When her plane is delayed overnight Gaby Struthers finds herself forced to share a hotel room with a stranger: a terrified young woman named Lauren Cookson
- but why is she scared of Gaby in particular? Lauren wont explain. Instead she blurts out something about an innocent man going to prison for a murder he didnt commit & Gaby soon suspects that Laurens presence on her flight cant be a coincidence. Because the murder victim is Francine Breary the wife of the only man Gaby has ever truly loved. Tim Breary has confessed & even provided the police with evidence. The only thing he hasnt given them is a motive. He claims to have no idea why he murdered his wife.. .
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When her plane is delayed overnight Gaby Struthers finds herself forced to share a hotel room with a stranger: a terrified young woman named Lauren Cookson
- but why is she scared of Gaby in particular? Lauren wont explain. Instead she blurts out something about an innocent man going to prison for a murder he didnt commit & Gaby soon suspects that Laurens presence on her flight cant be a coincidence. Because the murder victim is Francine Breary the wife of the only man Gaby has ever truly loved. Tim Breary has confessed & even provided the police with evidence. The only thing he hasnt given them is a motive. He claims to have no idea why he murdered his wife.. .
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When her plane is delayed overnight Gaby Struthers finds herself forced to share a hotel room with a stranger: a terrified young woman named Lauren Cookson
- but why is she scared of Gaby in particular? Lauren wont explain. Instead she blurts out something about an innocent man going to prison for a murder he didnt commit & Gaby soon suspects that Laurens presence on her flight cant be a coincidence. Because the murder victim is Francine Breary the wife of the only man Gaby has ever truly loved. Tim Breary has confessed & even provided the police with evidence. The only thing he hasnt given them is a motive. He claims to have no idea why he murdered his wife.. .
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A stunning debut crime novel set against a backdrop of poachers witch doctors diamond smugglers & corruption... They find the ...

How do different animals carry their babies? In this book readers will discover through a series of photographs that some animals carry their young by the teeth some on their backs & others in a special pouch. * Lilac/ Band 0
- wordless book that gives information through pictures & is designed to develop understanding about how information books work. * Text type
- Non-Fiction * Photographs of all the animal babies (and a human baby!) included in the book are repeated on pages 14 & 15 to encourage speaking & listening.

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For fans of the film The Big Chill" Anne Tylers " Dinner at Homesick Restaurant" & Siri Hustvedts " What I Loved" in her fourth novel " Carry the One" Carol Anshaw explores the after effects of one nights terrible trauma on three siblings over 25 years. In the early hours of the morning following a wedding reception a car filled with stoned drunk & sleepy guests accidentally hits & kills a girl on a dark country road. For the next twenty-five years the lives of those involved are subtly shaped by this tragic moment. Through friendships & love affairs marriage & divorce parenthood addiction & the modest calamities & triumphs of ordinary days " Carry the One" shows how one life affects another & how those who thrive & those who self-destruct are closer to each other than wed expect. Praise for " Carry the One": " Heres passion & addiction guilt & damage all the beautiful mess of family life. " Carry the One" will lift readers off their feet & bear them along on its eloquent tide". (Emma Donoghue). " Carol Anshaw is one of those authors who should be a household name.. .[a] fine eloquent novel". ("USA Today"). " If you love Jonathan Franzen youll love this compelling book". (" Entertainment Weekly"). Carol Anshaw is the author of " Aquamarine" " Seven Moves" & " Lucky in the Corner". She lives in Chicago." ...

NASA astronaut Michael Collins trained as an experimental test pilot before venturing into space as a vital member of the Gemini 10 & Apollo 11 missions. In Carrying the Fire his account of his voyages into space & the years of training that led up to them Collins reveals the human tensions the physical realities & the personal emotions surrounding the early years of the space race. Collins provides readers with an insiders view of the space program & conveys the excitement & wonder of his journey to the moon. As skilled at writing as he is at piloting a spacecraft Collins explains the clash of personalities at NASA & technical aspects of flight with clear engaging prose withholding nothing in his candid assessments of fellow astronauts Neil Armstrong John Glenn & Buzz Aldrin & officials within NASA. A fascinating memoir of mankinds greatest journey told in familiar human terms Carrying the Fire is by turns thrilling humorous & thought-provoking a unique work by a remarkable man. ...

The years that have passed since Neil Armstrong Buzz Aldrin & Michael Collins piloted the Apollo 11 spacecraft to the moon in July 1969 have done nothing to alter the fundamental wonder of the event: man reaching the moon remains one of the great events
- technical & spiritual
- of our lifetime. In this remarkable book Michael Collins conveys a very personal way the drama beauty & humour of that adventure. He also traces his development from his first flight experiences in the air force through his days as a test pilot to his Apollo 11 space walk presenting an evocative picture of the joys of flight as well as a new perspective on time light & movement from someone who has seen the fragile Earth from the other side of the moon.

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Part of the Lift & Look" series this work shows bright chunky model cars suitable for little boys. It has a different character or animal hiding under one of the flaps on every double page spread helping to expand observational skills & providing lots to talk about. It is also illustrated by h&-made models." ...

Now in picturebook format! This is an amazing tour of everything that moves in the magical world of Richard Scarry. This children's classic is bursting with all kinds of fun vehicles from the magical world of Richard Scarry. From tractors to trucks sports cars to unicycles & fire engines to mouse beach buggies there's lots to see & talk about on every page. ...