Two small children are playing a game called Witch-Hunter. They place a curse on a young woman taking lunch in a church courtyard & wait for her to die. An hour later the woman is indeed found dead inside St Brides Church
- a building that no-one else has entered. Unfortunately Bryant & May are refused the case. Instead there are hired by their greatest enemy to find out why his wife has suddenly started behaving strangely. Shes become an embarrassment to him at government dinners & he is convinced that someone is trying to drive her insane. She has even taken to covering the mirrors in her apartment & believes herself to be the victim of witchcraft. Then a society photographer is stabbed to death in a nearby park & suddenly a link emerges between the two cases. & so begins an investigation that will test the members of the Peculiar Crimes Unit to their limits setting Arthur Bryant off on a trail that leads to Bedlam & Bletchley Park & into the world of madness codes & the secret of Londons strangest relic. As the members of the Peculiar Crimes Unit dig behind the citys facades to expose a world of private clubs hidden passages & covert loyalties they realise that the case might not just end in disaster
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What is the difference between cant & jargon or assume & presume? What is a fandango? How do you spell supersede? Is it hippy or hippie? These questions really matter to Bill Bryson as they do to anyone who cares about the English language. Originally published as The Penguin Dictionary for Writers & Editors Brysons Dictionary for Writers & Editors has now been completely revised & updated for the twenty-first century by Bill Bryson himself. Here is a very personal selection of spellings & usages covering such head-scratchers as capitalization plurals abbreviations & foreign names & phrases. Bryson also gives us the difference between British & American usages & miscellaneous pieces of essential information you never knew you needed like the names of all the Oxford colleges or the correct spelling of Brobdingnag. An indispensable companion to all those who write work with the written word or who just enjoy getting things right it gives rulings that are both authoritative & commonsense all in Brysons own inimitably goodhumoured way. ...

The BSA Bantam is one of the definitive postwar British bikes perhaps the definitive British lightweight built after World War II. It was certainly the most popular with over 400 000 built over a 23-year production run
- in the first four years production broke all records. Yet it would die a lingering death production fizzling out in the early 1970s as a neglected model of a manufacturer more concerned with building big fast road-burning bikes. The Bantam might never have happened without World War II. The prewar DKW RT125 was offered to the Allies as reparations taken up & produced in the USA USSR even Japan. In East Germany it was revived as the MZ & in Britain it surfaced publicly in 1948 as the BSA Bantam a very simple little 123cc two-stroke with rudimentary electrics no rear suspension & a lot of charm. The little bike became part of Britains social history. Thousands of people learnt to ride on a Bantam or had their first pillion experience on one or rode one delivering telegrams for what was the GPO. Although many of those learners progressed to bigger faster bikes then gave up two wheels for family life they wont have forgotten the Bantam which explains why theres such a thriving Bantam community to this day
- the club the racing club the spares specialists & restorers owners & riders all over the country. This might not be Britains most glamorous motorcycle its fastest or most flamboyant but the Bantam is probably the most loved.

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Pass your driving test with ease with this comprehensive new guide from BSM that gives learner drivers the essential information they need to pass both the Theory Test & Practical Test first time. The ' Complete Test' features all the official revision theory test questions for car drivers hundreds of practical test questions set by experts & the latest edition of the Highway Code
- essential reading for all road users. Every theory question features new explanatory text to help learner drivers understand the knowledge required to answer each questions. The Complete Test's clear & concise layout makes it easy to revise & is a must buy for anyone learning to drive.
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The BSM Highway Code is essential reading for all road users not just those learning to to drive with information on roads & road markings motorways traffic signs documentation & the road user & the law. Features a special 8-page section for learner drivers on what to expect in all elements of the theory & practical driving tests. ...

This new edition of the 'BSM Theory Test for Car Drivers' is a comprehensive guide to all the official revision questions & answers for the driving theory test for car drivers. Every theory question features new explanatory text to help learner drivers understand the knowledge required to answer each question. The clear & concise layout makes it easy to revise & is essential reading anyone learning to drive. This new edition featuress a 9-page section on what to expect in the theory test. ...

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Engage: * Designed for the needs of the Entry 3/ Level 1 learner in full colour with a spread-based approach & topics broken into clear bite-sized chunks to retain learners' attention.* Lively activities mini case studies & clear checklists & summaries help learners engage with
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- so learners can be confident they have the content they need to achieve their qualification.* Edexcel's own Assignment tips written by BTEC experts help learners to achieve their potential in assessments.* Activities mapped to the assessment criteria in each unit provide support & clear direction for learners helping them to work towards the criteria. Progress: * Prepares learners for employment with a focus on employability skills & learning through work contexts.* Helps learners progress to BTEC Level 2 First by building their confidence with the style of BTEC qualifications.


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Engage: * Designed for the needs of the Entry 3/ Level 1 learner with a full colour spread-based approach & topics broken into clear bite-sized chunks to retain learners' attention.* Lively activities mini case studies & clear checklists & summaries help learners engage with
- & remember
- content. Achieve: * Covering 11 units at Level 1 -- enough for a Diploma & 2 Units at Entry Level 3 -- enough for an Award so learners can be confident they have the content they need to achieve their qualification.* Edexcel's own Assignment tips written by BTEC experts help learners to achieve their potential in assessments.* Activities mapped to the assessment criteria in each unit provide support & clear direction for learners helping them to work towards the criteria. Progress: * Prepares learners for employment with a focus on employability skills & definitions of key terms.* Helps learners progress to BTEC Level 2 First by building their confidence with the style of BTEC qualifications.

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