From death defying stunts to the volcano's edge, 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. ...

I'm stranded on Mars. I have no way to communicate with Earth. I'm in a Habitat designed to last 31 days. If the Oxygenator breaks down, I'll suffocate. If the Water Reclaimer breaks down, I'll die of thirst. If the Hab breaches, I'll just kind of explode. If none of those things happen, I'll eventually run out of food & starve to death. ...

The desolate place forgotten by Earth, Mars.

With isolated homesteaders huddling along the lines of the great canals,

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Martin Amis son of one of the popular novelists of the post-War era, has forged a groundbreaking manner of writing that owes nothing to the style of his father, nor indeed to anyone else. This title offers the real Martin Amis, a cabinet of contrasts: tortured, eloquently aloof, kind, obsessive, loved by women, & a dedicated family man. ...

Offers the real Martin Amis, a cabinet of contrasts: tortured, eloquently aloof, kind, obsessive, loved by women, a dedicated family man, often the architect of his own undoing, & a literary genius. Moreover, this biography discloses the autobiographical thread that runs through Amis' books. ...

RGJCD270 – Martin Denny Features 8 Complete & Re-Mastered Classic Albums On 4 C Ds. Disc 1 Exotica (1958) 1. Quiet Village 3.37 2. Return To Paradise 2.18 3. Hong Kong Blues 2.14 4. Busy Port 2.51 5. Lotus Land 2.22 6. Similau 1.56 7. Stone God 3.06 ...

British actor Martin Freeman has been appearing on our screens, in the theatre & in high-profile films for the past fifteen years. In this time he has managed to garner critical acclaim for his roles as well as remaining hugely popular at all times with his audience. On account of his recurring star turn as Bilbo Baggins in The Hobbit trilogy, he has found himself re-cast as a globally acclaimed star. Despite his abundant talent, it's an unlikely scenario for a home loving, unassuming family. One of five children, he decided to become an actor at the age of 17. He developed his acting talent working his way through theatre & small TV parts, before landing his breakout role as Tim Canterbury in the acclaimed BBC comedy, The Office. With the success of The Office, came further breaks including roles in Love Actually, Shaun of The Dead, The Hitchhiker's Guide To The Galaxy & Sherlock. This fascinating biography tracks the career of one of Britain's best-loved actors, taking readers behind the scenes of the life & work of a supremely talented, albeit unlikely movie star. ...

Details & examines the story of the King's life & the events leading up to his assassination in 1968; slavery in the USA until its abolition in 1865; the struggle to win economic & political rights for the black people of the USA through non-violent protest; &, the King's opposition to the Vietnam War. ...

Martin O' Neill is one of the most brilliant, successful & intriguing of the new manager/coaches to emerge from British football. This biography provides an account of his first few months in charge at Aston Villa & deals with various aspects of his life & remarkable career from the early days as a player in Northern Ireland onwards. ...

British crime writer, Martina Cole, examines the life & times of the most notorious female serial killers across history & asks: Why do women kill & why are we surprised when they do? Each programme tells the story of an individual killer with expert analysis & dramatic reconstruction. The first programme looks at Myra Hindley, who along with Ian Brady was responsible for a spate of child murders in the 1960s, & features interviews with Hindley s lawyer & prison chaplain. Crime writer Martina Cole examines the backgrounds, personalities & behaviour of the notorious female murderer, re-examining evidence & providing a portrait of the sociological backgrounds that may have moulded her. Profile of nurse Beverley Allitt, dubbed the Angel of Death, who was sentenced to life imprisonment in 1993 for the murders of four children in her care at a hospital in Lincolnshire. Although she had repeatedly failed her exams, she was granted a six-month nursing position, during which she attacked 13 young patients before being arrested & eventually charged. The case of Rose West, who is currently serving a life sentence without parole for 10 separate counts of murder, committed during the 1970s & 80s. Her husband & partner in the sexually motivated crimes committed suicide in prison in 1995. Herself a victim of abuse, Rose directed her appetites toward her own children as well as at least eight other girls, whose dismembered remains were found buried at their home in Cromwell Street, Gloucester. ...