Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be the strongest boy in the world? Or the fastest? Or even the noisiest? Two ordinary young boys are about to find out! When the castle walls of Max & Finlays den start crumbling away little do the best mates know that everything is about to change.. . Trapped inside the wall is the ancient god Hercules & he needs the boys help! The friends must complete a terrifying challenge every day for seven days & can choose only one of Hercules amazing superpowers at a time to help them. In the fifth exciting Superpowers" adventure Max & Finlay have to face a ravenous flock of man-eating birds! Will their superpower save them?" ...

It begins on a winter afternoon when schoolgirl Nicky Day runs from a gang of bullies. Then her little brother starts the fire. But the nightmare that is engulfing Sue & Terry Day is only beginning.. .A single mother who left a six-year-old on his own while she went clubbing on a Friday night. An absent father with a hot teenaged girlfriend who didnt seem to care who was minding his former family. The police the neighbours the friends the lovers turn accusing eyes on them both. Suspicious voices ask whether Nicky has run away; whether the fire is really an accident. & meanwhile time is running out for Nicky. Bestselling author Martina Cole loved Mandasue Hellers second novel Forget Me Not. She wrote Mandasue has played a real blinder with this fantastic novel. Now thousands of readers have discovered Mandasue Heller. Have you read all her books? ...

Jamie & Tom head off to Dino World to watch the Triassic sunrise. Above the noise of the screeching buzzing dawn chorus one sound is louder than anything else so the boys & their dino friend Wanna decide to investigate. The eohraptors that they find take a shine to Wanna & while the boys are distracted they lure him away. Its up to Jamie & Tom to find their little friend but when they do eventually catch up with him on the clifftop they realize they have a bigger problem-an enormous tidal wave is heading their way.. . ...

From lions & tigers to mice & monkeys Wild Faces shows you how to create over 40 fantastic animal faces. Find out how to paint feathers & fur spots & stripes beaks & bills noses & eyes & much more! A comprehensive guide to materials & basic techniques is included while dynamic photographs illustrate every design. ...

Quick & easy...just the way snacks should be. These fabulous snack recipes are perfect for after school nibbles a speedy lunch or dinner on the run. Many of the recipes also double as delicious finger food for parties. All recipes are fantastically simple & quick to make & range from toasted sandwiches quick fritters & spring rolls to spicy chicken wings dips & simple eat-out-of-hand snacks such as trail mixes. ...

Keira is thrilled when two high bred ponies
- Vegas & Snickers
- arrive at the ranch but she soon falls out with the owner's

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Reminiscent of We're Going on a Bear Hunt this story is an absolute delight to read aloud enabling a child to really join in. An alligator is creeping up the stairs slithering down the hall & swishing & swooshing its tremendous tail & the children are very scared. Until they decide they've had enough of all this scary alligator stuff! & they banish him back to where he came from. Beautifully designed & illustrated this reissue of the award-winning picture book Snip Snap! is a real treat! ...

Throughout World War II German snipers were obliged to carry a Scharfshutzen Buch which recorded every kill. Each success noted had to be verified by a witness & signed by a superior officer. The journal of Sutkus is one of only a few such books to have survived the war. It records more than 200 kills placing him as one of the wars most successful snipers. A large part of his journal is reproduced for the first time here. As a Hitler Youth member his skill as a marksman was quickly noted & in July 1943 aged 19 he was drafted into the Wehrmacht. A month later he was sent on a five month snipers course in Wilna after which he was posted to the Eastern Front. He was so successful that his superiors sent him to crucial positions. Despite his age he was regarded as one of Germanys best snipers & in November 1944 he was awarded the Scharfshutzenabzeichen 3 Stufe
- the highest award for a sniper. After being wounded in January 1945 Sutkus was given time to recuperate away from the Eastern Front. During this time he met a Red Cross nurse to whom he gave all his journal. When the war finished Sutkus was forced to join the Red Army. He deserted to join the Lithuanian resistance fighters. After being captured again he was tortured by the KGB & deported to Siberia to endure forced labour. It was not until the collapse of the Soviet Union that he was able return to Germany & find his journal still in the hands of the same nurse.
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Revered by some as the ultimate warrior & condemned by others as ruthless assassins
- the combat sniper is more than just a crack
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We all saw it at once. Half a dozen voices screamed Grenade! simultaneously. Then everything went into slow motion. The grenade took an age to travel through its 20 metre arc. A dark small oval-shaped package of misery the size of a peach.. . April 2004: Dan Mills & his platoon of snipers fly into southern Iraq part of an infantry battalion sent to win hearts & minds. They were soon fighting for their lives. Back home we were told they were peacekeeping. But there was no peace to keep. Because within days of arriving in theatre Mills & his men were caught up in the longest most sustained fire fight British troops had faced for over fifty years. This awe-inspiring account tells of total war in throat-burning winds & fifty-degree heat blasted by mortars & surrounded by heavily armed militias. For six months they fought alone: isolated besieged & under constant enemy fire. Their heroic stand a modern-day Rorkes Drift. ...