Which fish holds the world record for most escape attempts? Which human cannonball travelled the furthest? What is the world's soppiest fairy tale? Find out these amazing record breakers & lots lots more in this hilarious alternative to the Guinness Book of World Records ...

This beautiful collection of love poems gathers together thousands of years of timeless verse from around the world From Shakespeare to Rossetti traditional English classics sit alongside the works of Eastern writers such as Ibn ' Arabi & Rumi as well as lesser known gems from the indigenous peoples of Africa Australasia & the Americas Exploring the many facets of love
- desire devotion delirium joy & sorrow
- this uniquely diverse volume offers us wisdom from across the ages & reminds us of the bonds we all share

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The World's Religions by beloved author & pioneering professor Huston Smith (Tales of Wonder) is the definitive classic for introducing the essential elements & teachings of the world's predominant faiths including Hinduism Buddhism Confucianism Taoism Judaism Christianity Islam as well as regional native traditions This revised & updated edition provides sympathetic descriptions of the various traditions explaining how they work from the inside which is a big reason why this cherished classic has sold more than two million copies since it first appeared in 1958 ...

With an introduction by Jeanette Winterson This unique collection of poems from the Poet Laureate filled with her characteristic wit is a feminist classic & a modern take on age-old mythology Who? Him The Husband Hero Hunk The Boy Next Door The Paramour The Je t'adore Behind every famous man is a great woman
- & from the quick-tongued Mrs Darwin to the lascivious Frau Freud from the adoring Queen Kong to the long-suffering wife of the Devil himself each one steps from her counterpart's shadow to tell her side of the story in this irresistible collection Original subversive full of imagination & quicksilver wit The World's Wife is Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy at her beguiling best
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For more than 25 years York Notes have been helping students throughout the UK to get the inside track on the written word Firmly established as the nation s favourite & most comprehensive range of literature study guides each & every York Note has been carefully researched & written by experts to make sure that you get the most wide-ranging critical analysis the most detailed commentary & the most helpful key points & checklists York Notes Advanced offer a fresh & accessible approach to English Literature Written by established literature experts they introduce students to a more sophisticated analysis a range of critical perspectives & wider contexts ...

READ BY DAVID WALLIAMS with Nitin Ganatra as Raj
- listen to David perform these ten cautionary tales introducing a delightfully
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The brilliant follow-up to David Walliams' bestseller The World's Worst Children! Ten more stories about a brand new gang of hilariously horrible kids from everyone's favourite children's author illustrated in glorious full colour by Tony Ross If you thought you had read about the World's Worst Children already you're in for a rather nasty shock The beastly boys & gruesome girls in this book are even ruder even more disgusting & WORSE than you could ever imagine! This gorgeous hardback collection of ten stories from the master himself David Walliams will make you snort with laughter & thank your lucky stars that you don't know anyone like Gruesome Griselda or Fussy Frankie in real life It also features a special appearance from fan-favourite Raj! Gloriously illustrated in full colour throughout by artistic genius Tony Ross The World's Worst Children 2 is a side-splitting companion to David's blockbuster hit The World's Worst Children & the perfect gift for kids aged 9 & up ...

The brilliant follow-up to David Walliams' bestseller The World's Worst Children! Ten more stories about a brand new gang of hilariously horrible kids from everyone's favourite children's author If you thought you had read about the World's Worst Children already you're in for a rather nasty shock The beastly boys & gruesome girls in this book are even ruder even more disgusting & WORSE than you could ever imagine! This glorious collection of ten stories from the master himself David Walliams will make you snort with laughter & thank your lucky stars that you don't know anyone like Gruesome Griselda or Fussy Frankie in real life It also features a special appearance from fan-favourite Raj! The World's Worst Children 2 is a side-splitting companion to David's blockbuster hit The World's Worst Children perfect for fans aged 9 & up ...

The winds pick up while heavy waves crash on the beach A few hours later screaming winds & driving rain tear up the coastline It's a hurricane! With winds reaching hundreds of miles per hour these devastating storms can cause immense amounts of damage Readers can learn all about history's biggest deadliest hurricanes from around the world ...

' He is unlike anybody else writing today After Donald Trump's election we urgently need to rediscover the best of radical America An essential part of that story is Wendell Berry Few of us can live or even aspire to his kind of life But nobody can risk ignoring him' Andrew Marr' Wendell Berry is the most important writer & thinker that you have (probably) never heard of He is an American sage' James Rebanks author of The Shepherd's Life Wendell Berry is 'something of an anachronism' He began his life as the old times & the last of the old-time people were dying out & continues to this day in the old ways a team of work horses & a pencil are his preferred working tools The writings gathered in The World-Ending Fire are the unique product of a life spent farming the fields of rural Kentucky with mules & horses & of the rich intimate knowledge of the land cultivated by this work These are essays written in defiance of the false call to progress & in defence of the local landscapes that provide our cultural heritage our history our home In a time when our relationship to the natural world is ruled by the violence & greed of unbridled consumerism Wendell Berry speaks out to defend the land we live on With grace & conviction he shows that we simply cannot afford to succumb to the mass-produced madness that drives our global economy The natural world will not withstand it Yet he also shares with us a vision of consolation & of hope We may be locked in an uneven struggle but we can & must begin to treat our land our neighbours & ourselves with respect & care We must as Berry urges abandon arrogance & stand in awe ...