The legendary U-boat ace Otto Kretschmer was branded 'the wolf of the Atlantic' & for good reason. In his dramatic wartime career he sank ship after ship sowing terror among Allied convoys & dismay in those charged with their protection. Kretschmer was a daring officer who favoured bringing his U-boat into the heart of the convoy & destroying it from within. He earned himself a tremendous reputation before his capture in March 1941 & The Golden Horseshoe makes it clear why. Terence Robertson's biography of the U-boat ace draws upon first-hand experience of conditions & the deadly game as the hunter sought to outfox the hunted. He paints a masterly portrait of life at sea & weaves in the fascinating story of Kretschmer & the exploits of his U-Boats. Kretschmer was eventually captured & interviewed by Captain Mc Intyre of HMS Walker an episode which is also recounted in this book. Otto Kretschmer became a prisoner of war in March 1941 & spent most of the rest of the war in Bowmanville camp Canada before his release in 1947. ...

With a werewolf still on the loose Stanley Buggles knows that Crampton Rock lies in deadly danger. Who will confront the escaped criminal who roams the wild & windy moor? & how will the treasure keepers protect the gold mine from the threat of piracy.. .? Originally published under the title ' The Treasure Keepers'. ...

Depicting the lives of the saints in an array of factual & fictional stories The Golden Legend" was perhaps the most widely read book after the Bible during the late Middle Ages. It was compiled around 1260 by Jacobus de Voragine a scholarly friar & later archbishop of Genoa whose purpose was to captivate encourage & edify the faithful while preserving a vast store of information pertaining to the legends & traditions of the church. In this translation the first in English of the complete text William Granger Ryan captures the immediacy of this rich work which offers an important guide for readers interested in medieval art & literature & more generally in popular religious culture. Arranged according to the order of saints feast days these fascinating stories are now combined into one volume. This edition also features an introduction by Eamon Duffy contextualizing the work." ...

Internationally bestselling author Louise L. Hay is a metaphysical lecturer & teacher with more than 60 million books sold worldwide. For more than 25 years Louise has helped people throughout the world discover & implement the full potential of their own creative powers for personal growth & self-healing. The Golden Louise L. Hay Collection" is an omnibus of her most loved books
- " You Can Heal Your Life" " Heal Your Body" & " The Power is Within You". " You Can Heal Your Life" is a " New York Times" bestseller with over 39 million copies sold worldwide. Louises key message in this powerful work is that if we are willing to do the mental work almost anything can be healed. She explains how limiting beliefs & ideas are often the cause of illness & how you can change your thinking.. .and improve the quality of your life. In " Heal Your Body" Louise describes the methods she used to cure herself of cancer more than 20 years ago. Using her simple & practical techniques you will be surprised to discover patterns in your own ailments that reveal a lot about yourself. This handy little blue book offers positive new thought patterns to replace negative emotions an alphabetical chart of physical ailments with their probable causes as well as healing affirmations to help you eliminate old patterns. " The Power is Within You" expands on Louises philosophy of loving the self & shows you how to overcome emotional barriers through learning to listen to your inner voice loving the child within & letting your true feelings surface. Focusing on building emotional & mental immune systems she encourages the reader to think of themselves positively & be more accepting & grateful for who they are. " The Golden Louise L. Hay Collection" is the perfect read for those seeking insights to the mindbody connection & the miraculous benefits of this dynamic as well as for those who want the pleasure of knowing that their favourite Louise Hay books are finally together in one place."
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Macedon. 367 BC. Philip II is bringing war to Persia. Forged in the warrior culture of Macedonia the time has come for his young son Alexander to take up his inheritance of blood & obedience to the sword. It is a training that has made the boy sadistic; fiercely brilliant but unstable. A dangerous trait in a king fated to rule the vastest empire of the ancient world. Compelled to teach this startling precocious sometimes horrifying child Aristotle soon realises that what the boy needs most to learn
- thrown before his time onto his fathers battlefields
- is the lesson of the golden mean the elusive balance between extremes that Aristotle hopes will mitigate the boys will to conquer in this age of fighting heroes...

