The three billy goats gruff are hungry for the sweet green grass on the other side of the stream. To get there, they must pass the big hairy troll who lives underneath the bridge & wants to eat them for dinner. Will the billy goats reach the safe side before the hungry troll makes them his next meal? Latest addition to Barefoot storybook with CD range joining The Gigantic Turnip (978-1-90523-672-5) & Jack & the Beanstalk: (978-1-90523-642-8), this title is now available with a story CD beautifully packaged with French folds. ...

Three Bridges in 1909 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. The map is dominated by the railway which runs north-south through it, with branches running off west & east at Three Bridges Junction. Railway detail

Includes:: tracks, signal posts, turntables, engine sheds. West of the station are High Street, Hazelwick Road & North Road, & the map extends eastward to Blackwater Wood, Pound Hill, Burleys Wood, Crabbet Park &, at the foot of the map, part of the village of Worth, including the church. On the reverse is a directory of Worth in 1905, together with a railway timetable for the London
- Three Bridges
- Tunbridge Wells line in 1908. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK.



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Three Brothers follows the fortunes of Harry, Daniel & Sam Hanway, born on a post-war council estate in Camden Town. Marked out from the start by curious coincidence, each boy is forced to make his own way in the world
- a world of dodgy deals & big business, of criminal gangs & crooked landlords, of newspaper magnates, back-biters & petty thieves. London is the backdrop & the connecting fabric of these three lives, reinforcing Ackroyd`s grand theme that place & history create, surround & engulf us. From bustling, cut-throat Fleet Street to hallowed London publishing houses, from the wealth & corruption of Chelsea to the smoky shadows of Limehouse & Hackney, this is an exploration of the city, peering down its streets, riding on its underground, & drinking in its pubs & clubs. Everything is possible
- not only in the new freedom of the 1960s but also in London`s timeless past.

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Three Brothers follows the fortunes of Harry, Daniel & Sam Hanway, born on a post-war council estate in Camden Town. Marked out from the start by curious coincidence, each boy is forced to make his own way in the world
- a world of dodgy deals & big business, of criminal gangs & crooked landlords, of newspaper magnates, back-biters & petty thieves. London is the backdrop & the connecting fabric of these three lives, reinforcing Ackroyd`s grand theme that place & history create, surround & engulf us. From bustling, cut-throat Fleet Street to hallowed London publishing houses, from the wealth & corruption of Chelsea to the smoky shadows of Limehouse & Hackney, this is an exploration of the city, peering down its streets, riding on its underground, & drinking in its pubs & clubs. Everything is possible
- not only in the new freedom of the 1960s but also in London`s timeless past.

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In a house by the sea there happily live a dog, a cat & a mouse. Well, happily enough until a stranger knocks on the door one night, offering them each a special free gift. Who is this mysterious salesman blowing into their little world & turning it upside-down? & can their happy home survive his trouble-making gifts? ...

A celebration of inspirational women from all over the world & throughout history, told in Marcia Williams` much-loved comic-strip style. Join Marcia Williams as she celebrates incredible women from around the world & throughout history. From writers to warriors & astronauts to activists, discover their awesome stories & be amazed by their achievements. Marcia Williams` much-loved comic-strip style will encourage even the most reluctant reader to enjoy this inspirational book packed with facts, "es & jokes. ...

A celebration of inspirational women from all over the world & throughout history, told in Marcia Williams` much-loved comic-strip style. Join Marcia Williams as she celebrates incredible women from around the world & throughout history. From writers to warriors & astronauts to activists, discover their awesome stories & be amazed by their achievements. Featuring Cleopatra, Boudicca, Joan of Arc, Elizabeth I, Mary Wollstonecraft, Jane Austen, Florence Nightingale, Marie Curie, Eleanor Roosevelt, Amelia Earhart, Frida Kahlo, Wangari Maathai, Mae C. Jemison, Cathy Freeman & Malala, & packed with facts, "es & jokes
- hip, hip, hooray!
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Three Cups of Tea by Greg Mortenson is the story of one man’s mission to promote peace…one school at a time. In 1993, after a disastrous attempt to climb K2, Greg Mortenson drifted, cold & dehydrated, into an impoverished Pakistan village in the Karakoram Mountains. Moved by the kindness he was shown by local inhabitants, he promised to return & build a school. Over the next decade Mortenson built not just one but fifty five schools in remote villages in Pakistan & Afghanistan. ‘ Here we drink three cups of tea to do business: the first you are a stranger, the second you become a friend, & the third you join our family, & for our family we are prepared to do anything
- even die.’
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* As mentioned on BBC`s Desert Island Discs*`A fascinating exploration of faith & friendship, rich & poor, & the devastating clash of tradition & modernity` Independent Set across Istanbul & Oxford, from the 1980s to the present day, Three Daughters of Eve is a sweeping tale of faith & friendship, tradition & modernity, love & an unexpected betrayal. Peri, a wealthy Turkish housewife & mother, is on her way to a dinner party at a seaside mansion in Istanbul when a beggar snatches her handbag. As she wrestles to get it back, a photograph falls to the ground
- an old polaroid of three young women & their university professor. A relic from a past
- & a love Peri had tried desperately to forget. The photograph takes Peri back to Oxford University, as nineteen year old sent abroad for the first time. To her dazzling, rebellious Professor & his life-changing course on God. To the house she shares with her two best friends, Shirin & Mona, & their arguments about identity, Islam & feminism. & finally, to the scandal that tore them all apart. Shirin, Peri & Mona, they were the most unlikely of friends. They were the Sinner, the Believer & the Confused.

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Peri, a wealthy Turkish housewife, is on her way to a dinner party at a seaside mansion in Istanbul when a beggar snatches her handbag. As she wrestles to get it back, a photograph falls to the ground
- an old polaroid of three young women & their university professor. A relic from a past
- & a love
- Peri had tried desperately to forget. The photograph takes Peri back to Oxford University, as an eighteen year old sent abroad for the first time. To her dazzling, rebellious Professor & his life-changing course on God. To her home with her two best friends, Shirin & Mona, & their arguments about Islam & femininity. & finally, to the scandal that tore them all apart.


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