On 10 CDs. A box set collection of ten BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramas of the popular mysteries by M.C. Beaton, starring Penelope Keith as amateur sleuth Agatha Raisin. Stories include: AGATHA RAISIN & THE QUICHE OF DEATH & THE VICIOUS VET ; AGATHA RAISIN & THE POTTED GARDENER & THE WALKERS OF DEMBLEY ; AGATHA RAISIN & THE CURIOUS CURATE & THE BURIED TREASURE ; AGATHA RAISIN & THE WIZARD OF EVESHAM & THE MURDEROUS MARRIAGE; AGATHA RAISIN & THE TERRIBLE TOURIST & THE FAIRIES OF FRYFAM. ...

Books Primary School Books Help your child master English at home with this activity book designed to be used in 5-minute bursts. With a focus on grammar & punctuation, this book will give your 8-9-year-old a head start in English. This book contains effective everyday practice exercises in a progressive sequence, interspersed with progress tests. It is designed to be used in class or at home. Take 5 minutes & complete a page of English grammar & punctuation practice in 3 parts: -Step 1 (1 minute): Review skills & knowledge you already know -Step 2 (2.5 minutes): Practise new English grammar & punctuation -Step 3 (1.5 minutes): Challenge yourself Quick, targeted practice to really improve English skills at age 8-9.   Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9780008449438 •†Author:†  Collins •†Publisher:†  Harper Collins Publishing •†Format:†  Paperback •†Pages:† 58 •†Dimensions:† 29.5 x 21.1 x 1.3 cm ...

Connects the killing of the Kennedys or the murder that sparked the First World War with less well-known stories, such as the Berlin shooting of an instigator of the Armenian genocide or the attack on an American robber baron. This title traces the proces ...

The ancient world that Alexander the Great transformed in his lifetime was transformed once more by his death.

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THE AGE OF EXTREMES is eminent historian Eric Hobsbawms personal vision of the twentieth century. Remarkable in its scope, & breathtaking in its depth of knowledge, this immensely rewarding book reviews the uniquely destructive & creative nature of the troubled twentieth century & makes challenging predicitions for the future. ...

Midlife is not a crisis; it is a time of rebirth. It is not a time to accept your death. It is time to accept your life & to finally, truly live it, as only you & you alone know deep in your heart it was meant to be lived. This book is a passionate call to embrace the power & inspiration that opens up to us in the middle of our lives. ...

Mathieu Delarue, a philosophy teacher, has so far managed to contain sex & personal freedom in separate compartments. But now he is in trouble, trying to raise 4, 000 francs to procure a safe abortion for his mistress, Marcelle. Beyond all this, filtering an uneasy light on his predicament, rises the threat of the coming of the Second World War. ...

Sharing is central to how we live today: it is what we do online; it is a model of economic behavior; & it is also a type of therapeutic talk. Sharing always comes with a warm glow around it, embodying positive values such as empathy, communication, fairness, openness & equality. ...

Analyses the impact of television on daily life, focusing on both the concepts & theories of the medium. This book also analyzes the way in which televised entertainment has radically altered human perceptions of place & time, multiplied opportunities for indirect social experience, & fueled the collective imagination. ...

Shortlisted for the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction Shortlisted for the Royal Society Prize for Science Book Richard Holmes, prize-winning biographer of Coleridge & Shelley, explores the scientific ferment that swept across Britain at the end of the 18th century in his ground-breaking new biography ' The Age of Wonder'. ...