Christopher Pike

"Rotterham Home was a hospice for young people--a place where teenagers with terminal illnesses went to die. Nobody who checked in ever checked out. It was a place of pain and sorrow, but also, remarkably, a place of humor and adventure. Every night at twelve, a group of young guys and girls at the hospice came together to tell stories. They called themselves the Midnight Club, and their stories could be true or false, inspiring or depressing, or...

Embark upon an out-of-this-world adventure in this fourth book in New York Times bestselling author Christopher Pike's Spooksville series. When Adam and his friends stay up late one night, they see bright lights in the sky. Lights that look suspiciously like flying saucers. Then, the next night, one of the saucers lands by the reservoir, and the creatures who come out of the ship don't look like people at all. Their heads are too large, and their...

Be very, very careful what you wish for in this ninth book in the Spooksville series New York Times bestselling author Christopher Pike.
While hiking in the woods near Spooksville, Adam and his friends find a cube-shaped stone. It is clear, like a crystal, and seems to shine with colored light. To their surprise, they discover that if they hold it and make a wish for something, the wish will come true!
They call it the Wishing Stone. And...

Dinosaurs create prehistoric hysteria in this eleventh book in New York Times bestselling author Christopher Pike's Spooksville series.
There are dinosaurs in Spooksville! Huge meat-eating lizards attack people in their cars. Flying reptiles swoop down and lift kids away. But where did these dinosaurs come from?
Adam and his friends discover a doorway that connects present-day Spooksville with sixty million years ago. It's through this...

Encounter witchly wonders in this sixth book in New York Times bestselling author Christopher Pike's Spooksville series.
The time has come for Adam and his friends to again face Spooksville's most powerful citizen, Ms. Ann Templeton. Sally says the woman is definitely a witch, but Adam and Watch are not so certain. To find the truth, they visit her castle together. There they find both good and bad: creatures more horrible than anything they...

Small spirits cause big trouble in this eighth book in New York Times bestselling author Christopher Pike's Spooksville series.
Are there such things as fairies and gnomes? Leprechauns and elves? Most people, including Adam, would say no. But one day a whole herd of magical creatures invades Spooksville. At first they play childish pranks, and Adam and his friends are happy to welcome them. But quickly the pranks turn cruel, leaving Adam, Sally,...

A mysterious cat causes chaos in the tenth book in New York Times bestselling author Christopher Pike's Spooksville series.
Adam and his friends are exploring the area around Spooksville when they come across a black cat. It seems friendly: it purrs when they rub its back, and licks its paws like any other cat. But then it follows them back to town, and strange things begin to happen. A tree falls down, and a house catches fire. Each time something...

CHRISTOPHER PIKE's first book in his trilogy Making Sense of War examined war as a social phenomenon. About War (2021) explained why war, organised violence, happens. War in Context shows-through examples from history-how the state legitimises war and how war legitimises the state, and how Britain has used military force in the past. Pike asks: is war necessary? Can it be predicted? Is terrorism war? Is terrorism effective and how should it be countered?...

One minute Sara's bored on vacation in Istanbul. The next, she's unearthed a flying carpet that cleverly drags her to the mysterious Island of the Djinn-or genies. By her side is Amesh, a cute guy she has a crush on but doesn't yet trust. When Amesh learns the secret of invoking djinn, he loses control. He swears he'll call upon only one djinn and make one wish. The plan sounds safe enough. But neither Sara nor Amesh are any match for the monster...

Jessica Ralle croyait que le pire était passé. La révélation époustouflante est une sorcière; le danger terri ant des sorcières malé ques; et la perte bouleversante d'êtres chers dans un combat contre des créatures malveillantes. La découverte de l'existence d'un monde parallèle au ntre - le monde des sorcières - et de la possession d'extraordinaires pouvoirs, en même temps qu'elle doit faire face à de puissants ennemis, s'avèrent...