When Ted falls out of bed three tearaway mice whisk him off on a breathtaking adventure. They zoom around in fast cars go on a balloon ride & climb a building-block mountain. Its all very exciting but will Ted ever get back to his bed? This books counting theme is woven perfectly into a magical rhythmic text by Childrens Laureate Julia Donaldson. ...

The SAS mission conducted behind Iraqi lines is one of the most famous stories of courage & survival in modern warfare. Of the eight members of the SAS regiment who set off only one escaped capture. This is his story. Late on the evening of 24 January 1991 the patrol was compromised deep behind enemy lines in Iraq. A fierce fire-fight left the eight men miraculously unscathed but they were forced to run for their lives. Their aim was to reach the Syrian border 120 kilometres to the north-west but during the first night the patrol accidentally broke into two groups five & three. Chris Ryan found himself left with two companions. Nothing had prepared them for the vicious cold of the desert winter & they began to suffer from hypothermia. During the night one of the men was to disappear in a blinding blizzard. The next day a goat-herd came across the two survivors. Chris's remaining partner went with him in search of food & was never to return. Left on his own Chris Ryan beat off an Iraqi attack & set out alone. His greatest adventure was only just beginning. This is the story of courage under fire of hairbreadth escapes of the best trained soldiers in the world fighting against adverse conditions & of one man's courageous refusal to lie down & die. ...

Would you risk your future for a night with your past? Molly Greene loves being married. Exciting adventures lie ahead for her & husband Dan that will change their lives for ever but Mollys not sure theyre making the right choices. While teetering on the brink of the biggest decision shes ever faced she sends an impulsive message to the very last person she ought to contact someone who should have stayed forgotten & is now coming looking for her. When he finds her there is no turning back. One night is all it takes to threaten everything she holds dear ? for good. ...

The heroic real-life personal account of Chris Ryans most famous mission The One That Got Away is now reworked for a new generation. Some authors just write about it. Chris Ryan has been there done it
- & here is the gripping real-life tale.. . During the Gulf War in 1991 Chris Ryan became separated from the other members of the SAS patrol Bravo Two Zero. Alone he beat off an Iraqi attack & set out for Syria. Over the next seven days he walked almost 200 miles his life constantly in danger. Of the eight SAS members involved in this famous mission only one escaped capture. This is his story.. .
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It is January 1793. France is at war with Belgium Prussia & Austria & Louis XVI has just been sentenced to death. In Paris a small group of people fears for the future of a throneless France surrounded by countries terrified that republican ideas
- or anarchy
- will spread throughout the continent. They are determined to rescue the king but when their leader is murdered a plan must be pieced together & executed within three days.

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Witty poetic erotic & brutal One Thousand & One Nights are the never-ending stories told by the young Shahrazad under sentence of death to King Shahrayar. Maddened by the discovery of his wifes orgies King Shahrayar believes all women are unfaithful & vows to marry a virgin every night & kill her in the morning. To survive his newest wife Shahrazad spins a web of tales night after night leaving the King in suspense when morning comes thus prolonging her life for another day. Written in Arabic from tales gathered in India Persia & across the great Arab empire these mesmerising stories tell of the real & the supernatural love & marriage power & punishment wealth & poverty & the endless trials & uncertainties of fate. Now adapted by Hanan al-Shaykh the One Thousand & One Nights are revealed in an intoxicating new voice. ...

An epic tale of an enigmatic land
- Korea
- & one womans search for her past. Uncle Hong-do arrives in Vermont from Korea to

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A wonderful & unique look at counting & friendship. This very simple picture book is about two friends Sue & Nick who like very different things but are still best friends. They introduce us to all their favourite things from one boy called Nick & one girl called Sue to ten cakes for tea & then all the way back down to one yellow moon shining in the night sky. The artwork is stunning with each artist contributing alternate pages in their own inimitable style. The deceptively simple text is perfect for children learning to read. ...

A man is chained inside a tunnel & then dismembered & scattered along the tracks by the early morning train from Portsmouth to London. The beginning of DI Joe Faradays most gruesome case yet but is it a bizarre suicide or the cruellest of murders? Checking the list of missing persons as the police attempt to identify the body DC Winter comes across a missing man someone who stepped out of his ordered life with no hint of leaving. Hes not the man in the tunnel hes simply disappeared. The only person he can find who knew him works in the city morgue... ...

This is an incredibly moving account of tragedy & its aftermath as told by Gill Hicks survivor of the London bombings in July 2005. Gill was the last person to be pulled alive from the wreckage of the tube train at Russell Square underground station. Unidentifiable on arrival in hospital having sustained horrific injuries which led to both of her legs being amputated Gill was labelled as One Unknown on her wristband & life hung in the balance for several days. She was saved by the dedication of the medical staff treating her & by her own single-minded will to survive. This is quite simply a wonderful book. It is humbling uplifting funny & deeply moving & it contains a message of great yet quiet power. Gill writes with honesty humour & courage. One Unknown" is a call to us all to strive for a more tolerant & peaceful world. This paperback edition contains a new foreword
- three years after the bombings happened plus a new chapter written by Gills husband giving his account of the events of the past three years."
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