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Paperback. Condición: New. 'The MerryTails of the Fox Who Lived in a Bin' is a rip-roaring adventure filled withthrills, spills and kebabs. JoinKevin, a humble country fox who journeys to the city in search of friendship,excitement, and succulent fried chicken. On his way he will soar above thecity, experience sausage roll hallucinations and meet a crow with false teeth.As Kevin loses his way and his city dream turns dark, will he escape to see hisbeloved vixen mother again?

Paperback. Condición: New. 'Daniel'sUncle' is a Middle Grade children's book that adults willalso enjoy, is the story of a thirteen-year-old boy whose parents aretragically killed in a skiing accident. He ends up spending his summer holidaysat an uncle's in Scotland on the banks of Loch Ness. His uncle is a biteccentric but extremely clever and Daniel slowly begins to enjoy his timethere.  He discovers more andmore out about his uncle and thus a mad adventure begins where he finds a lostCity, a nineteenth-century explorer, an alien race and the joys of technology.The blend of whimsical adventures with underlying themes ofpersonal growth and healing makes the story both engaging and emotionallyresonant. Daniel's life will never be the same again as he finds hisbrain gaining untold powers! 'Daniel'sUncle' is the first book to be published by the author, Martin Smith. Martinlives close to the beautiful Peak District and has worked in engineering invarious forms since leaving school. He enjoys a quiet life with his dog in aquaint stone cottage. Martin also enjoys riding his motorbikes and strongly believeslife is for living.

Paperback. Condición: New. 'Peter finds a pony pal' is an utterly gripping story about ten-year-old Peter, a runaway, who hides in a loft and makes a wonderful pony friend, Buster, but can the friendship continue if Peter is found?Peter has to live with the father he has not seen for years. Teased and abused by the stepchildren, who are also unkind to his beloved cat, he runs away. After hiding in a lorry he finds himself in a country area. For weeks he is cared for by local twins, determined to keep him safe. They are impressed by his relationship with Buster, a rescued pony who has been wary of them. But can such happy times really last when there are daily items on the radio and TV about Peter's disappearance?

Paperback. Condición: New. 'Thea and Milo, the Strange Couple and the Trial of the Venusian Baby' is an original, entertaining and highly amusing story. It features unique characters, an extremely imaginative plot and a gripping finale.A seemingly normal Hicks family holiday soon turns into something completely different! It's told from the point of view of nine-year-old Thea. She tells of a strange couple, and an amazing bond she shares with one of them. There's an alien who smells of cabbage, another alien disguised as a wardrobe, a golf-loving giant fish and more aliens to discover besides. This remarkable book will delight children and adults alike.This is the first story from the fertile mind of Darren Carpenter and, judging by the ending, possibly not his last.

Paperback. Condición: New. 'Peter finds a pony pal' is an utterly gripping story about ten-year-old Peter, a runaway, who hides in a loft and makes a wonderful pony friend, Buster, but can the friendship continue if Peter is found?Peter has to live with the father he has not seen for years. Teased and abused by the stepchildren, who are also unkind to his beloved cat, he runs away. After hiding in a lorry he finds himself in a country area. For weeks he is cared for by local twins, determined to keep him safe. They are impressed by his relationship with Buster, a rescued pony who has been wary of them. But can such happy times really last when there are daily items on the radio and TV about Peter's disappearance?

Paperback. Condición: New. 'Thea and Milo, the Strange Couple and the Trial of the Venusian Baby' is an original, entertaining and highly amusing story. It features unique characters, an extremely imaginative plot and a gripping finale.A seemingly normal Hicks family holiday soon turns into something completely different! It's told from the point of view of nine-year-old Thea. She tells of a strange couple, and an amazing bond she shares with one of them. There's an alien who smells of cabbage, another alien disguised as a wardrobe, a golf-loving giant fish and more aliens to discover besides. This remarkable book will delight children and adults alike.This is the first story from the fertile mind of Darren Carpenter and, judging by the ending, possibly not his last.

