The Boyhood of Burglar Bill

The Boyhood of Burglar Bill
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Publisher : Penguin UK
Total Pages : 130
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ISBN-10 : 9780141913537
ISBN-13 : 0141913533
Rating : 4/5 (37 Downloads)

Synopsis The Boyhood of Burglar Bill by : Allan Ahlberg

Coronation Year, 1953, and in Oldbury a Coronation football competition is organized. The boys from the bottom pitch get a team up, but there's no chance they'll win, of course. They're just the odds and sods – one of them is even a girl – but they're all football crazy and ready and eager to beat off the opposition. A funny and moving story of football and friendship in a world when the streets were full of kids and empty of cars. Not only for boys – and girls – of 9+, there's a real pull of nostalgia for adults as well. And, of course, for all lovers of football, whether on the pitch or in the park.

Burglar Bill

Burglar Bill
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Publisher : Penguin UK
Total Pages : 36
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ISBN-10 : 9780718194192
ISBN-13 : 0718194195
Rating : 4/5 (92 Downloads)

Synopsis Burglar Bill by : Allan Ahlberg

Who's that creeping down the street? Who's that climbing up the wall? Who's that coming through the window? Who's that? ... It's Burglar Bill! Burglar Bill lives all by himself in a tall house full of stolen property. Every night (after eating his stolen fish and chips) he goes out to work... stealing things. From hats to baked beans, Burglar Bill will take anything! But one day, Burglar Bill steals something very unexpected indeed. And, it shows him that stealing has a cost! Discover the timeless tale that has delighted young readers for generations. The perfect bedtime story, Burglar Bill is packed with bright illustrations and easy-to-read text. Discover more Ahlberg classic children's books: The Jolly Postman Cops and Robbers Funnybones Each Peach Pear Plum Peepo!

The Mighty Dynamo

The Mighty Dynamo
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Publisher : Pan Macmillan
Total Pages : 288
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ISBN-10 : 9781447299790
ISBN-13 : 1447299795
Rating : 4/5 (90 Downloads)

Synopsis The Mighty Dynamo by : Kieran Crowley

Cheer on Noah and his team in Kieran Crowley's The Mighty Dynamo. Filled with footy, fun and friendship, it's an hilarious story perfect for young football fans. Noah longs to be a professional footballer – and playing in the Schools' World Cup qualifiers might be just what he needs to get scouted. But when he's banned from his school team for something he didn't do, all his dreams are in doubt. Determined to live up to his Mighty Dynamo nickname, Noah must find his own way to enter the contest – no matter what it takes! With best friend Stevie on tactics, and the skills of some unlikely new teammates, he's soon ready to take on the world – just as long as no one plays foul . . .

The Children Who Smelled a Rat

The Children Who Smelled a Rat
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 80
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ISBN-10 : 1406381675
ISBN-13 : 9781406381672
Rating : 4/5 (75 Downloads)

Synopsis The Children Who Smelled a Rat by : Allan Ahlberg

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Peepo!

Peepo!
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Publisher : Penguin UK
Total Pages : 37
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ISBN-10 : 9780141340616
ISBN-13 : 0141340614
Rating : 4/5 (16 Downloads)

Synopsis Peepo! by : Allan Ahlberg

Peepo! is the much-loved picture book classic by Janet and Allan Ahlberg. Peepo! is a modern classic that continues to delight generations of babies and toddlers and their parents A perfect gift for new babies and parents, no home should be without a copy! Here's a little baby One, two three Standing in his cot What does he see? Praise for Peepo! 'The best book ever published for babies' - Books for Your Children 'Surely no one - baby, child or adult - could fail to enjoy Peepo!' - Sunday Telegraph 'A book to last a lifetime . . . this is a perfect book for sharing' - Nursery World Allan Ahlberg has published over 100 children's books and with his late wife Janet, created many award-winning children's picture books. The Baby's Catalogue was inspired by their daughter, Jessica. The Ahlbergs' books are nursery bookshelf standards and have been the recipient of worldwide acclaim and awards, including the Kate Greenaway Medal.

