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There were 20,000 miles of railways in 1865 and about a million by 2020. Scale has always been a key theme in railway history. In the First World War, the London and North West Railway transported 325,000 miles of barbed wire and over twelve million pairs of army boots. At the end of the twentiet...

Some children hate going to bed. Not Kitty! Kitty falls asleep every night curled up snug as a bug in a bed box. That is, until one spooky night when Kitty's night-light goes missing and her fear of the dark comes creeping out. The cats, unfamiliar with the concept, try to settle her down but to ...

What could be better that a cuddly teddy bear? How about a real-life grizzly bear! Kitty and the bear spend a fun-filled afternoon together, but it doesn't take long for Kitty to realise that having a grizzly bear for a playmate may be a little more trouble that she thought.

Every day brings a new adventure for Professor Hoot - and a new learning experience. A new student has joined the class, and it's distinctly robotic! What is it doing there? Professor Hoot decides to find out more about robots and AI... Discover robots that can tell how you feel, cars that drive ...

Detective and mystery stories. Paranormal. Death is only the beginning in Olivia Blackes A New Lease on Death, a darkly funny supernatural mystery that introduces an unlikely crime-solving duo. Ruby Youngs new Boston apartment comes with all the usual perks. Windows facing the brick wall of the n...

RADICALLY REIMAGINE THE SECOND HALF OF LIFE "There can be a certain perverse pleasure, as well as a sense of rightness and beauty, in insisting on flowering just when the world expects you to become quiet and diminish." -- from the book For any woman over fifty who has ever asked "What now? ...

When Nolan's hometown is attacked by the venomous beast Draka, he takes the fight to the skies using Tom's eagle feather. Helped by Queen Aroha herself, Nolan must defeat the beast to retrieve one of its scales which can be used to save Tom from Malvel's curse.

In an idyllic neighbourhood of Copenhagen, a young woman, Susanne Hansson, is discovered in her apartment bound and gagged, the victim of an extraordinarily brutal rape attack. Detective Inspector Louise Rick soon learns that Susanne met the rapist on a popular online dating site, something Susan...

CRIME & MYSTERY. It was clearly no accidental drowning. When a young immigrant girl is found in the watery depths of Holbaek Fjord, a piece of concrete tied around her waist and two mysterious circular patches on the back of her neck, Detective Louise Rick is called to investigate. The girl's nam...

Love stories. Always The Bridesmaid - Ally Blake; The best man proposition...Charlotte is a bridesmaid-for-hire, but this time a best man is also needed. Conveniently, her old friend is building a beach house next door. She hasn't seen handsome Beau for years, but begs him to step in anyway. Foll...

Fleetwood Mac have had a chart-topping career that spans over fifty years and includes some of the biggest-selling albums and greatest hits of the 20th and 21st centuries. But the band's story is one of enormous triumph and also unimaginable tragedy. There has never been a band in the history of ...

What if memory could get you killed? Imagine the past returning to you in fragments. A hotel room, a pillow, a lifeless body. Your ordinary, innocent life upended by one flash of memory. You can’t remember what led to the crime. All you know is that you must return to the scene, to the clues that...

Mystery fiction. Historical fiction. It's the sweltering summer of 1744 and when an epidemic disease threatens the town, coroner Titus Cragg retires with his wife and baby son to a remote village in East Lancashire, where he hopes his family will enjoy the healthy and tranquil air. But Cragg find...

Detective and mystery stories. Hare's Landing, West Cork. A house full of mystery ... Rachel Lambert leaves London, afraid for her personal safety and determined to uncover the truth behind the sudden death of a homeless man with links to a country house hotel called Hare's Landing. New York-base...

Literature. Historical fiction. Berlin, 1943 As the Allied forces edge closer, the Third Reich tightens its grip on its people. For 18-year-old Susanna Gt̲tmann, this means her adopted family, including the man she loves, Leo, are at risk. Desperate to protect her loved ones any way she can, Susi...

Protect, heal, and revitalize your health with herbal remedies crafted to treat ailments from modern living Protect, heal, and revitalize your health with herbal remedies crafted to treat ailments from modern living In today's busy world, our disconnection from the earth has led to an overrelia...

Based on the hit ABC KIDS TV show! Join Bluey and Bingo in six special stories all about their dad. Play Magic Xylophone, race the Grey Nomads on a family road trip and much more in this treasured collection. Includes- Perfect, Fairytale, Road Trip, Daddy Robot, Magic Xylophone and Daddy Putdo...

Halloween. Picture book. BOARD BOOK. Based on the hit ABC KIDS TV show! It's Halloween! Mix and match Bluey and her friends in their scary costumes. A spooky flip board book for kids of all ages. Bluey is an award-winning preschool show about Bluey, a blue heeler pup, and her family. Airing on AB...

When Ashley persuades her new husband Steve to leave snowy Canada and join her for a year Down Under, she looks forward to an easy transition. After all, Australia's just Canada with more sunshine and strange animals, right? But they soon discover things aren't so simple. Steve struggles to settl...

Five Go to Mystery Moor (Book 13) - The Famous Five can't wait to explore peculiar sounding Mystery Moor. But after spending a night on the heath, they begin to realise it's not just the moor's past that is shrouded in secrets. Could its treacherous mists hide the answer to a brand-new mystery? ;...

Enjoy the timeless appeal of the Famous Five with this fabulous full-colour treasury of short stories, extracts and more. This anthology includes three stories featuring "The Famous Five", "Five go to mystery moor", "Five have plenty of fun" and "Five on a secret trail". They all contain the usua...

The Seven are desperate to help Tolly and his sick horse, Brownie. But where can they hide an old man and his horse? And can they protect Brownie from thieves?

Short Stories. A collection of short stories for the younger readers of ages 5-8 yrs.

Mr Pink-Whistle is half brownie and half person, and his friend Sooty, the big black cat, can talk. But Mr Pink-Whistle can also make himself invisible, which means that he can do what he enjoys most - helping people. When Merry catches measles, she thinks she won't be able to go to the big party...

The cottage in Mr Hick's garden mysteriously burns down one night, and five children think someone started the fire deliberately. Mr Goon, the local policeman, thinks so too, and isn't at all pleased to have the Five Find-Outers and Dog nosing in on his mystery. There seem to be lots of suspects ...

A selection of ever-popular Blyton short stories for the younger reader, with clear text and illustrated throughout.

Subject: When Mike, Nora, Peggy and Jack go on holiday with Prince Paul and stay at the remote Moon Castle, they are excited to discover its mysterious past. They soon find that weird things still happen there - paintings come alive, books fly off shelves and abandoned tin mines light up with a s...

A collection of short stories perfect for children aged seven! From a pixie painting flowers to the moon falling out of the sky, there's something for everyone in these short stories from Enid Blyton. These traditional tales are ideal for younger children being read to and for newly confident rea...

Short Stories. Christmas. From tales of hot roasted chestnuts to shared gifts and falling snow, celebrate the festive season with these short stories by Enid Blyton. These traditional tales are ideal for younger children being read to and for newly confident readers to read alone. Each story stan...

Drawing from the latest research, Professor Boaler followed thousands of school students, studied their learning practices and examined the most effective ways to transform pupils from low to high achievers. Throughout her study, Boaler has collaborated with Stanford University neuroscience exper...