the channel charlie connelly

A bulwark against invasion, a conduit for exchange and a challenge to be conquered, the English Channel has always been many things to many people. Today it s the busiest shipping lane in the world and hosts more than 30 million passenger crossings every year but this sliver of choppy brine, just 21 miles wide at its narrowest point, represents much more than a conductor of goods and people. Criss-crossing the Channel - not to mention regularly throwing himself into it for a bracing swim - Charlie Connelly collects its stories and brings them vividly to life, from tailing Oscar Wilde s shadow through the dark streets of Dieppe to unearthing Britain s first beauty pageant at the end of Folkestone pier (it was won by a bloke called Wally). We learn that Louis Bleriot was actually a terrible pilot, the tragic fate of the first successful Channel swimmer, and that if a man with a buttered head and pigs bladders attached to his trousers hadn t fought off an attack by dogfish we might never have had a Channel Tunnel. Here is a cast of extraordinary characters - geniuses, cheats, dreamers, charlatans, visionaries, eccentrics and at least one pair of naked, cuddling balloonists - whose stories are all united by the English Channel to ensure the sea that makes us an island will never be the same again.

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The Shipping Forecast is a curious piece of broadcasting; at once impenetrably baffling yet at the same time reassuringly familiar, most of us have grown up with this sonorous gazetteer firmly planted in our subconscious. But where are these places, and what secrets do they conceal? Charlie Connelly sets off on a journey round the forecast to find out, unearthing the history and culture behind one of Britain’s best-loved broadcasting institutions.More than simply a hilarious travel book, Attention All Shipping ensures that the evocative stanzas of the shipping forecast will remain a mystery no more.

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Despite the all-pervading influence of television ninety per cent of people in Britain still listen to the radio, clocking up over a billion hours of listening between us every week. Itâ ™s a background to all our lives: we wake up to our clock radios, we have the radio on in the kitchen as we make the tea, itâ ™s on at our workplaces and in our cars. From Listen With Mother to the illicit thrill of tuning into pirate stations like Radio Caroline; from receiving a musical education from John Peel or having our imagination unlocked by Douglas Adamsâ ™ The Hitchhikerâ ™s Guide to the Galaxy; from school-free summers played out against a soundtrack of Radio One and Test Match Special to more grown-up soundtracks of the Today programme on Radio 4 and the solemn, rhythmic intonation of the shipping forecast â “ in many ways, our lives can be measured in kilohertz.Yet radio is changing because the way we listen to the radio is changing. Last year the number of digital listeners at home exceeded the number of analogue listeners for the first time, meaning the pop and crackle and the age of stumbling upon something by chance is coming to an end. There will soon be no dial to turn, no in-between spaces on the waveband for washes of static, mysterious beeps and faint, distant voices. The mystery will be gone: weâ ™ll always know exactly what it is weâ ™re listening to, whether itâ ™s via scrolling LCD on our digital radios, the box at the bottom of our TV screen or because weâ ™ve gone in search of a particular streaming station. And so, as the world of analogue listening fades, Charlie Connelly takes stock of the history of radio and its place in our lives as one of the very few genuinely shared national experiences. He explores its geniuses, crackpots and charlatans who got us to where we are today, and remembers its voices, personalities and programmes that helped to form who we are as individuals and as a nation. He visits the key radio locations from history, and looks at its vital role over the past century on both national and local levels. Part nostalgic eulogy, part social history, part travelogue, Last Train To Hilversum is Connellyâ ™s love letter to radio, exploring our relationship with the medium from its earliest days to the present in an attempt to recreate and revisit the world he entered on his childhood evenings on the dial as he set out on the radio journey of a lifetime.

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Michael Connelly is a powerhouse, an unstoppable force in crime fiction. The Waiting is proof he is at the top of his game. MICK HERRON, #1 bestselling author of SLOW HORSES ****IN COLD CASES,IT S NOT THE HOPE THAT KILLS YOU. IT S THE WAITING.LAPD Detective Renée Ballard gets a DNA hit in a case that has gone unsolved for twenty years. A recently arrested man is genetically related to a serial rapist who terrorised the city of angels.But when the relative is revealed, it is the last person you want to accuse unless the evidence is watertight...With the help of the newest volunteer to the cold case unit - patrol officer Maddie Bosch, Harry s daughter - Ballard finally has another badge on the team. But Maddie has an ulterior motive for getting access to the city s library of souls.Because some crimes have been waiting to be solved longer than others...An electrifying and authoritative page-turner from one of the greatest crime writers of all-time - the author behind Amazon Prime s Bosch and Netflix s The Lincoln Lawyer.**** CRIME DOESN T COME BETTER THAN CONNELLY: A superb natural storyteller LEE CHILD A master of the genre STEPHEN KING An incredible writer RICHARD OSMAN The pre-eminent detective novelist of his generation IAN RANKIN Nobody writes a better modern thriller EVENING STANDARD One of the world s greatest crime writers DAILY MAIL

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In this third installment of the New York Times bestselling Charlie Thorne series—which #1 New York Times bestselling author Chris Grabenstein called “a real page-burner”—Charlie tracks down Cleopatra’s greatest treasure in Egypt.Charlie Thorne is a genius. Charlie Thorne is a renegade. Charlie Thorne isn’t going down without a fight. After tracking down incredible discoveries by Einstein and Darwin, Charlie is back. This time, the great ruler Cleopatra has left behind an extremely valuable and powerful treasure, its location encoded on an ancient stone tablet. In 30 BCE, Cleopatra and her husband, Marc Antony, lost their war against Octavian for control of the Egyptian Empire. However, Cleopatra knew Octavian was really after the mysterious item that was the source of all her wealth and influence, so she hid it before dying by suicide. She left a series of devious clues behind for her children to find it, but they were lost to history…until now. In a breathless adventure that takes her across the globe, Charlie must fight for her life against ruthless enemies, match wits with Cleopatra, and solve the two-thousand-year-old mystery to prevent the most powerful treasure of the ancient world from falling into the wrong hands.