Paperback. Condición: New. 'Daniel'sUncle' is a Middle Grade children's book that adults willalso enjoy, is the story of a thirteen-year-old boy whose parents aretragically killed in a skiing accident. He ends up spending his summer holidaysat an uncle's in Scotland on the banks of Loch Ness. His uncle is a biteccentric but extremely clever and Daniel slowly begins to enjoy his timethere.  He discovers more andmore out about his uncle and thus a mad adventure begins where he finds a lostCity, a nineteenth-century explorer, an alien race and the joys of technology.The blend of whimsical adventures with underlying themes ofpersonal growth and healing makes the story both engaging and emotionallyresonant. Daniel's life will never be the same again as he finds hisbrain gaining untold powers! 'Daniel'sUncle' is the first book to be published by the author, Martin Smith. Martinlives close to the beautiful Peak District and has worked in engineering invarious forms since leaving school. He enjoys a quiet life with his dog in aquaint stone cottage. Martin also enjoys riding his motorbikes and strongly believeslife is for living.

Paperback. Condición: New. 'The MerryTails of the Fox Who Lived in a Bin' is a rip-roaring adventure filled withthrills, spills and kebabs. JoinKevin, a humble country fox who journeys to the city in search of friendship,excitement, and succulent fried chicken. On his way he will soar above thecity, experience sausage roll hallucinations and meet a crow with false teeth.As Kevin loses his way and his city dream turns dark, will he escape to see hisbeloved vixen mother again?

Paperback. Condición: New. This charmingbook, ideal for children and families, is written to encourage young readers toengage with invertebrates in their natural settings-whether in their own gardensor the wider natural world. Through plausible scenarios and excitingadventures, the stories are infused with fun, quirky characters that childreninstantly recognise-creatures commonly found in gardens and the nearbycountryside.This close connection to real-life minibeastsgives the book a distinctive edge over other children's nature books, inspiringcuriosity, empathy, and a genuine love of the natural world. The book hasattracted outstanding reviews and tributes.'Amazing Tales and Truths about Garden Minibeasts' is an extraordinaryachievement-a joyful, ethical, and inspiring book that deserves worldwiderecognition.Global movie star Orlando Bloom says: 'I am deeply proud that my mum Soniawrote this delightful, informative book that brings the garden world of vitallyimportant little creatures wonderfully alive for children and families. Thisbook combines great stories with education and fun!'.

Paperback. Condición: New. 'The Adventures of Albert the Astronaut' is a captivating, fast-paced andheart-warming children's adventure that takes readers from a quiet Englishvillage to the farthest corners of the galaxy. When nine-year-old Albertmoves to the sleepy village of Little Puddlebridge, he feels lonely, until hisgrandad's mysterious birthday gift transports him into a universe of wildadventures: swimming through underwater kingdoms, exploring edible planets, andmeeting new friends on the planet Matimoo. This imaginative first journey in amagical new series is filled with humour, discovery, and the true meaning offriendship.

Paperback. Condición: New. This charmingbook, ideal for children and families, is written to encourage young readers toengage with invertebrates in their natural settings-whether in their own gardensor the wider natural world. Through plausible scenarios and excitingadventures, the stories are infused with fun, quirky characters that childreninstantly recognise-creatures commonly found in gardens and the nearbycountryside.This close connection to real-life minibeastsgives the book a distinctive edge over other children's nature books, inspiringcuriosity, empathy, and a genuine love of the natural world. The book hasattracted outstanding reviews and tributes.'Amazing Tales and Truths about Garden Minibeasts' is an extraordinaryachievement-a joyful, ethical, and inspiring book that deserves worldwiderecognition.Global movie star Orlando Bloom says: 'I am deeply proud that my mum Soniawrote this delightful, informative book that brings the garden world of vitallyimportant little creatures wonderfully alive for children and families. Thisbook combines great stories with education and fun!'.

