The Horned Viper is the second in a new series of four books set in Ancient Egypt. The Spitting Cobra the first in the series was published in August 2009. Two further instalments will be released in 2010. Each book is a well researched & atmospheric evocation of Egyptian life encased in an exciting adventure story. The boy & girl characters Hopi & Isis feature in each book & readers will be intrigued to follow their struggles for existence & adventure in Egypt circa 1150 BC. In this story The Horned Viper Isis & Hopi find themselves on the banks of the River Nile pitting their wits against dangerous servants. ...

From the master storyteller this is a startling new thriller set amidst the Danish Resistance. It is June 1941 & Denmark is under German occupation. On the rocky coast of Denmark two brothers Harald & Arne Olufsen are straining against the rigid confines imposed by their elderly parents. Meanwhile a network of MI6 spies is attempting to decipher an encrypted Luftwaffe radio signal which mentions the new Freya-Gert
- a rudimentary form of German radar equipment. Arnes relationship with Hermia Mount an MI6 analyst draws him into underground politics putting him under surveillance by the Danish security forces
- & by one man in particular who has a personal motive to see Arne fall. It is only a matter of time before the brothers paths converge in a united effortto overcome the Nazis. A disused Hornet Moth biplane is their only means of getting a vital message to the British.

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Deputy Chief Virginia West likes & respects her boss Hammer but with an increasing number of visiting businessmen being murdered in her city by a maniac with a penchant for painting his victims bright orange she finds it hard to accept Hammer's edict that a rookie reporter should ride on patrol with her to better relations with their citizens. Her worst fears are confirmed when the reporter Brazil presses the button to activate the boot-release rather than the siren on their first outing. He's not the only blight on her life right now: her cat's angsty her hormones are misbehaving her opposite number in the uniformed division is behaving like a jackass the radio despatcher is determined to trip her up the D.A. is in the middle of a hot battle with the trial schedule. & orange coloured corpses keep turning up on her patch. ...

It's 1917 & Captain Stanley Woolley joins an R.F.C. squadron whose pilots are starting to fear the worst: their war over the Western Front may go on for years. A pilot's life is usually short so while it lasts it is celebrated strenuously. Distractions from the brutality of the air war include British nurses; eccentric Russian pilots; bureaucratic battles over the plum-jam ration; rat-hunting with Very pistols; & the C.O.'s patent potent cocktail known as ' Hornet's Sting'. But as the summer offensives boil up none of these can offer any lasting comfort. ...

The Horologicon (or book of hours) gives you the most extraordinary words in the English language arranged according to the hour of the day when you really need them. Do you wake up feeling rough? Then youre philogrobolized. Pretending to work? Thats fudgelling which may lead to rizzling if you feel sleepy after lunch though by dinner time you will have become a sparkling deipnosophist. From Mark Forsyth author of the bestselling The Etymologicon this is a book of weird words for familiar situations. From ante-jentacular to snudge by way of quafftide & wamblecropt at last you can say with utter accuracy exactly what you mean. ...

Welcome to a strange & twisted world where the spooky the shocking & the positively petrifying are lurking just out of sight. A bus ride home.. .turns into your worst nightmare. A quaint country cottage.. .has a grisly secret. A man returns from holiday.. .with bubbling skin & bloodshot eyes. Horowitz Horror. Its all around you. Alive. Waiting. Enter if you dare. ...

History with the nasty bits left in! Horrible Christmas tells you all the festive facts you ever wanted to find out but were too stuffed full of mince pies to ask. Want to know: * a very rude pantomime song? * why making Christmas pudding used to be a crime? * how to get rid of carol singers? Read on for foul but festive food seasonal stories to send shivers down your spine & cruel yule disasters. History has never been so horrible! ...

Geography with the gritty bits left in! Inside youll find out what happens when a volcano turns nasty whether youd survive at the frozen poles & how a frog can help you get a drink in the desert. Hold on tight as you embark on a whistle-stop trip around the globe taking in everything from the perishing poles to desperate deserts stormy weather to earth-shattering earthquakes. Crammed full of far-out facts its the ultimate Horrible Geography" guide to the planet. Geography has never been so horrible!" ...

This Bundle contains 5 books from the Horrible series & may include books from the following Series: Horrbile Histories Horrible Science & Horrible Geography. Book Bundles
- What You Will Receive Although we cannot guarentee the exact books you will receive you can be assured you will be getting great value for your money as each Horrible Histories Bundle will have an approximate RRP of £30 saving you around £23 (76%) Photography: Please note: Images are for illustrative purposes only. Each bundle is individual therefore we cannot guarentee the exact titles you will receive. Cover illustrations may vary from those shown."
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This title is another lavish production for Xmas
- this time the Wicked History of Britain" in full colour. Re-using material
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