' Crofts constructs his alibi with immense elaboration The story is highly successful & Mr Crofts is to be congratulated upon his experiment'
- Dorothy L Sayers We begin with a body Andrew Crowther a wealthy retired manufacturer is found dead in his seat on the 1230 flight from Croydon to Paris Rather less orthodox is the ensuing flashback in which we live with the killer at every stage from the first thoughts of murder to the strains & stresses of living with its execution Seen from the criminal's perspective a mild-mannered Inspector by the name of French is simply another character who needs to be dealt with This is an unconventional yet gripping story of intrigue betrayal obsession justification & self-delusion & will the killer get away with it?
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A new translation of Sade's most notorious shocking & influential novel This disturbing but hugely important text has influenced countless individuals throughout history Flaubert & Baudelaire both read Sade; the surrealists were obsessed with him; film-makers like Pasolini saw parallels with twentieth-century history in his writings; & feminists such as Andrea Dworkin & Angela Carter clashed over him This new translation brings Sade's provocative novel into Penguin Classics for the first time & will reignite the debate around this most controversial of writers ...

This amazing CD set contains both The 13-Storey Treehouse & The 26-Storey Treehouse by Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton read by Stig Wemyss Australia's most loved narrator of audio books for children & young adults This collection features book one & book two in the laugh-out-loud & bestselling Treehouse series & has a running time of Approx. 197 minutes Welcome to Andy & Terry's treehouse the most awesome treehouse ever! In The 13 Storey Treehouse it's got a giant catapult a secret underground laboratory a tankful of man-eating sharks & a marshmallow machine that follows you around & shoots marshmallows into your mouth whenever you're hungry! & in The 26 Storey Treehouse they've added an antigravity chamber an ice-cream parlour with seventy-eight flavours run by an ice-cream-serving robot called Edward Scooperhands & the Maze of Doom
- a maze so complicated that nobody who has ever gone in has ever come out again well not yet anyway! Well what are you waiting for? Come on up!
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This full-colour CGP Study Book covers every skill students will need for success in the Common Entrance 13 English exam Everything's explained with clear concise notes & helpful examples with a page of summary questions at the end of each section to test understanding of the crucial points There's even a section of advice for students taking the CASE (Common Academic Scholarship Examination) Paper A free Online Edition of the whole book is also included
- just use the unique code printed in the book to access it on a PC Mac or tablet If you're looking for more help with Common Entrance 13 preparation CGP Study Guides are available for 13 Maths (9781782941774) & 13 Science (9781782941767)
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Andy & Terry live in the WORLD'S BEST treehouse! It's got a giant catapult a secret underground laboratory a tank of man-eating sharks & a marshmallow machine that follows you around & shoots marshmallows into your mouth whenever you're hungry! Just watch out for the sea monkeys & the monkeys pretending to be sea monkeys & the giant mutant mermaid sea monster Oh & whatever you do don't get trapped in a burp-gas-filled bubble! Andy Griffiths & Terry Denton's fantastically funny The 13-Storey Treehouse is told through a combination of text & cartoon-style illustrations ...

In this sad British drama a family of 14 children is suddenly orphaned & must now consider how to keep themselves from being separated by the authorities They launch a brave campaign in the face of nosy social workers who want to place them in assorted reform schools & foster homes Eventually the eldest brother & sister realize that they must split up for the benefit of the younger children ...

The 1517 to Paris is an amazing true story of friendship & bravery of near terrorist attack averted by three young men who found the heroic unity & strength inside themselves at the moment when they & 500 other innocent travellers needed it most An ISIS terrorist planned to kill more than 500 people He would have succeeded except for three American friends who refused to give in to fear On August 21 2015 Ayoub El-Khazzani boarded train 9364 in Brussels bound for Paris There could be no doubt about his mission he had an AK-47 a pistol a box cutter & enough ammunition to obliterate every passenger on board Slipping into the bathroom in secret he armed his weapons Another major ISIS attack was about to begin Khazzani wasn't expecting Anthony Sadler Alek Skarlatos & Spencer Stone Stone was a martial arts enthusiast & airman first class in the US Air Force Skarlatos was a member of the Oregon National Guard & all three were fearless But their decision to charge the gunman then overpower him even as he turned first his gun then his knife on Stone depended on a lifetime of loyalty support & faith Their friendship was forged as they came of age together in California going to church playing paintball teaching each other to swear & sticking together when they got in trouble at school Years later that friendship would give all of them the courage to stand in the path of one of the world's deadliest terrorist organizations The 1517 to Paris is an amazing true story of friendship & bravery of near tragedy averted by three young men who found the heroic unity & strength inside themselves at the moment when they & 500 other innocent travellers needed it most ...

The 1517 to Paris is the amazing true story of friendship & bravery & of near tragedy averted by three heroic young men who found the unity & strength inside themselves when they
- & 500 other innocent travellers
- needed it most On 21st August 2015 Ayoub El-Khazzani boarded train 9364 in Brussels bound for Paris There could be no doubt about his mission he had an AK-47 a pistol a box cutter & enough ammunition to obliterate every passenger on board Slipping into the bathroom in secret he armed his weapons Another major ISIS attack was about to begin but Khazzani wasn't expecting Anthony Sadler Alek Skarlatos & Spencer Stone Stone was a martial arts enthusiast & airman first class in the US Air Force Skarlatos was a member of the Oregon National Guard & all three were fearless But their decision to charge the gunman then overpower him even as he turned first his gun then his knife on Stone depended on a lifetime of loyalty support & faith Their friendship was forged as they came of age together in California going to church playing paintball teaching each other to swear & sticking together when they got in trouble at school Years later that friendship would give all of them the courage to stand in the path of one of the world's deadliest terrorist organisations

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John C Maxwell takes the pain out of knowing what makes a team tick If you want to have a better team you have to develop better players ...