Over Hill & Dale" is the second volume in Gervase Phinn's bestselling " Dales" series. ' Miss who's that funny man at the back of the classroom? So begins school-inspector Gervase Phinn's second year among the frankly spoken pupils & teachers of North Yorkshire
- the sight of Gervase with his notebook & pen provokes unexpected reactions from the children & adults alike. But Gervase is far from daunted
- he is ready to brave the steely glare of the officious Mrs Savage & even feels up to helping. Dr Gore organize a gathering of the Feofees
- just as soon as someone tells him what they are! He is still in pursuit of the lovely headteacher Christine Bentley but will she feel the same? This is a delectable second helping of hilarious tales from the man who has been dubbed 'the James Herriot of schools'. In " Over Hill & Dale" Gervase Phinn will have you laughing out loud. " Gervase Phinn's memoirs have made him a hero in school staff-rooms". (" Daily Telegraph"). Gervase Phinn is an author & educator from Rotherham who after teaching for fourteen years in a variety of schools moved to North Yorkshire to be a school inspector. He has written autobiographies novels plays collections of poetry & stories as well as a number of books about education. He holds five fellowships honorary doctorates from Hull Leicester & Sheffield Hallam universities & is a patron of a number of children's charities & organizations. He is married with four adult children. His books include " The Other Side of the Dale" " Over Hill & Dale" " Head Over Heels in the Dales" " The Heart of the Dales" " Up & Down in the Dales" & " Trouble at the Little Village School"."


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Over in the forest in a cave so snug one cubby bear gives his mummy a hug. So begins this fun-filled picture book where children will meet busy beavers tumbling tigers shuffling warthogs & many more in a count-along rhyme from one to ten that theyll want to join in with again & again! A lively noisy funny text that encourages very young children to imitate animal movements as they join in a rhythmical text that takes its inspiration from the well-loved nursery rhyme Over in the meadow. Children will love hugging digging rolling hopping stretching flapping & wiggling & while theyre having all this fun they will also be learning to recognise & count their numbers from 1 to 10. A kind of rebus abacus on the last spread reinforces the counting concept. ...

On holiday in Cornwall Simon Jane & Barney Drew discover an ancient map in the attic of the Grey House where they are staying with their mysterious Great-Uncle Merry. They know immediately that it is special. But it is much more than just a map. It is the start of a quest to find a grail a source of great power that could contain
- or resurrect
- the powerful age-old forces of evil in the world. & the Drews are not the only ones searching for it.

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Jamey Cadmus is clearly a deeply troubled young man. Found clutching a bloodied knife at the scene of a brutal double homicide surely he must be the vicious serial killer whos been terrorising LA. What other explanation can there be? The public are demanding the death penalty but his lawyer is pleading diminished responsibility. Psychologist Alex Delaware is asked to make an assessment of Jameys mental health but to do that he needs to look into Jameys past & no one wants Alex digging there... ...

Twelve-step programs that insist on abstinence are beneficial to many
- but what about the millions of people who try to quit &
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As a young schoolboy David Essex dreamed of becoming a professional footballer & was signed up by his beloved West Ham United but as a teenager he developed a passion for music which set him on a very different path & ultimately led to superstardom. It wasn't however an easy start. Scraping a living on the edges of show business was a hard slog & he endured many disappointments. Then aged 23 he went along to an audition for a new musical called Godspell & won the role of Jesus that was to shoot him to fame. Within a year he was starring in smash hit film That'll Be the Day & had written & recorded his first number one single ' Rock On'. It was the start of Essex Mania & a long journey of undreamt of adventure. From Godspell to Eastenders it's been an amazing life. This riveting autobiography tells the full incredible story. ...

David Mellings lively fun illustrations bring a host of favourite nursery rhymes to life in two beautiful collections. Over the Moon offers a medley of classic nursery rhymes including Hey Diddle Diddle; Hickory Dickory Dock & Little Miss Muffet. ...

As a young schoolboy David Essex dreamed of becoming a professional footballer & was signed up by his beloved West Ham United but as a teenager he developed a passion for music which set him on a very different path & ultimately led to superstardom. It wasn't however an easy start. Scraping a living on the edges of show business was a hard slog & he endured many disappointments. Then aged 23 he went along to an audition for a new musical called Godspell & won the role of Jesus that was to shoot him to fame. Within a year he was starring in the smash hit film That'll Be the Day & had written & recorded his first number one single ' Rock On'. It was the start of Essex Mania & a long journey of undreamt of adventure. From Godspell to East Enders it's been an amazing life. & here is David's full incredible story
- in his own words.
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It is September 2009 Ramadan & the eve of Afghanistans first democratic elections when young American Malone pilot for an aid airline does Fatima Hamza the favour of flying her out of Kabul to Bamiyan while his surgeon wife Kim heads south to Kandahar. The beguiling Oxford-educated Pashtun Fatima has left Pakistan to rediscover the country she comes from she tells him to retrace the places that were important to her spy-chief father ex-military man & writer with a disturbing gift of prophecy. For both Kim & Malone the foray into that dangerous territory is to become a prolonged adventure their former lives receding as they lose touch with one another & enter the world of the enemy. Each is to witness the horror of an air raid & each is to come face-to-face with the Taliban. They will glimpse hell but paradise too & be changed. In this powerful novel Paul Pickering gives a human face to the conflict in Afghanistan capturing the magical quality of a land & its people. ...

Penguin Audiobooks presents a brand new recording of Roald Dahls Over to You" a collection of ten terrifying tales of life as a wartime fighter pilot from the master of the short story. It is complete unabridged & brought to life by an all-star cast including Cillian Murphy Julian Rhind-Tutt & Juliet Stevenson. During the Second World War Roald Dahl served in the RAF & even suffered horrific injuries in an air crash in the Libyan desert. Drawing on his own experiences as a fighter pilot Dahl crafted these ten spine-tingling stories: of air battles in the sky; of the nightmare of being shot down; the infectious madness of conflict; & the nervy jollity of the Mess & Ops room. Dahl brilliantly conveys the bizarre reality of a wartime pilots daily existence where death is a constant companion & life is lived from one heartbeat to the next. It
Includes:: " Death of An Old Man" read by Julian Rhind-Tutt; " An African Story" read by Cillian Murphy; "A Piece Of Cake" read by Julian Rhind-Tutt; " Madame Rosette" read by Julian Rhind-Tutt; " Katina" read by Cillian Murphy; " Yesterday Was Beautiful" read by Juliet Stevenson; " They Shall Not Grow Old" read by Cillian Murphy; " Beware Of The Dog" read by Cillian Murphy; " Only This" read by Sophie Okonedo; & " Someone Like You" read by Julian Rhind-Tutt. It is published in paperback CD ebook & digital audiobook."
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