12 high quality Staedtler Traditional pencils with a 2mm diameter 2H lead. The Staedtler Traditional Pencil comes in the traditional red & black design & has super-bonded lead making it especially break-resistant. These pencils are easy to erase & sharpen & are ideal for school & office use. As part of a great value www.whsmith.co.uk bulk pack you will recive one box of 12 individual pencils for one great discounted price. ...

The Staedtler Traditional Pencil is a high quality HB pencil The Staedtler Traditional Pencil comes in the traditional red & black design & has super-bonded lead making it especially break-resistant. It is also easy to erase. Ideal for everyday use at home school or in the office this Staedtler Traditional HB Pencil is great for sketching note taking & much more. As part of this great value bulk pack from www.whsmith.co.uk you will recieve one box of 12 pencils. ...

Watercolour Field Sketch Set. Contains 12 quality paints & 1 paintbrush. These strong & vibrant colours give a good tinting strength & have a high lightfastness & colour mixing properties. The come in hard plastic case making them perfect for travelling with. ...

From Dustin Thomason co-author of bestselling phenomenon The Rule of Four" "12-21" is an edge-of-your-seat novel charting a heroic race to save the world. & as the fateful date approaches "12-21" is the novel all readers will be talking about. An ancient prophecy foretells that the world will end on 21 December 2012... In Central America a treasure hunter discovers a Maya relic
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- but when he smuggles it into the US he brings with him an old & deadly secret... Early in December 2012 the codex comes to Chel Manu a Maya world authority. She is torn between the chance to translate the codex herself & her duty to alert the authorities. Meanwhile in an LA hospital an unknown man is dying of a rare contagious disease. When Dr Gabriel Stanton is called in he realises that this is no ordinary infection
- & it will spread uncontrollably. Stanton & Chel must race to decipher the codexs secrets & prevent the prophesied apocalypse..."12-21" is a thrilling debut marking the arrival of Dustin Thomason as a major solo talent. Praise for Dustin Thomason: " One part The Da Vinci Code one part The Name of Rose.. .A blazingly good yarn". (" San Francisco Chronicle"). " Weaves together the past & present seamlessly I enjoyed it tremendously". (" Observer" Dustin Thomason graduated from Harvard College & received his MD from Columbia University. He is the co-author of the international bestseller " The Rule of Four" & has written & produced several television series including " Lie to Me". He lives in Venice Beach California."


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The 120 Days of Sodom is the Marquis de Sades masterpiece. A still unsurpassed catalogue of sexual perversions & the first systematic exploration of the psychopathology of sex it was written during Sades lengthy imprisonment for sexual deviancy & blasphemy & then lost after the storming of the Bastille during the French Revolution in 1789. Later rediscovered the manuscript remained unpublished until 1936 & is now introduced by Simone de Beauvoirs landmark essay Must We Burn Sade? Unique in its enduring capacity to shock & provoke The 120 Days of Sodom must stand as one of the most controversial books ever written & a fine example of the Libertine novel a genre inspired by eroticism & anti-establishmentarianism that effectively ended with the French Revolution. ...

This is a book for the three million 'social' bridge players (in the UK alone) who know the rules & can play a reasonable hand but want to refine their skills & improve their understanding of the game. The 121 bridge tips range from simple to more advanced & all offer solid advice on how best to deal with a variety of situations. Tips are clearly explained & are followed by an example hand & a reader's test. There is no simpler way to improve your bridge. ...

1222 metres above sea level train 601 from Oslo to Bergen careens off iced rails as the worst snowstorm in Norwegian history gathers force around it. Marooned in the high mountains with night falling & the temperature plummeting its 269 passengers are forced to abandon their snowbound train & decamp to a centuries-old mountain hotel. They ought to be safe from the storm here but as dawn breaks one of them will be found dead murdered. With the storm showing no sign of abating retired police inspector Hanne Wilhelmsen is asked to investigate. But Hanne has no wish to get involved. She has learned the hard way that truth comes at a price & sometimes that price just isnt worth paying. Her pursuit of truth & justice has cost her the love of her life her career in the Oslo Police Department & her mobility: she is paralysed from the waist down by a bullet lodged in her spine. Trapped in a wheelchair trapped by the killer within trapped by the deadly storm outside Hannes growing unease is shared by everyone in the hotel. Should she investigate or should she just wait for help to arrive? & all the time rumours swirl about a secret cargo carried by train 601. Why was the last carriage sealed? Why is the top floor of the hotel locked down? Who or what is being concealed? & of course what if the killer strikes again? ...

This is a revised format of this colourful introduction to numbers & counting. The double pages cover the numbers 1 to 10. Touchy-feely patches throughout will help young children explore the concept of number & the die-cut touch-&-count holes will reinforce this. It is full of delightful illustrations which will appeal to young children. ...

Have fun learning to count with Billy the Bear. This is a colourful illustrated first numbers book in a small board book format perfect for little hands. This title helps children to count to ten with a charming story & bright & appealing drawings. This is a book to read together or for more confident first readers to enjoy by themselves. Billy the Bear is helping to buy lots of things for a very special occasion. Have fun learning to count to ten with Billy as he shops for three bottles of juice four cakes five apples & six loaves of bread then join in the party as you count all ten bears. Simple language & repeated vocabulary teamed with bright & appealing pictures make this an ideal first reading & counting book for younger children. ...

Includes: 30 illustrated cards that help children recognize numbers & learn basic number skills & mathematical vocabulary.
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