These are four new titles in this burgeoning series providing a great introduction to the remarkable lives of important historical figures. Each book describes a famous life following the protagonist through their triumphs & tribulations. It has lively speech colourful illustrations & photographs that bring the reader closer to the action as the story unfolds. ...

The inside story of one of the most famous of all the back rooms of the Second World War
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For over 30 years Stan Winston & his team of artists & technicians have been creating characters creatures & monsters for the silver screen from The Terminator" & the extraterrestrial monstrosities of " Aliens" & " Predator" to the amazing dinosaurs of " Jurassic Park" & the fanciful character of " Edward Scissorhands". Now at last he's opening up the Stan Winston Studios to collaborate on the first-ever book to reveal all the behind-the-scenes secrets of his groundbreaking & hugely influential artistry & effects work. Featuring an extensive array of sketches production art & photographs straight from the studio archives this is the book his fans have been waiting for!" ...

Poor Winstons too busy to play with his friends -- he is off to the vet with a great big splinter in his paw & theres absolutely nothing worse than having a splinter in your paw or so Winston thinks. But what Winston doesnt see as he crosses the busy city is that unlike his friends hes one very lucky pup! If only he would look around & see the chaos he leaves behind him.. .but having a splinter can be very distracting. A bright bold & brilliantly funny book. ...

One in a series that introduces KS1 readers to the changing seasons. The books explain when & how the seasons experienced in the UK occur & their effect on animal behaviour & plants. Chapter headings are designed as child-friendly questions to help children focus & learn. ...

Following the widely acclaimed & bestselling The Summer Book" here is a " Winter Book" collection of some of Tove Janssons best loved & most famous stories. Drawn from youth & older age & spanning most of the twentieth century this newly translated selection provides a thrilling showcase of the great Finnish writers prose scattered with insights & home truths. It has been selected & is introduced by Ali Smith. The " Winter Book" features 13 stories from Tove Janssons first book for adults " The Sculptors Daughter" (1968) plus 7 of her most cherished later stories (from 1971 to 1996) translated into English & published here for the first time." ...

A girl Nell was convinced should have a good time at seventeen have met her true love at eighteen be engaged at nine & marry at twenty-one. While her mother regards the Locarno Dancehall as a den of iniquity for seventeen-year-old shop-girl Nell Mc Clusky its the centre of the universe. Where else is she going to meet the man of her dreams wholl take her away from the hum-drum realities of life on a council estate in 1950s Edinburgh? At first Alistair Rutherford doesnt look that promising. He dresses more like a student than Nells idol Buddy Holly. But Alistair comes from a wealthy family & is studying to be a lawyer two things that mean that Nell soon has plans to leave her dance hall days far behind her. But the reality of marriage is far different to Nells romantic notions... ...

Tis the season to be jolly... But can Eve find happiness through the frost...? Eve has never liked Christmas not since her beloved fiance was killed in action in Afghanistan on Christmas Day. So when her adored elderly aunt dies the last thing she is expecting is to be left a theme park in her will. A theme park with a Christmas theme... And thats not the only catch. Her aunts will stipulates that Eve must run the park with a mysterious partner the exotically named Jacques Glace. Who is this Jacques & why did Aunt Evelyn name him in her will? But Eve isnt going to back down from a challenge. Shes determined to make a success of Winterworld no matter what. Can she overcome her dislike of Christmas & can Jacques melt her frozen heart at last...? ...

Winter in Denton is cold bleak & busy time for Detective Inspector Jack Frost whose unsolved crime figures are mounting as he struggles to bring them down in the face of manpower shortages & budget cuts. Denton is having more than its fair share of crime. A serial killer is murdering local prostitutes; a man demolishing his garden shed uncovers a long buried skeleton; an armed robbery at a local mini-mart; a ram-raid at a jewellers & a series of burglaries. But Frost's main concern is for the safety of a missing schoolgirl. Nine weeks ago Vicky Stuart eight years old didn't return home from school & in spite of exhaustive enquiries & extensive searches has never been seen since. Another little girl from the same school is reported missing. Her body is found...raped & strangled. Frost's prime suspect strongly protesting his innocence hangs himself in his cell leaving a note blaming Frost for driving him to suicide. Subsequent evidence points to the man's innocence. Coarse insubordinate & fearless DI Jack Frost is in serious trouble. ...

Winter Games" is a dazzling tale of secrets & betrayal & the perfect novel for fans of " The Bolter" by Frances Osborne & all those fascinated by the Mitford sisters. Munich 1936. She doesnt know it but eighteen-year old Daphne Linden has a seat in the front row of history. Along with her best friend Betsy Barton-Hill & a whole bevy of other young English upper-class girls Daphne is in Bavaria to improve her German to go to the Opera to be finished. It may be the Third Reich but another war is unthinkable & the girls are having the time of their lives. Arent they? London 2006. Seventy years later & Daphnes granddaughter Francie Fitzsimon has all the boxes ticked: large flat successful husband cushy job writing up holistic spas... The hardest decision she has to make is where to go for brunch
- until that is events conspire to send her on a quest to discover what really happened to her grandmother in Germany all those years ago. Praise for Rachel Johnson: " Wonderfully readable". (" Guardian"). " Shiveringly brilliant". (Jilly Cooper). " Very funny relentlessly observant". (" Daily Mail"). " Sharp funny & knowing". (India Knight). Rachel Johnson is a journalist who has written two previous novels & two volumes of diaries. " The Mummy Diaries" " Notting Hell" " Shire Hell" & "A Diary of The Lady" are all available now from Penguin."
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