In October 1988 an Inuit hunter saw three grey whales trapped in the frozen Arctic ocean near Barrow an isolated Alaskan outpost. They were working together to keep their blow hole open the two adolescents caring for the weaker baby. It was a poignant sight. Filmed by a local television reporter this tiny regional news story snowballed into a global media frenzy. In this gripping insightful book Tom Rose describes how journalists poured into Barrow all woefully ill equipped for the sub-zero temperatures warming up on bootleg alcohol. As the locals cheerfully found ways to profit from the visitors Greenpeace activist Cindy Lowry battled to mount an extraordinary rescue operation that would unite conservationists & oil companies the Inuit & the military President Reagan & the Kremlin. At times a marvellously funny story.. . Beneath the heartwarming aspect of the rescue are darker tales of human greed & about the power television has acquired to set the agenda of the news Washington Post Few novels could match the characters plot & dramatic tension Chicago Tribune ...

In March 2004 Hank Haney received a call from Tiger Woods in which the golf champion asked Haney to be his coach. It was a call that would change both men's lives. Tiger
- only 28 at the time
- was by then already an icon judged by the sporting press as not only one of the best golfers ever but possibly the best athlete ever. But Tiger was always looking to improve & he wanted Hank's help. Over the next six years of working together the supremely gifted Woods collected six major championships & rewrote golf history. Hank was one of the very few people allowed behind the curtain. Always haunting Tiger was his fear of 'the big miss'
- the wildly inaccurate golf shot that can ruin an otherwise solid round
- & it was because that type of blunder was sometimes part of Tiger's game that Hank carefully redesigned his swing mechanics. Towards the end of their time together the champion's laser-like focus began to blur & he became less willing to put in punishing hours practicing. Hints that Tiger hungered to reinvent himself were present in his bizarre infatuation with elite military training &
- in a development Hank didn't see coming
- in the scandal that would make headlines in late 2009. It all added up to a big miss that Hank try as he might couldn't save Tiger from. There's never been a book about Tiger Woods that is as intimate & revealing
- or one so wise about what it takes to coach a superstar athlete.






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The hills only come back the same: I dont mind.. . begins Kirsty Gunns The Big Music" a novel that takes us to a new understanding of how fiction can affect us. Presented as a collection of found papers appendices & notes " The Big Music" tells the story of John Sutherland of The Grey House who is dying & creating in the last days of his life a musical composition that will define it. Yet he has little idea of how his tune will echo or play out into the world
- & as the book moves inevitably through its themes of death & birth change & stasis the sound of his solitary story comes to merge & connect with those around him. In this work of fiction Kirsty Gunn has created something as real as music or as a dream. Not so much a novel as a place the reader comes to inhabit & to know " The Big Music" is a literary work of undeniable originality & power."
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Already a New York Times best-seller its two firsts in one for a Big Nate book! The first Sundays-only & first full-colour Big Nate collection both debut in Big Nate All Work & No Play. Enjoy more than two years of Sunday cartoons portraying the colourful life of Nate Wright. This spunky eleven-year-old holds the school record for detentions & is in little chance of losing that distinction but that doesnt stop him from dreaming big! Hes a self-described genius a sixth-grade renaissance man & a full-fledged believer in his future as a cartoonist. Equipped with a No. 2 pencil & the unshakable belief that he is No. 1 Nate fights a daily battle against overzealous teachers undercooked cafeteria food & all-around conventionality. ...

Aspiring cartoonist Nate Wright is the star of Big Nate the daily & Sunday comic strip distributed by Newspaper Enterprise Association since 1991. Nate is eleven years old four-&-a-half feet tall & the all-time record holder for detentions in school history. He's a self-described genius & sixth grade Renaissance Man. Equipped with only a 2 pencil & the unshakable belief that he is 1 Nate fights a daily battle against overzealous teachers undercooked cafeteria food & all-around conventionality. He's the original rebel without a clue alternately abrasive & endearing to classmates & teachers alike. Nate blazes an unforgettable trail through the sixth grade at P.S. 38 earning straight A's in laughs along the way. ...

Big Nate is back the fifth instalment of his own super-funny series. Big Nate is created by Lincoln Peirce who inspired Jeff Kinney author of ' Diary of a Wimpy Kid'. Big Nate is flipping out! Everyone knows N-A-T-E does NOT equal N-E-A-T! & when Nate's sloppiness gets out of hand his best friend Francis gets in serious trouble. Can Nate clean up his act? Or will he flip out first? ...

The perfect companion or introduction to the highly successful Big Nate books. Packed with laughs & 224 pages of creative activities this book is great value for your money. Big Nate is created by Lincoln Peirce who inspired Jeff Kinney author of Diary of a Wimpy Kid. Big Nate is still BIG & getting BIGGER! The boy wonders second activity book is set to make you laugh rack your brains & surpass all others with 224 pages of word puzzles drawing games brain-bending quizzes & lots & lots of hilarity. Readers can create their own comics test their Big Nate knowledge & laugh at weird & wacky facts such as the wildest world records ever. With this second book of fresh exciting content the Big Nate Fun Blaster lives up to its name
- youll have a blast!
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Big Nate is back in the fourth instalment of his own super-funny series. Big Nate is created by Lincoln Peirce who inspired Jeff Kinney author of Diary of a Wimpy Kid. When youve got a head the size of Big Nates then losing is not an option. But Nates school P.S. 38 gets beaten by arch-rivals Jefferson Middle School at EVERYTHING. Whether its sports maths or a snowball fight in the park P.S. 38 just cant ever seem to win. So when their school springs a leak & they have to join forces with Jefferson for a while Nate & his friends are mortified. What degrading loses must they face now? Or can Nate find something that P.S. 38 can actually win at? ...

Big Nate is back starring in the third instalment of his own super-funny series. Big Nate is created by Lincoln Peirce who inspired Jeff Kinney author of ' Diary of a Wimpy Kid'. Big Nate's scout troop is fundraising & while door-to-door selling isn't really Nate's thing there's nothing like a Grand Prize to get him motivated. Especially when the prize is an awesomely cool customised skateboard (and following an incident with a poodle & a bridge Nate is in need of a new set of wheels). Nate HAS to win the prize but to do that he must out-sell Artur
- the luckiest boy at school. Will Nate beat Artur to the prize (and possibly win over Jenny)? Or will he just end up in detention?
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Big Nate a.k.a. middle schooler Nate Wright is eleven years old four-&-a-half feet tall & the wunderkind creation of cartoonist Lincoln Peirce. Nate is also the star of six novelized books to be published by Harper Collins the first of which debuted on the New York Times children's best-seller list. Big Nate Out Loud collects Peirce's Big Nate strips originally published only in newspapers & online at comics.com. For those not familiar with Big Nate think Diary of a Wimpy Kid meets Calvin & Hobbes. Nate is a self-described genius & a sixth-grade Renaissance man equipped with only a 2 pencil & the unshakable belief that he is destined for greatness (a fortune cookie told him so). He fights a daily battle against overzealous teachers undercooked cafeteria food & all-around conventionality. He's the original rebel without a clue alternately abrasive & endearing to classmates & teachers alike. Throughout Peirce's Big Nate Out Loud Nate blazes an unforgettable trail through the sixth grade earning straight A's in laughs (and numerous detentions) along the way. ...