What do a dead cat, a computer whiz-kid, an Electric Monk who believes the world is pink, quantum mechanics, a Chronologist over 200 years old, Samuel Taylor Coleridge (poet), & pizza have in common? Apparently not much; until Dirk Gently, self-styled private investigator, sets out to prove the fundamental interconnectedness of all things by solving a mysterious murder, assisting a mysterious professor, unravelling a mysterious mystery, & eating a lot of pizza -- not to mention saving the entire human race from extinction along the way (at no extra charge). To find out more, read this book (better still, buy it, then read it) -- or contact Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. 'A thumping good detective-ghost-horror-whodunnit-time travel-romantic-musical-comedy epic.' The author ...

Become a engineer & build your very own dirt buggy with this 148 piece mechanics kit.

Watch your Dirt Buggy move across

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Books Children's Fiction Books Dirty Bertie – the boy with nose-pickingly disgusting habits – is back for another helping of comic chaos!  Join Bertie as he takes on the challenge of beating Know-all Nick in a sledge race, breaks a revolting world record, & changes the course of history during a battle re-enactment... Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9781847152008 •†Author: Alan Mac Donald •†Publisher:   Stripes Publishing •†Format:†  Paperback •†Pages:† 96 •†Dimensions:†12.9 x 0.8 x 19.8 cm ...

Are you bored at work? Take it out on Dirty Doodles. Do you like doodling when you're on the phone? Scribble while you chat. Do you have misplaced creativity? Make yourself feel better. Vent your frustration with this handy book. Make up your own stories, sketch that girl in Accounts who doesn't like you, & generally misbehave on paper. Let your imagination run riot on the pages as you draw it all yourself! ...

Annie Bailey has lived in the shadow of her perfect sister Ruthie for too long, but now the stakes are higher because Ruthie has something that Annie has always wanted, & that's local villain Max Carter. Whether it's love or lust, Annie gets her man but soon realises being cast out in the streets is no substitute for family. Homeless, she finds refuge at the only place she knows she can, an East End knocking shop run by her wayward Aunt Celia. It's not too long before Annie's ruling the roost, but obsession & mixing with a 'bad lot' can be a woman's downfall... ...

They sailed the seas, pillaging & plundering, crammed into ships no longer than a train carriage. Worms ate the biscuits & munched on the ships hulls.

Life was hard for the bloodthirsty captain & crew, but if they survived the rancid & maggoty food, the fighting, the fevers & the malodorous mates with all body parts intact; if they avoided drowning, capture & swinging from the gallows, there was adventure & a fortune to be made.

Discover the real & revolting stories of these robbers of the seas with this thrilling, no-holes-barred full-colour illustrated book.

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• ISBN: 9781783250370
• Publisher: Tick Tock Books
• Format: Paperback
• Pages: 64
• Dimensions: 28 x 24 x 0.5cm










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From the ex presenter of the cult TV show Dirty Sanchez, Matt Pritchard, comes the BBCs first ever (and long overdue) vegan cookery programme & accompanying book.

In this television tie-in, Matt shows you just how easy & cheap it can be to go vegan & how the right nutrition can help you perform better in all aspects of life.

Discover more than 80 cracking recipes for proper healthy vegan food
- none of this Michelin Star sh*t
- such as the Full vegan pile up, Squash & shroom momos with yuzu dip, Crispy bang-bang tofu, peanut & chilli stir-fry, Creamy peppercorn & mushroom pie & Maple, orange & chocolate baklava.

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9781784725969
• Author: Matt Pritchard
• Publisher: Octopus Books
• Format: Hardback
• Pages: 207
• Dimensions: 24 x 20 x 2.5cm













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Calling all Dirty Vegans, the hotly anticipated follow-up has finally arrived...

Backed with 80 br&-new recipes to accompany

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Who is the enemy? This is the question most asked in modern warfare. From our struggles in Irel&, to the Malayan Emergency, operations in India, Yemen, Kenya, Aden, Palestine, & of course Iraq, Afghanistan & Pakistan
- this book covers the strategy & doctrine of counterinsurgency & how often these operations have been unsuccessful.
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Charlie Bell's picture is in the paper. He is a popular young man with a successful hedge fund & London is full of money. Then in one evening, everything changes. When his wife Leila threatens to leave him, a journey begins in which they are both forced to discover what they believe in. The plot sweeps the reader from glitzy pre-crisis London, through the Midsummer Night's Dream of rural Spain & then back again to the grittier London of The Hillford Estate & a charitable drop-in centre for kids. Throughout the book, the inner stories reflect the outer one of the financial crisis. As grand illusions fade, Disappear questions the connection between couples, between family members, even between the helper & the helped. Ultimately it looks at our very sense of belonging & asks: is it possible simply to disappear from your own life? In the climactic final scenes, set in the heat & sensual chaos of Notting Hill Carnival, each of the main characters will live out their answer. ...