Fifteen year old Casey Blue lives in East London's grimmest tower block & volunteers at a local riding school but her dream is to win the world's greatest Three Day Event: the Badminton Horse Trials. When she rescues a starving half-wild horse she's convinced that the impossible can be made possible. But she has reckoned without the consequences of her father's criminal record or the distraction of a boy with melty dark eyes with whom she refuses to fall in love. Casey learns the hard way that no matter how high you jump or how fast you gallop you can never outrun the past. A real life thriller that delves into the competitive & elite equestrian world from the 2011 Blue Peter Book of the Year award-winning author. ...

Myron Bolitar might have a slightly dubious past but he knows how to handle himself & is doing just fine as a sports agent. & then he meets Brenda Slaughter one of the hottest female sports stars around. Shes gorgeous funny & single & also seems to have mislaid her agent. But when her father disappears & the Mob starts leaning on her it soon becomes apparent that potent forces are at work. & the more Myron tries to help the closer he gets to losing his heart
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Gavin is creating a unique holiday experience every facility any tourist who hates abroad will ever want will all be available on a converted North Sea oil rig. To test the facilities hes hosting a reunion for his old school (none of his ex-classmates can remember him but what the heck its free). He is so busy showing off that he doesnt notice that another group have invited themselves along -- a collection of terrorist mercenaries who are occasionally of more danger to themselves than to the public. & they in turn are unaware that Inspector Mac Gregor has got wind of their activities. Within twenty-four hours Gavins dream has blown to the four winds along with a lot of other things. Fast rabidly funny & seriously over the top. ...

From there to here from here to there funny things are everywhere. In this hilarious exploration of simple concepts such as colours numbers & opposites Dr. Seuss presents a crazy world of boxing Goxes & winking Yinks that drink pink ink! With his unique combination of hilarious stories zany pictures & riotous rhymes Dr. Seuss has been delighting young children & helping them learn to read for over fifty years. Creator of the wonderfully anarchic Cat in the Hat & ranked among the UK's top ten favourite children's authors Seuss is firmly established as a global best-seller with nearly half a billion books sold worldwide. As the first step in a major rebrand programme Harper Collins is relaunching 17 of Dr. Seuss's best-selling books including such perennial favourites as The Cat in the Hat Green Eggs & Ham & Fox in Socks. In response to consumer demand the bright new cover designs incorporate much needed guidance on reading levels with the standard paperbacks divided into three reading strands
- Blue Back Books for parents to share with young children Green Back Books for budding readers to tackle on their own & Yellow Back Books for older more fluent readers to enjoy. One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish belongs to the Blue Back Book range.
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Boisterous ribald & ultimately shattering Ken Keseys One Flew Over the Cuckoos Nest" is the seminal novel of the 1960s that has left an indelible mark on the literature of our time. Here is the unforgettable story of a mental ward & its inhabitants especially the tyrannical Big Nurse Ratched & Randle Patrick Mc Murphy the brawling fun-loving new inmate who resolves to oppose her. We see the struggle through the eyes of Chief Bromden the seemingly mute half-Indian patient who witnesses & understands Mc Murphys heroic attempt to do battle with the awesome powers that keep them all imprisoned." ...

A collection of short stories each told by a different character from the Jiggy Mc Cue stories. Here we have tales from the points of view not only of Jiggy but also Pete Angie & even Stallone the cat. Full of Michael Lawrence's trademark surreal humour & told with wit & verve these will appeal to all Jiggy fans. ...

Many of the popular often prophetic phrases that we use on a day-to-day basis have their roots in traditional folklore. For example: ' One swallow doesn't make a summer'; ' March comes in like a lion & goes out like a lamb'; & ' One for sorrow two for joy'. Such common idioms are familiar to most people but their history & origins are far from well known. However in One for Sorrow" readers will discover that there is a wealth of fascinating stories & history behind them. This charming book is filled with sayings legends & proverbs derived from the oral history of the countryside & unveils how they came about what they mean & how they came to be such a big part of the language we use today. Written with a light touch & expert knowledge it will entertain & inform in equal measure
- the perfect gift for anyone with an interest in the rich & varied heritage of the English language."
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Stephanie Plum is down on her luck. Shes lost her job her cars on the brink of repossession & her apartment is fast becoming furniture-free. Enter Cousin Vinnie a low-life who runs a bail-bond company. If Stephanie can bring in vice cop turned outlaw Joe Morelli she stands to pick up $10 000. But tracking down a cop wanted for murder isnt easy... And when Benito Ramirez a prize-fighter with more menace than mentality wants to be her friend Stephanie soon knows what its like to be pursued. Unfortunately the best person to protect her just happens to be on the run... ...

Bernie Gunther is the ideal narrator for Philip Kerr's bleak tale of the dirty deals made by victors & vanquished alike in post-war Germany. Having learned that there's no way to distinguish 'the one from the other' the cynical P.I. has the moral clarity to see through the deceit & hypocrisy of both friend & foe. Munich 1949: Amid the chaos of defeat it's home to all the backstabbing intrigue that prospers in the aftermath of war. A place where a private eye can find a lot of not-quite-reputable work: cleaning up the Nazi past of well-to-do locals abetting fugitives in the flight abroad sorting out rival claims to stolen goods. It's work that fills Bernie with disgust
- but it also fills his sorely depleted wallet. Then a woman seeks him out. Her husband has disappeared. She's not looking to get him back
- he's a wanted man who ran one of the most vicious concentration camps in Pol&. She just wants confirmation that he's dead. It's a simple enough job. But in post-war Germany nothing is simple...

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Lady Philippa Marbury is.. .odd. The brilliant bespectacled daughter of a double marquess cares more for books than balls for science than the season & for laboratories than love. She's looking forward to marrying her simple fiance & quietly living out her days with her dogs & her scientific experiments. But before that Pippa has two weeks to experience all the rest
- fourteen days to research the exciting parts of life. It's not much time & to do it right she needs a guide familiar with London's darker corners. She needs.. .a scoundrel. She needs Cross the clever controlled partner in London's most exclusive gaming hell with a carefully crafted reputation for wickedness. But reputations often hide the darkest secrets & when the unconventional Pippa boldly propositions him seeking science without emotion she threatens all he works to protect. He is tempted to give Pippa precisely what she wants.. .but the scoundrel is more than he seems & it will take every ounce of willpower to resist giving the lady more than she ever imagined.
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