A fantastic book for young athletics fans who cant wait to cheer on their team at the London Olympics! Kids will love getting their crayons pens & pencils out to colour in the pages while learning all about Team GB & their favourite star athletes. A brilliant way to keep children engaged & entertained this book guarantees hours of coloring fun to last the entire Games! ...

Join the great team of Olympic & Paralympic athletes as they prepare for the London 2012 Games. In this fantastic handbook youll find lots of photos & facts about your favourite star athletes along with puzzles activities & creative ideas to make you into a world-class fan! There are also stickers to decorate the pages & a colourful poster to put on your wall & show your support. ...

Peter Warr was best-known for his management of the Lotus Formula 1 team where he was one of Colin Chapmans closest allies as well as the man who nurtured the early Formula 1 careers of Ayrton Senna & Nigel Mansell. Frank informative & beautifully written his memoir remained unfinished at the time of his death in 2010 but the bulk of his work was done & thankfully can be published. This long-awaited inside story which is of particular interest for its authors thoughts on Chapman & all the drivers he worked with will be relished by all motor racing enthusiasts. ...

Its nearly the end of term & there are lots of fun activities to look forward to. But first all the unicorns have to take their exams. Everyone is working very hard
- except for Troy. He has a much better plan. But when Willow discovers what hes up to shes sure her friend will get into trouble. Can she help Troy before its too late? This is the sixth title in the Unicorn School" series where young unicorns not only learn magic but how to be good & kind friends."
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The bestselling & prize-winning study of one of the most legendary American Presidents in history Team of Rivals" by Doris Kearns Goodwin is the book that inspired Barack Obama in his presidency. When Barack Obama was asked which book he could not live without in the White House his answer was instant: " Team of Rivals". This monumental & brilliant work has given Obama the model for his presidency showing how Abraham Lincoln saved America by appointing his fiercest rival to key cabinet positions. As well as a thrilling piece of narrative history it's an inspiring study of one of the greatest leaders the world has ever seen. "A wonderful book.. .a remarkable study in leadership". (Barack Obama). "A portrait of Lincoln as a virtuosic politician & managerial genius". (" The New York Times"). "I have not enjoyed a history book as much for years' Robert Harris Doris Kearns Goodwin is the doyenne of US presidential historians & one of the most acclaimed non-fiction authors in the world. Her works include " Lyndon Johnson & the American Dream" " The Fitzgeralds & the Kennedys: An American Saga" & No Ordinary Time: Franklin & Eleanor Roosevelt" for which she won the Pulitzer Prize for History in 1995." ...

Team Spirit is a gripping account of a race on the edge & a young skippers determined journey to victory. The Clipper Round the World Yacht Race is the ultimate long distance challenge
- a 35 000-mile circumnavigation of the globe contested by amateur crews in identical racing yachts
- & the winners are those who keep their focus the longest. The 2010 winner was 28-year-old Brendan Hall & his crew in Spirit of Australia. Although Brendan was the youngest & least experienced skipper in the race the win was no accident
- it was the culmination of years of training skilled navigation & a leadership style way beyond his years. His leadership skills were soon put to the test
- in the middle of a North Pacific hurricane Brendan went to the rescue of an injured skipper on a competing yacht & skippered both boats across one of the most feared oceans in the world. Brendans brutally honest no-holds-barred account is revealing & instructive with valuable lessons in leadership & management
- as well as never giving up. Thrown in quite literally at the deep end he is pushed to the limit & learns lessons you can only learn the hard way.




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Welcome to Chestnut Hill the boarding school where every girls favourite subject is riding. When the riding team blames their coach Ms Carmichael for their poor performance Dylan starts a campaign to support her. But with all the whispers & secrets Dylan has no idea who is on her side
- & who is not... More titles available: THE NEW CLASS (9781407130750) MAKING STRIDES (978147130767) HEART OF GOLD (9781407130774) PLAYING FOR KEEPS (9781407130781) ALL OR NOTHING (9781407130804) CHASING DREAMS (9781407130811) & A TIME TO REMEMBER (9781407130828).
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The Team" series is suitable for use with both individuals or as a group tutor encouraging students to try ensemble playing from the very early stages. All of the books in the series are fully integrated allowing students using ' Team Strings' to play in ensembles with students using ' Team Woodwind' ' Team Brass' ' Team Percussion' & ' Team Recorder'. " Team Strings" is a flexible & adaptable course ideal for beginner violin players. The tutor can be tailored to suit the specific needs of each student. Each piece is carefully graded to ensure a logical progression at a sensible pace & students are introduced to a wide variety of musical styles throughout the book." Team Strings" has been specially written to support almost any combination of string instruments the teacher may encounter. Imaginative Piano Accompaniments have been provided as well as helpful notes & clear ensemble scores to aid the teacher. " Team Strings" also

Includes:: all of the scales for the relevant Grades set by the major examination boards. This volume comes complete with a CD of backing tracks designed to add a third dimension to practice sessions or performance when an accompanist is not available."

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This is both a practical & beautiful approach to the teapot. As well as covering the essential making methods such as throwing slab-building press-moulding slipcasting & more it also looks at the aesthetic & functional aspects of teapot design. A large part of the book will look at artists & their work
- covering both functional & non-functional teapots. The final chapter will also be a gallery of teapots making this a useful asset for the contemporary collector. This is a fantastic book that will capture the imagination of makers collectors & all other fans of the teapot.
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A Tear in the Curtain is a historical novel. The story tells of three families British Hungarian & Russian whose lives are linked for fifty years during the Cold War & afterwards. Their experiences reflect the danger bravery heartbreak joy & sorrow of those days when Europe was divided by the Iron Curtain. Four eleven year-olds spend an idyllic seaside holiday in England in August 1956 just before the Suez crisis & the Hungarian Uprising intensify the Cold War. John Symons skilfully portrays how world events including the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968 the Solidarity movement in Poland in the early 1980s the end of Communism in Eastern Europe in 1989 & in the Soviet Union in 1991 affected the lives of the four children & their families in their respective countries. The author draws on Russian documents not yet available in English to paint a picture of the Cold War in human terms & to show its origins in the rise of Lenin Hitler & Stalin & the Second World War. A Tear in the Curtain can be read with pleasure & interest by three generations. It is narrated in simple clear & fast-moving language that engages young people including those taking GCSE history. A fifteen year-old boy with dyslexia was absorbed by the story & read it twice in thirty six hours. He said how much it helped him to see the meaning of Hitler & the Second World War which he was studying for his exams. His mother loved the book's atmosphere & poetic sense of hope amid the fear & anxiety of the events described. & for an older generation A Tear in the Curtain expresses the meaning of all that shaped their lives after 1945. John Symons is a classical & modern historian with a passionate interest in Russia & the Soviet Union. He has travelled widely in Eastern Europe & Russia & has visited a former GULAG prison camp in Siberia. Described by a British Ambassador to Russia as 'an enthusiastic Russophile' his talks with people persecuted or imprisoned by the Gestapo or KGB give the book the ring of truth. He is the author of two biographies Stranger on the Shore & This Life of Grace. John Symons describes the tragedies that struck at the heart of a poor but devoted Cornish family. Humanity & the valour of the human spirit shine from every page.' This England reviewing Stranger on the Shore ' The writer is a consummate artist in style with a poet's eye for detail. The story is exceptionally vivid.. .expressing deep faith & perception of the meaning of life.. .' Professor C.F.D. Moule Cambridge on Stranger on the Shore. PROMOTION: This book will be reviewed in the local & national press. Ideal for giving GCSE & A level History students a taste of the human impact of the Cold War. ...