Michael Coleman

This guide is a truly unique and informative book which is full of reliable and time tested information - written for the admirers and owners of this wonderful breed. Easy-to-read and in-depth in its nature - you will thoroughly enjoy your experience with this training guide. A wealth of reliable methods and procedures, alongside detailed advice for current or soon-to-be-owners is contained within. Contributed to by a series of specialist dog trainers, this book is certainly a must have addition to your collection.

James 'Foggy' Fogarty is thick. Edna Grice is thicker - possibly. But when the pair of them team up to produce a horoscope column for the school newspaper, their predictions have an uncanny knack of coming true Have Foggy and Edna discovered hidden talents? Or is it all down to the predictive skills of Edna's pet scorpion, Retsmah?Shortlisted for the Sheffield Book Award, Madame Retsmah Predicts is a wildly funny story that was first published in print form by Scholastic Children's Books..

(A) hard hitting, but subtle novel with two clever twists at the end of the story and should appeal to older teenagers - The GuardianTag is a tense, tight thriller (which) explores uneasy friendships between leaders and followers and the charismatic allure of the gang ... Coleman skilfully handles the change in mood from hard-edged tension to sharp poignancy ... The moral message in this gripping story is underlined without resorting to preaching - Books for KeepsIt's a taut thriller, beautifully written, with each character clear in the mind of the reader. A terrific read, quite un-put-downable - Bookshop, Summer 99.---Pete and Motto have always been friends. But when Motto want to get involved with graffiti vandalism, Pete is faced with a stark choice: to follow his friend into this exciting but dangerous world, or to walk away from it - and remain alone.---Tag was shortlisted for the Norfolk Teenage Fiction Award; it was originally published in print form by Orchard Books.

'... puns and word jokes come thick and fast. The whole thing is larger than life and moves with great pace and fun ' - School Librarian'Gizzmo ... meets some odd characters with hilarious results' -Glasgow HeraldGizzmo Lewis, newly-qualified secret agent from the planet Sigma-6, is on his first mission. Together with his portable computer, Brainbox, he needs to discover if the planet Earth safe to invade. Gizzmo hopes so - until a close encounter with Ros and Masher, the terrors of St. Ethelred's High School, gives him more trouble than he could ever have imagined.A wonderfully funny story, first published in book form by The Bodley Head (hardback) and Red Fox (paperback)

It's London, 1969 and the Old Bailey sees the end of what was the longest and most expensive trial ever held, dubbed 'The trial of the century': starring notorious Kray Twins, Ron and Reg. Unlike the real verdict, in this fictional story, the verdict is 'Not Guilty' and Ron and Reg, still in their prime and mid-30s, walk free. This book is an alternative outcome at what could have happened had this been the case.After years of relentless microscopic research in many fields down to their personalities, ambitions , likes, mannerisms and much more, this aims to do justice to their legacy had they not been incarcerated and had they continued as free men.Regrouping, settling scores, making up for lost time and overall settling sights high as they always did.

Mick is a schoolboy of sixteen living in Hackney, just north of the city in the early nineties. He's just coming of age as he starts college and his life about to change beyond all doubt influenced by the biggest social, music drug and culture change since the sixties; the advent of dance party raves! Unwittingly and as a naive young man, drawn in from the general user and raver to the much darker underworld of the dealers and gangs who fuel the scene and Mick's life takes many twists and turns in the underbelly, deeply engrained in the depths of the scene and the shady characters who frequent it.

One snowy day, Shelley leaves her cosy bed to go on an adventure. But whoever heard of a tortoise out in winter? Ridiculous! Ridiculous! is from Level 3 of Ready Steady Read! a fantastic graded reading scheme with four reading levels from Little Tiger Press. Ready Steady Read! makes learning to read fun. Each book contains games and activities to reinforce learning and test comprehension in a way developing readers will enjoy as well as handy parent notes from Prue Goodwin, Lecturer in Literacy and Children's Books. Level 3 is suitable for more confident readers. The stories will help build their confidence, opening up the world of reading and imagination to them. About Level 3: longer sentences with varied structure wider vocabulary high-interest stories of up to 300 words smaller print for experienced readers

Shelley the tortoise decides to find out what winter is like. But everyone laughs and says it's "Ridiculous!". But Shelley is determined to see winter for herself...