In a very readable style the author traces the history of the countys railway lines from their opening in the 19th century their heyday around the turn of the century & in many cases their closure in the 20th century. This work is illustrated. ...

FROM THE 1 BESTSELLING AUTHOR Whilst visiting a former SAS comrade in Italy a distracted Ben nearly runs over a young boy
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Taken from their home in Pakistan to work in the Persian Gulf eight-year-old Rashid & his little brother Shari cling to each other. Then they are separated & forced to become jockeys in the lucrative camel-racing business. Rashid is starved & worked to exhaustion by harsh supervisors
- but he has a talent for racing & quickly becomes his stables star jockey. Soon he begins to forget what life was like when he had a proper home. He almost begins to forget about Shari.
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An atmospheric new Fry & Cooper thriller for fans of Peter Robinson & Reginald Hill A May Bank Holiday in the Peak District is ruined by the tragic drowning of an eight-year-old girl in picturesque Dovedale. For Detective Constable Ben Cooper a helpless witness to the tragedy the incident is not only traumatic but leads him to become involved in the tangled lives of the Neilds the dead girls family. As he gets to know them Cooper begins to suspect that one of them is harbouring a secret
- a secret that the whole family might be willing to cover up. Meanwhile Detective Sergeant Diane Fry has a journey of her own to make
- a journey back to her roots. As she finds herself drawn into an investigation of her own among the inner-city streets of Birmingham Fry realises there is only one person she can rely on to provide the help she needs. But that man is Ben Cooper & hes back in Derbyshire where his suspicions are leading him towards a shocking discovery on the banks of another Peak District river.

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We may think of the twenty-seven books of the New Testament as the only sacred writings of the early Christians but this is not at all the case. Lost Scriptures offers an anthology of up-to-date & readable translations of many non-canonical writings from the centuries after Christ--texts that have for the most part been neglected or lost for nearly two millennia. Here is an array of remarkably varied writings from early Christian groups whose visions of Jesus differ dramatically from our contemporary understanding. Readers will find Gospels supposedly authored by the apostle Philip James the brother of Jesus Mary Magdalen & others. There are Acts originally ascribed to John & to Thecla Pauls female companion; there are Epistles allegedly written by Paul to the Roman philosopher Seneca. & there is an apocalypse by Simon Peter that offers a guided tour of the afterlife both the glorious ecstasies of the saints & the horrendous torments of the damned & an Epistle by Titus a companion of Paul which argues page after page against sexual love even within marriage on the grounds that physical intimacy leads to damnation. In all the anthology

Includes:: fifteen Gospels five non-canonical Acts of the Apostles thirteen Epistles a number of Apocalypes & Secret Books & several Canon lists. Ehrman has included a general introduction plus brief introductions to each piece. Lost Scriptures gives readers a vivid picture of the range of beliefs that battled each other in the first centuries of the Christian era. It is an essential resource for anyone interested in the Bible or the early Church.

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My Very First Bible published to high acclaim in 2003 & its popular stories & bright illustrations have since gone onto provide the basis for a number of additional series including board books big books sticker & activity books. 12 key Bible stories have now been made available as great value little paperbacks offering a smart way of collecting multiple books for use in groups & classes for award-giving or for anyone wanting a pocket-money gift. The series
Includes:: In the Beginning; Noah & the Ark; Moses & his Sister; Brave David; Jonah & the Whale; Daniel & the Lions; Baby Jesus; Jesus & the Storm; The Good Samaritan; The Lost Sheep; Our Father; & The Easter Story.
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A powerful story of abuse neglect...and hope from this well-loved writer When a mysterious fire kills her adoptive parents Madeleines worst fear comes true
- she & her beloved brother Oliver are separated. Worse still Maddie is blamed for starting the fire & labelled a difficult child she is sent to a childrens home. Far from idyllic & buried deep in the countryside the home well conceals the misery of its young occupants. Subjected to a harsh regime of abuse & degradation Maddie makes a brave attempt to escape. But her brief weeks of freedom are thwarted when she is caught & taken back to River House. Maddie clings to her determination to one day be reunited with Oli & it is this which gives her the strength to endure what lies ahead. For she knows she can rely only on herself
- there is no one else to keep her safe...

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Jane Boyle has long since known that her mother-in-law is a witch but she'd never imagined Lynne Doran was actually the embodiment of a powerful ancient body-snatching evil! Now that Jane & her friends have uncovered Lynne & 666 Park Avenue's dark truth they must race against the clock to find a way to destroy the ancient witch before she finds her next unwilling host. & as Jane attempts to tap into power stronger than her enemy's her estranged husband Malcom arrives in time to join the fight.. .but can she grow to trust him before it's too late? ...

Sometimes the worst nightmares happen in broad daylight! An utterly gripping novel for fans of Peter James & Mark Billingham from a rising star in the crime genre. A woman is found brutally murdered on a quiet housing estate her tongue & eyes ritualistically gouged out. Children are being abducted & then returned to their families days later without a scratch & with no knowledge or where they have been
- or with whom. If DC Laura Mc Ganity thought moving from London to sleepy Lancashire was taking the easy option then she can think again. Already worried about uprooting young son Bobby to follow her reporter boyfriend Jack Garrett back to his hometown she must quickly get a handle on these mystifying cases terrifying the people of Blackley
- without putting the local officers noses out of joint. Meanwhile restless Jack is itching to get back to his writing & the cases provide the perfect opportunity to do so. But as he delves deeper into them he finds murky connections between the two crimes & skeletons buried in the most unlikely of closets. Most astonishing of all he meets a man who paints the future
- terrible events come to him in vivid dreams which he then puts onto canvas. This precognition is not so much a gift as a curse & to Jack it becomes terrifyingly that many people including his own family are in danger!


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A new term a new location for the Darke Academy
- & everything is different for Cassie Bell. The beauty of the turquoise Kenyan
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