Pippi Longstocking is nine years old. She has just moved into Villa Villekulla where she lives all by herself with a horse a monkey & a big suitcase full of gold coins. The grown-ups in the village try to make Pippi behave in ways that they think a little girl should but Pippi has other ideas. She would much rather spend her days arranging wild exciting adventures to enjoy with her neighbours Tommy & Annika or entertaining everyone she meets with her outrageous stories. Pippi thinks nothing of wrestling a circus strongman dancing a polka with burglars or tugging a bulls tail. Generations of children have fallen in love with Pippi Longstocking. Just like Tommy & Annika readers are instantly charmed by her warmth & sense of fun. Astrid Lindgrens childrens classic first appeared in 1945. Astrid once commented I write to amuse the child within me & can only hope that other children may have some fun that way too. When she was growing up Lauren Child loved Astrid Lindgrens books. She remembers: I discovered Pippi when I was about eight years old & found her completely inspiring. Known & loved as the creator of some equally feisty little girls
- notably Clarice Bean & Lola
- Lauren has brought her own inimitable style to this beautifully-illustrated edition of Pippi Longstocking.

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Follow this simple instruction text with clear photographs of each stage to learn how to plant your own pips. * Pink/1B
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Now fully revised & updated The Piranha Club is the first serious study of Formula Ones most fascinating & influential figures
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Simon Gray is the newly-appointed & much harassed Chief Executive of Aldertons a large company that has known better days. When his boss offers him the use of a chauffeur for one day each month he is as pleased as Punch
- until George Willis turns up as pristine as his Bentley immaculately mannered & full of philosophical advice that Simon just does not want to hear. But as Willis drives his boss to various meetings
- not to mention up the wall
- a tentative friendship forms between the two men & Simon is gradually forced to admit that some of the chauffeurs ideas from strategy & account management to leadership skills & fostering team spirit could be the saving of Aldertons
- & of Simon himself. But is George Willis really who he appears to be?



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Ambushed by a gang of hardened sea robbers headed for the South Sea Hector Lynch pirate & fugitive is obliged to navigate their vessel on a nightmarish journey through the stormy seas off Cape Horn & when his ruthless shipmates abandon him in Peru he learns that Maria the young Spanish woman who stole his heart & whose false testimony saved him from the gallows is now living on the remote Ladrones the Thief Islands on the far side of the Pacific Ocean. His epic voyage to reach her will bring him face to face with a Japanese warlord who submits trespassers to his island to a deadly duel & with a naked Stone Age tribe who file their teeth to sharp points & sail boats that outpace the fastest galleon. In Pirate: Sea Robbers" Tim Severin takes the reader on an enthralling adventure through the seventeenth-century world of the seafarers who risked scurvy shipwreck & drowning in hopes of reaping fortunes in spice & treasure." ...

It is the year 5012 & the Milky Way galaxy is under attack. After the Universal War a war that almost brought about the destruction of every known universe the planets in the Milky Way banded together to create the Intergalactic Force
- an elite fighting team sworn to protect & defend the galaxy. Only the brightest & most promising students are accepted into the Intergalactic Force Academy & only the very best cadets reach the highest of their ranks & become.. .STAR FIGHTERS! Having returned from their last mission unscathed Peri Diesel & the crew finally earn their STAR FIGHTER badges. Now as fully fledged pilots they are given their first real mission. When the Intergalactic Force Space Station was destroyed by the Xions a notorious space pirate Jaxx escaped. Their new mission is to capture & return Jaxx so that he can stand trial. But known space is vast & Peri & Diesel must use all their cunning to locate the wily pirate.
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Pirate Attack" brilliantly captures the swashbuckling world of the greatest buccaneers. Containing detailed biographies of legendary pirates plus features on their weapons codes of conduct & punishments the result is a compelling portrait of life at sea in a bygone age. Plus there are four spreads in the book that trigger an Augmented Reality experience. Watch two dastardly pirates leap from the pages of the book raise their cutlasses & engage in a breathtaking duel! Its simple to use. When you reach an Augmented Reality page just select the relevant trigger card from the wallet at the front of the book hold it up to your computers webcam & get set for an interactive pirate experience! Press keys on your keyboard to make the pirates battle climb the rigging & walk the plank!" ...

The North Atlantic 1726 Captain Fly is the greatest pirate to sail the seven seas
- or so he says. But his captives Jed & Arthur
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An old pirate tells a tavern full of salty sea dogs about an island bursting with hidden treasure. Once theyve set sail for the mysterious island he tells them it is guarded by the terrible Pirate-Cruncher. Eventually their greed overcomes their fear & when they arrive on the island a hilarious fold-down flap shows that the island itself is the Pirate-Cruncher who promptly swallows the whole motley crew! Jonny Duddle worked as a concept artist on the Pirates of the Carribbean computer game which inspired him to create The Pirate Cruncher for Templar. Now available in paperback with an Audio CD A highly successful computer games illustrator Jonnys work is visually appealing. Hilarious surprise ending with fold-down flap to reveal the monster ...

The is the fifth book about Jake Cake" & his extraordinary adventures. Here are three more hilarious stories written in Jake Cake's own notebooks & embellished with his very funny comments & illustrations. It's not Jake's fault that he gets cursed by the ghost of Old Crusty the fierce pirate (get those decks swabbed!) meets an alien pretending to be his granny & rubs up against a really mean genie!" ...