'Modern Heroes' is a series of modern and colourful books about the lives of eight remarkable people whose influence has shaped how we live today. This book looks at the life of Gandhi.

'Modern Heroes' is a series of modern and colourful books about the lives of eight remarkable people whose influence has shaped how we live today. This book looks at the life of Anne Frank.

'Modern Heroes' is a series of modern and colourful books about the lives of eight remarkable people whose influence has shaped how we live today. This book looks at the life of Muhammad Ali.

Mother Teresa was born in Macedonia and was inspired to go to India and live and work among the poor. This book is ideal as an introduction to Mother Teresa's life. Inexpensive, it is ideal to help with school project work. Gary Smailes is an experienced, best selling, writer of history for children and the younger reader.

Pope John II - part of the Modern Heroes series - is ideal for school projects for young readers. Modern Heroes is a series of colourful, illustrated books about the lives of some remarkable people whose influence has shaped how we live today. Concise, accessible, entertaining, the series are excellent introductions to history or modern studies.Pope John II was born in Poland, and lived in Nazi-occupied Poland in World War II. He became a priest and was well liked for his easy manner and faith. He became Pope in 1978, and remained so until his death in 2005.

The Dalai Lama - part of the Modern Heroes series - is ideal for school projects for young readers. Modern Heroes is a series of colourful, illustrated books about the lives of some remarkable people whose influence has shaped how we live today. Concise, accessible, entertaining, the series are excellent introductions to history or modern studies. The Dalai Lama is a Tibetan monk who was born a leader of his people. Despite having to escape from his own country, because his life was in great danger, he has dedicated himself to peace and freedom for his people. The Dalai Lama is the most important person in the Buddhist religion. Buddhists believe that each time the Dalai Lama dies, his spirit lives on and is reborn in another body. There have been 14 Dalai Lamas so far. Today the Chinese are in control of Tibet and the Dalai Lama lives in exile.

Crime Mystery set in Spain For some thirty years, four friends have been hunting all over Spain for the man who made their school years pure hell. They are running out of time. If they don't find him soon, he will be too old and may die before they can bring him to justice. Their justice. One last concerted effort is all they need, whatever it takes. They made their plans but hadn't counted on Detective Inspector Leon Prado and his translators, Phillip and Amanda. But just because three of the four are behind bars, doesn't mean they will stop trying. But now, the wily detective knows what the four are up to and is not prepared to wait and see what they do next. He sets out to entrap the man and his fourth victim. For this, he needs some help from a famous artist, Pablo Picasso. From the private collection of a reclusive American mistress exiled in Granada City, seven of his muse paintings are to be exhibited in the magnificent Alhambra Palace. They haven't been seen in public for over thirty years. Will these abstract illusions be the powerful magnet Prado hopes for?

In the third book of the Andalusian Mystery Series, DI Leon Prado with translators, American videographer Amanda Salisbury, and ex-British soldier Phillip Armitage, continue their hunt for an elusive criminal mastermind and investigate an intriguing new case in the world of Flamenco. Salome Mendosa was adopted as a baby and knows nothing of her roots. Her idyllic life as one of Spain's top Flamenco dancers is turned upside down when she is invited to a lawyer's office in the ancient town of Velez-Malaga to receive information concerning her birth family. Desperate but nervous to learn of her heritage, she begs Amanda Salisbury, her former college roommate, to accompany her. Salome's ancestors were not as angelic as she'd wished for. A poisonous legend concerning her late grandfather leads them on a dangerous journey back to the horrors of the Spanish Civil War, pits them against the local gypsy community, and seriously strains their relationship.

Crime Thriller set in Spain In this second book of the Andalusian Mystery Series, four adults remain desperate to track down their former college headmaster. He abused them as teenagers, and they want justice at any price, their justice. But, after the debacle in Malaga, their numbers are dwindling. The ancient mountain city of Ronda is the home of bullfighting. At the annual Pedro Romero Festival, a famous Torero battles with the Royal Taurino Society, the supervisory body of Spain's national tradition. He wants to stop killing the brave animals, they insist on continuing with their public slaughter. But more sinister elements are manipulating their feud for their own ends. Then people start dying. Wily, veteran Detective Inspector, Leon Prado, investigates death in the afternoon.

In this first book of the Andalusian Mystery Series, ten beautiful girls of various nationalities plus many more young illegal migrants have recently disappeared off the sandy beaches and pretty streets of Malaga province. The police have no clues and authorities are reluctant to publicize, in fear of deterring the millions of annual tourists. Three lonesome souls are thrown together to crack the case. Grizzled veteran Detective Inspector Leon Prado of the Spanish National Police and his volunteer translators; Phillip Armitage - an ex-British soldier and American videographer - Amanda Salisbury. Then, Juliet Harding, a beautiful British blond with her own dark secrets vanishes from The San Isidro Festival in Nerja. She is a close friend of Phillip; now it's personal.