This is the humorous story of how Rosie & the neighbourhood children find fun & wonderful ways to fill their days: One day there is a sign on Rosie's door that reads, ' If you want to know a secret, knock three times.' Rosie's secret is that today she is not Rosie, today she is Alinda, the lovely lady singer & together with her friend Kathy, alias Cha-Charoo the Arabian dancing girl, they put on a great musical show for Dolly, Pudgy & Sal. Until, that is, they are interrupted by Lenny who today is a fireman & they all dash off to help him put out fires. Soon there is another sign on Rosie's door which leads the gang to her front steps where they all sit quietly waiting for the Magic Man, who is coming to tell them what to do. When he finally arrives he tells them all to be firecrackers, so they Boom & Whizz & Fizz until it is time to go home for tea. ...

When a new family moves in next door, Joe's mum explains that they are asylum seekers. Joe hears that they are silence seekers, especially as Mum adds that they need peace & quiet. When he sees a young boy from the family sitting disconsolately on the steps, Joe decides to help him find a quiet place in the noisy & chaotic city. ...

The woman who presented herself at the offices of the respectable firm of London solicitors was, the receptionist decided, clearly a vagrant who had been sleeping on the streets. The clothes that hung on her frail body were filthy, & she seemed unable to speak. When she asked to see the firm ...

After two high-risk missions, CIA special agent John Wells is a man living on the edge. His nights are filled with disturbing dreams, but he knows he has no time for rest. He has made many enemies, & the world never stays quiet for long.

But what happens next shocks him to the core. He & his fiancee Jennifer Exley are targeted by assassins sent by a psychotic arms dealer out for revenge. Among the dead & wounded is Exley, who is gravely injured. When Wells discovers the assailants are Russian, he immediately leaves for Moscow to seek vengeance. What Wells finds there is far from what he expected.

A plan of terrifying consequences has been set in motion



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After two high-risk missions, CIA special agent John Wells is living on the edge, his nights filled with disturbing dreams. He knows he has no time for rest
- & he has made many enemies.

But what happens next shocks him to the core. First, he is targeted by assassins sent by a psychotic arms dealer out for revenge. His girlfriend is left for dead. Then, in vengeful pursuit of his assailants in Moscow, he stumbles on a terrifying plot. Terrorists have successfully targeted Russia


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Identical twins, Charlie & Cass have taken sides & quarrelled when their parents split up. Charlie is staying with Gran for the summer holidays. She explores the area, & in trespassing in the grounds of the local stately home, Cleremont Park, she starts to see ghosts. The apparitions always do the same thing when she sees them
- & as she learns more about the history of the place, it becomes clear that they are re-enacting events leading to a hidden murder. She finds that she must work with her twin, & make friends with the boy currently living in the house, in order to battle with the curse on the Cleremont family.
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Award-winning investigative journalist Heather Brooke exposes the shocking & farcical lack of transparency at all levels of government. At a time when the State knows more than ever about us, Brooke argues that without proper access to the information that citizens pay for, Britain can never be a true democracy.

*SECRECY*: anonymous bureaucrats, clandestine courts, men in tights & the true cost of

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Award-winning investigative journalist Heather Brooke exposes the shocking & farcical lack of transparency at all levels of government. At a time when the State knows more than ever about us, Brooke argues that without proper access to the information that citizens pay for, Britain can never be a true democracy.

*SECRECY*: anonymous bureaucrats, clandestine courts, men in tights & the true cost of

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