Read by Samantha Bond. In the city of Imardin, where those who wield magic wield power, a young street-girl, adopted by the Magician's Guild, finds herself at the centre of a terrible plot that may destroy the entire world... Sonea has learned much at the Magicians' Guild & the other novices now treat her with a grudging respect. But she cannot forget what she witnessed in the High Lord's underground room
- or his warning that the realm's ancient enemy is growing in power once more. As Sonea learns more, she begins to doubt her guildmaster's word. Could the truth really be as terrifying as Akkarin claims, or is he trying to trick her into assisting in some unspeakably dark scheme?
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Better known as Harry Griffin, & for fifty years the Guardian's country diarist, A.H. Griffin also wrote a weekly feature called ' Leaves from a Lakeland Notebook' for the Lancashire Evening Post for almost thirty years until his death in 2004. The High Places is a selection of those articles with illustrations by a man who shared his passion for the Lake District: Alfred Wainwright. Griffin's descriptions of days spent in the mountains & discussions of diverse Lake District matters ...

How did the Victorians make their daily bread? Why were Edwardian shopkeepers so much more polite than today's? Just how tough was rationing? How many Green Shield Stamps did you need to buy a colour television? & when could one pound feed the whole family for a week? From the boom years of the Victorian High Street to the 1970s supermarket, discover what life was really like on the great British High Street & how shopkeepers & their customers have adapted to both good times & bad. Written to accompany BBC One's living history experiment, Turn Back Time... The High Street charts the extraordinary journey of a group of modern day butchers, bakers, caterers & retailers who run their shops using exactly the same foods, fashions & shopkeeping skills as yesteryear. ...

A BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of a classic Raymond Chandler mystery featuring private eye, Philip Marlowe. Philip Marlowe's on a case: his client, a dried-up husk of a woman, wants him to recover a rare gold coin called a Brasher Doubloon, missing from her late husband's collection. That's the simple part. It becomes more complicated when Marlowe finds that everyone who handles the coin suffers a run of very bad luck: they always end up dead. That's also unlucky for a private investigator, because leaving a trail of corpses around LA gets cops' noses out of joint. If Marlowe doesn't wrap this one up fast, he's going to end up in jail
- or worse, in a box in the ground...
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Books Children's Fiction Books First stop is The Highland Falcon Thief, a breathless train journey full of deceptions, puzzles & clues to solve. Harrison Beck & his Uncle Nat are enjoying the final journey of the Highland Falcon, Britain's most famous steam train. But when a precious jewel goes missing, Harrison & his new friend Lenny find themselves at the centre of the investigation. Can they solve the mystery & catch the culprit before they reach the end of the line? Hear whispers in the dining car, find notes in the library & unknown passengers among the luggage, as you help Harrison solve the mystery aboard one of the world's grandest trains. First stop is The Highland Falcon Thief, a breathless train journey full of deceptions, puzzles & clues to solve. Harrison Beck & his Uncle Nat are enjoying the final journey of the Highland Falcon, Britain's most famous steam train. But when a precious jewel goes missing, Harrison & his new friend Lenny find themselves at the centre of the investigation. Can they solve the mystery & catch the culprit before they reach the end of the line? Hear whispers in the dining car, find notes in the library & unknown passengers among the luggage, as you help Harrison solve the mystery aboard one of the world's grandest trains.   Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9781529013061 •†Author: M. G. Leonard •†Publisher:†  Pan Macmillan •†Format:†  Paperback •†Pages:† 256 •†Dimensions:† 19.7 x 13 x 2.4 cm ...

Improve your driving standard & stay safe on the road with this comprehensive guide to traffic regulations & laws. The AA has an excellent track record with driving test titles & is the biggest seller of books in the genre after the Driving Standards Agency. With information on roads & road markings, motorways, traffic signs, documentation, the road user & the law, this is essential reading for all drivers
- not just those learning to drive. Product Information: • ISBN: 9780749583040 • Author: AA Publishing • Publisher: AA Publishing • Format: Paperback • Pages: 144 • Dimensions: 20.7 x 14cm
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Give me your buns & your biscuits! Give me your chocolate ?clairs! For I am the Rat of the highway, & the Rat Thief never shares!' Life is not safe for the other animals, as the villainous Highway Rat gallops along the highway, stealing their food. Clover from a rabbit; nuts from a squirrel
- he even steals his own hose's hay. Will he finally meet his comeuppance, in the form of a cunning duck? A fabulous, rollicking rhyme, in the style of the famous Alfred Noyes poem, ' The Highwayman', from the authors of ' The Gruffalo' & ' Zog'.
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Life is not safe for the other animals, as the villainous Highway Rat gallops along the highway, stealing their food. Clover from a rabbit; nuts from a squirrel
- he even steals his own horse's hay. Will he finally meet his comeuppance, in the form of a cunning duck? Product Information: • ISBN: 9781407170732 • Author: Julia Donaldson • Publisher: Alison Green Books • Format: Paperback • Pages: 32 • Dimensions: 27.9 x 24.9 x 0.4 cm
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Books Board Books ' Give me your buns & your biscuits! Give me your chocolate eclairs! For I am the Rat of the highway, & the Rat Thief never shares!' Life is not safe for the other animals, as the villainous Highway Rat gallops along the highway, stealing their food. Clover from a rabbit; nuts from a squirrel
- he even steals his own horse's hay. Will he finally meet his comeuppance, in the form of a cunning duck? Product Information: • ISBN: 9781407174341 • Author: Julia Donaldson • Publisher: Alison Green Books • Format: Board Book • Pages: 30 • Dimensions: 29.2 x 16.5 x 2.1cm
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Based on the book, The Highway Rat, by the much-loved duo, Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler. With colouring-in activities, 400+ stickers, dot-to-dots, puzzles, spot the difference, mazes & even word searches, there's plenty to keep The Highway Rat fans busy for hours on end.    Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9781407191515 •†Author:†  Julia Donaldson & Axel Scheffler •†Publisher:†  Scholastic •†Format:†  Paperback •†Pages:† 32 •†Dimensions:† 23.6 x 0.6 x 30.5 cm ...