This colourful activity book from the Natural History Museum is the ideal introduction to fantastic fossils. It is crammed with 100 re-useable stickers of fossilized plants & animals, from ancient sea creatures & dinosaur claws to whole cockroaches preserved in amber, as well as lots of bite-size facts & puzzles & games. ...

This book is the story of seven schools working to create learning communities in which every student is expected & supported to learn. But it is much more about the passionate belief in the potential of all students & what it takes to foster that potential than it is about seven particular schools. ...

When did the Mexican Wave originate? What is 33 in Bingo terminology? Who invented the first ever 'word cross'? Where is the best place to go noodling? & just how the hell do you Bog Snorkel? In this world of highly paid professional sport, ' Fotheringham's Sporting Pastimes' is a look at a lighter side of sporting life & focuses on those sports & pastimes which have, & continue to be enjoyed, in a Corinthian spirit of camaraderie, joie de vivre & eccentricity. Included are such delights as extreme ironing, underwater hockey, pig sticking, camel racing & cheese rolling. Traditional pursuits like pub & card games are also considered. As well as invaluable statistics & information, ' Fotheringham's Sporting Pastimes' is packed with anecdotes "es. In short, everything the dedicated sportsman needs. ...

DI Sally Speckle gets a phone call from a man who calls himself Fred telling her that he has left a birthday present for her at the Old Mill. The call makes no sense, but it unnerves her particularly as the call is from a payphone in Loston Mental Hospital. Her present is the battered body of a faceless young woman. ...

Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths Around Oxfordshire
- True Crime Books Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths Around Oxfordshire takes the
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Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in Cardiff takes the reader on a sinister journey through the history of local crime & conspiracy, meeting villains of all sorts along the way
- casual or calculating killers, murderous husbands & lovers, gangsters, robbers, poisoners & suicides. There is no shortage of harrowing & revealing episodes in Cardiff's past, & Mark Isaacs' fascinating book recalls many grisly events & sad or unsavoury individuals whose conduct throws a harsh light on the history of the city. Among the many shocking
- & revealing
- cases the author describes are the murder of a Welsh Protestant by an Irish Catholic that provoked rioting; the double life of a respectable widow poisoned with arsenic; the exploits of a ' Jack the Ripper' killer in Cardiff's back streets; the throat-slashing revenge of the Cardiff Race Track Gang; the still-mysterious wartime murder of Alice Pittman; the case of the Somalian sailor arrested for the brutal slaying of an elderly shopkeeper; the demise of Granville Jenkins who was cut to ribbons by a machete, & the accidental or deliberate electrocution of Mrs Darling. Mark Isaacs' chronicle of Cardiff's hidden past
- the history the city would prefer to forget
- will be compelling reading for anyone who is interested in the dark side of human nature.




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The twin fascinations of death & villainy will always hold us in their grim but thrilling grip. In Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in Suffolk the chill is brought close to home as each chapter investigates the darker side of humanity in cases of murder, deceit & pure malice committed over the centuries in this part of East Anglia. From crimes of passion to opportunistic killings & coldly premeditated acts of murder, the full spectrum of criminality is recounted here. The traditionally rural nature of Suffolk creates isolated, inward looking communities with their own peculiar customs & practices. While this is one of the more endearing aspects of country life, it can also spawn narrow-mindedness & parochialism that leads to conflict
- & occasionally even to death. In this collection of grisly crime stories Mark Mower takes us on a journey through the darker side of Suffolk folklore, with tales of poisoning, grave robbing, stabbing, shooting & larceny. On the way we meet highwaymen, cut-throats, murderous lovers, homicidal relatives, pirates & purveyors of human flesh. The dramas he describes are often played out in the most commonplace of circumstances, but others are so odd as to be stranger than fiction.
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Once Englands second city, it is built on a thousand years of bloodshed, from war to noble rebellion, death has tracked the citys footsteps.

The foul deeds & suspicious deaths that are included in these pages, start with the details of the early history of punishment in York & close with the citys only unsolved murder.

From 1800-1946 covers the period that saw York slide from Georgian splendor to an overpopulated, seething walled slum, before re-emerging after World War Two.

Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in York tells the story of some of the citys darkest moments: from Hanging Bishops to Sweet Toothed Poisoners; Insane Arsonists to Murder of the most foul kind. Take a journey into the darker & unknown side of your area as you read Foul Deeds & Suspicious Deaths in York.

Product Information:
•ISBN: 9781903425336
• Author: Keith Henson
• Publisher: Wharncliffe Books
• Format: Paperback
• Dimensions: 23 x 16cm
















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Guaranteed to flummox the most fanatical of football fans, the Kickin' Quiz Book

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It's a new season & a new kit for Foul Football with this revamped new edition. Tackles the subjects that other football books leave on the bench. From the first mad matches with a pig's bladder to the faithful fans & cracking competitions of the 21st Century, this glorious guide knows the score. Readers can find out which foolish team played in their Y-fronts; which fearsome goalie dangled the opposing team by the ankles; & much more! Heaving with facts & cartoons. If you want to be in the game, get Foul Football! ...