Oscar is not looking forward to Grandad coming to look after him at the weekend
- it means hell have to play endless rounds of
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When Maud's pet rat Quentin escapes in the middle of science class it's the very last straw. Maud is transferred from Primrose Towers to Rotwood Middle School
- to the delight of her teacher classmates & her perfect twin Milly
- but what is in store at Rotwood? There's something strange about the pupils of Rotwood
- everyone's dressed as though it's Halloween & the school's motto is ' Because We Scare'. Is ten-year-old Maud Montague monstrous enough for Rotwood?


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When Mauds perfect twin sister Milly plans a sleepover Mum forces Maud to have her friends over too. What can possibly go wrong? Nothing much.. .just that Mauds mum might find out about Rotwood High being a school for real monsters! As if thats not enough to worry about Maud is tricked into looking after violet the school hamster by her arch enemy bitchy-witch Poisonous Penelope. But violet is no ordinary hamster! Shes a pedigree vampster & an expert cage-breaker. With a vampster on the loose sleep is the very last thing that happens! Another terrifyingly terrific tale in the Monstrous Maud series written by Abi Saddlewick. ...

Polly Perks had to become a boy in a hurry. Cutting off her hair & wearing trousers was easy. Learning to fart & belch in public & walk like an ape took more time.. . And now shes enlisted in the army & searching for her lost brother. But theres a war on. Theres always a war on. & Polly & her fellow recruits are suddenly in the thick of it without any training & the enemy is hunting them. All they have on their side is the most artful sergeant in the army & a vampire with a lust for coffee. Well.. .they have the Secret. & as they take the war to the heart of the enemy they have to use all the resources of.. .the Monstrous Regiment. -It began as a sudden strange fancy.. . Polly Perks had to become a boy in a hurry. Cutting off her hair & wearing trousers was easy. Learning to fart & belch in public & walk like an ape took more time.. . And now shes enlisted in the army & searching for her lost brother. But theres a war on. Theres always a war on. & Polly & her fellow recruits are suddenly in the thick of it without any training & the enemy is hunting them. All they have on their side is the most artful sergeant in the army & a vampire with a lust for coffee. Well.. .they have the Secret. & as they take the war to the heart of the enemy they have to use all the resources of.. .the Monstrous Regiment. ...

It began as a sudden strange fancy.. . Polly Perks had to become a boy in a hurry. Cutting off her hair & wearing trousers was easy. Learning to fart & belch in public & walk like an ape took more time.. . And now shes enlisted in the army & searching for her lost brother. But theres a war on. Theres always a war on. & Polly & her fellow recruits are suddenly in the thick of it without any training & the enemy is hunting them. All they have on their side is the most artful sergeant in the army & a vampire with a lust for coffee. Well.. . They have the Secret. & as they take the war to the heart of the enemy they have to use all the resources of.. .the Monstrous Regiment. ...

CAN TWO STRANGERS BE A MATCH MADE IN THE WEST? Willa Conner learned a long time ago that love is only in fairytales. Shes been left widowed pregnant & penniless & heri??last hope is the stranger who answers her ad for a husb&. Austin Dermot a hardworking Montana blacksmith doesnt know what to expect from a mail-order bride.i?? It certainly isnt the brave beautiful but scarred young woman who cautiously steps off the train... Trust wont come easily for Willa
- its hard for her to believe shes worthy of true love. But she doesnt need to worry about that because this is just a marriage of convenience...isnt it?
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At age 27 L Ron Hubbard clinically died only to discover that he could remote view. From this state of consciousness which would later be called exterior he was able to access what he termed the answers to all of the questions that had ever puzzled philosophers or the minds of men. Transcribing this information into a work entitled Excalibur which is still under lock & key to this day he developed one of the most controversial movements in history: Dianetics & Scientology. The truth & import of the above can only be evaluated by the all out war which was waged by governmental forces & spy agencies to obtain the legally construed rights to the above mentioned work & all of the developments & techniques that ensued from it. The Montauk Book of the Dead" is the personal story of Peter Moon which not only pierces the mystery of death but gives an unbiased behind-the-scenes look at one of the most controversial figures in history & the bizarre legacy of his death. Read this book & expect to learn more than you ever thought possible." ...

In its heyday the Monte Carlo Rally was the only rally that made the daily papers. Hundreds of entrants in cars of all shapes & sizes battled through mid-winter snow fog ice & darkness from far-flung starting points towards the magical principality of Monaco. Mishaps breakdowns & smashes abounded & competitors had tales to tell of cars teetering on the edge of precipices or rammed into snowbanks frantically improvised repairs close encounters & feats of crazy bravado. The first rally was run in 1911 with just 20 starters. In 1930 there were 100 in 1949 205 & in the peak year 1953 there were no less than 404. In this book every Monte Carlo Rally held between 1911 & 1980 is covered individually with results listings & route maps. As the years unfold we see the successes of Hotchkiss in the late 1940s Sunbeam-Talbot in the early 1950s Mini-Cooper in the 1960s Porsche 911 in the late 60s & the dominance of Alpine Renault & Lancia Stratos in the 1970s. It provides essential information on: regulations routes competitors tests classes of entries & various Concours. ...

Sven Hassel & the few surviving men of his unit are posted to Italy where the armies are locked in battle around the ancient hilltop monastery of Monte Cassino. Hitler has ordered that every position must be held until the last & every lost position recaptured by counter-attack. In the face of overwhelming Allied firepower Sven & his mates cling to the mountainside knowing they cannot defy the odds for ever. From no-holds-barred descriptions of the frontline combat to partisan attacks & adventures in Rome on leave MONTE CASSINO is classic Sven Hassel. ...

The five-month Monte Cassino campaign in central Italy is one of the best-known European land battles of World War Two alongside D-Day & Stalingrad. It has a particular resonance now because Cassino with its multitude of participating armies
- most notably the American 5th Army under the controversial General Mark Clark
- was perhaps the campaign of the Second World War that most closely anticipates the coalition operations of today with its ever-shifting cast of players stuck in inhospitable mountainous terrain pursuing an objective set by unknowing politicians in distant capitals where victory is difficult to define. Monte Cassino was characterised by the destruction of its world famous Abbey: in retrospect considered an unjustifiable act of cultural vandalism by the allies. The audit trail of decision-making to destroy an icon as well known then as the Eiffel Tower or Lincoln Memorial is a chilling reminder that similar decisions are still being made in Iraq & Afghanistan & indeed Libya. To this day reversing normal prejudice German troops are welcome in the abbey having rescued its treasures from allied destruction in February 1944. Cassino was an unusual campaign for World War II in that its outcome was not reliant on sweeping movements or the use of tanks or aircraft
- but by old-fashioned boots in the mud whether capturing the town of Cassino after months of grinding urban warfare (a Stalingrad in miniature) or scrambling up the steep mountain to seize the heights & the religious complex on top of Monte Cassino. Monte Cassino Abbey was painstakingly rebuilt after the war (its baroque chapel remains incomplete) & is now a World Heritage site. An hour south of Rome it is visited each year by up to one million tourists & pilgrims from around the world.


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