Introducing We Three Kings, a charming retelling of the well-known Christmas story.

When the three kings lose their

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A beautifully illustrated picture book looking at the most incredible journeys undertaken by animals around the world. From the epic migration of the huge humpback whale to the unbelievable determination of the tiny hummingbird, each animal tells us the reason why they travel so very far. ...

Provides a practical guide on how food can be grown in truly nutritious ways, the crucial importance of minerals in the soil & how to tell what's good & what isn't. This title explains not only why our food is in such a parlous state but how we can change what we eat & radically improve our health. ...

Thrilling, beautiful, & blisteringly smart, this title is utterly unforgettable. It is a story of love & romance. It's a tale

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Maximum action, maximum drama! We Were Soldiers is a powerful & bloody war movie based on a true story that moves at a heart-racing & ear-shattering pace! Sunday November 14, 1965 at 10.48am, Lt. Col. Hal Moore (a magnificent performance by Academy Award ...

Published in time for Remembrance Day 2008, the 90th anniversary of the end of the First World War, WE WILL REMEMBER THEM commemorates the veterans who are no longer among us. With an introduction by Henry Allingham, 110, only survivor of the Battle of the Somme, & Britain's oldest living man, Max Arthur's new book will expand the circle of contributors by interviewing the families of First World War veterans. They will reveal how the war affected the families down the generations. There are some famous name possibilities, most obviously Shirley Williams as her mother lost her fianc? & her brother in the trenches. But the war touched every family in Britain, & the IWM archives plus the Peter Liddle collection at the University of Leeds hold many memoirs that can be included too. Read by Clive Mantle & Patience Tomlinson ...

Sing-a-long to the classic festive tune We Wish You a Merry Christmas!

Bring the story to life by pressing the sound

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Marguerite Patten has worked for the Ministry of Food during the Second World War, in East Anglia & London. She then took charge of the Ministry of Food Bureau at Harrods, Knightsbridge; her job was to help families prepare nutritious appetizing dishes with their weekly rations. ...

It is April 1939 & unaware that the German war machine is advancing towards the Channel Islands, seventeen-year-old Meg Colivet & her sister are enjoying a holiday in Oxford with their aunt. Here Meg meets charismatic German undergraduate Rayner Weiss & the couple fall passionately in love. But all too soon, Britain is at war with Germany, Guernsey has been occupied & Meg's family home requisitioned by the German army. Meg insists on remaining with her father, determined to help save her beloved island from the ravages of war. & then she finds herself face to face with Rayner
- now a German officer
- once more & her life is thrown into turmoil as they risk their lives to meet in secret. As the conflict in Europe intensifies, basic provisions become scarce & soon the people Meg loves come under threat. Torn between her love for Rayner & her duty to her family & the island she grew up on, a heartbroken Meg has a terrible choice to make...

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Annie Cross has few pleasures in her tough life. On the bleak family farm on the Essex marshlands, she slaves all day for her cruel father. The one thing that keeps her going is her secret meetings with Tom Featherstone. But War steals Tom from her when he joins the RAF. Annie would love to do her bit but stuck on the farm, she lives for Tom's letters
- until they stop coming. When, against the odds, her beloved Tom returns, he finds a different, stronger Annie to the one he left behind. But he also finds the girl he loved is carrying another man's child...
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