Elizabeth I is tottering at deaths door. Conspirators are everywhere. A politically sensitive International Trade Delegation is on its way to London. Who can be trusted to entertain them? Alternative comedian Lucius Bodkin thinks hell hit the big time -- but he has not reckoned on the Tudor backstabbers & the city wide boys. ...

Clinker boats have a long history & were notably used by the Vikings. They are a romantic & traditional sight on the water. Their popularity has endured because of the elegance & strength of their construction. Today there is a thriving interest in these boats. This new book gives practical instruction on how to build clinker boats & celebrates their proud history. Written by a passionate sailor & boat builder it combines the joys of carpentry with the sense of accomplishment of sailing your very own craft. ...

It is a superb collection of interviews with one of the most popular & critically acclaimed actor/directors of his generation. ...

Rose & Myrtle Sylvester look up to their older sister Peggy. She is the sensible reliable one in the household of women headed by their grandmother Grace Booth & their mother Mary Sylvester. When war is declared in 1939 they must face the hardships together & huge changes in their lives are inevitable. For Rose there is the chance to fulfil her dream of becoming a clippie on Sheffields trams like Peggy. But for Myrtle the studious clever one in the family war may shatter her ambitions. When the tram on which Peggy is a conductress is caught in a bomb blast she bravely helps to rescue her passengers. One of them is a young soldier Terry Price & he & Peggy begin courting. They meet every time he can get leave but eventually Terry is posted abroad & she hears nothing from him. Worse still Peggy must break the devastating news to her family that she is pregnant. The shock waves that ripple through the family will affect each & every one of them & life will never be the same again. ...

Rose & Myrtle Sylvester look up to their older sister Peggy. She is the sensible reliable one in the household of women headed by their grandmother Grace Booth & their mother Mary Sylvester. When war is declared in 1939 they must face the hardships together & huge changes in their lives are inevitable. For Rose there is the chance to fulfil her dream of becoming a clippie on Sheffield's trams like Peggy. But for Myrtle the studious clever one in the family war may shatter her ambitions. When the tram on which Peggy is a conductress is caught in a bomb blast she bravely helps to rescue her passengers. One of them is a young soldier Terry Price & he & Peggy begin courting. They meet every time he can get leave but eventually Terry is posted abroad & she hears nothing from him. Worse still Peggy must break the devastating news to her family that she is pregnant. The shock waves that ripple through the family will affect each & every one of them & life will never be the same again. ...

Gabriel Chevalliers delightful novel Clochemerle satirizes the titanic confrontation of secular & religious forces in a small wine-growing village in Beaujolais. The eruption begins when the socialist mayor decides that he wants to leave behind a monument to his administrations achievements. He takes as his model the ancient Romans who were famous for two things: hygiene & noble edifices. Thus he decides to unite the two concepts...by constructing a public urinal in the centre of town. There is one problem however. The chosen locale is next to the village church & this outrages the ecclesiastical party. ...

Rocco Klein veteran homicide detective has had enough of life on the edge. When a warm summer night brings yet another drug-related murder he has no sense that the case is anything special. A young black man steps forward to confess but a little digging reveals that hes never been in any kind of trouble whereas his half-brother Strike runs a crew of street-corner coke dealers clockers in a nearby housing project. Soon Rocco is sure that Strike is the real killer & suddenly Roccos appetite for the job is back. With a vengeance. ...

A typist uncovers a mans body from behind the sofa... As instructed stenographer Sheila Webb let herself into the house at 19 Wilbraham Crescent. It was then that she made a grisly discovery: the body of a dead man sprawled across the living room floor. What intrigued Poirot about the case was the time factor. Although in a state of shock Sheila clearly remembered having heard a cuckoo clock strike three oclock. Yet the four other clocks in the living room all showed the time as 4.13. Even more strangely only one of these clocks belonged to the owner of the house... ...

Mo Harete & Moth are on the run. Chased by the tyrannical forces of the Institute they follow a line of pylons towards the Other country & the hope of freedom. Winter tightens its grip & escape seems impossible. As the children weave together stories from their past present & imaginations the truth becomes harder & harder to bear. Chased by rabid dogs hounded by Marshals with guns & hiding from military helicopters only the long line of wires & the lure of another way of life pulls them towards their goal. A story of hope peril & the fight against tyranny this brilliant debut is the perfect book for adventurous young readers. ...

Tick tock tick tock! Some stories are like that. Once you've wend them up nothing will stop them.. .A tormented apprentice clock-maker a deadly mechanical knight in armour
- & the sinister Dr Kalmenius who some say is the devil.. . Wind up these characters fit them into a story on a cold winter's evening with the snow swirling down & suddenly life & the story begin to merge in a peculiarly macabre
- & unstoppable
- way. Almost like clockwork.. .


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