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. ...

This delicately decorated card has the message &8216; Wishing you a very happy Golden Wedding Anniversary&8217; in gold lettering next to illustrated gold hearts with sparkles. This card is blank inside for your own message & comes with a cream envelope ready for posting Approximate dimensions: 14 x 14cm Not suitable for children under 3 years contains small parts which may cause a choking hazard. ...

This gracefully decorated card has the message to celebrate 50 years of marriage has &8216; With Best Wishes on your Golden Wedding Anniversary&8217; in gold lettering on a white background with the &8216; Golden&8217; picked out in 3D lettering & gold sequins. Greeting inside reads &8216; Wishing you both a wonderful day&8217; & the card

Includes:: an envelope for posting. Approximate dimensions: 20.5 x 20.5cm Not suitable for children under 3 years contains small parts which may cause a choking hazard.

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She is beautiful. She is Russian. & she is very very dangerous. Once Xenia worked for the KGB. But her new master is Janus a powerful & ambitious Russian leader who no longer cares about ideology. Januss ambitions are money & power: his normal business methods include theft & murder. & he has just acquired Golden Eye a piece of high-tech space technology witht the power to destroy or corrupt the Wests financial markets. But Janus has underestimated his most determined enemy: James Bond. ...

Goldfinger" is the seventh of Ian Flemings James Bond novels & takes the British spy across the globe to destroy a gold-obsessed megalomaniac... Auric Goldfinger: cruel clever frustratingly careful. A cheat at Canasta & a crook on a massive scale in everyday life. The sort of man James Bond hates. So its fortunate that Bond is the man charged by both the Bank of England & MI5 to discover what the richest man in the country intends to do with his ill-gotten gains
- & what his connection is with SMERSH the feared Soviet spy-killing corps. But once inside this deadly criminals organization 007 finds that Goldfingers schemes are more grandiose
- & lethal
- than anyone could have imagined. Not only is he planning the greatest gold robbery in history but mass murder as well."


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Auric Goldfinger
- cruel clever & frustratingly careful
- is a cheat at Canasta & a crook on a massive scale in everyday life.

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WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY KATE MOSSE ' You're stale tired of having to be tough. You want a change. You've seen too much death' In Fleming's seventh 007 novel a private assignment sets Bond on the trail of a criminal mastermind
- Auric Goldfinger. But greed & power have created a deadly opponent who will stop at nothing to get what he wants.
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The RAF & Commonwealth air crews were bound by regulations & discipline during WWII. Survival was by no means a certainty with casualties becoming a part of everyday life. The evolution of non-established clubs was recognised & regarded as an important area within RAF history that boosted moral. The regulations flexed to allow membership pins & badges to be worn on RAF & Commonwealth flying uniforms. This book allows the reader to experience a number of individual stories & understand the relevance of being a:
- Goldfish (Lives saved by the use of personal life preservers & dinghies) Caterpillar (Lives saved by parachutes) or:
- Guinea Pig (Lives saved by pioneering surgery conducted by Archibald Mc Indoe at the Queen Victoria Hospital Sussex) In many instances the accounts are recalled in great detail from the official records of medals & awards. True heroism & gallant deeds supported by original photographs create an easy to read book revealing areas of interest not previously visited in this format.

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Joe is just an ordinary boy until he makes a wish on a spooky Egyptian amulet... Now he's the Protector of Undead pets! Just when Joe thought things couldn't get any stranger he is visited by Fizz a zombie goldfish. Fizz was flushed down the toilet by his owner Danny's little sister who doesn't realize that she's sent the fish to a watery grave. Fizz needs to ensure the truth is revealed before his fellow fish meet a similar fate. But how do you get a goldfish to rest in peace? Undead Pets is full of animal zombies & pets with one last thing to do before they pass to the other side! Funny dark & full of comic adventure this series is ideal for boys seeking a fast-paced & amusing chapter book. ...