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Meet Charlie Chan. The House without a Key The novel deals with the murder of a Boston socialite in Hawai?i. The story revolves around the victim s nephew John Quincy Winterslip, a bond trader, who came to the islands to try to convince his aunt Minerva, to return to Boston but soon falls under the spell of the islands himself and is of some assistance to Detective Charlie Chan in solving the mystery. The Chinese Parrot The story concerns a valuable string of pearls which is purchased by a wealthy and eccentric financier. The son of the jeweller is assigned to shepherd the transfer of the pearls to the financier s vacation home in a desert area of California and Charlie Chan also travels from Hawaii to California with the pearls. But with two mysterious deaths, first of a Chinese-speaking parrot and then of the household s Chinese man-of-all-work, Charlie Chan has a mystery to solve. Behind That Curtain Fifteen years ago, a London solicitor was killed in circumstances in which the only clue was a pair of Chinese slippers, which he apparently donned just before his death. Sir Frederic Bruce has been following the trail of the killer ever since. Just when it seems he might finally solve the murder case, Inspector Bruce is killedâ ”and was last seen wearing a pair of Chinese slippers, which have vanished. It is left to Chan to solve the case and tie up all loose ends.

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In the summer of 1940 the British Isles stood isolated and alone facing the might of a seemingly unstoppable German war machine. Never before had the United Kingdom been in a state of such uncertainty and possible peril. Fortunately the full breadth of the English Channel held back Hitlers armies, and his ambition. Not so for the Channel Islands which stand just a few miles from the French coast. To abandon British territory to the enemy was unthinkable, yet the defence of the Channel Islands was impracticable, if not impossible. It was decided, therefore, to evacuate as many as wished to leave. This is the story of the muddled evacuation, of homes, animals and families left behind, of the German bombing of the islands, the fear of those left behind, and of those first days of German Occupation, told by the Islanders themselves through memoirs and letters, the local newspapers, and the politicians who decided the fate of tens of thousands of men women and children.

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Charlie Mackesy’s beloved The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse has been adapted into an Academy Award® winning animated short film, now available to stream on Apple TV+#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER · WALL STREET JOURNAL BESTSELLER · USA TODAY BESTSELLER“The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse is not only a thought-provoking, discussion-worthy story, the book itself is an object of art.”- Elizabeth Egan, The New York TimesFrom British illustrator, artist, and author Charlie Mackesy comes a journey for all ages that explores life’s universal lessons, featuring 100 color and black-and-white drawings.“What do you want to be when you grow up?” asked the mole.“Kind,” said the boy.Charlie Mackesy offers inspiration and hope in uncertain times in this beautiful book, following the tale of a curious boy, a greedy mole, a wary fox and a wise horse who find themselves together in sometimes difficult terrain, sharing their greatest fears and biggest discoveries about vulnerability, kindness, hope, friendship and love. The shared adventures and important conversations between the four friends are full of life lessons that have connected with readers of all ages.

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Mickey Haller and Harry Bosch together take on a seemingly unwinnable case in blistering legal thriller from Number One bestseller Michael Connelly.When defence lawyer Mickey Haller is invited by the Los Angeles County District Attorney to prosecute a case for him, he knows something strange is going on. Mickey s one of the best American legal brains in the business, and to switch sides likes this would be akin to asking a fox to guard the hen-house. But the high-profile case of Jason Jessup, a convicted child killer who spent almost 25 years on death row before DNA evidence freed him, is an intriguing one . . .Eager for the publicity and drawn to the challenge, Mickey takes the case, with LAPD Detective Harry Bosch on board as his lead investigator. But as a new trial date is set, it starts to look like he s been set up. Mickey and Harry are going to have to dig deep into the past and find the truth about what really happened to the victim all those years ago in this nail-biting courtroom drama.

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People have been drawn to the challenge of swimming the English Channel since the first recorded attempt. In this book, venerated sports writer, author and Channel swimmer John Goodbody celebrates the 150th anniversary of Captain Matthew Webbâ ™s first successful crossing in 1875 by telling his story and those of many of the outstanding men and women who have achieved the feat since, as well as those intrepid individuals who failed â “ or even died trying. Compiled with research from publications, academic journals, newspaper archives and extensive interviews, these stories tell of the heroic feats, the triumphs, the failures, the deaths and the frequent controversies as men and women have battled across the Strait, defying rough seas, storms, jellyfish and treacherous currents.

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An ancient machine holds the secrets of a distant world’s past for two intimate strangers in the latest romantic fantasy adventure by Wall Street Journal bestselling author Charlie N. Holmberg.Pell is an engineer and digger by trade—unearthing and repairing the fascinating artifacts left behind by the mysterious Ancients who once inhabited the sunbaked planet of Tampere. She’ll do anything to help the people of her village survive and to better understand the secrets of what came before.Heartwood and Moseus are keepers of a forbidding tower near the village of Emgarden. Inside are the remnants of complex machines the likes of which Pell has never seen. Considering her affinity for Ancient tech, the keepers know Pell is their only hope of putting the pieces of these metal puzzles together and getting them running. The tower’s other riddle is Heartwood himself. He is an enigma, distant yet protective, to whom Pell is inexplicably drawn.Pell’s restoration of this broken behemoth soon brings disturbing visions—and the discovery that her relationship to it could finally reveal the origins of the tower’s strange keepers and the unfathomable reason the truth has been hidden from her.

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A LOCUS AWARD FINALIST!Charlie Jane Anders, the nationally bestselling author of All the Birds in the Sky delivers a brilliant new novel set in a hauntingly strange future with #10 LA Times bestseller The City in the Middle of the Night.WOULD YOU GIVE UP EVERYTHING TO CHANGE THE WORLD?Humanity clings to life on January—a colonized planet divided between permanently frozen darkness on one side, and blazing endless sunshine on the other.Two cities, built long ago in the meager temperate zone, serve as the last bastions of civilization—but life inside them is just as dangerous as the uninhabitable wastelands outside.Sophie, a young student from the wrong side of Xiosphant city, is exiled into the dark after being part of a failed revolution. But she survives—with the help of a mysterious savior from beneath the ice.Burdened with a dangerous, painful secret, Sophie and her ragtag group of exiles face the ultimate challenge—and they are running out of time.WELCOME TO THE CITY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT Like a classic from another timeline... this book has notes of Ursula K. Le Guin and Phillip Pullman. —Robin Sloan, author of Sourdough

