Adams
Author
Series
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy volume 1
Language
English
Description
Thirty years of celebrating the comic genius of Douglas Adams? On 12 October 1979 the most remarkable book ever to come out of the great publishing corporations of Ursa Minor (and Earth) was made available to humanity - The Hitchhiker?s Guide to the Galaxy. It?s an ordinary Thursday lunchtime for Arthur Dent until his house gets demolished. The Earth follows shortly afterwards to make way for a new hyperspace bypass and his best friend has just announced...
Author
Publisher
Clink Street Publishing
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
He now has an ex-wife, lives in his parents' spare room and gets the kids and the dog at weekends. He might be lost and lonely, but Graham is not a victim. Six months from today he will be forty-three. He vows to sort this mess out by his birthday. He gives himself six months to get a life. Will Graham play a meaningful role in his boys' lives? Will his mates take him under their wing? Will he move out of his childhood home? More importantly, will...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster UK
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
Addicted broke new ground in sports books back in 1998 with its searing honesty about life as Arsenal and England captain alongside his struggles with alcoholism. Almost 20 years on, Sober tells of what happened once Tony gave up the drink and how he won his life back. His story will include his thoughts and feelings on six more years of playing for Arsenal, during which he would help the team win another League and Cup Double, and his subsequent...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Collingwood went to sea as a 13-year-old and died at sea aged 62 - he literally gave his life to the Navy. Based on original log books and diaries, this biography details his life story, from the American War of Independence to the victory over Napoleon's navy.
Author
Publisher
Bolinda audio
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
Description
Tales From Watership Down is the enchanting sequel to Richard Adams?s bestselling Watership Down, the enduring classic of contemporary literature that introduced millions of readers to a vivid and distinctive world. Here, he returns to the delightful characters we know and love - including Fiver, Hazel, Bigwig, Dandelion, and the legendary rabbit hero El-ahrairah - and presents new heroes as they struggle to survive the cruelties of nature and the...
Author
Publisher
BBC Digital Audio
Pub. Date
2018
Language
English
Description
Simon Jones stars as Arthur Dent in a brand new BBC Radio 4 full-cast series based on And Another Thing ?by Eoin Colfer, the sixth book in the famous Hitchhiker?s Guide ?trilogy? Forty years on from the first ever radio series of The Hitchhiker?s Guide to the Galaxy, Arthur Dent and friends return in six brand new episodes, in which they are thrown back into the Whole General Mish Mash in a rattling adventure involving Viking Gods and Irish Confidence...
Author
Series
Publisher
Orion Children's
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Join the Railway Rabbits: Barley, Mellow, Bramble, Bracken, Berry, Fern and Wisher Longears in their adventures. There are fun and games for Bracken when he meets some mischievous otters who are causing mischief along the riverbank.
Author
Publisher
Arrow Books
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
It's July 1942, and twenty-three year old nightclub singer Kate Watson has made a home for herself in bombed-blitzed London. A motley crew of friends has replaced the family she's not spoken to in years. That is until the evening Kate's sister Sarah walks back into her life. Sarah has a favour to ask: she needs Kate to return home to Dorset for one month to look after her daughter, Lizzie. Reluctantly Kate agrees, even though it means facing the troubled...
Author
Series
Publisher
Orion Children's
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
Description
Trixy, Tammy and Trig are three little girl pirates who live aboard the Lucky Lobster with their pets Mullet the dog, Kipper the cat and a parrot called Gulliver. The three little pirates have lots of adventures on the salty seas, but they're about to face their most dangerous mission of all!