The third title in the new Usborne Very First Reading" series designed for younger children to introduce them to reading together with their parents. Parents & children take turns to read from the page (the text clearly marked for who should be reading) & as the books progress in the series the adults read less & less & the child more & more. There are puzzles at the end to check the childs understanding of the text & guidance notes for the parents. Beautiful illustrations help to motivate beginner readers." ...

On 23 Jun 2011 the convicted double-murderer Levi Bellfield was found guilty of the murder of 13-year-old school girl Milly Dowler. Milly disappeared on her way home from school in Walton-on-Thames Surrey in 2002. Six months later her body was discovered many miles away. A massive police investigation the largest manhunt in Surreys history got nowhere. Only when nightclub bouncer & bare-knuckle boxer Levi Bellfield was arrested for the murder of another young woman did it become clear to police that they had a serial killer on their hands. This is the full story of the murders the victims & the pain-staking nine-year investigation & trial by police & prosecutors. It tells of Bellfields terrifying controlling personality
- a man who went from charming to monstrous in the blink of an eye
- & his depraved stalking of young women. It is a terrifying portrait of the only man in modern British legal history to be given two whole-life sentences.

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Bus-Pass Britain" is a colourful celebration of travelling by bus around the British Isles & features a selection of 50 favourite bus-routes submitted by members of the public in response to a Bradt competition. Their favourite bus routes reveal a wonderful mosaic of journeys across Britain from a pleasant meander through Surrey lanes to an orbit through Birmingham's edgy suburbs. Evocative & fun the book reveals how free bus passes have encouraged a new generation of keen explorers. Join us on the top deck for a fresh perspective on towns & villages across Britain. Each journey

Includes:: recommendations on where to stop & explore providing details of inspiring sights suggested walks & the best local cafes pubs restaurants. All the practical

Details: bus times the length & duration of each route & travel connections to the start & finish are provided & the book features a scattering of quirky stories & reflections (entitled Bus-stops) on the wonders of this more leisurely form of travel."



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Since the autumn of 2007 Justin Pollards Eccentric Engineer column in the awardwinning E&T magazine has been campaigning to remind engineers of the extraordinary role that their subject has played in human history. This book gathers together three years of those musings highlighting not simply the most famous engineering tales but the unusual the erratic & occasionally the patently insane. In its fifty stories it covers everything from aircraft carriers made from ice to the origins of the omnibus. Well toy with Roman turbines & Greek computers look at Renaissance hypertext & have arguments with Americans over the shape of our lightning conductors. Well shake Scotland with earthquakes & build cars out of beans. But most of all well celebrate the joys & perils of living in an engineered world. ...

The more than 150 photographs in this twelfth volume in the overall series the third of three volumes featuring Scotland & Ireland hence the revised titling were taken between 1951 & 1978. The majority are in colour & have never before been published. This volume covers the following cities: W Alexander & Sons (Fife) W Alexander & Sons (Midland) W Alexander & Sons (Northern) Baxters Bus Services of Ayr Central SMT Highland Omnibuses David Mac Brayne Eastern Scottish Starks Motor Services Western SMT AA Motor Services Ayrshire Bus Owner (A 1 Service) Ltd T D Alexander (Greyhound luxury Coaches) Clyde Coast Services Garelochhead Coach Services Graham Bus Service Ltd Hutchison's Coaches Mc Gill's Bus Services Ltd A & C Mc Lennan Paton Brothers Simpson's Motors The pictures show the buses & trams in nostalgic views of street scenes that provide wonderfully evocative views of shops & contemporary road vehicles. ...

With his unmatched investigative skill Bob Woodward tells the behind-the-scenes story of how President George W. Bush & his top national security advisers led the nation to war. Extensive"ations from the secret deliberations of the National Security Council & firsthand revelations of the private thoughts concerns & fears of the president & his war cabinet make BUSH AT WAR an unprecedented chronicle of a modern presidency in a time of grave crisis. Based on interviews with more than a hundred sources & four hours of exclusive interviews with the president BUSH AT WAR reveals Bushs sweeping almost grandiose vision for remaking the world. Woodwards virtual wiretap into the White House Situation Room reveals a stunning group portrait of an untested president & his advisers three of whom might themselves have made it to the presidency. In BUSH AT WAR Bob Woodward once again delivers a reporting tour de force. ...

Joe Goffman's vicious first novel has savaged the reputation of Bush Falls. When a family emergency summons him back to the town he left 17 years ago he's not surprised at the welcome he receives: milk-shakes thrown in his face copies of his novel pelting his house & violent threats to blow up his shiny new Mercedes. But the more Bush Falls resents Joe the more it becomes obvious that Joe cannot turn his back on Bush Falls. As he walks along the familiar streets memories return to haunt him with a vengeance
- about a secret love affair an old friendship & a tragic death. Now decades later Joe has to face his past without resorting to his pen. & with the help of some very old friends he might just be able to learn something
- if he manages to survive his homecoming. At once hilarious & bittersweet Bush Falls is a tale of the double-edged rewards of fame revenge & redemption as a writer takes on a village & the ghosts of his past.

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With its many tribal political religious & cultural divisions Africa has long been a continent at war
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A tale of drugs prostitution & a young girls fight for survival against all the odds from the bestselling author Martina Cole. Imelda Dooley is scared. Shes played hard & fast & shes been caught. Shes pregnant & now shes on her own. Her father not a man to mess with will see that somebody pays for this. & its not going to be her. So Imelda Dooley tells a lie. A lie that literally causes murders. When Mary Dooleys husband is killed in the nights events she knows she must graft to keep the family afloat. & graft she does becoming a name in her own right. But she still has to watch her daughters life spiral into a vicious hate-fuelled cycle of drugs & prostitution. Caught up in the carnage that is Imeldas existence are Marys adored grandchildren Jordanna & Kenny. Pretty little Jordanna isnt yet three & she already knows far too much. All she can do is look after her baby brother & try not to draw attention to herself. ...

Kate Telman is a senior executive officer in The Business a powerful & massively discreet transglobal organisation. Financially transparent internally democratic & disavowing conventional familial inheritance the character of The Business seems even to Kate to be vague to the point of invisibility. It possesses allegedly a book of Leonardo cartoons several sets of Crown Jewels & wants to buy its own State in order to acquire a seat at the United Nations. Kates job is to keep abreast of current technological developments & her global reach encompasses Silicon Valley a ranch in Nebraska the firms secretive Swiss headquarters & a remote Himalayan principality. In the course of her journey Kate must peel away layers of emotional insulation & the assumptions of a lifetime. She must learn to keep her world at arms length. To take control she has to do The Business. ...