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Meet RORY BRANAGAN – he eats bad guys for breakfast. Well, not ACTUALLY. But he IS the best detective in town. Third in a hilarious illustrated comedy-crime book series for kids. Hello. I am Rory Branagan. I am ACTUALLY a detective. This week, my school put on the BIGGEST, BEST school fete the world has ever known. We are raising money to make St Bart's BOOMTASTIC, with adventure playgrounds and even a DRAGON. But now the cash has GONE, and my Accomplice Cassidy 'the Cat' Callaghan has been BLAMED for stealing it. I'm thinking… I must use my detectiving to find the real thief and RESCUE the Cat! Join Rory as he LEAPS into a new crime-fighting adventure with a dastardly theft, the biggest crime lord ever, head teachers that look like turkeys, and a real live KOMODO DRAGON. There are seven books in the RORY BRANAGAN (DETECTIVE) series and this is the third. Perfect for readers aged 8 and up.

Meet RORY BRANAGAN - he eats bad guys for breakfast. Well, not ACTUALLY. But he IS the best detective in town. Fourth in the hilarious illustrated comedy- crime book series for kids, RORY BRANAGAN (DETECTIVE).

Meet RORY BRANAGAN - he eats bad guys for breakfast. Well, not ACTUALLY. But he IS the best detective in town. Sixth in a hilarious comedy-crime series for readers of 8+.

'She takes my hand. 'Andrew,' she says, 'let's have children.' I know this is a historic moment. I must respond like a man. So I ignore her...' This wise, intimate, and hilarious book is based on Andrew Clover's much-loved "Sunday Times" columns. He tells stories about how he's coped with all the big parenting issues: sibling rivalry, choosing a school, winning an argument about where you're spending Christmas. He also wrestles with all the big questions: Why do I have no friends anymore? Am I turning into my dad? Will we ever have sex again? He describes the journey he made from reluctant father, to being the happiest man in North London, as he learns from his daughters that, if you want to have fun, you better start playing.

Ten-year-old Rory Branagan teams up with his neighbor, Cassidy Corrigan, and canine sidekick, Wilkins Welkin, to investigate his father's disappearance seven years before, but first gets caught up in neighborhood mysteries

Be bold, be curious, be DETECTIVES! The story of Rory Branagan continues and this time there is a canine caper to be solved. Rory Banagan is a detective and he eats bad guys for breakfast--well, not actually. But someone is stealing dogs, and Rory's own dog and best friend in the world, Wilkins Welkin, is in danger. It's up to Rory and his sidekick, Cassidy Corrigan, to get to the bottom of this mystery in a dog-eat-dog world, before it's too late. Both hilarious and heroic, this heart-warming, easy-to-read heavily illustrated adventure will leave you panting for more.

Polly has been married to Arthur for ten years when she meets James Hammond. He's her Road Not Taken. The One That Got Away. He's also rich, and, in one week he's inviting his converted monastery in the country to give her the job she's always wanted. He also wants her. Her best friend Em says, 'Go.' Em's spent two years with a man who resists commitment like a dog resists a bath. She understands how it feels to be stuck. But she has her own interest in Polly's husband. Meanwhile, Arthur says: 'Stay. I can change.' But can he? After ten years, can you learn to love? And if you can, would you still choose your partner?

Colin Hitchin's got problems. He's too short, he's got the highest IQ in his year and he's psychic. He sees things before they happen. He sees dead people too. No one believes him, his mum's too busy with her boyfriends, and his best friend Polly just humours him. It all started a couple of years back, before his dad died. That's when Colin got sent to Dr Juvanji who gave him drugs to calm him down ...Then his Uncle Jimmy turns up on the doorstep. Uncle Jimmy believes Colin, in fact he positively encourages him to pursue his special powers. Turns out Jimmy sees things, too. He sees into people's souls, he knows who they really are. Then Polly goes into a coma, and only Jimmy and Colin know why. Polly's soul - her 'lamia' as Jimmy calls it - has been attacked. And weird things are happening to kids at school, too. Something or someone is trying to suck the life out of them ... and with Jimmy's help, Colin is the one to stop it happening. On top of everything else, he's got to be a superhero, too.

Wie wichtig Achtsamkeit, Vertrauen und Wertschätzung für ein glückliches Leben und eine erfüllte Beziehung sind, zeigt der britische Sunday Times-Kolumnist und Autor Andrew Clover in seinem Roman „Das große Glück tanzt auf den kleinen Wellen“. Auf einfühlsame und zugleich unterhaltsame Weise geht er den ganz großen Lebens-Themen und -Fragen auf den Grund. Wie wurde ich zu dem Menschen, der ich heute bin? Wäre ich glücklicher, wenn ich im Laufe meines Lebens andere Entscheidungen getroffen hätte? Diese Fragen muss sich auch Lucy stellen. Sie hat ein schönes Zuhause, einen liebevollen Mann und zwei wunderbare Kinder. Trotzdem wird die Dreiundvierzigjährige das Gefühl nicht los, dass ihre großen Träume und Wünsche irgendwann auf der Strecke geblieben sind. Erst als ein dramatisches Ereignis alles zu zerstören droht, erkennt sie, wie erfüllt ihr bisheriges Leben war. Doch da ist es beinahe zu spät … »Ein Roman über das, was wirklich wichtig ist im Leben.« - Daily Express