon Thief: Adventures on Trains #1

By: M. G. Leonard,Sam Sedgman

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The Highland Falcon Thief: Adventures on Trains #1

By: M. G. Leonard,Sam Sedgman

In The Highland Falcon Thief: Adventures on Trains #1, a middle-grade series starter from MG Leonard and Sam Sedgman, a young boy is swept up in an investigation to uncover the perpetrator of a jewel theft. When eleven-year-old Harrison "Hal" Beck is forced to accompany his travel-writer uncle on the last journey of a royal train, he expects a boring trip spent away from video games and children his age. But then Hal spots a girl who should not be on board, and he quickly makes friends with the stowaway, Lenny. Things get even more interesting when the royal prince and princess board for the last leg of the journey—because the princess's diamond necklace is soon stolen and replaced with a fake! Suspicion falls on the one person who isn't supposed to be there: Lenny. It's up to Hal, his keen observation, and his skill as a budding sketch artist to uncover the real jewel thief, clear his friend's name, and return the diamond necklace before The Highland Falcon makes its last stop.

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1250222907

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9781250222909

Epic Adventures

Explore the World in 12 Amazing Train Journeys

By: Sam Sedgman

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Explore the World in 12 Amazing Train Journeys

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The Highland Falcon Thief: Adventures on Trains #1

By: M. G. Leonard,Sam Sedgman

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Murder on the Safari Star: Adventures on Trains 3

By: M. G. Leonard,Sam Sedgman

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Murder on the Safari Star: Adventures on Trains 3

By: M. G. Leonard,Sam Sedgman

Join Hal and Uncle Nat as they plunge straight into an exciting mystery – this time while on Safari! All-aboard for the third amazing journey in the bestselling Adventures on Trains series from M. G. Leonard and Sam Sedgman, illustrated throughout by Elisa Paganelli. Harrison Beck and his Uncle Nat are on the journey of a lifetime aboard the Safari Star – a luxurious steam train that will take them from Pretoria to the stunning Victoria Falls. Close encounters with the amazing animals and landscape of Southern Africa are adventure enough, but things get mysterious when a passenger is found dead inside a locked compartment. Is it just a terrible accident or is something more suspicious afoot? It’s up to train detective Hal and his new friend Winston to find out. 'Like Murder on the Orient Express but better!' Frank Cottrell-Boyce on The Highland Falcon Thief 'A chuffing triumph' The Times on The Highland Falcon Thief 'A first class choo-choo-dunnit!' David Solomons on Kidnap on the California Comet

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Macmillan Children's Books

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1760985503

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9781760985509

The Highland Falcon Thief

By: Maya Gabrielle Leonard,Sam Sedgman

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The Highland Falcon Thief

By: Maya Gabrielle Leonard,Sam Sedgman

Reluctantly accompanying his travel-writer uncle on the final journey of a royal train, 11-year-old Hal Beck makes friends with a stowaway who is implicated in the theft of a princess's diamond necklace.

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Book's by Sam Sedgman

Epic Adventures

Epic Adventures

The Clockwork Conspiracy

The Clockwork Conspiracy

The Arctic Railway Assassin

The Arctic Railway Assassin

Precarious spectatorship

Precarious spectatorship

Sabotage on the Solar Express: Adventures on Trains #5

Sabotage on the Solar Express: Adventures on Trains #5

Kidnap on the California Comet: Adventures on Trains #2

Kidnap on the California Comet: Adventures on Trains #2

The Clockwork Conspiracy

The Clockwork Conspiracy

Kidnap on the California Comet

Kidnap on the California Comet

Kidnap on the California Comet: Adventures on Trains #2

Kidnap on the California Comet: Adventures on Trains #2

Danger at Dead Man's Pass: Adventures on Trains #4

Danger at Dead Man's Pass: Adventures on Trains #4

The Highland Falcon Thief: Adventures on Trains #1

The Highland Falcon Thief: Adventures on Trains #1

Epic Adventures

Epic Adventures

The Highland Falcon Thief: Adventures on Trains #1

The Highland Falcon Thief: Adventures on Trains #1

Murder on the Safari Star: Adventures on Trains 3

Murder on the Safari Star: Adventures on Trains 3

The Highland Falcon Thief

The Highland Falcon Thief

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