Give the Dog a Bone" is one of the titles in Allan Ahlbergs iconic childrens picture book series about skeletons " Funnybones". Despite being set in a dark dark house this brightly coloured book is perfect for early readers! The dog skeleton is falling apart
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- bone by bone! Who will pick up the pieces & put him back together again? " By far our best writer for the young". (" Daily Telegraph"). Allan Ahlberg has published over 100 childrens books & with his late wife Janet created many award-winning childrens picture books including " Peepo!" " Each Peach Pear Plum" & the Kate Greenaway Medal winning " The Jolly Postman". Other titles in the " Funnybones" series include " Funnybones" " The Ghost Train" " The Black Cat" " The Pet Shop" " Bumps in the Night" " Dinosaur Dreams" " Skeleton Crew" " Mystery Tour" & "A Brilliant Bone Rattling Collection" all of which are available from Puffin."

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It's a perfect world where everything looks right. But ugly truths lie beneath the surface... It is the future. There is no war no hunger no pain. No one in The Community wants for anything. Everyone is provided for. Each Family Unit is entitled to one female & male child. Each member of The Community has their profession carefully chosen for them by the Committee of Elders & they never make a mistake. Jonas a sensitive twelve-year-old boy had never thought there was anything wrong with his Community until one day. From the moment Jonas is selected as the Receiver of Memory at The Ceremony his life is never the same. Jonas discovers that The Community is not as perfect as it seems. Although they appear to have everything they are missing something of great importance. It is up to Jonas with the help of the Giver to find what long ago had been lost. & so Jonas embarks on an adventure to save the world as he knows it. Simply & beautifully written The Giver is sure to touch the heart of every reader. Lois Lowry deals with issues of everyday life that are so often taken for granted. Through the noble character of Jonas she presents a glimpse of what could be the future. As the tension in the novel mounts so does the number of questions that Lowry confronts the reader with. The Giver is a book of courage & adventure & most importantly one of deep thought. Once readers make contact with Lowry's treasure they may never see things exactly quite the same. Lowry presents a forceful novel that demands to be heard & philosophically dealt with. ...

Fully updated & revised for the March 2011 budget. Inheritance Tax (IHT) worries many people who fear their heirs could be faced with a large tax bill & are confused by complex schemes sold to avoid this. But help is at hand: Giving & Inheriting is a user-friendly guide to estate planning & tax liability. This indispensable book will help you reduce the tax bill faced by your heirs & allow many to avoid IHT altogether
- ensuring your gifts go to those you choose & not to HMRC. Find out what you need to know about tax-free gifts & ways of reducing tax when you die as well as the taxes on lifetime gifts & what you can do about them. Giving & Inheriting also looks at how trusts let you control how your gifts are used explains gifts to children & charities & highlights the tax pitfalls to consider if you are giving your home. There is also advice for those receiving an inheritance. Whatever your circumstances this guide will help you plan tax-efficient ways to pass on money property & valuables.
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The Giving Tree" is a classic & moving story by Shel Silverstein. Once there was a little tree.. .and she loved a little boy. So begins a story of unforgettable perception beautifully written & illustrated by the gifted & versatile Shel Silverstein. Every day the boy would come to the tree to eat her apples swing from her branches or slide down her trunk.. .and the tree was happy. But as the boy grew older he began to want more from the tree & the tree gave & gave & gave. This is a tender story touched with sadness aglow with consolation. Shel Silverstein has created a moving parable for readers of all ages that offers an affecting interpretation of the gift of giving & a serene acceptance of another's capacity to love in return. Shel Silverstein's very first children's book " Lafcadio" the " Lion Who Shot Back" was published in 1963 & followed the next year by two other books. The first of those " The Giving Tree" is a moving story about the love of a tree for a boy; it took four years before Harper Children's books decided to publish it. Shel returned to humour that same year with "A Giraffe & a Half". His first collection of poems & drawings " Where the Sidewalk Ends" appeared in 1974 & his second "A Light in the Attic" in 1981. When he was a G.I. in Japan & Korea in the 1950 he learned to play the guitar & to write songs including "A Boy Named Sue" for Johnny Cash. In 1984 Silverstein won a Grammy Award for Best Children's Album for " Where the Sidewalk Ends"
- 'recited sung & shouted' by the author. He was also an accomplished playwright including the 1981 hit " The Lady or the Tiger Show". The last book to be published before he died in 1999 was " Falling Up" (1996)."
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From the double Man Booker Prize-winning author of Wolf Hall a wry shocking & beautiful memoir of childhood ghosts hauntings illness & family. Giving up the Ghost is award-winning novelist Hilary Mantels uniquely unusual five-part autobiography. Opening in 1995 with A Second Home Mantel describes the death of her stepfather which leaves her deeply troubled by the unresolved events of her childhood. In Now Geoffrey Dont Torment Her Mantel takes the reader into the muffled consciousness of her early childhood culminating in the birth of a younger brother & the strange candlelight ceremony of her mothers churching. In Smile an account of teenage perplexity Mantel describes a household where the keeping of secrets has become a way of life. Finally at the memoirs conclusion Mantel explains how through a series of medical misunderstandings & neglect she came to be childless & how the ghosts of the unborn like chances missed or pages unturned have come to haunt her life as a writer. ...

