: A fabulous "lost masterpiece" becomes the ultimate prize—for an art historian whose ambition consumes everyone around her, an angry young painter with a plan for revenge on the art establishment, and a desperate gallery owner who may have double-crossed his own life away. Behind the elegance and glamour of the art world, anything goes—theft, forgery, betrayal, and maybe even murder. . . .
: Grubtown tales: Splash splash and loads of cash (No:3217)
: Philip Ardagh
: 978-0-571-25349-4
: You won't find Grubtown on any maps. The last time any map-makers were sent anywhere near the place they were found a week later wearing nothing but pages from a telephone directory, and calling for their mothers. It's certainly a town and certainly grubby -- except for the squeaky clean parts -- but everything else we know about the place comes from Beardy Ardagh, town resident and author of these tales.
: The bend in the road rushed towards them, just a few more seconds. Then, with a succession of jarring crashes that shook the whole body of the car, a burst of fire hit them from behind. The windscreen starred into a sheet of opaque diamond lacework, the dashboard clock exploded powdering Shermaine's hair with particles of glass, two bullets tore through the seat ripping out the stuffing like the entrails of a wounded animal.'Bruce Curry is the leader of a mercenary band with the dubious support of three white officers. His mission is to relieve a mining town cut off by the fighting and to retrieve a priceless consignment of diamonds. Ranged against his ill-disciplined unit are bandits, guerrillas and hostile tribes that infest the land. But there is another, even deadlier enemy - one of his own men
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Noddy's perfect job by Enid Blyton. Noddy isn't so sure he wants to be a taxi driver any more and goes looking for another job. It takes Noddy lots of adventures to find his perfect job, but when he…
: Noddy - Mr Sparks's clever fire engine (No:3212)
: Enid Blyton
: 978-81-286-187-0
: Mr Sparks is polishing his fire engine when its bell starts to ring! He’s sure it’s trying to tell him something, but Mr Plod tells him not to be silly: “Fire engines can’t ring their bells by themselves!” But Mr Plod is proved wrong when the clever fire engine helps to prevent a Toy Town disaster…
: Mr Jumbo usually enjoys driving his bus – but today he’s not having much fun because he has noticed that Noddy seems upset. All Noddy’s usual passengers have taken the bus instead of his car. “The bus is cheaper than Noddy’s car,” says Martha Monkey. Mr Jumbo doesn’t know what to do. But he doesn’t need to worry, as sometimes Noddy’s car is much more reliable than the bus!
: One fine day, Big-Ears is planning to take a ride on his bicycle. But he is in for a surprise. The goblins who are upto mischief play a naughty trick on Big-Ears. suddenly his cycle starts going backwards and poor Big-Ears gets into all sorts of hilarious situations. But the goblins too are in for a surprise..