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Driving is the most dangerous thing each of us does on a daily basis - and yet the average learner receives just eighteen hours' training - less than a Starbucks barista • In this inspirational, fully illustrated, highly entertaining book, former Top Gear star Ben Collins uses his super-charged experience of racing, stunt-work and cutting-edge scientific knowledge to tell you all of the things you didn't learn on your test - and in the process will make your driving safer, more economical and a lot more enjoyable • The skills described in How to Drive, from skid control to gear changes that are as smooth as a cashmere codpiece, have been honed on racing tracks by the greatest drivers in the world. This is the stuff your instructor missed, your dad forgot and your mates pretend to know

In Eva Carter's How to Save a Life, saving a life is only the start of the story • Eighteen-year-old Kerry has had a crush on Joel for years, but knows he's out of her league. Then something extraordinary happens: minutes before midnight on the eve of the millennium, Joel collapses and Kerry saves his life • As Kerry supports Joel through his recovery, they discover a connection neither of them anticipated - until, haunted by what might have been, he abruptly ends their relationship • Over the course of the next two decades, the two are bound by that moment of life and death; each time they believe they've found love, discovered their vocation, or simply moved on, their lives collide again. But Joel got a second chance at life; will Kerry get a second chance at love? • Because bravery isn't just about life or death decisions; it's also about what happens next

Return to Lewis Carroll's Wonderland with this stunning collection of original stories from today's biggest children's authors – Peter Bunzl, Pamela Butchart, Maz Evans, Swapna Haddow, Patrice Lawrence, Chris Smith, Robin Stevens, Lauren St John, Lisa Thompson, Piers Torday and Amy Wilson • Tumble down the rabbit hole again to find out what happens in Wonderland without Alice there. Is the Queen of Hearts still ruling with an iron fist? Does the Mad Hatter still have to go to tea? And will Tweedledum and Tweedledee ever resolve their argument? • More than 150 years since Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was first published by Macmillan, revisit Carroll's amazing cast of characters – including the Queen of Hearts, the Mock Turtle, the Dormouse, the Cheshire Cat and Alice's Sister in these brand-new stories, that will bring a new generation of readers to Wonderland

Присоединяйтесь к муми-троллям в их путешествии на таинственный остров, познакомьтесь с Хобгоблином и его необыкновенной шляпой и наткнитесь на волшебную фреску. Тем временем Снусмумрик, миссис Филифьонка, Мимбл и остальные собираются в Муми-домике, чтобы дождаться возвращения семьи в Муми-долину… • "Возвращение в Муми-долину", проиллюстрированный великолепными полноцветными иллюстрациями из знаменитой анимации, является третьим сборником рассказов в коллекции, основанным на эпизодах из второй серии "Муми-долины". В восьми историях представлены любимые персонажи, в том числе Тингуми и Боб, Тоффл и смотритель маяка, а также пересказываются некоторые из самых популярных муми-сказок Туве Янссон, в том числе "Муми-тролль из семьи Финнов", "Муми-папа в море" и мастерски исполненная трогательности "Долина Муми-троллей в ноябре"

After a decade of making documentaries about offbeat characters on the fringes of US society, Louis had the urge to return to America and track down the people who most fascinated him. It would be a reunion tour, but this time without the cameras and the sense of performance being filmed inevitably brings. It would allow him to get closer to people, to discover what really motivated them and what had happened to the assorted dreamers, outlaws and eccentrics since he last saw them • On a journey that took him from the porn sets of Los Angeles to the gangsta rappers of Memphis, from a convention of UFO contactees in Arizona to Northern Idaho for a festive get-together of neo-Nazis, he asked what 'weird people' have to tell us about our own secret natures

Author of the bestselling Clifton Chronicles, Jeffrey Archer, gives us fifteen gripping and rewarding short stories for readers to return to time and again • Find out what happens to the hapless young detective from Naples who travels to an Italian hillside town to solve a murder and the pretentious schoolboy whose discovery of the origins of his father’s wealth changes his life forever. Follow the stories of the woman who dares to challenge the men at her Ivy League university during the 1930s, and another young woman who thumbs a lift and has an encounter of a lifetime • From the master of the short story, the refreshingly original stories in Tell Tale prove why Archer has been described by the Mail on Sunday as ‘probably the greatest storyteller of our age’

Ирэн вновь отправляется на опасное задание. Неужели оно станет последним? Ей предстоит в одиночку расправиться со старым врагом • Внезапно появляются тревожащие новости о исчезновении целых миров, и Библиотека как-то с этим связана…Ирэн и ее друзьям придется раскрыть эту тайну, спустившись на самые глубокие уровни Библиотеки. И то, что они там найдут, изменит все. Это будет самая опасная миссия Ирэн • The Untold Story – это восьмой роман Женевьевы Когман из цикла «Невидимая библиотека» • Книга на английском языке • Return to the world of the Invisible Library for Irene's most perilous mission yet… • Librarian Spy Irene is heading into danger. Not for the first time, but could this be her last? She's tasked with a terrifyingly dangerous solo mission to eliminate an old enemy, which must be kept secret at all costs

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To achieve the incredible • she must attempt the impossible • All her life, Alice has been haunted by visions of birds. But when the mysterious Crowley appears at Alice's door, he reveals she's been seeing nightjars - the miraculous birds which guard our souls. And a shadowy faction wants to use her rare gift to hunt the magically gifted • Forced to go on the run, Alice follows Crowley to an incredible alternate London, to hone her talents. But can she trust him? Alice must risk everything as she navigates a dangerous world of magic, marvels and death cults • Exciting, vivid and enthralling - The Nightjar by Deborah Hewitt will take the reader on a journey involving betrayal, twisted loyalties, magic and the powerful ties of friendship

Detective Superintendent Roy Grace has to solve a disturbing murder whilst protecting an innocent eye witness, in this TV tie-in edition of Looking Good Dead, by award winning crime author Peter James • When a young woman's body is found butchered in Brighton, Roy Grace cannot help but think of his own missing wife and her unsolved fate • Elsewhere in the city, when Tom Bryce finds a disc left on a train, he simply tries to do the right thing - return it to its owner. But this attempted act of kindness makes him the sole witness to that same vicious murder • Learning that Tom has made a statement to Grace's team, the killers have to act. But when they plan the murder of the Bryce family, it's not just revenge - it's entertainment • Although the Roy Grace novels can be read in any order, Looking Good Dead is the second gripping title in the bestselling series

The Christmas Party is a delicious, page-turning story full of twists and turns. At an elegant country house party, shocking secrets and unexpected romances hide just beneath the surface • A must-read for the festive season by Karen Swan, the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Christmas Secret and Christmas at Tiffany's • When Declan Lorne, the last remaining knight in Ireland, dies suddenly, an ancient title passes with him. But his estate on Ireland's rugged south-west coast is left to his three daughters. The two eldest, Ottie and Pip, inherit in line with expectations, but to everyone's surprise - and dismay - it is the errant baby of the family, Willow, who gets the castle • Why her? Something unknown - something terrible - made her turn her back on her family three years earlier, escaping to Dublin and vowing never to return