Set in Mumbai during the Hindu-Muslim conflict of the early 1990s The Fourth Passenger" is the story of four women raised with traditional Indian values whose partnership give them the temerity to stand up against the religious extremism. Having reached their thirties & disillusioned with their lives & husbands their decision to open an urban food stand is mingled with their memories of a distant past when two of them loved the same man. But in order to establish their fledgling business they must contend with individual temperament extortionists ruthless competitors & most importantly the prevailing religious intolerance." ...

Plan Aurora hatched in a remote dacha in the forest outside Moscow & initiated with relentless brilliance & skill is a plan within a plan that in its spine-chilling ingenuity breaches the ultra-secret Fourth Protocol & turns the fears that shaped it into a living nightmare. A crack Soviet agent placed under cover in a quiet English country town begins to assemble a jigsaw of devastation. MI5 investigator John Preston working against the most urgent of deadlines leads an operation to prevent the act of murderous destruction aimed at tumbling Britain into revolution... ...

Pronounced as the greatest goalscoring talent since Jimmy Greaves seventeen-year old Robbie Fowler was immediately catapulted to fame & fortune. The thin baby-faced Toxteth lad who had trampled the same streets as the rioters was now a millionaire an idol & inspiration to every kid who kicked a football. Yet his incredible potential was never quite realised. Injuries & persistent rumours of drug abuse & depression meant that though Fowler remains one of the most celebrated of Premiership stars he never became the world-beater so many predicted. This is a fascinating & unbelievably frank insight into the beautiful game taking us behind the closed doors of professional football to expose what really happens at both club & international level. This is a truthful & candid account of an incredible career examining not just the records & the glory but the low points & the miseries of a footballing life that many people now believe somewhere somehow went wrong. Brilliance & controversy have stalked Robbie Fowler from his five goal performance in only his second full game for Liverpool to his snorting of the touchline in the Merseyside derby. In this utterly compelling autobiography Robbie Fowler looks back on what was what wasnt & what might have been. This is the story of one of the games true icons & the story of the modern game itself. ...

Fowlers Modern English Usage is the world-famous guide to English usage loved & used by writers of all kinds. In keeping with its long tradition Fowlers gives comprehensive & practical advice on grammar syntax style & choice of words. It gives a clear & authoritative picture of the English we use & elucidates many scores of usage questions such as the split infinitive & the intricacies of political correctness. It gives in-depth coverage of both British & American English with reference to the English of Australia Canada New Zealand & South Africa. The volume

Includes:: wide-ranging examples of usage from a broad selection of newspapers journals & books from across the globe & features illustrative"ations from authors such as Agatha Christie Chinua Achebe Iris Murdoch Harold Pinter & Noel Coward. Based on the evidence & research of the Oxford Dictionaries Programme this is the most comprehensive & authoritative guide to usage available. The third edition of 1996 provided a complete revision & an expansion of the original text bringing the book fully up to date on all matters of grammar usage syntax & style. This is a reissue of the revised third edition of 1998 which

Includes:: a new Supplement & revised entries. Replaces isbn 0198602634.



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The seventh edition of this classic book has been entirely revised & updated by one of the leading professors of human nutrition in the UK. Written in a clear & easy-to-read style the book deals with a wide range of topics from food microbiology & technology to healthy eating & clinical nutrition. It also tackles the more difficult area of biochemistry & makes the chemical nature of all the important food groups accessible. ...

When elderly Ailsa Lockyer-Fox is found dead in her garden dressed only in night clothes & with blood stains on the ground near her body the finger of suspicion points at her wealthy landowning husband Colonel James Lockyer-Fox. A coroners inquest gives a verdict of natural causes but the gossip surrounding him refuses to go away. Why? Because hes guilty? Or because resentful women in the isolated Dorset village where he lives rule the roost? Shenstead is a place of too few people & too many secrets. Why have James & Ailsa cut their children out of their wills? What happened in the past to create such animosity within the family? & why is James so desperate to find his illegitimate grandchild? Friendless & alone his reclusive behaviour begins to alarm his London-based solicitor Mark Ankerton whose concern deepens when he discovers that James has become the victim of a relentless campaign which accuses him of far worse than the death of his wife. Allegations which he refuses to challenge.. . Why? Because theyre a motive for murder?.. . ...

From the multi award-winning & bestselling author a brand new edition of the moving story of a girl who tries to nurse an injured fox cub back to health. Clare has lived her whole life on a farm but shes never seen a fox
- until she finds a tiny injured cub whos lost his mum. Clare cares for him herself but has to keep him hidden from her father who thinks foxes are vermin. Can she keep the cub safe? Beautifully crafted story from a multi award-winning & bestselling author. Particularly suitable for reluctant struggling & dyslexic readers.
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From the multi award-winning & bestselling author a beautifully re-packaged 4u 2read version of this moving story of a girl & an injured fox cub. Clare has lived her whole life on a farm but she's never seen a fox
- until she finds a tiny injured cub who's lost his mum. Clare cares for him herself but has to keep him hidden from her father who thinks foxes are vermin
- pests that should be shot. Can she keep the cub safe? Beautifully crafted story from the former Children's Laureate & best-selling author.

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In this hilarious book the irrepressible Fox in Socks teaches a baffled Mr. Knox some of the slickest quickest tongue-twisters in town. With his unique combination of hilarious stories zany pictures & riotous rhymes Dr. Seuss has been delighting young children & helping them learn to read for over fifty years. Creator of the wonderfully anarchic Cat in the Hat & ranked among the UK's top ten favourite children's authors Seuss is firmly established as a global best-seller with nearly half a billion books sold worldwide. As the first step in a major rebrand programme Harper Collins is relaunching 17 of Dr. Seuss's best-selling books including such perennial favourites as The Cat in the Hat Green Eggs & Ham & Fox in Socks. In response to consumer demand the bright new cover designs incorporate much needed guidance on reading levels with the standard paperbacks divided into three reading strands
- Blue Back Books for parents to share with young children Green Back Books for budding readers to tackle on their own & Yellow Back Books for older more fluent readers to enjoy. Fox in Socks belongs to the Green Back Book range.
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Rat-a-tat-tat! Whos afraid of the fox in the dark? Rabbit is! So are Duck Mouse & Lamb. They all squish into Rabbits house t hide. But is the fox really as scary as they think The perfect bedtime book for rabbits ducks mice lambs.. .and children. A funny story with fabulous stylish pictures by a best-selling illustrator. ...