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From two acclaimed British comedians, a humorous reimagining of the Odyssey for young readers.
It has taken ten long years to win the Trojan War and now, Odysseus, the victorious leader, wants nothing more than to return home to his wife and son.
What he doesn't know is that the journey ahead will take another ten years-and the journey through Hell is only the beginning . . .
Odysseus: The Journey through Hell is the second in an outrageously witty...
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From two acclaimed British comedians, a humorous retelling of the classic tales of Theseus for young readers.
After being saved from death as a baby, Theseus went on to be educated by Daedalus and coached by Hercules.
He fought the Great Tosser, fell into the clutches of Pine Bender and duffed up his Uncle Laius. He even managed to visit the Underworld. Oh-he killed a minotaur as well. All in the space of this book! Theseus certainly was some hero!...
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From two acclaimed British comedians, a humorous version of the Iliad for young readers.
The moment he met her, Odysseus knew that Helen was trouble! Now she's been kidnapped and he's determined to get her back.
Swords are sharpened, ships set sail and sights are set on Troy. Years of fighting lie ahead-bloody battles and gruesome deaths.
But Odysseus has a secret plan, and it comes in the shape of a rather large wooden horse . . .
Odysseus: The...
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This documentary brings to life the dramatic events that unfolded on the day World War Two ended in Europe: from Winston Churchill's famous BBC Broadcast in England to Truman's Victory Speech in Washington to ninety-six-year-old Jean Samuel's journey home from Dachau and onto the pacific theatre and the millions of men still fighting on the front line. Narrated by the English actor Tony Robinson, this film relives the unique stories and seminal events...
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The alien spaceship is in his sights. His finger is on the Fire button. Johnny Maxwell is about to set the new high score on the computer game Only You Can Save Mankind. Suddenly: We wish to talk. Huh? We surrender. The aliens aren't supposed to surrender -- they're supposed to die! Now what is Johnny going to do with a fleet of alien prisoners who know their rights under the international rules of war and are demanding safe-conduct? It's hard enough...
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About this Wordsworth Classic: The Ragged Trousered Philanthropists is a classic representation of the impoverished and politically powerless underclass of British society in Edwardian England, ruthlessly exploited by the institutionalized corruption of their employers and the civic and religious authorities. Epic in scale, the novel charts the ruinous effects of the laissez-faire mercantilist ethics on the men, women, and children of the working...
7) Red River
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It was around midnight when Joe Brewster sat among the emptied walls of what had once been JB's Cuts. His intention had been some kind of heroic sit-down protest. It was at the same time that Jack Baddock prowled the streets looking for someone to blame. His steady diet of anger had finally broken him and tonight he would take it out on all of them.
Well, that had been the plan. And then he forced his way into JB's Cuts and it was too late, the...
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It is the summer of 1853 and Commander James Rutherford leaves Calcutta once more to renew his campaign against organised Oriental piracy. The principal pirate leader Liang Ziu is dead, but Rutherford obtains intelligence that his criminal organisation continues to operate from a heavily fortified base, secure from conventional attack. Beset anew by intrigue and treachery, Rutherford must somehow confront and destroy this final stronghold, a task...
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Chedworth is one of the few Roman villas in Britain whose remains are open to the public, and this book seeks to explain what these remains mean. The fourth century in Britain was a 'golden age' and at the time the Cotswolds were the richest area of Roman Britain. The wealthy owners of a villa such as Chedworth felt themselves part of an imperial Roman aristocracy. This is expressed at the villa in the layout of the buildings, rooms for receiving...
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A serial killer is on the loose, going round strangling women with their own tights and removing their right shoes. Various suspects turn up but, with no obvious motive, the police are impotent and the murders continue. The only link they can find concerns a 'religious' meeting, regularly held at the local civic centre, which was attended by at least two of the victims.
Amateur detective Samantha Powers is dating Jack Parkinson who, it transpires,...