Paperback. Condición: New. Warning: Sex, Drugs, and Rock and Roll! Fearless young photographer Maddy Garfield shoots love-insand police riots in the turbulent 1960s and deals with bikers, rock stars,arrogant diplomats, egotistical actors, and enigmatic Rastas in the '70s. Butevery time she encounters charismatic director Jake Morgenstern, who gave her amind-blowing first kiss, her unfulfilled desire for him grows,fueling her fantasies. Will her path lead back to her first love? 'Lenswoman in Love' provides aninsider's view of the most colorful and creative decades of the twentiethcentury. It will resonate deeply with those who experienced those vibranttimes-and anyone who wishes they had. '. the Sixties and Seventies, from the West Coast to SwingingLondon-seen through the eyes of a passionate and talented young photographer.Her camera takes her inside recording studios and onto film sets, and her hearttakes her on a journey of soulful self-discovery. Read on!'-STEVEN REA, author of 'The Hollywood Book Club'.

Paperback. Condición: New. 'The Adventures of Albert the Astronaut' is a captivating, fast-paced andheart-warming children's adventure that takes readers from a quiet Englishvillage to the farthest corners of the galaxy. When nine-year-old Albertmoves to the sleepy village of Little Puddlebridge, he feels lonely, until hisgrandad's mysterious birthday gift transports him into a universe of wildadventures: swimming through underwater kingdoms, exploring edible planets, andmeeting new friends on the planet Matimoo. This imaginative first journey in amagical new series is filled with humour, discovery, and the true meaning offriendship.

Paperback. Condición: New. Lynne Howard's spell is dazzling, and readers will be powerless to resist it.Nicholas Maes, author of 'Laughing Wolf' In a stunning debut, Lynne Howard's 'Dylan Dover: Into the Vortex' casts a potent reader's charm over all youngsters clamouring for a new supernatural hero. Dylan believes he is a typical twelve-year-old until he stumbles into a vortex that miraculously transports him to the immortal dimension, a parallel universe. Dylan not only learns that he is a warlock, but he also discovers a twin brother, extraordinary powers, and a secret prophecy that seems to have Dylan and his family at its crux. Dylan, along with his brother and their new-found wizard friend Thea, begin to unravel the mystery that surrounds their birth and the danger that threatens immortals and humans alike.

Paperback. Condición: New. This book is full of bilingual crosswords!This remarkable and highly original book is an excellent aid to improving your foreign language vocabulary in a fast, easy, and fun way.The answers are day-to-day words used by locals in their country, thus expanding your colloquial knowledge of the language in question.Start from the front of the book for questions in English and answers in Spanish, French and German. Turn the book upside down and start from the back for questions in Spanish, French and German and answers in English.

Paperback. Condición: New. This beautifully funny and highly entertaining book gives the reader a unique insight into what it's like to be a military and commercial helicopter pilot.We make brief and joyous visits to Jamaica, Syria, Iran, Germany, Oman, Yemen, the North Sea, Sweden and Saudi Arabia. We live through two wars and we meet VIPs and Heads of State. Highly experience helicopter pilot Nick Mylne constantly dazzles and entertains with his recollections of his professional life in a spin.

Paperback. Condición: New. 'In the Blink of an Eye' is a compelling, poetically courageous collection of poems which evokes a long, and intensely felt, experience of life. It is full of gems of expression, emotion and thought. John wrote most of the poems in his middle thirties during a challenging time in his life. The only exception was the Preface which came to him in 2001 while he was in Australia. As John says: 'I see the Preface as being inspired by what I call the "Crocodile Dundee" philosophy of the comparative insignificance of humans compared to the everlasting environment we live in.'.

Paperback. Condición: New. 'The Ice-Floe Girl' is a delightful, beautifully-written and wonderfully observed true story about a nineteen-year-old boy who meets an innocent, angelic Swedish au pair and then hitch-hikes across Europe to join her in Sweden, where she lives at the top of a forbidding villa. She proceeds to take him along with her as an unwitting spectator to her mysterious life in Copenhagen, Stockholm and Helsinki.If good writing is about capturing an inexpressible paradox in words - here it is. This account of an ephemeral beauty presents in precise photographic details a remarkable true tale of people and places, retrieves eternall meaningful passing moments that would otherwise have been lost forever and fixes them to the banner of eternal love. The Ice-Floe Girl is an unforgettable, enigmatic quest stretching from a north London suburb to a small wooden town on the shores of the Baltic.

