Robin Davies is both a shrewd observer & an energetic actor in a drama that takes him from school to Oxford. With him we live through all the pangs of a pre-war adolescence in South London, & on through his rites of passage to adulthood, involving rebellion, self-discovery, sex, seduction & commitment. You Can't Do Both is classic Amis
- brilliantly funny, outrageous, & alive to every social nuance; it is also tender, compellingly insightful & strongly autobiographical.
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When the story opens, Megan who is a foster mother, has two children in her charge: Anna a 12 year old who is, 'rather given to magical thinking' & Raymond who is 10 & never speaks to anyone. Both children have sad broken backgrounds; Anna (in her fourth foster home) fantasises that her debt-ridden, alcoholic mother is a famous actress & Raymond's totally unreliable mother rarely comes to see him. Sam, a frightened rabbit of a child, rejected by his family because of lameness & pebble specs is the next to join the foster family & then Brent arrives dramatically in the middle of the night
- a tearaway teenager totally beyond the control of his unimaginative, intellectual father. All four of Megan's foster children have difficulties to overcome in the house high above the river, where each one of them becomes involved in some way with the mysterious river woman. It is impossible not to be totally drawn into the pattern of Brent, Anna, Raymond & Sam's lives in this imaginative & compassionate novel.
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Imagine you could go anywhere, with anyone & do anything. Where would you live? Where would you sleep? Who would be your friends? What games would you play? Go on... you choose! With the help of Nick Sharratt's wonderfully detailed illustrations, Pippa Goodhart looks at a whole range of scenarios where choosing is made fun! ...

Imagine you could go anywhere, with anyone & do anything. Where would you live? Where would you sleep? Who would be your friends? What games would you play? Go on... You choose!
With a simple text & vibrant illustrations children will love creating their own stories & letting their imagination run wild!

Now with a wonderfully fun story sticker frieze! Readers have the power to decide how the story should unfold. With over forty vibrant stickers, their creations can be as normal or as wacky as they want


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Daisy's mum tells her: ' Don't pick your nose!'' You do!' says Daisy, pointing out the time mum was picking her nose on the way to Gran's. & each time Mum tries to reprimand Daisy for a bad habit, Daisy has an example of when Mum did it, too. If you liked Eat Your Peas & Really, Really, you will love this book! ...

You probably know Simon Napier-Bell as the manager of the Yardbirds. Or you may know him as the man who managed Marc Bolan, or Japan. You should definitely know him as the man who managed Wham! & if none of these rings a bell, maybe you'll remember him as the man who co-wrote ' You Don't Have To Say You Love Me' for Dusty Springfield.

You Don't Have To Say You Love Me is one of the funniest books you will read & equally provoking. From his revelation that the entire music industry was motivated by sex, to an embarrassing come-on from a suicidal Brian Epstein, it's all shocking stuff. But when you're on the run from the German police with Marc Bolan, brothel-hopping with Keith Moon & generally living the life of Riley at the music industry's expense, it would be a shame not to share those amazing experiences with the rest of the world, wouldn't it?

Of all the great pop-music books written, it is worth savouring You Don't Have To Say You Love Me for its brilliant sideways insight into one of the most exciting cultural periods Britain has ever seen.



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