When James Cracknell & Ben Fogle decided to compete in the Atlantic Rowing Race, they thought they knew what awaited them: nearly three thousand miles of empty ocean, stormy weather & colossal physical stress. But their epic journey would become at times, a living hell that tested the strength of every fibre of their being. Yet, forty-seven days later, James & Ben were the first pair to cross the finishing line
- overtaking one of the four-man teams in the process
- becoming the first British pair ever to win the race. They pushed themselves physically, psychologically & emotionally to the limit. They survived without water rations for two days, lost the few clothes they had in a freak wave, capsized, hallucinated, wept, fought, played games, grew beards, nursed blisters & rowed 2, 930 miles. They will never be the same again.

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12-year-old Josh & his twin Jordan have basketball in their blood. They’re kings of the court, star players for their school team.  Their father used to be a champion player & they each want nothing more than to follow in his footsteps. Both on & off the court, there is conflict & hardship which will test Josh’s bond with his brother.  In this heartfelt novel in verse, the boys find that life doesn’t come with a play-book & it's not all about winning. Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9781783443673 •†Author:   Kwame Alexander •†Publisher:   Andersen Press •†Format:   Paperback •†Pages:† 240 •†Dimensions:†19.8 x 12.9 x 1.46 cm ...

Details: This terrific, new collection of over 120 crossword puzzles is sure to test your vocabulary skills. The selection
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The Crow Trap is the first book in Ann Cleeves? Vera Stanhope series ? which is now a major ITV detective drama starring Brenda Blethyn, VERA. Three very different women come together at isolated Baikies Cottage on the North Pennines, to complete an environmental survey. Three women who each know the meaning of betrayal... Rachael, the team leader, is still reeling after a double betrayal by her lover & boss, Peter Kemp. Anne, a botanist, sees the survey as a chance to indulge in a little deception of her own. & then there is Grace, a strange, uncommunicative young woman, hiding plenty of her own secrets. Rachael is the first to arrive at the cottage, where she discovers the body of her friend, Bella Furness. Bella, it appears, has committed suicide ? a verdict Rachael refuses to accept. When another death occurs, a fourth woman enters the picture ? the unconventional Detective Inspector Vera Stanhope... Also available in the Vera Stanhope series are Telling Tales, Hidden Depths, Silent Voices & The Glass Room. Ann Cleeves? Shetland series (BBC television drama SHETLAND) contains five titles, of which Dead Water is the most recent. ...

The first book in Ann Cleeves’ Vera Stanhope series –now a major ITV detective drama.

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Two men who hate each other. One impossible mission. A legend in the making. Hadrian, a warrior with nothing to fight for, is paired with Royce, a thieving assassin with nothing to lose. Together they must steal a treasure that no one can reach. The Crown Tower is the impregnable remains of the grandest fortress ever built & home to the realm's most prized possessions. But it isn't gold or jewels that their employer is after, & if he can only keep them from killing each other, they might just get him his prize. ...

Delve into this eye-opening companion to Netflix's acclaimed series  The Crown as renowned biographer & the show's historical

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The first 400 years after the death of Christ saw huge developments & changes in the emerging faith. Christianity spread from Jerusalem to much of the known world; it became the official religion of the British empire; its key texts were written & its core ideas & beliefs were shaped & formalized. Much of this happened under huge pressure, from both within & without. Jonathan Hill charts the fascinating history of this crucial period in the development of Christianity. He shows how & why certain ideas triumphed over others; introduces the key figures, both within the faith & among its opponents, & their intellectual struggles; covers the main battles, often bitterly fought, both of ideas & of weapons; describes the lives of ordinary Christians & their worship & how each influenced the other. Occassionally murky, often thrilling & always compelling, the story Hill tells recounts the ways in which a new religion
- centred on a single man arbitrarily executed in the Roman Middle East
- first struggled, & then spread, to become the dominant belief system of the world.

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One terrible morning, Jude & her sisters see their parents murdered in front of them.

The terrifying assassin abducts

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It's Easter, & on a glorious Spring day in peaceful Three Pines, someone waits for night to fall. They

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