Japan... a country that lies beneath a cloud of mystery and secrecy, where the old sits uneasily close to the new, where ancient spirits hide in neon shadows. Some of the ghost stories you are about to read are based on folk tales that have been passed from father to son and mother to daughter for generations. Read about how Hoichi the violinist lost his ears to a ghostly samurai, and how Misu the monk defeated the spirit that devoured the dead. Learn what happens when you break a promise made to a deadly ice spirit, and why a young girl haunts the dreams of a priest in post-war Tokyo. Other...

A Reaper's existence is a lonely one. Okami is again faced with terrifying creatures from the the past that he must capture and drag with him to the Tokyo of the future. Travelling back and forth in time takes its toll on Okami... however, he must obey his mysterious master, Haku-san. But why has he been chosen? What is so special about him? This is something that he hopes to discover on his frightening but exhilarating journey through time. With the help of Midori, a beautiful young Reaper, and Meosa, a spirit that inhabits a sake bottle that Okami carries in his pocket, he hopes to catch...

21 Years... that's how long Okami has to save the future... but in order to do that, he must first travel to the past, to a Tokyo that he doesn't recognize, to a time filled with mythical beasts and where danger hides around every corner. This is the life of a Reaper... a collector of sacred creatures... a time traveler on a mission to rescue a dying city from a terrifying evil. 21 Years is an exciting new series of manga novels from Hippo Books. 21 Years: Part One is published by Hippo Books, a publisher dedicated to producing interesting, readable and fun books. This book is suitable for...

Everybody loves heroes - brave men and women who win wars and lead their countries to freedom. But this book isn't about those people...this book is about the heroes that you've probably never heard of, but who have made your and millions of other people's lives much better - unsung heroes that deserve recognition. People like Grace Hopper, who wrote the world's first computer programming manual and developed irreplaceable early computer software; and John Leal, who fought to make our drinking water safe, risking ostracization, prison and death in the process. People like Frederick Tudor, the...

My Brother the GIant: The Morozon Adventure Have you ever seen a really tall person? You know, like two meters tall? Well, imagine a person twice that size and that's my brother Fafner. He's a giant, you see. It's strange because he's the only giant in our family (apart from my grandparents) so our house is a little bit strange, we have two of everything - one for giants and one for us. Anyway, this book is about our first adventure. It's the one where we (my brother Fafner and I) first meet Renata, the Morozon princess. It's a great story, if I do say so myself. It's full of adventure and...

Welcome to a magical world of dark wizards, angry giants, wicked witches and scary spells. In these fantastic stories, you will meet Maxim the Giant, who builds a wall around his garden to keep the children out, but learns a valuable lesson in the process; and Bart the Nightingale, who helps his human friend, Lance, to find a present for the girl he loves. You will also read about a Magic Bed that gets grumpy if you don't jump on it; a Money Tree that has a dark secret; and a dark wizard who tries to use spells to win the heart of the beautiful Seraphina... but first he has to stop his hair...

Hassan has no choice. His heart is leading him on a mission through the ruins and chaos of Baghdad after the American invasion. He knows that he must find his missing father and save his young sister, Lulu, from the horror of growing up without her parents in a city ravaged by violence and terror. In the second part of the Hassan Lulu trilogy, we continue the heartbreaking but inspirational journey through Baghdad and the human soul that two young people are forced to make to save their father... and perhaps themselves. Hassan and Lulu Book Two is published by Hippo Books, a publisher...

What makes people do the things they do? Where do great ideas come from? What inspires people to do the extraordinary? In this fascinating collection of short stories based on real events, you will read about six people that went the extra mile and changed their own and other people's lives forever. We hope that you will be astonished when you read about Roz Savage rowing across the Atlantic Ocean alone, and William Kamkwamba providing his village in Africa with electricity. We want you to be interested in how Louis Vuitton became the world-famous name it is today, and how Stewart Brand asked...

Hello again Glad you're back. Believe me, you won't regret it... if you think that last adventure was a thriller, then this one will have you right on the edge of your seat. This time, my giant brother Fafner, and the Morozon Princess, Renata, and I went to Dragon Rock, a place where all the people (who have white hair and pale skin) live in an underground city to escape a terrifying dragon called Ember. I won't tell you any more because you are just about to read the whole story, but I will say that if you like stories full of magic, dragons, fighting, excitement, one-eyed old men, cheeky...

What makes people do the things they do? Where do great ideas come from? What inspires people to do the extraordinary? In this fascinating collection of short stories based on real events, you will read about six people that went the extra mile and changed their own and other people's lives forever. We hope that you will be astonished when you read about Roz Savage rowing across the Atlantic Ocean alone, and William Kamkwamba providing his village in Africa with electricity. We want you to be interested in how Louis Vuitton became the world-famous name it is today, and how Stewart Brand asked...