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The landmark novel of the Sixties
- a powerful account of a woman searching for her personal political & professional identity
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A timeless classic of modern-day piracy from the acclaimed master of action & suspense. Aboard the SS Campari all is not well. For Johnny Carter the Chief Officer the voyage has already begun badly; but its only when the Campari sails that evening after a succession of delays that he realises something is seriously wrong. A member of the crew is suddenly missing & the stern-to-stern search only serves to increase tension. Then violence erupts & suddenly the whole ship is in danger. Is the Campari a victim of modern day piracy? & what of the strange cargo hidden below the decks? ...

A treasure trove of advice support & encouragement that no performer should be without. Honest witty & direct The Golden Rules of Acting is every actor's best friend
- in handy paperback form. ' When auditioning rehearsing or in a performance take a risk
- the worst that can happen is that you get embarrassed. You won't die.' Easy to dip into fully illustrated throughout & designed to be both instructive & empowering The Golden Rules of Acting won't tell you how to act
- but it will tell you how to be an actor. ' Always remember the people auditioning you want you to be brilliant. They want you to solve their casting problem.' If you're a working actor drama-school student someone who wants to become an actor or simply someone who has a dream & wants to make it a reality this book is for you. 'NEVER harmonise when singing ' Happy Birthday'
- this has nothing to do with work it's just all actors do it & it's bloody annoying.' Andy Nyman learnt the golden rules of acting the hard way through twenty-five years of working in theatre film & television. On stage he co-wrote co-directed & starred in the West End hit Ghost Stories & won an Olivier Award for Best Entertainment for co-writing & directing Something Wicked This Way Comes with his regular collaborator Derren Brown. His many film appearances include Severance & Frank Oz's Death at a Funeral.



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It all began with a straw hat. A large broad-brimmed hat dyed in an elusive mixture of colours to produce a distinctive shade of pale gold it was presented to Emily Pearson by her long-time friend & employer Mabel Arkwright milliner & modiste whose establishment under the name of The Bandbox was situated in a discreet corner of the West End of London. & it was to her employer
- known to her clientele as Madam Arkwright
- that Emily owed not only the gift of The Golden Straw as it had been named but eventually the business itself for her friend had more & more come to rely upon her as time went by. After Mabel Arkwrights death Emily exhausted by the extra work that had fallen upon her shoulders & exasperated by Dr Steve Montane her late employers young & plain-spoken physician took herself off to the South of France to stay at an hotel previously & warmly recommended by Mrs Arkwright. It was now 1880 & many fashionable guests were staying at the hotel in Nice among them Paul Anderson Steerman. It was from the balcony of his room that he first noticed The Golden Straw worn by Emily as she arrived from Engl&. But although it was the hat that first held his attention his admiring gaze quickly turned to Emily herself & throughout the time of his stay he paid her unceasing attention. But Paul Anderson Steerman was not all he seemed to be & he was to bring nothing but disgrace & tragedy to Emily for the traumatic months following her return to England were but a prelude to a series of events that would influence the destiny not only of her children but her grandchildren too as the new century dawned the First World War came & went & still she was alive to reflect on all that had resulted from the gift of the hat.

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Three folk tales from around the world retold by the wonderful storyteller Gervase Phinn. In the first a golden turtle offers a kindly fisherman riches beyond his wildest dreams. In the secod Amparos daughter looks sweet but when shes determined to do something nothing gets in her way. In the third a naughty leprechaun gets a big shock! * Sapphire/ Band 16 books offer longer reads to develop childrens sustained engagement with texts & are more complex syntactically. * A wanted poster on pages 54 & 55 for the leprechaun in the last story helps children to recap all the naughty things he did. * Text type: Three stories from other cultures. * This book is paired with The Ultimate World Quiz a non-fiction information book full of facts about our planet. * Curriculum links: Geography: Passport to the world; Citizenship: Choices Living in a diverse world. ...