Having settled in a Mallorcan mountain idyll Anna Nicholas her husband the Scotsman & their son Ollie want to become as self-sufficient as possible. Anna teams up with organic farmers & smallholders to learn how to tend sheep make cheese & honey & grind flour while the Scotsman creates havoc with his friend Pep in an attempt at winemaking & tries to fathom whats troubling the wriggly inhabitants of his beloved wormery. However Anna cant quite shake off her old clients from the PR world & is persuaded by Greedy George to create a media storm for his new Spanish leather store. The story of how a giant bull ends up on a Barcelona beach is enough to make her delighted to return to Mallorca where talking to a toad & feeding porridge to her hens seems normal by comparison. ...

THE ROMAN EMPIRE 109 ADThe frontier province of Bithynia is a cesspit of sedition rotten with corruption & seething with hatred of Rome. When a rich Roman official is found dead on a desolate hillside; two riderless horses tethered in a nearby wood it is assumed he was killed as a protest against Emperor Trajan's unlimited power. But Pliny the Younger newly appointed Governor of Bithynia is not so sure. Who was the other rider? What were the two of them doing in the middle of nowhere? & what links this murder to a secret cult of the Persian sun god Mithras
- the Bull Slayer?
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The Battleground Europe series of guides is designed for both the battlefield visitor & the armchair traveller. There is extensive guidance on how to make the most of your battlefield visit. The historical significance of each site is described in detail with the aid of maps & photographs. The village of Bullecourt France was incorporated into the formidable Hindenburg Line when the Germans carried out their strategic withdrawal in February 1917. Attacked unsuccessfully as part of the Battle of Arras on 11th April 1917 it was finally captured in May after a second major assault. The book details the actions of the Australians but also

Includes:: the contributions made by the 7th 58th & 62nd British Divisions.

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When O.V.S. Bulleids Merchant Navy class 4-6-2 appeared on the Southern Railway in 1941 it was controversial. As well as looking unlike any previous steam locomotive it was full of innovative & untried ideas & this during the height of the Second World War. A total of 140 such locos were built over the next ten years 110 of which were a lighter version the West Country/ Battle of Britain class. Although all the Merchant Navy locos & many of the light Pacifics were rebuilt by BR to more conventional form many remained in original form to the end of steam on the Southern Region in 1967. This is the intriguing story of these locos in their original air-smoothed form. ...

The sensational new novel from the New York Times bestselling author featuring her vampire-hunting heroine Anita Blake. I am back in St Louis & trying to live a normal life
- as normal as possible for someone who is a legal vampire executioner & a US Marshal. I have my lovers my friends & their children school programs to attend. In the midst of all this ordinary happiness a vampire from my past reaches out. She was supposed to be dead but the Mother of All Darkness is the first vampire & it's hard to kill a god. The Mother of All Darkness believes that the triumvirate created by master vampire Jean-Claude with me & the werewolf Richard Zeeman has enough power for her to regain a body & to emigrate to the New World. But the body she wants to possess is already taken... And if the Mother of All Darkness can't succeed in taking over my body for herself she means to see that no one else has the use of it ever again.
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When you make a living solving other peoples problems
- its good to be aware of your own. In the next ten seconds several facts
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Most books about bullying tell children how to act without addressing how they feel. But the usual advice to ignore it or say something smart is doomed to fail as you cant act brave & confident if you feel stressed & helpless inside. Jenny Alexanders approach is to develop readers psychological defences. Through an entertaining mix of exercises quizzes & fictional scenarios she combines common sense with simple cognitive therapy techniques to build up childrens self esteem. Her tone is humorous & upbeat but always sensitive to the readers feelings. This new updated edition takes account of recent technologies such as texting MSN & bluejacking which are increasingly abused by bullies. ...

Angus is forced to be much more grown up than he wants to be
- he has to look after his sister & baby brother & hes only eleven.
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Bump to Birthday
- a beautifully designed colour illustrated combined pregnancy & first year baby journal
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A virus has swept the world making everyone over the age of eighteen infertile. Teenagers are now the most prized members of society & would-be parents desperately bid for conception contracts with the prettiest healthiest & cleverest girls
- cash college tuition & liposuction in exchange for a baby. Sixteen-year-old Melody is gorgeous athletic & has perfect grades & has scored an amazing contract with a rich couple. & shes been matched with one of the most desirable bumping partners in the world
- the incredibly hot genetically flawless Jondoe. But Melodys luck is about to run out. She discovers she has a sister
- an identical twin Harmony who has grown up in a religious community opposed to the idea of pregging. Harmony believes her calling is to save Melody from her sinful plans. Melody doesnt have time for this
- she cant wait to meet Jondoe & seal the deal. But when he arrives & mistakes Harmony for Melody everyones carefully-laid plans are swept out of control
- & Melody & Harmony are about to realise they have so much more than just DNA in common. Sharp original & sassy this futuristic take on teen pregnancy is totally readable & scarily believable.




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