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A book for all ages, a book for all times, treasured by millions.Charlie Mackesy⠙s The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse was adapted into the BAFTA and Academy Award® winning animated short film.#1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER · #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER⠜What do you want to be when you grow up?⠝ asked the mole.⠜Kind,⠝ said the boy.In this beautiful book, follow the tale of a curious boy, a greedy mole, a wary fox and a wise horse who find themselves together in sometimes difficult terrain, sharing their greatest fears and biggest discoveries about vulnerability, kindness, hope, friendship and love.⠜A wonderful work of art and a wonderful window into the human heart.⠝ Richard Curtis

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*A Short History of the Apocalypse: your comprehensive guide to the challenges of Armageddon*Join Frankie Boyle (Saturday Night Swindle; Celebrity Vengeance) and Charlie Skelton (head writer: Ad Naseum; David Suchet s News Sachet) as they debrief time traveller and bon vivant from the late 21st Century, Alonso Lampe.Will humanity survive the coming cataclysm? Find out inside, along with helpful tips on cannibalism, thunderdome etiquette, and post-societal dating. How do you go about joining a militia? What will life be like in a billionaire s bunker? How will people entertain themselves in re-education camps? All these questions will be fully and satisfactorily answered.With exclusive illustrations by Hall of Fame comic artist Frank Quitely, A Short History of the Apocalypse is vital to your future survival.

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*A Short History of the Apocalypse: your comprehensive guide to the challenges of Armageddon*Join Frankie Boyle (Saturday Night Swindle; Celebrity Vengeance) and Charlie Skelton (head writer: Ad Naseum; David Suchet s News Sachet) as they debrief time traveller and bon vivant from the late 21st Century, Alonso Lampe.Will humanity survive the coming cataclysm? Find out inside, along with helpful tips on cannibalism, thunderdome etiquette, and post-societal dating.How do you go about joining a militia?What will life be like in a billionaire s bunker?How will people entertain themselves in re-education camps?All these questions will be fully and satisfactorily answered.With exclusive illustrations by Hall of Fame comic artist Frank Quitely, A Short History of the Apocalypse is vital to your future survival.

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Now in its eighth year, the Landscape Photographer of the Year Award was devised by Charlie Waite, one of Britain s foremost landscape photographers and created in association with AA Publishing. Landscape Photographer of the Year: Collection 8 features all of the winning and commended images from each of the competition categories.

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IN COLD CASES, IT S NOT THE HOPE THAT KILLS YOU. IT S THE WAITING. LAPD Detective Renée Ballard gets a DNA hit in a case that has gone unsolved for twenty years. A recently arrested man is genetically related to a serial rapist who terrorised the city of angels. But when the relative is revealed, it is the last person you want to accuse unless the evidence is watertight... With the help of the newest volunteer to the cold case unit - patrol officer Maddie Bosch, Harry s daughter - Ballard finally has another badge on the team. But Maddie has an ulterior motive for getting access to the city s library of souls. Because some crimes have been waiting to be solved longer than others... An electrifying and authoritative page-turner from one of the greatest crime writers of all-time - the author behind Amazon Prime s Bosch and Netflix s The Lincoln Lawyer.

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After three years as a PI, Harry Bosch returns to the LAPD. The superb page-turning eleventh Bosch novel from the award-winning No. 1 bestselling author. Harry is back, assigned to the LAPD s Open-Unsolved Unit with his former cop ally and partner, Kizmin Rider. These detectives are the Closers. They are thrown into a politically sensitive and dangerous case when a white supremacist is connected to the 1988 murder of a mixed race girl. The police department has changed, but one thing hasn t - Harry s nemesis, Irving. The former Deputy Chief has been pushed from power and given a virtually meaningless new role. Full of vengeance, Irving calls Harry a retread . He watches from the sidelines like an injured bear, hoping Harry will make a mistake . . .

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He s back . . . Private investigator Harry Bosch confronts a villain who s long been in hiding - a fiend known as The Poet. Former FBI agent Rachel Walling is working a dead-end stint in South Dakota when she gets the call she s been dreading for four years. The Poet is back. And he has not forgotten Rachel. He has a special present for her. Harry Bosch is adjusting to life in Las Vegas as a private investigator and a new father. He gets a call, too, from the widow of a friend who died recently. Previously in his FBI career, the friend worked on the famous case tracking the killer known as The Poet. This fact alone makes some of the elements of his death doubly suspicious. And Harry Bosch is heading straight into the path of the most ruthless and inventive murderer he has ever encountered. . .

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An execution on the overlook above the Mulholland Dam entangles Bosch with FBI Agent Rachel Walling and Homeland Security. The brilliant thirteenth Harry Bosch novel from the award-winning No. 1 bestselling author. When a physicist is murdered in LA, it seems the killer has no fear of publicity, leaving the body on the Mulholland overlook, a site with a stunning view over the city. And when it s discovered that the victim turned over a quantity of a lethal chemical to his killer before he died, Harry knows he has more than just a single death to worry about. Alongside the forces of Homeland Security, Harry realises he must solve the murder or face unimaginable consequences.

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Six months ago, Harry Bosch left the LAPD before they could fire him, and then hired maverick Defense Attorney Mickey Haller to sue the department for forcing him out. Although it wasn t the way he wanted to go, Harry has to admit that being out of the game has its benefits. Until Mickey asks him to help on one of his cases, and suddenly Harry is back where he belongs, right in the centre of a particularly puzzling murder mystery. The difference is, this time Harry is working for the defense, aiming to prevent the accused, Da Quan Foster, from being convicted. And not only does the prosecution seem to have a cast-iron case, but having crossed over to the dark side as his former colleagues would put it, Harry is in danger of betraying the very principles he s lived by his whole career.

