The Prescot family were miners At one time they were contracted to develop technology for a mineral-rich but uninhabitable system Gradually all the investors shied away Then the Prescots broke through with the technology needed to exploit entire planets & incidentally develop domed playgrounds for the perversely rich including indoor ski slopes & cable cars over megavolcanos casinos & rides This created the economic problem of being the richest people in the universe having more money than most governments & effectively unlimited resources Money is a small blessing when enemies are quite willing to spend billions for the chance at trillions Bryan Prescot & his daughter might as well have targets painted on their backs for the thugs kidnappers & assassins their competitors would throw at them Bodyguards were necessary
- highly trained bodyguards who could be bought once & be utterly loyal no matter the circumstances The altercation comes to a head inside the domes & mines of Govannon with their enemy desperate to do anything to save their own lives now that the gloves are off Caron Prescot has only six bodyguards against an army but she has two aces in the hole The miners are on her side & Elke Ripple Creek psychotic demolition expert has a nuke The problem with Elke having a nuke is that Elke will use it!
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All Hail Do Wrong Right Gracefully Facedown For Good Again Statesboro Blues Johnson Family Poison Trees Help Yourself Working Man's Blues Aces & Twos Cheap Reward Car Wreck ...

The perfect first reference book Do You Know About Animals? answers trivia questions about wild animals for kids through engaging facts & beautiful pictures of animals Do You Know About Animals? uses a fun & interactive question & answer format encouraging kids' curiosity as they engage with the information to find the answers to such questions as why tigers have stripes why bees dance & how chameleons change colour! Do You Know About Animals? focuses on wild animal facts that kids really want to know about & the questions that they ask helping them learn easily about everything from penguins to elephants From the depths of the jungle to the bottom of the sea Do You Know About Animals? is packed with clearly organised bite-sized facts written by animal experts to help kids understand the answer to their questions that parents can't always answer! ...

Amazing answers to more than 200 awesome space questions! Do You Know About Space? takes the reader on a galactic journey to answer all the probing questions children ask about space What is a shooting star? Why is Jupiter stripy? Is anyone else out there? Featuring the most amazing space pictures from NASA as well as the latest space news this is a book perfect for young space fans as well as children new to the subject Do You Know About Space? covers the Solar System stars galaxies space exploration & much more! The book has clear & simple text so information is easily accessible & utterly fascinating for children aged 6 to 8 years old Featuring answers to more than 200 questions Do You Know About Space? is the ideal book for kids who want to learn about the Universe ...

Test how well you know your family & friends with VR Distribution Do You know Me? & have an exciting fun-filled experience Key Features Easy to play take turns as players answer yes-or-no questions about themselves Contains 450 question cards 45 yes voting cards & 45 no voting cards ...

A new kind of momcom roleplaying adventure! What would you do if you got transported into a video gamewith your mom?? That&s the dilemma facing high schooler Masato Oosuki who has been unwittingly thrown into an RPG world with his doting mother close behind as part of a secret government scheme As an avid gamer Masato is eager to show off his skillsbut that&s hard to do when your mom is an insanely overpowered dual-wielding multi-target specialist! About the Author Iida Pochi is the creator of The Demon Who Became My Sister ...

Do You Mind If I Smoke? tells the story of Fenella Fielding's remarkable 65-year career in theatre radio TV & film Best known for her 1960s film appearances in classic comedies such as " Carry On Screaming" " Doctor in Clover" & " Carry On Regardless" Fielding's sublime talents also brought her success in serious roles on the stage including title roles in " Hedda Gabler" & " Colette" Spiced with star-studded anecdotes & personalized with moving stories about innocence & experience the early struggles of an aspiring actress & later professional rivalries " Do You Mind If I Smoke?" is a witty warm & wonderfully recounted memoir of an extraordinary life ...

In 2016 Bob Dylan received the Nobel Prize in Literature for having created new poetic expressions within the great American song tradition' This collection of essays by leading poets & critics
- with a new foreword by Will Self
- examines Dylan's poetic genius as well as his astounding cultural influence over the decades From Orpheus to Faiz song & poetry have been closely linked Dylan is the brilliant inheritor of the bardic tradition' Salman Rushdie The most significant Western popular artist in any form or medium of the past sixty years' Will Self For fifty & some years he has bent coaxed teased & persuaded words into lyric & narrative shapes that are at once extraordinary & inevitable' Andrew Motion His haunting music & lyrics have always seemed in the deepest sense literary' Joyce Carol Oates There is something inevitable about Bob Dylan A storyteller pulling out all the stops
- metaphor allegory repetition precise detail His virtue is in his style his attitude his disposition to the world' Simon Armitage


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'I love this book' Jacqueline Wilson'I just knew we were going to be friends Don't ask me to explain why I can't But i just knew' Jaz has found the best way to make friends with new girl Nadima who doesn't speak any English
- by offering her a chocolate bar Nadima grins & offers back some Turkish Delight the ice is broken & a special friendship begins Jaz is outgoing rebellious gumptious & a little bit bolshy
- but it doesn't stop her from finding it hard that she doesn't have a best friend at school any more Not since Lily went off with Kara She's not one to get down about things though
- & things start to look up when Nadima comes into their classroom Before long the girls are firm friends even when Nadima recently arrived from Syria can't speak much English The path of true friendship doesn't run smooth though Jaz ever the entrepreneur cooks up a plan to sell Turkish Delight at school with disastrous results A drama project with Nadima about family history proves impossible to manage & Charity Challenge Week puts the icing on the cake as Jaz puts every foot wrong possible Can she find a way to put things right & restore the wonderful & unique friendship that she has with Nadima? In a story of friendship family & entrepreneurial wizardry Cas Lester deftly navigates the trials & tribulations of girlhood & examines with the lightest of touches & gentle humour the thorny & compelling issues of integration belonging & identity


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A little boy getting ready for bed looks up at the moon & wonders whether it can speak English as it shines all over the world He tells the moon about his day
- it's not lonely falling asleep when you share your day's adventures with the moon A timeless bedtime picture book from bestselling Horrid Henry author Francesca Simon & Ben Cort illustrator of Aliens Love Underpants Audio read by Lenny Henry Lenny Henry has risen from being a cult star on children's television to being one of Britain's best known & loved personalities
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