A taste of the daily lives of the people, animals & objects who made history.

Featuring a day in the life of early

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If you've ever wanted to know what a panda does all day long, how your heart manages to shift all that blood around your body

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Details: Find out what's happening today on the farm with this soft to touch cloth book. The farmers are taking care of
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Nee-naw! Nee-naw! Nee-naw! It's the Animal Firefighters to the rescue! New recruit, Firefighter Moose, is desperate to drive the fire engine, but he's not allowed to until he's got Experience. First he must learn to climb ladders, grapple with fire extinguishers & go on a number of daring missions. His finest moment comes when he rescues twenty-seven guinea pigs from a top-floor flat. He wins an award for his Bravery & Initiative & at last he's allowed to drive the fire engine, too. ...

In a town full of secrets, who can you trust?

In the aftermath of a mass shooting in a mosque, small town tensions

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A sense of unease lay upon the Sunday quiet
- or was it only imagined? But violent death is a definitive presence; Hackett had
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The brutal death of newspaper tycoon Richard Jewell at his country property (the shotgun that killed him clutched in his dead hands) is not the suicide it initially appeared to be, & has propelled Quirke into the search for a ruthless murderer. The dead mans enemies are legion, & the immediate suspect is one of his most powerful rivals, but as Quirke, his assistant Sinclair & his colleague Inspector Hackett realise, there is a complex mystery behind the death. & just what is the involvement of the dead mans mysterious wife, the seductive Fran?oise d? Aubigny? ...

Delve into the fifteenth gripping Euphemia Martins Mystery, a nail-biting adventure set at the beginning of the Great War...

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A cosy crime with a cutting edge... the sequel to Murder Before Evensong. It's been a few months since murder tore apart the community of Champton apart. As Canon Daniel Clement tries to steady his flock, the parish is joined with Upper & Lower Badsaddle, bringing a new tide of unwanted change. But church politics soon become the least of Daniel's problems. His mother
- headstrong, fearless Audrey
- is obviously up to something, something she is determined to keep from him. & she is not the only one. & then all hell breaks loose when murder returns to Champton in the form of a shocking ritualistic killing...   Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9781474612685 •†Author:   Reverend Richard Coles  •†Publisher:  W&N •†Format:   Paperback •†Pages:† 432 •†Dimensions:† 12.6 x 3.2 x 19.6 cm

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In the picturesque Tuscan hill town of Scandicci, the body of a girl is discovered. Scantily dressed, she is lying by the edge of the woods. Chief superintendent Michele Ferrara, head of Florence's elite Squadra Mobile, takes on the case. Because toxins were discovered in the girl's body, many assume she died of a drugs overdose. But Ferrara quickly realises that the truth is darker than that: he believes that the girl was murdered. And when he delves deeper, there are many aspects to the case that convince Ferrara that the girl's death is part of a sinister conspiracy
- a conspiracy that has its roots in the very foundations of Tuscan society... A cleverly plotted, atmospheric mystery, A Death In Tuscany has been a best seller in Italy & has been translated into nine languages. Written by former Florence police chief Michele Giuttari, it gives a unique insight into life & police work in Tuscany.
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