A heartwarming story about facing your fears Toby doesn't like heights. That's why he always carries a parachute with him. His parachute makes him feel safe when he has to climb down from his bunk bed or when he's playing on the swings. But one day, Toby's cat gets stuck in a tree, and it's up to Toby to rescue him. With the help of his parachute, Toby reaches his cat and lowers him safely to the ground. But now Toby is stuck in the tree, unless he can conquer his fears. . . . This compelling book, perfectly complemented by Matt Ottley's expressive artwork, lends a sympathetic ear to children's fears while simultaneously assuring readers that they can overcome them.

On a perfect day, the hours stretch endlessly ahead. Scribbling with chalk, running with kites, digging for shells . . . paddling, climbing, dreaming. Hour unfolds upon hour, with reassuring comfort and sleep beckoning at the end. Danny Parker captures the simplicity, spontaneity, and freedom of an idyllic childhood, while Freya Blackwood's paintings of three children roaming a rolling beachside idyll capture the light--and even the smell and feel--of a perfect summer day. Perfect is balm for the soul.

First published in 1992 to rave reviews, Danny Parker's "Battle of the Bulge" has since become the "standard" history of the battle, praised by historians for its stirring narrative, meticulous research, and its wealth of new information and fresh interpretations. Published now in a new edition, including a photo section with fascinating then-and-now images of the Ardennes area battlefield, this "classic" history of the Battle of the Bulge will be released to coincide with the 60th anniversary of the battle.

SS Colonel Jochen Peiper was one of the most controversial figures of World War II. Himmler's personal adjutant and Hitler's favourite tank commander, Peiper spearheaded the Ardennes Offensive and became the central subject in the famous Malmedy massacre trial. In Hitler's Warrior , Danny S. Parker crafts both a definitive biography of Hitler's most enigmatic warrior and a unique study of the morally inverted world of the Third Reich.

On December 17, 1944, during the Battle of the Bulge, more than eighty unarmed
American soldiers were shot down after having surrendered to an SS tank column near the small crossroads town of Malmedy, Belgium. In vivid prose with revealing details, "Fatal Crossroads" reconstructs the previously untold story of the largest single atrocity committed against American POWs on the Western front in World War II.