The spectacular & varied landscape of Dorset with its giants hill forts Jurassic coast & ancient buildings is the source & inspiration for many curious stories that have been passed down in families & village communities for generations. This book contains a rich & diverse collection of those ancient legends rooted in the oral tradition. From the absorbing tales of the Old King of Corfe & the Thorncombe Thorn to the intriguing Buttons on a Card & George Pitman & the Dragon these illustrated stories bring alive the landscape of the county's rolling hills & coastline. Dorset actor singer & storyteller Tim Laycock has a lifelong interest in the folklore & oral traditions of the county. Many of the stories in this collection have been passed on to him by Dorset residents & appear here in print for the first time. ...

Doctor Dog the Gumboyle familys favourite pet & their very own trusty physician is having a well-deserved rest on a tropical isl&. Until that is the Gumboyles turn up & need rescuing from a variety of nasty holiday ailments! With the help of the long-lost herbal scientist Professor Dash Hund Dr. Dog uses herbal remedies to soothe mosquito bites & sunburn settle a nasty case of motion sickness & draw out a big juicy boil. But the Gumboyles have one problem that even Dr. Dog cant solve. A hungry & highly dangerous plant is lurking in the campsite & it could strike at any moment.. . ...

From animals to aliens & cupcakes to cars there are over 60 stylishly designed dot to dots to discover & colour. With simple medium & harder levels of difficulty this is the perfect book for keeping boys & girls of all ages entertained for hours on end. ...

This bumper collection of Usborne Dot-to-dot books has a bright new cover & is full of things to spot shapes to make & interesting facts. It should keep children occupied for hours on rainy days or long car journeys. Entertaining & educational these books both encourage children in the acquisition of number skills & help them practise drawing. ...

This new addition to Thames & Hudsons burgeoning Childrens List" is an illustrated flip-over picture book about a little girl called Dot from London & her grandmother also called Dot in New York. The pair share a birthday & desperately want to spend it together. Readers start at one end to find out Little Dots story; flip the book over & start at the other end to read about Grandma Dot. The story follows Little Dot as she tries everything to h&-deliver a special card to grandma Dot in New York: she tries to bounce on springs across the ocean; asks birds & butterflies to help her fly; & even digs a tunnel in her back garden. Meanwhile Grandma Dot is making a surprise trip to London but travels the long way round. At each stopover in Beijing Mumbai & Rome she gathers family & friends & buys a mystery present for Little Dot. But will Grandma Dot arrive in London in time for the big day? & will Little Dot be there?" ...

Part personal history part biography Dotter of Her Father's Eyes" contrasts two coming-of-age narratives: that of Lucia the daughter of James Joyce & that of author Mary Talbot daughter of the eminent Joycean scholar James S. Atherton. Social expectations & gender politics thwarted ambitions & personal tragedy are played out against two contrasting historical backgrounds poignantly evoked by the atmospheric visual storytelling of award winning comic artist & graphic novel pioneer Bryan Talbot. Produced through an intense collaboration seldom seen between writers & artists " Dotter of Her Father's Eyes" is intelligent funny & sad
- a fine addition to the evolving genre of graphic memoir."
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Watching a rented video Tertuliano Maximo Afonso is shocked to notice that one of the actors is identical to him in every physical detail. He embarks on a secret quest to find his double & sets in motion a train of events that he cannot control. Saramagos novel explores the nature of individuality & examines the fear & insecurity that arise when our singularity comes under threat when even a wife cannot tell the original from the imposter... ...

Ruby & Garnet are ten-year-old twins. They're identical & they do EVERYTHING together especially since their mother died three years earlier
- but they couldn't be more different. Bossy bouncy funny Ruby loves to take charge & is desperate to be a famous actress while quiet sensitive academic Garnet loves nothing more than to curl up with one of her favourite books. & when everything around the twins is changing so much can being a double act work for ever?
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On the eve of the outbreak of the Second World War the double-agent Arthur Owens codenamed SNOW is summoned to Berlin & appointed Hitlers chief spy in Britain. Days later he finds himself in Wandsworth prison betrayed by the wife he traded for a younger model & forced to transmit false wireless messages for MI5 to earn his freedom
- & avoid the hangmans noose. A vain & devious anti-hero with no moral compass Owens motives were status money & women. He mixed fact with fiction constantly & at times insisted that he was a true patriot undertaking hazardous secret missions for his mother country; at other times Owens saw himself as a daring rogue agent outwitting British Intelligence & loyal only to the Fatherl&. Yet in 1944 as Allied troops stormed the beaches of Normandy on D-Day Hitler was caught unawares tricked into expecting the invasion across the Pas de Calais in a strategic deception played out by Owens & the double-cross agents of MI5. For all his flaws Agent Snow became the traitor who saved his country. Based on recently de-classified MI5 files & previously unpublished sources Double Agent Snow is the story of a secret Battle of Britain fought by Snow & his opposing spymasters Thomas Tar Robertson of MI5 & Nikolaus Ritter of the Abwehr as well as the tragic love triangle between Owens his wife Irene & his mistress Lily Funnell. The evocative fast-paced narrative moves from seedy south London pubs to North Sea trawlers from chic Baltic spa resorts to Dartmoor gaol populated by a colourful rogues gallery of double-cross agents.
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Mma Ramotswe & Mma Makutsi are called to a safari lodge in Botswana's Okavango Delta to carry out a delicate mission on behalf of a former guest. The Okavango makes Precious appreciate once again the beauty of her homeland: it is a paradise of teeming wildlife majestic grasslands & sparkling water. However it is also home to rival safari operators fearsome crocodiles & disgruntled hippopotamuses. What's more Mma Makutsi still does not have a date for her wedding to Phuti Radiphuti & is feeling rather tetchy herself. But Precious knows that with a little patience just as the wide river will gently make its way round any obstacle so will everything work out for the best in the end.. . ...