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...? ...

_” Home will be the open sky... each guerrilla fighter is ready to die not just to defend an idea, but to make that idea a reality.”_ With an introduction by Fidel Castro, this is Che Guevara`s famous last diary, found in his backpack after he was captured by the Bolivian Army in 1967, & which played a pivotal role in catapulting him to iconic status after his death. In 1967 Che Guevara left Cuba to lead the Bolivian Liberation Army. In the jungles of Bolivia they attempted to initiate a revolution like that in Cuba, in which Che had played such a central role. This fascinating diary describes the troubled guerrilla campaign until Che`s final entry on the 7th October 1967 -- the day before his capture by the CIA-backed Bolivian Army & his execution. Fascinating to admirers & adversaries alike, he captured the minds of millions with his leadership & his belief in guerrilla warfare as the only effective agent to achieve political change. ...

Beijing 2008, the 100 metres final: Usain Bolt slows down, beats his chest, metres clear of his nearest rival, his face filled with the euphoria of a young man utterly in thrall to his extraordinary physical talent. It is one of the greatest sporting moments. It is just the beginning. Of the ten fastest 100-metres times in history, eight belong to Jamaicans. How is it that a small Caribbean island has come to almost totally dominate the men`s & women`s sprint events? The Bolt Supremacy opens the doors to a community where sprinting permeates conversations & interactions; where the high school championships are watched by 35, 000 screaming fans; where identity, success & status are forged on the track, & where making it is a pass to a world of adoration & lucrative contracts. In such a society there can be the incentive for some to cheat. There are those who attribute Jamaican success to something beyond talent & hard work. Award-winning writer Richard Moore doesn`t shy away from difficult questions as he travels the length of this beguiling country speaking to anti-doping agencies, scientists & sceptics as well as to coaches, gurus, superstar athletes & the young guns desperate to become the next big thing. Peeling back the layers, Moore finally reveals the secrets of Usain Bolt & the Jamaican sprint factory. ...

Seven days. Three killings. & one woman who knows too much... Crime reporter Annika Bengtzon is woken by a phonecall in the early hours of a wintry December morning. An explosion has ripped apart the Olympic Stadium. & a victim has been blown to pieces. As Annika delves into the details of the bombing & the background of the victim, there is a second explosion. These chilling crimes could be her biggest news story yet. When her police source reveals they are hot on the heels of the bomber, Annika is guaranteed an exclusive with her name on it. But she is uncovering too much, & soon finds herself the target of a deranged serial killer... ...

This is the ultimate history of the Blitz & bombing in the Second World War, from Wolfson Prize-winning historian & author Richard Overy. The use of massive fleets of bombers to kill & terrorize civilians was an aspect of the Second World War which continues to challenge the idea that Allies specifically fought a `moral` war. For Britain, bombing became perhaps its principal contribution to the fighting as, night after night, exceptionally brave men flew over occupied Europe destroying its cities. The Bombing War radically overhauls our understanding of the War. It is the first book to examine seriously not just the most well-known parts of the campaign, but the significance of bombing on many other fronts
- the German use of bombers on the Eastern Front for example (as well as much newly discovered material on the more familiar ` Blitz` on Britain), or the Allied campaigns against Italian cities. The result is the author`s masterpiece
- a rich, gripping, picture of the Second World War & the terrible military, technological & ethical issues that relentlessly drove all its participants into an abyss.

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This is the ultimate history of the Blitz & bombing in the Second World War, from Wolfson Prize-winning historian & author Richard Overy. The use of massive fleets of bombers to kill & terrorize civilians was an aspect of the Second World War which continues to challenge the idea that Allies specifically fought a 'moral' war. For Britain, bombing became perhaps its principal contribution to the fighting as, night after night, exceptionally brave men flew over occupied Europe destroying its cities. The Bombing War radically overhauls our understanding of the War. It is the first book to examine seriously not just the most well-known parts of the campaign, but the significance of bombing on many other fronts
- the German use of bombers on the Eastern Front for example (as well as much newly discovered material on the more familiar ' Blitz' on Britain), or the Allied campaigns against Italian cities. The result is the author's masterpiece
- a rich, gripping, picture of the Second World War & the terrible military, technological & ethical issues that relentlessly drove all its participants into an abyss. About the author: Richard Overy is the author of a series of remarkable books on the Second World War & the wider disasters of the twentieth century. The Dictators: Hitler's Germany, Stalin's Russia won both the Wolfson Prize for History & the Hessell-Tiltman Prize. He is Professor of History at the University of Exeter. Penguin publishes 1939: Countdown to War, The Morbid Age, Russia's War, Interrogations, The Battle of Britain & The Dictators. He lives in London.

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` Man, the only
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- good thing about that climb was that you were tied on to the other end of the rope.` Simon Mc Cartney

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Metaphysical thriller, meditation on mortality & chronicle of our self-devouring times, this is the kaleidoscopic new novel from the author of Cloud Atlas. LONGLISTED FOR THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2014 One drowsy summer`s day in 1984, teenage runaway Holly Sykes encounters a strange woman who offers a small kindness in exchange for `asylum`. Decades will pass before Holly understands exactly what sort of asylum the woman was seeking.. . The Bone Clocks follows the twists & turns of Holly`s life from a scarred adolescence in Gravesend to old age on Ireland`s Atlantic coast as Europe`s oil supply dries up
- a life not so far out of the ordinary, yet punctuated by flashes of precognition, visits from people who emerge from thin air & brief lapses in the laws of reality. For Holly Sykes
- daughter, sister, mother, guardian
- is also an unwitting player in a murderous feud played out in the shadows & margins of our world, & may prove to be its decisive weapon.


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The dazzling new novel from the bestselling author of CLOUD ATLAS. Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2014 Run away, one drowsy summer`s afternoon, with Holly Sykes: wayward teenager, broken-hearted rebel & unwitting pawn in a titanic, hidden conflict. Over six decades, the consequences of a moment`s impulse unfold, drawing an ordinary woman into a world far beyond her imagining. & as life in the near future turns perilous, the pledge she made to a stranger may become the key to her family`s survival.. . ...