Alesha Dixon has one of the most incredible stories of any star yet she remains an enigma. Behind the fabulous smile & signature laugh is a private woman whose childhood was blighted by domestic violence poverty & a lack of confidence. As a beautiful young woman she has struggled to overcome professional failure & the devastating effect of her husbands infidelity. The UKs leading celebrity biographer Sean Smith has travelled to her home town to uncover the truth about her upbringing her unconditional love for her mother her loyalty to her extended family her feud with her elder brother & her unsettled relationship with her Jamaican father who left home for good when she was four. He discovers a sensitive & secretive woman who managed to keep her long-term relationship with a member of one of the countrys best-known boy bands hidden from public scrutiny. For the first time that love affair can now be revealed. He examines the circumstances that led to the break-up of her marriage to rapper MC Harvey & the effect that unhappy time has had on her life. Alesha describes a roller-coaster career that began when she was discovered at a dance class in Central London. She achieved huge early success with Mis-Teeq who had seven consecutive top ten hits before their record label went bust. Her subsequent solo career stalled when she was dropped by Polydor before her debut album was even released but she turned things around with a spectacular victory on Strictly Come Dancing. Sean Smith lays bare her subsequent TV career including the row over her appointment as a judge on the programme as well as her triumphant switch to Britains Got Talent in 2012. Alesha is the dramatic & uplifting account of her journey from a humble start in life & how she overcame all obstacles in her way to become an inspiration to women everywhere. ...

Alex doesn't mean to cause trouble. He didn't mean to cover his dad with pink yoghurt or drop the goldfish in the bath. He just couldn't help it! Alex's mum & dad ask him to keep out of trouble just for one day.. .so the sideways skateboard isn't SUCH a bad idea is it? From football to go karting & real heroes & aliens Books for Boys are packed with high action adventure & humour ideal for turning reluctant boy readers into lifelong bookworms. Ideal for fans of HARRY & THE DINOSAURS who are ready to move on to chapter books. ...

Alex Cross was a rising star in the Washington DC Police Department when an unknown shooter gunned down his wife Maria in front of him. Alex's need for vengeance was placed on hold as he faced another huge challenge-raising his children without their mother. Years later Alex is making a bold move in his life. He has left the FBI & set up practice as a psychologist once again. His life with Nana Mama Damon Jannie & little Alex finally feels like it's in order. He even has a chance at a new love. Then Cross's former partner John Sampson calls in a favor. Now Cross must go on the hunt for the most cunning psychotic killer he has ever faced...and it pushes him dangerously close to the breaking point. ...

Three killers are on the rampage in the capital & dead bodies are piling up almost as fast as the police can count them. Alex Cross is in charge of all three investigations & has never been under more pressure. But with a crisis at home that threatens to tear his family apart Alex's attention is divided. While Cross tracks the killers he doesn't notice that someone is tracking him. Can Alex unravel the cases & find the killers in time? Or will he be the next dead body on the list? ...

From his grandmother Alex Cross has heard the story of his great-uncle Abraham & his struggles for survival in the era of the Ku Klux Klan. Now Alex passes the family tale along to his own children in a novel hes written
- a novel called Trial. As a lawyer in early-twentieth-century Washington DC Ben Corbett represents the toughest cases. Fighting against oppression & racism he risks his family & his life in the process. When President Theodore Roosevelt asks Ben to return to his hometown to investigate rumours of the resurgence of the Ku Klux Klan there he cannot refuse. Arriving in Eudora Mississippi Ben meets the wise Abraham Cross & his beautiful daughter Moody. Ben enlists their help & the two Crosses introduce him to the hidden side of the idyllic Southern town. Lynchings have become commonplace & residents of the towns black quarter live in constant fear. Ben aims to break the reign of terror
- but the truth of who is really behind it could break his heart. Written in the fearless voice of Detective Alex Cross " Alex Crosss Trial" is a gripping story of murder love & above all bravery."

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This is an essential guide to the exciting missions of teenage spy Alex Rider featuring blueprints data files foldout posters & more. Resembling an MI6 secret dossier these classified documents reveal the inside story of British Intelligences secret weapon: 14-year-old Alex Rider. Packed with information about every aspect of his missions to date The Mission Files" is an unbeatable guide to the teen super-spys adventures. It

Includes:: five full-size double-sided posters & two booklets containing everything you need to know about codes & spycraft."

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The world of maths can seem mind-boggling irrelevant & let's face it boring. This groundbreaking book reclaims maths from the geeks. Mathematical ideas underpin just about everything in our lives: from the surprising geometry of the 50p piece to how probability can help you win in any casino. In search of weird & wonderful mathematical phenomena Alex Bellos travels across the globe & meets the world's fastest mental calculators in Germany & a startlingly numerate chimpanzee in Japan. Packed with fascinating eye-opening anecdotes Alex's Adventures in Numberland" is an exhilarating cocktail of history reportage & mathematical proofs that will leave you awestruck." ...

Alexanders epic quest continues into the heart of Asia & on towards the mystery of India. The Macedonian Army march ever onward in search of glory crushing resistance at every turn. The culture & beauty of Babylon is quickly ravaged & the Palace of Persepolis burnt to ashes & cinder. An empire is destroyed & a new & bloody era begins. But there are other things on Alexanders mind. An ambitious project to unite the peoples of the empire under one homeland begins to obsess him. There are rebellions & bloodshed but the curious beauty of Queen Roxanna gives Alexander the strength to fulfil his destiny... This is a truly compelling romantic & exciting book & a fitting conclusion to the bestselling Alexander trilogy. ...

Who could have been born to conquer the world other than a god? Mesmeric beauty consuming desires an insatiable hunger. Then premature death. This is the story of a boy born to a great king
- Philip of Macedon
- & his sensuous queen Olympias. It tells of the stern discipline of Philip & the wild passions of Olympias & how together they formed Alexander a young man of immense unfathomable potential capable of subjugating the known world to his power & thought of by his contemporaries as a god. Alexanders swift ascent to manhood as a protege of Aristotle & close friend of Ptolemy & Hephiaston & the start of his great adventure to conquer the civilised world is recounted in this awe-inspiring novel. This is a wonderful evocation of the far-off & fascinating civilisation of ancient Greece revealed in vibrant tones & scholarly detail.

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Continuing the epic saga of Alexander the Great Alexander: The Sands of Ammon brilliantly describes Alexanders quest to conquer Asia the limitless domain ruled by the Great King of the Persians. In a seemingly impossible venture Alexander & his men storm Persian fortresses & harbours crippling King Darius domain of land & sea. Even the legendary Halicarnassus is defeated by the Macedonian armies. Ruthlessly Alexanders war machine moves ever onward taking him up into the snow-covered Anatolian highlands. But there is danger ahead. Despite the defeat of Darius the Island City of Tyre & the Towers of Gaza prove to be formidable obstacles. Undeterred Alexander surges forth over land & sea to the mysterious land of Egypt. & there in the sands lies the Oracle of Ammon waiting to reveal an amazing truth to Alexander. One that will change his already amazing life. ...