Books Crime Books Everyone knows about the Cambridge Spies from the Fifties, identified & broken up after passing national secrets to the Soviets for years. But no spy ring was ever unearthed at Oxford. Because one never existed? Or because it was never found…? 2022: Former spy Simon Sharman is eking out a living in the private sector. When a commission to delve into the financial dealings of a mysterious Russian oligarch comes across his desk, he jumps at the chance. But as Simon investigates, worrying patterns begin to emerge. His subject made regular trips to Oxford, but for no apparent reason. There are payments from offshore accounts that suddenly just… stop. Has he found what none of his former colleagues believed possible, a Russian spy ring now nestled at the heart of the British Establishment? Or is he just another paranoid ex-spook left out in the cold, obsessed with redemption? Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9781804364789 •†Author:   Charles Beaumont •†Pu... ...

Books Picture Books Visit the farm in the brilliantly funny A Squash & a Squeeze, the first ever picture book written & illustrated by the unparalleled picture book partnership of Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler! A little old lady lives all by herself in her house but she's not happy
- it's just too small, even for one. Whatever can she do? The wise old man knows: bring in a flappy, scratchy, greedy, noisy crowd of farmyard animals. When she pushes them all out again, she'll be amazed at how big her house feels! This edition features the classic story with a stunning, redesigned cover & beautiful finish, making it a must-have addition to the bookshelves of all Donaldson & Scheffler fans – big & small!   Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9781509830381 •†Author:†  Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler •†Publisher:†  Macmillan Children's Books •†Format:†  Hardback •†Pages:† 32 •†Dimensions:† 22.5 x 0.4 x 28 cm
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Books Picture Books Visit the farm in the brilliantly funny A Squash & a Squeeze, the first-ever picture book written & illustrated by the unparalleled picture book partnership of Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler! A little old lady lives all by herself in her house but she's not happy
- it's just too small, even for one. Whatever can she do? The wise old man knows: bring in a flappy, scratchy, greedy, noisy crowd of farmyard animals. When she pushes them all out again, she'll be amazed at how big her house feels! This edition features the classic story with a stunning, redesigned cover & beautiful finish, making it a must-have addition to the bookshelves of all Donaldson & Scheffler fans – big & small!   Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9781509804788 •†Author:†  Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler •†Publisher:†  Macmillan Children's Books •†Format:†  Paperback •†Pages:† 32 •†Dimensions:† 30.5 x 23.9 x 0.4 cm
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Covert British Army units, mass sectarian screening, propaganda ‘dirty tricks, ’ arming sectarian killers & a point-blank refusal over the worst two decades of the conflict, to outlaw the largest loyalist killer gang in Northern Irel&.

This meticulously researched book uses previously secret official documents to explore the tangled web of relationships between the top echelons of the British establishment, incl Cabinet ministers, police/military officers & intelligence services with loyalist paramilitaries of the UDA & UVF throughout the 1970s & early 1980s.

It shows how tactics such as curfew & internment were imposed on the nationalist population in Northern Ireland & how London misled the European Commission over internment’s one-sided nature.

It focuses particularly on the British Government’s refusal to proscribe the UDA for two decades – probably the most serious abdication of the rule of law in the entire conflict.

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• ISBN: 9781781174623
• Author: Margaret Urwin
• Publisher: Mercier Press
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 320
• Dimensions: 21.5 x 13.5 x 2.5cm













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The worst moment in a war was my fear I would not be sent to it. So wrote the young Mike Nicholson, a reporter whose astonishing career has covered eighteen major conflicts. Published to coincide with the thirtieth anniversary of the Falklands War a conflict Nicholson famously covered for ITN A State of War Exists sees the veteran journalist pondering what made him want to risk life & limb, travelling to the most dangerous parts of the world at the most dangerous times over two hundred journalists have been killed in the last three years alone. Was it machismo or masochism that encouraged him to so compulsively & repeatedly to risk his life? Probably, he concludes, it was both. This remarkable book looks at the history of war reporting through a century & a half of conflict journalism from the Crimea to the Kevlar wearing, technology dependent hacks of today, trying desperately to fill the twenty-four hour rolling news vacuum. Along the way, Nicholson introduces us to the greats of his trade & looks at what made them do what they did & what sets them apart from the rest, including William Howard Russell, Frederic Villiers, Martha Gellhorn, Henry Wood Nevison, James Cameron, Claire Hollingworth & Michael Herr. ...

Have hours of fun piecing together this stunning A Stitch in Time image! This picture-perfect puzzle

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On 10 June 1991, eleven-year-old Jaycee Dugard was abducted from a school bus stop within sight of her home in Tahoe, California. It was the last her family & friends saw of her for over eighteen years. On 26 August 2009, Dugard, her daughters, & Phillip Craig Garrido appeared in the office of her kidnapper's parole officer in California. Their unusual behaviour sparked an investigation that led to the positive identification of Jaycee Lee Dugard, living in a tent behind Garrido's home. During her time in captivity, at the age of fourteen & seventeen, she gave birth to two daughters, both fathered by Garrido. Dugard's memoir covers the period from the time of her abduction in 1991 up until the present. In her stark, compelling narrative, Jaycee opens up about what she experienced, including how she feels now & the struggle to re-build her life after eighteen years in captivity. Garrido & his wife Nancy have since pleaded guilty to their crimes. ...

On 10 June 1991, eleven-year-old Jaycee Dugard was abducted from a school bus stop within sight of her home in Tahoe, California. It was the last her family & friends saw of her for over eighteen years. On 26 August 2009, Dugard, her daughters, & Phillip Craig Garrido appeared in the office of her kidnapper's parole officer in California. Their unusual behaviour sparked an investigation that led to the positive identification of Jaycee Lee Dugard, living in a tent behind Garrido's home. During her time in captivity, at the age of fourteen & seventeen, she gave birth to two daughters, both fathered by Garrido. Dugard's memoir, is written by the 30-year-old herself & covers the period from the time of her abduction in 1991 up until the present. In her stark, utterly honest & unflinching narrative, Jaycee opens up about what she experienced, including how she feels now, a year after being found. Garrido & his wife Nancy have since pleaded guilty to their crimes. The size of this book is 22.2cm in height & 14.3cm wide with 273 pages ...

An older woman. A younger man. A temptation impossible to resist…

Wife, mother, friend – Eve Armanton is all of these

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Enjoy the challenge of putting together this Stop For Tea 1000 Piece Jigsaw Puzzle.

The perfect stay-at-home project,

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