Jess Aarons wants to be the fastest boy in the class. He's been practising all summer & he's sure he's going to win. But when a girl named Leslie Burke moves into the neighbouring farm his life changes forever. Not only does Leslie not look or act like any of the girls in school she also turns out to be the fastest runner in the year. After getting over the humiliation of being beaten by a girl Jess begins to think Leslie might be okay
- she's clever & funny & not a bit soppy. It is Leslie who invents Terabithia the secret country on an island across the creek. Here Jess could forget his large quarrelsome family his father who thought it was ummanly to love drawing & his little sister May Belle who was always tagging after him. Here he could be strong & unafraid. The only way to reach Terabithia is by rope-swing where Jess & Leslie become King & Queen defeating giants sharing stories & dreams & plotting against their enemies. They are invincible
- until tragedy strikes. It is more dreadful than anything Jess had ever dreamed of but as he struggles to cope with his grief & anger he finds that his family value him more than he'd thought & that still King he could even save Terabithia for the future.

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The Battle of Arnhem one of the most dramatic battles of World War II was as daring as it was ill-fated. It cost the Allies nearly twice as many casualties as D-Day. This is the whole compelling story told through the vast cast of characters involved. From Dutch civilians to British & American strategists its scope & ambition is unparalleled superbly recreating the terror & suspense the heroism & tragedy of this epic operation. ...

Many bridge books feature magical & inspiring hands but hands that are never seen in day-to-day play at the bridge table. Bridge: Winning Ways to Play Your Cards" concentrates on the type of hands that will make a real difference to your scores & which will help you improve your game. Discover how to assess your opponents' strengths & weaknesses
- in relation to your own
- & win!"

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Julia Quinn's Bridgerton series remains one of the most beloved among historical romance readers & this collection of second epilogues"-stories that take place after the original books end offer fans more from their favourite characters. These second epilogues include those from On The Way to the Wedding It's in His Kiss When He Was Wicked To Sir Phillip with Love Romancing Mister Bridgerton An Offer From a Gentleman The Viscount Who Loved Me & The Duke & I. Also in this collection is a Bridgerton novella written especially for this book which will be sure to satisfy the legions of Julia Quinn fans." ...

Bridges touch all our lives
- every day we are likely to cross a bridge or go under one. How many of us stop to consider how the
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This is a paperback reprint of an Oxford Publishing Co title first published in 1985. The book contains drawings & photographs of a variety of British railway under- over- & footbridges of types which would be the most common to appear on layouts from the pregrouping era to present-day practice suitable for modellers in any scale. Constructional details of structures in timber masonry brick concrete cast wrought iron & steel are covered to enable models of bridges to be realistically & accurately constructed. ...

A glorious read & there is a laugh on every page Sunday Times The Wilderness Years are over! But not for long. At the end of Bridget Joness Diary Bridget hiccuped off into the sunset with man-of-her-dreams Mark Darcy. Now in The Edge of Reason she discovers what it is like when you have the man of your dreams actually in your flat & he hasnt done the washing-up not just the whole of this week but ever. Lurching through a morass of self-help-book theories & mad advice from Jude & Shazzer struggling with a boyfriend-stealing ex-friend with thighs like a baby giraffe an 8ft hole in the living-room wall a mother obsessed with boiled-egg peelers & a builder obsessed with large reservoir fish Bridget embarks on a spiritual epiphany which takes her from the cappuccino queues of Notting Hill to the palm- & magic-mushroom-kissed shores of.. . Bridget is back. V.g. If you loved Bridget Joness Diary youll love this; there is no diminution of the freshness or fun or of Fieldings underlying intelligence. Success has not spoiled her -- she has simply gained in confidence & aplomb.. . Fielding has a seam here she can mine endlessly until she herself gets bored which I dare say will be long before her readers do Mail on Sunday Funnier & more accomplished than the original diary & in fact takes recognition humour into a new dimension... A glorious read & there is a laugh on every page Sunday Times Helen Fielding has created the most enchanting heroine for the millennium Jilly Cooper ...

A dazzling urban satire of modern relationships? An ironic tragic insight into the demise of the nuclear family? Or the confused ramblings of a pissed thirty-something? Two diaries two enduring best-sellers one unforgettable character. This is Bridget Jones: The Singleton Years. V.g. ...

A dazzling urban satire of modern human relations? An ironic tragic insight into the demise of the nuclear family? Or the confused ramblings of a pissed thirty-something? A brilliant evocation of life as a single girl in a certain time.. .reads like Anita Loos out of Jane Austen & any woman who has ever had a job a relationship or indeed a mother will read it & roar The Times I cannot recommend a book more joyfully.. . Hilariously funny miraculously observed endlessly touching Daily Telegraph Wild comedy.. .observed with merciless flamboyant wit. A gloriously funny book Sunday Times ...

A dazzling urban satire of modern human relations? An ironic tragic insight into the demise of the nuclear family? Or the confused ramblings of a pissed thirty-something? A brilliant evocation of life as a single girl in a certain time.. .reads like Anita Loos out of Jane Austen & any woman who has ever had a job a relationship or indeed a mother will read it & roar The Times I cannot recommend a book more joyfully... Hilariously funny miraculously observed endlessly touching Daily Telegraph Wild comedy...observed with merciless flamboyant wit. A gloriously funny book Sunday Times ...