A fat boy with a passion for sweets & a loathing for games the young Michael Simkins finds in cricket a sport where size doesn't necessarily matter & a full-blown obsession is born. Now in middle-age he still harbours the somewhat deluded belief that the England middle-order might usefully benefit from his hard-earned skills. From impromptu Test series played with his dad in the family sweetshop through to his years running a team of dysfunctional inadequates Fatty Batter is the bestselling & hilarious story of one man's life lived through cricket. ...

This new fatwa from the renowned authority of Islamic world Shaykh-ul-Islam Dr. Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri leader of the overwhelming majority of Muslims deals a devstating blow to al-Qaeda & its affiliates by removing decisively any remnant of theological justifications for terrorism. In what is the most comprehensive edict on this topic in the history of Islam Dr. Qadri has explicated how suicide bombings & terrorism is unequivocally un-Islamic & has condemned terrorism unconditionally without any ifs & buts." Dr. Muhammad Tahir-ul-Qadri is a globally recognised authority on the Islamic & International law & Islamic scholarship. Drawing on his deep erudite insight into the life & teaching of Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) & fourteen centuries of Islamic scholarship Dr Qadri's 512-page detailed fatwa demolishes the theological arguements advanced by terrorists in prisons on websites videos & their literature which are root causes of today's home grown terrorists which the west is trying to tackle. For the first time available in the United States this contains a foreword by the Washington D.C. based expert on Islam Prof John Esposito of Georgetown University & Introduction by Dr. Joel Hayward (Royal Air Force College UK) & a validation by Al-Azhar University Egypt who have supported this fatwa. " ...

Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years Hazel has never been anything but terminal her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group Hazels story is about to be completely rewritten. Insightful bold irreverent & raw The Fault in Our Stars" is award-winning author John Greens most ambitious & heartbreaking work yet brilliantly exploring the funny thrilling & tragic business of being alive & in love. From " The New York Times" bestselling author of " Looking for Alaska" " An Abundance of Katherines" " Paper Towns" &
- with David Levithan
- " Will Grayson Will Grayson". John Green has over 1.1 million Twitter followers & almost 700 000 subscribers to Vlogbrothers the You Tube channel he created with his brother Hank. " The Fault in Our Stars" will capture a crossover audience in the same vein as Zadie Smith David Nicholls " One Day" & " Before I Die" by Jenny Downham. " Electric.. . Filled with staccato bursts of humor & tragedy". (Jodi Picoult). "A novel of life & death & the people caught in between The Fault in Our Stars is John Green at his best. You laugh you cry & then you come back for more". (Markus Zusak author of " The Book Thief")."

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I fell in love the way you fall asleep: slowly then all at once." Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years Hazel has never been anything but terminal her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis. But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten. Insightful bold irreverent & raw The Fault in Our Stars is award-winning author John Green's most ambitious & heartbreaking work yet brilliantly exploring the funny thrilling & tragic business of being alive & in love. A thought-provoking love story from the New York Times bestselling author of Looking for Alaska An Abundance of Katherines Paper Towns &
- with David Levithan
- Will Grayson Will Grayson. John Green has over 1.2 million Twitter followers & almost 700 000 subscribers to Vlogbrothers the You Tube channel he created with his brother Hank. The Fault in Our Stars will capture a crossover audience in the same vein as Zadie Smith David Nicholls' One Day & Before I Die by Jenny Downham. " Electric... Filled with staccato bursts of humor & tragedy". (Jodi Picoult). "A novel of life & death & the people caught in between The Fault in Our Stars is John Green at his best. You laugh you cry & then you come back for more". (Markus Zusak author of The Book Thief). John Green is an award-winning New York Times bestselling author whose many accolades include the Printz Medal a Printz Honor & the Edgar Award. With his brother Hank John is one half of the Vlogbrothers (youtube.com/vlogbrothers) one of the most popular online video projects in the world. It lets you can join John's 1.2 million followers on Twitter (@realjohngreen) or visit him online at website. John lives with his wife & son in Indianapolis Indiana."

