The Boer War of 1899-1902 was an epic of heroism & bungling cunning & barbarism with an extraordinary cast of characters
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The war declared by the Boers on 11 October 1899 gave the British as Kipling said 'no end of a lesson' It proved to be the longest the costliest the bloodiest & the most humiliating campaign that Britain fought between 1815 & 1914 Thomas Pakenham has written the first full-scale history of the war since 1910 His narrative is based on first-hand & largely unpublished sources ranging from the private papers of the leading protagonists to the recollections of survivors from both sides Out of this historical gold-mine the author has constructed a narrative as vivid & fast-moving as a novel & a history that in scholarship breadth & impact will endure for many years ...

The Bog Baby is a magical story by Jeanne Willis & Gwen Millward When two small sisters go fishing to the magic pond they find something much better than a frog or a newt They find a bog baby Small & blue with wings like a dragon the girls decide to make him their secret I won't tell if you won't But the bog baby is a wild thing & when he becomes poorly the girls decide they must tell their mum & she tells them the greatest lesson if you really love something you have to let it go Jeanne wrote her first book when she was five years old & hasn't stopped writing since She has now written over eighty titles including picture books novels & television scripts She has also won numerous awards including the Children's Book Award the Sheffield Children's Book Award & the Silver Smarties Prize Her teen novel Naked Without a Hat was shortlisted for the Whitbread Award in 2004 She often takes inspiration from dreams & interesting conversations with strangers Gwen Millward studied illustration in Edinburgh & now spends all of her time painting & writing stories for children about her favourite subject beasts Her first book for Puffin Guess What I Found in Dragon Wood published in April 2007 Other wonderful books by either of the two include The King of Tiny Things; Guess what I found in Dragon Wood; Happy Birthday in Dragon Wood; Sing a Song of Bottoms; Bottoms Up!; Silly Cecil & Clever Cubs; The Wheels on the Bus; Delilah Darling is in the Library; There's an Ouch in my Pouch!; Who's in the Loo?; The Monster Bed; Tadpole's Promise; The Beasties ...

Accidentally transported from his remote Scottish castle to the bright fast-moving hi-tech city of Toronto the highly mischievous Boggart simply can't resist the opportunity for pranks & wreaks havoc for the Volnik family inheritors of his distant castle home But the Boggart doesn't mean any real harm & when he begins to pine for the rolling Scottish mists & the sound of bagpipes he turns to his two young friends Emily & Jessup Volnik for help ...

Emily & Jess Volnik have returned for another Scottish adventure joining their old friend Tommy & Mr Maconochie the new owner of Castle Keep on a trip to Loch Ness where a new expedition is determined to find the fabled monster The fun-loving Boggart
- a mischievous shape-shifting spirit who has lived in the castle for centuries -comes along for the ride but this time the Boggart has a serious mission His cousin Nessie is trapped in the monster shape he took on long ago & it's up to the Boggart to keep Nessie from being discovered by the expedition's high-tech equipment Is modern science any match for the Boggart's ancient magic?
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Track List 1 I Do It for Your Love 2 To Die For 3 Only You 4 Girlfriend 5 The Making Of 6 Where You At 7 XXX 8 Swarm 9 Red Raw 10 Upside Down & Inside Out 11 Somehow You Know What I Mean Release date (25 Dec 2014) Limited Edition edition Number of Discs 2 Format Limited Edition Label Domino Records Genre Rock Style Indie Rock ...

Mr & Mrs Bold are just like you & me they live in a nice house (in Teddington) they have jobs (like writing Christmas cracker jokes) & they love to have a bit of a giggle One slight difference they're hyenas Yes that's right
- they're covered in fur have tails tucked into their trousers & they really really like to laugh So far the Bolds have managed to keep things under wraps even when their children Bobby & Betty were born But the nosy man next door smells a rat (or a hyena) & a trip to the local wildlife park & the brilliantly wacky heist that results could be the end of Teddington's best-kept secret Whatever will the neighbours think?
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Carry on camping with dream team Julian Clary & David Roberts! It's the summer holidays & the hairiest family in Teddington decide to take a well-earned holiday by the seaside With their extended hyena family in tow they head on down to Cornwall for a spot of camping But it's never long before trouble sniffs these hyenas out & Bobby is mistaken for a pup & snatched by a wicked dognapper The Bolds will need all their ingenuity to hunt her down & rescue all the pilfered pooches But can these hyenas-in-disguise save the day without letting the cat out of the bag? ...

Carry on camping with dream team Julian Clary & David Roberts! It's the summer holidays & the hairiest family in Teddington decide to take a well-earned holiday by the seaside With their extended hyena family in tow they head on down to Cornwall for a spot of camping But it's never long before trouble sniffs these hyenas out & Bobby is mistaken for a pup & snatched by a wicked dognapper The Bolds will need all their ingenuity to hunt her down & rescue all the pilfered pooches But can these hyenas-in-disguise save the day without letting the cat out of the bag?I wish we lived next door to the Bolds!' Davina Mc Call ...

More wildly funny animal madness from dream team Julian Clary & David Roberts! The Bolds are a family of hyenas living as humans in a suburban house But now their kindness to animal waifs & strays has become legendary & more & more animals keep turning up to stay! Roger the sheep flocks to their house & Fifi the poodle turns up to learn some new tricks whilst Sheila the crocodile decides to stay for a while But when the Bolds take in a couple of race horses who are on the run they worry their animal magnetism is getting to be too much Have these hyenas bitten off more than they can chew? ...