When pirates attack a cargo ship off the Somalian coast & one of them is found to be a British-born Pakistani, alarm bells start ringing at London's Thames House. MI5 Intelligence Officer Liz Carlyle is brought in to establish how & why a young British Muslim could go missing from his well-to-do family in Birmingham & end up onboard a pirate skiff in the Indian Ocean, armed with a Kalashnikov. After an undercover operative connected to the case turns up dead in the shipping office of an NGO in Athens it looks like piracy may be the least of the Service's problems. Liz & her team must unravel the connections between Pakistan, Greece & Somalia, relying on their wits
- & the judicious use of force
- to get to the truth. & they don't have long, as trouble is brewing closer to home: the kind of explosive trouble that MI5 could do without.. . Stella Rimington, former Director General of MI5, returns with a tense & heart-stopping spy thriller where the secrets are deep, the stakes are high & the enemy is always just out of sight.

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Introducing Ripley’s Believe It or Not! Mind Blown!  This book is sure to amaze & astound children & adults alike with

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Ripley's Believe It or Not! is guaranteed to amaze & entertain children & adults alike with its unique blend of weird but true stories & jaw-dropping facts gathered from all over the world. This year... Marvel at the ice caves of Alaska. Find out what very unusual food Icelanders eat at their traditional mid-winter feast. Discover why Lucas the penguin has to wear rubber boots. Hear about the woman who sailed down the Missouri River in a giant hollowed-out pumpkin. & take the ' Funny Bones' test to see whether you can match photographs of skeletons to their animal owners. No Christmas is complete without Ripley's! Product Information: • ISBN: 9781529941203 • Author: Ripley • Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd • Format: Hardback • Pages: 256 • Dimensions: 30.5 x 23.6 x 2.2cm ...

Can you believe what the amazing Ripley world of oceans has to tell you? From coastal waters teeming with life to the darkest ocean depths, meet amazing creatures such as the blob fish, candy flatworm & harlequin shrimp on every page! Enjoy awesome facts & incredible photographs ...

Books Kids Reference & Non-Fiction Books Ripley's Believe It or Not! will amaze & astound children & adults alike with thousands of strange stories, unusual feats & hair-raising oddities from around the world. Bursting with thousands of extraordinary facts & accompanied by lists, stunning photography, infographics, & the science behind some of the weirdest stories, Ripley's Believe It or Not! will entertain, inform & flabbergast you with stories of people who are pushing the boundaries. This year's annual takes the reading experience to the next level with mini games, interactive video content, quizzes, secrets to be unlocked & many more innovative features. No Christmas is complete without it. Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9781529916607 •†Author: Ripley •†Publisher:†  Penguin Books Ltd •†Format:†  Hardback •†Pages:† 256 •†Dimensions:†23.5 x 2.2 x 30.5 cm ...

Ripley’s is back with another compendium of mind-boggling facts that will delight anyone drawn to the weirder side of life on Earth.

Read about the scariest, grossest & funniest stories from around the world, including: the huge spider that spins webs that are stronger than steel; the woman who can smash 920 roof tiles every minute – with her bare hands; the Japanese crab that grows as much as six metres long... & much, much more!

Crammed with incredible photos & fascinating stories, & complete with an out-of-this-world 3D-effect cover, Ripley’s Believe It or Not 2019 is the perfect Christmas gift for kids who are fascinated by the disgusting, the scary & the peculiar.

Product Information:
• ISBN: 9781847948335
• Author: Geoff Tibballs
• Publisher: Ripley Publishing
• Format: Hardback
• Pages: 255
• Dimensions: 30.5 x 23.5 x 2.5cm











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Meet Lizardman, Vampire Woman, the eye-popper brothers & many other extraordinary individuals. Take a look at the sport that uses a headless goat as a ball! Check out the dress made from human hair! Visit the village in China where three million snakes are bred each year! Also, download the free app & scan images to unlock amazing extra content! For the legions of dedicated Ripley's fans, & anyone else on the planet who loves the unbelievable, the latest annual in the bestselling series is a feast of delights. Following hot on the heels of last year's best-selling edition, Ripley's Believe It or Not! 2013 offers an entirely new compendium of bizarre facts & features, including the largest crocodile ever captured, the village in China where three million snakes are bred each year, & the national sport that uses a headless goat as a ball! As well as the jaw-dropping images & strange stories are intriguing interviews with some of the astounding individuals who feature in the book, informative ' Ripley's Research' boxes, mind-boggling lists, fascinating black & white photos from the Ripley archive, submissions from Ripley fans around the world
- & a brand new Ripley's Weird Records feature.
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Details:" Ripleys Twists" brings a fun, engaging & unique " Ripleys" approach to a whole range of
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It's a tooth-for-a-tooth in this vampire-revenge gorefest. When female reporter Sadie Blake (Lucy Lui) wakes up in a morgue to find that she's joined the ranks of the undead, she's more than a little miffed. Armed with a crossbow & fighting a serious th ...

When Ember left her home to enter a mysterious order of Knights, an order that protects our world from the next, she thought she was finding her true home. A family, a purpose &, most surprising of all, love. But that was before. Now, the order is on the edge of destruction
- driven apart by someone they trusted the most. With hope fading, Ember attempts a desperate escape. But she faces relentless pursuit by supernatural horrors that act on the commands of a mysterious evil. What she discovers in the shadows will shatter their world & bring a divide that will reverberate down the generations...
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