The latest edition in this best-selling poetry series brings together the most beloved children's poems, from '' The Owl & the Pussycat'' through '' On the Ning Nang Nong'' to ''I Know Someone Who Can'' to '' Us Two''. The Nation's Favourite Children's Poems will compel & amuse adults & children alike, with poems drawn from themes as diverse as animals, schooldays, summer holidays, fun with friends & family, & fantastic daydreams
- whether it is recalling the anxiety of starting school, as in Roger Mc Gough's '' First Day at School'', the magical visit of a mythical beast in Adrian Henri's '' Kate's Unicorn'', or the nostalgic realisation that 'mother always knows best' in Pam Ayres's '' Oh, I Wish I'd Looked After Me Teeth''. Readers can revisit old favourites by Edward Lear, Hilaire Belloc & A.A. Milne, & dip into the modern musings of poets such as Wendy Cope & Allan Ahlberg. Introduced by Spike Milligan & including 30 specially commissioned illustrations, this is the perfect treasury of children's verse & will delight & entertain all generations for years to come.
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From the intrepid explorers who discovered the New World to modern-day commuters, journeys have always played a fundamental part in our lives. In The Nations Favourite Poems of Journeys poets from throughout the ages explore not just the physical, but also the spiritual & emotional journeys that we undertake as we progress through life. The sadness of seeing a loved one depart on a long voyage, the wonder of seeing new lands & meeting new people the web of emotions reflected in this fascinating anthology is complex & varied. Alun Lewis describes the poignancy of lovers parting forever in Goodbye while Tennyson captures an insatiable wanderlust in Ulysses. Laurie Lee celebrates England & homecoming in Home from Abroad whereas in Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night Dylan Thomas ponders the final & ultimate journey that we make: life into death. Packed with a rich variety of wonderful poems, The Nations Favourite Poems of Journeys is sure to become a greatly treasured companion as you travel through life. The foreword is to be written by Benedict Allen ...

This wonderful anthology contains some of the nation's all time favourite comic verse. From much-loved classics such as Lewis Carroll's curious ' Jabberwocky' to lesser known & forgotten gems such as Gelett Burgess's ' The violet Cow', Griff Rhys Jones takes us on a poetic tour of the witty, the nonsensical & the plain laugh-out-loud funny. The selection brings together poets from every age & every walk of life, from Shakespeare to Victoria Wood & from Keats to Benjamin Zephaniah. There is Roald Dahl's cunning variation on ' Little Red Riding Hood', Spike Milligan's brilliantly ridiculous ' On the Ning Nang Nong' as well as several entries from the ever-elusive Anon, including one delightfully succint ' Peas'. Remebered, half-remembered, cherished or written on a tea towel, here are some of the nation's favourite comic poems. ...

Following the National Theatre's success with plays based on novels by well-loved children's writers like Philip Pulman ( His ...

All the magic & excitement of the world's greatest steeplechase are vividly portrayed in Reg Green's stories of the stars
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Bare-knuckle fighters, unlicensed boxers & No-Holds-Barred gladiators. They're not amateurs because they do it for cash; they're not professionals because nobody regulates them. They're fighters
- it's what they do. Plunged into a brutal world that exists beyond the authority of any sporting body, Natural Born Fighters uncovers today's kings of underground combat. It's a world where every fight has different rules & some have no rules at all. From bare-knuckle fights that take place in country lanes & inner-city building sites, to bloody, raw gladitorial cage fighting, here we meet hard men, villians, gypsies, matbe even the bloke who lives next door. They're all connected by the common thread of their love of fighting, & they'll do anything to win. Introductions & personal insights to these twenty-first-century gladiators & the world they inhabit are given by several respected & feared personalities, including Bobby frankham, ex-professional boxer & gypsy bare-knuckle fighter; Alan Mortlock, Britain's king of unlicensed boxing; & Andy Jardine, founder of the British end of the new mixed martial arts, the fighting art of No Holds Barred. & then of course, there are the fighters themselves.
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Natural Desire follows the efforts of pagan scholar Nich Mordaunt & the unprincipled lothario Anderson Croom to locate the ...

Norman Dabell, journalist, broadcaster & notorious jinx, has been covering the European golf circuit for over 20 years, though after reading this hilarious account of his mishaps, you may well come to wonder how he has managed to survive for so long. Join Norman as he retraces his pursuit of the travelling circus of the golf world from St Andrews to Sun City, Malaga to Morocco, encountering all the great faces of the modern game. Woods, Ballesteros, Faldo, Montgomerie, Westwood, Lyle, Woosnam, Langer, Olazabal, Garcia... they have all made the headlines. Dabell is there to make sure they do
- while also trying to survive another day. Golf isn't really meant to be fun, they say, & sometimes it can be toture. But Danbell's rib-tickling (and his have been more than tickled) account will have even the most serious enthusiast in stitches. Fate has caused him many a tumble, broken bone & on-air gaffe, & Dabell's presence inside the ropes has been known to make even the toughest tour professional blanche. However, he is a favourite of Major-winner Vijay Singh, who might have never have got his career on the road if his ball had plummeted out of bounds instead of ricocheting onto the fairway off Dabell's head in Spain in 1990. Singh made a birdie instead of a possible double-bogey, won the tournament & ten years later went on to beat the world at Augusta. Just one of a thousand escapades which happened to a living, breathing NATURAL HAZARD.
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