Completing the set of three valuable handwriting practice books this activity book focuses on helping children to make the transition from print to joined-up writing. It

Includes:: letter templates showing exit strokes & will help children master writing at speed.

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A series of workbooks that provide really useful practice of basic skills. The books are ideal to be used at home or in the classroom for extra practice & reinforcement of topics covered at school. Age range 5-7. Collins Easy Learning Workbooks help children develop their love of learning while building their literacy & numeracy skills through lots of fun activities. Motivating activities make learning fun & boost confidence. Helpful tips for parents & answers are included to help support learning. ...

On a cold Monday morning before school begins two children make a gruesome discovery. Hanging from the roof of the school gymnasium are the bodies of five naked & heavily disfigured men. Detective Chief Superintendent Konrad Simonsen & his team from the Murder Squad in Copenhagen are called in to investigate this horrific case
- the men hanging in a geometric pattern; the scene so closely resembling a public execution. When the identities of the five victims & the disturbing link between them is leaked to the press the sinister motivation behind the killings quickly becomes apparent to the police. Up against a building internet campaign & even members of his own team Simonsen finds that he must battle public opinion & vigilante groups in his mission to catch the killers. A nerve-wrenching look at justice & retribution The Hanging is a spectacular crime tale straight from the heart of Scandinavia.
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DI Rebus is buried under a pile of paperwork but an escalating dispute between the upstart Tommy Telford & Big Ger Caffertys gang gives Rebus an escape clause. Telford is known to have close links with a Chechen gangster bringing refugees into Britain as prostitutes. When Rebus takes under his wing a distraught Bosnian call girl it gives him a personal reason to make sure Telford goes back to Paisley & pronto. Then Rebuss daughter is the victim of an all too professional hit-&-run & Rebus knows that there is now nothing he wont do to bring down prime suspect Tommy Telford
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This book represents the first in a new series of titles aimed at anyone who loves to sew. Making the most of the growing trend in home sewing it offers all those who sew & stitch fresh innovative ideas for on-trend projects & gifts. The subject of this book is hanging hearts
- highly popular contemporary items that make perfect gifts for weddings christenings & Valentines day as well as lovely little decorative items that can be hung from doors dressers wardrobes & doors around the home. Including both simple hand & machine stitching this book offers the reader advice on the basic techniques & materials needed plus twenty gorgeous projects in a range of styles that

Includes:: shabby chic vintage French country style traditional & simply fun! Theres a beautiful rustic wreath decorated in little fabric hearts a delightful string of hearts & numerous individual hearts made from various fabrics & felt & decorated with ric rac ribbons buttons & bows. All the instructions are accompanied by clear step-by-step photographs & full-size templates of all the hearts are provided. Ideal for beginners as well as more experienced stitchers all the hearts are quick & easy to make & are ideal for using up scraps of fabric odd buttons left-over ribbon & all sorts of oddments found around the home.


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Glasgow 1946. The last time Brodie came home it was 1942 & he was a proud young man in a paratroopers uniform. Now the war is over but victorys wine has soured & Brodies back in Scotland to try & save childhood friend Shug Donovan from the gallows. Everyone thought Donovan was dead shot down in the war. Perhaps it would have been kinder if he had been killed. The man who returns from the war is unrecognisable: mutilated horribly burned. Donovan keeps his own company only venturing out for heroin to deaden the pain of his wounds. When a local boy is found raped & murdered there is only one suspect. Donovan claims hes innocent but a mountain of evidence says otherwise. Despite the hideousness of the crime ex-policeman Brodie feels compelled to try & help his one time friend. Working with advocate Samantha Campbell Brodie trawls the mean streets of the Gorbals & the green hills of western Scotland in their search for the truth. What they find is an unholy alliance of troublesome priests corrupt coppers & Glasgows deadliest razor gang happy to slaughter to protect their dark & dirty secrets. As time runs out for the condemned man the murder tally of innocents starts to climb. When Sam Campbell disappears its the last straw for Brodie & he reverts to his wartime role as a trained killer. Its them or him - ...

Glasgow 1946. The last time Douglas Brodie came home it was 1942 & he was a dashing young warrior in a kilt. Now the war is over but victorys wine has soured & Brodies back in Scotland to try & save childhood friend Hugh Donovan from the gallows. Everyone thought Hugh was dead shot down in the war. Perhaps it would have been kinder if he had been killed. The man who returns from the war is unrecognizable: mutilated horribly burned. Hugh keeps his own company only venturing out for heroin to deaden the pain of his wounds. When a local boy is found raped & murdered there is only one suspect. Hugh claims hes innocent but a mountain of evidence says otherwise. Despite the hideousness of the crime ex-policeman Brodie feels compelled to try & help his one time friend. Working with advocate Samantha Campbell Brodie trawls the mean streets of the Gorbals & the green hills of western Scotland in their search for the truth. What they find is an unholy alliance of troublesome priests corrupt coppers & Glasgows deadliest razor gang happy to slaughter to protect their dark & dirty secrets. As time runs out for the condemned man the murder tally of innocents starts to climb. When Sam Campbell disappears its the last straw for Brodie & he reverts to his wartime role as a trained killer. Its them or him - ...

A faceless corpse is discovered in a tranquil hidden valley below the village of Swainshead. & when Chief Inspector Alan Banks arrives he finds that no-one is willing to talk. Banks frustration only grows when the identity of the body is revealed. For it seems that his latest case may be connected with an unsolved murder in the same area five years ago. Among the silent suspects are the Collier brothers the wealthiest & most powerful family in Swainsdale. When they start use their influence to slow down the investigation Inspector Alan Banks finds himself in a race against time... The novels of Peter Robinson are chilling evocative deeply nuanced works of art"
- Dennis Lehane."
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November 1382. The month of the dead. At the Feast of St. Martin in the fifth year of King Richards reign a nun rides out for York & the Abbey of Meaux. But this is no ordinary journey. Rival popes a boy on the English throne & a volatile peace in the savage aftermath of Wat Tylers murder. Travelling alone Hildegaard encounters a gibbet with five bloodied crow-stripped corpses & later the body of a youth brutally butchered. Who is he? & what is his connection to the hanged men? Murder will touch Hildegaard & those she loves even more closely as she rides on to her childhood home. Castle Hutton is riven by treachery. Old loyalties are shifting. Hildegard will need all her courage to counter the dark forces in the l&. First in an engrossing new series of medieval mysteries Hangman Blind introduces an intrepid new heroine. ...

Saxby Smart private detective is back. Operating out of his garden shed Saxby takes on cases brought to him by other pupils at his school never failing to uncover a web of intrigue & deceit. In the three new stories in this collection Saxby manages to solve the cases in his usual expert way making deductions & spotting clues (which the reader can join in with). ...