The fifth screamingly funny novel from David Walliams number one bestseller & fastest growing children's author in the country. Hot on the heels of bestselling Gangsta Granny comes another hilarious action-packed & touching novel
- the story of a little girl called Zoe. Things are not looking good for Zoe. Her stepmother Sheila is so lazy she gets Zoe to pick her nose for her. The school bully Tina Trotts makes her life a misery
- mainly by flobbing on her head. & now the evil Burt from Burt's Burgers is after her pet rat! & guess what he wants to do with it? The clue is in the title... From the author that is being called 'a new Roald Dahl' Ratburger is not to be missed!

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A gripping historical thriller introducing Bow Street Runner Matthew Hawkwood
- a sexy dangerous & fascinating hero who hunts down
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During the dark days of the Second World War the wartime diet's low fat high fibre & sensibly sized portions meant that the British population enjoyed a level of health & fitness that has never been matched since. Using wartime diet as a model sixty recipes have been specially created to enable you & your family to eat more healthily. Some are taken straight from cookery books of the time with only minor adjustments to suit the twenty-first century palate. For the most part however new dishes have been created using the range of ingredients that was available during the war. Created by a cookery specialist & checked by a dietician these original recipes & variations have been combined to produce a weekly meal plan for all the family plus recipes for treats & special occasions & some helpful advice on what to do with leftovers. In addition a series of physical fitness routines have been drawn & adapted from wartime sources. ...

Rationality & Religious Commitment shows how religious commitment can be rational & describes the place of faith in the postmodern world. It portrays religious commitment as far more than accepting doctrines--it is viewed as a kind of life not just as an embrace of tenets. Faith is conceived as a unique attitude. It is irreducible to belief but closely connected with both belief & conduct & intimately related to lifes moral political & aesthetic

Dimensions. Part One presents an account of rationality as a status attainable by mature religious people--even those with a strongly scientific habit of mind. Part Two describes what it means to have faith how faith is connected with attitudes emotions & conduct & how religious experience may support it. Part Three turns to religious commitment & moral obligation & to the relation between religion & politics. It shows how ethics & religion can be mutually supportive even though ethics provides standards of conduct independently of theology. It also depicts the integrated life possible for the religiously committed--a life with rewarding interactions between faith & reason religion & science & the aesthetic & the spiritual. The book concludes with two major accounts. One explains how moral wrongs & natural disasters are possible under God conceived as having the knowledge power & goodness that make such evils so difficult to underst&. The other account explores the nature of persons human & divine & yields a conception that can sustain a rational theistic worldview even in the contemporary scientific age.

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When war broke out in 1939 few knew that they would soon be fighting to survive let alone how or when it would end. Rations: A Very Peculiar History" looks at the measures the British government took to ensure the wellbeing of its people during wartime & how the British public dealt with it. With some stealing some hoarding but most just trying to get by it was one of the bleakest periods in British history. But theres a reason they called it the Blitz spirit
- this title features amazing tales of camaraderie & good humour in the face of bombs & hunger. Featuring incredible food-&-energy-saving recipes used at the time along with"es from survivors " Rations: A Very Peculiar History" will transport you back to a time when even Buckingham Palace & the Ritz hotel werent above swapping a bit of venison for a bit of lobster. Spectacular full-colour endpapers feature ephemera of the topic & time while a full glossary & index help to make the books both fun & informative."
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Right at the end of the war some Nazis saw it coming. They knew that even if they escaped hundreds of others wouldn't. They needed to set up routes channels ways out for their friends. Ratlines.' Ireland 1963. As the Irish people prepare to welcome President John F. Kennedy to the land of his ancestors a German is murdered in a seaside guesthouse. He is the third foreign national to die within a few days & Minister for Justice Charles Haughey is desperate to protect a shameful secret: the dead men were all former Nazis granted asylum by the Irish government. A note from the killers is found on the corpse addressed to Colonel Otto Skorzeny Hitler's favourite WWII commando once called the most dangerous man in Europe. It says simply: ' We are coming for you. Await our call.' Lieutenant Albert Ryan Directorate of Intelligence is ordered to investigate the crimes. But as he infiltrates Ireland's secret network of former Nazis & collaborators Ryan must choose between country & conscience. Why must he protect the very people he fought against twenty years before? & who are the killers seeking revenge for the horrors of the Second World War? ...

This furry animals high intelligence makes it one of the most interesting of all caged pets. Eight brand new Pet Owners Manuals are available from Barrons in Spring 2002. Heavily illustrated & filled with reliable information titles in this practical series show & tell pet owners how to care for dogs cats birds fish gerbils hamsters & virtually every other animal that is kept as a pet. The books give advice on purchasing & otherwise acquiring a pet maintaining health care housing proper feeding & where applicable grooming & training. Clear straightforward texts come with high-quality full-colour photos & anatomically accurate line art as well as helpful tables & charts. ...

THE RATS & THE RULING SEA begins where THE RED WOLF CONSPIRACY ended; Thashas wedding is hours away. It is a wedding that will both fulfil the promise of a mad gods return & see her murdered. Pazel has thwarted the sorcerer who would bring back the god but both sides now face deadlock. Can Thasha be saved? Can the war between two Empires be stopped? THE RATS & THE RULING SEA is once again focused on the giant ancient ship the CHATHRAND but now she must brave the terrors of the uncharted seas; the massive storms & the ship swallowing whirlpools & explore lands forgotten by the Northern world all the time involved in a vicious running battle with a ship half her size but nearly her match. Robert Redicks new novel takes the reader further into the labyrinthine plots & betrayals that have underscored the trilogy from the beginning. Robert Redicks sequel to the acclaimed THE RED WOLF CONSPIRACY is a masterpiece of plotting & adventure. As each page turns the reader shares with the characters the dawning realisation that nothing is at it seems. ...

Seamus Heaney & Ted Hughes have brought together an inspired & diverse selection ranging from undisputed masterpieces to rare discoveries as well as drawing upon works in translation & traditional poems from oral cultures. In effect this anthology has transformed the way we define & appreciate poetry & it will continue to do so for years to come. ...

As a grey drizzle descends upon the damp errand boys & busy omnibuses of London Daisy Dalrymple is feeling rather cheerful & excited to be showing her nephew & future stepdaughter the glories of Kensingtons Natural History Museum. But as closing time draws near Daisy & Co. hear a tremendous crash & are horrified to discover one of the curators dead
- horribly murdered
- atop of a pile of dinosaur bones. Together with her fiance Detective Chief Inspector Alec Fletcher of Scotland Yard Daisy is soon investigating a baffling case of missing gems dispossessed European gentry fakery & fossils...and where professional grudges boil over into murder.

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