Looks at a day in the life of Bob. Find out what he does on the moon: cleaning & tidying welcoming vistors performing tricks for tourists & much more. He knows almost everything there is to know about the moon
- but there's something going on behind his back that he hasn't spotted. Age 3+.
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The race to the moon was won spectacularly by Apollo 11 on 20 July 1969. When astronauts Neil Armstrong & Buzz Aldrin took their giant step across a ghostly lunar landscape they were watched by some 600 million people on Earth 250 000 miles away. A Man on the Moon" is the definitive account of the heroic Apollo programme: from the tragedy of the fire in Apollo 1 during a simulated launch through the euphoria of the first moonwalk to the discoveries made by the first scientist in space aboard Apollo 17. Drawing on hundreds of hours of in-depth interviews with the astronauts & team this is the story of the twentieth centurys greatest human achievement minute-by-minute in the words of those who were there." ...

Make sure all your manly things are always to hand with the essential Man Stuff storage box. Perfect for pointless stuff like spare leads screws & other nonsense they refuse to get rid of. A perfect Christmas or anniversary gift for a husband or boyfriend. Measurements: H 20cm x W 15.5cm x D 10.5cm ...

The fully revised & updated 2012 edition of the Man United Miscellany is essential reading for fans in the red half of Manchester. Written by respected football journalist Andy Mitten editor of popular fanzine United We Stand this goldmine of information reveals all manner of facts feats & stories from the proud history of one of English footballs most famous clubs. A rich source of quirky trivia the book explains how Old Trafford & the Stretford End took their names tells the story behind the clubs most famous terrace chants & reveals how the future James Bond nearly came to be on its books too. In addition it also relives Uniteds greatest comebacks introduces the die-hard fan who changed his name in honour of the club &

Includes:: special chapters celebrating the wit & wisdom of legends Sir Matt Busby Eric Cantona George Best & Sir Alex Ferguson. Alongside these meticulously researched entries are biographical sections on other club heroes like Duncan Edwards Bobby Charlton Bryan Robson Roy Keane & Denis Law as well as detailed season-by-season records to satisfy even the most ardent of statisticians. With its extensive array of facts feats & anecdotes to chew over this labour of love is the perfect Christmas present for the Man United fan in your life
- young or old Beautifully printed on imitation cloth.


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Every day thousands of animals die in laboratory experiments. Some say these experiments provide essential scientific knowledge while others will do anything to prevent them. James & Lauren Adams are stuck in the middle. They're CHERUB agents. Trained professionals with one essential advantage: adults never suspect that children are spying on them. For official purposes these children do not exist. ...

Man Walks Into A Bar 2" is the second volume of the hugely popular joke series
- a one-stop shop for anyone who likes to hear
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Did you hear about the scarecrow that won the Nobel Prize? He was outstanding in his field. What kind of cheese can hide a horse? Mascarpone. What about the red ship & the violet ship that collided at sea? Over one hundred sailors were marooned. Did you hear about the paranoid vegetarian? He always feared the wurst. A blonde Essex girl walked into a bar with an Englishman & Irishman & a Scotsman & started to change the lightbulb. The barman asked Is this some kind of joke?. This is the third in the bestselling series of hilarious joke books
- packed full of every kind of joke to make you laugh until your sides split. From elephants to mothers-in-law priests to chickens knock knock to doctor doctor & much more besides A Man Walks into a Bar 3" contains over 2 500 great new gags. Even Queen Victoria would be amused."
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Its an extraordinary tale of yeast-obsessed monks & teetotal prime ministers; of how pale ale fuelled an Empire & weak bitter won a world war; & of exploding breweries a bear in a yellow nylon jacket & a Canadian bloke who changed the drinking habits of a nation. Its also the story of the rise of the pub from humble origins through an epic thous&-year struggle to survive misunderstanding bad government & misguided commerce. The history of beer in Britain is a social history of the nation itself full of catastrophe heroism & an awful lot of hangovers. a pleasant antidote to more pro-faced histories of beer
- Guardian". Like a good drinking companion Brown tells a remarkable story: a stream of fascinating facts etymologies & pub-related urban phenomena
- "TLS". Packed with bar-room bet-winning facts & entertaining digressions this is a book into which every pub-goer will want to dip
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THE MAN WHO BROKE INTO AUSCHWITZ is the extraordinary true story of a British soldier who marched willingly into Buna-Monowitz the concentration camp known as Auschwitz III. In the summer of 1944 Denis Avey was being held in a POW labour camp E715 near Auschwitz III. He had heard of the brutality meted out to the prisoners there & he was determined to witness what he could. He hatched a plan to swap places with a Jewish inmate & smuggled himself into his sector of the camp. He spent the night there on two occasions & experienced at first-hand the cruelty of a place where slave workers had been sentenced to death through labour. Astonishingly he survived to witness the aftermath of the Death March where thousands of prisoners were murdered by the Nazis as the Soviet Army advanced. After his own long trek right across central Europe he was repatriated to Britain. For decades he couldn't bring himself to revisit the past but now Denis Avey feels able to tell the full story
- a tale as gripping as it is moving
- which offers us a unique insight into the mind of an ordinary man whose moral & physical courage are almost beyond belief.

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THE MAN WHO BROKE INTO AUSCHWITZ is the extraordinary true story of a British soldier who marched willingly into Buna-Monowitz the concentration camp known as Auschwitz III. In the summer of 1944 Denis Avey was being held in a POW labour camp E715 near Auschwitz III. He had heard of the brutality meted out to the prisoners there & he was determined to witness what he could. He hatched a plan to swap places with a Jewish inmate & smuggled himself into his sector of the camp. He spent the night there on two occasions & experienced at first-hand the cruelty of a place where slave workers had been sentenced to death through labour. Astonishingly he survived to witness the aftermath of the Death March where thousands of prisoners were murdered by the Nazis as the Soviet Army advanced. After his own long trek right across central Europe he was repatriated to Britain. For decades he couldnt bring himself to revisit the past that haunted his dreams but now Denis Avey feels able to tell the full story
- a tale as gripping as it is moving
- which offers us a unique insight into the mind of an ordinary man whose moral & physical courage are almost beyond belief.

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