Bloomsbury

Every one of the 887 species of birds found in Britain and Europe is described and illustrated - including all rarities and introduced species. The book provides the information needed to identify every species - whatever its age or sex - and special pages highlight groups of birds that are difficult to identify....

Dogs are disappearing in her neighborhood, and Maggie Brooklyn Sinclair knows all about it. After all, she has a semi-secret after-school gig as a professional (ok, amateur) dog-walker. Maggie hates to see a pup in trouble, so she146;s even willing to help her ex-best friend Ivy recover her rescue-dog, Kermit. Kermit146;s being held for ransom, and...

On his long journey home from the Third Crusade, Richard the Lionheart--one of history’s most powerful and romantic figures--was ship-wrecked near Venice in the Adriatic Sea. Forced to make his way home by land through enemy countries, he traveled in disguise, but was eventually captured by Duke Leopold V of Austria, who in turn conveyed him...

The Complete Day Skipperis a totally practicalhands-on manual that covers the RYA Day Skipper syllabus in a way thatreflects a skipper’s growing experience at sea, beginning with yachthandling under power and moving on to boat husbandry and sailing skillsand from there to the realistic use of modern electronic navigationsystems.Eminently...

’’You see, what this country needs is a strong government to sort out the laws, bring order" Election night 1979: the sus laws had made it legal for police to stop and search anyone - purely on suspicion. Two detectives on the graveyard shift in an East London police station place bets on which party will win. A black man is picked up,...

Posing as one of Robin Hood's thieves to avoid the evil Lord Gisbourne, Scarlet has kept her identity secret from all of Nottinghamshire. Only her fellow outlaws, John Little, Much and Robin Hood know the truth - this agile thief is no boy but in fact a fearless young woman with a secret past. But Scarlet is torn between her desire to get as...