The Fourth Bear

Author: Jasper Fforde
Publisher: Hachette UK
ISBN: 1844569241
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 509

Book Description
The Gingerbreadman: Psychopath, sadist, genius, convicted murderer and biscuit is loose in the streets of Reading. It isn't Jack Spratt's case. He and Mary Mary have been reassigned due to falling levels of nursery crime, and The NCD is once more in jeopardy. That is, until a chance encounter during the Armitage Shanks literary awards at the oddly familiar Deja-Vu Club lead Jack and Mary on the hunt for missing journalist Henrietta 'Goldilocks' Hatchett, star reporter for The Daily Toad. She had been about to break a story involving unexplained explosions in Herefordshire, Pasadena and the Nullabor Plain; The last witnesses to see her alive were The Three Bears, comfortably living out a life of rural solitude in Andersen's wood. But all is not what it seems. How could the bear's porridge be at such disparate temperatures when they were poured at the same time? Was Goldy's death in the nearby 1st World War themepark of Sommeworld a freak accident? And is it merely chance that the Gingerbreadman pops up at awkward moments? But there's more. What does a missing scientist with a terrifying discovery in subatomic physics, a secret weapon of devastating power, a reclusive industrialist known only as the Quangle Wangle and Colonel Danvers of the National Security all have in common?

The Big Over Easy

Author: Jasper Fforde
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101158301
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 404

Book Description
Enter the world of the Nursery Crime Division in this novel from Jasper Fforde, the New York Times bestselling author of the Thursday Next series and The Constant Rabbit Jasper Fforde's bestselling Thursday Next series has delighted readers of every genre with its literary derring-do and brilliant flights of fancy. In The Big Over Easy, Fforde takes a break from classic literature and tumbles into the seedy underbelly of nursery crime. Meet Inspector Jack Spratt, family man and head of the Nursery Crime Division. He's investigating the murder of ovoid D-class nursery celebrity Humpty Dumpty, found shattered to death beneath a wall in a shabby area of town. Yes, the big egg is down, and all those brittle pieces sitting in the morgue point to foul play. "[Forde] knows a thing or two about leaping into new worlds. . . . It's hard not to see what all the enthusiasm is about." -Janet Maslin, The New York Times "A wonderfully readable riot." -The Wall Street Journal

Make a Wish Bear

Author: Greg Foley
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 1101651725
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 28

Book Description
A friendship book perfect for the holiday season One clear night, Bear makes a wish on a twinkling star and Mouse joins him in waiting for the wish to come true. But the other animals who come by all have advice for Bear. "Don't tell anyone," says Owl. "Close your eyes," says Fox. And Elephant suggests standing on one foot. Before long, all of Bear's friends are there. "What did you wish for?" asks Mouse. Bear's answer will bring a smile to even the very youngest readers. Simply told and wonderfully illustrated, Make a Wish Bear reminds readers what's most important in life--good friends.

It's the Bear!

Author: Jez Alborough
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781844287932
Category : Animals
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
Eddy doesn't want to go to the woods for a picnic with Mum. He's scared that the huge hungry bear who lives there will make a picnic out of him

Bear, Otter, and the Kid

Author: Tj Klune
Publisher: Dreamspinner Press
ISBN: 9781634770064
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 384

Book Description
Three years ago, Bear McKenna s mother took off for parts unknown with her new boyfriend, leaving Bear to raise his six-year-old brother Tyson, aka the Kid. Somehow they ve muddled through, but since he s totally devoted to the Kid, Bear isn t actually doing much living with a few exceptions, he s retreated from the world, and he s mostly okay with that. Until Otter comes home. Otter is Bear s best friend s older brother, and as they ve done for their whole lives, Bear and Otter crash and collide in ways neither expect. This time, though, there s nowhere to run from the depth of emotion between them. Bear still believes his place is as the Kid s guardian, but he can t help thinking there could be something more for him in the world... something or someone. "

Anatomy of the Bear

Author: Russell Napier
Publisher: Harriman House Limited
ISBN: 0857195220
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 336

Book Description
How does one spot the bottom of a bear market? What brings a bear to its end? There are few more important questions to be answered in modern finance. Financial market history is a guide to understanding the future. Looking at the four occasions when US equities were particularly cheap - 1921, 1932, 1949 and 1982 - Russell Napier sets out to answer these questions by analysing every article in the Wall Street Journal from either side of the market bottom. In the 70,000 articles he examines, one begins to understand the features which indicate that a great buying opportunity is emerging. By looking at how markets really did work in these bear-market bottoms, rather than theorising how they should work, Napier offers investors a financial field guide to making the best provisions for the future. This new edition includes a brand new preface from the author and a foreword by Merryn Somerset Webb.

Bear Claw

Author: Alfred Dennis
Publisher: Crow Killer
ISBN: 9781942869306
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 242

Book Description
Western, Native American Fiction comes alive in Alfred Dennis' fourth book of the Crow Killer Series. Plenty of action, adventure, and romance follow Crow Killer as he traverses the vast wilderness of the Rocky Mountains. His friends would always be by his side in battle, but were they enough to combat the crazed Blackfoot called Bear Claw?

Otto the Book Bear

Author: Katie Cleminson
Publisher: Hyperion
ISBN: 9781423145622
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
Otto lives in a book and is happiest when his story is being read. But Otto has a secret: when no one is looking and the mood strikes, Otto walks right off of his book's pages! Full color.

Old Bear

Author: Jane Hissey
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781908759993
Category : Little Bear (Fictitious character : Hissey)
Languages : en
Pages : 32

Book Description
A brand new paperback edition of Jane Hissey's classic picture book tells the familiar story of how a much-loved teddy bear is lost and finally found again. Bramwell Brown and his friends Little Bear, Duck and Rabbit attempt to rescue Old Bear from the attic using a number of ingenious methods.

The Fourth Bear

Author: Jasper Fforde
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780143038924
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 404

Book Description
Return to the world of the Nursery Crime Division in this novel from Jasper Fforde, the New York Times bestselling author of the Thursday Next series and The Constant Rabbit The inimitable Jasper Fforde gives readers another delightful mash-up of detective fiction and nursery rhyme, returning to those mean streets where no character is innocent. The Gingerbreadman—sadist, psychopath, cookie—is on the loose in Reading, but that’s not who Detective Jack Spratt and Sergeant Mary Mary are after. Instead, they’ve been demoted to searching for missing journalist “Goldy” Hatchett. The last witnesses to see her alive were the reclusive Three Bears, and right away Spratt senses something furry—uh, funny—about their story, starting with the porridge. The Fourth Bear is a delirious new romp from our most irrepressible fabulist.