Boy is Roald Dahl&s extraordinary glimpse into his childhood & early life & An autobiography is a book a person writes about his own life & it is usually full of all sorts of boring details This is not an autobiography I would never write a history of myself On the other hand throughout my young days at school & just afterwards a number of things happened to me that I have never forgotten & Boy is a funny insightful & at times grotesque glimpse into the early life of Roald Dahl one of the world&s favourite authors We discover his experiences of the English public school system the idyllic paradise of summer holidays in Norway the pleasures (and pains) of the sweetshop & how it is that he avoided being a Boazer This is the unadulterated childhood
- sad & funny macabre & delightful
- that inspired Britain&s favourite storyteller & also speaks of an age which vanished with the coming of the Second World War &A shimmering fabric of his yesterdays the magic & the hurt& Observer& As frightening & funny as his fiction& The New York Times Book Review& Superbly written A glimpse of a brilliant eccentric& New Statesman Roald Dahl the brilliant & worldwide acclaimed author of Charlie & the Chocolate Factory James & the Giant Peach Matilda & many more classics for children also wrote scores of short stories for adults These delightfully disturbing tales have often been filmed & were most recently the inspiration for the West End play Roald Dahl&s Twisted Tales by Jeremy Dyson Roald Dahl&s stories continue to make readers shiver today

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Phizzwhizzing new cover look & branding for the World&s NUMBER ONE Storyteller!BOY Roald Dahl&s bestselling autobiography is full of hilarious anecdotes about his childhood & school days illustrated by Quentin Blake As a boy all sorts of unusual things happened to Roald Dahl There was the time he & four school friends got their revenge on beastly Mrs Prachett in her sweet shop There are stories of holidays in fishing boats African adventures & the days of tasting chocolate for Cadbury&s You&ll hear tales of horrible school bullies & the motor-car accident when Roald&s nose was nearly sliced clean off Roald Dahl vividly shares his memories; some are funny Some are painful Some are unpleasant All are true You can listen to all of Roald Dahl&s stories on Puffin Audiobooks read by some very famous voices including Kate Winslet David Walliams & Steven Fry
- plus there are added squelchy sound effects from Pinewood Studios! Also look out for new Roald Dahl apps in the App store & Google Play- including the disgusting TWIT OR MISS! & HOUSE OF TWITS inspired by the revolting Twits
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John Crowley directs this drama based on a novel by Jonathan Trigell Having been institutionalised for most of his life Jack Burridge (Andrew Garfield) is finally released from prison at the age of 24 under the guidance of mentor Terry (Peter Mullan) & given a new identity The events leading up to his incarceration are told in episodic flashback throughout the film after a life of abuse & neglect he & another boy
- Eric (Taylor Doherty)
- murdered a child while they themselves were still children As Jack attempts to move on with his life his dark secret weighs him down & puts him at risk of exposure to an unforgiving public Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play

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'I was no longer fitting in at school I was unsure of my friends & they were increasingly unsure of me I wanted to be a rock star But while all around voices were starting to break acne beginning to appear facial hair sprouting I remained all flabby flesh & innate scruff with a high-pitched whine & not a muscle to my name I was the runt of the class & rarely allowed to forget it I had no father at home to help me out & could hardly talk to my mum So I took solace in The Jam' As a boy Tony Fletcher frequently felt out of place Yet somehow he secured a ringside seat for one of the most creative periods in British cultural history Boy About Town tells the story of the bestselling author&8217;s formative years in the pre- & post-punk music scenes of London counting down from fifty to number one attendance at seminal gigs & encounters with musical heroes; schoolboy projects that became national success stories; the style culture of punks mods & skinheads & the tribal violence that enveloped them; life as a latchkey kid in a single-parent household; weekends on the football terraces in a quest for street credibility; & the teenage boy&8217;s unending obsession with losing his virginity Featuring a vibrant cast of supporting characters (from school friends to rock stars) & built up from notebooks diaries interviews letters & issues of his now legendary fanzine Jamming! Boy About Town is an evocative bittersweet amusing & wholly original account of growing up & coming of age in the glory days of the 1970s ...

Boy & Going Solo is the whole of Roald Dahl's extraordinary autobiography in one volume Reissued in the exciting new Roald Dahl branding Roald Dahl wasn't always a writer Once he was just a schoolboy Have you ever wondered what he was like growing up? In BOY you'll find out why he & his friends took revenge on the beastly Mrs Pratchett who ran the sweet shop He remembers what it was like taste-testing chocolate for Cadbury's & he even reveals how his nose was nearly sliced off Then in GOING SOLO you'll read stories of whizzing through the air in a Tiger Moth Plane encounters with hungry lions & the terrible crash that led him to storytelling Roald Dahl tells his story in his own words
- & it's all TRUEAnd now you can listen to all of Roald Dahl's novels for children on Roald Dahl Audiobooks read by some very famous voices including Kate Winslet David Walliams & Steven Fry
- plus there are added squelchy soundeffects from Pinewood Studios! Also look out for new Roald Dahl apps in the App store & Google Play- including the disgusting TWIT OR MISS! & HOUSE OF TWITS inspired by the revolting Twits

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Written by JOE SIMON & JACK KIRBY Art & cover by JOE SIMON & JACK KIRBY One of the most popular of Joe Simon & Jack Kirby gang comics the Boy Commandos were an international team of kids dedicated to fighting the Ratzis

Includes:: stories from DETECTIVE COMICS 64-73 WORLD FINEST COMICS 8-9 & BOY COMMANDOS 1-2

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One of the most popular of Joe Simon & Jack Kirby&s "kid gang" comics from the early 1940s The Boy Commandos were an international team of boy soldiers dedicated to fighting the threat of " Ratzis" The team included members from England France the Netherlands & the United States under the leadership of Captain Rip Carter In this collection the Boy Commandos must save a man accused of being a German spy escape the clutches of enemy kidnappers encounter a mystical monk looking for items that exemplify modern civilization set up a pirate radio station behind enemy lines & stand accused of treason Collects stories from Boy Commandos 3-5 World&s Finest Comics 10-13 & Detective Comics 74-83 & 85 ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Nathan falls in love with a girl from school & following a date ends up dead Nathans mom knows a little voodoo & manages to reincarnate Nathan but with a slight difference; he eats human flesh! Language English Number of discs 1 ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play This is the courageous story of Jared Eamons (Lucas Hedges) the son of a Baptist pastor in a small American town who must overcome the fallout of being outed to his parents (Nicole Kidman & Russell Crowe) His parents struggle with reconciling their love for their son with their beliefs Fearing a loss of family friends & community Jared is pressured into attending a conversion therapy program While there Jared comes into conflict with its leader (Joel Edgerton) & begins his journey to finding his own voice & accepting his true self Bonus Features Include Deleted &38; Extended Scenes Jared Revealed Becoming the Eamons Man Consumed Joel Edgerton ...

Tracklist A1 God & Love A2 Bad Blood A3 Human Zoo A4 Let Somebody Love You A5 What Does Sorry Mean? A6 Runaway Train B1 Resting Bitch Face B2 Different Man B3 Oil & Water B4 More Than Silence B5 Life ...