In Red Rabbit" Tom Clancy gives Jack Ryan fans an insight into his greatest hero's first years fighting terrorism. Jack Ryan. The early CIA days... When young Jack Ryan joins the CIA as an analyst he is thrust into a world of political intrigue & conspiracy. Stationed in England he quickly finds himself debriefing a Soviet defector with an extraordinary story to tell: senior Russian officials are plotting to assassinate Pope John Paul II. The CIA novice must forget his inexperience & rely on all his wits to firstly discover the details of the plot
- & then prevent its execution. For it is not just the Pope's life that is at stake but also the stability of the Western World. " Red Rabbit" is the thrilling eighth novel featuring Jack Ryan following " The Sum of All Fears" & " Debt of Honour". Published after " Executive Orders" the novel charts Jack Ryan's earliest mission for the CIA & is the stunning prequel to " The Hunt For Red October". Praise for Tom Clancy: " Truly riveting a dazzling read". (" Sunday Express"). "A brilliantly constructed thriller". (" Daily Mail"). Thirty years ago Tom Clancy was a Maryland insurance broker with a passion for naval history. His first novel " The Hunt for Red October' catapulted on to the " New York Times" bestseller list after President Reagan pronounced it 'the perfect yarn'. Since then Clancy has established himself as an undisputed master at blending exceptional realism & authenticity intricate plotting & razor-sharp suspense."
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Determined to find the treasure of notorious pirate Red Rackham Tintin & Captain Haddock set sail aboard the Sirius to find the shipwreck of the Unicorn. Following the clues & making use of an ingenious shark-shaped submarine Tintin is ready for an ocean adventure... ...

The world's most famous travelling reporter sets out in search of Red Rackham's treasure. Determined to find the treasure of the notorious pirate Red Rackham Tintin & Captain Haddock set sail aboard the Sirius to find the shipwreck of the Unicorn. With the help of an ingenious shark-shaped submarine Tintin follows the clues deep down on this ocean adventure. Join the most iconic character in comics as he embark on an extraordinary adventure spanning historical & political events & thrilling mysteries. Still selling over 100 000 copies every year in the UK & having been adapted for the silver screen by Steven Spielberg & Peter Jackson in 2011 The Adventures of Tintin continue to charm more than 80 years after they first found their way into publication. Since then an estimated 230 million copies have been sold proving that comic books have the same power to entertain children & adults in the 21st century as they did in the early 20th. ...

First came the hurricane. The red rain began to fall. The blood of its victims. & the twin angels emerged... Lea Sutter is in the wrong place at the wrong time. Trapped on an island during a hurricane she barely escapes alive. Out of the carnage two boys appear
- innocent angelic & thrilled to be adopted by their new mother. But these are no ordinary children. They bring the gift of death
- & they want to share it with the whole town. What do you do when evil enters your home?

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31st August 1997 Rose Wilson is fourteen but looks sixteen. Pimped out by her 'boyfriend' & let down by a person she thought she loved she has seen more of the darkness in life than someone twice her age. On the night of Princess Diana's death
- a night everyone will remember
- Rose snaps & commits two terrible crimes. Her life seems effectively over. But then a defence lawyer takes pity & sets out to do what he can to save her regardless of the consequences. Now DI Alex Morrow is a witness in the case of Michael Brown
- a vicious nasty arms dealer more brutal & damaged than most of the criminals she meets. During the trial while he is held in custody Brown's fingerprints are found at the scene of a murder in the Red Road flats. It was impossible that he could have been there & it's a mystery that Morrow just can't let go. Meanwhile a privileged Scottish lawyer sits in a castle on Mull waiting for an assassin to kill him. He has sold out his own father something that will bring the wrath of the powerful down upon him.


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This book offers a unique look at colours & friendship now available in paperback. This very simple text is about two friends Sue & Nick who like different colours but are still good friends. 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. ...

When Henry VI becomes king it is soon clear that he would be better suited to a quiet life than to ruling the country. Richard Duke of York is convinced that he would make a better king & has more right to the crown & he will stop at nothing to claim it. But Margaret of Anjou Henrys new French wife is a formidable woman who is just as determined to keep Henry on the throne. Most powerful of all is the Earl of Warwick the kingmaker & with his support of Richard of York the War of the Roses begins. When Henry VI lapses into madness & eventually meets his mysterious end in the Wakefield Tower Margaret directs all of her ambition towards her young son. Passionate & impulsive she begins scheming for him & in doing so dashes headlong into disaster... ...

From First love to Farewells this book contains the full gamut of emotions inspired by poetrys most popular subject: love. Meet the romantics & the unromantics the obsessed & the fainthearted the tragic & the comic in all their lyrical glory. Antonia Fraser has made a touching canny & diverse selection of poems from the fifteenth century to the present day from ballads to sonnets to modern verse. Included alongside well-known masters like Burns Sir Walter Scott & Robert Louis Stevenson are contemporary poets such as Kathleen Jamie John Burnside & Carol Ann Duffy illuminating the ways of the heart in all its forms. ...

In its eerie likeness to Earth Mars has long captured our imaginations--both as a destination for humankind & as a possible home to extraterrestrial life. It is our twenty-first century New World; its explorers robots shipped 350 million miles from Earth to uncover the distant planet's secrets. Its most recent scout is Curiosity--a one-ton Jeep-sized nuclear-powered space laboratory--which is now roving the Martian surface to determine whether the red planet has ever been physically capable of supporting life. In Red Rover " geochemist Roger Wiens the principal investigator for the Chem Cam laser instrument on the rover & veteran of numerous robotic NASA missions tells the unlikely story of his involvement in sending sophisticated hardware into space culminating in the Curiosity rover's amazing journey to Mars. In so doing Wiens paints the portrait of one of the most exciting scientific stories of our time: the new era of robotic space exploration. Starting with NASA's introduction of the Discovery Program in 1992 scrappier more nimble missions became the order of the day as manned missions were confined to Earth orbit & behemoth projects went extinct. This strategic shift presented huge scientific opportunities but tight budgets meant that success depended more than ever on creative engineering & human ingenuity. Beginning with the Genesis mission that launched his career Wiens describes the competitive DIY spirit of these robotic enterprises from conception to construction from launch to heart-stopping crashes & smooth landings. An inspiring account of the real-life challenges of space exploration " Red Rover" vividly narrates what goes into answering the question: is there life elsewhere in the universe?" ...

Red Rover Red Rover Bring a Blue Bone Over! Run around to collect the most bones- a great way to learn colours shapes numbers & letters. Get ready to romp as you help everyones favourite electronic talking dog find his bones with different letters shapes numbers & colours! But watch out just when you think you know where they are that silly pup will mix em up! Whoever collects the most bones is top dog! Requires 3 AA batteries (not included). Suitable for 3+ years. ...