Fire engines are an ever-popular theme &, with The Speedy Fire Engine, children will love finding out how fast they can make

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The Spells Bible presents a wide range of traditional spells & charms that are relevant to the modern world. This comprehensive guide offers 150 spells that will enhance your life, from spells for health, beauty & wellbeing to protection & blessing spells. Whatever you seek, this book will help you to work with natural magic to improve your fortune, career & family situation
- or even find love.
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A highly original & engaging debut set in a fantasy world where language holds extraordinary power, perfect for fans of Robin Hobb & Tad Williams. Nicodemus Weal is a cacographer, unable to reproduce even simple magical texts without 'misspelling' ? a mistake which can have deadly consequences. He was supposed to be the Halcyon, a magic-user of unsurpassed power, destined to save the world; instead he is restricted to menial tasks, & mocked for his failure to live up to the prophecy. But not everyone interprets prophecy in the same way. There are some factions who believe a cacographer such as Nicodemus could hold great power ? power that might be used as easily for evil as for good. & when two of the wizards closest to Nicodemus are found dead, it becomes clear that some of those factions will stop at nothing to find the apprentice & bend him to their will... ...

CAN YOU CATCH A KILLER? OR ARE YOU ALREADY IN THE WEB? Three years ago, Detective Saga Bauer received an ominous postcard describing a gun & nine white bullets
- one of which was intended for her partner, Detective Joona Linna. The sender alleged that Saga was the only person who could save him. But as time passed, the threat faded. Until now. A sack with a decomposing body has been found hanging from a tree in the forest. A milky white bullet casing turns up at the scene. When the body count begins to rise, the police realise that the killer is sending riddles, offering them the chance to stop the murders before they happen. But the police always seem to arrive a moment too late. As they begin to close in, the case becomes more & more tangled. Someone is spinning a fiendishly intricate web, pulling Joona ever closer to a trap he may not be able to escape. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781838777883 • Author: Lars Kepler • Publisher: Zaffre • Format: Paperback • Pages: 496 • D...
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An Autumn evening in 1937. A German engineer arrives at the Warsaw railway station. Tonight, he will be with his Polish mistress; tomorrow, at a workers bar in the city's factory district, he will meet with the military attache from the French embassy. Information will be exchanged for money. So begins THE SPIES OF WARSAW, with war coming to Europe, & French & German operatives locked in a life-&-death struggle on the espionage battlefield. At the French embassy, the new military attache, Colonel Jean-Francois Mercier, a decorated hero of the 1914 war, is drawn in to a world of abduction, betrayal & intrigue in the diplomatic salons & back alleys of Warsaw. At the same time, the handsome aristocrat finds himself in a passionate love affair with a Parisian woman of Polish heritage, a lawyer for the League of Nations. Colonel Mercier must work in the shadows, amidst an extraordinary cast of venal & dangerous characters
- Colonel Anton Vyborg of Polish military intelligence, last seen in Furst's THE POLISH OFFICER; the mysterious & sophisticated Doctor Lapp, senior German Abwehr officer in Warsaw; Malka & Viktor Rozen, at work for the Russian secret service; & Mercier's brutal & vindictive opponent, Major August Voss of SS counterintelligence. & there are many more, some known to Mercier as spies, some never to be revealed.
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With the pressure on after his success in Gaol, Eli Monpress, professional thief & degenerate, decides it's time to lie low for a bit. Taking up residence in a tiny seaside village, Eli & his companions seize the chance for some fun & relaxation. Nico, however, is finding it a bit hard. Plagued by a demon's voice in her head & feeling powerless, she only sees herself as a burden. Everyone's holiday comes to an untimely close, though, when Pele arrives to beg Eli's help for finding her missing father. But there are larger plans afoot than even Eli can see, & the real danger, & the solution, may lie with one of his own & her forgotten past. If only Nico could remember whose side she's on. This book has 422 pages & is 12.6 x 19.7 x 3.2 cm ...

London's buildings may be famous, & its history may be lengthy & illustrious, but it's London's people who have given, & continue to give, the city its exuberant & exhilarating profile. London of the Olympic & Jubilee summer displayed Londoners on a world stage, but this is a city which has always lived on the energy & skills of its people, drawn to the capital from all over the country & the world. Boris Johnson shares with us his pleasure at London's vitality & unique character, & selects the people who in his view have contributed so much to the spirit of London -- some very famous figures, some more obscure. He

Includes:: everyone from the Romans to one of the author's predecessors as mayor, Dick Whittington; from John Wilkes (a strong upholder of the freedom of the press) to J.W. Turner; from Chaucer to Gandhi, & through to modern times.

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A reissue of a truly classic title on the Batsford backlist. First published in 1935, it is a wonderful snapshot of our capital before the Second World War, & a charming insight into our attitudes to urban life back in the Thirties. Our posh guide Cohen-Portheim offers us his interpretation of life in London through her people, her buildings & her history.

The chapters include: Towns within Town Streets & their Life Green London London & the Arts London Amusements & Night Life Hotels & Restaurants Traditional London London & the British London & the Foreigner (surprisingly liberal!) It

Includes:: the iconic Brian Cook cover illustration of Ludgate Circus & St Pauls, & should be sought after for that alone. Add in the charm of the authentic voice of a 1930s Londoner, it should be enjoyed by all Londoners.

Perfect for Londoners.

This hardback book has 114 pages & measures: 22 x 14.5 x 3.5cm approx.







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The spirit of the game was first nurtured on the playing fields of the English public school, & in the pages of " Tom Brown's Schooldays"
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Eli Monpress is brilliant. He's incorrigible. & he's a thief. He's also still at large, which drives Miranda Lyonette crazy. While she's been kicked out of the Spirit Court, Eli's had plenty of time to plan his next adventure. But now the tables have turned, because Miranda has a new job
- & an opportunity to capture a certain thief. Things are about to get exciting for Eli. He's picked a winner for his newest heist. His target: the Duke of Gaol's famous 'thief-proof' citadel. Eli knows Gaol is a trap, but what's life without challenges? Except the Duke is one of the wealthiest men in the world, a wizard who rules his duchy with an iron fist, & an obsessive perfectionist with only one hobby: Eli. It seems that everyone is hunting for Eli Monpress. This book has 441 pages & is 12.6 x 19.7 x 3.4 cm
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