George the hero from M. P. Robertson's The Egg has returned in this brand new dragon adventure. George is bored. When it comes to fighting chickens aren't nearly as much fun as dragons. But when George's dragon returns he whisks him off to a fairytale land on a rescue mission. A wicked witch has captured a baby dragon & George realises that he must outwit the witch in order to free the dragon & prevent himself from being turned into a toad for the witch's barbecue. ...

Flat Stanley is back! Ever since Stanley was flattened by a bulletin board there are places he can get to that no one else can. So when Stanley receives a letter from an archaeologist he travels by airmail to Egypt to help find an ancient treasure deep in the heart of a great pyramid. But what if even the flattest boy on earth cant wriggle out of this dark tomb
- & the terrible mess he finds himself in?
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Email is convenient but highly dangerous. With an ill-considered click of the mouse you can humiliate yourself in front of millions lose your job or even end up in court. Great Email Disasters" brings together over 100 of the funniest scariest & weirdest stories of inbox ignominy. Meet the sheepish stars of the world wide web. These stories will make your toes curl! These stories discuss: the man who emailed a woman he met at a party telling her: This is the part where I throw caution to the wind... Your smile is the freshest of my special memories
- & then sat back in horror as his email was circulated round the world; the vengeful wife who mailed 50 of her husbands most important work contacts from his email address telling them: Ive got an extremely small penis that couldnt excite a womans nostril let alone anything else; the numerous couples whose intimate email chats were leaked & read by millions. It also discuss: Jo Moore the government spin doctor who hit the headlines for her good day to bury bad news e-mail on September 11 2001. The ex-employee who thought hed got revenge by wrecking his former companys computer system with a bombardment of emails
- but was discovered & ended up in court; the Pentagon officer who accidentally included a Devon schoolgirl on an email list that discussed top-secret matters; the marketing man who wrote an email mocking his employer
- & sent the message straight to his boss plus numerous blogging buffoons fax failures terrible telephone calls & so much more..."


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The Great Escape is a gripping & heartwarming story for 9+ readers about three pets who are separately from their beloved owners in Second World War London fleeing to the countryside to survive. Perfect for fans of Michael Morpurgo's War Horse & Lauren St John. Buster is a lively Jack Russell. Tiger is a feisty white & ginger tom. Rose is a faithful. Collie Robert & Lucy Edwards love their pets more than anything; but the threat of the Second World War forces them to flee to Devon
- leaving their animals behind. & as the air raid sirens sound over London the frightened animals are sent to be put down. Buster Tiger & Rose make a daring escape but with danger at every turn can the trio make it across the country as it prepares for battle
- & cheat death for the second time? Praise for Megan Rix: If you love Michael Morpurgo you will enjoy this". (Express). "A moving tale told with warmth kindliness & lashings of good sense that lovers of Dick King-Smith will especially appreciate". (The Times). " Every now & then a writer comes along with a unique way of storytelling... Meet Megan Rix.. .her novels are deeply moving & will strike a chord with animal lovers". (Love Reading). About the author: Megan Rix lives in England with her husband & their adorable dogs Traffy & Bella. Also available by Megan Rix: The Great Escape The Victory Dogs."

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Laugh-out-loud funny from the author that bought you Mum On The Run. Fionas writing deals with the real life cringe-worthy moments we all know so well... Hannahs getting married...and has serious pre-wedding jitters. She adores Ryan but cant figure out how to fit into his grown-up family-sized life. Theres that fridge for starters. That too is family-sized with a gadget on the front that spits ice in her face. More alarming still are Ryans children Daisy 10 & Josh 13 who clearly dont relish the prospect of Hannah a free-spirited greetings card illustrator becoming their step-mum. So she fires off invitations to a hen weekend
- just the ticket to get her into the marrying mood. Trouble is... New mum Sadie is leaving her twin babies for the very first time with their terrified dad... Lou is unaware that her long-term man Spike is desperate to bundle her onto that Glasgow-bound train so he can hot-foot it round to see his secret fling Miranda... And unbeknown to the girls Johnny their sexy upstairs neighbour from their art college days is still frequenting those haunts desperately in need of a little magic to happen. Perfect for fans of Jane Costello Kate Long & Tess Stimson.
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One of the most famous true stories from the last war The GREAT ESCAPE tells how more than six hundred men in a German prisoner-of-war camp worked together to achieve an extraordinary break-out. Every night for a year they dug tunnels & those who weren't digging forged passports drew maps faked weapons & tailored German uniforms & civilian clothes to wear once they had escaped. All of this was conducted under the very noses of their prison guards. When the right night came the actual escape itself was timed to the split second
- but of course not everything went according to plan...
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A diary of adventure in picturesque Sand Bay The Great Escape: Adventures on the Wild West Coast takes readers on an extraordinary journey as writer & explorer Monty Halls follows his dream of becoming a crofter. With his gigantic (possibly insane) dog Reuben as his companion Monty raises sheep pigs & chickens grows his own vegetables explores the wildlife meets the locals & learns all about life on Scotlands wild west coast. Living his dream is not without its challenges
- whether its renovating an ancient bothy climbing a mountain called The Inaccessible Pinnacle or surviving the daily onslaught of midges
- but its a life-changing experience set in the most beautiful & dramatic landscape in Europe. The Great Escape is a book for anyone who has longed to leave the rat race behind.

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The last couple of years have seen the eurozone lurch from crisis to calamity. With Greece Portugal & Ireland already driven to the brink of economic catastrophe & the threat that a number of other EU countries are soon to follow the consequences for the global economy are potentially dire. In The Great Eurozone Disaster Heikki Patomaki dissects the current crisis revealing its origins lie in the instability that has driven the process of financialisation since the early 1970s. Furthermore the public debt crises in the European deficit countries have been aggravated rather than alleviated by the responses of the Commission & leaders of the surplus countries especially Germany. ...

Considered by many to be Dickens' finest novel Great Expectations traces the growth of the book's narrator Philip Pirrip (Pip) from a boy of shallow dreams to a man with depth of character. From its famous dramatic opening on the bleak Kentish marshes the story abounds with some of Dickens' most memorable characters. Among them are the kindly blacksmith Joe Gargery the mysterious convict Abel Magwitch the eccentric Miss Haversham & her beautiful ward Estella Pip's good-hearted room-mate Herbert Pocket & the pompous Pumblechook. As Pip unravels the truth behind his own 'great expectations' in his quest to become a gentleman the mysteries of the past & the convolutions of fate through a series of thrilling adventures serve to steer him towards maturity & his most important discovery of all
- the truth about himself.
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' It was now too late & too far to go back & I went on. & the mists had all solemnly risen now & the world lay spread before me' A terrifying encounter with an escaped convict in a graveyard on the wild Kent marshes; a summons to meet the bitter decaying Miss Havisham & her beautiful cold-hearted ward Estella; the sudden generosity of a mysterious benefactor -- these form a series of events that change the orphaned Pip's life forever & he eagerly abandons his humble origins to begin a new life as a gentleman. Dickens's haunting late novel depicts Pip's education & development through adversity as he discovers the true nature of his 'great expectations'. This definitive edition uses the text from the first published edition of 1861. It

Includes:: a map of Kent in the early nineteenth century & appendices on Dickens's original ending & his working notes giving readers an illuminating glimpse into the mind of a great novelist at work.

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