One night young Tom is awoken by noises outside his house. He peeps out of the window & what should he see but PIRATES. & stranger still
- theyre GIRL PIRATES stealing the front of his house! Tom joins their pirate adventure across the high seas to an island where some rather lazy & silly grown-up pirates are guarding their treasure. But not very successfully. Tom & the girl-pirates make a surprise attack & are soon off on the seas once more with the treasure!
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All aboard for a POP-UP adventure! One night young Tom is awoken by noises outside his house. He peeps out of the window & what should he see but PIRATES. & stranger still
- they're GIRL PIRATES stealing the front of his house! Tom joins their pirate adventure across the high seas to an island where some rather lazy & silly grown-up pirates are guarding their treasure. But not very successfully. Tom & the girl pirates make a surprise attack & are soon off on the seas once more with the treasure! Big bright action-packed illustrations" Book Trust"
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May 1914. Two top diplomats hurry home by sea & rail each carrying a document of world-changing importance. Then the liner Empress of India is sunk in a collision & the Manhattan-Line express plunges from a shattered bridge
- both dragging their VIP passengers to watery oblivion. Tragic coincidence
- or conspiracy? Seventy-five years later a chance revelation reopens the question. In the energy-starved fear-torn 1980s those long-lost papers could destroy whole nations & Dirk Pitt confronts his biggest challenge yet. Racing against time against hired killers
- & the horrors of the sea bed
- he launches his deep-sea search craft in the hunt for the documents. ' Night Probe' has begun.. .



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The loss of British bombers over Occupied Europe began to reach alarming levels in 1941. Could it be that the Germans were using a sophisticated form of radar to direct their night fighters & anti-aircraft guns at the British bombers? British aerial reconnaissance discovered what seemed to be a rotating radar tower on a clifftop at Bruneval near Le Havre. The truth must be revealed. The decision was taken to launch a daring raid on the Bruneval site to try & capture the technology for further examination. The planned airborne assault would be extremely risky. The parachute regiment had only been formed a year before on Churchill's insistence. This night raid would test the men to the extreme limits of their abilities. Night Raid tells the gripping tale of this mission from the planning stages to the failed rehearsals when the odds seemed stacked against them to the night of the raid itself & the scientific secrets that were discovered thanks to the paras' precious cargo
- the German radar. Its capture was of immense importance in the next stages of the war & the mission itself marked the birth of the legend of the ' Red Devils'.
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The loss of British bombers over Occupied Europe began to reach alarming levels in 1941. Could it be that the Germans were using a sophisticated form of radar to direct their night fighters & anti-aircraft guns at the British bombers? British aerial reconnaissance discovered what seemed to be a rotating radar tower on a clifftop at Bruneval near Le Havre. The truth must be revealed. The decision was taken to launch a daring raid on the Bruneval site to try & capture the technology for further examination. The planned airborne assault would be extremely risky. The parachute regiment had only been formed a year before on Churchill's insistence. This night raid would test the men to the extreme limits of their abilities. Night Raid tells the gripping tale of this mission from the planning stages to the failed rehearsals when the odds seemed stacked against them to the night of the raid itself & the scientific secrets that were discovered thanks to the paras' precious cargo
- the German radar. Its capture was of immense importance in the next stages of the war & the mission itself marked the birth of the legend of the ' Red Devils'.
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Cimmeria Academy has been more than a school for Allie it's been a safe haven. But no longer. The school
- her friends her teachers
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Cimmeria Academy has been more than a school for Allie it's been a safe haven. But no longer. The school
- her friends her teachers
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I'm going to make you pay. When I'm finished you're going to thank me for killing you." In the dead of night he calls her making ugly whispered threats. Late-night DJ Cilla O' Roarke tries to pretend that her stalker is harmless but her boss ignores her claim that she isn't in need of protection. It's time to call in the cops. When the threats start to escalate Cilla has to set aside her pride & work with Detective Boyd Fletcher to find out the truth. But the answer leads them into a terrifying situation
- one that they might not both walk away from..."
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A collection of tales to invade & paralyse the mind as the safe light of day is infiltrated by the shadows of the night. As you read the clutching fingers of terror brush lightly across the nape of the neck reach round from behind to clutch & lock themselves white-knuckled around the throat. This is the horror of ordinary people & everyday objects that become strangely altered; a world where nothing is ever quite what it seems where the familiar & the friendly lure & deceive. A world where madness & blind panic become the only reality. ...

This is an invaluable user-friendly guide to discovering & navigating the night sky every month. The Night Sky Month by Month" offers charts for observing stars & constellations in both the northern & southern hemispheres at any time of the year. Positions of stars & planet locations for each month are included plus get tips on what equipment to use & how. Packed with specially-commissioned artworks & photography with illustrated overviews introducing each month with a guide to the main attractions such as bright stars & prominent constellations this will inspire both beginners to star-gazing as well as amateur astronomers." ...