Paperback. Condición: New. Even those put off by the word 'poetry' will find this a box of treasures. Each poem is expertly crafted in a style to suit it, starting with a thrilling adventure, followed by what children think of adults, Christmas lights gone mad, an unforgettable culinary disaster, a restaurant so bad it succeeds, the climate crisis in a nutshell, a disastrous school outing, the joys of becoming a grandmother, an island that moves, what tummy buttons are for, as well as nonsense, rhyme and tongue-twisters, all enlivened by Jim Housego's crisp and witty line drawings.

Paperback. Condición: New. 'Seychelles Idyll' is an evocative, gripping novella set in a remote part of the British Empire at around the time when colonial rule was coming to an end.With miniscule resources, those involved in preparing for the handover to independence in the Seychelles had to deal with problems that had arisen from years of neglect, racism, and old-fashioned colonial snobbery. The situation was made more complicated by international powers having an interest in the outcome. In order to assist in turning the Seychelles police into a modern service capable of dealing with the oncoming demands of independence, Ed Morris, a police inspector from London is sent to help. Seen through his eyes the events that take place are complicated, demanding, hilarious,

Paperback. Condición: New. A ruthless property developer wants to buy Merrydown Farm. His plan is to change it from a working farm into a bungalow park with golf courses and a spa hotel. This would destroy the natural habitat of all the wild animals. All the farm animals would have to leave as well. Cornelius, a wise old owl, contacts his distant relative Horatio. Horatio is a military expert. (Well, he hatched in the grounds of the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst.) Under their leadership the animals fight back.

Paperback. Condición: New. 'Blackberry Bill' is an enchanting tale about a ten-year-old orphaned boy who bravely sets out alone upon the Kentish marshes in pursuit of a mysterious recluse. He believes that this eccentric character, a gypsy commonly known as Blackberry Bill, may hold the answers he seeks with regard to his own identity. When the two eventually meet, the boy learns that he is in fact the same person who had saved his life as a baby. A touching friendship starts to flourish between the unlikely pair as the gypsy starts to teach the boy all about the pots and bottles which he continually excavates and about the delights and dangers present on the marsh, as well as something of his Romany way of life.'Blackberry Bill' is a gripping, beautifully written story whose wonderfully-evoked naturalistic descriptions bear comparison with Dickens's own accounts of the mysteries of the Kentish marshes. This book is unforgettable.

Paperback. Condición: New. Tytus Sas Komarnicki was born in 1896 in Warsaw. He had been living in Grenoble since 1942 where he was responsible for the Polish Red Cross. At the same time he was involved in Polish underground movements which meant that the Gestapo agents were constantly on his heels. Before World War Two he had been the Polish Delegate to the League of Nations from 1936 and also Polish Ambassador in Bern. In 1940, after the invasion of his homeland, he and his family moved to France and eventually to Grenoble. After the war he lived with his family in London where he wrote several books on Polish history and was a member of the Board of Directors of the International Law courts in The Hague. He died in London in 1967.

Paperback. Condición: New. This remarkable, original and imaginative poem, 'Einstein's Bicycle', is the outcome of the poet's childhood experiences in London orphanages during and after WW2.Terry says of the poem, 'Einstein's Bicycle', is a slow-burn rant about life's drama as seen by those who fill the paupers' pit. Its heroes are the descendants of the bowmen and those who manned the gun-decks. They are the children of the levellers, those who worked the looms and spun the thread - cliches of their class, yet resilient and spirited, always conscious of their inheritance.'He adds, 'What begins as the sad tale of a maid in the shadow of the Cenotaph, unfolds as the celebration of a culture old as Chaucer, proud of its pedigree and its vitality to tilt at pomposity and privilege, sustained by the principle of Einstein's bicycle - if you don't keep pedalling you'll simply fall off.'.

