Irene Bobbin's mother has made the most beautiful dress in the world for the duchess but is too ill to deliver it for tonight's ball. So brave Irene
- a fan of snow
- dresses warmly packages up the dress & heads out into a raging storm. The deep snow & the howling wind have other ideas however driving the indomitable girl along & snatching the parcel from her determined grasp: Irene does not give up & will face several snowy disasters before her bravery finally pays off in an evening she'll never forget. Brave Irene" displays William Steig's customary enchanting illustrations & witty writing in this story of determination & adventure."

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Knights are chivalrous strong handsome & above all brave. In My World of Brave Knights" you can read about the knightly adventures of Sir Boris the Bold & find out all you need to know about being a knight from saving damsels in distress to slaying dragons!" ...

Lots of things frighten Little Mouse: dark shadows bright lights loud noises. Sometimes he just doesn't want to do things the other little mice do & they tease him & call him names. A charming story of how Little Mouse learns that standing up for yourself & being able to say 'NO!' to your friends can make you a very Brave Mouse indeed! ...

I can make things happen
- good things
- I know it!" Seren is so full of brilliant ideas
- its just that she always


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WITH INTRODUCTIONS BY MARGARET ATWOOD & DAVID BRADSHAW Far in the future the World Controllers have created the ideal society. Through clever use of genetic engineering brainwashing & recreational sex & drugs all its members are happy consumers. Bernard Marx seems alone harbouring an ill-defined longing to break free. A visit to one of the few remaining Savage Reservations where the old imperfect life still continues may be the cure for his distress... Huxley's ingenious fantasy of the future sheds a blazing light on the present & is considered to be his most enduring masterpiece. ...

In this delightful addition to Tom Hodgkinson's much-loved series of guides for the free-spirited the author takes us on a leisurely tour of husbandry & self-sufficiency throughout the calendar year from chopping wood in January to mowing meadows in July & brewing beer in October. Drawing on the wisdom of an eclectic range of thinkers & writers
- & on comic recountings of Tom's own frequently imperfect & frequently hilarious experiences
- Brave Old World" offers tips advice & above all hope. Why it asks shouldn't we return to the ideals of a pre-capitalist pre-Puritan pre-consumerist world of feasting dancing horse-riding wood-chopping fire-laying poultry-rearing bartering bread-baking & bee-keeping? From January to December " Brave Old World" charts the progress of a year in pursuit of the pleasures of the past taking seriously
- though not without much incidental comedy
- G.K. Chesterton's exhortation ' We must go back to freedom or forward to slavery'."



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BILLY the ground-breaking biography of the nations favourite iconoclast gave millions of readers a fascinating insight into the personal & professional life of the genius that is Billy Connolly. Then in the sequel to that bestselling book the award-winning Pamela Stephenson celebrated life with the Scottish beastie as he hit the big six-oh. In it we relive colourful & epic moments from Billys early life in Glasgow
- the background to an intimate portrait of his marriage with Pamela & his life in Scotland LA & the rest of the world. Witty insightful & intimate BRAVEMOUTH draws the reader into two very different worlds
- hers of international sexology & the serious psychology of humorists his of incontinence pants being married to a shrink...and the finer points of banjo playing.

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Seven classic Shakespeare plays are presented in an accessible comic strip format. The Globe Theatre is delighted to announce a new season of Mr. William Shakespeares plays! Prithee take your place once more for a performance of seven of the Bards finest tales. See As You Like It" " Antony & Cleopatra" " Richard III" " Twelfth Night" " King Lear" " The Merchant of Venice" & " Much Ado About Nothing"
- each brilliantly presented in dramatic comic-strip form including Mr Shakespeares own dialogue & the riotous remarks of the audience. Bravo! Reissued with a new cover look this brings Marcia Williams dramatic take on Shakespeare right up-to-date for a modern audience."
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In January 1991 eight members of the SAS regiment embarked upon a top secret mission that was to infiltrate them deep behind enemy lines. Under the command of Sergeant Andy Mc Nab they were to sever the underground communication link between Baghdad & north-west Iraq & to seek & destroy mobile Scud launchers. Their call sign: BRAVO TWO ZERO. Each man laden with 15 stone of equipment they patrolled 20km across flat desert to reach their objective. Within days their location was compromised. After a fierce fire fight they were forced to escape & evade on foot to the Syrian border. In the desperate action that followed though stricken by hypothermia & other injuries the patrol 'went ballistic'. Four men were captured. Three died. Only one escaped. For the survivors however the worst ordeals were to come. Delivered to Baghdad they were tortured with a savagery for which not even their intensive SAS training had prepared them. Bravo Two Zero" is a breathtaking account of Special Forces soldiering: a chronicle of superhuman courage endurance & dark humour in the face of overwhelming odds." ...

In January 1991 eight members of the SAS regiment embarked upon a top secret mission that was to infiltrate them deep behind enemy lines. Under the command of Sergeant Andy Mc Nab they were to sever the underground communication link between Baghdad & north-west Iraq & to seek & destroy mobile Scud launchers. Their call sign: BRAVO TWO ZERO. Each man laden with 15 stone of equipment they patrolled 20km across flat desert to reach their objective. Within days their location was compromised. After a fierce fire fight they were forced to escape & evade on foot to the Syrian border. In the desperate action that followed though stricken by hypothermia & other injuries the patrol 'went ballistic'. Four men were captured. Three died. Only one escaped. For the survivors however the worst ordeals were to come. Delivered to Baghdad they were tortured with a savagery for which not even their intensive SAS training had prepared them. Bravo Two Zero is a breathtaking account of Special Forces soldiering: a chronicle of superhuman courage endurance & dark humour in the face of overwhelming odds. ...