At seventy-five Terry & Monica Darlington had done everything they could think of doing including starting a business & becoming athletes & running a literary society. Lately they had become boating adventurers & Terry a bestselling writer. But in their Midlands canal town in November life was looking dull & short on surprises. Then their famous canal boat was destroyed by fire. Within a few days they had bought a new one & soon headed north in the Phyllis May 2
- to Liverpool Lancaster the Pennines & Wigan Pier. Terry recorded the journey & alongside it the story of his life & his marriage & his dog Jim with his broken ear like a flat cap & Monica's dog Jess known with heartbreaking reason as the Flying Catastrophe. Funny affecting & beautifully told this is a story that brims with incident & excitement & is full of the famous & fascinating people the Darlingtons have met. & there is sadness too of course
- it is the true story of an adventurous life well lived.

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In his perfectly crafted haiku poems Basho described the natural world with great simplicity & delicacy of feeling. When he composed The Narrow Road to the Deep North" he was a serious student of Zen Buddhism setting off on a series of travels designed to strip away the trappings of the material world & bring spiritual enlightenment. He wrote of the seasons changing of the smell of the rain the brightness of the moon & the beauty of the waterfall through which he sensed the mysteries of the universe. These travel writings not only chronicle Bashos perilous journeys through Japan but they also capture his vision of eternity in the transient world around him." ...

At home I'm a cantankerous old git. On the boat after a week's cruising I'm just a cantankerous old git with dirty hair. Steve Haywood has a problem. He doesn't know where he comes from. In the south people think he's a northerner; in the north they think he's from the south. Judged against global warming & the sad demise of Celebrity Big Brother this hardly registers highly on the Richter scale of world disasters. But it's enough to worry Steve. & it's enough of an excuse for him to escape his long-suffering partner Em for a voyage of discovery along England's inland waterways. Travelling by traditional narrowboat he heads north along two newly opened Pennine canals a trip that takes him from Banbury in deepest Oxfordshire through the vibrant modernity of Manchester to the trendy affluence of Hebden Bridge West Yorkshire's answer to London's ciabatta belt. With irrepressible humour he recounts the history of the waterways & stories of his encounters with characters along the way & attempts to define the magic that makes England's waterways so appealing. ...

Former FBI agent Rachel Walling is working a dead-end stint in South Dakota when she gets the call she's been dreading for four years. The Poet is back. & he has not forgotten Rachel. He has a special present for her. Harry Bosch is adjusting to life in Las Vegas as a private investigator & as a new father. He gets a call too from the widow of a friend who died recently. Previously in his FBI career the friend worked on the famous case tracking the killer known as The Poet. This fact alone makes some of the elements of his death doubly suspicious. & Harry Bosch is heading straight into the path of the most ruthless & inventive murderer he has ever encountered... ...

Naruto is a ninja-in-training with a need for attention a knack for mischief & sealed within him a strange formidable power. His antics amuse his instructor Kakashi & irritate his team-mates intense Sasuke & witty Sakura but Naruto is serious about becoming the greatest ninja in the village of Konohagakure! Sasuke delves deep to remember how his brother Itachi became the feared ninja he is today! In the bloody battle that ensues between Naruto & his best friend Naruto realizes that being close to an Uchiha brother could mean his downfall. ...

Naruto is a ninja-in-training with a need for attention a knack for mischief & sealed within him a strange formidable power. His antics amuse his instructor Kakashi & irritate his teammates intense Sasuke & witty Sakura but Naruto is serious about becoming the greatest ninja in the village of Konohagakure! Naruto Sasuke & Sakura have passed the final test to become junior ninja
- but now the real challenge begins. Tired of menial tasks the young ninja ask for a tougher assignment & find themselves
- together with their teacher Kakashi
- bodyguarding a cranky old man from the Land of the Waves. But Tazuna the bridgebuilder is in more danger than anyone realizes: he's the target of elite ninja assassins including Zabuza 'the demon ' & our heroes are about to face a trial by fire...


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Naruto is a ninja-in-training with a need for attention a knack for mischief & sealed within him a strange formidable power. His antics amuse his instructor Kakashi & irritate his teammates intense Sasuke & witty Sakura but Naruto is serious about becoming the greatest ninja in the village of Konohagakure! The tension between Naruto & Gaara builds & Naruto finds himself not only understanding his rival but also sympathizing with him. But that doesn't mean he's gone soft. As Gaara continues to mutate Naruto prepares for the fight of his life! ...

Pursuit Tsunade sends a team to hunt down the conflicted Sasuke who's made a terrible choice of new team-mates. Are Naruto Neji & the others capable of beating the Sound Four? They have no choice but to find out! Exclusive collectible stickers INSIDE! ...

Comrades When Naruto & Shikamaru take off to save Sasuke from becoming part of Orochimarus ultimate master plan Neji is left to fend for himself against the sinister Kidomaru! But Sasuke is still trapped in the Darkness. Will Naruto find him in time? ...

A new ninja causes trouble among the ranks of Team Kakashi when they return from losing Granny Chiyo in the battle against Sasori. The secrets this stranger hides may be disastrous for Naruto. But Orochimaru may have bigger problems when the mysterious Akatsuki infiltrates his stronghold with a spy! ...