Paperback. Condición: New. 'More Poems for Young and Old. and Their Dog' is a collection of engaging poems taking the reader on an excursion into humour, nonsense, and even downright hilarity, with an occasional more serious direction.I hope these pages will bring you joy,Whether you're young or old, girl or boy,I also wish that in just a whileSomething in them will make you smile.

Paperback. Condición: New. This fascinating and remarkable book, 'Spies and Scoundrels', consists of two highly imaginative novellas. The first, 'Time to Say Goodbye', explores how England might look in 2026. Post pandemic with many unresolved problems remaining, Government finances are dire and the country is directionless and unstable. People have gone into voluntary lockdown to avoid the violence on the streets. The scene is set for a change of Government, with a radical plan. A scapegoat group in society is identified and vilified. History does indeed repeat itself.'Death's Final Wicket' is a spy thriller set in London, Oslo, Buenos Aires and Jerusalem. Bible Codes in the Torah (first five chapters of the Old Testament), supposedly point to various modern day events such as Hitler, Yasser Arafat and a nuclear war emanating from North Korea. Governments interpret these codes for their own ends. Meanwhile, a new terrorist organization, with its own plan, complicates matters. British Intelligence has the man with the right background to sort through the c.

Paperback. Condición: New. 'StolenShroud' is an ingenious detective story about the theft of the famous TurinShroud which is then taken by the thieves to Paris.Medievalhistorian Max Quillan arrives in Paris to give lectures and learns that thesacred cloth has been stolen, days after he took part in a debate about it inTurin. He suspects the owner of the antique business adjoining his apartmentblock is connected to the theft. His suspicions deepen when his neighbour isfound dead in her locked apartment. Aside from the police investigation, hediscovers the shocking truth of who commissioned the theft, but when themysterious buyer is revealed, Max finds that by playing detective he has put himselfin danger.

Paperback. Condición: New. She hates him. He doesn't understand her. Alice and Robbie: two youngsters forced to step reluctantly fast towards adulthood and marriage. Layered, lyrical, atmospheric: this is a book to engage and enthrall older children, young adults and those of any age who like to adventure in Tudor England.In 1520s England, Alice, twelve years old, daughter of impoverished Sir Lionel and Lady Catherine, is to be married to Robbie, the fourteen-year-old son of an up-and-coming family of Bristol merchants. Sir Lionel, together with Robbie's father, is seeking to nudge King Henry into supporting exploration and enterprise in distant, just-discovered lands. However, unexpected opposition suddenly threatens not only their plans, but also their lives.

Paperback. Condición: New. September 1940. A four-year-old London boy gazes at a night sky lit by burning London. Eighty years later, in another emergency and a hugely changed world, the same lad is persuaded to write about his ordinary life that has occasionally been quite extra-ordinary.Vividly described with much laughter, wit and occasional trenchancy is a rewarding career in education, great pleasure in the arts and in sport and all in a world that has now passed into history. In addition, with often moving directness, the author reveals his home life which over eight decades has provided a joyful safe haven for his forays into the world.

Paperback. Condición: New. Beautiful and conceited Alicia Matcham leads us through an intriguing web of deceit in search of a killer who is, bizarrely, welcomed by her family. This exciting, gripping crime novel is full of suspense and delivers a thrilling final twist.Saturday 10 June 1933, and one of Charles's Whitten's bridge players collapses at the table, apparently from natural causes. Charles's youngest daughter Patty is convinced it's murder and pleads with her sister Alicia - a party girl with connections - to help discover the truth. Their brother William is a penniless drunkard, their mother ingenuous, Patty naive, their father Charles all bluff and bluster and then there is John the seductive butler. It feels as though Alicia is in one of the new Agatha Christie murders: there were four people in the card room, surely one must be the murderer?