In this fast paced & moving account, Chris Hunter recalls his journey a teenager with few hopes & aspirations, who went on to become a decorated & established counter-terrorism operator in Britain. With raw intensity, he describes his baptism of fire as a young troop commander in Bosnia, & how, as a bomb disposal expert in Northern Ireland & Iraq, he witnessed horrendous acts of violence
- some of which targeted him & his fellow operators personally. This is the portrait of a man prepared to sacrifice it all, including himself to the pursuit of the world's most sophisticated & unrelenting bomb makers.
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In this book we travel to the outer extremities of experimental science to contemplate the unhallowed arts of re-animation, genetic engineering, galvanism, time travel, mind control & psychedelic drugs. Centre stage are the extreme scientists who challenged everything
- nature- morality, the government, the law & sometimes even their own bodies
- in the pursuit of knowledge. Are these men in white coats trailblazing a brighter future for humanity, or tampering with things they really shouldn't? Extreme Science will help you decide.

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From Surfing to the Secret Life of Rats, Extreme Science will excite & inspire 8-11 year olds. High-interest topics grab the reader & introduce some key science concepts in an accessible & innovative way. Extreme titles are ideal for suppor ...

From Surfing to the Secret Life of Rats, Extreme Science will excite & inspire 8-11 year olds. High-interest topics grab the reader & introduce some key science concepts in an accessible & innovative way. Extreme titles are ideal for supporting creative classroom teaching & for spicing up topic libraries. ...

Northern Irel&, 1993. For high-flying MI5 officer Avery Chance the real war has only just begun. When Chance is abducted by the

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The ultimate Su Doku challenge from Wayne Gould, the man who started it all. Wayne Gould is widely recognised as the leading authority on Su Doku. As the original creator of The Times puzzles, his books have been worldwide bestsellers, & he was listed as one of Time magazine's Most Influential People. In Extreme Su Doku, Wayne Gould presents his biggest challenge yet to every su doku addict, with 120 super-fiendish puzzles to test you to your limits. ...

Details: Calling all wordsearch fanatics. Test your grey matter with this amazing assortment of testing word puzzles.
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As a child, Sarah Robb O' Hagan felt destined to become a champion, but her early efforts at sport, music & theatre failed

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Former SAS Warrant Officer Joe Gardner has fought the Regiment's deadliest enemies, in some of the most desolate places on earth. & he's always won. Now he's about to face his toughest challenge yet. After losing his hand whilst on a covert operation in Afghanistan, Gardner is forced to stand down from active duty. Now he lives off the grid. But trouble finds him in the shape of a phone call from an old friend. Ex-Regiment legend John Bald is trapped in a bullet-ridden favela in Rio de Janeiro & a violent gang is out to kill him. Unless Gardner helps, Bald is a dead man. What begins as a simple rescue mission soon descends into a desperate struggle for survival as Gardner finds himself caught up in a conceit that stretches from the slums of Brazil to the frozen steppes of Siberia. Stalked by elusive MI6 agents & ruthless ex-Blades, Gardner must draw on all his training & instincts to hunt down the hardest target of all
- before disaster strikes...
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In a vase in a closet, a couple of years after his father died in 9/11, nine-year-old Oskar discovers a key... But which of New York's 162 million locks does it open? So begins a quest that takes Oskar
- across New York's five boroughs & into the jumbled lives of friends, relatives & complete strangers.
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