Its a hot summer afternoon. Tension is in the air. A gang of youths on bikes gathers outside a chip shop. A teenage boy is stabbed & left bleeding on the street. The boys mother wonders how this could have happened to her son. She is full of questions but when the answers lie so close to home are they really what she wants to hear? ...

A wonderful little buggy book featuring Eric Hill's classic character Spot! This chunky little Spot board book has a sturdy fabric & plastic fastening to fix it to a buggy & is perfect for providing entertainment for the baby on the move. Each opening shows the friendly puppy Spot meeting a different animal. Children will love getting to know the characters in this book & making the noises along with them. Spot is one of the essential experiences of childhood". (" Parents Magazine"). Eric Hill was born in North London & lived there for many years. He started his artistic career as an art studio messenger & from there went on to become a cartoonist & eventually an art director at a leading advertising agency. In 1978 Eric made up a story about a small puppy to read to his son at bedtime & Spot was born. The success of his first bestselling lift-the-flap classic " Where's Spot?" in 1980 convinced him to become a full-time author. Eric currently resides in France. Don't miss any of the Spot lift-the-flap classics: " Spot's First Walk"; " Spot's Birthday Party"; " Spot's First Christmas"; " Spot Goes to School"; " Spot Goes on Holiday"; " Spot Goes to the Circus"; " Spot Goes to the Farm"; " Spot's First Easter"; " Spot's Baby Sister"; " Spot Stays Overnight"; " Spot Goes to the Park"; " Spot Goes to a Party"; " Spot Bakes a Cake"; " Spot Visits his Grandparents"; " Spot Can Count"; " Who's There Spot?"; " Spot Says Goodnight"." ...

This is a super-fun interactive book with a gorgeous Spot hand puppet. The large soft plush puppet is one size fits all
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This title comes from inspired picture-book creator Polly Dunbar the first in the colourful charming soon-to-be televised series following the escapades of Tilly & her friends. Tilly lives in a little yellow house with her best friends. In this first book of the series meet Tiptoe & Hector Doodle Pru & Tumpty as they play the trumpet bang the drum eat a feast & dance the Wiggle Wiggle Woo! Whump! Bump! Whoops! Exciting news! Tilly & Friends" has been scheduled for TV transmission on CBeebies beginning autumn 2012.. .52 delicious episodes. Utterly charming artwork delicious palette gentle humour & winsome characters have deservedly made this a series of winners. This title comes from the bestselling author & illustrator of " Penguin" (9781844280650) which was the winner of the 0-5 Nestle Silver Award 2007 & the 2007 Booktrust Early Years Award in the pre-school category." ...

Hello World" is Alice Rawsthorns definitive guide to design & modern life. Design is one of the most powerful forces in our lives. When deployed wisely it can bring us pleasure choice strength decency & much more. But if its power is abused the outcome can be wasteful confusing humiliating even dangerous. None of us can avoid being affected by design whether or not we wish to. It is so ubiquitous that it determines how we feel & what we do often without our noticing. " Hello World" explores designs influence on our lives. Written by the renowned design critic Alice Rawsthorn & designed by the award-winning book designer Irma Boom it describes how warlords scientists farmers hackers activists & designers have used design to different ends throughout history: from the macabre symbol invented by 18th century pirates to terrorise their victims into surrender to one womans quest for the best possible prosthetic legs & the evolution of the World Cup ball. At a time when we face colossal changes unprecedented in their speed scale & intensity
- from the deepening environmental crisis to giant leaps in science & technology
- " Hello World" explains how design can help us to make sense of them andto turn them to our advantage. "" Hello World" is a new book by Alice Rawsthorn the one & only the best design critic in the entire world. She keeps the banner of design flying high. Irma Boom designed it & Irma is simply the best book designer alive". (Paola Antonelli Senior Curator of Architecture & Design at the Museum of Modern Art New York). Praise for Alice Rawsthorns " Yves Saint Laurent": " As gripping as a thriller packed with plot character & atmosphere". (" The Times"). " Rawsthorns excellent biography isnt merely a story about clothes but of crises comebacks & drug clinics & as a document of the time it is compulsive". (" Evening Standard"). " The best book I have ever read about the mesmerising cruelty of fashion". (" The Spectator"). " Intelligent & pragmatic.. .this is a page-turner of a book". (" New Statesman"). " What a story! A skilful interweaving of the artistic business & emotional life of a great couture house". (" Mail on Sunday"). Alice Rawsthorn is the design critic of the " International Herald Tribune" the global edition of the " New York Times". Her weekly Design column is syndicated worldwide. A trustee of Arts Council England & the Whitechapel Gallery in London she is chair of trustees at the Chisenhale Gallery & the author of an acclaimed biography of " Yves Saint Laurent"."

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God put me on this earth to raise sheer hell. Richard Burton. I was a sinner. I slugged some people. I hurt many people. & its true I never looked back to see the casualties. Richard Harris. Booze is the most outrageous of all drugs which is why I chose it. Peter OToole. I dont have a drink problem. But if that was the case & doctors told me I had to stop Id like to think I would be brave enough to drink myself into the grave. Oliver Reed. This is the story of four of the greatest thespian boozers who ever walked
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- off a film set into a pub. Its a story of drunken binges of near biblical proportions parties & orgies broken marriages drugs riots & wanton sexual conquests. They got away with it because of their extraordinary acting talent & because the public loved them. They were truly the last of a breed the last of the movie hellraisers.

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Theres a secret organization somewhere in England created to defend the Queen & country from monsters of all sorts. Yes its hard to believe in this day & age...but really isnt this the true age of monsters? Enter Hellsing an agency long in tooth with the experience know-how &...er...equipment to handle the problems that arise when vampires ghouls & the like take on these dark forces. What equipment?" you may say. How about another vampire & a big pistol loaded with special silver bullets? That oughta do the trick. But what really knocks em dead is the sharp wit awesome artwork & crazy bloody action that make up the manga. Hellsing the long-awaited manga is finally in America thanks to Dark Horse Comics & the folks at Digital Manga & youre gonna love it. Come get some smart-ass gore & action as only Japan seems to produce in that crazy "non-Western" format the kids seem to love. & nice & thick at a full 200 pages! The night is dark but at least those wacky anti-heroes from Hellsing can make light of it." ...

During their tour of Afghanistan in 2008 a number of soldiers kept personal diaries of their experiences & now for the first time Osprey Publishing have collected them together to provide a gripping first-hand account of life in the front line in modern warfare. Although these soldiers were on the same tour they all encountered different experiences & so while the time frame is the same their perspectives are inevitably different. Included here are the diaries of Lt John Thornton who sadly lost his life just two weeks before the end of the tour a Padre a CO a 2IC & a member of Lt Thornton's section. With a narrative that pulls the diaries together & puts them in context this book provides a chance to look at what changes when the men & women come home & what they learned from the tour. The diary of Lt Thornton's brother Ian who is currently serving in Helmand provides an example of the war 4 years on & provides further context to the original tour diaries. ...

This map is part of the Landranger (Pink) series & is designed for people who really want to get to know an area. It



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OS Explorer Map is the Ordnance Surveys most detailed map & is recommended for anyone enjoying outdoor activities like walking horse riding & off-road cycling. Providing complete GB coverage the series details essential information such as youth hostels pubs & visitor information as well as rights of way permissive paths & bridleways. ...