The complete autobiography of the great adventurer Sir Francis Chichester the first & fastest man to singlehandedly circumnavigate the globe Aged 18 & with a taste for adventure Francis Chichester emigrated to New Zealand with ten pounds in his pocket. He tried his hand at a number of ill-fated careers--a boxer shepherd lumberjack & gold prospector to name a few--before returning to Engl&. Having qualified as a pilot in 1929 he embarked on his most famous solo flight in the de Havilland Gipsy Moth from England to Australia. Shortly afterward he survived a near-death catastrophe in an attempt to fly solo around the world. Turning to sailing he won the first single-handed transatlantic yacht race in Gipsy Moth III despite having been diagnosed with cancer two years previously. In 1967 he became the first person to sail around the world solo from west to east via the great capes. Here his entire life--including his greatest failures & successes--are told by the man who experienced it all firsth&. A foreword from his son Giles Chichester is also included. ...

As teenage werewolf Kalix Mac Rinnalch is pursued through the streets of London by murderous hunters her sister the Werewolf Enchantress is busy designing clothes for the Fire Queen. Meanwhile in the Scottish Highlands the Mac Rinnalch Clan is plotting & feuding after the head of the clan suddenly dies intestate. As the court intrigue threatens to explode in all-out civil war the competing factions determine that Kalix is the swing vote necessary to assume leadership of the clan. Unfortunately Kalix isnt really into clan politics
- laudanums more her thing. But whats even more unfortunate is that Kalix is the reason the head of the clan ended up dead which is why shes now on the run in London.. .
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A brilliant new st&-alone crime thriller from Scotlands Crime Master Xavier (Xavi) Aislado is a gentle giant half Spanish half Scot brought up in Edinburgh by his grandmother Paloma Puig a ferocious old lady whose grim brand of care sees him into his teens until his father moves back to Spain leaving him to grow up fast. His emergence into manhood is colourful & eventful. After a short career as a professional footballer he turns to journalism & has a bloody introduction to the trade as his first assignment ends in violent death. Inevitably remorselessly as his autobiography unfolds Xavis life & his love become entwined with his work & he is immersed in tragedy loss & betrayal going halfway round the world in search of a truth that may destroy him. Quintin Jardines evocation of Xavis fated world is an unforgettable story of a man riding a one-way train to oblivion. Will he escape before it hits the buffers full-speed? ...

This bestseller from Josephine Cox tells a story of running away from a secret but longing to go home. Home is where the heart is -- but it's also where the pain lies! Young Davie Adams is all alone. Devastated he flees his hometown of Blackburn to escape the memories of the worst night of his life. With little more than the shirt on his back he sets off on a lonely friendless road determined to find his father. Two people are stricken by his departure -- Judy his childhood friend who is desperate to reveal a secret she has kept close to her heart for so long & Joseph his grandfather who is racked with guilt about that fateful night. Exhausted & afraid Davie finds friendship & a place to stay but when fate deals him another disastrous blow he must decide whether to keep running or return to face his demons! ...

Rosalinda Fitzroy had been asleep for 62 years when she was woken by a kiss. Locked away in the chemically-induced slumber of a stasis tube in a forgotten sub-basement sixteen-year-old Rose slept straight through the Dark Times that killed millions & utterly changed the world she knew. Now her parents & her first love are long dead & Rose
- hailed upon her awakening as the long-lost heir to an interplanetary empire
- is thrust alone into a future in which she is viewed as either a freak or a threat. Desperate to put the past behind her & adapt to her new world Rose finds herself drawn to the boy who kissed her awake hoping that he can help her to start fresh. But when a deadly danger jeopardizes her fragile new existence Rose must face the ghosts of her past with open eyes
- or be left without any future at all.


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Rosalinda Fitzroy had been asleep for 62 years when she was woken by a kiss. Locked away in the chemically-induced slumber of a stasis tube in a forgotten sub-basement sixteen-year-old Rose slept straight through the Dark Times that killed millions & utterly changed the world she knew. Now her parents & her first love are long dead & Rose
- hailed upon her awakening as the long-lost heir to an interplanetary empire
- is thrust alone into a future in which she is viewed as either a freak or a threat. Desperate to put the past behind her & adapt to her new world Rose finds herself drawn to the boy who kissed her awake hoping that he can help her to start fresh. But when a deadly danger jeopardizes her fragile new existence Rose must face the ghosts of her past with open eyes
- or be left without any future at all.


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Here comes a thrilling addition to this exciting sticker book series for boys. Travel back in time & find out what people wore long ago from Tutankhamun's elaborate body ornaments to Louis XIV's velvet robes. This title is presented with over 150 stickers to choose from dress each figure in accurate historical costumes including medieval chain mail embroidered waistcoats & leather chaps. ...

Here comes a thrilling addition to this exciting sticker book series for boys. Travel back in time & find out what people wore long ago from Tutankhamuns elaborate body ornaments to Louis XIVs velvet robes. This title is presented with over 150 stickers to choose from dress each figure in accurate historical costumes including medieval chain mail embroidered waistcoats & leather chaps. ...

Rose Mc Allister is waiting for her husband Steve to come home. He is a seaman often drunk & violent but Rose does her best to cope & sees that her daughters Daisy 8 & Petal 4 suffer as little as possible. Steve however realizes that war is coming & tries to reform but on his last night home her pawns the girls new dolls to go on a drinking binge. When war is declared Rose has a good job but agrees the children must be evacuated. Daisy & Petal are happy at first but circumstances change & they are put in the care of a woman who hates all scousers & taunts them with the destruction of their city. They run away arriving home on the worst night of the May Blitz. Rose is attending the birth of her friends baby & goes back to Bernard Terrace to find her home has received a direct hit & is told that the children were last seen entering the house the previous evening. Devastated she decides to join the WAAF encouraged by an RAF pilot Luke whom she has befriended.. . ...