For several years Robin Cooper has been plaguing department stores hotels associations fan clubs & a certain children's book publisher with his letters. From Prince Charles to the Peanut Council Harrods to the British Halibut Association
- no one is safe. So who is Robin Cooper? Architect thimble designer trampoline tester & wasp expert Robin Cooper is all of these things
- it just depends on the person he's writing to...

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Meet Timmy Failure founder of the best" detective agency in town
- Total Failure Inc. Timmy may only be eleven but with the help
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From the childrens TV show on CBeebies Timmy Time is a favourite for pre- school children. Timmy is Shaun the Sheeps cousin who is an enthusiastic & eager character ready to learn all about the world he lives in the farm & his friends. With Timmy&8217;s wooden dominoes you can match all the characters including Timmy Ruffy Mittens & many more. The chunky wooden dominoes are even curved so you can make lots of funky shapes too. Match the colourful characters on the dominoes & the first one to place all their dominoes down first wins. Game contains 28 pieces & comes in a handy storage box with lid. Carries EU Toy Safety Directive not suitable for children under the age of 3 years. ...

Timor-Leste will delight visitors with its fascinating mix of history culture & natural beauty Travellers visiting now will share in a unique & historical moment experiencing a country that is stepping into a peaceful & democratic reality. Jose Ramos-Horta President of the Republic of Timor-Leste Our Promise You can trust our travel information because Lonely Planet authors visit the places we write about each & every edition. We never accept freebies for positive coverage & you can rely on us to tell it like we see it. Inside This Book Foreward by Jose Ramos-Horta 15 410 km of remote road trips 24 easy-to-use maps 32 pristine dive sites Inspirational photos Clear easy-to-use maps Comprehensive planning tools In-depth background Easy-to-read layout At-a-glance practical info ...

WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY THE AUTHOR. On his third birthday Oskar decides to stop growing. Haunted by the deaths of his parents & wielding his tin drum Oskar recounts the events of his extraordinary life; from the long nightmare of the Nazi era to his anarchic adventures is post-war Germany. ...

Meet Crank & Al.. .robots on the run. Al is taking Crank to the great recycling plant where Al says Old useless robots go in & bright new robots come out. But Crank doesnt want to be recycled. Soon he & Al are running for their lives. Can they escape the terrible Tin Man & reach the city of Robotika where robots can be free.. .? A refreshed cover look for this well-loved series illustrated by the incomparable Mark Oliver. Read on with Tunnel Racers Razorbites Powerball The Ghost Sea & Aquanauts. ...

With first-hand accounts from the people who knew him best this book details Sir Elton's formative years from training as a classical pianist at the Royal Academy of Music through his time as a jobbing songwriter in London's Tin Pan Alley & performing his first live gigs ending with the breakthrough Troubadour concerts in 1970. The author has obtained interviews with everyone from Elton's first piano teacher through to band mates in Bluesology & the Elton John Band Tony Taupin (brother of Bernie) manager Ray Williams lyricists Gary Osborne & Bill Martin songwriter Tony Hatch music publicist Tony King & many more. They all contribute to a celebration of Elton's journey along the Yellow Brick Road from Tin Pan Alley to the Troubadour. However Denmark Street London's Tin Pan Alley is as much the star of the book as Sir Elton. The author paints a vivid picture of a lost world of sharp music publishers struggling songwriters & other inhabitants of the street who all came together to socialise & trade songs at the Giaconda & Julie's Cafe. With never-before-seen photos Tin Pan Alley: The Rise of Elton John is the first book to focus entirely on Elton's formative years up to 1970. For Elton's army of fans & those interested in British musical history this book is a must. Music business journalist Nigel Hunter who worked in Tin Pan Alley himself provides a funny & touching preface. A really nice touch is that the jacket was designed by David Larkham who was responsible for the classic Elton John covers such as Goodbye Yellow Brick Road & Captain Fantastic. ...

Jim Taylor Sally Lockhart's oldest friend is engaged as bodyguard to a princess. But Crown Princess Adelaide of Razkavia is not what you'd expect. She's the slum-girl Jim has been searching for ever since she vanished ten years ago. Now her life is in mortal danger & together they must battle against unknown enemies in a country where no one can be trusted. This dramatic story of love loyalty & adventure is the final novel in the quartet. Philip Pullman's ever-popular action-packed Victorian melodramas are rejacketed for the bicentenary of Charles Dickens in 2012. ...

A peaceful childhood in pre-war Czechoslovakia seemed on course for a happy ending with her soul-mate Arno: but Hitler & war intervened. Arno perished in the Holocaust but Zdenka carried his ring from Terezin to Auschwitz to Kurzbach on a 300-mile death march to Gross Rosen & finally to Belsen. There in the last chaotic days of the war she almost died of starvation but was saved by a British army officer whose name she never learnt & to whom her book The Tin Ring is dedicated. ...

New Orleans is awash with corpses after Hurricane Katrina unleashes its awesome power. In a city patrolled only by looters all law & order gone the survivors wait in trees or on rooftops for help that never comes. In a landscape transformed into a violent wasteland Dave Robicheaux must investigate the shooting of two looters & find out why some very dangerous people are hunting a third. Is it because they unwittingly ransacked the house of a notorious mob boss? Or did a chance encounter with the father of a raped girl seal their fate? As Robicheaux starts to uncover a ruthless tale of greed torture & murder his own family comes under threat from a sinister psychopath & the devastated city provides the perfect stage for a final confrontation between good & evil. ...