Since the beginning of the recording era the radio the 78 & LPs have produced an unforgettable list of Classic Childrens Favourites. Here on this unique set are many of the finest performed by great stars of the past. Danny Kaye presents Tubby the Tuba & others; Spike Jones sings Old Macdonald Had a Farm Harold Fraser-Simson is At Buckingham Palace (with Christopher Robin). There is the cut-glass accent of Uncle Mac & the uninhibited rasp of Popeye. A delight for parents grandparents & children alike. ...

Eloise has always loved Joan of Arc. Noble honest & brave she was everything Eloise wishes to be. & on a bright sunny day in Orleans Eloise has a very special daydream...A superb re-imagining of Joan of Arc by master storyteller & author of War Horse. There was only one creature on this earth who really knew Joan. He was a sparrow just an ordinary sparrow... He was her best friend on this earth maybe her only friend too." A young girl faces an impossible task
- to save her beloved France from tyrants. To free her country Joan will lose everyone she has ever loved. But she listens to her heart & believes in her calling. Through patience perseverance & unbreakable spirit Joan of Arc leads armies to victory & finds the strength to face the cruellest of destinies."
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' Mark never heard the Mauser shot for the bullet came ahead of the sound. There was only the massive shock in the upper part of his body & then he was hurled backwards with a violence that drove the air from his lungs.' From the trenches of France General Sean Courtney comes back to fame fortune & a seat in the Government. Mark Anders the courageous young South African whom he has come to regard as his own son returns to nothing his grandfather murdered & his property seized by an unknown company. At the bottom of the mystery is Sean's son Dirk the jealous violent & power-crazed genius whose all-consuming hatred can only end in blood.. . This is the thrilling third novel in the Courtneys sequence continuing from When the Lion Feeds & The Sound of Thunder. ...

Dublin boxer Sparrow Mc Cabe has the Spanish contender on the floor. The World Featherweight title is his for the taking. But something stops Sparrow from throwing that final punch & suddenly it's all over. Fifteen years later Sparrow is working as a driver for the gangster Simon Williams trying to turn a blind eye to the scams the extortion rackets & the rough justice handed out by Williams & his heavies. Then murder enters the picture & Sparrow decides to take a st&. This is one fight he cannot lose. From Brendan O' Carroll author of the bestselling Mrs Brown trilogy & the BAFTA-nominated TV series Mrs Brown's Boys. ...

Through the good times & bad the Sparrow family has always stuck together. But as the Blitz ravages London in 1940 each of the Sparrows has their own battle to fight. Nancy finds herself volunteering as a porter at busy Paddington station
- a world away from the smart West End dress shop where she used to work. Young Mickey is sent to the front line while little Leslie suffers as an evacuee. Nancy must summon all her strength to support her loved ones but they are unaware the woman they rely on hides a painful secret...
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During the eighth century bc Sparta became one of the leading cities of ancient Greece conquering the southern Peloponnese & from the mid-sixth century bc until the mid-fourth Sparta became a military power of recognized importance. For almost two centuries the massed Spartan army remained unbeaten in the field. Spartan officers also commanded with great success armies of mercenaries or coalition allies as well as fleets of war galleys. Although it is the stand of the Three Hundred at Thermopylae that has earned Sparta undying fame it was her victories over both Persian invaders & the armies & navies of Greek rivals that upheld her position of leadership in Greece. Even a steady decline in Spartiate numbers aggravated by a terrible earthquake in 464 bc failed to end Spartan dominance. Only when the Thebans learned how to defeat the massed Spartan army in pitched battle was Sparta toppled from her position of primacy. Scott Rusch examines what is known of the history of Sparta from the settlement of the city to her defeat at Theban hands focusing upon military campaigns & the strategic circumstances that drove them. Rusch offers fresh perspectives on important questions of Spartan history & illuminate some of antiquitys most notable campaigns. ...

In ancient Greece Sparta was unique in having a dual kingship
- two kings from different clans the Agiads & the Eurypontids reigning
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Everybody knows that Spartacus was a great gladiator & enjoyed giving the Romans the-run around. But in this book readers will discover all the fascinating facts that they didn't know such as how Spartacus fought for the Romans as well as against them & once camped his army of rebel slaves inside a volcano. ...

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The mighty slave army led by Spartacus has carried all before it scattering the legions of Rome. Three praetors two consuls & one proconsul have been defeated. Spartacus seems invincible as he marches towards the Alps & freedom. But storm clouds are massing on the horizon. Crixus the Gaul defects taking all his men with him. Crassus the richest man in Rome begins to raise a formidable army tasked specifically with the defeat of Spartacus. & within the slave army itself there are murmurings of dissent & rebellion. Spartacus" on the brink of glory must make a crucial decision
- to go forward over the Alps to freedom or back to face the might of Rome & try to break its stranglehold on power forever."
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