Alan Scott Haft provides the first-hand testimony of his father, Harry Haft, a holocaust victim with a singular story of endurance, desperation, & unrequited love. Harry Haft was a sixteen-year-old Polish Jew when he entered a concentration camp in 1944. Forced to fight other Jews in bare-knuckle bouts for the perverse entertainment of SS officers, Harry quickly learned that his own survival depended on his ability to fight & win. Haft details the inhumanity of the "sport" in which he must perform in brutal contests for the officers. Ultimately escaping the camp, Haft's experience left him an embittered & pugnacious young man. Determined to find freedom, Haft traveled to America & began a career as a professional boxer, quickly finding success using his sharp instincts & fierce confidence. In a historic battle, Haft fights in a match with Rocky Marciano, the future undefeated heavyweight champion of the world. Haft's boxing career takes him into the world of such boxing legends as Rocky Graziano, Roland La Starza, & Artie Levine, & he reveals new details about the rampant corruption at all levels of the sport. In sharp contrast to Elie Wiesel's scholarly, pious protagonist in Night, Harry Haft is an embattled survivor, challenging the reader's capacity to understand suffering & find compassion for an antihero whose will to survive threatens his own humanity. Haft's account, at once dispassionate & deeply absorbing, is an extraordinary story & an invaluable contribution to Holocaust literature. ...

Another treat for Harry Hill fans! Britains favourite comedian, Harry Hill, loves it when people silly mistakes. So much that he has put together a rib-tickling book of howlers, whacky stories & bloopers for all the family. " The Bumper Book of Bloopers" contains Harrys favourite goofs picked from the worlds daftest newspapers & magazines
- & believe it or not every single one of them is a genuine boob!
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Another treat for Harry Hill fans! Britain's favourite comedian, Harry Hill, loves it when people make silly mistakes. So much that he has put together a rib-tickling book of howlers, wacky stories & bloopers for all the family. The Bumper Book of Bloopers contains Harry's favourite goofs picked from the world's daftest newspapers & magazines
- & believe it or not every single one of them is a genuine boob!
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Comedy superstar Harry Hill is back with a brilliant bumper edition of the very best jokes, bloopers & tall tales of Tiny Tim. There's fun for all the family to share: JOKES! What do you call a greenfly with no arms, legs or wings? A bogey. BLOOPERS! ' Dear milkman, baby arrived yesterday. Please leave another one.' FUNNY STORIES! The hilarious capers of Tim the Tiny Horse & his best friend, Fly. Selected from Harry Hill's Whopping Great Joke Book, Harry Hill's Bumper Book of Bloopers & Complete History of Tim. ...

A treat for Harry Hill fans! Britain's favourite comedian, Harry Hill, loves jokes so much that he has put together a side-splitting joke book for all the family. Containing Harry's favourite jokes picked from the world's joke archive, it also features jokes written by Harry, including some br&-new ones written specially for this book. Warning: now even funnier! Contains new section of hilarious readers' jokes' ...

This title offers a treat for Harry Hill fans! Britain's favourite comedian, Harry Hill, loves jokes so much that he has put together a side-splitting joke book for all the family. Containing Harry's favourite jokes picked from the world's joke archive, it also features jokes written by Harry, including some br&-new ones written specially for this book. Warning: now even funnier! It contains new section of hilarious readers' jokes'. ...

New York City in 1897 & young Harry Houdini is struggling to make it in the brutal entertainment business, when detectives call on him to attempt the most amazing feat of his fledgling career: solve the mystery of a toy tycoon murdered in his posh Fifth Avenue mansion. Its a challenge which Harry
- never at a loss for self-confidence
- is more than willing to accept.

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The Great Harry Houdini is still struggling to make a name for himself in turn-of-the-century New York. He sees an opportunity for glory in exposing the tricks of the medium Lucius Craig
- if only he can work out how the medium managed to conjure a "spirit" while tied to a chair by Houdini himself or how the apparition was able to stab an audience member to death & then disappear.
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In this book from the highly acclaimed Little People, BIG DREAMS series, discover the incredible life of Harry Houdini, one of the most famous entertainers to have ever lived. When he was four, little Ehrich emigrated with his family from Hungary to the USA. Although they had reached a world of great opportunity, the family lived in poverty & Ehrich had no choice but to go to work from a young age. When he was just nine, Ehrich worked as a trapeze artist, & this experience led him into a life of entertainment. As he grew older, Ehrich continued to play to audiences with fascinating card tricks. But when working as a locksmith by day & honing his magic skills at night, Ehrich realised that he would need more than a deck of cards to really 'wow' people... & so, the great Harry Houdini came to be. As Houdini, the escape artist who could free himself from handcuffs, chains & knots like no one else, he toured the world & became known for his incredible death-defying stunts. This book features stylish & quirky illustrations & extra facts at the back, including a biographical timeline with historical photos & a detailed profile of the entertainer's life. Little People, BIG DREAMS is a bestselling series of books & educational games that explore the lives of outstanding people, from designers & artists to scientists & activists. All of them achieved incredible things, yet each began life as a child with a dream. This empowering series offers inspiring messages to children of all ages, in a range of formats. The board books are told in simple sentences, perfect for reading aloud to babies & toddlers. The hardback versions present expanded stories for beginning readers. Boxed gift sets allow you to collect a selection of the books by theme. Paper dolls, learning cards, matching games & other fun learning tools provide even more ways to make the lives of these role models accessible to children. Inspire the next generation of outstanding people who will change the world with Little People, BIG DREAMS! ...

Harry in a Hurry is Timothy Knapman & Gemma Merino's unique twist on the well-loved Aseop's Fable, The Tortoise & the Hare. Harry the Hare is always in a hurry
- he's not even sure why! He eats fast & talks fast
- & if he's riding on his speedy scooter then you'd better watch out! But when Harry accidentally hurries his way into the local pond, & Tom the Tortoise fishes him out, Harry is forced to take a leaf out of Tom's book & slow right down. In doing so he not only finds a new friend, but enjoys a whole new world of experiences.

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