In their daily battle against a remorseless tide of crime officers of Londons Metropolitan Police routinely risk their lives protecting the Capital. In The Brave Blue Line Dick Kirby the former Scotland Yard detective turned popularcrime author has brought together a superb collection of inspiring stories of police gallantry over the last hundred years. Officers to be honoured with the George Cross the highest civilian award have their stories told including Jim Beaton who saved Princess Anne from kidnap in The Mall. Three women officers have been awarded the George Medal two for decoy work the third for a heroic rooftop rescue. The book concludes with the astonishing story of a retired detective who tackled armed robbers
- at the cost of his eye. He may have left the Met behind him but not his courage. Every page of this gripping book with its thrilling & well researched accounts of outstanding acts of gallantry by policemen & women makes for inspiring reading. This is crime writing of the highest order.
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My Very First Bible published to high acclaim in 2003 & its popular stories & bright illustrations have since gone onto provide the basis for a number of additional series including board books big books sticker & activity books. 12 key Bible stories have now been made available as great value little paperbacks offering a smart way of collecting multiple books for use in groups & classes for award-giving or for anyone wanting a pocket-money gift. The series
Includes:: In the Beginning; Noah & the Ark; Moses & his Sister; Brave David; Jonah & the Whale; Daniel & the Lions; Baby Jesus; Jesus & the Storm; The Good Samaritan; The Lost Sheep; Our Father; & The Easter Story.
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Bonnie the tiny fluffy white dog is back & learning all about being brave in this great adventure story. I want to visit Dad said Harry but Im not going without Bonnie. Harrys dad lives in London now & he wants Harry to come & visit. But Harry cant go without Bonnie
- who else will help him to be brave when he sees Dads new life in the big city? But Bonnies about to have an adventure of her own
- one which will show everybody that you dont have to be big to be brave...

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Irene Bobbin's mother has made the most beautiful dress in the world for the duchess but is too ill to deliver it for tonight's ball. So brave Irene
- a fan of snow
- dresses warmly packages up the dress & heads out into a raging storm. The deep snow & the howling wind have other ideas however driving the indomitable girl along & snatching the parcel from her determined grasp: Irene does not give up & will face several snowy disasters before her bravery finally pays off in an evening she'll never forget. Brave Irene" displays William Steig's customary enchanting illustrations & witty writing in this story of determination & adventure."

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Knights are chivalrous strong handsome & above all brave. In My World of Brave Knights" you can read about the knightly adventures of Sir Boris the Bold & find out all you need to know about being a knight from saving damsels in distress to slaying dragons!" ...

I can make things happen
- good things
- I know it!" Seren is so full of brilliant ideas
- its just that she always


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WITH INTRODUCTIONS BY MARGARET ATWOOD & DAVID BRADSHAW Far in the future the World Controllers have created the ideal society. Through clever use of genetic engineering brainwashing & recreational sex & drugs all its members are happy consumers. Bernard Marx seems alone harbouring an ill-defined longing to break free. A visit to one of the few remaining Savage Reservations where the old imperfect life still continues may be the cure for his distress... Huxley's ingenious fantasy of the future sheds a blazing light on the present & is considered to be his most enduring masterpiece. ...

This volume is part of a new series of novels plays & stories at GCSE/ Key Stage 4 level designed to meet the needs of the National Curriculum syllabus. Each text

Includes:: an introduction pre-reading activities notes & coursework activities. Also provided is a section on the process of writing often compiled by the author. Into the neatly programmed Brave New World" of test-tube babies & drug-controlled happiness misfit Bernard Marx brings the innocent Savage. Huxley's vision of the future is also a chilling comment on the present."

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In this delightful addition to Tom Hodgkinson's much-loved series of guides for the free-spirited the author takes us on a leisurely tour of husbandry & self-sufficiency throughout the calendar year from chopping wood in January to mowing meadows in July & brewing beer in October. Drawing on the wisdom of an eclectic range of thinkers & writers
- & on comic recountings of Tom's own frequently imperfect & frequently hilarious experiences
- Brave Old World" offers tips advice & above all hope. Why it asks shouldn't we return to the ideals of a pre-capitalist pre-Puritan pre-consumerist world of feasting dancing horse-riding wood-chopping fire-laying poultry-rearing bartering bread-baking & bee-keeping? From January to December " Brave Old World" charts the progress of a year in pursuit of the pleasures of the past taking seriously
- though not without much incidental comedy
- G.K. Chesterton's exhortation ' We must go back to freedom or forward to slavery'."



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BILLY the ground-breaking biography of the nations favourite iconoclast gave millions of readers a fascinating insight into the personal & professional life of the genius that is Billy Connolly. Then in the sequel to that bestselling book the award-winning Pamela Stephenson celebrated life with the Scottish beastie as he hit the big six-oh. In it we relive colourful & epic moments from Billys early life in Glasgow
- the background to an intimate portrait of his marriage with Pamela & his life in Scotland LA & the rest of the world. Witty insightful & intimate BRAVEMOUTH draws the reader into two very different worlds
- hers of international sexology & the serious psychology of humorists his of incontinence pants being married to a shrink...and the finer points of banjo playing.

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