A beautifully illustrated picture book looking at the most incredible journeys undertaken by animals around the world. From the epic migration of the huge humpback whale to the unbelievable determination of the tiny hummingbird, each animal tells us the reason why they travel so very far. ...

Provides a practical guide on how food can be grown in truly nutritious ways, the crucial importance of minerals in the soil & how to tell what's good & what isn't. This title explains not only why our food is in such a parlous state but how we can change what we eat & radically improve our health. ...

Thrilling, beautiful, & blisteringly smart, this title is utterly unforgettable. It is a story of love & romance. It's a tale

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Maximum action, maximum drama! We Were Soldiers is a powerful & bloody war movie based on a true story that moves at a heart-racing & ear-shattering pace! Sunday November 14, 1965 at 10.48am, Lt. Col. Hal Moore (a magnificent performance by Academy Award ...

A collection of eyewitness reportage, that brings together accounts from soldiers, journalists, poets, scientists, adventurers, & chance bystanders. Covering two world wars, revolutions, discoveries & the rise & fall of empires across the globe, it reports on some of the defining moments of over hundred years. ...

Sing-a-long to the classic festive tune We Wish You a Merry Christmas!

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Marguerite Patten has worked for the Ministry of Food during the Second World War, in East Anglia & London. She then took charge of the Ministry of Food Bureau at Harrods, Knightsbridge; her job was to help families prepare nutritious appetizing dishes with their weekly rations. ...

It is April 1939 & unaware that the German war machine is advancing towards the Channel Islands, seventeen-year-old Meg Colivet & her sister are enjoying a holiday in Oxford with their aunt. Here Meg meets charismatic German undergraduate Rayner Weiss & the couple fall passionately in love. But all too soon, Britain is at war with Germany, Guernsey has been occupied & Meg's family home requisitioned by the German army. Meg insists on remaining with her father, determined to help save her beloved island from the ravages of war. & then she finds herself face to face with Rayner
- now a German officer
- once more & her life is thrown into turmoil as they risk their lives to meet in secret. As the conflict in Europe intensifies, basic provisions become scarce & soon the people Meg loves come under threat. Torn between her love for Rayner & her duty to her family & the island she grew up on, a heartbroken Meg has a terrible choice to make...

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Annie Cross has few pleasures in her tough life. On the bleak family farm on the Essex marshlands, she slaves all day for her cruel father. The one thing that keeps her going is her secret meetings with Tom Featherstone. But War steals Tom from her when he joins the RAF. Annie would love to do her bit but stuck on the farm, she lives for Tom's letters
- until they stop coming. When, against the odds, her beloved Tom returns, he finds a different, stronger Annie to the one he left behind. But he also finds the girl he loved is carrying another man's child...
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17 year old Frankie Franconi falls in love with charismatic British officer Nick Harper as quickly & certainly as the bomb that falls on their shelter. Impressed by her good looks, intelligence & fluent Italian. When she insists on staying to help rescue others, he hands her a business card with a Baker Street address with the opportunity to put her skills into good use. Within a month Frankie has joined the FANYs & started training. Frankie & her fellow recruits work tirelessly to decode messages from agents on the field by day, & enjoying wartime parties by night. But when she signs the Official Secrets Act Frankie has no idea of the danger, adventure & terrible choices that are in store. This book has 343 pages & is 17.7cm x 11cm x 2.3cm ...