Whether you want to take on a new challenge increase your word-power or simply banish boredom New Quick Crosswords Volume 5 is the perfect solution. Containing 200 tricky grids from one of the nation's most popular papers this pocket-sized book is guaranteed to keep your mind occupied & alert for hours. Suitable for crossword-lovers of all ages & abilities New Quick Crosswords Volume 5 is ideal entertainment for any situation. ...

The Daily Mail's popular Quick Crosswords are a great way to keep your mind alert during down-time & this pocket-sized collection is ideal for taking with you on the train or on holiday to ensure that you're ready for the challenges ahead. Whether you consider yourself a novice or a pro-puzzler Quick Crosswords Volume 8 is guaranteed to amuse gamers of all ages & leave you wanting more from Hamlyn's bestselling Daily Mail Crosswords range. ...

From Hamlyn's extensive Crossword title series & one of the nation's most popular daily papers comes a brand new compilation of 200 Quick Crosswords that are guaranteed to strain & entertain your mind. Perfect for crossword lovers of any ability New Quick Crosswords Volume 9 is great for keeping your mind sharp & increasing your word power whether you're enjoying free time at home or just want to pass the time on your daily commute. ...

Sometimes I think about how odd it would be to catch a glimpse of the future a quick view of events lying in store for us. Some moments we saw would make no sense at all & some I suspect would frighten us beyond our endurance.. . Early spring in the Sierra Nevada bringing the usual driving sleet & snow. PI Kinsey Millhone is on her way west when she detours into Nota Lake (pop. 2356) to check out a new client. & encounters a chill she can scarcely believe. Only six weeks have passed since sheriffs detective Tom Newquist died of a heart attack. His widow is sure he was keeping secrets from her just before he died -- & she hires Kinsey to find out exactly what. But all Kinsey can uncover is that Newquist led an exemplary life so what could he possibly have to conceal? & why has the town to the last threatening redneck closed ranks on her? Kinseys on the point of giving up. Until she discovers a chilling new clue: a childish drawing of a thick length of rope -- fashioned into a hangmans noose.. .I love Sue Graftons Kinsey Millhone novels.. .you are never disappointed Guardian ...

Tommy & Tuppence are hired to track down wartime spies at a seaside resort... It is World War II & while the RAF struggles to keep the Luftwaffe at bay Britain faces an even more sinister threat from 'the enemy within'
- Nazis posing as ordinary citizens. With pressure mounting the Intelligence service appoints two unlikely spies Tommy & Tuppence Beresford. Their mission: to seek out a man & a woman from among the colourful guests at Sans Souci a seaside hotel. But this assignment is no stroll along the promenade. After all N & M have just murdered Britain's finest agent...
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Over the past year homegrown hip-hop sensation N-Dubz have morphed from an underground phenomenon to a commercial monster. Take a trip inside the N-Dubz world of catchy lyrics street smart style & funky beats & discover the real story of the band everyones talking about. Although still only in their early 20s N-Dubz are anything but an overnight sensation. The band was born some eight years ago in one of the roughest parts of Camden. Still in school & barely into their teens cousins Dappy & Tulisa met third member Fazer & set about making their first beats. Drawing inspiration from the then booming UK garage scene the charismatic trio slowly honed their sound developing their unique style for which they have now become known & loved. Living proof that you dont need to take part in a reality TV show to make it in the music industry Dappy Tulisa & Fazer have trodden a long & rocky road on their quest to become pop superstars. Here for the first time they will reveal all about their years of hard work & perserverance. From being snapped up by Polydor & scoring their first top 20 hit to being thrown into personal turmoil following the tragic death of Dappys father & the bands devoted manager Uncle B. Packed full of fascinating stories & hundreds of never-before-seen photographs of the band including exclusive backstage shots & personal family snaps this book will give a unique insight into the N-Dubz can-do way of mind. Customers will also get access to exclusive audio & video content from the b&. The band transcended all expectations with their debut album Uncle B selling over 500 000 copies in the UK alone & spawning six hit singles. Now with a No. 1 single three MOBO Awards plus a critically acclaimed sell out UK tour under their belts they are finally being given the recognition that they deserve. With their second album going platinum within a month of being released their second tour scheduled for April & their sights firmly set on breaking the US as well 2010 looks set to be the year of N-Dubz! ...

William Woodruff had the sort of childhood satirised in the famous Monty Python Yorkshireman sketch. The son of a weaver he was born on a pallet of straw at the back of the mill & two days later his mother was back at work. Life was extrememly tough for the family in 1920's Blackburn
- a treat was sheep's head or cow heel soup
- & got worse when his father lost his job when the cotton industry started its terminal decline. At 16 William leaves the poverty of Blackburn for London where he finds no streets paved with gold but filthy tenements & such squalor only a great city can conceal. He gets a job in an iron foundry & finds lodgings with a beer-swilling landlady & her family
- a predatory daughter & a tattooed madman of a son with whom he has to share his bed. Then at night school William discovers his love of learning which eventually takes him to Plater college Oxford. As Mosley's blackshirts provoke fighting on the streets William witnesses the courage of ordinary people in the face of war: a war in which he himself will soon be fighting.. .


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Miharu has returned safely from his kidnapping adventure but refuses to tell anyone what happened. Just as Kumohira-sensei is wishing he could read Miharus mind Yae Oda Chief of Togakushi Village & mind reader comes to them all with a proposition. If they help her assassinate a weapons developer she will give them the Togakushi forbidden art scroll. If they refuse shell reveal all their deep dark secrets to everyone. Kumohira-sensei agrees & they infiltrate a science symposium (minus Raimei who is following a lead as to the whereabouts of her brother). As it so happens their target Eugene Frosty has hired bodyguards from the Iga Grey Wolves & Yoite is one of them. When Kumohira tries to kill Frosty Yoite shows up & Frosty gets away. He runs to the parking lot where Yae is waiting for him but she is less interested in Frosty than in his assistant Nowake a man who was the only one who could have saved her daughter but let the girl die. ...

Love is always just around the corner in a Jill Mansell novel
- with a few surprises & a lot of humour on the way to happiness.
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In the tunnels of Nagashizzar a new threat to the realm of the undead is rising. Nagash must call upon all his reserves of power to defeat the skaven assault & continue his unholy reign. But when Nagash realises he can use his enemy for his own nefarious needs an uneasy alliance is struck & a vast nightmarish army is formed. The necromancer launches his final attack on the lands of Nehekhara sweeping all before him. Only one man dare stand in his way
- Alcadizzar a peerless warrior & the leader of a defiant force. Their confrontation will not just decide the fate of Nehekhara but of all the Old World.
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