If Beardy Ardagh is to be believed the trouble begins when a monkey escapes from the grubtown old folks home or when the sun-ripe raisin man decides to give up shrivelled dried grapes & to grow vegetables instead. Whatever the beginning it all ends up with far too many bunny rabbits & a serious problem with paper aeroplanes. Philip Ardagh shows just what it is that would make any sane-minded person avoid visiting Grubtown for business or pleasure at all costs & excactly why fun-loving readers (of all ages) should head straight for a shelf of Grubtown Tales."" ...

China will replace the United States as the world's dominant power. In so doing it will not become more western but the world will become more Chinese. Jacques argues that we cannot understand China in western terms but only through its own history & culture. To this end he introduces a powerful set of ideas including China as a civilization-state the tributary system the Chinese idea of race a very different concept of the state & the principle of contested modernity. First published in 2009 to widespread critical acclaim
- & controversy
- When China Rules the World: The End of the Western World & the Rise of a New Global Order" has sold a quarter of a million copies been translated into eleven languages nominated for two major literary awards & has been the subject of an immensely popular TED talk. In the three years since the first edition was published the book has transformed the debate about China worldwide & proved remarkably prescient. In this greatly expanded & fully updated paperback edition with nearly three-hundred pages of new material backed up by the latest statistical data Martin Jacques renews his assault on conventional thinking about China's ascendancy showing how its impact will be as much political & cultural as economic thereby transforming the world as we know it."

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With this novel Sharon Penman moves to a new set of characters & to 12th Century England & the early civil war between Stephen & his cousin The Empress Made
- A long fight to won the English throne. Stephen was handsome unreliable & beguiling. Maude was courageous beautiful & insanely arrogant. They fought for twenty years & devastated Engl&. Their flair for dramatic events & immense catastrophes made sure that they were never boring.
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The Derbyshire Times" asked its readers for their memories & photographs of their families & friends & many nostalgic contributions were received. These are reproduced here together with images from the " Derbyshire Times" own archives. Some stories are amusing some are emotional particularly when recalling the mining disasters that have occurred over the years with inevitable loss of life. Rescue efforts were often made by the miners with total disregard for their own safety a trait which typifies their character. This book celebrates the lives of those involved in the mining industry who still have a fond & maintained association with it." ...

Remember a time when cricket was cricket? Before millionaire players careered around a floodlit field in glorified pyjamas? When a proper match lasted days rather than the crash bang wallop of the limited-overs game? Modern innovations like Twenty 20 & the IPL have their place in crickets long & glorious story but nothing beats the original
- as celebrated in this wonderfully nostalgic look at the game in bygone years. Looking back to a heyday of long hot summers & classic matches When Cricket Was Cricket fondly recalls an era when it was a more enjoyable & carefree pastime
- for the most part a sport conducted in a spirit of keen competitiveness but fair & thrilling play. Drawing on 100 years of outstanding photographs in the huge Mirrorpix archive this book brings to life an age free of intrusive sponsorship & commercialism when huge crowds swarmed to see the stars of the day in action
- legends such as WG Grace Bradman & Hobbs; famous greats of the post-war era like Sobers Miller & Trueman; & more recent heroes such as Botham Warne Tendulkar & Lara. Ranging from the grandest venues to the humblest village pitches in its depiction of the sports golden years this is the perfect illustrated guide to when it really was cricket!


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She finally thought she was safe... Toni Maguire author of Number One Bestseller ' Don't Tell Mummy' takes up the story of her tragic childhood where she left off revealing the awful truth about what happened when her father sent to jail for abusing her was released & came home... Toni Maguire's father abused her from the age of six & was only found out when she fell pregnant losing the child from a botched abortion. Jailed for his crimes with the help of her testimony Antoinette believed she was finally safe but it was not to last... Being despatched to collect her father from the station by herself marked a new low for young Antoinette. Realising that she was no longer safe at home she was forced to leave. Her mother did nothing to protect her or prevent her going. Traumatised & alone Antoinette was unable to cope & was admitted to a psychiatric hospital sinking deeper into despair every day. Finally transferred to the dead-end ward with no hope of recovery Antoinette slowly began to improve by the sheer force of her indomitable will. ...

Maddy & Martin Brennan have a good marriage & two healthy children Jess & Patrick. When Martins lost at sea though Maddys in for a shock: it transpires that her home is mortgaged & the familys finances are in a perilous state. Beaten down by a bitter feud with her brother & by her son Patricks troublesome behaviour Maddy carelessly steps in the path of a runaway horse & loses her life. Its left to young Jess to make something of the future. From near destitution she launches a business of her own earning back the prosperity & respect her mother had in the end lost. But heartache lies ahead & when love is on offer is the man who wants Jesss heart worthy of it? ...

Do you know when Big Ben first bonged
- or even who Ben was? Why the River Thames is so-called? Which top Nazi was locked up in
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From the acclaimed master of action & suspense. The all time classic Millions of pounds in gold bullion are being pirated in the Irish Sea. Investigations by the British Secret Service & a sixth sense have bought Philip Calvert to a bleak lonely bay in the Western Highlands. But the sleepy atmosphere of Torbay is deceptive. The place is the focal point of many mysterious disappearances. Even the unimaginative Highland Police Sergeant seems to be acting a part. But why? This story is Alistair Mac Lean at his enthralling best. It has all the edge-of-the-seat suspense & dry humour that millions of readers have devoured for years. ...

How are you handling change? Many changes are occurring now in the lives of all of us but does change have to equal crisis? No. Not if you have the means with which you can change your experience of change-and that is what you are holding in your h&. This is more than a book about change. Its about how life itself works. It is about the very nature of change-why it happens how to deal with it & how to make it be for the better. On these pages are Nine Changes That Can Change Everything. Is it possible that what you are about to read has come to you at the right & perfect time...? The author of the Conversations with God series presents a fresh & startling perspective on something that will never change: Change. ...