Get out & explore the best that Britain & Ireland has to offer with the Great Days Out Guide 2012. Whether youre planning a holiday or just stuck for something to do this weekend our experts have selected over 2 000 places to visit including hundreds of attractions from theme parks gardens & zoos to castles railways & museums. If none of that sparks your interest what about llama trekking or mountain boarding? Each entry has detailed practical information as well as a description so you can plan your day to perfection. ...

A deeply personal memoir of time spent with John Lennon & Yoko Ono Cott's account begins with his first meeting of the world-famous couple in their basement flat in London as a graduate student on a Fulbright where he was also serving as the London editor" of a small rock magazine named Rolling Stone. The next day he was invited by Lennon to watch the recording of " Glass Onion" & " Birthday" at Abbey Road Studios. A connection was formed that lasted until Lennon's death
- with Cott formally interviewing him again days before he was killed. Cott has also remained close friends with Yoko One. It is a fascinating & intimate reminiscence filled with Cott's insights as a cultural critic & journalist along with portions of the 1968 & 1980 interviews which will be transcribed within our book for the first time."
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It is the year 2051 & Britain is a divided country deliberately divided by economic & education strategies. Half the population shelters in fortified suburbs (Newtown); the other half resentfully smoulders in sealed-off ghettoes. This is the story of privileged Zoe & Daz the semi-literate ghetto dweller whose brother was executed for raiding with the underground resistance movement. When Zoe & her friends go slumming one day she meets Daz
- & it's Romeo & Juliet all over again. But their impossible relationship has far-reaching consequences.. .
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Scarborough 1934. John Fastolf rakish heir to a Dukedom has sponsored a glamorous tunny fishing contest. He has his reasons. The young journalist Martha Gellhorn is covering the event for the London gossip papers. She has hers. & quiet little Henny Rosefield has arrived in town with Zane Grey bestselling author & expert mountain man of the Wild West. The international craze for hunting giant tuna has swept the North Yorkshire coast & huge yachts have transformed the harbour into something like Monte Carlo. Over them all towers the Dazzle resplendent in jagged stripes of black white & blue. She looks like a junior sort of ocean liner but she's a very adult sort of yacht. In the harbour damaged dilettantes will swap beds & swap lies. Far offshore on the rips & tides of the malevolent North Sea gallant battle will be done. All the while something truly dangerous is lurking. But we can't see any of that. Just the Dazzle sitting on the edge of the world shimmering as the sea glitters her outline wavering. Wrapped in a gripping adventure story Robert Hudson's second novel is a deliciously witty tale of wilderness vengeance & the death of love. ...

Nature has perfected the art of deception. Thousands of creatures all over the world
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Meet your favourite DC" heroes & villains with this essential A-Z character guide. From Batman to Wonder Woman " The DC Comics Character Guide" tells you everything you need to know about all your favourite heroes & villains. Written with young comic-book fans in mind this book packs the whole of the sprawling DC Universe into one compact portable volume & the A-Z format makes it easy to find your heroes in a flash. It helps you discover each character's individual talents with fact-filled pages featuring stat boxes power rankings & information on their allies & foes. Exciting full-colour comic-book art makes " The DC Comics Character Guide" a book that all young comic enthusiasts will look through again & again." ...

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Includes:: the story of DC Comics year-by-year month-by-month. It discusses a century-spanning voyage

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In September DC Entertainment reveals the origins secrets & shocking fates of top Super Heroes in 56 special 0 issues starring Superman Batman Wonder Woman The Flash Green Lantern & more! Now these issues are collected in a massive hardcover just in time for the holiday season with stories written & illustrated by top talent including Geoff Johns Grant Morrison Jim Lee Brian Azzarello Scott Snyder & many more! ...

Something strange has happened to the birds of Gotham City. Pigeons are causing traffic jams seagulls are making trouble at a nearby beach & ostriches have escaped from the zoo! The Penguin's fine feathered friends are distracting the DC Super Friends while he swoops in & plucks Gotham's biggest bank clean! Will Batman Superman & the other Super Friends get there in time? This fun & exciting story is perfect for children who are just learning to recognize words basic vocabulary & short sentences. ...

In Joker's Joyride follow the action as the Joker steals the Batmobile & leads the DC Super Friends on a wild ride through Gotham City! Then uncover the cool secrets of Batman's Batmobile Superman's Space Sled & all the other fantastic vehicles that the Super Friends use to bring in the bad guys. ...