Readers can discover all the foul facts about the STORMIN NORMANS including why Norman knights slept with a dolly which pirate hung up his eye-patch & became a saint & why Crusader ships were defended with barrels of pee. With a bold accessible new look & a heap of extra-horrible bits these bestselling titles are sure to be a huge hit with yet another generation of Terry Dear fans ...

Fascinating facts about big bad Bill the Conqueror & his bully-boys who battled at Hastings Terry Deary & Martin Brown s brilliant books about the nastiest periods in history have now with the help of some astounding actors been transformed into a series of audio extravaganzas. Featuring new extra material not found anywhere in the books these sound spectaculars are just as thrilling & spilling funny & fast as their printed counterparts. Horrible Histories are guaranteed to bring you history with the nasty bits left in! Everyone knows about 1066 & how William the Conqueror s men scored a bull s eye at the Battle of Hastings. Or rather a King s eye. But why did William like conquering so much? Were the Normans abnormal? Probably not King Harold & his men were just as fond of cutting off bits of people they didn t like. But that didn t help them when it came to the Battle of Hastings a fight that had more needle than the Bayeux Tapestry. You can also hear about William the Conqueror s disgusting death. But a word of warning: when you open up this audio hold your nose! History has never been so horrible! ...

A hit West End theatre production of a classic Hollywood movie transfers to Broadway in this humorous backstage novel. Judith Gold grande dame of the British theatre has brought her acclaimed stage production of All About Eve to Broadway. As ever Judith is at loggerhead with everything & everyone who doesnt live up to her exacting standards especially two of her co-stars method film actress Mindy Blue & arrogant has-been TV actor Digby Weston. Meanwhile Judiths possessions are being systematically sabotaged while her demand for theatrically ascending chandeliers is declined by producer Wesley Bartlett. At least Rupert Blake her favourite leading man is there to rely on
- & to attempt to keep the peace. Is Broadway ready for a loud-mouthed opinionated English actress with attitude & in the most American of plays?
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Reduner nomads have massacred the Quartern's Rainlords leaving its cities vulnerable to the relentless desert. Now Stormlord Shale must stretch his powers to bring rain or his people will die
- if they don't meet a Reduner knife first. However Shale can't hold out alone for much longer & those who seek to exploit him are closing in. Rainlord Kaneth has spurned these politics for war & plans to defeat the Reduner leader from his desert stronghold. But there are spies in Kaneth's camp. Terelle has been Shale's secret weapon until now covertly boosting his powers. But her Uncle's magic compels her to travel to distant Khromatis
- & if she disobeys him it will destroy her. Yet Khromatis gave the desert its first Stormlord so Terelle may find hope there as well as great danger.. .

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Centuries after Connavar's triumphant battles against the invading army of Stone gained the Rigante their freedom the clan finds itself oppressed once again. Magic that once flourished has been all but snuffed out. The Varlish king & his barons have stolen Rigante lands & robbed the people of their culture & liberty. From the Rigante's former seat of power the black-hearted Moidart rules; only in the north are the clansmen free. There in the Druagh mountains the magic still reigns strengthened by bold brilliant victories of the outlaw leader known as Ravenheart. In the south civil war has drenched the land in blood & the armies of destruction are slowly creeping north where Ravenheart waits believing the armies of hated Moidart will come led by the brutal ruler's only son Stormrider. Ravenheart & Stormrider: enemies of uncommon courage are unaware that the fate of their world lies in their hands. Both are destined to be heroes but one of them is doomed. For a secret lost in the uncharted past has returned to haunt these two warriors as they face not only the malice of powerful men but the vengeance of an ancient evil rising from the bloodshed to slake its thirst. As immense armies of darkness advance it seems as if nothing will stop them. They crush their enemies with ease until only a few thousand highlanders stand before them with no help in sight. But these are not ordinary men. They are clansmen & more than that they are Rigante. ...

Budding meteorologists will love this new addition to the popular Beginners series providing an exciting introduction to all kinds of storms from blizzards hailstorms & thunderstorms to tornadoes & hurricanes.

Includes:: striking colour photographs of storms in action & step-by-step illustrations to engage young readers. Developed with a reading expert from Roehampton University to help young readers grow in confidence.

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Dr James Hansen the world's leading scientist on climate issues speaks out for the first time with the full truth about global warming: the planet is hurtling to a climatic point of no return. Hansen
- whose climate predictions have come to pass again & again beginning in the 1980s when he first warned US Congress about global warming
- is the single most credible voice on the subject worldwide. He paints a devastating but all-too-realistic picture of what will happen if we continue to follow the course we're on. But he is also a hard-headed optimist & shows that there is still time to take the urgent strong action needed to save humanity.

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In STORMS OF SILENCE Joe Simpson recalls the severe snowstorm which put an end to an attempt with four others on Gangchempo & the infection which forced him to abandon the climb on Cho Oyu in tibet. During that expedition he has a disturbing encounter with a party of political refugees & a 4-year-old boy fleeing across the Tibetan border. He becomes obsessed with stories of Chinese brutality in the old world Tibet they overran by force 40 years ago. He also begins to question the ethic of playing rich mens games in Third World countries contributing little to the local people who endure a fearful struggle to survive. Oppression abroad makes him see mindless violence in his home town of Sheffield in a new light. The books ends with his first trip to the Andes in Peru since TOUCHING THE VOID. ...

After years of peace the kingdom of Femphrey is at war again
- only this time it is with the elements! Devastating storms sweep
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Stormwatch returns in this DC Comics
- The New 52 title collecting the first six issues of the teams new series! Jack Hawksmoor
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