Most Popular Books by John Peel

At first Marshall thinks he''s just lost his old sneakers. But then his homework, his model kit, the papers from his paper route, even the gum from under his desk at school. all his stuff starts disappearing into thin air!

Includes a chapter on Russian foreign policies.

Brittany and Chad must confront fear and possible death in order to discover who or what killed Grant.

Down at the Lost & Found Department in Eerie, something''s missing: the Missing People! A power failure has released them from their cryogenic storage chambers, and now Jesse James, Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid, Amelia Earhart and many more are on the loose -- and Marshall and Simon have to get them back. What''s worse, some of the world''s greatest political criminal minds are getting together for the crime of the century -- only the century they have in mind is over, and they''ll be so mad when they find out. If the boys don''t think of something fast, these crooks are going to rob a train loaded with gold bullion and escape the Lost & Found -- and Eerie -- once and for all!!

Many an incredible story may have been told about young courageous men and women cycling the globe in search of adventure, covering vast distances at speed each day with not a care in the world, sleeping wherever they could pitch a tent or find someone willing to give them a free meal and bed for the night, who intentionally looked bedraggled to resemble famous adventurers of old, with men sporting wild hair and beards that could clear dusty streets as they cycled through. Well, this incredible story is a little different. It is an astonishing story about a 350-pound middle-aged, disabled, working-class husband and father. I was never a regular cyclist, and I knew nothing about bicycle maintenance and repair. And yet, without a single day of bicycle touring practice, I loaded up my shiny new bike with everything I thought I’d need and cycled out of Cheshire to see the world. Solo, self-financed, with no support network and without any fixed route plan other than, “I’m going that way.” What could go wrong? I wondered

Nicholas Briggs reads this epic novelisation of the Second Doctor''s debut TV adventure. Following an encounter with the Cybermen, the Doctor''s life appears to hang in the balance - until, before the eyes of his companions Ben and Polly, his physical appearance is transformed! Disoriented after his regeneration, the Doctor takes the TARDIS to the Earth colony planet Vulcan. Ben and Polly are disturbed - the Doctor isn''t the man he used to be. The Doctor is also worried; the colonists have found the remains of two Daleks, which they plan to revive! Once reanimated, the Daleks claim that they are content to serve humanity. Can it really be true? Or do they have their own, more sinister plans? Nicholas Briggs, who is the voice of the Daleks in Doctor Who, reads John Peel''s novelisation of the original 1966 TV serial by David Whitaker. (Contains some descriptions of violence.) Reading produced by Neil Gardner. Dalek voices produced by Nicholas Briggs. © 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P) 2022 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

Discusses the first season of the television show spun off from "The Man from UNCLE, " providing brief character profiles and actor biographies.

Jeff and Melanie are thrilled to be cast as extras in the newest alien invasion epic being filmed in their hometown, but it turns out that the movie is just a cover for a real-life alien invasion, and the two must warn someone before it is too late.

Discusses the creation, characters, and episodes of the British science fiction television series that used puppet animation to depict adventures in the ocean depths.

This is a guide to the work of Supermarionation, the company responsible for the cult characters which delighted both children and adults. It features analyses of Thunderbirds, Stingray and Captain Scarlet, including plot synopses of individual episodes and personnel credits.