11) UnOriginal Sin
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The date 1888; the place Whitechapel in London's East End. Yes, it is the time of the unholy, but mercifully brief, reign of Jack the Ripper.
Prostitutes are being viciously murdered by an unknown assailant and, as the murders become ever more horrific, young Polish immigrant, Jacek Kaminski, is gradually suspected of being the perpetrator. He even begins to suspect so himself, being subject to blackouts during which he has no recollection of what...
12) Damaged
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The year is 1958, the place fashionable Chelsea, London. One famous film star commits suicide, and another famous star is run over. An eminent Harley Street plastic surgeon dies under suspicious circumstances, and Chief Inspector Spry of Scotland Yard is prompted to ask "When is a murder not a murder?"
When a fading film star decides to undergo plastic surgery to help revive her flagging career, it turns out to be the worst decision of her life,...
13) Seeing Double
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When a mysterious middle-aged woman moves in next door to St Stephen's vicarage, she is immediately taken under the wing of Nancy Harper, the Reverend Bernard Paltoquet's redoubtable housekeeper. As the relationship between the two women develops, however, 'Mrs Aitch' begins to entertain suspicions that her new neighbour is not all she seems. Bernard and his friend Dr Robbie MacTavish also begin to think she has a dark secret.
Another stranger to...
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"Chattering at School" is a series of animal poems that invites the reader to learn and marvel at all the wonders of the natural world. The poems include fun narratives on the surface, while containing learning and teaching moments as the poems unfold. The book has lovely illustrations and is full of moral lessons.
The introduction to "Chattering at School: Nature poems for children" explains that these poems were written by a schoolboy aged 11...
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This series of tales was compiled during the recent pandemic lockdown and they include colourful incidents in the lives of bonesetters, matchmakers, youthful lovers, newcomers from beyond the mountains, a reformed villain's wedding, celebrated by the whole community for days thereafter, and lots more.
This is the second volume and has been written once more in a lyrical language similar to that of past storytellers such as Mark Twain - enthralling...
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Full of amusement, this series of fictional tales starts with a Galwayman's arrival in Tipperary's post-famine days and portrays the daily lives of a hillside community.
Written in the colloquial and lyrical language of some of our ancestors, it tells – amongst others – such diverse stories as the reliance of families on children rabbit-poaching, on the pre-dawn cattle-droving days of a young school-leaver, the re-appearance of a dead girl to...
17) The Flawed Child
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When a child is born with a serious flaw in her character caused by an imbalance of chemicals in her mind making her incapable of controlling her actions and emotions, it can be dangerous to her as well as others. This story depicts a child who is born with such a flaw, but hides it well. Her family senses she is different, but find it difficult to accept as they see small clues that are quickly hidden.
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"Amber Molly said,...
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God and the Devil have decided to meet again at last, but to do so they must each take human form again. Rome will form the perfect backdrop to their summit.
So an Englishman who has lost his mind; an American couple with death on their minds; a young Argentinian man with living on his mind; a megastar songstress with trouble on her mind; a grouchy priest with too much on his mind... and a dog called Walter, are fated to meet, under the Roman sky.
This...
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A series of Tipperary tales within a fictitious hillside community during the early twentieth century.
'From Time to Time' includes:
*a tale of a brutal wartime revenge contrasting with the gentleness of a young English girl in the face of local hostilities,
*a tale of a young school rebel rescuing a priest from death,
*a young man's irreparable grief when his mother drowns while saving her turf in the bog,
*a youth's entry to manhood on a sunny...
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This fourth book in the series, portrays a closely-knit group of people living in the north Tipperary hills during the early 20th century - a community largely made up of small farmers, whose lives were far different from today. The book's inspiration comes from writers such as Thomas Hardy and attempts to pass on to readers the lyrical and rich phrasings of Tipperary's old hill folk and capture the spiritual wealth of an age that remained unchanged...