Author: Jeffrey Archer
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
ISBN: 1447252497
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 113
Book Description
A quick read from the number one bestselling writer and author of Kane and Abel. These stories previously published in And Thereby Hangs a Tale, Cat O' Nine Tales and Twelve Red Herrings. Four Warned contains four short stories from master storyteller, Jeffrey Archer, packed full of twists and turns. In Stuck on You, Jeremy finds out exactly the best way to steal the perfect ring for his fiancée. Albert celebrates his 100th birthday, and is pleased to be sent The Queen's Birthday Telegram. He is, however, confused . . . In Russia, businessman Richard plots the ideal way to murder his wife. He begins to have a clever idea when his hotel warns him: Don't Drink the Water from the taps. And as Diana, a busy single mother, drives to have dinner with friends, she realizes that a black van is following her. Soon terrified for her life, she does whatever it takes to stick to the warning given to drivers: Never Stop on the Motorway . . . Every reader will have their favourite story – some will make you laugh, others will bring you to tears. And, as always, every one of them will keep you spellbound. Quick Reads is a World Book Day initiative.
IQ Boosters
Author: Steve Ryan
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402760075
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
These puzzles will test solvers' powers of logic, reasoning, ingenuity, and wordplay. Flex your mental muscle with some of the toughest nuts to crack, including Geometracts, a visually vexing boggler, as well as Tic-Tac-Topology, a strategy game for two players. There are also lost, hidden, and missing-number conundrums that add up to loads of brain-stretching fun.
Publisher: Sterling Publishing Company, Inc.
ISBN: 9781402760075
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
These puzzles will test solvers' powers of logic, reasoning, ingenuity, and wordplay. Flex your mental muscle with some of the toughest nuts to crack, including Geometracts, a visually vexing boggler, as well as Tic-Tac-Topology, a strategy game for two players. There are also lost, hidden, and missing-number conundrums that add up to loads of brain-stretching fun.
A Cruel Fate
Author: Lindsey Davis
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN: 1444763180
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 83
Book Description
Martin Watts, a bookseller, is captured by Royalists. Jane Afton's brother Nat is taken too. They suffer inhumane treatment as prisoners-of-war. In Oxford Castle jailor William Smith tortures, beats, starves and deprives his helpless victims. Can Jane rescue her sick brother before he dies of neglect? Will Martin dare to escape? Based on real events in the English Civil War, Lindsey Davis retells the grim tale of Captain Smith's abuse of power in Oxford prison - where many died in misery though a lucky few survived.
Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN: 1444763180
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 83
Book Description
Martin Watts, a bookseller, is captured by Royalists. Jane Afton's brother Nat is taken too. They suffer inhumane treatment as prisoners-of-war. In Oxford Castle jailor William Smith tortures, beats, starves and deprives his helpless victims. Can Jane rescue her sick brother before he dies of neglect? Will Martin dare to escape? Based on real events in the English Civil War, Lindsey Davis retells the grim tale of Captain Smith's abuse of power in Oxford prison - where many died in misery though a lucky few survived.
Global Logistics and Strategy, 1940-1943
Author: Richard M. Leighton
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 820
Book Description
U.S. Army logistics, primarily of ground forces, in its relation to global strategy; the treatment is from the viewpoint of the central administration in Washington--Joint and Combined Chiefs of Staff, the War Department General Staff, and the Services of Supply.
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Government publications
Languages : en
Pages : 820
Book Description
U.S. Army logistics, primarily of ground forces, in its relation to global strategy; the treatment is from the viewpoint of the central administration in Washington--Joint and Combined Chiefs of Staff, the War Department General Staff, and the Services of Supply.