This is a uniquely presented touching tale of grief solace & hope from a master of contemporary storytelling & a visionary artist. Imagine you wrote a story & that story came true. This is exactly what happens to Blue Baker when he writes about a savage living alone in the woods near his home. After his dad's death Blue finds comfort in dreaming of a wild kid who survives on a diet of berries & the occasional hapless passerby. But when the savage pays a night-time visit to the local bully boundaries become blurred & Blue begins to wonder where he ends & the savage begins. Part novel part graphic novel this moving story features striking art from the award-winning Dave Mc Kean. This is Carnegie Whitbread & Smarties award-winner David Almond's second novel for Walker Books
- after My Dad's a Birdman" (9781406304862)."
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Imagine a world in which Rome never fell. Now the Empire stretches across the Atlantic slaves are constructing a giant bridge over the Persian Gulf & magnetic railways span the globe. But tensions within & without are about to change the face of the earth. Marcus Novius is caught in a massive explosion at the Coliseum which kills his uncle the emperor.. .making Marcus his heir the new leader of the Roman Empire. Marcus the healer Sulien & Una his sister
- & Marcus own love
- have been together through thick & thin fighting for freedom fighting for their lives fighting for justice & Marcus ascension to Roman throne was supposed to be the start of something magnificent.. . But Marcus is horribly wounded himself in the explosion & Sulien is having problems fighting his way through the terrible devastation to be at his friends
- his emperors
- side. & its not long before Sulien & Una realise life will never be the same again for the Roman Empire is about to face its most dangerous enemy.. .



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The Second World War might have officially ended in May 1945 but in reality it rumbled on for another 10 years.. . Across Europe landscapes had been ravaged entire cities razed & more than 35 million people had been killed in the war. The institutions that we now take for granted
- such as the police the media transport local & national government
- were either entirely absent or hopelessly compromised. Crime rates were soaring economies collapsing & the European population was hovering on the brink of starvation. In this epic book Keith Lowe describes a continent still racked by violence where large sections of the population had yet to accept that the war was over. He outlines the warped morality & the insatiable urge for vengeance that were the legacy of the conflict. He describes the ethnic cleansing & civil wars that tore apart the lives of ordinary people from the Baltic Sea to the Mediterranean & the establishment of a new world order that finally brought stability to a shattered generation.

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Keith Lowe's Savage Continent" is an awe-inspiring portrait of how Europe emerged from the ashes of WWII. The end of the Second World War saw a terrible explosion of violence across Europe. Prisoners murdered jailers. Soldiers visited atrocities on civilians. Resistance fighters killed & pilloried collaborators. Ethnic cleansing civil war rape & murder were rife in the days months & years after hostilities ended. Exploring a Europe consumed by vengeance " Savage Continent" is a shocking portrait of an until-now unacknowledged time of lawlessness & terror. Praise for " Savage Continent": " Deeply harrowing distinctly troubling. Moving measured & provocative. A compelling & plausible picture of a continent physically & morally brutalized by slaughter". (" Dominic Sandbrook" " Sunday Times"). " Excellent". (" Independent"). " Unbearable but essential. A serious account of things we never knew & our fathers would rather forget. Lowe's transparent prose makes it difficult to look away from a whole catalogue of horrors...you won't sleep afterwards. Such good history it keeps all the questions boiling in your mind". (" Scotsman"). Keith Lowe is widely recognized as an authority on the Second World War & has often spoken on TV & radio both in Britain & the United States. He is the author of the critically acclaimed " Inferno: The Devastation of Hamburg" 1943 (Penguin). He lives in north London with his wife & two children." ...

Action & blood-thirsty suspense from the master of the game. Simon Vaughan knows what it's like to fight a dirty war he's had first-hand experience in Korea. Now he languishes in a Greek jail. When it comes to firearms & gun-running nobody does it better but those days are behind him until the British army propose a deal. His freedom for his help against the IRA in Belfast. He doesn't haven't any choice if he wants his freedom back he'll have to conquer a new battlegroung... ...

Just about everyones familiar with the Venus flytrap but did you know that there are pitcher plants that can -- & do! -- digest an entire rat? Full-color photographs of the plants at work & play plus everything you need to know to successfully grow your own little shop of horrors. ...

Dalyth. The forces of the Greater Good have established a strangehold on the planet & the time has come for the Imperium to move against them. The White Scars lead the ground assault against the tau launching into combat with speed & fury shedding blood as they gain ground against their enemies. Meanwhile the members of the Crusade Council are determined to pursue their own agendas & their politicking & back-stabbing will place the entire war effort in jeopardy. But little do they know that Inquisitor Grand has more extreme measures in mind & the White Scars must achieve victory quickly or the cost to Dalyth will be devastating. ...

Its history with the nasty bits left in! Want to know: What Stone Age people used instead of toilet paper? Why a hole in the skull is good for headaches? How to make a Stone Age mummy? Discover all the foul facts about the Savage Stone Age
- all the gore & more.
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Robbie Savage could have been just another Manchester United reject. Instead he used the Old Trafford scrapheap as a springboard to become one of the most instantly recognisable footballers in the Premier League despite being told by Sir Alex Ferguson he was not good enough to stay in the class of 92 alongside David Beckham Paul Scholes Ryan Giggs Nicky Butt & Gary Neville. For the last 17 years Savage has carved out a reputation as a hard man & wind-up merchant with an unerring ability to grab a headline. From deliberately getting Tottenhams Justin Edinburgh sent off in a Wembley cup final to the Jobbiegate row with referee Graham Poll & the bust-ups with John Toshack Rio Ferdinand Graeme Souness & Paul Jewell the list is endless. Yet numerous footballing legends will testify to the skill of the midfielder who has starred for Crewe Leicester Birmingham Blackburn & Derby & won 39 international caps for Wales. Behind the long blond hair the Armani tattoo & the flamboyant cars Savage has always been the heartbeat of his team. Savage!" provides a unique insight into the extraordinary life of an elite sportsman a colourful character & loving family man. Love him or loathe him Robbie Savages story is a remarkable one." ...

Part-time environmentalist & philanthropist Ben & his ex-mercenary buddy Chon run a Laguna Beach-based marijuana operation reaping significant profits from their loyal clientele. In the past when their turf was challenged Chon took care of eliminating the threat. But now they may have come up against something that they cant handle
- the Mexican Baja Cartel wants in sending them the message that a no" is unacceptable. When they refuse to back down the cartel escalates its threat kidnapping Ophelia the boys playmate & confidante. Os abduction sets off a dizzying array of ingenious negotiations & gripping plot twists that will captivate readers eager to learn the costs of freedom. " Savages" is an adrenaline-fuelled novel by a master thriller writer at the very top of his game."
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