Read Peekaboo! Bedtime" with your baby for a bundle of bright surprises. Your baby will love the bright photographs & fun surprises in " Peekaboo! Bedtime". Find the sleepy toys hiding
- the rabbit with the silky bow is under a blanket & the squashy-nosed pig is behind a clock. & don't forget to keep an eye out for all four toys fast asleep beneath a bedspread! " Peekaboo! Bedtime" is a great way to get your baby interested in books & to spend special time together. Also great for developing imagination early-thinking & memory skills & perfect for reading aloud & encouraging early word recognition your baby will love the world of surprises that " Peekaboo! Bedtime" offers."
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Peeling the Onion" is a searingly honest memoir that evokes Grass modest upbringing in Danzig his time as a boy soldier fighting the Russians & concludes with the writing of his masterpiece " The Tin Drum" in Paris. Grass parents ran a corner shop but his mother whom he adored encouraged him towards books & music. Like most of his peers he joined the Hitler Youth & in 1944 when he was just 17 he was sent to the Eastern front with the Waffen SS & found himself facing Russian tanks & machine guns. Recovering from shrapnel wounds in a military hospital he had the good fortune to be taken prisoner by the Americans. In the aftermath of the war following a stint as a miner Grass survived by trading on the black market & resolved to become an artist eventually enrolling at the Academy of Arts in Dusseldorf. While living as an artist in Berlin with his first wife Anna a ballet dancer he started to concentrate on writing poetry. It was after the couple moved to Paris that the first sentence of the novel he had been determined to write & that would make his reputation came to him: Granted: I am an inmate of a mental hospital. " Peeling the Onion" is the story of a remarkable life & is without question one of Gunter Grass finest works." ...

Peenemunde: windswept corner of the Third Reich & birthplace of the space age. Otto Fischer a severely wounded Luftwaffe officer & former criminal investigator is summoned to solve a seemingly incomprehensible case: the murder of a leading rocket engineer during a devastating air-raid. With only days until the SS assume control of the production of a remarkable new weapon Fischer must find a motive & perpetrator from among several thousand scientists technicians soldiers & forced labourers. As he struggles to get the measure of a secretive brilliant world in which imagination moves far beyond the limits of technology what at first appears to be a solitary crime draws him into a labyrinth of conspiracy betrayal & treason. Mc Dermott brings skills previously honed whilst producing well-researched history books to the discipline of writing fiction creating work that is both historically accurate & evocative as well as stylish in a literary sense. ...

Peepo!" is the much-loved picture book classic by Janet & Allan Ahlberg. " Peepo!" is a modern classic that continues to delight generations of babies & toddlers & their parents. Look through the holes to spot details from the wonderful illustrations. " Peepo!" A perfect gift for new babies & parents no home should be without a copy! Here's a little baby one two three standing in his cot. What does he see? " Peepo!" has become a classic for babies & toddlers. It follows a baby through the day in a style full of wit charm & ingenuity. A series of holes peeping through to the next page leads the child on to the next stage in the day giving a hint of what is to come. Praise for " Peepo!" " The best book ever published for babies". (" Books for Your Children"). " Surely no one
- baby child or adult
- could fail to enjoy " Peepo!"" (" Sunday Telegraph"). "A book to last a lifetime.. .this is a perfect book for sharing". (" Nursery World"). Allan Ahlberg has published over 100 children's books & with his late wife Janet created many award-winning children's picture books. " The Baby's Catalogue" was inspired by their daughter Jessica. The Ahlbergs' books are nursery bookshelf standards & have been the recipient of worldwide acclaim & awards including the Kate Greenaway Medal. Look out for these other classics by Allan Ahlberg: " Burglar Bill"; " Cops & Robbers"; " The Baby's Catalogue"; " The One & Only Two Heads"; " Son of a Gun"; " The Little Worm Book"; " Two Wheels Two Heads"; " Funny Bones"; "A Pair of Sinners"; " Happy Families"; " Peepo!"; " The Ha Ha Bonk Book"; " Help Your Child to Read"; " Ten in a Bed"; " Please mrs Butler"; " Daisy Chains"; " Yum Yum"; " Playmates"; " Foldaways"; " Woof"; " The Cinderella Show"; " The Jolly Postman"; " The Jolly Christmas Postman"; " The Jolly Pocket Postman"; " The Clothes Horse & Other Stories"; " The Mighty Slide"; " Starting School"; " Heard it in the Playground"; " The Bear Nobody Wanted"; " It was a Dark & Stormy Night"; " The Giant Baby"; " Baby Sleeps"; " Blue Buggy"; " Doll & Teddy"; " See the Rabbit"; " Please Mrs Butler"; " The Better Brown Stories"; " The Boyhood of Burglar Bill"."

