A wonderful & unique look at counting & friendship. This very simple picture book is about two friends Sue & Nick who like very different things but are still best friends. They introduce us to all their favourite things from one boy called Nick & one girl called Sue to ten cakes for tea & then all the way back down to one yellow moon shining in the night sky. The artwork is stunning with each artist contributing alternate pages in their own inimitable style. The deceptively simple text is perfect for children learning to read. ...

A man is chained inside a tunnel & then dismembered & scattered along the tracks by the early morning train from Portsmouth to London. The beginning of DI Joe Faradays most gruesome case yet but is it a bizarre suicide or the cruellest of murders? Checking the list of missing persons as the police attempt to identify the body DC Winter comes across a missing man someone who stepped out of his ordered life with no hint of leaving. Hes not the man in the tunnel hes simply disappeared. The only person he can find who knew him works in the city morgue... ...

This is an incredibly moving account of tragedy & its aftermath as told by Gill Hicks survivor of the London bombings in July 2005. Gill was the last person to be pulled alive from the wreckage of the tube train at Russell Square underground station. Unidentifiable on arrival in hospital having sustained horrific injuries which led to both of her legs being amputated Gill was labelled as One Unknown on her wristband & life hung in the balance for several days. She was saved by the dedication of the medical staff treating her & by her own single-minded will to survive. This is quite simply a wonderful book. It is humbling uplifting funny & deeply moving & it contains a message of great yet quiet power. Gill writes with honesty humour & courage. One Unknown" is a call to us all to strive for a more tolerant & peaceful world. This paperback edition contains a new foreword
- three years after the bombings happened plus a new chapter written by Gills husband giving his account of the events of the past three years."
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THE NATIONAL BESTSELLING BOOK THAT EVERY INVESTOR SHOULD OWN Peter Lynch is Americas number-one money manager. His mantra: Average investors can become experts in their own field & can pick winning stocks as effectively as Wall Street professionals by doing just a little research. Now in a new introduction written specifically for this edition of One Up on Wall Street " Lynch gives his take on the incredible rise of Internet stocks as well as a list of twenty winning companies of high-tech 90s. That many of these winners are low-tech supports his thesis that amateur investors can continue to reap exceptional rewards from mundane easy-to-understand companies they encounter in their daily lives. Investment opportunities abound for the layperson Lynch says. By simply observing business developments & taking notice of your immediate world -- from the mall to the workplace -- you can discover potentially successful companies before professional analysts do. This jump on the experts is what produces "tenbaggers " the stocks that appreciate tenfold or more & turn an average stock portfolio into a star performer. The former star manager of Fidelitys multibillion-dollar Magellan Fund Lynch reveals how he achieved his spectacular record. Writing with John Rothchild Lynch offers easy-to-follow directions for sorting out the long shots from the no shots by reviewing a companys financial statements & by identifying which numbers "really" count. He explains how to stalk tenbaggers & lays out the guidelines for investing in cyclical turnaround & fast-growing companies. Lynch promises that if you ignore the ups & downs of the market & the endless speculation about interest rates in the long term (anywhere from five to fifteen years) your portfolio will reward you. This advice has proved to be timeless & has made " One Up on Wall Street" a number-one bestseller. & now this classic is as valuable in the new millennium as ever." ...

A frightened child approaches Roman informer Marcus Didius Falco pleading for help. Nobody believes Gaias story that a relation wants to kill her
- & neither does he. Beset by his own family troubles by his new responsibilities as Procurator of the Sacred Poultry & by the continuing search for a new partner he turns her away. Immediately he regrets it. Gaia has been selected as the new Vestal Virgin & when she disappears Falco is officially asked to investigate. Finding Gaia is then a race against time ending in Falcos most terrifying exploit yet...
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I hired you as a novelty an attraction the most notorious woman in London... London July 1813. Once the toast of the ton Lottie Cummings is now notorious for being divorced
- & without a penny. Shunned by society the destitute beauty is forced to become a Covent Garden courtesan. Refusing to oblige her customers Lotties about to be turned out onto the streets Until a dangerous rake saves her with a scandalous offer. The illegitimate son of a Duke Ethan Ryder rose to the ranks of Napoleons most trusted cavalry officer
- until his capture landed him in England as prisoner of war. Now on parole Ethan is planning his most audacious coup yet. But he needs to create a spectacular diversion. & having infamous Lottie as his mistress will lull everyone into thinking hes busily bedding her instead of plotting deadly treason...

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When Little Hedgehogs nest is blown away in a terrible storm he wraps up warmly & sets off for Badgers house. On his way Hedgehog meets lots of animals shivering in the wind & snow. One by one he gives them his cosy mittens hat & scarf. But will Little Hedgehog make it through the storm to safety? ...

When Little Hedgehogs nest is blown away in a terrible storm he wraps up warmly & sets off for Badgers house. On his way Hedgehog meets lots of animals shivering in the wind & snow. One by one he gives them his cosy mittens hat & scarf. But will Little Hedgehog make it through the storm to safety? ...

One winters night a badger arrives in the forest cold & hungry. There is little food this harsh wintertime but something special about the kind gentle badger moves fox Mouse & Hare. They each help as best they can & badger goes on his way. But the storms are getting worse & the animals start to worry... ...

ONE WINTERS NIGHT Riley Westmoreland never mixes business with pleasure
- until he meets his companys gorgeous new party planner.
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