'A red pony colt was looking at him out of the stall. Its tense ears were forward & a light of disobedience was in its eyes. Its coat was rough & thick as an Airedale's fur & its mane was long & tangled'. Jody Tiflin is a ten-year-old boy living on his father's ranch. One day his father brings home a small pony. He's Jody's if the boy will learn to feed clean stable & care for him. But Jody learns through the colt & through his other adventures on the ranch that with responsibility can come sacrifice & pain. Joy may swiftly turn to tragedy. & he also discover that the simplicities of childhood must eventually turn into the complications of adulthood. The Red Pony" is Steinbeck's brilliant & sometimes brutal celebration of adolescence." ...

In 1907 Princess Sophy (' Sofka') Dolgorouky was born in St Petersburg. Members of the Imperial family had attended her parents' wedding earlier that same year & the child was born into a privileged world of nurses private tutors & elegant tea parties. The Russian Revolution caused the princess to flee across Europe to England but it was the Second World War that left the deepest marks on her adult life. During those years she left her first husband & lost her second. Later she was interned in a Nazi prison camp where she discovered Communism & showed great bravery in defending the rights of the Jewish prisoners. It was her Communism which took her back to the Soviet Union as an improbable tour guide for British workers. & Communism albeit indirectly brought her the last love of her life Jack a working-class Londoner who had never been abroad. Sofka's colourful life also included a close friendship with Laurence Olivier innumerable lovers some serious some quickly discarded & an abiding love of reading & especially poetry. This affectionate portrait of the 'red princess' by her granddaughter & namesake uses letters diaries & interviews to recreate a vanished world & also explore the author's own Russian roots. ...

This award-winning tale about bedtime anxiety is part of a New York Times bestselling series which

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The Red Pyramid: the first book in Rick Riordan's The Kane Chronicles. Percy Jackson fought Greek Gods. Now the Gods of Egypt are waking in the modern world...'I guess it started the night our dad blew up the British museum...' Carter & Sadie Kane's dad is a brilliant Egyptologist with a secret plan that goes horribly wrong. An explosion shatters the ancient Rosetta stone & unleashes Set the evil god of chaos... Set imprisons Dr Kane in a golden coffin & Carter & Sadie must run for their lives. To save their dad they embark on a terrifying quest from Cairo to Paris to the American South-west & discover the truth about their family's connection to the House of Life: an Egyptian temple of magic that has existed for thousands of years. The pharaohs of ancient Egypt are far from dead & buried. & neither unfortunately are their gods... Praise for the Percy Jackson series: Witty & inspired. Gripping touching & deliciously satirical... This is most likely to succeed Rowling. Puffin is on to a winner". (Amanda Craig The Times). " Puns jokes & subtle wit alongside a gripping storyline". (Telegraph). " Perfectly paced with electrifying moments chasing each other like heartbeats". (New York Times). Rick Riordan is an award-winning mystery writer. He lives in San Antonio Texas with his wife & two sons. Percy Jackson & the Lightning Thief was the overall winner of the Red House Children's Book Award in 2006. The Percy Jackson series: The Lightning Thief; The Sea of Monsters; The Battle of the Labyrinth; The Titan's Curse; The Last Olympian Heroes of Olympus: The Lost Hero; The Son of Neptune; The Mark of Athena The Kane Chronicles: The Red Pyramid; The Throne of Fire; The Serpent's Shadow." ...

The second book in Philippa's stunning new trilogy The Cousins War brings to life the story of Margaret Beaufort a shadowy ...

In Red Rabbit" Tom Clancy gives Jack Ryan fans an insight into his greatest hero's first years fighting terrorism. Jack Ryan. The early CIA days... When young Jack Ryan joins the CIA as an analyst he is thrust into a world of political intrigue & conspiracy. Stationed in England he quickly finds himself debriefing a Soviet defector with an extraordinary story to tell: senior Russian officials are plotting to assassinate Pope John Paul II. The CIA novice must forget his inexperience & rely on all his wits to firstly discover the details of the plot
- & then prevent its execution. For it is not just the Pope's life that is at stake but also the stability of the Western World. " Red Rabbit" is the thrilling eighth novel featuring Jack Ryan following " The Sum of All Fears" & " Debt of Honour". Published after " Executive Orders" the novel charts Jack Ryan's earliest mission for the CIA & is the stunning prequel to " The Hunt For Red October". Praise for Tom Clancy: " Truly riveting a dazzling read". (" Sunday Express"). "A brilliantly constructed thriller". (" Daily Mail"). Thirty years ago Tom Clancy was a Maryland insurance broker with a passion for naval history. His first novel " The Hunt for Red October' catapulted on to the " New York Times" bestseller list after President Reagan pronounced it 'the perfect yarn'. Since then Clancy has established himself as an undisputed master at blending exceptional realism & authenticity intricate plotting & razor-sharp suspense."
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Determined to find the treasure of notorious pirate Red Rackham Tintin & Captain Haddock set sail aboard the Sirius to find the shipwreck of the Unicorn. Following the clues & making use of an ingenious shark-shaped submarine Tintin is ready for an ocean adventure... ...

The world's most famous travelling reporter sets out in search of Red Rackham's treasure. Determined to find the treasure of the notorious pirate Red Rackham Tintin & Captain Haddock set sail aboard the Sirius to find the shipwreck of the Unicorn. With the help of an ingenious shark-shaped submarine Tintin follows the clues deep down on this ocean adventure. Join the most iconic character in comics as he embark on an extraordinary adventure spanning historical & political events & thrilling mysteries. Still selling over 100 000 copies every year in the UK & having been adapted for the silver screen by Steven Spielberg & Peter Jackson in 2011 The Adventures of Tintin continue to charm more than 80 years after they first found their way into publication. Since then an estimated 230 million copies have been sold proving that comic books have the same power to entertain children & adults in the 21st century as they did in the early 20th. ...

First came the hurricane. The red rain began to fall. The blood of its victims. & the twin angels emerged... Lea Sutter is in the wrong place at the wrong time. Trapped on an island during a hurricane she barely escapes alive. Out of the carnage two boys appear
- innocent angelic & thrilled to be adopted by their new mother. But these are no ordinary children. They bring the gift of death
- & they want to share it with the whole town. What do you do when evil enters your home?

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31st August 1997 Rose Wilson is fourteen but looks sixteen. Pimped out by her 'boyfriend' & let down by a person she thought she loved she has seen more of the darkness in life than someone twice her age. On the night of Princess Diana's death
- a night everyone will remember
- Rose snaps & commits two terrible crimes. Her life seems effectively over. But then a defence lawyer takes pity & sets out to do what he can to save her regardless of the consequences. Now DI Alex Morrow is a witness in the case of Michael Brown
- a vicious nasty arms dealer more brutal & damaged than most of the criminals she meets. During the trial while he is held in custody Brown's fingerprints are found at the scene of a murder in the Red Road flats. It was impossible that he could have been there & it's a mystery that Morrow just can't let go. Meanwhile a privileged Scottish lawyer sits in a castle on Mull waiting for an assassin to kill him. He has sold out his own father something that will bring the wrath of the powerful down upon him.


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