' Was rich Mrs Gertrude Hullett murdered at her luxurious 15-room home on Beachy Head? Detectives are tonight trying to establish ...

Have you ever wondered who first wore spectacles how soap & toothpaste were invented who created Coca- Cola or when the earliest newspaper appeared? The Curious History of Everyday Things is packed with the intriguing stories of how items like these first came to be. Whether deliberately designed or accidentally discovered these innovations have changed the way we live. From matches to stilettos cocoa to aeroplanes discover the entertaining intriguing & sometimes astonishing origins of over 500 everyday things. ...

Winner of the Whitbread Book of the Year ' Outstanding...a stunningly good read' Observer ' Mark Haddon's portrayal of an emotionally dissociated mind is a superb achievement... Wise & bleakly funny' Ian Mc Ewan The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a murder mystery novel like no other. The detective & narrator is Christopher Boone. Christopher is fifteen & has Asperger's Syndrome. He knows a very great deal about maths & very little about human beings. He loves lists patterns & the truth. He hates the colours yellow & brown & being touched. He has never gone further than the end of the road on his own but when he finds a neighbour's dog murdered he sets out on a terrifying journey which will turn his whole world upside down. ...

' The dog was lying on the grass in the middle of the lawn in front of Mrs Shears' house. It looked as if it was running on its side the way dogs run when they think they are chasing a cat in a dream. But the dog was not running or asleep. The dog was dead. There was a garden fork sticking out of the dog.' The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time is a murder mystery novel like no other. The detective & narrator is Christopher Boone. Christopher is fifteen & has Asperger's a form of autism. He knows a very great deal about maths & very little about human beings. He loves lists patterns & the truth. He hates the colours yellow & brown & being touched. He has never gone further than the end of the road on his own but when he finds a neighbour's dog murdered he sets out on a terrifying journey which will turn his whole world upside down. Christopher is a brilliant creation & Mark Haddon's depiction of his world is deeply moving very funny & utterly convincing. The novel is being published simultaneously for adults by Jonathan Cape & for children by David Fickling publisher of Philip Pullman. We are convinced that both audiences will recognise it as one of those very rare books that change the way you see everything. ...

Lots of things are mysteries. But that doesn't mean there isn't an answer to them'. This is Christopher's murder mystery story. There are also no lies in this story because Christopher can't tell lies. Christopher does not like strangers or the colours yellow or brown or being touched. On the other hand he knows all the countries in the world & their capital cities & every prime number up to 7507. When Christopher decides to find out who killed the neighbour's dog his mystery story becomes more complicated than he could have ever predicted. BACKSTORY: Meet the author & learn about the background to Christopher's story. ...

One of the most successful entertainment figures of his time Robert Ripley's life is the stuff of a classic American fairy tale. Bucktoothed & hampered by shyness Ripley turned his sense of being an outsider into an appreciation of the weird & wonderful. He sold his first cartoon to Life magazine at eighteen but it was his wildly popular ' Believe It or Not!' radio shows that won him international fame & spurred him on to search the globe's farthest corners for bizarre facts human curiosities & shocking phenomena. Ripley delighted in making preposterous declarations that somehow turned out to be true
- such as that Charles Lindburgh was only the sixty-seventh man to fly across the Atlantic or that ' The Star Spangled Banner' was not the USA's national anthem. & he demanded respect for those who were labelled 'eccentrics' or 'freaks'
- whether it be E. L. Blystone who wrote 2 871 alphabet letters on a grain of rice or the man who could swallow his own nose. By the 1930s Ripley possessed a wide fortune a private yacht & a huge mansion stocked with such oddities as shrunken heads & medieval torture devices. His pioneering firsts in print radio & television tapped into something deep in the American consciousness
- a taste for the titillating & exotic & a fascination with the fastest biggest wackiest & weirdest
- & ensured a worldwide legacy that continues today. This compelling biography portrays a man who was dedicated to exalting the strange & unusual
- but who may have been the most amazing oddity of all.




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Montague Rhodes James
- M. R. James
- was an English academic & provost of Kings College & Eton. He started writing ghost stories

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Your plain-English guide to currency trading Forex markets can be one of the fastest & most volatile financial markets to trade. Money can be lost or made in a matter of seconds & forex markets are always moving. So how do you keep up? This hands-on friendly guide shows you how the forex market really works what moves it & how you can actively trade in it
- without losing your head! All the worlds a stage
- get an easy-to-follow introduction to the global forex market & understand its size scope & players Show me the money
- take a look at the major fundamental & economic drivers that influence currency values & get the know-how to interpret data & events like a pro Prepare for battle
- discover different types of trading styles & make a concrete strategy & game plan before you act on anything Pull the trigger
- establish a position in the market manage the trade while its open & close out on the most advantageous terms Open the book & find: Currency trading conventions & tools Key characteristics of successful traders Trading pitfalls to avoid & risk management rules to live by How major currencies typically trade Why its important to be organized & prepared The 411 on buying & selling simultaneously Tips for understanding rollovers & interest rates Learn to: Grasp currency"es Capitalize on the foreign exchange market Manage risk & reward Use the forces that drive currency movements Identify key traits of individual currency pairs




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Take-aways are a delicious
- but often costly
- family treat. Now it couldnt be easier to make your own mouth-watering curries

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Readers have praised Kris Dhillons The Curry Secret" for over twenty years. Now she shows how easily you can produce your favourite spicy & curry dishes in a slow cooker. Her collection of tasty recipes

Includes:: dishes from India Thailand Vietnam Indonesia Malaysia Burma Jamaica & North Africa all of which can be cooked in a slow cooker. Choose from Rogan Josh Goan Prawn Curry Tarka Dhal Thai Pork Curry Thai Green Curry Thai Spiced Beef Soup Tamarind Pork Malaysian Chicken Curry with Mango Indonesian Chicken Curry Curried Coconut Chicken Vegetable Tagine Moroccan Lamb Soup Real Chili Con Carne Slow Cooker Jambalaya & many more. It also

Includes:: a selection of easy to make accompaniments including rice dishes nans raitas puris chutneys & tortillas."



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