Isabel lives in Portland Oregon & works in a library repairing damaged books. She longs to visit the destinations revealed in their pages. Her daydreams are peopled by memories from her Alaskan childhood the glaciers that are being lost. Meanwhile she's just the tiniest bit lonely & lovelorn. The object of her affection a soldier recently returned from Afghanistan who also works in the basement of the library seems equally quiet & so perhaps it's no surprise that their contact has been limited to only snatched moments. But today is the day that will all change. Isabel is determined to finally open up to him to find the perfect vintage dress for this evening's party & to invite him along. But of course life rarely happens as we plan it. ...

Glaciers & Glaciation is the classic textbook for all students of glaciation. Stimulating & accessible it has established a reputation as a comprehensive & essential resource. In this new edition the text references & illustrations have been thoroughly updated to give todays reader an up-to-the minute overview of the nature origin & behaviour of glaciers & the geological & geomorphological evidence for their past history on earth. The first part of the book investigates the processes involved in forming glacier ice the nature of glacier-climate relationships the mechanisms of glacier flow & the interactions of glaciers with other natural systems such as rivers lakes & oceans. In the second part the emphasis moves to landforms & sediment the interpretation of the earths glacial legacy & the reconstruction of glacial depositional environments & palaeoglaciology. ...

Protest Christmas Cards highlighting political industrial & social turmoil have been produced since the mid nineteenth century. This book contains images from the collection of Llew & Pam Smith. They researched & collected such cards over a 40 year time-span. Llew Smith who was formerly MP for Blaenau Gwent together with his late wife Pam has written an accompanying history of the struggles represented in the cards. The issues cover a 160 year time period
- from the early days of the industrial revolution to the current coalition government & the Occupy movement. The Christmas card with the themes of peace goodwill justice & hope were seen as an appropriate medium for individuals & groups to project similar aspirations. The cards portray the words & deeds of the brave who in the face of injustice refused to remain silent & accept that nothing could be done. As Martha Gelhorn wrote: An old & unending worldwide company the men & women of conscience. Some are as famous as Tom Paine.. .some are unknown... There have always been such people & always will be. If they win it is slowly; but they never entirely lose. To my mind they are the blessed proof of the dignity of man.
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The ninth novel in Simon Scarrow's bestselling Roman series. While centurions Macro & Cato are returning to Rome from a harrowing campaign against the Parthians their transport ship is almost capsized by a tidal wave. They barely make it to the port of Matala in Crete where they are stunned to find a devastated town. An earthquake has struck the island destroying its cities & killing thousands. In the chaotic aftermath large bands of the island's slaves begin to revolt & local bandits taking advantage of the slave rebellion urge the Cretans to overthrow the Roman administration. With many of the island's troops either killed or wounded during the earthquake the governor of the province calls on Macro & Cato for help. Can they move swiftly enough to counter the rebellion before it sweeps the Romans from the island? ...

Gordianus the Finder famed detective of Ancient Rome returns in a riveting of stories. Nine tales of murder & intrigue take him from the seamy streets of Rome to elegant villas on the Bay of Naples from the spectacular backdrop of a chariot race to a domestic dispute with his Egyptian concubine Bethesda. In the title story a beautiful Nubian actress begs Gordianus to solve an impossible problem: how can she have just seen her beloved brother in the market place when she had previously watched him die a gruesome death as a gladiator? ...