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A search for missing documents in an international mining company becomes a voyage into dangerous waters. A dead friend a lost lover & a clutch of mysteries from Jonathan Kellaways youth in Cornwall & Italy in the late 1960s come back to haunt him when he is tasked with discovering why there is a gaping hole in his employers records
- & to tempt him with the hope that he may at last learn the truth about the tragedies of those years. It is a truth that has claimed several victims before. If he pursues it hard & long enough he may only add himself to the list. But pursue it he will. Because the truth he comes to realize is the secret that has consumed his life. This time he will not stop.. .until he has found it.
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A search for missing documents in an international mining company becomes a voyage into dangerous waters. A dead friend a lost lover & a clutch of mysteries from Jonathan Kellaways youth in Cornwall & Italy in the late 1960s come back to haunt him when he is tasked with discovering why there is a gaping hole in his employers records
- & to tempt him with the hope that he may at last learn the truth about the tragedies of those years. It is a truth that has claimed several victims before. If he pursues it hard & long enough he may only add himself to the list. But pursue it he will. Because the truth he comes to realize is the secret that has consumed his life. This time he will not stop.. .until he has found it. See Judys Review See Richards Review Download A Sample Chapter Of Fault Line Read about the Author Exclusive Bonus Content Write a Review for Fault Line Judys Review Loved this book. An amazing thriller full of completely unexpected & clever twists consistently dramatic & unpredictable. The protagonist Jonathan is a delight. Upright moral yet imaginative enough to understand what makes people behave badly under pressure. The murderous family secrets are beautifully played out to the extent that often you dont know if a death is suspicious or not & I especially loved Jonathans teenage love affair with the beautiful Vivien who is so obviously out of his league & so damaged by what has happened to her brother. The scenes on Capri where Viviens great-uncle Francis owns a villa are dreamily beautiful. & I adored the innocent but brave way Jonathan gets involved with every new horrific twist; every nasty surprise (including a brush with the Neapolitan Mafia) that this rich toxic family throw at him. Poor Jonathan is about to lose his innocence forever. & yet in a way he never does. In 2010 as a 60-year-old he finally solves the fraudulent murderous family secrets of the Wren clan. Yet he is just as loveable & instinctively wise as he was when he was 18. Richards Review This is a terrific thriller full of astonishing twists & dramatic turns. Th"
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Scotland boasts a huge & diverse range of wildlife. This informative & beautifully illustrated book is the most complete companion to Scottish animals & birds available. Themed around various habitats (mountain; bog & moor; woods; lochs & rivers; croft & farm; sea & seashore; urban) & including material on mythical beasts it features a wealth of information on hundreds of species. As well as descriptions & biological information the text is interspersed with much detail
- historical folklore anecdotal & even culinary
- which offers fascinating insights into the role of animals in our cultural life & the way man has interacted with them over a period of thousands of years.

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The legend of Faust grew up in the sixteenth century a time of transition between medieval & modern culture in Germany. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749-1832) adopted the story of the wandering conjuror who accepts Mephistopheless offer of a pact selling his soul for the devils greater knowledge; over a period of 60 years he produced one of the greatest dramatic & poetic masterpieces of European literature. David Lukes recent translation specially commissioned for The Worlds Classics series has all the virtues of previous classic translations of Faust & none of their shortcomings. Cast in rhymed verse following the original it preserves the essence of Goethes meaning without sacrifice to archaism or over-modern idiom. It is as near an equivalent rendering of the German as has been achieved. ABOUT THE SERIES: For over 100 years Oxford Worlds Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxfords commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study & much more. ...

Goethes Faust reworks the late-medieval myth of Dr Faust a brilliant scholar so disillusioned he resolves to make a contract or wager with the devil Mephistopheles. The devil will do all he asks on Earth & seek to grant him a moment in life so glorious that he will wish it to last for ever. But if Faust does bid the moment stay he falls to Mephisto & must serve him after death. In this first part of Goethes great work the embittered thinker & Mephistopheles enter into their agreement & soon Faust is living a life beyond his study & in rejuvenated form winning the love of the charming & beautiful Gretchen. But in this compelling tragedy of arrogance unfulfilled desire & self-delusion Faust served by the devil heads inexorably towards destruction. ...

In this sequel to Faust" Mephistopheles takes Faust on a journey through ancient Greek mythology conjuring for him the insurpassably beautiful Helen of Troy as well as the classical gods. Faust falls in love with & marries Helen embodying for Goethe his imaginative longing to join poetically the Romantic Medievalism of the germanic West to the classical genius of the Greeks. Further to the themes of redemption & salvation in this great drama are Goethes eerie premonitions of modern phenomena such as inflation & the creation of life by scientific synthesis." ...