Martin Crimps 17 scenarios for the theatre shocking & hilarious by turn are a rollercoaster of late 20th-century obsessions. From pornography & ethnic violence to terrorism & unprotected sex its strange array of nameless characters attempt to invent the perfect story to encapsulate our time. Since its premiere at the Royal Court Theatre in March 1997 Attempts on her Life" has been translated into more than 20 languages. The National Theatre presented its first major UK revival in March 2007." ...

It was 1921 when Lord Peter Wimsey first encountered the Attenbury emeralds. The recovery of the magnificent gem in Lord Attenburys most dazzling heirloom made headlines
- & launched a shell-shocked young aristocrat on his career as a detective. Now it is 1951: a happily married Lord Peter has just shared the secrets of that mystery with his wife the detective novelist Harriet Vane. Then the new young Lord Attenbury
- grandson of Lord Peters first client
- seeks his help again this time to prove who owns the gigantic emerald that Wimsey last saw in 1921. It will be the most intricate & challenging mystery he has ever faced.. . Since the publication of A Presumption of Death which was set in 1941 in the wartime English countryside readers have been eagerly asking for this story
- a wholly original & utterly engrossing new detective adventure.



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This solemn rhythmic intonation of the shipping forecast on BBC radio is as familiar as the sound of Big Ben chiming the hour. Since its first broadcast in the 1920s it has inspired poems songs & novels in addition to its intended objective of warning generations of seafarers of impending storms & gales. Sitting at home listening to the shipping forecast can be a cosily reassuring experience. Theres no danger of a westerly gale eight veering southwesterly increasing nine later (visibility poor) gusting through your average suburban living room blowing the Sunday papers all over the place & startling the cat. Yet familiar though the sea areas are by name few people give much thought to where they are or what they contain. In ATTENTION ALL SHIPPING Charlie Connelly wittily explores the places behind the voice those mysterious regions whose names seem often to bear no relation to conventional geography. Armchair travel will never be the same again. ...

Meet the ghosts who prophesy great danger & great trouble & those death singers
- the Sirens
- whose irresistible singing has

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When Atticus receives a mysterious message asking him to a meeting in a sleepy coastal town he packs his bags & sets off. The world's greatest cat burglar likes a good mystery & this time curiosity has got the better of him. The writer of the message it turns out is none other than Jimmy the Magpie gang leader. He wants Atticus to steal all the jewels in town & leave the humans baffled. & what could be more straightforward? But when Atticus moves in with Inspector Cheddar & his family he starts to wonder if a life of crime is really for him.. . ...

Atticus the Storyteller is determined to take part in the great Storytelling Festival near Troy. He leaves his family in Crete & sets off on a year-long journey round Greece with his donkey Melissa; & wherever he goes he tells his favourite myths to anyone who'll listen. The 100 myths include all the favourites such as the wanderings of Odysseus the labours of Heracles the stories of King Midas Daedalus & Icarus & Theseus & the Minotaur. Atticus's journey takes the reader to all the sites of the myths & gives a captivating glimpse of how life was lived in Ancient Greece. This is an unparalleled introduction to the Greek myths for younger children excitingly told wonderful to read aloud & illustrated on every opening with lively engaging colourful pictures full of authentic detail. In Orion's tradition of extra-large great-value story books this is an outstandingly good resource for every family. ...

The 5th century has dawned in blood. The young boy exiled thirty years ago has grown into a man. One stormy autumn day a mysterious rider is seen out on the plains. Attila has returned his sentence served to claim his kingdom. He will ride out at the head of no more than one hundred chosen men driven by the ambition to unite all the feuding Hunnish & Scythian tribes under single banner & a single king. An impossible ambition. For Attila & his chosen men must triumph over blizzards & deserts bandit kings & hidden mountain kingdoms & furious battle with the terrible Kutrigur Huns. But all will flock to his banner answer his call. His power is mysterious & inexpressible his strength of character & iron will cannot be opposed. & far to the west lies a promised empire both fabulously wealthy & tottering to its knees. An empire full of gold & silver & dark-eyed slavegirls the Empire of Rome. & this strange horde from out of the Scythian wilderness will bring a night to fall on that Empire like no other ...

The infamous leader of the Huns stills thirsts for blood & supremacy as he crosses the Danube & prepares to attack the Western Empire & face once more his boyhood friend-turned-foe: Aetius the Roman. For Attila is set on a plan that will take him right through the entire Italian peninsular & up to the gates of Rome. He must weigh up whether he should attack this the greatest of cities or whether the gamble is too high even for the most battle-hardened of warlords. In this tumultuous conclusion to the life of the warrior we see the biggest choices of his blood-soaked career played out & travel with him right into the silken tent where Attila must ultimately face his destiny. ...

Of all the conquerors who swept out of Central Asia two names stand out in European memory
- Attila the Hun & Genghis Khan the
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Attila the Hun
- godless barbarian & near-mythical warrior king
- has become a byword for mindless ferocity. His brutal attacks

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