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Big Six; The by Arthur Ransome,
--The Coot Club is back and better than ever in this ninth volume of the beloved Swallows and Amazons. Wrongly accused of casting boats adrift in the middle of the night, the young crew vow to find the real culprits by forming the Big Six, modeled after the greatest detective group in the world. Fast paced, hilarious, and exciting.
--P, Book Number B00835. List price $14.95, your price $12.70 Go to top.

Complete Swallows and Amazons; The by Arthur Ransome,
--All twelve books of the Swallows and Amazons series Swallows And Amazons, Swallowdale, Peter Duck, Winter Holiday, Coot Club, Pigeon Post, We Didn't Mean To Go To Sea, Secret Water, Big Six; The, Missee Lee, Picts & the Martyrs, Great Northern?.
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Coot Club by Arthur Ransome,
--It all starts with a coot's nest. Dorothy and Dick meet Tom Dodgeo, Port and Starboard, and three pirate salvagers--all members of the "Coot Club" Bird Protection Society. When one of the coot's nests is disturbed bya shipful of "Hullabaloos"--rude holiday boaters--trouble begins. Frantic chases, calamitous boat collisions, and near drownings fill the pages of this exciting addition to the Walker adventures.
--P, Book Number B00260. List price $11.95, your price $10.15 Go to top.

Great Northern? by Arthur Ransome,
--A Scottish Adventure of Swallows and Amazons Finally! Here is the twelfth, and final, book in Arthur Ransome's acclaimed Swallows and Amazons series. People familiar with his earlier work will recognize the pattern: children set out on an adventure (this one off the coast of Scotland) with a minimum of parental advice and interference. Here, the story centers on a desperate race to thwart the efforts of pernicious egg collectors threatening the survival of a pair of rare birds not previously known to nest in British waters (actually, the bird is the handsome North American "Great Northern Diver," more commonly called a loon). Written in the most beautiful English, this is one of the books that I would be proud to give anyone. -BBC
--P, Book Number B01278. List price $14.95, your price $12.70 Go to top.

Missee Lee by Arthur Ransome,
--The orginal cast of Swallows and Amazons is adrift on the China Sea and then captives of a notorious pirate. But Missee Lee is no ordinary pirate, as they soon find out.
--P, Book Number B01058. List price $14.95, your price $12.70 Go to top.

Peter Duck by Arthur Ransome,
--Intrepid explorers John, Susan, Titty, and Roger Walker and the Amazons onto the high seas. Under the command of the infamous Captain Flint (Uncle Jim), the children brave a real-life pirate and his cutthroat crew, fog, sharks, and the ravenous crabs of Crap Island in search of buried treasure.
--P, Book Number B00261. List price $14.95, your price $12.70 Go to top.

Picts & the Martyrs by Arthur Ransome,
--or Not Welcome at All by Arthur Ransome Jibbooms and bobstays! Those two Blackett sisters are back at it again, and Nancy is right there in the thick of it. Their mother (doubtless suffering from exhaustion) has gone off sailing in the North Sea with Captain Flint on a rest cure, but she has allowed her two daughters to stay a fortnight at Beckfoot on the lakeshore with their trusty cook. She's also permitted their two old friends, Dick and Dorothea Callum, to come up for a visit. But when their redoubtable Great Aunt (aka G. A.) hears of their abandonment, she's horri?ed and off on the next train.The Amazons are dismayed; not only will their solo holiday be ruined but now they'll have to hide their two guests in the woods in an abandoned shepherd's cottage (where they'll be forced to live off the land like savages, ergo "The Picts") while they'll be required to dress up in white pinafores, practice the pianoforte, and recite reams of parlor poetry aloud (ergo "The Martyrs"). Not much stretch here; no one dares tri?e with the G.A. As usual with Ransome, the fun is gentle, the action nonstop, and the instructions on everything from tickling trout to setting anchors are precise and informed. Even the formidable maiden aunt proves to have virtues, not the least of which is her ability to say she's sorry. This is the eleventh title in a beloved series that have endeared themselves to three generations of readers, books as credible today as when Ransome penned them on the shores of his beloved Lake District in the 1930s. --David R. Godine, , , 5.5X8. P, List Price $14.95, Your price $12.70, Book Number B01277.
--P, Book Number B01277. List price $14.95, your price $12.70 Go to top.

Pigeon Post by Arthur Ransome,
--The Walker crew is on holiday, and they turn their energies to mining for gold, aided by pigeon messengers Homer, Sophocles, and Sappho. The admventurers comb the neqarby hills for a fabled lost claim, while being shadowed by a mysterious figure they dub "squashy had." Undettered by drought, sudden brushfire, and the continuing presence of Squashy Hat, the young prospectors persevere in their quest--wtih surprising results. Full of the dangers and dark adventures of old mines and forgotten claims, every child will feel the irresistable appeal to the persistent explorer in all of us.
--P, Book Number B00262. List price $14.95, your price $12.70 Go to top.

Secret Water by Arthur Ransome,
--The five Walker children are left on a "desert island" by their parents with provisions for a long stay and a blank map to file in. Like all of Ransome's Swallows and Amazons books, this is at once a real adventure and a lesson in the practicalties of exploring--in this case, of surveying the inlets, coves, mudflats, and esturaries of "Walker Island." Naturally , there are enemies to overcome (another clan named "The Eels" ) and friends to meet (who else but the intrepid "Amazons"?) And, as always, the children do it all solo, with not a parent on the horizon.
--P, Book Number B00263. List price $14.95, your price $12.70 Go to top.

Swallowdale by Arthur Ransome,
--The Walker family and friends journey through a shipwreck, a camp on the mainland, a secret valley and cave, and a trek through the mountains. "The story is crowded wtih useful hints on sailing and camping." Times Literary Supplement.
--P, Book Number B00264. List price $14.95, your price $12.70 Go to top.

Swallows And Amazons by Arthur Ransome,
--Delightful and famous adventure stories revolve around the exploits of of the catboat Swallows and her crew of "Amazons." Set in the Norfolk broads on English coast. The series first appeared in 1930 and their appeal has remains for adults and children.
--P, Book Number B00265. List price $14.95, your price $12.70 Go to top.

We Didn't Mean To Go To Sea by Arthur Ransome,
--The Walker family has come to Harwich to wait for Commander Walker's return. As usual, the children can't stay away from boats, and this time they meet young Jim Frading, skipper of the well-found sloop Goblin. But fun turns to high drama when the anchor drags, and the four young sailors find themselves drifting out to sea--speeping across to Holland in the midst of a full gale! As in all of Ransome's books, the emphasis is on self-reliance, courage, and resourcefulness. A story to warm any mariner's heart, one full of nautical lore and adventure, and one that will appeal to young armchair sailors and seasoned salts alike.
--P, Book Number B00266. List price $14.95, your price $12.70 Go to top.

Winter Holiday by Arthur Ransome,
--This adventure takes intrepid explorers John, Susan, Titty, and Roger Walker, and the fearsome Amazon pirates Nancy and Peggy Blackett to the North Pole. Joined by budding novelist Dorothea Callum and her scientist brother Dick, the children plan an "Artic" expedition. But unforeseen events separate the travelers and disaster nearly strikes in the exciting climas of their race to the Pole.
--P, Book Number B00267. List price $14.95, your price $12.70 Go to top.

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