When author Peter Mortimer was commissioned to write a play about a little-known riot between Yemeni & British seamen at Mill Dam, South Shields, in 1930, he decided to take the long trip to Yemen itself in search of inspiration. Undeterred by post-11 September government warnings against visiting this ...

Tom Dudgeon has cast off a motor cruiser from its moorings to protect a coot's nest, but now the cruiser is searching high & low for him
- even offering a reward. Tom accepts an invitation for a week's cruise to teach his new friends, Dick & Dorothea how to sail. You couldn't get a better sailor than Tom but can he really stay one jump ahead of his pursuers long enough to complete the voyage?
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From the leading publishers of parenting books comes a brand new series of beautifully illustrated & easy-to-follow guides covering all the essential phases of childcare.

When babies cry too much parents can sometimes worry & misunderstand the reasons for the cries. This comprehensive guide offers parents practical & reassuring advice on why their babies cry & how to respond to & reduce their crying. They will learn to understand certain signals & how best to remedy them to soothe their baby. The book also outlines exactly what colic is, common misconceptions about colic & how best to ease it.

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COPPER KINGDOM is set at the turn of the century in the South Wales town of Sweyn's Eye
- the old name for Swansea, where Iris
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' Pinkie! Kittens! Run!' Sammy was the first ot hear the heavy thud of footsteps. He recognised the threat at once & called a warning. For a long time, life in the London park has been easy & peaceful for Sammy, Pinkie & their three kittens. But all that is about to change
- there is a purge on the growing number of stray cats & dogs in the city. Sammy & Pinkie now face the urgent question of survival...
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Cal has struggled to cope with his mother's drinking & her psychotic episodes since he was six; cooped up in their dirty council flat he dreams of a new life. So when he leaves to live with his uncle Trevor in Chepstow he is ruthless about breaking with the past, despite his mother's despair. But getting off the train at the wrong station he finds himself at the castle of the Fisher King, & from then on moves in a nightmare spiral of predetermined descent into a wasteland of desolation & adventure, always seeking the way back to the Grail he has betrayed. Catherine Fisher has created a gripping & highly moving novel that moves between myth & a contemporary journey of self-knowledge until one becomes indistinguishable from the other. Drawing in Arthurian themes, historical re-enactments & the Four Hallows, Cal's quest for a return to peace of mind is an elaborate & ambitious Grail novel for our time. An important new work from the author of the Book of the Crow ...

Corby Flood & her family are about to set sail on the rather ramshackle cruise ship, the S.S. Euphonia. Her boisterous brothers might not have noticed that anything is wrong, but Corby is highly observant & has a lot of time for note-taking & eavesdropping. Onboard, amongst all the odd passengers & eccentric crew, there is a strange group of men in bowler-hats who call themselves The Brotherhood of Clowns. There's also a melancholy wailing sound coming from the hold. It's strictly out of bounds but Corby can't help investigating. What could be inside the crate she discovers down in the hold? As the ship arrives at its destination, Corby must enlist the help of some very well moustachioed locals to uncover the contents of the crate & the dark secrets of the menacing Clowns... ...