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. ...

This volume is part of a new series of novels plays & stories at GCSE/ Key Stage 4 level designed to meet the needs of the National Curriculum syllabus. Each text

Includes:: an introduction pre-reading activities notes & coursework activities. Also provided is a section on the process of writing often compiled by the author. Into the neatly programmed Brave New World" of test-tube babies & drug-controlled happiness misfit Bernard Marx brings the innocent Savage. Huxley's vision of the future is also a chilling comment on the present."

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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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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. ...

This is Mc Nabs account of the mission
- a chronicle of courage endurance & dark humour in the face of extreme cold enemy attack
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When the Brawn GP rose Phoenix-like from the dying embers of the Honda Formula 1 operation it caused a sensation. The Brawn cars dominated the first half of the 2009 season achieving an astounding six wins & three 1-2 finishes in the first seven races. The team humiliated Ferrari & McLaren winning the Constructors World Championsip & Jenson Button written off by many finished the 2009 season as World Champion. Ross Brawn is the man responsible for these remarkable achievements. Now available in paperback & containing a new chapter about Brawn GPs metamorphosis into Mercedes GP with Michael Schumacher as its star driver here is the story of Ross Brawn & his team. ...

Lewis Monteith's mission got off to a shaky start. Wounded in battle he jumped from his ship rather than risk losing evidence that would bring down a traitor. But as he recuperates in a tiny village his luck takes a roundabout turn as his fascination with his rescuer the beautiful Linnet Trevission grows. Linnet's strength & wisdom have made her a respected leader at home. That's why she knows she'll be invaluable to Lewis
- if only he'll let her in. Linnet has no doubt that Lewis is the man for her. Her only battle now is in convincing him that the connection they feel is real & everlasting & that her offer of help can save him
- before it's too late.

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