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Audiokniha: Michael Mickey Haller je právnik bez kancelárie. Úraduje na zadnom sedadle svojho Lincolna, a tak je vždy nablízku svojim klientom - motorkárom, podvodníkom, drogovým dílerom. Zákon je pre neho málokedy o vine alebo nevine - je o vyjednávaní a manipulácii. Keď si ho ako obhajcu najme playboy z Beverly Hills, ktorého zatkli za napadnutie mladej ženy, získa po rokoch prvého bohatého klienta. Dokonca to vyzerá tak, že tentokrát bude obhajovať skutočne nevinného človeka. Zdá sa, že prípad rýchlo uzavrie. Potom však zavraždia vyšetrovateľa a Haller zistí, že prípad nebude taký jednoduchý, ako sa na prvý pohľad zdalo. Ak chce uniknúť skrytému zlu, musí využiť všetky svoje schopnosti. V stávke totiž nie je len ostro sledovaný súdny prípad, ale aj jeho život... V roku 2011 stvárnil Mickeyho Hallera na filmovom plátne známy hollywoodsky herec Matthew McCounaghey vo filme Obhajca (The Lincoln Lawyer). „Connelly predvádza energickú drámu poháňanú cynizmom a právnikom menom Michael Haller („Ľudia mi hovoria Mickey“), ktorý pracuje pre spodinu zeme a neospravedlňuje sa.“— Marilyn Stasio, New York Times „Connellyho práca má všetko – ostro vykreslené, pútavé postavy, svižné dialógy... Rovnako ako v prípade Scotta Turowa, aj on chápe, že dobrý právny thriller je predovšetkým o práve, nie o právnikoch, ktorí sa správajú ako bojovníci so zločinom.“ —David Lazarus, San Francisco Chronicle „Advokát zo zadného sedadla je Connellyho prvý právny thriller a je jedným z najlepších románov, ktoré napísal, ak nie najlepší.“ - Carol Memmott, USA TODAY „Michael Connelly je vo svete obhajcu trestných činov rovnako doma, ako bol vždy vo sfére vyšetrovateľov a policajtov. Všetky vlastnosti, ktoré mu zaslúžene priniesli mnohých čitateľov, sú tu opäť predvedené: svižné tempo, dômyselné zvraty, rafinované písanie a atmosféra autority na každej stránke. Ďalšia skvelá kniha od skvelého spisovateľa.“ — Scott Turow, author

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The apparent suicide of his policeman brother sets Denver crime reporter Jack McEvoy on edge. Surprise at the circumstances of his brother s death prompts Jack to look into a whole series of police suicides, and puts him on the trail of a cop killer whose victims are selected all too carefully. Not only that, but they all leave suicide notes drawn from the poems of writer Edgar Allan Poe in their wake. More frightening still, the killer appears to know that Jack is getting nearer and nearer. An investigation that looks like the story of a lifetime might also be Jack s ticket to a lonely end.

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Featuring forewords from bandmates Mick Jagger and Keith Richards, this is the official and fully authorised biography of the worldâ ™s most revered and celebrated drummer.Mid-1962. The newly formed Rolling Stones are on the hunt for a permanent drummer. Their sights are set on Charlie Watts, a jazz musician already well-known within Londonâ ™s rhythm and blues clubs. Fortunately for future Stones fans the world over, they persuade him to take on the job. Once installed at the drum seat, Charlie would not miss a beat for the rest of his life. He was there throughout the swinging sixties as the Stones reached superstardom and for the well-documented debauchery of the 1970s, typified by the iconic album Exile on Main St. Battling his own demons by the eighties, Charlie emerged unscathed, cementing his reputation as the thoughtful, cultured but no less compelling counterpoint to his more raucous bandmates.For almost 60 years â “ through all the band bust-ups, bereavements and changes in personnel both on stage and off â “ Charlie remained the rock at the heart of the Rolling Stones. At the same time, he was the antithesis of the rock-star archetype, an intensely private man who valued his family above all else.Drawing on new interviews with his family, friends and former bandmates â “ including Mick Jagger and Keith Richards â “ Charlieâ ™s Good Tonight is the remarkable life story of Charlie Watts: official, authorised and as itâ ™s never been told before.

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From celebrated channel of The Council comes a step-by-step guide to channeling, empowering you to access higher wisdom and receive guidance from your guides and soul team. In You Are a Channel, you will discover how you⠔yes you!⠔can learn to receive guidance from your soul, spirit guides, angels, ascended beings, and Spirit. Here, globally celebrated channel of The Council, Sara Landon, shares her top 15 channeling tips, which she has discovered over many years of channeling The Council, plus the experiential process to assist you in opening and developing your own connection to infinite intelligence. These include:· committing to a journaling and automatic writing practice· being a conscious channel· understanding that the channel has no judgment· using ⠜trigger⠝ words and phrases to channel· using all your senses to experience channeling Once you have established your connection to Source energy, a whole new and amazing world may begin to present itself to you, inviting you to discover your unique gifts, abilities, and skills. This book will invite you to play in new realms of pure potential, where higher wisdom is available to everyone. You might even meet your favorite ascended master or archangel, only to realize they have been eagerly waiting to guide you and assist you on this magnificent adventure.

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Celebrate the joy of books with the entertaining Charlie Cook s Favourite Book, from the unparalleled picture book partnership of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, creators of The Gruffalo. Charlie Cook is reading a book about a pirate captain, who is reading a book about Goldilocks, who is reading about a knight, who is reading about a frog . . . From kings and queens to aliens and ghosts, there s something for everyone in Charlie s amazing book of adventure! Perfect for classroom use, Charlie Cook s Favourite Book Big Book is an extra-large edition.

