There's something nasty going on at Groosham Grange..." Sent to Groosham Grange as a last resort by his parents David Eliot quickly discovers that his new school is a very weird place indeed. New pupils are made to sign their names in blood; the French teacher disappears every full moon; the assistant headmaster keeps something very chilling in his room... What's the meaning of the black rings everyone wears? Where do the other pupils vanish to at night? Most important of all how on earth can David get away
- alive? This Lancashire Children's Book of the Year will have you gripped & grinning to the last page."
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Apparently the ancient Greeks were a rather groovy bunch. The boys didnt start school until they were seven & girls didnt have to go at all. But it wasnt always so jolly. Readers can discover why girls ran about naked pretending to be bears who had the worlds first flushing toilet & why dedicated doctors tasted their patients ear wax! History with the nasty bits left in! 2013 is HORRIBLE HISTORIES twentieth anniversary. ...

History with twice the nasty bits left in.. .in a horrible new edition! The Groovy Greeks is full of fab facts about the hip 'n' happenin' Greeks. In Rotten Romans readers follow life for folk in Roman times from Nasty Nero to brave Brit Boudicca. Featuring curious quizzes rotten recipes gruesome games & terrible tets.. . History has never been so horrible! ...

Because Groovy is so new most readers will be learning it from scratch. Groovy In Action quickly moves through the basics of Groovy. After getting readers up & running Groovy in Action presents rich & detailed examples illustrating Groovys enhancements to Java along with Groovys special support for XML regular expressions & database programming. Readers get their hands dirty exploring tips & tricks for Groovy programming along with core tasks such as unit testing & build support. Readers will even learn to script Windows via Groovy. An additional bonus track is dedicated to Grails the Groovy Web Application Framework. Groovy in Action introduces Groovy by example presenting lots of reusable code while explaining the underlying concepts. Java developers new to Groovy find a smooth transition into the dynamic programming world. Groovy experts gain a solid reference that challenges them to explore Groovy deeply & creatively. ...

It is one of the more surprising facts about Old England that one can still find families living in the same houses their ancestors built centuries before & on land that has belonged to them since before the Norman Conquest. The Gropes of Grope Hall are one such family... The Gropes are an old English family based in Northumberland separated from the rest of society & as eccentric as they come. It is a line dominated by strong-willed & oversexed women determined to produce more female heirs regardless of whether their desired partners are willing.. . At the dawn of the new millennium timid & gormless teenager Esmond is abducted & lured to Grope Hall by a descendant of the Gropes. Young Esmond is powerless to escape & his kidnap sets in motion a stream of farcical events that will have readers laughing out loud. Tom Sharpe's trademark humour abounds in this new novel marking him out once again as an outstanding & unique British storyteller. ...

Help make sense of the

Specification one step at a time with this stripped-down guide. The Gross Guides can be used

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Help make sense of the

Specification one step at a time with this stripped-down guide. The Gross Guides can be used

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Help make sense of the

Specification one step at a time with this stripped down guide. The Gross Guides can be used

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In Ground Control" Anna Minton reveals the untested
- & unwanted
- urban planning that is changing not only our cities

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Ground-penetrating radar has come to public attention in recent criminal investigations but has been a developing & maturing remote sensing field for some time. In the light of recent expansion of the technique to a wide range of applications the need for an up-to-date reference has become pressing. This fully revised & expanded edition of the bestselling Surface Penetrating Radar (1996) presents for the non-specialise user or engineer all the key elements of this technique which span several disciplines including electromagnetics geophysics & signal processing. The book will help any user to assess the potential of the technique & currently available technology & to apply them effectively. ...