The Matrix meets Oliver Twist WARP: The Reluctant Assassin is the first of a major new series by Eoin Colfer the bestselling author of Artemis Fowl. It all began with the FBI & WARP (Witness Anonymous Relocation Programme). Hiding witnesses in the past to protect the future
- until now.. . Riley is a Victorian orphan hurtled into the twenty-first century & on the run from his evil master.. . Albert Garrick the terrifying assassin-for-hire pursuing Riley through time along with.. . Chevie Savano the FBI's youngest & most impulsive special agent. As Garrick relentlessly hunts them down Riley & Chevie face a desperate race to stay alive & stop Garrick from returning to his own time
- armed with knowledge & power that could change the world forever. Colfer has the ability to make you laugh twice over: first in sheer subversive joy at the inventiveness of the writing & again at the energy of the humour
- Sunday Times Readers mourning the end of the Artemis Fowl series can take heart: this first book in the time-bending WARP series is an all-out blast.
- Publishers Weekly Eoin Colfer is the megaselling author of the Artemis Fowl series Half Moon Investigations The Supernaturalist Airman & The Legend of.. .books. His brilliant new series WARP is out now. Eoin lives with his family in Irel&. www.eoincolfer.com



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This book the long-awaited final volume in the series further describes & illustrates post-WW2 British armoured camouflage & markings as follows: 1) Paint & Camouflage post-WW2; 2) Arm of Service Markings; Formation Signs. The book is profusely illustrated with photographs colour profiles & detailed drawings. It describes in detail the official paint schemes the variations often seen in practice & the individual & unit markings applied to tanks armoured cars lorries & smaller vehicles & towed guns. The series is invaluable for military enthusiasts & modellers making sense of a very confusing topic! ...

Buffett has generously endowed us all with a sensible & intelligent roadmap for investing." -- Robert G Hagstrom " Warren Buffett -- The Oracle of Everything. He has been right about the stock market rotten accounting CEO greed & corporate governance. The rest of us are just catching on." -- Fortune " Warren Buffett has turned value investing into an art form piling up the worlda s second largest individual fortune & persuading millions to mimic the low--tech buy--&--hold style of stock picking he practices at Berkshire Hathaway." -- Time " Buffett & Munger are without doubt two of the greatest investors & capital allocators of all time so investors would be well served to study their thinking carefully." -- The Motley Fool " Warren Buffett -- Ace stockpicker & now an empire--builder." -- Business Week" ...

Featuring photographs by former Warrington railwayman Arthur Chester this is a survey of the busy railway hub where steam-hauled goods & passenger trains wove their way between east & west among the famous expresses of the West Coast line. Track layouts & operating notes are included. ...

December 2011 sees the premier of Steven Spielberg's much anticipated film War Horse" which is the most popular piece of fiction ever written about horses in war. " My Horse Warrior" first published in 1934 is equally wondrous fact. It is told by Winston Churchill's great heroic friend Jack Seely about the thoroughbred horse he took to France in 1914 surviving five years of bombs & bullets to lead a cavalry charge in 1918 before returning home where they rode on together until 1938 their combined ages (70+30) totalling 100. The book tells the whole history of Warrior from his birth in an Isle of Wight field to his amazing life as a famous war horse & how a combination of both the horse's extraordinary character & some unbelievable twists of fate helped him survive a war which claimed the lives of 8 million horses. This new edition " My Horse Warrior: The Original War Horse" is introduced by Jack Seely's grandson Brough Scott a well-known broadcaster & journalist. It

Includes:: the original illustrations which equine & war artist Sir Alfred Munnings drew especially for Jack Seely both during the war & at home afterwards."

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In Warrior Cardio" world-renowned fitness expert Martin Rooney delivers the solution for what most people at the gym are seeking: an easy-to-follow workout & diet plan that burns fat & builds muscle in less time. This is a comprehensive look at cardiovascular training using scientifically proven techniques paired with a diet plan that delivers. The book

Features: a complete twelve-week fitness & diet program; hundreds of metabolic exercises with full color photos for each exercise; dozens of exciting workout routines including hurricanes complexes bodyweight & strength circuits; advanced warm-up & pre-hab techniques to prevent injury; & a Warrior Diet plan from nutrition expert John Berardi Ph.D. based around the Warrior 20: a group of the 20 essential foods that will help readers lose weight & gain muscle. Surprising research on the science behind cardiovascular fitness & training techniques ultimately " Warrior Cardio" offers a cutting-edge fitness program & diet program made simple that will allow anyone to bring out the Warrior within. If you want to be a better athlete or just train & look like one " Warrior Cardio" has what you need."

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Before he knew about the Roses 16-year-old Jack lived an unremarkable life in the small Ohio town of Trinity. Only the medicine he has to take daily & the thick scar above his heart set him apart from the other high-schoolers. At least until one day Jack forgets his medicine. Suddenly he is stronger fiercer & more confident than ever before. & it feels great
- right up to the moment when he loses control of his own strength & almost kills another player during the soccer team tryouts. An incident which proves to be just the beginning. Jack is about to learn the startling truth about himself: he is Weirlind; part of an underground society of magical people who live among us. At the head of this magical society sit the feuding houses of the Red & the White Rose whose power is determined by playing The Game
- a magical tournament in which each house sponsors a warrior to fight to the death. The winning house rules the Weir. As if his bizarre magical heritage isnt enough Jack discovers that hes not just another member of Weirlind: hes one of the last of the warriors & his power has manifested at a time when both houses are scouting for a player. Jacks performance on the soccer field has alerted the entire magical community to the fact that hes in Trinity. & until one of the houses is declared Jacks official sponsor theyll stop at nothing to get Jack to fight for them.. .

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Carl is determined to become Warrior Number One in the online game Barbarianz. He must face the Dark Lord & his five-headed dragon. But if you think thats the end of the story then youre in for a big surprise... This title is published by Franklin Watts EDGE which produces a range of books to get children reading with complete confidence. EDGE
- for books children want to read & books children can read.
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Jan Zizka (1370-1424) was a formidable figure whose life & military career was set amidst the whirlwind of monumental revolutions
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Warrior of Rome I: Fire in the East" is Harry Sidebottom's historical debut. The year is AD 255
- the Roman Imperium is stretched
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