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The first book in the bestselling zombie horror series from the author of Young Bond.â ˜Lord of the Flies with zombies, filled with tons of nail-biting action!â ™ Rick Riordan, author of the Percy Jackson seriesEvery time he thought theyâ ™d gone, he heard them again. Searching for him.The sickness struck everyone over fourteen. First it twisted their minds. Next it ravaged their bodies. Now these zombies roam the streets, crazed and hungry.In a destroyed London, the young hide in gangs, scavenging to survive, but with little hope for the future. Until rumours of a safe house travel across the city. But to get there they must face the Enemy â “ the mindless zombies who lie in wait. Can these kids trust each other long enough to make it out alive?Donâ ™t miss the next book in this edge-of-your-seat series: The Dead.â ˜The Enemy scores high with its brutal vision of a post-apocalyptic worldâ ™ Financial Timesâ ˜Clever . . . fast paced . . . inventiveâ ™ Guardian

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The Reeds Channel Almanac contains essential navigation and pilotage information covering the south coast of England from the Scilly Isles to Dover, the Channel Islands and northern France from Calais to L Aberildut.Completely updated for 2026, topics include seamanship, pilotage, tide tables, safety procedures, navigation tips, radio, lights and waypoints. It also includes weather forecast information, communications, Mayday and distress procedures - in fact everything the cruising yachtsman needs to know. The large type size and clear layout, including full colour harbour plans and diagrams throughout, makes information easy to read even in adverse conditions. This handy volume is ideal for anyone cruising the length of the English Channel.Includes a free Reeds Marina Guide.Also available: free supplements of up-to-date navigation changes from January to June at: www.reedsnauticalalmanac.co.uk There are some things I would not go to sea without - Reeds is one of them. Sir Chay Blyth

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A complete survey of the archaeology of the islands from prehistoric times, through the Roman and medieval periods, down to the present day. There will also be an annotated gazetteer of museums and sites to see.

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Celebrate the joy of books with the entertaining Charlie Cook s Favourite Book, from the unparalleled picture book partnership of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, creators of The Gruffalo. Charlie Cook is reading a book about a pirate captain, who is reading a book about Goldilocks, who is reading about a knight, who is reading about a frog . . .From kings and queens to aliens and ghosts, there s something for everyone in Charlie s amazing book of adventure! This edition features the classic story with a stunning, redesigned cover and beautiful finish, making it a must-have addition to the bookshelves of all Donaldson and Scheffler fans â “ big and small!Also available with redesigned covers are: The Gruffalo, The Gruffalo s Child, and The Snail and the Whale.

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Celebrate the joy of books with the entertaining Charlie Cook s Favourite Book, from the unparalleled picture book partnership of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, creators of The Gruffalo. Charlie Cook is reading a book about a pirate captain, who is reading a book about Goldilocks, who is reading about a knight, who is reading about a frog . . . From kings and queens to aliens and ghosts, there s something for everyone in Charlie s amazing book of adventure! This handy board book format is perfect for younger readers. It features the classic story with a stunning redesigned cover and beautiful finish, making it a must-have for even the smallest Donaldson and Scheffler fans! Also available in board book format and with striking redesigned covers are: The Gruffalo, The Gruffalo s Child, Room on the Broom, The Snail and the Whale, The Smartest Giant in Town, Monkey Puzzle and A Squash and a Squeeze.

Objev podobné jako Charlie Cook

Celebrate the joy of books with the entertaining Charlie Cook s Favourite Book, from the unparalleled picture book partnership of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, creators of The Gruffalo.Charlie Cook is reading a book about a pirate captain, who is reading a book about Goldilocks, who is reading about a knight, who is reading about a frog . . .From kings and queens to aliens and ghosts, there s something for everyone in Charlie s amazing book of adventure! This hardback edition features the classic story plus extra content from Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler, making this the perfect gift.Enjoy more family favourite picture books from Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler: The Gruffalo, The Gruffalo s Child and Room on the Broom.

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A haunting debut novel of a young woman living on the edge in a Cornwall the tourists never see, struggling with the aftermath of family tragedy.

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WINNER OF BEST NOVEL IN 2016 NEBULA AWARDS, WINNER OF BEST FANTASY NOVEL IN 2017 LOCUS AWARDS, FINALIST FOR BEST NOVEL IN THE 2017 HUGO AWARDS, TIME MAGAZINE BEST 100 FANTASY BOOKS OF ALL TIME

Objev podobné jako All the Birds in the Sky - Charlie Jane Andersová

Sometimes, what we wish for isn t always good for us â ¦ Support severely struggling readers with this laugh-out-loud hi-lo tale.An XBOX loving boy hits on a cunning plan to send a pig to school in his place. Soon the pig is Star Pupil and Freddy is growing ever more pig-like at home â ¦Particularly suitable for readers aged 9+ with a reading age of 6.

Objev podobné jako Freddy and the Pig - Charlie Higson

Ypres today is an international Town of Peace , but in 1914 the town, and the Salient, the 35-mile bulge in the Western Front, of which it is part, saw a 1500-day military campaign of mud and blood at the heart of the First World War that turned it into the devil s nursery. Distinguished biographer and historian of modern Europe Alan Palmer tells the story of the war in Flanders as a conflict that has left a deep social and political mark on the history of Europe. Denying Germany possession of the historic town of Ypres and access to the Channel coast was crucial to Britain s victory in 1918. But though Flanders battlefields are the closest on the continent to English shores, this was always much more than a narrowly British conflict. Passchendaele, the Menin Road, Hill 60 and the Messines Ridge remain names etched in folk memory. Militarily and tactically the four-year long campaign was innovative and a grim testing ground with constantly changing ideas of strategy and disputes between politicians and generals. Alan Palmer details all its aspects in an illuminating history of the place as much as the fighting man s experience.

Objev podobné jako The Salient - Alan Palmer

Sebastian Faulksâ ™s Birdsong meets Kristin Hannahâ ™s The Nightingale in this moving and powerful novel about love, loss and the resilience of the human spirit.Scarred by his experiences in World War One, German doctor, Sebastian Braun lives a quiet life tending to his patients and his beloved garden. Until Sophie Hathaway bursts into his life and challenges his dearly-held beliefs. And just at the moment Sebastian discovers love for the first time war is on the horizon once again, threatening not just his peace of mindâ ¦As the Germans approach the Channel Islands, Sebastian has to make choices: be the peace-loving man he has become or stand up and fight for his principles? When he and Sophie are separated, Sebastian is left realising love may have eluded him forever. Until a chance meeting in Paris sets the wheels in motion for a dangerously devastating love affair.Readers are loving The Paris Affair:â ˜A brilliant and very unique bookâ ¦phenomenalâ ™ Kaylaâ ˜Thoughtful and unpredictableâ ¦it took me by surpriseâ ™ Christyâ ˜Rivetingâ ¦suspensful, tense and emotionalâ ™ Karynâ ˜A great readâ ¦ highly recommendedâ ™ Lesleyâ ˜Carefully plottedâ ¦ I hated to put the book downâ ™ Sheriâ ˜The plot is well paced and structured and it pulled me into the deception, suspense and tensionâ ¦I hope to see this on the silver screen one dayâ ™ Normaâ ˜Quite simply epic! It should be made into a film, as the writing is so beautifully visual and presses all the emotional buttonsâ ™ Mandyâ ˜An absolutely enthralling read from beginning to endâ ¦The historical research that has gone into this book is incredible. A fantastic story. A definite must readâ ™ Amyâ ˜I read this in a single sittingâ ¦Romance, history, and of course, the beautiful writing of Melanie Hudson make this an excellent addition to the WWII canon and one that you should not miss!!â ™ Tiffany

