The Star-Bellied Sneetches have bellies with Stars but the Plain-Bellied Sneetches have none upon thars! Rivalries rocket when Sylvester Mc Monkey Mc Bean steps in to prey on their prejudices but in the end we realise that prejudice is nothing more than a rediculous waste of time. 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. The Sneetches & Other Stories belongs to the Yellow Back Book range.
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Keira is thrilled when two high bred ponies
- Vegas & Snickers
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Reminiscent of We're Going on a Bear Hunt this story is an absolute delight to read aloud enabling a child to really join in. An alligator is creeping up the stairs slithering down the hall & swishing & swooshing its tremendous tail & the children are very scared. Until they decide they've had enough of all this scary alligator stuff! & they banish him back to where he came from. Beautifully designed & illustrated this reissue of the award-winning picture book Snip Snap! is a real treat! ...

Throughout World War II German snipers were obliged to carry a Scharfshutzen Buch which recorded every kill. Each success noted had to be verified by a witness & signed by a superior officer. The journal of Sutkus is one of only a few such books to have survived the war. It records more than 200 kills placing him as one of the wars most successful snipers. A large part of his journal is reproduced for the first time here. As a Hitler Youth member his skill as a marksman was quickly noted & in July 1943 aged 19 he was drafted into the Wehrmacht. A month later he was sent on a five month snipers course in Wilna after which he was posted to the Eastern Front. He was so successful that his superiors sent him to crucial positions. Despite his age he was regarded as one of Germanys best snipers & in November 1944 he was awarded the Scharfshutzenabzeichen 3 Stufe
- the highest award for a sniper. After being wounded in January 1945 Sutkus was given time to recuperate away from the Eastern Front. During this time he met a Red Cross nurse to whom he gave all his journal. When the war finished Sutkus was forced to join the Red Army. He deserted to join the Lithuanian resistance fighters. After being captured again he was tortured by the KGB & deported to Siberia to endure forced labour. It was not until the collapse of the Soviet Union that he was able return to Germany & find his journal still in the hands of the same nurse.
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Revered by some as the ultimate warrior & condemned by others as ruthless assassins
- the combat sniper is more than just a crack
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The Sniper Pocket Book the next in the planned series of handy must have Military Pocket Books. Sniper is a collaboration between Frank Fletcher (ex-Parachute Regt Sniper & Master Sniper Instructor) & Rupert Godesen (military artist & ex-soldier). Rupert: When I took on the job of re-writing/illustrating Soldiers Pocket Book I decided to write it for the young me who had joined the Army 22 years ago & knew nothing. I tried to make it a cross between a comprehensive guide & sitting chatting with an old sweat. We applied the same approach to sniper combining my pictures with Frank's lifetime of experience in the field". Frank: " And I think we've achieved what we set out to do it contains an explanation of how the sniper came to be details of the longest shots in history some of whom were my students & a Q&A with me & Ru about the ins & outs of my trade I'd have snapped it up when I was a lad just joining." & there's more where that came from the new team at Military Pocket Books are working from the solid base that Major John Hobbis Harris established with the original " Volunteer" to enshrine all the skills & drills he had acquired in previous forces service for the next generation we owe a debt to Major JHH for that. To look forward most of our titles will become Apps for Tablet & Phones with interactive functions so they become more than just a digital book. Our prospective portfolio of new titles will extend & enhance our reader's knowledge & skill." ...

This is a technical outline of the history of the sniper rifle from its introduction in warfare during the Napoleonic wars through the US Civil War to its current apogee as the most frequently used combat rifle in Iraq & Afghanistan. This book details the development of ammunition different weapons types including single shot magazine loading & semi-automatic as well as the introduction & use of optical sights. Martin Pegler a leading expert on the history of sniping & former Senior Curator of Firearms at the Royal Armouries Leeds also details the current advances in technology such as laser range
- finding sights & night vision devices. Using first-hand accounts the book brings the dangerous world of the sniper to life revealing their training & concealment techniques as well as their mastering of their weapon of choice.
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To kill with one shot needs a specialist. In war choosing a perfect concealed position & knowing exactly when to pull the trigger takes a special talent. But some such as John Wilkes Booth murderer of president Abraham Lincoln prove that any madman with a gun can make history in a random moment. In 1963 President John F. Kennedy was killed by shots to his back & head. Despite being surrounded by security & in a public place his killer knew where to hide & when to shoot. For three weeks in October 2002 a sniper in a Chevrolet Caprice terrorised Washington DC Maryland & Virginia. In these three weeks & at various times & locations ten people were shot dead & three were critically injured after being struck by the mysterious marksman. Two days after the last murder police identified the sniper & his accomplice
- their murderous road trip was over.
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For those of us who appreciate the finer things in life The Le Snobs" are your guides to the work of skilled artisans culinary connoisseurs & inspired designers from around the world. Evocative & richly appointed with little-known facts this book is about savouring the worlds most sophisticated tobacco products to the full. It celebrates the fine distinctions between brand place tradition & taste that elevate cigar appreciation to an art in itself. " Le Snob: Cigars" reaches across the Caribbean from the powerful tobaccos of Central America through Cubas rich aromas to the Dominican Republics finesse to show you the finest cigars available today & why it is worth being a snob about the cigars you choose to smoke. With the cachet knowledge every expert must possess plus authentic insights into the lives & skills of cigar producers " Le Snob: Cigars" offers impeccable advice on all aspects of this traditional from pronunciation to professional tasting techniques. The book also features an authoritative directory of rare & prestige cigars to help you explore the very finest international styles in greater depth." ...

After a brief & ill-advised dalliance with the Suffragette movement Lady Rose Summers debut season in London society turns out to be a complete disaster. Roses father suspects that her fiance Sir Geoffrey Blandon is a first class scoundrel & calls in Captain Harry Cathcart to investigate. But when a malicious guest is found dead in suspicious circumstances Rose becomes far more interested in discovering the truth than in landing a more appropriate suitor. As Harry & Rose begin to unravel this web of lies & rumours a clever murderer sets out to make Roses disastrous first season her last. ...