Books Classic Novels It was 7 minutes after midnight. The dog was lying on the grass in the middle of the lawn in front of Mrs Shears' house. Its eyes were closed. It looked as if it was running on its side, the way dogs run when they think they are chasing a cat in a dream. But the dog was not running or asleep. The dog was dead. This is Christopher's story. There are also no lies in this story because Christopher can't tell lies. Christopher does not like strangers or the colours yellow or brown or being touched. On the other h&, he knows all the countries in the world & their capital cities & every prime number up to 7507. When Christopher decides to find out who killed the neighbour's dog, his mystery story becomes more complicated than he could have ever predicted.   Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9781784707637 •†Author:†  Mark Haddon •†Publisher:†  Vintage Classics •†Format:†  Paperback •†Pages:† 288 •†Dimensions:†12.9 x 1.8 x 19.8 cm ...

On 26 November 1983 six armed robbers escaped with ?28 million worth of gold bullion from a Brink's-Mat warehouse at London's Heathrow Airport. The heist made the careers of many of the underworld's biggest names, & changed the face of British crime for ever. In the years following the robbery, many of those involved, innocent & guilty alike, have been sent to an early grave. Two decades on, the death toll is still rising. Nobody knows more about that extraordinary morning's events than Wensley Clarkson. Nobody is better placed to track the vicious, violent & unexpected waves that followed in its wake, or bring to life its cast of larger-than-life characters. From small-time crime in south-east London, to 'the heist of the century' & its bloody consequences, Wensley Clarkson's The Curse of Brink's-Mat is an epic tale of villainy, gold & revenge. ...

Many people's lives, relationships, careers & wellbeing are blighted by the belief that to be liked, loved & accepted they have to limit themselves to the behaviours they believe are approved of by others. This might mean some or all of the following: always being polite, nice, helpful, charming, fun, making people feel good about themselves, not letting people down, never saying 'no', avoiding conflict & putting others' needs before their own. In her 15 years of clinical experience as a psychologist Jacqui Marson has coined the phrase 'the curse of lovely' to describe this growing trend. Many people would like to be known as lovely, but for a growing number of people it can feel like a curse. They feel unable to put their own needs before those of everyone else, & feel that changing this is not an option. This highly practical & motivational book will show readers how to break curse of lovely to live a more complete, fulfilling life. Contents include: when 'lovely' turns into a curse; the lovely child
- how it all begins; the different shades of lovely
- which one are you?; from curse to gift
- how we can still be lovable & get our needs met; but what do I want
- how to tune in to what your body is telling you; re-evaluating anger; saying 'no' & surviving; how to instigate scary conversations; & how to replace the personal rules that put you at the bottom on the pile.



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Kate & Thomas have escaped the sorcerer Demurral & sailed to London with the charismatic Jacob Crane. But trouble lies in wait when their ship is seized & they are lured into the darkest heart of the city. Further North, Raphah returns & is joined by unlikely companion Beadle on a terrifying journey in search of their friend; a journey haunted by unknown enemies & a shadowy beast. But all paths are destined to lead to one place. A cursed street, hidden from the world ...

It all started with the school rabbit… Snowflake is the school rabbit, & Snowflake is TROUBLE. At least that's what Tommy thinks. & when Snowflake unexpectedly comes to stay just before Christmas & EVERYTHING starts to go wrong, it looks like Tommy might be right. With a sick sister left in bed, a snobby actor left with suspiciously damp trousers, & no rabbit anywhere to be seen, Tommy & his family may just be DOOMED. Is Tommy suffering the curse of the school rabbit? Or can all this bad luck turn good in the end? A fantastically funny & exquisitely illustrated young fiction title from much-loved author & illustrator Judith Kerr.   Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9780008352622 •†Author: Judith Kerr •†Publisher:†  Harper Collins Publishers •†Format:†  Paperback •†Pages:† 82 •†Dimensions:† 12.9 x 19.8 x 1.2 cm ...

Customers do say the dumbest things, & this hilarious book contains a whole host of crass, stupid & just plain odd requests & queries heard on the high street. Featuring laugh out loud remarks from coffee shops & supermarkets to bars & bookshops, read safely in the knowledge that you would never make the same embarrassing errors (would you?), as The Customer's Always Wrong illustrates just how silly people can be. The perfect stocking filler for Christmas 2013. ...

Little Lien wasn't taken from her Jewish parents in the Hague
- she was given away in the hope that she might be saved. 


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DS George Cross can be rude, difficult, & awkward with people. But his unfailing logic & relentless pursuit of justice means

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Books History Books As the parachutists & glider troops of the US & British airborne divisions went in on the night of June 5, Allied shipping began massing out in the Channel. As dawn broke on June 6, waves of assault craft hit the Normandy beaches. British, American, Canadian, polish & Free French troops began to stream ashore to storm the defences of the Atlantic Wall in the teeth of overwhelming enemy firepower. By midnight on D-Day 150, 000 Allied troops were ashore & the process of consolidating the beachheads & pushing inland had begun. Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9781398810662 •†Author:   Nigel Cawthorne  •†Publisher:   Arcturus Publishing •†Format:   Paperback •†Pages:† 290 •†Dimensions: 19.8 x 12.9 x 1 cm ...

Harvard professor Robert Langdon receives an urgent late-night phone call while on business in Paris: the elderly curator of the Louvre, Jacques Sauniere, has been brutally murdered inside the museum. Alongside the body, police have found a series of baffling codes. As Langdon & a gifted French cryptologist, Sophie Neveu, begin to sort through the bizarre riddles, they are stunned to find a trail that leads to the works of Leonardo da Vinci
- & suggests the answer to a mystery that stretches deep into the vault of history. Langdon suspects the late curator was involved in the Priory of Sion
- a centauries-old secret society
- & has sacrificed his life to protect the Priory's most sacred trust: the location of a vastly important religious relic hidden for centauries. But it now appears that Opus Dei, a clandestine sect that has long plotted to seize the priory's secret, has made its move. Unless Langdon & Neveu can decipher the labyrinthine code & quickly assemble the pieces of the puzzle, the Priory's secret
- & a stunning historical truth
- will be lost forever... Breaking the mould of traditional suspense novels, The Da Vinci Code is simultaneously lightning=paced, intelligent & intricately layered with remarkable research & detail. & in this exclusive edition Dan Brown allows the reader behind the scenes of the novel, which now incorporates over 150 photographs & illustrations throughout the text showing the rich historical tapestry from which he drew his inspiration. The visual sources, which provide both the backdrop & the stimulus for the novel's action, are revealed for the first time & uniquely complement the reading experience.




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