I'm a lamb & I leap... Leaping lambs, wriggling worms, marching ants.... are just a few of the fabulous creatures eager to show off their skills! The joy of this first picture book is the artwork. Reg Cartwright's stunning, bold paintings introduce a host of wonderful creatures who tell us what they do
- very simply & in their own words.
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This powerful collection of stories, set in the mid-West among the lonely men & women who drink, fish & play cards to ease the passing of time, was the first by Raymond Carver to be published in the UK. With its spare, colloquial narration & razor-sharp sense of how people really communicate, the collection was to become one of the most influential literary works of the 1980s. ...

This powerful collection of stories, set in the mid-West among the lonely men & women who drink, fish & play cards to ease the passing of time, was the first by Raymond Carver to be published in the UK. With its spare, colloquial narration & razor-sharp sense of how people really communicate, the collection was to become one of the most influential literary works of the 1980s. ...

Film musicals: you either love them or they make you want to kill yourself slowly with plastic cutlery. Nothing has the power to lift your heart or turn your stomach like Howard Keel in fake sideburns singing Bless Your Beautiful Hide or Julie Andrews singing ...

The waiting is over for Joey Pigza fans! In this brilliant third book Joey is attempting a breath-taking balancing act as he tries to keep a handle on his wild, wired behaviour without letting his hyperactively helpful ways spin him out of control
- again. Joey is being home-schooled alongside Olivia, a really sneaky, annoying girl, who is blind. He's still living with his mum & grandma, who is now dying, but his dad is also around
- roaring past on his motorbike from time to time-

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A cross between Deborah Tannen's YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND & a Relate guide, this well-written, accessible book by America's phenomenally successful relationships guru provides essential strategies for maintaining a fulfilled relationship. A generation ago it was common to sacrifice personal fulfilment for the sake of preserving the relationship. Now, with dramatically changed roles for men & women, divorce has become the common 'solution'. Gray maintains neither is the answer &, without resorting to meaningless jargon, pinpoints the seven essential rules for long-lasting monogamy. ...

' Dan can cook, man'
- The delicious smells from his bubbling pot drift along the beach & attract a huge crowd, all eager to
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For mums & dads in a rush, buying convenience foods is a reality but ingredient labels often read like a complicated science experiment. Somehow parents are meant to decode the complex terminology, additives & E numbers to provide healthy food. So this book is for today ...