In the shadow of a war that rages through Europe brothers Calum & Neil work to gather pine cones in the grounds of a Scottish estate. When Calum releases two mutilated rabbits from a snare he comes face to face with Duror the gamekeeper. In retaliation in the depths of the wood Duror lays a trap for the cone-gatherers. Under a bright blue sky Neil prophesises that forces of evil will encroach upon the harmony of their lives. It is a prophecy that comes true when Duror commits an act so brutal it destroys all sense of humanity in the once thriving wood. Powerful & unforgettable The Cone-Gatherers is a novel about the good & the bad in human nature
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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. This is the story of two brothers Calum & Neil who work in the forest of a large Scottish estate. But the harmony of their life together is shadowed by the dark obsessive hatred of Duror the gamekeeper.

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This city is famous for its gamblers prostitutes exhibitionists anti-Christs alcoholics sodomites drug addicts fetishists onanists pornographers frauds jades litterbugs & lesbians.. .dont make the mistake of bothering me. Ignatius J. Reilly: fat flatulent eloquent & almost unemployable. By the standards of ordinary folk he is pretty much unhinged too. But is he bothered by this? No. For this misanthropic crusader against an America fallen into vice & ignorance has a mission: to rescue a naked female philosopher in distress. & he has a pirate costume & hot-dog cart to do it with... ...

BPP Learning Media is proud to be the official publisher for CTH. Our CTH Study Guides provide the perfect tailor-made learning resource for the CTH examinations & are also a useful source of reference & information for those planning a career in the hospitality & tourism industries ...

Composed in the twelfth century in north-eastern Iran Attars great mystical poem is among the most significant of all works of Persian literature. A marvellous allegorical rendering of the Islamic doctrine of Sufism an esoteric system concerned with the search for truth through God it describes the consequences of the conference of the birds of the world when they meet to begin the search for their ideal king the Simorgh bird. On hearing that to find him they must undertake an arduous journey the birds soon express their reservations to their leader the hoopoe. With eloquence & insight however the hoopoe calms their fears using a series of riddling parables to provide guidance in the search for spiritual truth. By turns witty & profound The Conference of the Birds transforms deep belief into magnificent poetry. ...

When 12-year-old Katherine Howard comes to live in the Duchess of Norfolks household poor relation Cat Tilney is deeply suspicious. The two girls couldnt be more different: Cat watchful & ambitious; Katherine interested only in clothes & boys. Their companions are in thrall to Katherine but its Cat in whom Katherine confides & despite herself Cat is drawn to her. Summoned to court at 17 Katherine leaves Cat in the company of her ex-lover Francis & the two begin their own much more serious love affair. Within months the king has set aside his Dutch wife Anne for Katherine. The future seems assured for the new queen & her maid-in-waiting although Cat would feel more confident if Katherine hadnt embarked on an affair with one of the kings favoured attendants Thomas Culpeper. However for a blissful year & a half it seems that Katherine can have everything she wants. But then allegations are made about her girlhood love affairs. Desperately frightened Katherine recounts a version of events which implicates Francis but which Cat knows to be a lie. With Francis in the Tower Cat alone knows the whole truth of Queen Katherine Howard
- but if she tells Katherine will die.
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A KGB-trained IRA assassin has gone rogue & is hellbent on killing the Pope. The IRA KGB & British Secret Service are all after him but can Liam Devlin get there first? Classic Jack Higgins for the new generation Operating in Ireland to keep the cycle of violence between the IRA & British Intelligence at a fever pitch hit man Cuchulain targets the pope as his ultimate victim & two enemies become the only people who can stop him. The third book in the Liam Devlin series hero of The Eagle has Landed. ...

A KGB-trained IRA assassin has gone rogue & is hellbent on killing the Pope. The IRA KGB & British Secret Service are all after him but can Liam Devlin get there first? Classic Jack Higgins for the new generation Operating in Ireland to keep the cycle of violence between the IRA & British Intelligence at a fever pitch hit man Cuchulain targets the pope as his ultimate victim & two enemies become the only people who can stop him. The third book in the Liam Devlin series hero of The Eagle has Landed. ...

Simon Mayo first opened his confessional in 1988 on BBC Radio 1's Breakfast Show. Every day one shamefaced listener would share their deepest darkest secret while millions tuned in to find out whether or not Simon would grant his forgiveness. Over twenty years later Simon presents the daily Drivetime show on BBC Radio 2 & the confessions segment is back. Now those guilty listeners who missed their chance first time round have joined a whole new generation of sinners to beg for clemency from Father Mayo & his flock. From supermarket-wrecking games of 'aisle catch' to kidnapped pensioners & clandestine pet vasectomies this is a br&-new collection of hilarious letters & emails from Simon's ever-popular show. Join the discussion on Twitter: drivetimeconfessions. ...