In the backstreets of Liverpool best mates Molly Bennett & Nellie Mc Donough are up to their usual tricks. & as always theyre keeping an eye on their children & grandchildren who mean the world to them. But theyre never too busy to help out a friend so when Claire Thompson attracts a mysterious admirer its clear to Molly & Nellie that their detective skills are required... ...

Edited Introduced & Annotated by Cedric Watts M.A. Ph.D. Emeritus Professor of English University of Sussex. Three Men in a Boat is a comic classic. When it first appeared in 1889 it became a best seller & has remained popular ever since. This motley novel has not only been translated into many languages but has also been staged filmed televised & imitated. The adventures & misfortunes on the Thames of the three English friends & their pugnacious dog Montmorency provide rich humour shrewd observations lyrical reflections & predominantly genially ironic perceptions of human fallibility. The sequel Three Men on the Bummel reunites the three friends for their Bummel (roaming or wandering) through Germany. The results vary from the seductively titillating to the outrageously farcical; & subsequent history has laden the narrative with ironies. COMPLETE & UNABRIDGED ...

Martyrs to hypochondria & general seediness J. & his friends George & Harris decide that a jaunt up the Thames would suit them to a 'T'. But when they set off they can hardly predict the troubles that lie ahead with tow-ropes unreliable weather-forecasts & tins of pineapple chunks
- not to mention the devastation left in the wake of J.'s small fox-terrier Montmorency. Three Men in a Boat" was an instant success when it appeared in 1889 & proved so popular that Jerome reunited his now older
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- heroes in " Three Men on the Bummel" for a picaresque bicycle tour of Germany. With their benign escapism authorial discursions & wonderful evocation of the late-Victorian 'clerking classes' both novels hilariously capture the spirit of their age."


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Harper Collins is proud to present its new range of best-loved essential classics. ' That's Harris all over
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This is one bumper book with three times the wedgie power! This is a bind-up of three best-selling titles featuring everyone's favourite super-hero including: Captain Underpants & the Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants"; " Captain Underpants & the Wrath of the Wicked Wedgie Woman"; " Captain Underpants & the Big Bad Battle of the Bionic Booger Boy Part 1"." ...

All for one & one for all! Thats the rallying cry of the Musketeers
- guards of the French King
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A historical romance The Three Musketeers tells the story of the early adventures of the young Gascon gentleman DArtagnan & his three friends from the regiment of the Kings Musketeers
- Athos Porthos & Aramis. Under the watchful eye of their patron M. de Treville the four defend the honour of the regiment against the guards of Cardinal Richelieu & the honour of the queen against the machinations of the Cardinal himself as the power struggles of seventeenth century France are vividly played out in the background. But their most dangerous encounter is with the Cardinals spy Milady one of literatures most memorable female villains & Dumas employs all his fast-paced narrative skills to bring this enthralling novel to a breathtakingly gripping & dramatic conclusion.
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Alexandre Dumas thrilling tale of bravery brotherhood & the triumph of good over evil The Three Musketeers" is translated with an introduction by Richard Pevear in " Penguin Classics". All for one one for all
- that is our motto! Young d Artagnan arrives in Paris to join Kings Louis XIIIs elite guards but almost immediately finds he is duelling with some of the very men he has come to swear allegiance to
- Porthos Athos & Aramis inseparable friends: the " Three Musketeers". Soon part of their close band d Artagnans loyalty to his new allies puts him in the deadly path of Cardinal Richlieus machinations & when the young hero falls in love with the beautiful but inaccessible Constance he finds himself in a world of murder conspiracy & lies with only the Musketeers to depend on. A stirring nineteenth-century tale of friendship & adventure " The Three Musketeers" continues to be one of the most influential & popular pieces of French literature. In this acclaimed new translation Richard Pevears introduction investigates the controversy of Dumas literary collaborators & how important serialisation was to the books success. This edition also

Includes:: notes on the text. Alexandre Dumas (1802-70) was a pioneer of the Romantic theatre in France but in 1839 he turned his attention to writing the novels for which he is best known today pften using collaborators such as Auguste Maquet to suggest plots or historical background. His most famous works include " The Three Musketeers" (1844) " The Count of Monte Cristo" (1844-5) & " The Man in the Iron Mask" (1847). If you enjoyed " The Three Musketeers" you might like Dumas " The Man in the Iron Mask" also available in " Penguin Classics"."



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The bastard son of a nobleman Julian Bellamy is now polished to perfection enthralling the ton with wit & charm while clandestinely plotting to ruin the lords ravish the ladies & have the last laugh on a society that once spurned him. But meeting Leo Chatwick a decent man & founder of the exclusive Stud Club & Lily Leos enchanting sister made Julian reconsider his wild ways. When Leos tragic murder demands that Julian hunt for justice he vows to see the woman he secretly loves married to a man of her own class. Lily however has a very different husband in mind. Shes adored Julian forever loves the man beneath the rakish facade & his insistence on marrying her off only reinforces her intent to prove he is the only man for her. This is the final part in Tessa Dares delightful Stud Club" trilogy. Other titles in this series are " One Dance with a Duke" & " Twice Tempted by a Rogue"." ...

Iain Banks is one of the most inventive writers in the UK today producing an extraordinary range of work from family sagas set in present-day Scotland to science fiction spanning vast gulfs of space & time. He enjoys breaking the arbitrary boundaries of genre & often creates narratives blending realistic" storylines with fantastical elements. Alan Mac Gillivrays Scotnote provides an overview of Iain Bankss fiction & focuses on three novels in particular: The Wasp Factory a darkly comic piece of Scottish Gothic fiction; The Crow Road a cross-generational family saga with elements of a detective story; & Whit following the adventures of an innocent thrust into modern society. Suitable for senior school pupils & students at all levels." ...