A bumper edition of the last three bestselling Sophie titles. Sophie is small but very determined. Shes crazy about animals & wants to be a farmer when she grows up. Shed love to have a pony but doesnt think shell ever be that lucky. On holiday at the seaside she makes friends with Bumblebee the pony
- & a Vietnamese pot-bellied pig! Read all about Sophie her family & friends
- animal & human
- in these three galloping stories: Sophie in the Saddle" " Sophie is Seven" & " Sophies Lucky". Redesigned & relaunched these lifelong classics will continue their exceptional sales having sold over a million copies to date."


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A bumper edition of the first three bestselling Sophie titles. Sophie is small but very determined. She loves animals
- snails
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It was Sophie's first ballet lesson & she was very excited... Sophie can't wait to be a ballerina & when she joins Miss Darcy's ballet class she becomes the star of the show! With amazing novelties & an incredible pop-up finale this great-value book is the perfect gift for any child looking to plie jete & pirouette onto the stage! ...

In this extraordinary novel Stingo an inexperienced twenty-two year old Southerner takes us back to the summer of 1947 & a boarding house in a leafy Brooklyn suburb. There he meets Nathan a fiery Jewish intellectual; & Sophie a beautiful & fragile Polish Catholic. Stingo is drawn into the heart of their passionate & destructive relationship as witness confidant & supplicant. Ultimately he arrives at the dark core of Sophie's past: her memories of pre-war Poland the concentration camp &
- the essence of her terrible secret
- her choice.

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The girls in Team Starlight learn spells & earn their stars in this magical new young fiction series! Welcome to Stargirl Academy the magical school in the clouds! Previously a rather old-fashioned establishment it has been reopened by its head teacher to train children to be modern day fairy godmothers. Fairy Mary Mc Bee selects a group of girls: Lily Ava Madison Sophie Emma Olivia
- & Melody & Jackson who think they're better than everyone else. The girls learn lots of spells
- shimmering starry shining sparkling glittering & twinkling ones
- which they use to fix problems & help people in trouble. For every successful mission they gain a star & once they have six stars they will be fully qualified stargirls! It's Jackson's turn to lead a mission & she chooses to help her mum who is having a hard time from her boss. The other girls are desperate to do something for Sophie's little brother who has nowhere to play since the local park has been shut down. Jackson isn't having any of it but by chance her mum's boss is at the heart of the problem. Everyone is happy when he gets his comeuppance thanks to Sophie's shining spell. The girls have earned their third star!

Features: major marketing campaign & website to promote series; highly collectable with sparkly silver foil covers; by the author of the hugely successful Tiara Club series; popular themes of friendship & magic in a school setting; & fresh lively & funny line drawings by Joanne Davies.




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Treating ancient plays as living drama. Classical Greek drama is brought vividly to life in this series of new translations. Students are encouraged to engage with the text through detailed commentaries including suggestions for discussion & analysis. In addition numerous practical questions stimulate ideas on staging & encourage students to explore the play's dramatic qualities. Antigone is suitable for students of both Classical Civilisation & Drama. Useful features include full synopsis of the play commentary alongside translation for easy reference & a comprehensive introduction to the Greek Theatre. Antigone is aimed primarily at A-level & undergraduate students in the UK & college students in North America. ...

Treating ancient plays as living drama. Classical Greek drama is brought vividly to life in this series of new translations. Students are encouraged to engage with the text through detailed commentaries including suggestions for discussion & analysis. In addition numerous practical questions stimulate ideas on staging & encourage students to explore the plays dramatic qualities. Oedipus Tyrannus is suitable for students of both Classical Civilisation & Drama. Useful features include full synopsis of the play commentary alongside translation for easy reference & a comprehensive introduction to the Greek Theatre. Oedipus Tyrannus is aimed primarily at A-level & undergraduate students in the UK & college students in North America. ...

An icon of World War I aerial combat the Sopwith Camel was a superb dogfighter in the hands of a pilot who could master its ...

Responsible for destroying 1294 enemy aircraft between June 1917 & November 1918 the Camel was the most successful fighting scout employed by either side in terms of the sheer number of victories that it scored. The Camel was renowned for its sensitivity & need for skill & experience & casualties amongst pilots undergoing training on the type were very high. More than 5490 examples were constructed & this work covers its combat use on the Western Front in Palestine on the Italian front in the Home Defence role in the UK & in Russia. ...

The Sopwith Pup was the forerunner of the hugely successful Sopwith Camel which duly became the most successful fighter of World War I. The first proper British fighting scout the first Pups
- the Royal Naval Air Service
- arrived on the Western Front in 1916. Although regarded as a 'nice' aeroplane to fly pilots who used it in combat gained much success during the first half of 1917. The Royal Flying Corps also used the Pup from January 1917 onwards with the final combats with the machine occurring in December of that year. This book describes the combat careers of the successful Pup aces how they flew & how they fought.

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