Have you ever wondered if a severed head retains consciousness long enough to see what happened to it? Or whether your dog would run to fetch help if you fell down a disused mineshaft? & what would happen if you were to give an elephant the largest ever single dose of LSD? The chances are that someone somewhere has conducted a scientific experiment to find out... Excellent accounts of some of the most important & interesting experiments in biology & psychology
- Simon Singh. If left to their own devices would babies instinctively choose a well-balanced diet? Discover the secret of how to sleep on planes. Which really tastes better in a blind tasting
- Coke or Pepsi?

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A fire rages through a sleepy West London square engulfing a small convent hidden away among the residential houses. When DI Jack Carrigan & DS Geneva Miller arrive at the scene they discover eleven bodies yet there were only supposed to be ten nuns in residence. Its eleven days before Christmas & despite their superiors wanting the case solved before the holidays Carrigan & Miller start to suspect that the nuns were not who they were made out to be. Why did they make no move to escape the fire? Who is the eleventh victim whose body was found separate to the others? & where is the convents priest the one man who can answer their questions? Fighting both internal politics & the church hierarchy Carrigan & Miller unravel the threads of a case which reaches back to the early 1970s & the upsurge of radical Liberation Theology in South America
- with echoes of the Shining Path & contemporary battles over oil land & welfare. Meanwhile closer to home theres a new threat in the air one the police are entirely unprepared for... Spanning four decades & two continents Eleven Days" finds Carrigan & Miller up against time as they face a new kind of criminal future."
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'I had thought that for me there could never again be any elation in war. But I had reckoned without the liberation of Paris
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Set during the final 24 hours before the armistice at 11 a.m. on 11th November 1918 the story follows a German storm trooper an American airman & a British Tommy. Their destinies converge during the death throes of the first ever conflict to spread across the globe. War becomes incredibly personal as nationality & geography cease to matter to each of these teenagers on the Western Front & friendship becomes the defining aspect of their encounter. But who will live & who will die before the end of the day? ...

The new bestselling novel now in paperback from international literary phenomenon Paulo Coelho author of The Alchemist. A chance meeting in Rio takes Maria to Geneva where she dreams of finding fame & fortune yet ends up working the streets as a prostitute. In Geneva Maria drifts further & further away from love while at the same time developing a fascination with sex. Eventually Maria's despairing view of love is put to the test when she meets a handsome young painter. In this odyssey of self-discovery Maria has to choose between pursuing a path of darkness 'sexual pleasure for its own sake' or risking everything to find her own 'inner light' & the possibility of sacred sex sex in the context of love. A daring modern fable about the nature of love & sex. ...

Anthony Summers & Robbyn Swan have written the definitive account of 9/11. The shockwaves of the September 11 2001 attacks in America reverberate to this day. Though Osama Bin Laden has been killed questions remain. What exactly happened? Could 9/11 have been prevented? How & why did so much acrimony & misinformation arise from the ashes of the World Trade Center the Pentagon & a quiet field in Pennsylvania? & what has yet to be revealed? The Eleventh Day written with access to thousands of recently released official documents is updated for this edition
- & reports on a development which the former chairman of Congress' 9/11 probe describes as the 'most important in years'.
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Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom Elf School Shiny Sticker Book" is a magical must-have for keeping young fairies & elves amused for hours! This fantastic super shiny sticker book tells the lovely tale of Fairy Princess Holly going to elf school with her best friend Ben Elf. Magic is not allowed at elf school so Nanny Plum goes along to make sure Holly behaves. But will Nanny behave herself too? Read this enchanting " Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom" story to find out then use your lovely stickers to complete the puzzles & games. There are many different " Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom" picture books & activity books to choose from & enjoy including " Ben & Holly's Little Kingdom Magic Wipe-Clean Game Book" " Elf School Shiny Sticker Book" " The Royal Picnic Magnet Book" & " Ben Elf's Birthday" why not collect the series?" ...

The new Diana Mc Veagh book on Elgar is first-rate " wrote Gerald Finzi of her earlier study of the composer published in 1955. In the completely new Elgar the Music Maker she harvests five decades of thoughts about his music scrutinizing the biographical details that have since been discovered & using them to assess the ways in which they affect the compositions. Diana Mc Veagh explores Elgars complex personality & his compositional methods his style & his relationship to his contemporaries yet it is the music
- still played recorded loved & discussed as much as ever- that remains her prime focus. Each of Elgars works is discussed balancing information & appraisal from his juvenilia to his unfinished Third Symphony. Diana Mc Veagh provides a compelling & accessible companion to the music of one of Englands greatest composers. Musicians scholars & CD collectors alike will find much to enjoy in Elgar the Music Maker. Diana Mc Veagh is the author of the highly acclaimed Gerald Finzi: His Life & Music (2005); of the entries on Elgar & Finzi for The New Grove Dictionary of Music & Musicians (1980 2001); & of the Finzi entry in The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004)."
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Perfect for day trips & short breaks the OS Landranger Map series covers Great Britain with 204 detailed maps. Each map provides all the information you need to get to know your local area &

Includes:: places of interest tourist information picnic areas & camp sites plus Rights of Way information for England & Wales.

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OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Survey's most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities like walking horse riding & off-road cycling. Providing complete GB coverage the series details essential information such as youth hostels pubs & visitor information as well as rights of way permissive paths & bridleways. ...