Bridging the gap between novelty board books & picture flats this adorable new series encourages little readers to engage with a central character & then follow a simple plot What noises do the farm animals make?) & interactive elements throughout the child is drawn in from the outset 12 pages ...

Bridget Christie is a st&-up comedian idiot & feminist On the 30th of April 2012 a man farted in the Women's Studies Section of a bookshop & it changed her life forever A Book For Her details Christie's twelve years of anonymous toil in the bowels of st&-up comedy & the sudden epiphany that made her unbelievably one of the most critically acclaimed British st&-up comedians this decade drawing together the threads that link a smelly smell in the women's studies section to the global feminist struggle Find out how nice Peter Stringfellow's fish tastes how yoghurt advertising perpetuates rape myths & how Emily Bronte used a special ladies' pen to write Wuthering Heights If you're interested in comedy & feminism then this is definitely the book for you If you hate both then I'd probably give it a miss " Christie is adept at turning on a sixpence between being comical or serious or both at once & at pricking her own earnestness" Telegraph Christie piles derision & tomfoolery upon everyday sexism while never pretending that jokes alone will solve the problem' Guardian ...

The story of Trump's America' Daily Mail Two families Two faces of America One violent crime that will bitterly divide them
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This is a book of book lists Not of the '1001 Books You MUST Read Before You Die' variety but lists that tell stories Lists that make you smile make you wonder & see titles together in entirely new ways From Bin Laden's bookshelf to the books most frequently left in hotels from prisoners' favourite books to MPs' most borrowed books these lists are proof that a person's bookcase tells you everything you need to know about them & sometimes more besides ...

This essential Middle English textbook now in its third edition introduces students to the wide range of literature written in England between 1150 & 1400 It is a new thoroughly revised edition of this essential Middle English textbook It introduces the language of the time giving guidance on pronunciation spelling grammar metre vocabulary & regional dialects It now

Includes:: extracts from ' Pearl' & Chaucer's Troilus & Criseyde Bibliographic references have been updated throughout Each text is accompanied by detailed notes

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Andrea Newman's controversial series explores the secrets of a middle-class family who attempts to keep these tangled sexual & emotional relationships of incest & betrayal a private matter in this melodrama A BOUQUET OF BARBED WIRE is a powerful study in the fragility of family unity & the destructive consequences of forbidden desire Featuring performances from Frank Finlay Sheila Allen & Susan Penhaligon A BOUQUET OF BARBED WIRE was one of the most celebrated & controversial British television dramas ever made ...

From the author of the international bestseller In & Out of the Garden & the wondrous sketchbook Sara Midda&s South of France comes a long-awaited treasure of a book Drawn from the artist&s wealth of impressions & memories it is a book for lovers of food & art & fine gift books a book for anyone who upon arriving in a new town seeks first the local market or who believes the best thing to do on a given night is to share a table with friends Sara Midda is a watercolourist whose delicate & beautiful paintings shine like jewels evoking the sweet violet taste of a summer raspberry or the silvery greens & gnarled burnt umber of an olive grove And she is also a collagist weaving together photographs line drawings her personal swatches all the hues of a spice cabinet or the sensations of a picnic the colors of the breeze sunshine laughter the cooling grass & a poet in love with words that sing like podding & wicker nettle & snug By turns reverent & playful A Bowl of Olives is a work of pure enchantment celebrating food of the seasons of family of travel & memory It is as richly layered as a favorite meal The book is cloth-bound jacketed & printed on uncoated stock to convey the feeling of an artist s sketchbook" ...

Beetles are ravishingly beautiful & engagingly odd often at the same time A Box of Beetles offers you 100 examples of the most striking species in a very photogenic family from the glittering metallic rose beetles that were worn by the Etruscans as jewellery to the vast (and aptly named) Titanic beetle which is almost 8inches long & strong enough to snap a pencil between its jaws Flip through the pack marvelling at its inhabitants then choose the most awesome to send or display ...

A boy & a bear go to sea equipped with a suitcase a comic book & a ukulele They are only travelling a short distance & it really shouldn't take long But their journey doesn't quite go to plan Faced with turbulent storms a terrifying sea monster & the rank remains of a very dangerous sandwich the odds are against our unlikely heroes Will the Harriet their trusted vessel withstand the violent lashings of the salty waves? & will anyone ever answer their message in a bottle? Brilliantly funny & tender this beautiful book maps the growth of a truly memorable friendship & explores how when all else is lost the most unexpected joys can be found ...

Travis & Charley have just met It Charley last night in town & Travis can let her leave without getting her to go on a date In a future where real people are rapidly being supplanted by lifelike androids sometimes one shot is all you get! Intelligence may be artificial but the emotion is real in this futuristic romance from the writer of 12 Reasons Why I Love Her & the cartoonist behind Between Gears ...