When Ellie puts on her new pyjamas strange things start to happen. She & her little brother Max are whisked off to the Christmas Shop where a battle is raging between a valiant troop of toys & the scaaaarry Christmas Tree Fairy & her army of angels. Can Ellie & Max save Christmas for the world
- or will they be arrested for being mince spies? This is the first book in the Cosmic Pyjamas" series. Theyre magical & theyre dangerous. You have been warned."
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This is the inside story into one of sports greatest rivalries...how Manchester City once Manchester Uniteds poor relation in the English Premier League reinvented itself as a football powerhouse & toppled the Manchester United dynasty built by Sir Alex Ferguson. With a rivalry stretching back more than a hundred years The Battle for Manchester" brings the history of the " The Blues" & " The Red Devils" up to the present date. You can learn what divides & unites the City of Manchester... The love of a team the love of a sport & the many clashes that have contributed to this intense inner-city rivalry. With many anecdotes from past champions " The Battle for Manchester" takes the reader through the decades right up to Sergio Agueros Premier League winning goal in the 2011/2012 league season." ...

This is the second book in a series of two covering the events at sea during the German invasion of Norway in 1940 the first modern campaign in which sea air & ground forces interacted decisively. Part one covers the events at sea off southern & western Norway where Norwegian & British forces attempted to halt the German advance out of the invasion ports as well as the stream of supplies & reinforcements across the Skagerrak. The second part focuses on the British landings in Central Norway where the Royal Navy for the first time had its mastery challenged by air superiority from l&-based aircraft. Part three covers the events in & around Narvik where Norwegian British French & Polish naval air & land forces were engaged in the first combined amphibious landings of WW II. Part four sums up the events during the evacuation in June in which the first carrier task force operations of the war including the loss of the carrier Glorious figure prominently. As in the first volume the narration shifts continuously between the strategic & operational issues & the experiences of the officers & ratings living through the events. Extensive research & use of primary sources reveals the many sides of this war some of which remain controversial to this day. ...

The civil war that tore Spain apart between 1936 & 1939 & attracted liberals & socialists from across the world to support the cause against Franco was one of the most hard-fought & bitterest conflicts of the 20th century: a war of atrocities & political genocide & a military testing ground before WWII for the Russians Italians & Germans whose Condor Legion so notoriously destroyed Guernica. Antony Beevor's account narrates the origins of the Civil War & its violent & dramatic course from the coup d'etat in July 1936 through the savage fighting of the next three years which ended in catastrophic defeat for the Republicans in 1939. & he succeeds especially well in unravelling the complex political & regional forces that played such an important part in the origins & history of the war. ...

On December 17 2010 a Tunisian man set himself on fire after the police seized the vegetable cart by which he earned his living. This single act by an unknown figure sent a wave of revolt through the Arab world. It led to the overthrow of governments in Tunisia & Egypt civil war in Libya prolonged unrest in Syria & Bahrain & massive public protests across the region. In this deeply informed & accessible book Lin Noueihed & Alex Warren draw on years of experience in the Middle East & North Africa to explain how the events of the Arab Spring spread so widely & with such staggering speed. What suddenly drove ordinary Arab people to rise up against their long-entrenched rulers? Noueihed & Warren contend that although the exact causes were different in each country an explosive mix was common to all: widening economic inequalities pervasive corruption lack of political freedom & access to independent TV news social media & mobile phones. The authors explore these economic political & media developments consider the impact of Western responses to the uprisings & discuss the possibilities for a free democratic Arab world in the future. ...

Updated with a new postscript by Amy Chua & a letter from her eldest daughter Sophia Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother is a story about a mother two daughters & two dogs. It was supposed to be a story of how Chinese parents are better at raising kids than Western ones. But instead it's about a bitter clash of cultures a fleeting taste of glory & how you can be humbled by a thirteen-year-old. Witty entertaining & provocative this is a unique & important book that will transform your perspective of parenting forever. ...

The casualties of war arent only on the battlefield... Coming back from war is never easy as Sergeant Dave Henleys platoon discovers all too quickly when they return from fighting in Afghanistan. Life at home is very different than on the battlefield
- for everyone. When they are summoned back to Helmand to protect the US team assigned to destroy the opium crop it is almost a relief to the soldiers if not to their wives girlfriends & families who are turned inside out once more by their mens sudden departure. For all concerned danger lurks around every corner
- for Daves team who must learn new skills to survive & their loved ones in England whose lives can be destroyed by equally deadly weapons
- a harsh look a misunderstanding an ugly rumour. Like War Torn" " Battle Lines" is at once a gritty close-to-the-action thriller & an involving story of the stresses & strains which families & relationships suffer when separated by thousands of miles & a wealth of experience. This is everyday life made brilliantly real by Andy Mc Nab whose continued involvement with the men & women of the British Army gives this extraordinary novel its authenticity its toughness & its heart. This is real life brought brilliantly alive by Andy Mc Nab whose continued involvement with the men & women of the British Army gives this extraordinary novel its authenticity its toughness & its heart."


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The casualties of war aren't only on the battlefield... Coming back from war is never easy as Sergeant Dave Henley's platoon discovers all too quickly when they return from Afghanistan. Home can be an equally searing battlefield. When they are summoned back to Helmand to protect the US team destroying the opium crop it is almost a relief to the soldiers if not to their wives girlfriends & families who are turned inside out once more by their men's sudden departure. & now danger lurks around every corner
- for Dave's team who must learn new skills to survive & their loved ones in England whose lives be ripped apart by equally deadly weapons
- blind prejudice acid jealousy ugly rumour.

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Coming back from war is never easy as Sergeant Dave Henley's platoon discovers all too quickly when they return from fighting in Afghanistan. Life at home is very different than on the battlefield
- for everyone. When they are summoned back to Helmand to protect the US team assigned to destroy the opium crop it is almost a relief to the soldiers if not to their wives girlfriends & families who are turned inside out once more by their men's sudden departure. For all concerned danger lurks around every corner
- for Dave's team who must learn new skills to survive & their loved ones in England whose lives can be destroyed by equally deadly weapons
- a harsh look a misunderstanding an ugly rumour. Like War Torn" " Battle Lines" is at once a gritty close-to-the-action thriller & an involving story of the stresses & strains which families & relationships suffer when separated by thousands of miles & a wealth of experience. This is everyday life made brilliantly real by Andy Mc Nab whose continued involvement with the men & women of the British Army gives this extraordinary novel its authenticity its toughness & its heart."


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Battle Lines Ypres the first volume in Pen & Swords new series of walking cycling & driving guides to the Western Front is the essential companion for every visitor to the Ypres Salient & the battlefields of Belgium. Many of the most famous
- & most memorable
- Great War sites are featured here. Expert guides Jon Cooksey & Jerry Murland take visitors over a series of routes that can be walked or biked or driven explaining the fighting that occurred in each place in vivid detail. They describe what happened where it happened & why & who was involved & point out the sights that remain there for the visitor to see. Their accounts give a fascinating insight into the landscape of the front line & the acts of war that took place there a century ago.

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