' Why did the guy eat two dead skunks for breakfast?' ' Because dead ones squeal when you stick the fork in.' Gary W. Boone knows he was born to be a st&-up comedian. It is the rest of the kids in the class who think he is a fool. Then the Floyd Hicks Junior High School Talent Show is announced & he starts practising his routine non-stop to get it just right. Gary's sure that this will be his big break
- he'll make everyone laugh & will win the $100 prize money. But when an outrageous surprise threatens to turn his debut into a disaster it looks as if the biggest joke of all may be on Gary himself.
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How well do you know your dog? Did you know that dogs have dreams & fears? That they do see colour that they smell electric storms & feel scent as an emotion? Jeffrey Masson takes us into the world of the dog a world created by a sense of smell one hundred million times more acute than ours & reintroduces us to mans best friend
- loyal honest straightforward spontaneous & almost unbelievably forgiving. Drawing on observations of his own three dogs as well as true stories of dogs friendship heroism & loyalty Masson makes us laugh cry & think again about our canine companions who unlike humans will never lie about love.
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Sweden winter 1991. Inspector Kurt Wallander & his team receive an anonymous tip-off. A few days later a life raft is washed up on a beach. In it are two men dressed in expensive suits shot dead. The dead men were criminals victims of what seems to have been a gangland hit. But what appears to be an open-&-shut case soon takes on a far more sinister aspect. Wallander travels across the Baltic Sea to Riga in Latvia where he is plunged into a frozen alien world of police surveillance scarcely veiled threats & lies. Doomed always to be one step behind the shadowy figures he pursues only Wallander's obstinate desire to see that justice is done brings the truth to light. ...

Military working dogs gained widespread attention after Cairo participated in the SEAL Team 6 mission that led to Osama bin Ladens death. Before that few civilians realized that dogs served in combat let alone that they could parachute from thirty thousand feet up. The Dogs of War" reveals the amazing range of jobs that our four-legged soldiers now perform examines the dogs training & equipment & sets the record straight on those rumors of titanium teeth. Youll find heartwarming stories of the deep bond that dogs & their handlers share with each other & learn how soldiers & civilians can help the cause by fostering puppies or adopting retirees." ...

Dogs on Wheels
- travelling with your canine companion takes a look at you your family your vehicle & most importantly your dog
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Once a year the dogs in the paintings in Londons National Gallery have an exciting night out. For a few hours they escape their gilded frames & are free to run up & down the grand staircases chase each other round the marble halls & explore the other exhibits. But four of the dogs overindulge & sleepily climb back into the wrong paintings. When the mix-up is discovered the museums popularity soars! This playful story with superb illustrations by Alan Curless & lovely reproductions of National Gallery paintings provides young children with a charming introduction to fine art. ...

The Doha Mini Map is small enough to fit in a shirt pocket but once unfolded it proves to be a huge help for finding your way around this ever-changing city. With a clean easy-to-read design theres a Doha overview map on one side & detailed close-up views of the main areas on the other making this miniature marvel a must for tourists residents & visitors. Area names road names key landmarks & major attractions are all marked on the maps plus theres a directory giving the locations of shopping malls five-star hotels beaches parks museums & heritage sites hospitals embassies & consulates. The maps also show the locations of Dohas forthcoming developments. An invaluable addition to any pocket handbag backpack or glove box grab a copy of the Doha Mini Map & make sure you never get lost again. ...

This book is superb. Most undergraduates have to undertake some form of literature review which may be daunting this book explains ...

Thousands of people are keeping chickens as pets for the first time. There are plenty of books that will show you how. Doing Bird" tells you what it's like charting the highs & lows in the year of an amateur hen keeper & his flock. Split into months & seasons " Doing Bird" is an extension of Gurdon's highly successful " Sunday Telegraph" " Hen & the Art of Chicken Maintenance" column & brings out the characters & idiosyncrasies of the birds themselves. Highlights include Bombay the Indian runner duck's unrequited & very non-platonic love for Bella the chicken. Sven the rheumatic pensioner cockerel's last stand against a marauding fox & his son Svenson's sometimes awkward transition from teenaged pretender to putative Alpha male with a dodgy aim. We see the power play between flock old stagers Peeping Chicken Anne Summers Brahms Meringue Bella & Nude to new arrivals Squawks 1 & 2 & the pair of birds initially known as 'the other two' until one of them tries savaging the author's hand & is re-christened Slasher
- leaving her colleague with the sobriquet of ' Too'."
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Frances Lincoln are delighted to reissue Sarah Garlands classic picture book series featuring a warm & very down-to-earth family as they go about their daily life. Whether they are gardening swimming picnicking or going to playschool doing the washing the shopping enjoying Christmas or a tea party Mum daughter baby & dog are always rushing around getting things done & having lots of fun. Doing Christmas follows the family as they get ready for Grannys Christmas visit; doing the shopping making the pudding & digging up the tree. But will they have everything ready in time for Grannys arrival? ...