One bright morning, Precious Ramotswe
- head of Botswana`s No. 1 Ladies` Detective Agency
- receives a visitor: a woman from

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Well before Precious Ramotswe founded her Number One Ladies` Detective Agency, as an eight-year-old girl she was already solving mysteries. Here in this delightful, new, enchanting tale for children, we see how the young Precious became the crafty & intuitive private investigator we all know & love! ...

A new pupil, Nancy, arrives at Precious Ramotswe`s school, & the two girls soon become firm friends. When Precious finds out that all Nancy has to remind her of her missing parents is a photograph & a necklace of beautifully carved zebras, she offers to help find them. This is the start of an exciting adventure that leads the two girls deep into the remotest parts of Botswana, where they meet an old lady who recognises the necklace & has some extraordinary news for Nancy. ...

Well before Precious Ramotswe founded her Number One Ladies` Detective Agency, as an eight-year-old girl she was already solving mysteries. Here, in this delightful, new, enchanting tale for children, we see how the young Precious became the crafty & intuitive private investigator we all know & love! Find out as Alexander Mc Call Smith tells the story of in another adventure featuring Precious Ramotswe. ...

LET THE HUNT BEGIN. HECTOR CROSS, ex-SAS officer, private security expert, widower. His wife was taken much too soon, by a cruel man with evil intentions. JOHNNY CONGO, psychopath, extortionist, terrorist, the man who murdered Hector`s wife. Cross wants him dead. So does the US government. Congo is locked up on Death Row in the most secure prison in the free world, counting down the days until his execution. He`s got two weeks. He wants out. He`s escaped before & knows he can again. Cross, still licking his wounds from his last bruising encounter with Congo, is back & ready for work. In the middle of the rough Atlantic stands oil supertanker Bannock A. Terrorist activity in the area has triggered panic & there`s only one person they can trust to protect her. What is promised as a cakewalk turns out to be much more, a mission that will test Cross to his emotional & physical limits. But a life spent in the SAS & private security has left Cross hard-wired for pain & as he is thrown into the fire once more, he will not stop until he has snared his prey. Hector Cross is Predator. ...

The latest title in this ingenious information series brings us face to face with the World's most dangerous predators. Meet the stalkers, sprinters & strikers of the animal world
- big cats, alligators, spiders, snakes, sharks, bears, birds of prey & many more. Crammed with complex paper novelties including pop-ups, flaps & booklets, this fun fact-packed book is a real eye-opener.
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MORTAL ENGINES launched Philip Reeve`s brilliantly-imagined creation, the world of the Traction Era, where mobile cities fight for survival in a post-apocalyptic future. Now, in time for the film debut, the critically acclaimed MORTAL ENGINES quartet is repackaged with a fantastic & eye-catching cover featuring new artwork. Far above Anchorage, a tiny aircraft falls from the sky. Having fled from London in MORTAL ENGINES, Tom & Hester seek refuge in a city devastated by plague, haunted by ghosts, & filled with deadly secrets... The second book in the award-winning MORTAL ENGINES quartet. ...

At the end of the Second World War Winston Churchill promised to manufacture half a million prefabricated bungalows to ease the housing shortage; in the end more than 156, 000 temporary `prefabs` were delivered. Nicknamed ` Palaces for the People`, & with convenient kitchens, bathrooms & heating systems, they proved popular & instead of being demolished as intended they were defended by residents who campaigned to keep their family homes & communities. Nearly seventy years later, as the last of these two bedroom homes are being demolished, Elisabeth Blanchet tells the story of these popular dwellings & their gardens & shows the various designs that were produced. Through the stories & memories of residents, she also reveals the communities who were pleased to live in the prefabs. ...

Experience a story 3.8 billion years in the making, with this unparalleled visual guide to prehistoric life. Unprecedented visual detail, comprehensive entries on hundreds of species & the latest research provide the whole picture of the creatures & plants that represent Earth's prehistoric life. Journey through the millennia & explore the rise & fall of successive organisms, devastating extinctions & the knife-edge progress of evolution. Fantastic photographs & images present each species in exceptional clarity, including 3D CT scans that transform inert fossils into species that almost live & breath on the page. Discover a huge catalogue, profiling a vast & diverse array of plants, fungi, invertebrates, amphibians, birds, reptiles & mammals & discover how they have evolved through time. From giant dinosaurs to lesser-known species that faced a similar, cataclysmic demise, this is a fascinating & essential reference on prehistoric life for the whole family. ...

From the wooly mammoth's mighty tusks to the huge fangs of the sabre-toothed big cat, Prehistoric Animals brings lost creatures to life. This title describes how we know about the existence of prehistoric animals & discusses what happened to them. It looks at how they fed, what they ate & how they survived. Small diagrams show just how huge these mighty creatures were, compared to the size of an average man today. Each creature is labelled with the correct scientific name of the animal, complete with a simple pronunciation guide. The World of Wonder Series is a highly visual introduction to exciting topics & important concepts, ranging from the animals of the prehistoric world to spacecraft investigating new planets. Packed with clear information & colourful pictures, these fascinating titles help children to become experts on a whole range of subjects. Magnificent full-colour illustrations almost leap to life off the page, & see-through scenechanging acetate pages give an insider's view of everything from the innner workings of a dinosaur to the construction of a skyscraper. All illustrations & diagrams are clearly accompanied by captions & annotations, & inset boxes provide surprising facts & statistics for the factfinder in a hurry. All titles feature a 'true or false' quiz running through the book, with answers given at the end, to make the book truly interactive, along with a ' Useful Words' page & index, encouraging children to use the book as an educational resource. ...