Objev podobné jako The Paris Affair - Melanie Hudson

WINNER ⠓ COSTA CHILDREN S BOOK AWARDTHE TIMES AND SUNDAY TIMES CHILDREN S BOOK OF THE YEARThe second sensational middle-grade standalone that follows an epic voyage from England to France in the aftermath of WW1, from the bestselling author of The Children of Castle Rock.In the aftermath of World War One, everyone is trying to rebuild their lives. If Ben is to avoid being sent back to the orphanage, he needs to find his brother Sam, wounded in action and is now missing. Lotti⠙s horrible aunt and uncle want to send her away to boarding-school (when she has just so successfully managed to get expelled from her last one!). And Clara, their young teacher, is waiting for news of her missing fiancé . . .Just as they think they⠙ve found their feet in the new order, disaster strikes, and Lotti and Ben must get away. And so they hatch a plan ⠓ to cross the Channel on Ben⠙s narrowboat and find Sam. And there s something in France that Lotti is looking for, too . . . Buffeted by storms, chased by the police, Lotti, Ben, Clara and a growing number of dogs set out on an epic journey, on the search for lost loved ones and a place to call home. One of the most compelling, joyous, tearjerking and delightful reads of the year. The Sunday Times, Children s Book of the Week Empowering, rollicking, wistful and joyful. Hilary McKay, author of The Skylarks War Magnificent odyssey . . . a rich and rewarding read . . . it deserves prizes. New Statesman A wonderful adventure. Piers Torday, author of The Frozen Sea Fast-paced and fascinating. BookTrust⠘Compelling.⠙ The Scotsman⠘Wonderful.⠙ The Week Junior⠘Impossible to put down.⠙ LoveReading4Kids⠘Exciting adventure.⠙ Just Imagine⠘Highly recommended.⠙ Books for Keeps

Objev podobné jako Voyage of the Sparrowhawk - Farrant Natasha

A coming-of-age story set in the early 1960s between the working-class East End of London and bucolic rural France; two lads find themselves on the run and in the unexpected world of the classic French novel Le Grand Meaulnes. A love of literature, swearing and smoking combine in this witty, rude and beautifully lyrical rites-of-passage novel It started on our last ever day of school. When the teacher called out “Please stop writing,” we got up from the final exam with the rest of the class and walked across the road to the pub to celebrate, still in our uniforms; two book-loving boys from the East End of London with an uncertain future. Of course, that’s when it all went wrong. We got dragged into a fight with some hooligans from another school; a weapon was pulled, a lad was injured, but nobody saw how badly because we panicked and ran before the police could arrive. We’d already arranged a secret trip to France; the bags were packed, we’d got our passports and francs, and the Morris Minor was ready to go. So, we made a dash for it, worrying about the boy on the pub floor, anxious about the police pursuing us. We got to the ferry and crossed the channel. There was a very nervous road trip, driving south with pork pies and fondant fancies, looking over our shoulders for the gendarmes, disrespecting Ernest Hemingway, smoking, which we all did in those days, and singing along with The Beatles on the radio. Please Please Me. When we finally reached Cousin Jean’s farm, it turned out he was trying to launch a mad make-or-break entertainment business based on the fabulous French coming-of-age story, Le Grand Meaulnes. So, it was agreed we could hide out with him, but only if we joined his magical circus as actors in the Harlequinade. And that’s where the story really began…

Objev podobné jako The French Run - Paul Anness

With a wife he loves and an exciting London-based career, architect Charles Waterston s life seems in perfect balance. Nothing in his comfortable existence prepares him for the sudden end to his ten-year marriage - or his unwanted transfer to his firm s New York office. With nothing left to lose, Charlie takes a leave of absence from his job to drive through New England, hoping to make peace with himself. Christmas is approaching when Charlie leaves New York, heading to Vermont to ski. But a sudden, blinding snowstorm strands him in a small Massachusetts town. There, as if by chance, Charlie meets an elderly widow who offers to rent him her most precious possession: a remote, exquisite lakeside chateau. Hidden deep in the woods, it once belonged to a woman who lived and died there two centuries before. Her name was Sarah Ferguson. And from the moment Charlie sets foot inside the chateau s graceful depths, he feels her presence, and longs to know more about the life she led. It is Christmas Eve when Charlie first glimpses her, a beautiful young woman with jet black hair. He thinks it is a neighbour playing a joke on him, until he finds her diaries hidden away in an old trunk. As he begins to turn the brittle, dusty pages, Sarah Ferguson comes alive. Intrigued and unafraid, Charlie immerses himself in the diaries, eager to learn more about the woman for whom the house was built. Sarah s first entry is dated 1789, the year she arrived in America. Without self-pity or sentiment, she writes of her harrowing journey from her native England, having fled the brutality of her aristocratic husband. Settling in Massachusetts, Sarah finds an unfamiliar land seething with the turbulence of the Indian wars. Determined to start a new life in the vast new world, Sarah finds freedom - and danger - as she builds her home in the wilderness and meets a man who will transform her life. His name is François de Pellerin, a French nobleman adopted by Indians and drawn into the battle for the growing nation. Their fateful union is a testament to a love so powerful it reaches across the centuries. And for Charlie Waterston, caught between Sarah s world and his own, their story is a gift - one that gives him the courage to let go of his past, and the freedom to grasp a future that is right before his eyes.In The Ghost, Danielle Steel has created a stunning blend of history and drama. Brilliantly interweaving past and present, she brings to life two stories, centuries apart, in a timeless novel of courage, healing and love.

