Most Popular Books by John Peel

John Peel, the most influential DJ in rock history, was beloved by millions as an unstinting champion of musical talent on BBC''s Radio 1 and as the host of the wildly popular Radio 4 show "Home Truths."

First the Mars rock at the Space Museum disappears, then $500,000 worth of gems. It''s up to Shelby and her friends, Cindi and Noah, to crack the case.

Melanie and Jeff try to sound the alarm when they discover that the alien invasion epic being filmed in their hometown is just a cover for a real alien invasion.

The Hive came from another galaxy: billions of alien beings living inside a vast, biological starship. They have already destroyed one planet, converting it into raw material and fuel for their endless voyage through the cosmos. Now the Hive is heading for Bajor and they have given the planet''s inhabitants an ominous warning: evacuate in three days or die along with their world. The Bajorans would rather die than abandon their sacred home, but their hastily assembled military fleet does not stand a chance against the awesome power of the Hive. Unless Captain Sisko can penetrate the Hive''s defenses -- and discover their most closely guarded secret -- all of Bajor faces extinction.

When captain Jean-Luc Picard and the crew of the U.S.S. Enterprise™ receive news of a human planet hidden in the center of an immense stellar cloud, they immediately investigate. Penetrating the cloud, the Starship crew is shocked to discover a world of knights and serfs lifted right out of Earth''s Middle Ages. Ruthlessly exploiting the planet is a ring of intersellar trophy hunters preying on the immense, native dragon-lizards twentey-feet tall and armored like tanks. Beaming down, an away team soon becomes embroiled in a web of intrigue and murder. Taken prisoner, Picard, Riker, Data and Ro must somehow escape and stop the hunters or face destruction from the hunters'' weapon, based on an advanced technoloy capable of utterly annihilating the Starship Enterprise™.

Luke Skywalker always felt a call from space, and eventually learned the ways of the Force and became a Jedi Knight. Now, Luke tells the inside story of his battle with the evil Empire!

John Peel is best known for his four decades of radio broadcasting. His Radio 1 shows shaped the taste of successive generations of music lovers. His Radio 4 show, Home Truths, became required listening for millions. But all the while, Peel was also tapping away on his beloved Olivetti typewriter, creating copy for an array of patient editors. He wrote articles, columns and reviews for newspapers and magazines as diverse as The Listener, Oz, Gandalf''s Garden, Sounds, the Observer, the Independent and Radio Times. Now for the first time, the best of these writings have been brought together - selected by his wife, Sheila, and his four children. Music, of course, is a central and recurring theme, and he writes on music in all its forms, from Tubular Bells to Berlin punk to Madonna. Here you can read John Peel on everything from the perils of shaving to the embarrassments of virginity, and from the strange joy of Eurovision to the horror of being sick in trains. At every stage, the writing is laced with John''s brilliantly acute observations on the minutiae of everyday life. This endlessly entertaining book is essential reading for Peel fans and a reminder of just why he remains a truly great Briton.

The chosen three of the Diadem must be quick and strong or Score will perish.

It all began the day Chrissie Scott looked into the mirror and saw somebody else''s reflection. A boy who looked exactly like her. Nothing would ever be the same again.... Just when Chrissie and Chris think they have conquered the mad sorceress Lori Lee, who threatened to destroy Chris''s world of magic, along comes an even greater threat. His name is Larry Lee -- Lori''s double -- and he''s about to hijack the satellite that will make him Master of the Universe! Chrissie summons Chris into the real world. But will their magic work here? Chrissie, Chris, their pet dragons, and friends Jessica and computer-whiz Henry race to stop the evil genius before it''s too late. They have only seven hours before the space shuttle is launched and Larry Lee conquers Earth....

When teenager Cassie Wilson volunteers for a study in psychic phenomena at the university, she figures it will be a lot of fun. But the experiment goes terribly wrong and Cassie ends up in the hospital. She''s fine, except for horrible nightmares--each one worse than the last. Then Cassie makes a startling discovery--what she sees in her nightmares come true.

It all began the day Chrissie Scott looked into the mirror and saw somebody else''s reflection. A boy who looked exactly like her. Nothing would ever be the same again... Suddenly Twins! Chrissie thought she had troubles -- until she fell through the mirror into her double''s life. He said his name was Chris, and his world was the mirror image of hers. His world was ruled by magic -- and about to be destroyed by the sorceress Lori Lee! Chris is desperate. He has cast a powerful spell and sees the evil plot. Chrissie is the only one he can trust. Together they must save his world before it''s too late. But is Chrissie about to be lost forever in the universe beyond the mirror?

"England in the late 22nd century is slowly recovering from the devastation that followed the Daleks'' invasion. The Doctor''s very first travelling companion -- his granddaughter, Susan -- is where he left her, helping to rebuild the Earth for the survivors. But danger still remains all around. While searching for his lost companion Sam, the Doctor finds himself in the Domain London. But it seems that Susan is now missing too, and his efforts to find her lead to confrontation with the ambitious Lord Haldoran, who is poised to take control of southern England through all-out war. With the help of a sinister adviser, Haldoran''s plans are already well-advanced. Power cables have been fed down a mineshaft, reactivating a mysterious old device of hideous power. But has the Dalek presence on Earth really been wiped out? Or are there still traps set for the unwary? The Doctor learns to his cost once again that when dealing with the evil of the Daleks, nothing can be taken at face value."--Page 4 of cover

A small group of teenagers have just awakened to their worst nightmare--they have woken up to find that every one else in the world has vanished ... just disappeared. But it is worse, someone or something has hunted them down. Will they be next?

Humans have established a thriving colony on the planet Tarshish, until a native species of semi-insectoids awakens from a long incubation and attacks the colonoy. Only the children and a computer survive. The computer teaches the children how to form their own community, without adults.

Jake and Nog must save a Cardassian stowaway from the fury of Jaker, a Bajoran boy whose parents were killed by Cardassians.

The space research station where Lucas Wright and his family live has been invaded by a dangerous alien that is abducting members of the station team and his family. Lucas finds the victims imprisoned in a series of strange cocoons, each undergoing a slow metamorphosis. Lucas has precious little time before he, too, undergoes the change.

Jake Sisko and his fellow students are on a field trip, journeying through the stable Wormhole, newly discovered shortcut to the far off Gamma Quadrant. All seems to be going well, until their Runabout is shot down by a Cardassian raider.