This is a beautifully bound gift edition of this classic tale of a girl & her horse. Velvet Brown is a 14 year old girl living in small coastal village in the 1920s. She dreams of owning & training horses one day. When she & her friend Mi see a piebald horse jump a five foot fence they decide to follow Velvets dream to ride in the Grand National. But will Velvet be allowed to ride in the race? & can The Pie really win the most prestigious prize in all of steeplechasing? A horse-racing classic National Velvet" has entertained generations of horse lovers with dreams of riding in races themselves." ...

A classic story of dreams ambition & one girl's belief in a horse. ' Velvet'll sit on a horse like a shadow & breathe her soul into it...I never seen such a creature on a horse.' Velvet is mad about horses. When she wins a piebald horse in a raffle she knows he's something special. His heart is as big as the five-foot fences he jumps & he'll do anything for Velvet. Soon she & her friend Mi have their sights set on the biggest race in Engl&. But can a girl win the Grand National? ...

The Nationwide football annual is now 126 years old
- a remarkable achievement for the world's oldest football book. & it is still
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The Nationwide football annual
- now 124 years old
- continues to be the best value soccer yearbook in the market living

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Sports Books has published the Nationwide Football Annual for the second year having taken it over from Harper Collins in 2008 when it changed sponsors from the News of the World to the Worlds biggest building society. This years edition has a profile of England manager Fabio Capello from Mick Dennis the Daily Express football correspondent as well as being crammed with information no football fan (or pub quiz team fot that matter) can be without; from team line-ups to international results; from international appearances & goalscorers to the sort of trivia to keep a pub quiz in questions for half a century. ? The book contains everything anyone can possibly need to know about the beautiful game
- league & non-league
- in Britain Ireland & throughout Europe. The publication of the annual
- now in its 123rd edition & known as the pocket encyclopedia of soccer
- is a major event in the football calendar. ? Included are: results from the 2008/2009 season (including domestic & European cup competitions & international matches involving British teams); full fixture lists for the 2009/2010 season; all major European & world football awards; a day-by-day diary highlighting the seasons biggest stories; players & their appearances for each & every league club.



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Gripping & furious Native Son" follows Bigger Thomas a young black man who is trapped in a life of poverty in the slums of Chicago. Unwittingly involved in a wealthy womans death he is hunted relentlessly baited by prejudiced officials charged with murder & driven to acknowledge a strange pride in his crime. " Native Son" shocked readers on its first publication in 1940 & went on to make Richard Wright the first bestselling black writer in America." ...

Snow ice leaves flowers branches rocks sand & light...this book is a series of simple works of art made with easily found natural materials through the changing seasons. For those who delight in a few minutes of creativity for families & for educators the book is a rich source of inspiration to engage closely with the shapes colours & textures of the everyday outdoors ...

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In a world where guardian angels are celebrities who save people for money comes the thrilling sequel to IMMORTAL CITY. Maddy's life changed completely when she became the girlfriend of the hottest Angel around. But she never imagined that she'd becme more famous than Jackson. Unfortunately for Maddy she's an irresistible PR opportunity
- soon her popularity soars higher than any Angel's. Her relationship cannot cope with the pressure & then the tension begins to mount between Angels & people & she finds herself the ambassador for humankind. With Jackson at the helm of the Immortals the two ex-lovers must become sworn enemies. Until an evil force bigger than anything on Earth threatens to destroy them both... Maddy & Jackson must stand united if they want to survive
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