In Spoilt Rotten social commentator Theodore Dalrymple (Our Culture or What is Left of It 2009) grinds his axe at our sentimentality-centric culture where feelings have become the yardstick of everything we do: safe driving education taking of responsibility (none) sentimentality (everywhere). In this forensic polemic of maudlin popular culture from X-factor to Super Nannies Dalrymple wields his scalpel at all our modern sacred cows. Children will be speechless for once parents will hang their heads in shame! ...

Spoken from the Front" is the story of the Afghan Campaign told for the first time in the words of the servicemen & women who have been fighting there. With unprecedented access to soldiers of all ranks as well as pilots reservists engineers medics Royal Military police mechanics cooks & other military personnel Andy Mc Nab has assembled a portrait of modern conflict like never before. This is the full experience of our troops on the ground & in the air. The horrors cruelties drudgery excitement & banter of these soldiers' lives combine to form a chronological narrative of all the major events in Helmand during the British Army's time there. From their action-packed dramatic moving & often humorous testimonies in interviews diaries letters & emails written to family friends & loved ones emerges a 360-degree picture of guerrilla warfare up close & extremely personal. It is as close to the real thing as you can get." ...

Conflicting signals! Public sector cutbacks soaring input costs & a mixed picture all round. You need SPON'S ARCHITECTS' & BUILDERS' PRICE BOOK 2013 to get the detail right. SPON'S A&B PRICE BOOK compiled by Davis Langdon provides the most accurate detailed & professionally relevant construction price information currently available for the UK. Its unique Tender Index updated through the year provides an ongoing reality check & adjustment for changing market conditions. This is the only price book which sets out a detailed cost base for contracts exceeding GBP3 500 000 in value. Use the access code inside the back cover of the book to get set up with internet access to this 2013 edition until the end of December 2013. We now provide Spon's Online a versatile & powerful online data viewing package which replaces the estimating software & ebook of recent years & which is no longer supplied with the hard copy book. Major changes have been made to this 138th edition: As well as an overhaul of prices SPON'S ARCHITECTS' & BUILDERS' PRICE BOOK 2013
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Its gone football crazy down in Bikini Bottom! Mr Krabs has started the Krusty Krab soccer team & Squidward is captain. Sponge Bob & Patrick eagerly try out for the team & even though Squidward doesnt want them to join he has to take them because.. .they have skills! When the Krusty Krab team plays against the team from the Chum Bucket Sponge Bob cant wait to score goals ? but he finds out that theres more to being a good soccer player than being the ace scorer. Join Sponge Bob & his friends in this team-friendly soccer story! ...

There's no place like Bikini Bottom for laughs & Sponge Bob & his friends are sure to keep readers laughing til the tide comes in with this joke book bind-up! Included in this collection of four joke books are Jokes from the Krusty Krab Nautical Nonsense Classroom Crack-ups! & For Singing Out Loud! ...

What happened when Plankton donned a Patrick costume to try & weasel the Krabby Patty recipe out of Sponge Bob? How did baking a cheer up!" cake for Squidward get the Krusty Krab closed by the health inspector? Will Sponge Bob ever make it back from Hiccup Island? Find out the answers to these mysteries & more in this first ever collection of hilarious Sponge Bob comics!" ...

What happens when old spies come out to play one last game? In New York a young Cuban called Tito is passing iPods to a mysterious old man. Such activities do not go unnoticed however in these early days of the War on Terror & across the city an ex-military man named Brown is tracking Titos movements. Meanwhile in LA journalist Hollis Henry is on the trail of Bobby Chombo who appears to know too much about military systems for his own good. With Bobby missing & the trail cold Hollis digs deeper & is drawn into the final moves of a chilling game played out by men with old scores to settle... ...

Time is running out for Thomas Ward. His final battle against the Fiend is drawing near & the Spooks apprentice has never felt more alone in his task. Isolated & afraid the Fiend is set to send the greatest of his servants against him
- Siscoi a Vampire God more ferocious than anything he has yet faced. Tom must risk his life to prevent the evil beast from entering this world even as he learns that the final destruction of the Fiend may involve a sacrifice more terrible than he can imagine...
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This is a fabulous collection of stories based on many of the witches from Joseph Delaneys Spooks books. Ever wondered why the Spook doesnt trust girls who wear pointy shoes? Or why Grimalkin became the Assassin for the Malkin Witch clan? Find out all this & more in this a dark & eerie collection. You dont have to know the Spooks books to enjoy the stories. Theyre all standalone & absolutely haunting. This is a perfect introduction to the world of The Spooks Apprentice". But for any fans of the series out there this collection will be a must-have." ...