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The second book in a funny, action-packed new 5+ graphic fiction series set in the world of LEGO® NINJAGO® Dragons Rising, starring brave young dragon Riyu!Riyu has begun learning the ANCIENT ART OF SPINJITZU at the monastery with his friends, Arin and Sora!When they discover a village of craglings being menaced by earth dragons, Riyu wants to help! But the cragling leader refuses to trust him, because he's a dragon.Can Riyu remember his training and prove he has what it takes to be a true hero?Featuring full-colour art by Sam Filstrup and based on beloved LEGO Ninjago: Dragons Rising TV episodes, this series will delight fans of James Patrick Green’s The InvestiGATORS, Jamie Smart’s Max & Chaffy and Thomas Flinthams’s Press Start. Each book comes with an interactive surprise! Can you find the nunchucks hidden throughout the story?Have you read all of the RIYU THE DRAGON adventures?:Riyu the DragonRiyu the Dragon: Ninja in Training… and more to come!

Out of the Darkness is the gritty and hard-hitting autobiography of former Leicester and Sunderland winger Matt Piper, the ex-England U21 hopeful whose dreams were shattered when an injury ended his football career at age 24. After making history as the last-ever goalscorer at Filbert Street in 2002, Matt was forced into a £3.5m move to Wearside amid the Foxes' financial misery. But that high was short-lived and soon his ambitions - and life - crumbled. After 16 operations, failed comebacks and anxiety attacks, he retired with money in his pocket but no clue where to turn next. Soon, Matt's daily existence became dependent on alcohol and Valium, waking up in hospital with no idea why, with doctors suggesting he be sectioned. Out of the Darkness reveals another side of football - what happens next when things don't go right and how to overcome life's worst demons. Matt's frank and often troubling revelations are complemented by hilarious tales of dysfunction amid life at two of English football's biggest clubs.