Objev podobné jako The Ghost - Danielle Steel

The beloved, life-affirming international bestseller which has sold over 5 million copies worldwide - now a major film starring Lily James, Matthew Goode, Jessica Brown Findlay, Tom Courtenay and Penelope Wilton I canâ ™t remember the last time I discovered a novel as smart and delightful as this one â ¦ Treat yourself to this book, please â “ I canâ ™t recommend it highly enough Elizabeth Gilbert, author of Eat Pray LoveTo give them hope she must tell their storyItâ ™s 1946. The war is over, and Juliet Ashton has writerâ ™s block. But when she receives a letter from Dawsey Adams of Guernsey â “ a total stranger living halfway across the Channel, who has come across her name written in a second hand book â “ she enters into a correspondence with him, and in time with all the members of the extraordinary Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society. Through their letters, the society tell Juliet about life on the island, their love of books â “ and the long shadow cast by their time living under German occupation. Drawn into their irresistible world, Juliet sets sail for the island, changing her life forever.

Objev podobné jako The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society - Annie Barrowsová, Mary Ann Shafferová

Reads like a modern classic. Sharp, funny, original â “ I thought this was brilliant â “ Sam Copeland, author of the bestselling Charlie Changes into a Chicken What a FEAST! A funny and (bone) cracking good readâ ™ â “ Michelle Harrison, bestselling author of A Pinch of MagicMajor film deal announced with Warner Brothers and Harry Potter and Fantastic Beasts producer, David Heyman.The most exciting new children s book of 2020 and a modern classic in the making. The Beast and the Bethany has all the classic macabre humour of Roald Dahl with the warmth and charm of Despicable Me, finished off with a gleeful bite of Little Shop of Horrors! This book should be on every little monster s birthday and Christmas list.Ebenezer Tweezer is a youthful 511-year-old. He keeps a beast in the attic of his mansion, who he feeds all manner of things (including performing monkeys, his pet cat and the occasional cactus) and in return the beast vomits out presents for Ebenezer, as well as potions which keep him young and beautiful. But the beast grows ever greedier, and soon only a nice, juicy child will do. So when Ebenezer encounters orphan Bethany, it seems like (everlasting) life will go on as normal. But Bethany is not your average orphan â ¦Jack Meggitt Phillips is an incredibly exciting new talent. He is an author, scriptwriter and playwright whose work has been performed at The Roundhouse and featured on Radio 4. He is scriptwriter and presenter of The History of Advertising podcast. In his mind, Jack is an enormously talented ballroom dancer, however his enthusiasm far surpasses his actual talent. Jack lives in north London where he spends most of his time drinking peculiar teas and reading PG Wodehouse novels.Isabelle Follath is an illustrator who has worked in advertising, fashion magazines and book publishing, but her true passion lies in illustrating childrenâ ™s books. She also loves drinking an alarming amount of coffee, learning new crafts and looking for the perfect greenish-gold colour. Isabellelives in Zurich, Switzerland.Sold in a remarkable 32 LANGUAGES to date!

Objev podobné jako The Beast and the Bethany - Jack Meggitt-Phillips

The first instalment in a new psychological crime thriller duology from Daniel G. Miller offers a twisty, suspenseful thrill ride for fans of Freida McFadden, Charlie Donlea and Karin Slaughter.⠘Irresistible.⠙ ⠓ James Patterson***A missing girl. An orphanage filled with secrets.A lie worth killing for.Hazel wants a new life.She s thirty years old, single, and her private investigation business is months away from folding.Her luck takes a turn when Madeline Hemsley, a mysterious socialite, pays Hazel a visit with an offer too enticing to resist. An orphan girl has disappeared from a children s home ⠓ The Orphanage By The Lake, as the locals call it ⠓ and Madeline wants Hazel to find her.At first glance, it appears to be a standard runaway case, but as Hazel plunges into the investigation, she finds signs of something more: unexplained blood stains, cryptic symbols, sinister figures shadowing her every move. The more she digs, the more she realises that The Orphanage By The Lake holds terrifying secrets, and even worse⠦⠦so does Madeline.Fans of Freida McFadden s The Housemaid, Charlie Donlea s The Girl Who Was Taken, and Karin Slaughter s Pretty Girls will love this suspenseful, haunting mystery that introduces a bold new heroine in the world of crime fiction.Tropes:PsychologicalMystery ThrillerSuspense ThrillerMissing PersonPrivate InvestigatorCharacter-DrivenKeep an eye out for book two, The Red Letter, arriving in July 2025!

Objev podobné jako The Orphanage by the Lake - Daniel Miller

A detective searches for the missing - his ex-wife is nextWhen DI Sebastian Locke gets a call about his ex-wife, Charlie, he fears the worst.Charlie has been a drug addict for years, so Seb has anticipated discovering her death ⠦ and wonders how he will tell Tilly, their teenaged daughter. But it⠙s Charlie⠙s boyfriend whose body he finds at the squalid flat ⠓ and Charlie is nowhere to be found.But the case soon ramps up as more addicts go missing from the streets. As Seb and the Thamespark squad delve deeper, they uncover the twisted plan behind these disappearances.But can Seb find the shadowy man at the centre of it all ⠓ and rescue the mother of his child ⠓ before it⠙s too late?An unputdownable police procedural that fans of Lynda LaPlante and Karin Slaughter will love.Praise for NJ Mackay:⠘I loved every paragraph, every sentence and every word of this masterpiece!⠦I am totally hooked!⠙ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review⠘I was glued to this⠦A great story with a fantastic never saw it coming twist. Highly recommended.⠙ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review⠘The ending was mind-blowing⠦I cannot say enough good things about this book.⠙ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review⠘Brilliant book. Didn⠙t want to read it all in one go as I was enjoying it so much.⠙ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review⠘So well plotted that you⠙ll find yourself staying up reading half the night.⠙ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review⠘Plenty of red herrings and an ending I did not see coming. This really sucked me in from the start⠙ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review⠘A terrific book⠦enough twists and false leads to keep things gripping, amazing characters and natural dialogue.⠙ ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Reader Review

Objev podobné jako The Vanished - NJ Mackay

Rewrites the script for spy fiction in the 21st century Nigel Inkster, former Deputy Chief and Director for Operations and Intelligence at MI6 A twisty political thriller â ¦ The Peak provides a rare insider s look Alma Katsu, author former CIA and NSA analystâ ˜[An] impressive first novel â ¦ illuminating and extremely alarmingâ ™ Literary ReviewTHREE WORDS IN MANDARIN.THATâ ™S ALL IT TAKES TO END THE WORLD.Planes circle, unable to land. The phone lines are down. The power is out.And the only person who knows why is dead.That man was Sebastian, a handsome politician on the rise. Charlie, his political attack dog and childhood friend, just watched him kill himself.Then the Secret Intelligence Service comes knocking.What the hell did Sebastian do?And can Charlie find out before the world implodes?The Peak is a nailbiting and fast-moving international thriller that weaves a story of friendship and betrayal together with the ruthless geopolitics of China s rise, set in the last twenty four hours of the world as we know it.

