It's September 1945 & Billy Hopkins is off to London to train as a teacher with only ten bob in his pocket. Despite his dad's gloomy warnings that he'll pick up bad ways from the toffs down South Billy survives two years in the Big City & returns to take up his first teaching job in Manchester
- on GBP300 a year! The catch is his first class Senior Four who bitterly resent the raising of the school leaving age & are all set to take it out on their teacher
- luckily the kid from Collyhurst has some tricks up his sleeve. & then Billy meets the beautiful Laura. But is she as his dad says 'too good for the likes of us'?

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Imagine a land where all the animals are free... To the creatures of the woodland the land of Animalia sounds like a dream
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In this thrilling climax of The Chronicles of Prydain " Death Lord Arawn has stolen the black sword Drynwyn the most powerful weapon in the kingdom. At the request of Prince Gwydion Taran rallies friends both old & new to raise an army to march against Arawns terrible warriors. Together they must battle through a frozen wasteland to Mount Dragon where a deadly confrontation awaits & Tarans true destiny will at last be fulfilled." ...

With the ghostly help of the First Rider Karigan G'ladheon had transported the corrupt spirit of Mornhavon the Black into the future buying valuable time for her king & country. But how far in the future is Mornhavon now? A hundred years? Ten years? Only one year? There's no way to tell. So though the immediate threat has passed Mornhavon's shadow still lies heavily on the land & on their minds.. .although there are threats closer to home as well. The D' Yer Wall protecting Sacoridia from the dark corrupted Blackveil forest remains breached despite Karigan & her fellow Riders best efforts. They've scoured the land searching for lost documents & magical clues to help mend the breach fend off any incursions from Blackveil Forest & more pressingly protect them from Mornhavon's return. Nor is the breach in the wall the only danger. Mornhavon may have gone but the descendants of his people remain & they're ready to claim the land that their forefathers failed to conquer. These vengeful enemies hidden within the peaceful borders of Sacoridia have spent generations honing their dark magic ready to strike
- & ensuring that their blow when it comes will be one that Karigan & the Sacordians have no defence against.. .
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In the city of Imardin where those who wield magic wield power a young street-girl adopted by the Magician's Guild finds herself at the centre of a terrible plot that may destroy the entire world.. . Sonea has learned much at the magicians' guild & the other novices now treat her with a grudging respect. But she cannot forget what she witnessed in the High Lord's underground room
- or his warning that the realm's ancient enemy is growing in power once more. As Sonea learns more she begins to doubt her guildmaster's word. Could the truth really be as terrifying as Akkarin claims or is he trying to trick her into assisting in some unspeakably dark scheme?
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Phoebe Mac Namara first comes face to face with Duncan Swift high up on a roof as she tries to stop one of his ex-employees from jumping to his death. As Savannah's chief hostage negotiator Phoebe is calm courageous & ready to risk her life to save others. But this chance meeting with Duncan will bring dramatic repercussions for them both. When Phoebe is brutally assaulted in her precinct house she realizes that someone is out to destroy her
- both professionally & personally. With Duncan's support Phoebe must discover just who is pursuing her before it's too late.. .
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Guidebook of high peak walks in the Peak District England UK. This guide is the first part of a two-volume survey designed to balance the marvellous diversity & wealth of walking country contained in the Peak District National Park. These high peak walks encompass the Dark Peak moors of Black Hill Bleaklow Kinder Scout the higher eastern edges & the annexed western gritstone uplands from Windgather to The Roaches. The present area is characterised by great swelling moorland composed of sandstones & shales capped by a coarse gritstone known as Millstone Grit outcropping along plateau edges & scarps. Gritstone is pervious but a climatic quirk caused a thin impervious sedimentation to stop water penetration & triggered the formation of a thick blanket of peat over the Pennine uplands. 22 day-long walks & one linear challenge walk carefully researched & described offer walkers a practical & entertaining means of acquainting themselves with this popular moorland region. Each walk is designed to embrace particular localities drawing on the contrasting qualities of each to sustain interest & develop an appreciation of the wild dramatic & often shy beauty peculiar to this northern sector of Peakl&. ...

It is the cheapest bit of go-faster gear you can buy...
- Robert Lloyd Island Sailing Club One of the most readable books on the
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This is the latest Parker novel to feature Jesse Stone. When the body of controversial talk-show host Walton Weeks is discovered hanging from a tree on the outskirts of Paradise police chief Jesse Stone finds himself at the center of a highly public case forcing him to deal with small-minded local officials & national media scrutiny. When another dead body
- that of a young woman
- is discovered just a few days later the pressure becomes almost unbearable. Two victims in less than a week should provide a host of clues but all Jesse runs into are dead ends. But what may be the most disturbing aspect of these murders is the fact that no one seems to care-not a single one of Weeks ex-wives not the family of the girl. & when the medical examiner reveals a heartbreaking link between the two departed souls the mystery only deepens. Despite Weeks reputation & the girls tender age Jesse is hard-pressed to find legitimate suspects. Though the crimes are perhaps the most gruesome Jesse has ever witnessed it is the malevolence behind them that makes them all the more frightening. Forced to delve into a world of stormy relationships Jesse soon comes to realize that knowing who he can trust is indeed a matter of life & death.

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