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In The Night Garden:
Happy Friends!
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In the Night Garden is a magical place that exists between waking & dreaming in a child's imagination. This sturdy board book with shaped pages explores the enchanting places in the Night Garden. Join Igglepiggle as he travels from Makka Pakka's cave, U ...
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In The Night Garden: Igglepiggle Counts
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In the night Garden: Igglepiggle Counts is a delightful early learning book for Night Garden fans.

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In The Night Garden:
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Once upon a time in the Night Garden, Igglepiggle, Upsy Daisy & Makka Pakka came to play. With three sweet stories to share, this title lets your little one turn the tabbed pages to their favourite Night Garden friend & pore over the enchanting Night Garden images as you read these charming stories, perfect for bedtime. ...
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In The Place Of
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Winner of the 2011 Dayton Literary Peace Prize for Non-Fiction In 1961, young, black, eighth-grade dropout Wilbert Rideau despaired of his small-town future in the segregated deep south of America. He set out to rob the local bank & after a bungled robbery he killed the bank teller, a fifty-year-old white female. He was arrested & gave a full confession. When we meet Rideau he has just been sentenced to death row, from where he embarks on an extraordinary journey. He is imprisoned at Angola, the most violent prison in America, where brutality, sexual slavery & local politics confine prisoners in ways that bars alone cannot. Yet Rideau breaks through all this & finds hope & meaning, becoming editor of the prison magazine, going on to win national journalism awards. Full of gritty realism & potent in its evocation of a life condemned, Rideau goes far beyond the traditional prison memoir & reveals an emotionally wrought & magical conclusion to his forty-four years in prison. ...
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In The Running
In The Running
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From the strength & stamina of well-known runners who achieve the almost impossible to the extraordinary runners who have changed lives & history, this collection of unforgettable stories will inspire anyone who's ever pounded the pavement to keep on running & enjoy every minute of this liberating sport. ...
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In The Shadow Of The
Sword
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Details: In the 6th century AD, the Near East was divided between two great empires: the Persian & the Roman. A hundred
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In The Silence Of The
Snow
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French-born Marie Gabin forms a friendship with Veronica Attwood in their final two years at school, but this is tested when Marie is forced to disclose a secret to her friend. The First World War takes its toll when Marie loses the man she loves. Veronica's husband suffers injuries which eventually leave her a widow, but she finds consolation in her love for the l&. Returning to France, Marie marries her childhood sweetheart, but once again life brings involvement in war for the two friends. Loving their Yorkshire l&, Veronica & her daughters enlist in the Land Army. When a bomber squadron arrives on a newly constructed airfield on part of the estate, relationships are formed. Veronica's daughter Elise joins the RAF & is recruited into the SOE. But secrets will out. On a mission to France, Elise faces dangers she did not expect as she searches for Marie & the truth
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In The Silence Of The
Snow
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Details: French-born Marie Gabin forms a friendship with Veronica Attwood in their final two years at school, but this
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In The Springtime Of The Year
In The Springtime Of
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After just a year of close, loving marriage, Ruth has been widowed. Her beloved husb&, Ben, has been killed in a tragic accident & Ruth is left, suddenly & totally bereft. Unable to share her sorrow & grief with Ben's family, who are dealing with their pain in their own way, Ruth becomes increasingly isolated. ...
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In The Time We Lost
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Luna Lark doesn't want pity, what she wants is a fresh start.  Somewhere she can make headway on her next novel, mend her broken

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In The Shadow Of A Giant By Mel Charles

Mel Charles found himself eternally in the shadow of his brother John, the 'Gentle Giant' of Juventus and Wales, considered one of the best of his generation. It was a question that stalked his career from a homesick schoolboy at Leeds to playing for his hometown club Swansea. Always the joker, larger than life Mel embarked on some hair-brained but hilarious business ventures after his football career ended. Now 75, but still celebrated by Welsh football fans as one of the heroes of 1958, 'Charlo' tells his own uplifting story.
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  • Supplier: The Works
  • SKU: 9781844549795
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Mel Charles found himself eternally in the shadow of his brother John, the ' Gentle Giant' of Juventus & Wales, considered one of the best of his generation. It was a question that stalked his career from a homesick schoolboy at Leeds to playing for his hometown club Swansea. Always the joker, larger than life Mel embarked on some hair-brained but hilarious business ventures after his football career ended. Now 75, but still celebrated by Welsh football fans as one of the heroes of 1958, ' Charlo' tells his own uplifting story.

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Football - A sport involving kicking a ball and trying to score a goal
Hair - The fine strands growing on all over bodies.
Shadow - A dark shape crated by something being in the way of light reaching a surface.

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The Works
With over 300 UK stores and more than 40000 different products in store each year, The Works is Britain's top discount book store. A well known presence on the high street, The Works was founded in 1981 to bring affordable books to the public. It now offers a large range of exciting products, including arts and crafts products, toys, gifts and seasonal products, all at discounted prices, making it a superb place to find items for hobbies and gifts for all ages. The book selection includes children's books, fiction and non-fiction books on a wide range of subjects from food and drink and craft and DIY to entertainment, autobiographies and history. Art and crafts products range from children's craft sets to sewing materials and professional artists' brushes. As well as big brands, The Works also sells their own high quality branded products.
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