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Adventures of Rum Ba-Ba
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Rum Ba-Ba is a cheeky young lamb who is full of energy. He is always getting himself into scrapes and sees every day as an opportunity for a new adventure. In these eight short stories, ideal for bedtime reading for 6-9 year-olds, Rum Ba-Ba rescues a trapped lamb, makes friends with a fox, saves the flock from a storm, gets his wool sheared, meets a hedgehog, leads the other sheep in a dance, and finds a new home.
Glenfinnan Manuscript
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This novel is the second in a projected five-part series called The Second British Protectorate - a series of high-concept, story-driven commercial fictions from the viewpoint of alternate history, supposing a sovietised post-war Britain modelled on Cromwell's 17th century Protectorate. The themes are both historical and modern. For instance - what shape would a popular rising against such a state have taken? Who would have collaborated with the regime - who might have resisted - and who might have loafed on the leathered benches of least resistance? What would the state's religious policy have been? Might that policy have forced the merger of the churches of Scotland and England? Might the religious and messianic mania of the 17th century have returned? Might it have been believed that Jesus had come (back) to England? Might George VI have gone to the scaffold as Charles I had - dead by winter axe in London's Whitehall? What role would the great lawyers of the land and their sacred notions of constitutionality and amour-propre (not to mention the school-fees) have had in all of this? What about civil liberties, and clear and present dangers to the state? What about the asymmetric distribution of lethal capacities for oppression and resistance? What about the nature of religious identity as the ideology of that resistance? What role might cocaine have played in a ruined command-economy with a worthless currency? Might the Americans have smuggled it into Britain in huge quantities as a way of funding democratic terrorism? The Glenfinnan Manuscript (the lass with the siller buckle) - as the churches of Scotland and England are forced to merge, a band of outlaw Daniels murder the Archbishop of Canterbury in the very centre of Edinburgh, and escape with six tons of English (or British) gold. But - where is that gold now?
Sherlock Holmes in Advertising
￥19.52
This fascinating book explores the way that Sherlock Holmes has been appropriated by British businesses to advertise everything from carpets and tyres, to honey and whisky. Somerset Maugham believed that Holmes had survived so long in the public imagination because Arthur Conan Doyle had hammered the detective's idiosyncracies into the minds of his readers with 'the same pertinacity as the great advertisers use to proclaim the merits of their soap, beer or cigarettes'. Linking Holmes with consumer products in this way implies that the detective was becoming a 'brand' in his own right. But if he was a brand, then what values did he portray? Why would advertisers want to associate those values with their own products - even if those products had, on the face of it, nothing whatsoever to do with Sherlock Holmes? And how did they go about it? The book draws on a treasure-trove of advertisements in the Arthur Conan Doyle Collection - Richard Lancelyn Green Bequest at Portsmouth Museum.
Spice Girls Quiz Book
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The Spice Girls was one of the most influential pop groups of the 1990s and the most successful British band since the Beatles, but how much do you know about the band members? Are you an expert on the multi-award winning, chart topping songsters? Have you followed the careers of Geri, Mel C, Emma, Mel B and Victoria since they left the Spice Girls or would you like to find out more about what they have been up to? Dip into this exciting new quiz book and discover how well you really know the '90s pop sensation.The 100 questions in The Spice Girls Quiz Book have been designed to test your memory of the remarkable Spice Girls' story. The book is full of facts about the original all girl band including the many unforgettable hits, awards and accolades, records, individual ventures, career highlights and personal details.This book about the Spice Girls is one that you won't want to be without and is a nostalgic and fun read for fans of all ages.
Sherlock Holmes and the Hunt for Jack the Ripper
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Many people have asked why the paths of Sherlock Holmes and Jack the Ripper never crossed, since the two men were contemporaries in London in 1888? There have even been some scurrilous suggestions that Holmes was himself the Ripper. The paths of the two men did indeed cross. Holmes and Watson knew precisely who the real Ripper was and even where he lived. They also knew exactly what happened to him. If you have the stomach for it read on and all will be revealed!
Real Soldiers of Fortune
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A collection of fascinating biographies of six of England and America's greatest heroes and pioneers, including the 'King of Scouts' Frederick Russell Burnham, and Sir Winston Churchill.
Red Badge of Courage
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Published in 1895 by the American author Stephen Crane. This book is considered to be one of the most influential works in American Literature, it features a young recruit who overcomes his fears to be a hero, it also gives an insight into the cruelty of the American Civil War.
Life in the Red Brigade
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A fantastic adventure novel by the master of juvenile fiction Robert Michael Ballantyne about life in the London Fire Brigade.
Rachel Ray
￥19.52
A fantastic romantic novel set in mid-19th century England by one of the most prolific and successful writers of the Victorian era, Anthony Trollope.
Mental Efficiency
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A fantastic guide to increasing your intellectual acuity by English writer Arnold Bennett.
Old Merchant Marine
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Fantastic true stories of American ships and sailors in the times before the Civil War.
Moonfleet
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J. Meade Falkner's classic adventure novel Moonfleet has been enjoyed by readers of all ages around the world for over a century. Now you can read this timeless tale of smuggling in a sleepy southern English village.
Napoleon and the Queen of Prussia
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A classic historical fiction work by Clara Mundt, better known by her pen name of Louise Muehlbach.
Nicholas Nickleby
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Charles Dickens' tale of the young man who sets out to prove himself to his uncle when he has to support his mother and sister when his father dies has been enjoyed by readers of all ages around the world for over 170 years.
Northanger Abbey
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Northanger Abbey tells the story of Catherine Morland, a seventeen-year-old fan of Gothic novels, who is invited to Northanger Abbey, the estate of the father of her love interest, a place she expects to be dark and Gothic like the books she loves.
Nostromo
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Nostromo is a story of revolution and betrayal set in a fictional South American republic called Costaguana. Senor Gould, the owner of a silver-mining company, entrusts his silver to Nostromo, an apparently incorruptible Italian expatriate, but can he really be trusted?
Oak Openings
￥19.52
A fantastic historical adventure novel set during the War of 1812, written by the author of 'The Last of the Mohicans', James Fenimore Cooper.
Blue Fairy Book
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Thirty-seven traditional fairytales collated by famed anthropologist Andrew Lang, as one of his series of "e;Coloured"e; Fairy Books. Contains many childhood favourites, such as Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, Snow-White and Aladdin, as well as many forgotten classics like Toads and Diamonds or The Princess on the Glass Hill.
Hero Tales from American History
￥19.52
A fascinating look at some of the greatest heroes of American history, written by Theodore Roosevelt and his friend Henry Cabot Lodge, the eminent historian.Includes writings on: George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, General Grant, John Quincy Adams, and the battles of Gettysburg, New Orleans and the Alamo.
History of England 1066-1216
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A history of the 150 years following the Norman conquest of England in 1066, detailing all the major events during one of the most turbulent eras of English history.
History of Ireland and Her People
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A comprehensive look at the history of the land of Ireland from ancient times all the way through to the 1930s.
