The first charming tale in The Little Red Train" series which will appeal to all little boys & girls obsessed with engines trains & things that go! Oh no! Duffy has forgotten to put on the brake & the Little Red Train has set off down the track without its driver! Can Duffy catch up with the runaway train? Maybe with a little help from his friends." ...

When a lorry driver scoffs at the Little Red Train for looking old & useless Duffy is quite upset. But the Little Red Train soon proves its worth when terrible traffic breakdowns & faulty lights stop the lorries being able to deliver. & the Little Red Train doesn't look quite so useless or little after all! Ben Blathwayt's Little Red Train" books with minimal text & big busy pages full of intricate detail have enormous appeal for young children." ...

This is another charming tale in The Little Red Train" series which will appeal to all little boys & girls obsessed with engines trains & things that go! Theres a big surprise around every bend in the railway track to Birchcombe village
- but Duffy Driver The Little Red Train & all their friends are ready to come to the rescue every time!"
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Another charming tale in The Little Red Train" series which will appeal to all little boys & girls obsessed with engines trains & things that go! The nasty Swish Train drivers have challenged Duffy & Jack to a race & the winner gets to keep the Little Red Train's very last route! When the flag goes down the Swish Train speeds straight out of sight but there's worse to come.. . There's oil on the tracks sheep on the line & someone has switched the points! Can Jack's quick-thinking save the day?" ...

' Huffitty-chuffitty.. .huffitty-chuffitty.. .huffitty-chuffitty puff went the smoke from the Little Red Train's funnel.' When a lorry driver scoffs at the Little Red Train for looking old & useless Duffy is quite upset. But the Little Red Train soon proves its worth when terrible traffic breakdowns & faulty lights stop the lorries being able to deliver. & the Little Red Train doesn't look quite so useless or little after all! Ben Blathwayt's Little Red Train" books full of intricate detail have proved a big hit with children. With a minimal text & big busy pages Ben's books have enormous appeal for young children. Now enjoy this classic picture book with the accompanying audio CD read by Richard Briers with music & sound effects." ...

Marina Endicott presents the three graceful Avery girls the sister act to take vaudeville by storm starring: Aurora Clover & Bella. As they set off on the road to fame & fortune the Avery sisters join a cast of extraordinary & unforgettable characters
- charming charlatans unpredictable eccentrics & some who seem ordinary but have magical gifts. Taking us behind the curtain & into their lives The Little Shadows" reveals how the art of vaudeville
- in all its variety madness melodrama hilarity & sorrow
- echoes the art of life itself."


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In May 1940 many countries in Europe were at war with Nazi Germany. Half a million British & French soldiers were trapped on three sides in northern France by German troops & tanks. The only escape for the Allied army was the sea. An incredible armada of over 800 craft including Royal Navy ships & a flotilla of small river & coastal boats thereafter known as the little ships" was assembled on the south-eastern coast of Engl&. They sailed across the English Channel to Dunkirk in France to rescue the beseiged troops. The wide Dunkirk beach was covered with men who were hungry & thirsty with horses running loose from their French riders with dozens of barking dogs with trucks & equipment
- the disarray of an army on the run. In her vivid & deeply moving text Louise Borden tells the story of one small fishing craft from Deal that was part of the armada. It is told from the point of view of a young girl who donned her brothers old clothes & sailed with her father on the family boat the Lucy. The story of that incredible venture is part truth part fiction. It could have happened. Michael Foreman who as a boy during World War II lived in a small fishing town on the English coast has created remarkable pictures that together with Louise Bordens spare & dramatic text & an interesting introductory note by Christopher Dreyer who commanded the Royal Navy ship MTB 102 in the armada bring vividly alive this historic rescue in which over 300 000 men were saved."
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Sam Waters is desperate to have a pet. But his parents say that first Sam must prove he's responsible. So he takes an after-school job in a pet store called Little Shop of Hamsters. To his horror Sam soon finds that cute little hamsters can become very uncute monsters. Suddenly Sam isn't fighting for a pet
- he's fighting to survive! Could the souvenir he got in Horror Land have anything to do with this?
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The Little Sister" is a classic detective novel by the master of hard-boiled crime. Her name is Orfamay Quest & she's come all the way from Manhattan Kansas to find her missing brother Orrin. Or leastways that's what she tells PI Philip Marlowe offering him a measly twenty bucks for the privilege. But Marlowe's feeling charitable
- though it's not long before he wishes he wasn't so sweet. You see Orrin's trail leads Marlowe to luscious movie starlets uppity gangsters suspicious cops & corpses with ice picks jammed in their necks. When trouble comes calling sometimes it's best to pretend to be out..." Anything Chandler writes about grips the mind from the first sentence". (" Daily Telegraph"). " One of the greatest crime writers who set standards others still try to attain". (" Sunday Times"). " Chandler is an original stylist creator of a character as immortal as Sherlock Holmes". (Anthony Burgess). Best-known as the creator of the original private eye Philip Marlowe Raymond Chandler was born in Chicago in 1888 & died in 1959. Many of his books have been adapted for the screen & he is widely regarded as one of the very greatest writers of detective fiction. His books include " The Big Sleep" " The Little Sister" " Farewell" " My Lovely" " The Long Goodbye" " The Lady in the Lake" " Playback" " Killer in the Rain" " The High Window" & " Trouble is My Business"."
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In the dead of night Kate receives a phone call. Police have recovered her sister Anyas clothes & personal belongings at the poolside of a remote hideaway in Mexico
- a place she had no idea Anya would be. Anya was last seen getting into a vehicle with a local diving instructor but now hes missing too. Their relationship has been complicated ever since a devastating tragedy blew their family apart but Kate cannot believe Anya would willingly travel somewhere so isolated with a man she barely knows.. .would she? In a race against time Kate must fight to find her little sister before its too late. Haunting emotional & laced with psychological suspense Little Sister will stay with you long after you have turned the last page.
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