The Big Book of Wooden Boat Restoration" is the perfect introduction or reference guide to wooden boat lovers both experienced & new. Author Thomas Larsson one of Swedens most experienced & premier wooden boat restorers has gathered his thorough knowledge of the subject for the reader & placed it in this book with informative facts & an extensive glossary. This book contains chapters on boat care & current information on boat building gluing & tools. The most extensive part of this book consists of chapters that describe the detailed clean repair of wooden boats." ...

Back when they were students just like everybody else Ray Ash & Simon Darcourt had dreams about what theyd do when they grew up. In both their cases it was to be rock stars. Fifteen years later their mid-thirties are bearing down fast & just like everybody else theyre having to accept the less glamorous hands reality has dealt them. Nervous new father Ray takes refuge from his responsibilities by living a virtual existence in online games. People say he needs to grow up but everybody has to find their own way of coping. For some its affairs for others its the bottle & for Simon its serial murder mass slaughter & professional assassination. ...

In this book defence specialist & war correspondent Mark Urban explores covert operations against the IRA from the mid-1970s to the Loughgall shooting in 1987. Drawing on interviews with people who have served at the heart of intelligence & special operations in Ulster as well as with members of paramilitary groups this book examines the roles of the army the police & special branch as well as both MI5 & MI6. The book also looks at the shoot to kill allegations & records members of the security forces describing the deliberate deception of the press & courts in Ulster. The author also reveals many details including the events which lead up to the killing of eight IRA members in May 1987 in the village of Loughgall. ...

Big Brave Brian is the bravest man in the world. His house is filled with slimy bog monsters gormless giants & 'things that go bump in the night'. But there is something that Brian is terrified of...and it's in his bedroom RIGHT NOW! A stunning collection of horrible & hideous beasties from the celebrated fantasy artist M. P. Robertson. ...

An epic vision of China in the twentieth century by the author of Red Sorghum. On the eve of invasion by marauding Japanese troops the Shangguan family eagerly prepare for two important arrivals: the birth of a foal to their donkey & the birth of yet another girl to the young matriarch in that order of priority. Surrounded by a remorseless mother & seven sisters each named in anticipation of his birth the resulting boy-child becomes our ineffectual narrator leading us through a generation of life in a rural Chinese community populated by strong women & weak husbands bandits & government bureaucrats hen-murdering mid-wives & philandering missionaries in this epic Chinese picaresque from the acclaimed author of Red Sorghum. Resplendent with the grotesque bristling with grim humour & visceral in its treatment of sex violence & death Big Breasts & Wide Hips" is a searing vision of China in the twentieth century." ...

When Little Brother cries Big Brother knows why. But the course of brotherly love doesnt always run smooth. Little Brother takes Big Brothers truck making him cry. What will Little Brother do? Seeing his Big Brothers so upset he gives the truck back because theyre brothers. ...

These are the four new editions in the popular Discovery" series which currently contains over 13 titles. Visually exciting & highly informative each book presents its subject in a fun & accessible way. Internet links offer a fascinating selection of recommended web sites
- with sound animation or video clips which provide additional information for projects & homework."
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Stuart Horten (ten but looks younger) is now the owner of a magician's workshop
- except that without his Great-Uncle's Last Will
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Martin Chivers is a footballing legend. In an era of huge towering centre forwards he stood apart combining a huge frame with cunning & grace. He looked like a target man but played like an angel. Previously a teenage star with his hometown club Southampton (he is the only Southampton-born player ever to play for England) between 1968 & 1976 Chivers played 278 League games for Spurs scoring 118 goals an average of a goal every second game. He is still Spurs' top European goalscorer & was one of the club's first inductees into their Hall of Fame. In Big Chiv" (the affectionate nickname he earnt from his adoring fans) Martin Chivers candidly looks back at a life that was from an early age driven by one thing & one thing alone
- the desire to score goals. He is especially revealing about the famous Spurs team of the 1970s their characters & their exploits both on & off the field. In particular he examines in detail his love-hate relationship with the legendary Spurs manager Bill Nicholson which at times threatened to spill into violence but yet ended in deep & affectionate friendship. " Big Chiv" written with acclaimed author & lifelong Spurs fan Paolo Hewitt is the story of a remarkable footballer with an unquenchable desire to score goals. Beyond that it reveals what it was like to be a footballer in the golden age of the game. He tells his story with great insight candour & humour. It is the book many football followers have been waiting a long time to read."
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