The Hodgeheg by Dick King-Smith is a much-loved classic! Now part of the collectible Puffin Modern Classics series. Max the hedgehog who becomes a hodgeheg who becomes a hero! Max's family dreams of reaching the Park. But no one has ever found a safe way of crossing the very busy road. Young Max who is brighter than the average hedgehog is determined to solve the problem. A nicely told darkly humorous story about how hedgehogs can avoid getting squashed on the road". (Guardian). "A huge favourite". (Observer). Dick King-Smith served in the Grenadier Guards during the Second World War & afterwards spent twenty years as a farmer in Gloucestershire the country of his birth. Many of his stories are inspired by his farming experiences. He wrote a great number of children's books including The Sheep-Pig (winner of the Guardian Award & filmed as Babe) Harry's Mad Noah's Brother The Queen's Nose Martin's Mice Ace The Cuckoo Child & Harriet's Hare (winner of the Children's Book Award in 1995). In 2009 he was made an OBE for services to children's literature. Dick King-Smith died in 2011 at the age of eighty-eight." ...

Max is a hedgehog who lives with his family in a nice little home but unfortunately on the wrong side of the road from the Park with its beautiful lily pond & more importantly its juicy slugs worms & snails! The busy road is a dangerous barrier but Max notices that humans seem to cross it quite easily. If they can why can't hedgehogs? So Max sets out on a quest to find a safe way to reach the Park. His first attempt ends in a nasty bump on the head & Max finds when he tries to speak his words are all mixed up. He is now a Hodgeheg not a hedgehog but he is still determined to fulfill his mission. After some careful detective work Max eventually discovers the best way to cross the road
- with the help of the lollipop lady of course!
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This book celebrates the glory years of Hofner the company made famous by the Beatles bassist Paul Mc Cartneys use of their left-handed 1962 500/1 model. Beautifully illustrated in color & black & white the volume is packed with detailed information about classic Hofner guitars as well as interviews with Paul Mc Cartney David Gilmour Ritchie Blackmore (of Deep violet) Albert Lee & others. The famous Memorabilia chapter

Includes:: crisp reproductions of pages from the vintage Selmer catalogs (the UKs Hofner distributors & makers of high-quality guitar/bass amps & other instruments through 1993); a guide to dating Hofner guitars; & a wonderfully insightful interview with Christian Benker the companys former managing director.

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Just about every bridge player in the world has read Victor Mollos Bridge in the Menagerie a book that is on any list of the all-time top ten on the game. Towards the end of his life Mollo penned a number of stories about the same well-loved characters (the Hideous Hog the Rueful Rabbit Oscar the Owl & the rest) but they appeared only in the pages of obscure magazines. Now for the first time they are available collected in book form. ...

Susan had never hung up a stocking. She'd never put a tooth under her pillow in the serious expectation that a dentally inclined fairy would turn up. It wasn't that her parents didn't believe in such things. They didn't need to believe in them. They know they existed. They just wished they didn't. There are those who believe & those who don't. Through the ages superstition has had its uses. Nowhere more so than in the Discworld where it's helped to maintain the status quo. Anything that undermines superstition has to be viewed with some caution. There may be consequences particularly on the last night of the year when the time is turning. When those consequences turn out to be the end of the world you need to be prepared. You might even want more standing between you & oblivion than a mere slip of a girl
- even if she has looked Death in the face on numerous occasions...
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The quintessential barking-mad Yorkshire cricketer Hoggys record-breaking bowling exploits for England allied to his humorous uniquely oddball yet hugely endearing attitude to sport & life makes this essential reading for all lovers of the game. More than just a line-&-length cricketers biography Hoggy offers an entertaining insight into the weird & wonderful world of one of crickets true characters. From the pub to the wicket & everywhere in-between the dogged nightwatchman & wicket-taker looks beyond the runs & wickets to reveal what cricketers really get up to on tour & in the dressing room.. . ...

A highly collectable hardback boxed set from the world of Harry Potter
- containing handsome new editions of Quidditch Through
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There is no match for the Sisterhood
- the seven friends who have taken vigilante justice to a new level
- not even the Federal

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The Second World War is over. Three top Nazis have embezzled $780 million from Nazi funds
- & then committed suicide. Their Covenant
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Developed by Dr Sue Johnson over 20 years ago & practised all over the world EFT has been heralded by Time magazine & the New York Times as the couple therapy with the highest rate of success. Couples who use EFT see a 75 per cent success rate. The therapy programme focuses on the emotional connection of every relationship by de-escalating conflict creating a safe emotional connection & strengthening bonds between partners. In HOLD ME TIGHT EFT pioneer Dr Sue Johnson presents her highly effective therapy model to the general public for the first time. Through case studies from her practice illuminating advice & practical exercises couples will learn how to nurture their relationships & ensure a lifetime of love. ...