A festive addition in the brilliant new series of activity books for pre-schoolers full of simple activities for little children to try out. As well as being a whole lot of fun the activities will help to develop important skills such as hand control coordination & concentration. ...

1857. After the fire of mutiny has swept through British India young Lieutenant Victor Narraway arrives at a battered military base at Cawnpore. It is just two weeks before Christmas but no one is able to celebrate: they have been betrayed. A soldier under arrest for dereliction of duty has killed a guard & escaped to join the rebels taking crucial information that led to the massacre of nine men on patrol. Someone must have helped him & medical orderly John Tallis is the only man unaccounted for at the time. He is now on trial for his life & Narraway is commanded to defend him. Narraway knows that his is an impossible task. The British Army needs justice to be carried out in full & there seems no doubt of Talliss guilt. But Narraway cannot see any motive for his actions. Will an innocent man hang before Christmas? ...

At the age of twenty-three Charlie Mason is endowed with good looks good manners & a happy disposition. Following three years at Cambridge & one in his fathers business he is now looking forward to a jaunt in Paris with Simon Fenimore his oldest friend. Yet Paris is not what he expects. & in just a few days his young eyes are opened to the horror & ugly drama of its underworld. Published before the outbreak of war in 1939 Maughams purpose in Christmas Holiday was to warn the complacent insular British middle-class of the immense upheavals taking place on the Continent. ...

A Victorian tale of murder & intrigue taking place on a snowy Christmas in 1897... During a bitter snowstorm a mysterious stranger descends on the Netheridges country home in Whitby where a group of renowned actors have gathered to prepare a Boxing Day production of Dracula. Amidst an atmosphere of competing theatrical egos & artistic disagreements the unknown Mr Ballin is brutally murdered. Determined to uncover the truth but without help from the police who cannot reach the house through the snow Caroline Fielding begins to investigate the circumstances surrounding the puzzling affair. Who was the victim? Was his appearance at the house as innocent & as circumstantial as he professed? & which of the guests knows more than they are letting on? ...

Prima Ballerina Darcey Bussell takes you on a captivating journey to a faraway land of ballet & magic at Christmas! Its Christmas the most magical time of the year & Delphie is really excited about taking part in her ballet schools special Christmas show! & just when Delphie thinks things cant get any better she is whisked away to Enchantia. Her friends there really need her help to make sure that this Christmas in Enchantia is the best one ever despite King Rats mischief making... ...

Christmas is truly magical with Nora Roberts All I Want for Christmas Identical six-year-old twins Zeke & Zach wished for only one gift from Santa this year: a new mum! But convincing their love-wary dad that their new music teacher Miss Davis was his destiny & sent by Santa wasnt as easy as theyd hoped... This Magic Moment For Ryan Swan whod vowed never to give her trust again master of illusions Pierce Atkins was the last man to whom she should give her heart. Especially since he was planning a death-defying stunt he might not even survive. Yet despite everything when she was with Pierce all Ryans defences seemed to vanish... ...

A festive collection of short stories by No. 1 bestseller Cathy Kelly the natural heir to Maeve Binchy. Lose yourself in a warm & wonderful collection of short stories from bestselling Irish storyteller Cathy Kelly. From Dolores & Genevieve two spinster sisters who must finally break free from their mothers powerful personality to Alice who is facing having to open her home & her heart to the one visitor that she doesnt want this Christmas; from a captivating family story triggered by a letter to Lilys disastrous arrival at her best friends wedding these are stories to make you laugh cry & nod in recognition. Relax & unwind this holiday season & indulge yourself in these warm & uplifting tales. Remember that Christmas comes but once a year so curl up by a roaring fire & let the magic reel you in.. . ...

Finally a book that contains all the little things we like to eat at Christmas
- the nibbles after-dinner treats tiny tarts & edible
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When the widow Mc Dowell & her son Thomas knock at the woodcarver Jonathan Toomeys door one winters day they receive a frosty reception. Jonathan has been hard & cold since the death of his wife & daughter but as Thomas watches him work a miracle occurs to warm his sad chill heart. ...

Fifty years ago a girl disappeared from her home in Norway. She ran after a lamb & found herself travelling right across Europe to Palestine & back through 2000 years to meet the Holy Family in Bethlehem. There she met angels shepherds wise men & other biblical characters who joined her on her pilgrimage; & she heard of many of the things that happened in the world in the last 2000 years. In present-day Norway a boy acquires a strange old Advent calendar. Hidden in each of the windows is a tiny piece of paper. Little by little these pieces unfold the girl's story & as we learn what happened to her another story is revealed
- that of the strange old man who made the calender.
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