This astonishing chronicle of life & death in the Jewish Ghetto of Kovno, Lithuania, from June 1941 to January 1944, was written under conditions of mortal danger by a Ghetto inmate & secretary of the Jewish Council. Through it all, Avraham Tory's overriding purpose was to record the unimaginable events of those years & to memorialise the determination of the Jews to sustain life in the midst of the Nazi terror. It is a supreme achievement.

Martin Gilbert's masterly introduction presents these events against the backdrop of the war in Europe & considers the crucial questions of collaboration & resistance.

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Tender Branson, the last surviving member of the Creedish death cult, has commandeered a Boeing 747, emptied of passengers, in order to tell his story to the plane's black box before it crashes. Brought up by the repressive cult &, like all Creedish younger sons, hired out as a domestic servant, Tender finds himself suddenly famous when his fellow cult members all commit suicide. As media messiah he ascends to the very top of the freak-show heap before finally & apocalyptically spiralling out of control. ...

The Woman in Black, Strange Meeting, I'm the King of the Castle, A Little Bit of Singing & Dancing In Vintage Living Texts, teachers & students will find the essential guide to the works of Susan Hill. Vintage Living Texts is unique in that it offers an in-depth interview with Susan Hill, relating specifically to the texts under discussion. This guide deals with Hill's themes, genre & narrative technique, & a close reading of the texts will provide a rich source of ideas for intelligent & inventive ways of approaching the novels. Also included in this guide are detailed reading plans for all three novels, questions for essays & discussion, contextual material, suggested texts for complementary & comparative reading, extracts from reviews, a critical overview, a biography, bibliography & a glossary of literary terms. ...

Susan laughs, she sings, she rides, she swings. She gets angry, she gets sad, she is good, she is bad. In fact, Susan is no different from any other child. It is not until we turn the last page that the reader realizes that Susan is in a wheelchair
- a revelation that is thought provoking & paves the way for discussion about this important issue.
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Japan is the pre-eminent food nation on earth. The Japanese go to the most extraordinary lengths & expense to eat the finest, most delectable, & downright freakiest food imaginable. Their creativity, dedication & ingenuity, not to mention courage in the face of dishes such as cod sperm, whale penis & octopus ice cream, is only now beginning to be fully appreciated in the sushi-saturated West, as are the remarkable health benefits of the traditional Japanese diet.

Inspired by Shizuo Tsuji

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Question: What do you do when you're dumped by the Girl Next Door?
Answer: Throw yourself into another madcap adventure
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John, Susan, Titty & Roger return to the lake for another summer camping on their island with their old allies, Nancy & Peggy, otherwise known as the Amazon pirates. But immediately disaster strikes when the Swallows find themselves marooned ashore by the shipwreck of their boat. But if they can't have the isl&, there's always Swallowdale, the secret valley, hidden from the world & containing an extra secret concealed within it. ...