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Peepo!" is the much-loved picture book classic by Janet & Allan Ahlberg. " Peepo!" is a modern classic that continues to delight generations of babies & toddlers & their parents. Look through the holes to spot details from the wonderful illustrations. " Peepo!" A perfect gift for new babies & parents this board book edition is perfect for little hands. Here's a little baby. One two three. Standing in his cot. What does he see? " Peepo!" has become a classic for babies & toddlers. It follows a baby through the day in a style full of wit charm & ingenuity. A series of holes peeping through to the next page leads the child on to the next stage in the day giving a hint of what is to come. Praise for " Peepo!": " The best book ever published for babies". (" Books for Your Children"). " Surely no one
- baby child or adult
- could fail to enjoy " Peepo!"" (" Sunday Telegraph"). "A book to last a lifetime.. .this is a perfect book for sharing". (" Nursery World"). Allan Ahlberg has published over 100 children's books & with his late wife Janet created many award-winning children's picture books. The Baby's Catalogue was inspired by their daughter Jessica. The Ahlbergs' books are nursery bookshelf standards & have been the recipient of worldwide acclaim & awards including the Kate Greenaway Medal. Look out for these other classics by Allan Ahlberg: " Burglar Bill"; " Cops & Robbers"; " The Baby's Catalogue"; " The One & Only Two Heads"; " Son of a Gun"; " The Little Worm Book"; " Two Wheels Two Heads"; " Funny Bones"; "A Pair of Sinners"; " Happy Families"; " Peepo!"; " The Ha Ha Bonk Book"; " Help Your Child to Read"; " Ten in a Bed"; " Please mrs Butler"; " Daisy Chains"; " Yum Yum"; " Playmates"; " Foldaways"; " Woof"; " The Cinderella Show"; " The Jolly Postman"; " The Jolly Christmas Postman"; " The Jolly Pocket Postman"; " The Clothes Horse & Other Stories"; " The Mighty Slide"; " Starting School"; " Heard it in the Playground"; " The Bear Nobody Wanted"; " It was a Dark & Stormy Night"; " The Giant Baby"; " Baby Sleeps"; " Blue Buggy"; " Doll & Teddy"; " See the Rabbit"; " Please Mrs Butler"; " The Better Brown Stories"; & " The Boyhood of Burglar Bill"."

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Reborn as the Flame Emily has saved Olympus from destruction. The Olympic flame now burns strong & peace has been restored. But not for long.. . When the gruesome Nirads begin a new invasion Emily & her friends become entangled in the conflict as old grudges are unearthed & new enemies are discovered. & all the while Emily yearns for her father still a prisoner of the sinister CRU somewhere in New York. Join Emily astride the magnificent winged-stallion Pegasus as she embarks on a new flight of adventure through worlds both old & new. ' Anyone who enjoys mythology will find much to love in Pegasus & the Flame. Kate O' Hearn serves up a winning mix of modern adventure & classic fantasy.' Rick Riordan author of the Percy Jackson series ...

When Pegasus the majestic winged-stallion crashes on to her roof in the middle of a storm that blacks-out New York City 13-year-old Emily's life becomes that of legend: epic battles with gruesome monsters desperate chases from a corrupt governmental agency captivating flights astride the beautiful winged-stallion & one heroic quest to save Olympus before the Olympic flame burns out.. .' Anyone who enjoys mythology will find much to love in Pegasus & the Flame. Kate O' Hearn serves up a winning mix of modern adventure & classic fantasy.' Rick Riordan author of Percy Jackson ...

If you love Percy Jackson discover the magic of Pegasus. In their third breathtaking adventure Emily & Pegasus must confront their most dangerous challenge yet. When news reaches Olympus that a Pegasus lookalike has been spotted in the human world Emily & her friends are determined to fly back to Earth to investigate. Their new mission takes them from Area 51 to Las Vegas where they discover a sinister conspiracy. Emily is convinced that they will trace it back to their old enemies
- the corrupt governmental agency the CRU. But what they find is bigger & more dangerous than they ever expected & will pit Olympian against Human in a war of epic proportions. With the fate of two worlds in her hands Emily must make an impossible choice otherwise everything she has ever known & loved will be destroyed. Join Emily astride the magnificent winged-stallion Pegasus as she embarks on a new flight of adventure through worlds both old & new. Enjoy previous books in the series: Pegasus & the Flame Pegasus & the Fight to Save Olympus ' Anyone who enjoys mythology will find much to love in Pegasus & the Flame. Kate O' Hearn serves up a winning mix of modern adventure & classic fantasy.' Rick Riordan author of Percy Jackson.
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Join Emily & Pegasus as the legend continues in a new epic adventure that takes us back to the very origins of mythology.. .A deadly plague has struck Olympus. While the Olympians fade one by one Emily's heart breaks as she watches Pegasus slip away. Determined to save him Emily embarks on an investigation that takes her back in time to the origins of Olympus & to the deadly battle between the Olympians & the Titans. There Emily is confronted with the full power of the flame & a discovery that will change the face of history. In the race against time to save Pegasus will Olympus find its true Hero? ' Anyone who enjoys mythology will find much to love in Pegasus & the Flame. Kate O' Hearn serves up a winning mix of modern adventure & classic fantasy.' Rick Riordan author of Percy Jackson ' Pegasus has really captured readers' imaginations' The Bookseller ...

D-Day before dawn. Minute by minute hour by hour the danger grows... In the early morning hours of June 6 1944 a small detachment of British airborne troops stormed the German defence forces & paved the way for the Allied invasion of Europe. Pegasus Bridge was the first engagement of D-Day the turning point of World War II. This gripping account by acclaimed author Stephen E. Ambrose brings to life a daring mission so crucial that had it been unsuccessful the entire Normandy invasion might have failed. Ambrose traces each step of the preparations over many months to the minute-by-minute excitement of the h&-to-hand confrontations on the bridge. This is a story of heroism & cowardice kindness & brutality
- the stuff of all great adventures.
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