It is a truth universally acknowledged that a policeman taking a holiday would barely have had time to open his suitcase before he finds his first corpse. Commander Sam Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch is on holiday in the pleasant & innocent countryside but not for him a mere body in the wardrobe. There are many many bodies
- & an ancient crime more terrible than murder. He is out of his jurisdiction out of his depth out of bacon sandwiches occasionally snookered & out of his mind. But never out of guile. Where there is a crime there must be a finding there must be a chase & there must be a punishment. They say that in the end all sins are forgiven. But not quite all... Winner of the Bollinger Everyman Wodehouse Prize for Comic Fiction
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It is a truth universally acknowledged that a policeman taking a holiday would barely have had time to open his suitcase before he finds his first corpse. & Commander Sam Vimes of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch is on holiday in the pleasant & innocent countryside but not for him a mere body in the wardrobe. There are many many bodies & an ancient crime more terrible than murder. He is out of his jurisdiction out of his depth out of bacon sandwiches & occasionally snookered & out of his mind but never out of guile. Where there is a crime there must be a finding there must be a chase & there must be a punishment. They say that in the end all sins are forgiven. But not quite all... ...

This is the countryside after all. Everyone sees where you go & you never know who is behind a hedge. & if you're very unlucky the person behind the hedge could have very unfriendly intentions. It may look idyllic but the countryside isn't all flowers & thatched cottages & bracing walks in your best tweed. Beneath the greenery lies a dark underbelly & there's something about rambling country houses that attracts dastardly plots & grisly murder. A challenge for any detective but especially for one bred in the city who doesn't understand the Way Things Are Done. In the countryside people know their place & everyone else's place too especially if it's beneath their own. & they have some rather old fashioned ideas about people who are different from them. ...

Would you prefer to be as snug as a bug rolled up in a rug? Like two cosy bats in thick woolly hats? As hot as three pigs in big violet wigs? Or.. . Would you prefer to be like ten sneezy kittens without any mittens? Like nine frozen frogs in huge wooden clogs? As cool as eight bees on miniature skis? George has to decide for himself on a day out at the park with Mum. This funny book of crazy combinations is guaranteed to make kids laugh. ...

This is a brilliant snuggly cloth book from the Ladybird Baby Touch" series. Very young babies will love snuggling up with this soft padded cloth book with a crinkle noise on every page! Stroking the sheeps woolly tummy rubbing the shiny butterfly & feeling the dogs velvety ear will help to stimulate developing senses. It is perfect as a very first book for children. " Baby Touch" is an innovative & award-winning range that provides a sensory feast for babies stimulating their growing minds & active senses in the developmental steps from birth. This range of books are perfect for a baby & adult to enjoy together. Its never too early to start reading with your child. Cuddling up with a book can be a special time. Vary the intonation of your speech to excite your baby. Play games with the book & talk about the animals & faces that appear throughout " Baby Touch" books. " Ladybirds Baby Touch" series is the perfect way to introduce babies to books & to the world around them. Encouraging interaction & play these books are lots of fun for the very youngest babies as well as toddlers. Look out for these other titles in the series: " Hello! Buggy Book"; " Peekaboo"; " Peepo Teddy!"; " Snuggle Cloth Book"; " Squeaky Book"; " Twinkle Lullaby"; " Baby Touch Numbers"; " Baby Touch Farm"; " Flip-Flap Book"; " Star Buggy Book"; " Baby Touch: Box of Books".. .as well as many more!" ...

A great big hug in book form Snuggle Puppy" is a year-round valentine from parent to child. It is bright chunky a pleasure to hold & has a die-cut cover that reveals a glimpse of the joy inside before its even opened. Best of all its packed of course with pure Boynton: her inimitable language her inimitable illustrations her inimitable sense of fun. OOO Snuggle Puppy of mine! Everything about you is especially fine. I love what you are. I love what you do. Fuzzy little Snuggle Puppy I love you. Featuring a sweet & cuddly doggie cast & rhyming verse " Snuggle Puppy" is the perfect bedtime book to read last because of an ending that kids will want again & again: I started with OOO.... Now well end like this: [BIG SMOOCH!]" ...

So Bright & Delicate: Love Letters & Poems of John Keats to Fanny Brawne" is a testament to the love that inspired the passion & creativity of one of the greatest English Romantic poets. This " Penguin Classics" edition

Includes:: an introduction by Jane Campion Oscar-winning director of the film " Bright Star". John Keats died aged just twenty-five leaving behind some of the most exquisite & moving verse & love letters ever written inspired by his great love for his neighbour Fanny Brawne. Although they knew each other for just a few short years & spent a great deal of that time apart
- separated by Keatss worsening illness which forced a move abroad
- Keats wrote again & again about & to his love right until his very last poem called simply " To Fanny". She in turn would wear the ring he had given her until her death. " So Bright & Delicate" contains the love poems & correspondence composed by Keats in the heat of his passion & is a dazzling display of a talent cruelly cut short. John Keats (1795-1821) lost both his parents at an early age. His decision to commit himself to poetry rather than follow a career in medicine was a personal challenge unfounded in any prior success. His first volume of poetry published in 1817 was a critical & commercial failure. During his short life he received little recognition & it was not until the latter part of the nineteenth century that his place in English Romanticism began to be understood & not until this century that it became fully appreciated. If you enjoyed " So Bright & Delicate" you might like Keatss " Complete Poems" also available in " Penguin Classics"."



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On D-Day 27 officers & 565 men of 1st Battalion Gordon Highlanders landed on the coast of Normandy. By the time 51st Highland Division reached Bremen the following April after ten months continuous fighting 1st Gordons had lost 75 Officers & 986 men in battle. So few got through but amongst them was Martin Lindsay & seldom if ever can a trained writer have been presented with such a splendid opportunity. The author a former distinguished explorer commanded the Battalion in 16 operations who was wounded mentioned in despatches & awarded the DSO here tells his epic story. With him we can live through the life of a regimental officer in the orchards of Calvados & on the mudflats of Holland in show of the Ardennes the Siegfried Line Break-through the assault crossing of the Rhine forward to the very heart of Germany. ...

Cal Newports clearly-written manifesto flies in the face of conventional wisdom by suggesting that it should be a persons talent & skill
- & not necessarily their passion
- that determines their career path. Newport who graduated from Dartmouth College (Phi Beta Kappa) & recently earned a Ph D. from MIT contends that trying to find what drives us instead of focusing on areas in which we naturally excel is ultimately harmful & frustrating to job seekers. The title is a direct"e from comedian Steve Martin who when once asked why he was successful in his career immediately replied: Be so good they cant ignore you" & thats the main basis for Newports book. Skill & ability trump passion. Inspired by former Apple CEO Steve Jobs famous Stanford University commencement speech in which Jobs urges idealistic grads to chase their dreams Newport takes issue with that advice claiming that not only is this advice Pollyannish but that Jobs himself never followed his own advice. From there Newport presents compelling scientific & contemporary case study evidence that the key to ones career success is to find out what you do well where you have built up your "career capital " & then to put all of your efforts into that direction."

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