The Hodgeheg by Dick King-Smith is a much-loved classic! Now part of the collectible Puffin Modern Classics series. Max, the hedgehog who becomes a hodgeheg, who becomes a hero! Max`s family dreams of reaching the Park. But no one has ever found a safe way of crossing the very busy road. Young Max, who is brighter than the average hedgehog, is determined to solve the problem. ”A nicely told, darkly humorous story about how hedgehogs can avoid getting squashed on the road”. (Guardian). ”A huge favourite”. (Observer). Dick King-Smith served in the Grenadier Guards during the Second World War, & afterwards spent twenty years as a farmer in Gloucestershire, the country of his birth. Many of his stories are inspired by his farming experiences. He wrote a great number of children`s books, including The Sheep-Pig (winner of the Guardian Award & filmed as Babe), Harry`s Mad, Noah`s Brother, The Queen`s Nose, Martin`s Mice, Ace, The Cuckoo Child & Harriet`s Hare (winner of the Children`s Book Award in 1995). In 2009 he was made an OBE for services to children`s literature. Dick King-Smith died in 2011 at the age of eighty-eight. ...

A gorgeous new edition of the Hogwarts Library containing three much loved classics
- Fantastic Beasts & Where to Find Them, Quidditch
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Dr James Earle & his wife live in comfortable seclusion near the Hog`s Back, a ridge in the North Downs in the beautiful Surrey countryside. When Dr Earle disappears from his cottage, Inspector French is called in to investigate. At first he suspects a simple domestic intrigue
- & begins to uncover a web of romantic entanglements beneath the couple`s peaceful rural life. The case soon takes a more complex turn. Other people vanish mysteriously, one of Dr Earle`s house guests among them. What is the explanation for the disappearances? If the missing people have been murdered, what can be the motive? This fiendishly complicated puzzle is one that only Inspector French can solve. Freeman Wills Crofts was a master of the intricately & ingeniously plotted detective novel, & The Hog`s Back Mystery shows him at the height of his powers.
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When Hamish & Hermione Hole are chased out of the cheese where they live, they search the palace for a new place to call home. But the Holes cause havoc wherever they go
- no one wants holes in their knickers, bike wheel or boat! Exhausted, the pair rest in a piece of wood, only to be discovered by the palace carpenter, who knows that holes can be really useful
- especially when you are making beautiful musical instruments.

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From the team behind the bestselling GIRLS` NIGHT IN series comes the ultimate handbag guide to what women REALLY want in four of the most fabulous cities in the world. Like a trusted & impossibly cool girlfriend, The Holiday Goddess Handbag Guide reveals the secrets of what women really want in four fabulous cities: Paris, London, New York & Rome. Born in a handbag from scribbled tips shared between goddesses whose adventures scattered them all over the world, it will take you where few women have been before. Follow Audrey Hepburn`s footsteps in Rome, delve into the secret diaries of shopaholics in New York, learn chiconomical secrets in Paris, rock out in London, discover where to eat, love & eat some more. As irresistibly chic as a designer handbag, it`s the must-have accessory for goddesses who love to travel
- or just want to dream about it.
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This richly illustrated handbook offers 256 full color pages of essential information for expatriates on all aspects of living & working in the Netherlands such as: permits & visas, career, housing, finance, international education, fiscal & legal issues, health care, telecommunications & insurances. The reader can also find general information on the Dutch culture & habits, tourist issues, learning the language, international clubs, etc. All these subjects are approached from the perspective of the expatriate both newcomers & expats who have been living in the Netherlands for some time. This & many useful addresses, phone numbers & websites make The Holland Handbook an indispensable guide for the employee expat, the expat`s partner who does not have a paid or volunteer job (yet), foreign entrepreneurs, the many foreign students who have come to the Netherlands to train or study, & professionals who want to keep abreast of the latest developments in expat affairs.” ...

This richly illustrated handbook offers 256 full color pages of essential information for expatriates on all aspects of living & working in the Netherlands such as: permits & visas, career, housing, finance, international education, fiscal & legal issues, health care, telecommunications & insurances. The reader can also find general information on the Dutch culture & habits, tourist issues, learning the language, international clubs, etc. All these subjects are approached from the perspective of the expatriate
- both newcomers & expats who have been living in the Netherlands for some time. This & many useful addresses, phone numbers & websites make The Holland Handbook & indispensable guide for the employee expat, the expat`s partner who does not have a paid or volunterr job (yet), foreign entrepreneurs, the many foreign students who have come to the Netherlands to train or study, & professionals who want to keep abreast of the latest developments in expat affairs.
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Agatha Christie`s ingenious mystery thriller, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans & book lovers. Lucy Angkatell invited Hercule Poirot to lunch. To tease the great detective, her guests stage a mock murder beside the swimming pool. Unfortunately, the victim plays the scene for real. As his blood drips into the water, John Christow gasps one final word: ` Henrietta`. In the confusion, a gun sinks to the bottom of the pool. Poirot`s enquiries reveal a complex web of romantic attachments. It seems everyone in the drama is a suspect
- & each a victim of love.
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There is no more haunting, compelling period in Britain`s history than the later middle ages. The extraordinary kings
- Edward
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The fifteenth century saw the crown of England change hands seven times as the great families of England fought to the death for power, majesty & the right to rule. The Hollow Crown completes Dan Jones` epic history of medieval Engl&, & describes how the Plantagenets tore themselves apart to be finally replaced by the Tudors. Some of the greatest heroes & villains in British history were thrown together in these turbulent times: Henry V, whose victory at Agincourt & prudent rule at home marked the high point of the medieval monarchy; Edward IV, who was handed his crown by the scheming soldier Warwick the Kingmaker, before their alliance collapsed into a fight to the death; & the last Plantagenet, Richard III, who stole the throne & murdered his own nephews, the Princes in the Tower. Finally, the Tudors arrived
- but even their rule was only made certain in the 1520s, when Henry VIII ruthlessly hunted down his family`s last remaining enemies. In the midst this tumult, chivalry was reborn, the printing press arrived & the Renaissance began to flourish. With vivid descriptions of the battle of Towton, where 28, 000 men died in a single morning, & the Battle of Bosworth Field, at which Richard III was hacked down, this is the real story behind Shakespeare`s famous history plays.
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