Bens on a trip to London to meet his mum. But an accident at the Thames Barrier combined with a tidal surge & a dramatic thunderstorm
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A game of cards leads Flashman from the jungle death-house of Dahomey to the slave state of Mississippi as he dabbles in the slave trade in Volume II of the Flashman Papers When Flashman was inveigled into a game of pontoon with Disraeli & Lord George Bentinck he was making an unconscious choice about his own future -- would it lie in the House of Commons or the West African slave trade? Was there for that matter very much difference? Once again Flashmans charm cowardice treachery lechery & fleetness of foot see the lovable rogue triumph by the skin of his chattering teeth. ...

Suddenly everyone in the world loses consciousness for two minutes. Planes fall from the sky there are millions of car crashes millions die. & when everyone comes round they have had a glimpse of their life in the future. When it awakes the world must live with the knowledge of what is to come. Some saw themselves in new relationships some saw exciting new technologies some saw the stuff of nightmares. Some young & old alike saw nothing at all.. .A desperate search to find out what has happened begins. Does the mosaic of visions offer a clue? What did you see? Now the basis for the Channel 5 hit series FLASHFORWARD ...

This is an exciting addition to the Thomas Story Time" range. Its time to polish those buffers as Thomas & his friends are going to be in a book! When a photographer arrives on the island of Sodor to take pictures of the engines everyone gets excited. Thomas is determined to be in as many pictures as possible no matter who gets in his way! But will his enthusiasm mean he doesnt get in the book at all?" ...

AMERICA 2036: A WASTELAND IN RUIN. Terrorism & ultra-violence plague a once powerful society whose only escape is to numb itself on flashback: a euphoric yet cripplingly addictive regression drug. Ex-cop & addict Nick Bottom has seen flashback take his badge his reputation & the love of his son. Alone & in despair he has hit rock bottom. Nick is about to receive a proposition. Billionaire magnate Hiroshi Nakamura needs his services & in particular his memories. ...

Melander likes to do things flashy. When Parker finds himself working with Melander on a bank heist in a mid-sized midwestern city his job is throwing a Molotov cocktail into a gas station. The resulting explosion sends the cops & fire trucks to the east side of town while Melander & his gang plunder the bank on the west side. But Parker doesnt care for Melanders plan for a new heist one that will clean out Palm Beach of a lot of very expensive jewelry. What Parker really dislikes is Melanders intention to use the proceeds from the bank job to capitalize the Palm Beach job...including Parkers cut. Melander is very polite about Parkers disinterest & very sincere about paying him his share...with interest...after the jewelry job goes down. But thats not the way Parker works. Now hes tailing the gang down South with a plan for getting his own back...and the entire swag of gems besides. ...

Harry Flashman: the unrepentant bully of Tom Browns schooldays now with a Victoria Cross has three main talents -- horsemanship facility with foreign languages & fornication. A reluctant military hero Flashman plays a key part in most of the defining military campaigns of the 19th century despite trying his utmost to escape them all. Expelled from Rugby for drunkenness & none too welcome at home after seducing his fathers mistress the young Flashman embarks on a military career with Lord Cardigans Hussars. En route to Afghanistan our hero hones his skills as a soldier duellist imposter coward & amorist (mastering all 97 ways of Hindu love-making during a brief sojourn in Calcutta) before being pressed into reluctant service as a secret agent. His Afghan adventures culminate in a starring role in that great historic disaster the Retreat from Kabul. ...

Harry Flashman: the unrepentant bully of Tom Browns schooldays now with a Victoria Cross has three main talents
- horsemanship
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Harry Flashman: the unrepentant bully of Tom Browns schooldays now with a Victoria Cross has three main talents -- horsemanship facility with foreign languages & fornication. A reluctant military hero Flashman plays a key part in most of the defining military campaigns of the 19th century despite trying his utmost to escape them all. If only Flashman had got on with his dinner & ignored the handkerchief dropped by a flirtatious hussy in a Calcutta hotel! Well American history would have been different a disastrous civil war might have been avoided & Flashman himself would have been spared one of the most hair-raising adventures of his misspent life. If only! But alas the arch-rotter of the Victorian age could never resist the lure of a pretty foot. This latest extract of the Flashman Papers soon finds Flashman careering towards the little Virginian town of Harpers Ferry where John Brown & his gang of rugged fanatics were to fire the first shot in the great war against slavery. ...

Harry Flashman: the unrepentant bully of Tom Brown's schooldays now with a Victoria Cross has three main talents
- horsemanship
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