Fast Forward

Fast Forward
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Publisher : Wide Eyed Editions
Total Pages : 83
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ISBN-10 : 9781786036292
ISBN-13 : 1786036290
Rating : 4/5 (92 Downloads)

Synopsis Fast Forward by : Adam Skinner

Travel back through time to experience 18 iconic moments in motor racing history in this lavishly illustrated book, which gives you the inside track on classic cars, routes, and racers. Race 'The Green Hell’ in a Porsche 911, complete the course at Le Mans in a Ford GT40, compete in the Festival of Speed at Goodwood in a Jaguar E-type, and take on the Nascar drivers at Daytona’s Speedway. Bursting with facts, figures, stats, and racing stars, this is a racing book of dreams.

One Second After

One Second After
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Publisher : Forge Books
Total Pages : 532
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ISBN-10 : 9781429922067
ISBN-13 : 1429922060
Rating : 4/5 (67 Downloads)

Synopsis One Second After by : William R. Forstchen

A post-apocalyptic thriller of the after effects in the United States after a terrifying terrorist attack using electromagnetic pulse weapons. New York Times best selling author William R. Forstchen now brings us a story which can be all too terrifyingly real...a story in which one man struggles to save his family and his small North Carolina town after America loses a war, in one second, a war that will send America back to the Dark Ages...A war based upon a weapon, an Electro Magnetic Pulse (EMP). A weapon that may already be in the hands of our enemies. Months before publication, One Second After has already been cited on the floor of Congress as a book all Americans should read, a book already being discussed in the corridors of the Pentagon as a truly realistic look at a weapon and its awesome power to destroy the entire United States, literally within one second. It is a weapon that the Wall Street Journal warns could shatter America. In the tradition of On the Beach, Fail Safe and Testament, this book, set in a typical American town, is a dire warning of what might be our future...and our end. The John Matherson Series #1 One Second After #2 One Year After #3 The Final Day Other Books Pillar to the Sky 48 Hours At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

A Book of Scoundrels

A Book of Scoundrels
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Publisher :
Total Pages : 306
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ISBN-10 : HARVARD:32044081238263
ISBN-13 :
Rating : 4/5 (63 Downloads)

Synopsis A Book of Scoundrels by : Charles Whibley

Utopia Parkway

Utopia Parkway
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Publisher : Other Press, LLC
Total Pages : 593
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ISBN-10 : 9781590517147
ISBN-13 : 1590517148
Rating : 4/5 (47 Downloads)

Synopsis Utopia Parkway by : Deborah Solomon

Deborah Solomon’s definitive biography of Joseph Cornell, one of America’s most moving and unusual twentieth-century artists, now reissued twenty years later with updated and extensively revised text Few artists ever led a stranger life than Joseph Cornell, the self-taught American genius prized for his enigmatic shadow boxes, who stands at the intersection of Surrealism, Abstract Expressionism, and Pop Art. Legends about Cornell abound—the shy hermit, the devoted family caretaker, the artistic innocent—but never before has he been presented for what he was: a brilliant, relentlessly serious artist whose stature has now reached monumental proportions.

Kitty Genovese

Kitty Genovese
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Publisher : Skyhorse Publishing Inc.
Total Pages : 369
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9781628737066
ISBN-13 : 1628737069
Rating : 4/5 (66 Downloads)

Synopsis Kitty Genovese by : Catherine Pelonero

A New York Times bestseller! Written in a flowing narrative style, Kitty Genovese: A True Account of a Public Murder and Its Private Consequences presents the story of the horrific and infamous murder of Kitty Genovese, a young woman stalked and stabbed on the street where she lived in Queens, New York in 1964. The case sparked national outrage when the New York Times revealed that dozens of witnesses had seen or heard the attacks on Kitty Genovese and her struggle to reach safety but had failed to come to her aid—or even call police until after the killer had fled. This book cuts through misinformation and conjecture to present a definitive portrait of the crime, the aftermath, and the people. Based on six years of research, Catherine Pelonero’s book presents the facts from the police reports, archival material, court documents, and first-hand interviews. Pelonero offers a personal look at Kitty Genovese, an ambitious young woman viciously struck down in the prime of her life; Winston Moseley, the killer who led a double life as a responsible family man by day and a deadly predator by night; the consequences for a community condemned; and others touched by the tragedy. Beyond just a true crime story, the book embodies much larger themes: the phenomenon of bystander inaction, the evolution of a serial killer, and the fears and injustices spawned by the stark prejudices of an era, many of which linger to this day.