The Dodger" is the long-awaited story of Johnny Dodge a wartime hero & a pivotal figure in the escapade immortalised in the legendary Hollywood film " The Great Escape". Of all the Allied prisoners who broke out of Hermann Gorings escape proof camp in the famous episode of March 1944 Johnny Dodge was the most intriguing. American-born Dodge was a cousin by marriage of Winston Churchill. When the Second World War broke out he volunteered for the Army but was quickly captured after the debacle of Dunkirk. He became a prisoner of war & an inveterate escapologist & troublemaker
- eventually becoming one of the ringleaders of the Great Escape. Surviving the murderous Gestapo he was thrown into a VIP compound of Sachsenhausen concentration camp on the orders of Heinrich Himmler
- but escaped once more. After recapture Johnny was spirited away by the SS to a meeting in Berlin with Hitlers interpreter who sent him on a clandestine mission to his cousin in Downing Street. His odyssey through the dying embers of the Third Reich to Switzerland & freedom in the company of a louche Nazi apparatchik is the last curious escapade in the story of Johnnys adventurous life. " The Dodger" draws upon Dodges voluminous private papers including photographs taken inside prison camps & letters home casting revealing new light on the myth of the Great Escape."

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From time to time mankind takes a sudden leap forward & invents something which makes life so much simpler that people soon begin to wonder how they ever survived without it. The Wheel the Printing Press the Microchip the Self-Winding Spaghetti Fork & now- THE DODO BOOK FOR COOKS. This handy quirky recipie journal contains amongst other things: -A Table of Equivalents-Dividers with pockets for different cuisines including vegetarian fish pasta & rice etc.-A section for notes-Lots of great illustrations "es Typical"e: &8216; Fish to taste right must swim three times- in water in butter & in wine&8217;POLISH PROVERB ...

From time to time mankind takes a sudden leap forward & invents something which makes life so much simpler that people soon begin to wonder how they ever survived without it. The Wheel the Printing Press the Self-Dribbling Seed Dispenser & now- THE DODO BOOK OF GARDEN CUTTINGS. This handy quirky garden journal contains amongst other things: -A Garden Planner-Monthly dividers with pockets-A section for notes-Lots of great illustrations "es Typical"e: Sowing Beans One for the mouse One for the crow One to rot And one to grow ...

From time to time mankind takes a sudden leap forward & invents something which makes life so much simpler that people soon begin to wonder how they ever survived without it. The Wheel the Printing Press the Post Partum Pregnancy Checker & now- THE DODO BOOK OF THE BIG BUMP. This hilarious quirky gift is perfect for that scattered mum-to-be in your life. A combined organiser-list-planner-memo-filing book. Sections include:-Hospital Stuff-Names & Naming-Nursery needs-Big essentials-Birth plan-Antenatal classes-Complimentary therapies-Birth announcements-Childcare-Articles & tips-Product information Typical"e: &8216; Somewhere on this planet every ten seconds there is a woman giving birth. She must be stopped.&8217;SAM LEVENSON ...

From time to time mankind takes a sudden leap forward & invents something which makes life so much simpler that people soon begin to wonder how they ever survived without it. The Wheel the Printing Press the Self-Replenishing Refrigerator & now- the DODO HOUSEHOLD STUFF BOOK. This hilarious quirky gift is perfect for that scattered house keeper in your life. A combined organiser-list-information jotting-filing book. Sections include:-Vital Information-Important numbers-Weekly activities-Annual Reminders-Bills-Household information-Holidays-Christmas-Birthdays & anniversaries-Conversion tables Each divider has a handy pocket on the back for bits & pieces & there&8217;s a couple of plastic pockets at the back for miscellaneous items. Typical"e: &8216; Youth is a wonderful thing. What a crime to waste it on children.&8217;GEORGE BERNARD SHAW ...

How long can I live on beer alone? Why do people have eyebrows? Has nature invented any wheels? Plus 99 other questions answered. Every year readers send in thousands of questions to New Scientist" the worlds best-selling science weekly in the hope that the answers to them will be given in the Last Word column
- regularly voted the most popular section of the magazine. " Does Anything Eat Wasps?" is a collection of the best that have appeared including: why cant we eat green potatoes; why do airliners suddenly plummet; does a compass work in space; why do all the local dogs howl at emergency sirens; how can a tree grow out of a chimney stack; why do bruises go through a range of colours; & why is the sea blue inside caves. Many seemingly simple questions are actually very complex to answer. & some that seem difficult have a very simple explanation. " New Scientist"s Last Word celebrates all questions
- the trivial the idiosyncratic the baffling & the strange. This selection of the best is popular science at its most entertaining & enlightening."

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Why dont hammer-throwers get dizzy? Could the worlds fastest swimmer catch a jet-ski? How far can a human being run or cycle before they drop? Which nutter invented the ski jump? Glenn Murphy author of Why Is Snot Green? answers these & other brilliant questions in this fascinating book about the science of sport. From running a marathon to beating your friends at basketball from negotiating a snowboard slalom track to pulling a backflip on a BMX find out everything you ever wanted to know about sports & games! Become a whizz in science & trounce your friends at your school sports day. Its like being in the Olympics with none of the boring bits! ...

We have neighbors in the universe. Does it Rain in Other Dimensions? This title describes one mans experience of communicating & working with other-dimensional & extra-terrestrial beings over a 50 year period. It shows how he worked through the fear some experiences engendered to find a new spiritual perspective. Use the symbols in this book that were given to the author by Light Beings to aid your own consciousness-awakening process & be ready for the coming Shift. ...

Dont panic
- Im Islamic. Amal is a 16-year-old Melbourne teen with all the usual obsessions about boys chocolate & Cosmo magazine.
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The long-awaited never-before-told no-holds-barred memoir from the legendary Aerosmith frontman. Finally all the lurid tales of debauchery sex drugs & rock n roll are told straight from the horses lips as The Demon of Screamin describes his unimaginable highs & unbelievable lows as lead singer of the biggest rock band in the world. Prolific frontman rock icon & sex symbol Steven Tyler is a living legend. With his raw sharp-edged vocals musical versatility & unprecedented song writing skills Tyler has as lead singer of Aerosmith sold millions of records & played sell-out concerts to as many as 450 000 people. Now at last he tells his own story taking us on a wild rollercoaster ride through the bust-ups binges orgies & good old American excess in the jaw-droppingly honest in-your-face way that only Tyler can. Following a fateful meeting with his mutant twin Joe Perry in the summer of 1970 Aerosmith was formed!and the rest as they say is rock history. They released their first album in 1973 & by 1976 Aerosmith had gone from being nobodies to massive to off the radar making history as a multi-platinum chart-topping b&. But with great success comes great excess. Nicknamed the Toxic Twins for their insatiable appetite for drugs booze & women Tyler & Perry got caught up in the glamour of self-destruction
- smashing each other up with guitars having seizures & passing out on stage. By 1980 it seemed that the band & its members were set to implode but after successful stints in drug rehab Aerosmith were back on track & better than ever. Although he may have given up his wicked wicked ways Tyler still enjoys talking about the bad old days. He has so many outrageous stories to tell & hes gonna tell them all. All the uncensored head-spinning tales of debauchery sex booze transcendence & chemical dependence you will ever want to hear. As raucous intoxicating & edgy as his music this is the most outrageous rock n roll autobiography of all time.
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