Edinburgh 1874. On the coldest night the world has ever seen Little Jack is born with a frozen heart & immediately undergoes a life-saving operation. But Dr Madeleine is no conventional medic & surgically implants a cuckoo-clock into his chest. Little Jack grows up different to other children: every day begins with a daily wind-up. At school he is bullied for his 'ticking' but Dr Madeleine reminds him he must resist strong emotion: anger is far too dangerous for his cuckoo-clock heart. So when the beautiful young street-singer Miss Acacia appears
- pursued by Joe the school bully
- Jack is in danger of more than just falling in love...he is putting his life on the line.

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Timmy Twinkle is chubby. That means he gets bullied at school & hasnt any friends. He longs to play football but hes hopeless at games. Hes miserable. & it doesnt help when Gramps tells him about Great-Uncle Vernon a chubby boy who grew up to be a famous footballer. Then his grans friend May comes to stay. May is a fitness fanatic who knocks Timmy & Gramps into shape in no time & Timmy discovers theres magic in his toes
- he can kick a ball just like Great-Uncle Vernon. & when Timmy performs on the football field everyone wants to be friends with him. A lovely story of a child whose unhappiness is dispelled by the discovery of a magical gift.
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Its 1979 Im three years old & like all breakfast times during my youth it begins with Mum combing my hair a ritual for which I have to sit down on the second-hand floral-patterned settee & lean forward like Im presenting myself for execution. For Sathnam Sanghera growing up in Wolverhampton in the eighties was a confusing business. On the one hand these were the heady days of George Michael mix-tapes Dallas on TV & if he was lucky the occasional Bounty Bar. On the other there was his wardrobe of tartan smocks his 30p-an-hour job at the local sewing factory & the ongoing challenge of how to tie the perfect top-knot. & then there was his family whose strange & often difficult behaviour he took for granted until at the age of twenty-four Sathnam made a discovery that changed everything he ever thought he knew about them. Equipped with breathtaking courage & a glorious sense of humour he embarks on a journey into their extraordinary past
- from his fathers harsh life in rural Punjab to the steps of the Wolverhampton Tourist Office
- trying to make sense of a life lived among secrets. This book is published in hardback as If You Dont Know Me by Now"."

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Growing up in rural Yorkshire in the 1940s & 50s Terry Wilson spent his school days hunting down Just William books cutting up apples to help with fractions & staring out the window dreaming up new schemes. But it was on the Dales themselves that Terry came into his own. Whether he was 'out-fishing' the adults with his homemade rod grouse-beating for the lady of the manor helping to bring in the farmers' hay in exchange for rabbit shooting rights or growing his own prize caulis his idiosyncratic & inventive mind is only matched by his love of nature. Told with affection dry humour & a respect for the landscape & its people through Terry's eyes we meet farmers mill owners & 'gentlemen of the road'. Beautifully illustrated with newly-commissioned line-drawn illustrations by Don Grant A Boy's Own Dale is a magical memoir of a long-lost world. ...

For Sir Baldwin Furnshill Keeper of the King's Peace & Bailiff Simon Puttock the Christmas of 1321 looks set to be one of great festivity. They are to receive the prestigious gloves of honour in a ceremony led by the specially elected Boy-Bishop. But they soon learn that Ralph
- the glovemaker
- has been stabbed to death. Then Peter a Secondary at the cathedral collapses from poisoning. Simon & Baldwin must solve the riddles surrounding the deaths but as they dig for the truth they find that many of Exeter's leading citizens are not what
- or who
- they seem to be...



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Allan Ahlberg's The Boyhood of Burglar Bill" is a nostalgic autobiographical story about football schooldays & growing-up in the '50s. Allan Ahlberg is the internationally bestselling author of children's classics that include " Peepo!" & " Each Peach Pear Plum" illustrated by Janet Ahlberg. Archie was a wonder dog in all our eyes. Nearly a year ago he had got run over. They found his foot in the street but the rest of him ran off. Mr Purnell mourned for a while; Mrs Purnell offered to beat the motorcyclist up or at least wreck his bike. Then lo & behold a fortnight later back came Archie. Coronation year 1953. The boys from the bottom pitch
- a great soup of boys
- play football. When the ' Coronation Cup' is proposed they put their heads together pool their pocket money & get a team up. There's no chance they'll win of course. They're just the odds & sods in Mr Cork's opinion. Besides he'd go berserk if they did; menace them with his one good arm & pulverise their desks with his cricket stump. They'd be better off losing. " The Boyhood of Burglar Bill" is the second in a sequence of stories in which Allan Ahlberg explores his own childhood. " My Brother's Ghost" shortlisted for the Guardian Children's Fiction Prize was the first. Allan Ahlberg has published books for children of all ages from the picture books " Peepo!" " Each Peach Pear Plum" " The Jolly Postman" & the " Funnybones" series
- illustrated by Janet Ahlberg
- to his books for older readers including " Woof!" & his books of verse: " Please Mrs. Butler" & " Heard it in the Playground"."



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Boyle & Birds Company Law is a well established leading textbook based on Gore-Browne on Companies. It combines a comprehensive & authoritative exploration of law & practice with an examination of the theoretical issues making it ideal reading for both students on degree courses & those taking professional examinations. Now in its 8th edition it has been revised in light of the UK Corporate Governance Code 2010 & case-law developments including: A X The Supreme Court decision in Re Paycheck 3 Services Ltd on meaning of de facto director A X Recent decisions regarding derivative claims
- Kiani v Cooper Mission Capital v Sinclair Iesini v Westrop Holdings A X Consideration of the implications of Eurosail Bloom v Pensions Regulator Goldacre & Re Stanford International A X Important new case-law on schemes of arrangement including Re Bluebrook & Re Lehman Bros International (Europe)
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This title offers a crash course in understanding boys. Boyology 101" delves into these & other mysteries of teen guys dissecting flirting tactics offering dating suggestions & providing tips on forming solid friendships with guys. Its an up-close-&-personal look at guys in their natural habitats with profound analyses by other teen girls-and boys themselves." ...

From the sick & twisted mind of Garth Ennis co-creator of Preacher" & the vicious pencil of Darick Robertson artist of " Transmetropolitan" comes a darkly hilarious story that will change the way you look at superheroes forever! Hughie goes undercover as Scottish mutant Bagpipe to join the G-Men a mysterious & huge group of supes led by the shadowy John Godolkin with a history of internecine conflict which Butcher is all too happy to exploit. Meanwhile Annie sees even more of the darkness in her own super-team the Seven... This controversial series continues to explore the dark side of superheroics!" ...

The story of Billy Butcher the Boys mysterious leader is told at last! From the backstreets of Londons East End to the carnage of the Falklands War from the heights of love to the depths of tragedy the most violent man in comics reveals the terrible nature of the forces that drive him. & when hes done hell be ready
- to finish things once & for all!
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