Duffle Duck is much smaller than all the other ducks who tease him, saying, "A duck so small can do nothing at all." 

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It's the classic gags that keep people laughing time after time, & Nick Harris has collected together a bumper batch of the best jokes that are guaranteed to have anyone rolling in the aisles.

With jokes ranging from the classic subjects (man walks into a bar, an Englishman, an Irishman & a Scotsman, marriage & divorce & more) to laugh-a-minute one-liners & the downright surreal, there is a wealth of hilarious subject matter to keep readers entertained.

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The coroners report identifies the body as young, black, female, & impossibly anonymous. Yet one thing is clear to Detective Chief Inspector Jane Tennison about the latest victim discovered in one of Londons poorest districts
- that news of her murder will tear apart a city already cracking with racial tensions, hurling Scotland Yard & Tennison herself into a maelstrom of shocking accusations & sudden, wrenching violence. Even as Londons brutal killer remains at large, Tennison remains locked in a struggle to overcome her station houses brutal chauvinism & insidious politicking. & as the departments deeply rooted racism rears its head to overshadow every facet of her new investigation, the trail of her prime suspect is growing colder. Worse, when the details of the beleaguered detectives stormy personal life explode across the headlines of Londons sleasiest tabloids, Tennisons already frenzied determination to bring the killer to justice will be catapulted into obsession
- one that could send her spiralling over the edge.

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Details: Sara Linton, medical examiner in the small town of Heartsdale, is called out to an apparent suicide on the
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For the passengers & crew of the tourist-cruiser Selene, time is running out as they begin choking on a sea of lunar dust.



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The stunning new Christmas saga from Linda Finlay, author of The Royal Lacemaker & The Girl with the Red Ribbon.


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Have hours of fun piecing together this stunning Family Harvest image! This picture-perfect puzzle

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Mavis Pugh has had a hard life. Despised & abused throughout her teenage years, she turned to the first man who showed her kindness. But her new husb&, Alec, quickly revealed himself to be a violent bully.

When Mavis escapes from Alec, she thinks the worst is behind her. Moving to a large family house with her two children is more than she ever dreamed of, & when handsome sign-writer Tommy takes an interest in her, she can't believe her luck.

But Alec is far from a distant memory &, unbeknown to Mavis, he’s watching her & her happy family closely. Just waiting for the right time to make his next – & final – move.

A gritty & emotional family drama, from the Sunday Times bestseller. Perfect for fans of Nadine Dorries & Katie Flynn

This paperback book has 352 pages & measures 24.3 x 2.7 x 14.7cm







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North Camp, a growing Hampshire village, has been briefly energised by the cessation of the Great War & the years of peace that followed. Now, however, with the beginning of the Second World War, the lives of the inhabitants are plunged once more into chaos. Tom Munday, carpenter of the village, is now seventy-two & grandfather to the children of his daughters Grace & Isabel. The stories of a new generation unravel as the girls move into womanhood, coping with family expectations & the budding of first loves, & as the young men are called to active duty, anxious to do their part in the fight. Those left behind on the home front must find ways to adapt to wartime challenges: the return of wounded soldiers, the loss of loved ones, & the arrival of newborns, child evacuees & prisoners of war. & meanwhile, amongst all the horrors & hardships, love both illicit & conventional blossoms. A rich tale of strength, courage & romance, A Family's Duty examines the complex interweaving of lives against the backdrop of World War II. ...

When Mrs Hawkins tells Hector Bartlett he is a 'pisseur de copie', that he 'urinates frightful prose', little does she realise the repercussions. Holding that 'no life can be carried on satisfactorily unless people are honest' Mrs Hawkins refuses to retract her judgement, & as a consequence, loses not one, but two much-sought-after jobs in publishing. Now, years older, successful, & happily a far cry from Kensington, she looks back over the dark days that followed, in which she was embroiled in a mystery involving anonymous letters, quack remedies, blackmail & suicide. ...