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  Horrid Henry: Brotherly Love

  Lucinda Whiteley

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  Brotherly Love or brotherly rivalry? Either way you're going to love this fantastic collection of 11 Horrid Henrysuper stories performed by the show's full cast. Featuring Henry and Peter in some of their most iconic adventures, as Henry turns stamp collector for the day, tries to win a turf war and discovers the value of silence. So let's turn up the Horrid and enjoy these classic stories with "Purple Penny Dragon", "Chief Secretary", "Purple Hand Business", "Mi Casa Es Tu Casa", "Merry Magician", "Silence Is Golden", "Planet of the Grapes", "Marvellous Mind Reader", "White Puffin", "Jumper Jinx" and "May The Truth Be With You". Horridly Brilliant or Brilliantly Horrid? You decide!!

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  Our Last Walk

  Hugh Conway

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  Our Last Walk by Hugh Conway is a deeply emotional and introspective tale exploring themes of love, memory, and loss. This poignant short story follows the journey of a narrator recalling a final walk with a beloved companion, reflecting on moments of tenderness, regret, and the passage of time. As the protagonist navigates feelings of solitude and longing, the story unfolds with a quiet melancholy that lingers long after the last word. 
  Narrated by Etombe Edembe, this audiobook brings Conway’s evocative prose to life, capturing the deep emotions woven throughout the narrative. With its blend of sentimentality and rich atmosphere, Our Last Walk is a literary gem that resonates with those who have experienced love and loss. 
  Originally published in the late 19th century, Hugh Conway (a pseudonym for Frederick John Fargus) became known for his moving and suspenseful tales. Our Last Walk remains a testament to his talent for crafting deeply human stories that touch the heart.

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  Black Voices on Britain

  Hakim Adi

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  A compelling anthology of Black voices from England, America, Africa and the Caribbean, from people who lived, worked, campaigned and travelled in Britain from the eighteenth to the early twentieth century. Part of the Macmillan Collector’s Library.Professor Hakim Adi, shortlisted for the Wolfson history prize, draws on a variety of published works in Black Voices on Britain, all of which describe powerful experiences: James Gronniosaw and his family endure poverty, illness and unemployment; Mary Prince is driven out by her cruel owners and turns to London charities for help; Frederick Douglass, on a lecture tour around Britain, reveals how the Christian clergy built churches with slave-owners’ money; and William Wells Brown gives his impressions of England as he travels around a country which welcomes him more readily than America. These and other voices offer a fascinating and thought-provoking portrayal of Black experiences in Britain.

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  The Grudge

  Rachel Lawson

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  "I can't see you attacking a woman why don't you defend yourself Blake," said Blake's lawyer. "I never said I did, Gabriel," said Blake Alexander, "everyone is accusing me of fighting with her but she started the scuffle messed up herself attacked me and screamed I was attacking her on a crime scene." 
  "I believe you!" said the lawyer. 
  "I pay you to believe me," said Blake gruffly 
  "and yet I still believe you," said Gabriel. 
  "thank you no one else does," said Blake. 
  "Jnr does too we'll help clear your name," said Gabriel. 
  "thank you," said Blake not putting much hope in the help. 
  "Who called for a delivery of chicken," shouted 
  snr after he saw Gabriel in his masked chicken suit at the door. 
  "Hilarious Lance, where is jnr?" said the Chicken. 
  "I had an idea to clear your grandad's name," said the chicken. 
  "what is it?" asked Jnr. 
  "I need some help I found out where the woman who accused Blake of attacking her goes dancing and I need your help," said the chicken. 
  "Hello do you want to dance?" a handsome young man ask a lonely wallflower sitting watching the dancers. 
  "Yes thank you, sir," replied Fiona Lambert standing up. 
  They walked to the dance floor and waltzed.

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  Diary of a Lunatic - From their...

  Leo Tolstoy

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  Leo Tolstoy was born in 1828 in the Russian province of Tula to a wealthy noble family. As a child, he had private tutors but he showed little interest in any formal education. When he went to the University of Kazan in 1843 to study oriental languages and law, he left without completing his courses.  Life now was relaxed and idle but with some writing also taking place.  Gambling debts forced an abrupt change of path and he joined the army to fight in the Crimean War.  He was commended for his bravery and promoted but was appalled at the brutality and loss of life.  He recorded these and other earlier experiences in his diaries which formed the basis of several of his works. 
  In 1852 ‘Childhood’ was published to immediate success and was followed by ‘Boyhood’ and ‘Youth’. 
  His experience in the army and the horrors he witnessed resulted in ‘The Cossacks’ in 1862 and the trilogy ‘Sevastopol Tales’. After the war he travelled around Europe, visiting London and Paris and meeting such luminaries as Victor Hugo and Charles Darwin.  
  It was now that Tolstoy began his masterpiece, ‘War and Peace’. Published in 1869 it was an epic work that changed literature. He quickly followed this with ‘Anna Karenina’.  
  These successes made Tolstoy rich and helped him accomplish many of his dreams but also brought problems as he grappled with his faith and the lot of the oppressed poor. These revolutionary views became so popular that the authorities now kept him under surveillance.  
  He led a life of asceticism and vegetarianism and put his socialist ideals into practice by establishing numerous schools for the poor and food programmes. He also believed in giving away his wealth, which caused much discord with his wife.  
  His writing continued to bring forth classics such as ‘The Death of Ivan Ilyich’ and many brilliant and incisive short stories such as ‘How Much Land Does A Man Need’.  
  In 1901 Tolstoy was excommunicated from the Church and controversially deselected for the Nobel Prize for Literature. 
  Whilst undertaking a pilgrimage by train in October 1910 with his daughter Aleksandra he caught pneumonia in the nearby town of Astapovo.  Leo Tolstoy died on November 9th, 1910, he was 82.

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  Rise of a Pirate - A High Seas...

  Nellie H. Steele

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  When two sibling’s worlds are shattered by a single bullet, will they choose a path that leads to danger? 
  Henrietta longs for independence, seeking it by marrying into Savannah’s elite society. But when her love interest is a philandering scoundrel, her protective brother, Clifton, vows to stop her. And when emotions run high, an accidental murder threatens to rip their worlds apart. 
  A shattered and heartbroken Henrietta mourns for the life she’s lost. Meanwhile Clifton, alone and devastated, escapes the reality of his tragedy through a series of dangerous choices. Physically and emotionally separated, the siblings find themselves on paths of reckless abandon. 
  Will their lives on water create a powerful pirate duo, or will the rough seas of their past make the waves that lead to death? 
  Rise of the Pirate is the thrilling first book in the pirate adventure series Clif and Ri on the Sea. If you like redemption arcs, take-charge females, and treacherous waters, then you’ll love Nellie H. Steele’s ride across the ocean. 
  Buy Clif and Ri on the Sea now to walk the plank today!

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