The good people of Pickax are agog with anticipation. Not only is the new bookstore The Pirates Chest about to open but the Theatre Club is set to perform Oscar Wildes The Importance of Being Earnest. The play does not continue past opening night however for a member of the cast is killed in a car accident...or was it an accident? Koko seems to suspect otherwise & Qwill & his clever cats have their work cut out for them. ...

Jim Qwilleran & his sleuthing Siamese companions Koko & Yum Yum up sticks from their converted apple-barn home for the snowy winter months & move into the old Gage mansion. The house belongs to Junior Goodwinters grandma Euphonia & is full of commonplace treasures hidden in dusty closets
- a curious cats heaven. Everything goes well until the phone rings announcing that Euphonia has been found dead at her new Florida home. The strange thing is that the apparently happy & healthy 88-year-old seems to have committed suicide.
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This wonderfully compulsive game is played all over the world from the playgrounds of Europe & North America to Alaska where the Inuit traditionally play the game using loops of sealskin. Now you can thread together al the cats cradle games you will ever need. Each figure is shown in easy-to-follow illustrated steps & include the fascinating story of its origins. Intriguing engaging & addictive this is the modern guide to the traditional game. ...

Following the multi award-winning The Diamond of Drury Lane" here we present the sixth volume from our famous feisty heroine Cat Royal..." Cats Cradle". In which Cat Royal spins a tale about the search for her family weaving in friends & foes old & new. Her journey takes her from riotous London to a revolutionary cotton mill on the River Clyde in Scotl&. And a mysterious newcomer is introduced... So take your seats ladies & gentlemen: the Industrial Age has arrived." ...

Elaine Risley a painter returns to Toronto to find herself overwhelmed by her past. Memories of childhood
- unbearable betrayals
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What had there been before such a ship in my life? A dugout canoe on a river journey? A launch in Trincomalee harbour? There were always fishing boats on our horizon. But I could never imagine the grandeur of this castle that was to cross the sea'. In the early 1950s an eleven-year-old boy boards a huge liner in Colombo bound for Engl&. At mealtimes he is seated at the lowly 'cat's table'
- as far from the Captain's table as can be
- with a ragtag group of adults & two other boys Cassius & Ramadhin. As the ship crosses the Indian Ocean the boys tumble from one adventure to another & at night they spy on a shackled prisoner
- his crime & fate a mystery that will haunt them forever...


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Crippled sixteen-year-old Catalina is the one person unable to join in the festivities of the Feast of the Assumption. But then she has a vision of the Virgin & is miraculously cured. In the dark days of the Spanish Inquisition such a claim to blessedness has serious consequences especially when Catalina seems more inclined to obey her heart than the demands of the Church. The last of Maugham's novels Catalina is a romantic celebration of Spain & a delightfully mischievous satire on absolutism. ...

John French first took up flying in 1937 with the University of London Air Squadron & this move was to signal the start of a long & varied career in flight which would see him involved in some of the most iconic wartime exploits of the Twentieth Century. Posted to Gibraltar in the midst of war he flew sorties in support of the North African landings during Operation Torch a particularly interesting episode in Second World War history. From here he was to work on the iconic Catalina
- the spectacular water plane employed to such great effect in an array of military operations in the latter half of the Twentieth Century. His exploits are relayed in vivid first hand detail offering fresh insights into this period of history from a man engaged at the heart of the action. Post war exploits flow into accounts of wartime engagement & there is space too in which to detail Johns post-war career behind the Iron Curtain. Diary entries edited & complied by his grandson Anthony Holt have been lovingly woven together to create a complete narrative which spans a career of such wide spanning variety & achievement to make it perfect material for a book such as this.
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Catalunya is fiercely independent & packs a lot into a small space. From sampling a crisp sparkling bottle of cava to exploring magnificent national parks Catalunya will not fail to entertain. Footprint Focus provides invaluable information on transport accommodation eating & entertainment to ensure that your trip

Includes:: the best of this flamboyant region of Spain. * Essentials section with useful advice on getting to & around Catalunya. * Comprehensive up-to-date listings of where to eat sleep & play. *

Includes:: information on tour operators & activities from finding the best nightlife to the top places for winter sports. * Detailed maps for Catalunya's key destinations. * Slim enough to fit in your pocket. With detailed information on all the main sights plus many lesser-known attractions Footprint Focus Catalunya provides concise & comprehensive coverage of one of Spain's most fun-loving regions. The content of the Footprintfocus Catalunya guide has been extracted from Footprint's Spain Guide.



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* The larger text & carefully controlled language level make the pages more accessible for lower achievers. * More regular in-text questions & the end-of-spread questions build up pupils knowledge
- & confidence
- throughout the lesson. * Red & Green books have identical pagination so you can use them side by side in a mixed-ability class.

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