With a flamboyant approach to the game on and off the pitch, Australia's greatest bowler Shane Warne is an irresistible cricketing force. In Shane Warne's Century, he candidly profiles 100 players from every Test nation who have had the most significant impact on his cricketing life.Warne is famous for having never scoring a Test century, although he came tantalisingly close on several occasions. He now wants to set the record straight by writing about a century of cricket...

It should have been routine: bring a group of entertainers down from Cantria to Loperpoort for a private party.But the fee was paid in counterfeit coin. Now Jorinde stands accused of knowingly passing bad money – and perhaps being the counterfeiter, too.Can she prove her innocence, when the agent who paid her has vanished and it seems the private party may never even have existed? And can she work out who's really behind the scheme — and why they want to destroy no...

As if recovering from a raucous dream of the 1960s, Gerry Beckley, Dewey Bunnell, and Dan Peek arrived on 1970s American radio with a sound that echoed disenchanted hearts of young people everywhere. The three American boys had named their band after a country they'd watched and dreamt of from their London childhood Air Force base homes. What was this country? This new band? Classic and timeless, America embodied the dreams of a nation desperate to emerge from the desert and finally give t...

Everyone knows the story, or thinks they do. The leg-spinner who rewrote the record books. One of Wisden's five cricketers of the twentieth century. A sporting idol across the globe. A magnet for the tabloids. But the millions of words written and spoken about Shane Warne since his explosive arrival on the Test cricket scene in 1992 have only scratched the surface. The real story has remained untold.In No Spin, Shane sets the record straight. From his extraordinar...

The mischievous, adventurous Peter Rabbit is hopping into cinemas for the first time ever on 16th March.This is the chapter book based on the major new movie.Peter Rabbit is always breaking into Old Mr McGregor's garden and stealing his vegetables. And it's always getting him into trouble! But everything is about to change . . . Will Peter finally be able to take control of the vegetable patch, or will someone stand in his way?Peter Rabbit™ is a live action...

Mole loves labelling things, but when he comes across a strange thing, he doesn’t know what to call it. It’s lumpy and bumpy, and has snippy-snappy teeth. Could it be dangerous? Look out, Mole!

Perhaps the closest a human being comes to visiting another planet is to descend into the sea. In Soundings, Kennedy Warne connects his lifelong exploration of the underwater world with a global story of humanity' s relationship with the sea. Drawing on more than 20 years of fieldwork for National Geographic, he shares experiences that range from diving with harp seals under the sea ice of the Gulf of St Lawrence to following the legendary ' sardine run' along South Africa' s Wild Coast; f...

Dotty, the puppy, just cannot get to sleep in her new home. One after another, the other pets try to help by suggesting what they would do to fall asleep. But nothing helps. Finally, all the new friends find comfort – and sleep – snuggled together in Dotty’s bed!

Written in the style of "Tuesdays with Morrie"-Mystical Mentor, based on a true story, is a powerful pathway filled with simple exercises anyone can use to break through barriers. If it feels like something is missing and you have yet to find your rightful place, this book may have been written for you. Richard was well-dressed and attempting to impress others when he met Russell Swank, a humble self-made multi-millionaire. The real Richard, the man behind his mask, had trouble making ends...

The sixteen essays in The Larder argue that the study of food does not simply help us understand more about what we eat and the foodways we embrace. The methods and strategies herein help scholars use food and foodways as lenses to examine human experience. The resulting conversations provoke a deeper understanding of our overlapping, historically situated, and evolving cultures and societies.The Larder presents some of the most influential scholars in the discipl...

SEARCHING FOR CEDRIC…..is about looking for Cedric the caterpillar who has gone missing!! Wally the worm is very concerned as he had made friends with Cedric before he disappeared, so Wally, and his many friends go looking for him, and we meet all Wally’s friends as well as a few more! The end of the story brings lots of surprises!

This book seeks to provide a comparative assessment of the significance of ‘human factors’ in effective counter-terrorism.The phrase ‘human factors’ is used to describe personal relationships, individual capabilities, effective leadership, technical interface, organisational culture and the community engagement necessary to effectively minimise, counter and control the threat of terrorism. Unlike many works in the field, this book is constructed around the input of ‘experienced kno...