Objev podobné jako The Peak - Sam Guthrie

In 1517, a certain Dr Beale, rector of St Mary Spitall in London, roused the capitalâ ™s mob by laying the blame for an increase in poverty squarely upon the shoulders of grasping foreigners. â ˜God has given England to Englishmen,â ™ he fumed, â ˜as birds would defend their nest, so ought Englishmen to cherish and defend themselves and to hurt and grieve aliens for the common weal.â ™ But migration was not the only factor influencing Tudor attitudes to Europe. War, religion, commerce and dynastic security were all critical in linking England to developments abroad, in ways that remain strikingly relevant today.What were the forces that shaped the shifting perspectives of Tudor men and women and their rulers towards a continent at the crossroads? And what, in turn, were the responses of sixteenth-century Europeans to their counterparts across the Channel? The Tudors and Europe looks at a time when the very survival of England hung critically in the balance and asks if it has lessons for the present.

Objev podobné jako The Tudors and Europe - John Matusiak

Come and play with the Gruffalo and friends in this fun sticker book, bursting with activities to complete and over 1000 stickers!The Gruffalo and Friends Super Sticker Book is bursting with fun puzzles, colouring, sticker scenes and more, and features all your favourite characters from the incomparable pairing of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler.With sixty-four pages of activities to complete, plus over 1000 stickers to use in the book or wherever you want, there s enough to keep little paws busy for the holidays.Includes characters from the following classic titles: The Gruffalo, The Gruffalo s Child, Room on the Broom, The Snail and the Whale, Charlie Cook s Favourite Book, A Squash and a Squeeze, Monkey Puzzle and The Smartest Giant in Town.

Objev podobné jako The Gruffalo and Friends Super Sticker Book - Julia Donaldsonová

Rewrites the script for spy fiction in the 21st century Nigel Inkster, former Deputy Chief and Director for Operations and Intelligence at MI6 A twisty political thriller â ¦ The Peak provides a rare insider s look Alma Katsu, author former CIA and NSA analystâ ˜[An] impressive first novel â ¦ illuminating and extremely alarmingâ ™ Literary ReviewTHREE WORDS IN MANDARIN.THATâ ™S ALL IT TAKES TO END THE WORLD.Planes circle, unable to land. The phone lines are down. The power is out.And the only person who knows why is dead.That man was Sebastian, a handsome politician on the rise. Charlie, his political attack dog and childhood friend, just watched him kill himself.Then the Secret Intelligence Service comes knocking.What the hell did Sebastian do?And can Charlie find out before the world implodes?The Peak is a nailbiting and fast-moving international thriller that weaves a story of friendship and betrayal together with the ruthless geopolitics of China s rise, set in the last twenty four hours of the world as we know it.

Objev podobné jako The Peak - Sam Guthrie

Torn between two nations, she will risk everything . . .Seventeen-year-old Elise Bouchard has always called Northern France home. But when her English father, Sidney Cooper, is captured by the Nazis, her world is shattered. Fearing for her safety, Elise is forced to abandon the only life she has ever known - her beloved grandmother, her brother fighting in the Resistance, and the comfort of her maternal homeland. With the help of Nathan Hawkes, a British soldier, she escapes from Dunkirk on a small boat, seeking sanctuary across the Channel where unknown family ties are her only hope.Yet East London s Silvertown is far from a refuge, and amid the chaos of war, Elise is plunged into a dangerous new reality when she is recruited as a spy by the Special Operations Executive. With her heart divided between two nations, Elise must summon all her courage to survive.Suspenseful, atmospheric, and deeply moving, The Englishman s Daughter is a gripping tale of love and resilience in the face of unimaginable odds.Praise for Kay Brellend: Vividly rendered Historical Novel Society A fantastic cast of characters Goodreads Thoroughly absorbing Goodreads

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Fresh and funny - Sunday Times Children s Book of the WeekThe hilarious and moving new book from funny fiction superstar Sam Copeland, author of the bestselling Charlie Changes Into a Chicken.Uma Gnudersonn has a head full of questions: How can I save my home from being sold? Will my dad ever start talking again? And how do alpacas get drunk? But since her mum died, Uma s life has been short on answers.Then she finds a genius artificial intelligence called Athena who knows everything.Suddenly Uma has the answer to any question she can imagine - from the capital of Mozambique to the colour of her headteacher s underpants - and she s going to use them to save her home and her father. Along the way, Uma will have to confront the sinister inventor who will stop at nothing to get Athena back - and face up to the fact that not all questions have answers . . . Utterly brilliant - Eoin Colfer, author of Artemis Fowl This fast paced adventure is full of warmth and wit - Sunday Express Slapstick, satire, silliness . . . truly cheering entertainment - Sunday Times Best Books for Children 2021 Hilarious and full of heart - Jasbinder Bilan, author of Costa-award-winning Asha and the Spirit Bird Original, hilarious and delightfully madcap - Katie Tsang, author of Dragon Mountain Funnier than an alpaca with a well-honed stand-up routine - David Solomons, author of My Brother is a Superhero Fast, funny and full of heart - Amy Sparkes, author of The House at the Edge of Magic A brilliantly funny story . . . I loved it! - Cat Doyle, author of The Storm-Keeper s Island Comedy gold - Sibeal Pounder, author of Witch Wars

Objev podobné jako Uma and the Answer to Absolutely Everything - Copeland Sam