Hey buster! Normal life is a total yawn. Break out of boredom with Ruby Redfort the super-awesome teen detective series from multi-million-copy bestseller Lauren Child... Want to know more? Of course you do bozo. Heres the low-down on Ruby Redfort: shes a genius code-cracker a daring detective & a gadget-laden special agent who just happens to be a thirteen-year-old girl. She & her slick sidekick butler Hitch foil crimes & get into loads of scrapes with evil villains but theyre always ice-cool in a crisis. In this first book we go right back to Rubys beginnings as an agent. When an anonymous caller sets Ruby a challenge its not long before she finds her way into the HQ of the most secret of secret agencies
- SPECTRUM. They need her help to crack a code but her desk job soon spirals into an all-out action adventure as Ruby uncovers the dastardly plans of the formidable Fools Gold Gang...
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From the time he was three or four years old John Elder Robison realised that he was different from other people. He was unable to make eye contact or connect with other children & by the time he was a teenager his odd habits
- an inclination to blurt out non-sequiturs obsessively dismantle radios or dig five-foot holes (and stick his younger brother in them)
- had earned him the label social deviant. It didnt help that his mother conversed with light fixtures & his father spent evenings pickling himself in sherry. Look Me in the Eye" is his story of growing up with Aspergers syndrome at a time when the diagnosis simply didnt exist. Along the way it also tells the story of two brothers born eight years apart yet devoted to each other: the author & his younger brother Chris who would grow up to become bestselling author Augusten Burroughs. This book is a rare fusion of inspiration dark comedy & insight into the workings of the human mind. For someone who has struggled all his life to connect with other people Robison proves to be an extraordinary storyteller."

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The Seven have two cases to solve in this fantastic mystery read by Sarah Greene. What would the Seven do without Scamper the spaniel? First he discovers an unwanted visitor
- then he protects the Seven as they spy on a thief late at night in the woods! Can the Seven find out who has stolen General Blanksomes medals as well as guarding the birds eggs in Bramley Woods from thieves? Enid Blyton is one of the best-known & best-loved authors of all time. In polls she is consistently voted a childrens favourite & over a million of her books are borrowed from libraries each year. She wrote over 600 childrens books including the bestselling Famous Five" & " Secret Seven" series."
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Follow the butterfly on its journey from flower to flower through brightly coloured photographs. But look out! Butterfly almost lands on a yellow flower where a camouflaged crab spider waits to pounce! * Lilac/ Band 0
- wordless book that gives information through pictures & is designed to develop understanding about how information books work. * Text type
- Non-Fiction. * A story map on pages 14 & 15 retells the story through repeated photograph to encourage speaking & listening.

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It was one of the less glorious incidents of a long-ago war. It led to the destruction of two suns & the billions of lives they supported. Now eight hundred years later the light from the first of those ancient mistakes has reached the Culture Orbital Masaq'. The light from the second may not. ' Confirms Banks as the standard by which the rest of SF is judged' GUARDIAN ' In terms of sheer storytelling prowess & verve Look to Windward is a work of genius' SFX 'A great book' NEW SCIENTIST ...

This is a new edition of the master illustrator's story of a show-off getting his comeuppance. Jeremy it seems has everything: a new bicycle a pirate outfit an enormous bag of lollipops. But he won't share anything with Sam. Could it be though that Sam has something far more valuable? This stunning book is filled with visual jokes & a message to inspire. ...

The brilliantly funny Sunday Times top ten bestseller. Alan Carr tells his life story in his own words from growing up in a football-mad family in Northampton to his rise as one of Britain's best-loved comedians. ' Puberty had been unkind. Whereas it had come in the night & left the other boys with chiselled stubbly chins & deep masculine voices I'd been left with a huge pair of knockers & the voice of a pensioner.' Alan Carr Alan Carr grew up in one of the most boring towns in England
- Northampton. A place known for making shoes. It was also known for its football club Northampton Town FC. Alan's dad as manager of the club was a local hero. A dream come true for most lads but not Alan. Alan wore glasses & had man boobs at 14. He did not like P.E. In his very first book Alan tells his life story ('oh & what a life') with his unique twist of natural observational humour
- 'I'm not saying I'm a fantasist but there have been times when things that I've seen on television when I was younger have tended to seep into my subconscious & blended into my own life. I remember telling my Mum about the time I stopped that woman from having a diamond encrusted necklace stolen & she'd say ' No Alan that was Poirot.' With his tongue-in-cheek end of pier humour that made him famous Alan describes an ordinary life in bursts of technicolour. His journey from awkward schoolboy hiding his man-boobs on the pitch drinking tea with the dinner ladies & working in a call centre to becoming one of our best-loved comedians likened to the great Frankie Howerd make his book a guaranteed tickler with a laugh-out-loud gag on every page.

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This is an authoritative family guide to caring for rabbits guinea pigs hamsters gerbils jirds rats mice & chinchillas with more than 250 photographs. It features all the practical advice you need to ensure a happy home for your small pet: choosing & buying housing feeding & nutrition general care handling exercise breeding grooming & showing. It provides instructions for all the most familiar types of small pet
- including smooth-coated & long-haired varieties
- as well as more unusual pets such as chipmunks spiny mice & sugar gliders. It is an authoritative guide to health care & first aid: common problems to watch out for in your pet & what to do when things go wrong. It is an informative text from one of the subject's leading petcare experts & fully illustrated with over 250 photographs for identification & to show how to do each practical task. Rabbits guinea pigs hamsters gerbils jirds rats mice & chinchillas make excellent animal companions particularly for children. For anyone unable to decide which pet to buy the range & depth of information covered here will ensure an informed choice. There are descriptions of the temperament & physical characteristics of each species & practical advice on indoor & outdoor housing handling & exercising your pet nutrition grooming showing & pet health. Beautifully illustrated with over 250 photographs this expertly written manual will provide all the knowledge you need to care for your pet with complete confidence.

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Do you know who you really are? Or just how powerful you can be? You may not believe it yet but there's a lot more to you than meets the eye. In this book world-famous psychic James Van Praagh will show you how to connect with your special 'supernatural' talents & step into the full power of your personality. You will discover: -Your own psychic abilities & ways to develop your sixth sense -The real deal about soul mates (and why you have more than one!) -The truth about spirit guides
- what they are & how they can help you -How to use dreams to increase your creativity -Why you have the parents you do -The lessons you were born to learn here on Earth & much more. In Looking Beyond you'll set out on the journey towards the real you
- the person you were born to be. Once you have learned how to use your psychic powers well there will be no stopping you! ' (Van Praagh) has changed people's lives' Newsweek.

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This striking new publication a sequel to Phaidons 2000 publication South Southeast" is a selection of Steve Mc Currys most astounding & powerful portraits from South & Southeast Asia. Mc Curry takes photographs all over the world for " National Geographic" magazine & his own projects but it is the people places colours & forms of Afghanistan India Sri Lanka Cambodia & Myanmar (Burma) that have inspired his most sublime images
- photographs which transcend their original editorial purpose to become classics of photography. Like " South Southeast" this book features a remarkable range of photographs with brief captions & a short essay introduces the book."
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