The 20th Anniversary Edition of Tina Brown's definitive behind-the-scenes insight into the life of Diana Princess of Wales with a brand new introduction by Andrew Marr Twenty years after her death Princess Diana remains a mystery Was she "the people's princess" who electrified the world with her beauty & humanitarian missions? Or was she a manipulative media-savvy neurotic who nearly brought down the monarchy? In this new 20th anniversary commemorative edition which

Includes:: a new introduction by Andrew Marr The Diana Chronicles parts the curtains on Diana's troubled time in the mysterious world of the Windsors as she breaks out of her royal cage into celebrity culture where she found her own power & used it to devastating effect Knowing Diana personally Tina Brown understands her world understands its players & has-reaching insight into the royals & the Queen herself Meet the formidable female cast & get to know the society they inhabit as you never have before

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Imagine infants free from painful diaper rash new parenthood without thousands of dollars wasted in diapering costs toilet training that is natural & noncoercive & most important happier babies & parents As Christine Gross-Loh reveals in her progressive enlightening book all this is possible & more Infants are born with the ability to communicate their need to "go" just as they communicate hunger or sleepiness Gross-Loh a mother of two children who were diaper-free at eighteen & fifteen months uses the tenets of "elimination communication" or EC to teach parents how to identify & respond to their baby or toddler's natural cues Unlike the all-or-nothing approach of some parenting books The Diaper-Free Baby addresses three categories of parents full-time part-time & occasional EC'ers Parents can practice EC as much or as little as fits their family & lifestyle A support group within a book The Diaper-Free Baby also

Includes:: inspiring testimonials throughout every chapter Parents who have successfully practiced EC identify common struggles share experiences & problem-solving tips & provide encouragement for those new to the technique Their motivational stories together with Gross-Loh's practical advice will appeal to all parents interested in a fresh alternative to traditional toilet training

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Everyone loves the wickedly dry sense of humour of The Diary of a Killer Cat by Anne Fine Okay Okay So hang me I killed the bird For pity's sake I'm a cat Poor Ellie is horrified when Tuffy drags a dead bird into the house Then a mouse But Tuffy can't understand what all the fuss is about Who on earth will be the next victim to arrive through the cat-flap? Can soft-hearted Ellie manage to get her beloved pet to change his wild wild ways before he ends up in even deeper trouble? The hilarious antics of Tuffy & his family as told by the killer cat himself ' Anne Fine knows how to make readers laugh' Guardian Anne Fine has written numerous highly acclaimed & prize-winning books for children & adults The Tulip Touch won the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year Award; Goggle-Eyes won the Guardian Children's Fiction Award & the Carnegie Medal; Flour Babies won the Carnegie Medal & the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year; & Bill's New Frock won a Smarties Prize Anne Fine was named Children's Laureate in 2001 & was awarded an OBE in 2003 ...

'I fail to see
- because I do not happen to be a " Somebody"
- why my diary should be not be interesting' Mr Pooter is a man

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With an Introduction & Notes by Michael Irwin Professor of English Literature University of Kent at Canterbury The Diary of a Nobody is so unassuming a work that even its author George Grossmith seemed unaware that he had produced a masterpiece For more than a century this wonderfully comic portrayal of suburban life & values has remained in print a source of delight to generations of readers & a major literary influence much imitated but never equalled If you don't recognise yourself at some point in The Diary you are probably less than human If you can read it without laughing aloud you have no sense of humour ...

' January 22nd
- Robert startles me at breakfast by asking if my cold
- which he has hitherto ignored
- is better I reply


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One of the most famous accounts of living under the Nazi regime of World War II comes from the diary of a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl Anne Frank Today The Diary of a Young Girl has sold over 25 million copies world-wide; this is the definitive edition released to mark the 70th anniversary of the day the diary begins '12 June 1942 I hope I will be able to confide everything to you as I have never been able to confide in anyone & I hope you will be a great source of comfort & support' The Diary of a Young Girl is one of the most celebrated & enduring books of the last century Tens of millions have read it since it was first published in 1947 & it remains a deeply admired testament to the indestructible nature of the human spirit This definitive edition restores thirty per cent if the original manuscript which was deleted from the original edition It reveals Anne as a teenage girl who fretted about & tried to cope with her own emerging sexuality & who also veered between being a carefree child & an aware adult Anne Frank & her family fled the horrors of Nazi occupation by hiding in the back of a warehouse in Amsterdam for two years with another family & a German dentist Aged thirteen when she went into the secret annexe Anne kept a diary She movingly revealed how the eight people living under these extraordinary conditions coped with hunger the daily threat of discovery & death & being cut off from the outside world as well as petty misunderstandings & the unbearable strain of living like prisoners The Diary of a Young Girl is a timeless true story to be rediscovered by each new generation For young readers & adults it continues to bring to life Anne's extraordinary courage & struggle throughout her ordeal This is the definitive edition of the diary of Anne Frank Anne Frank was born on the 12 June 1929 She died while imprisoned at Bergen-Belsen three months short of her sixteenth birthday This seventieth anniversary definitive edition of The Diary of a Young Girl is poignant heartbreaking & a book that everyone should read ...

Anne Frank's The Diary of a Young Girl is an inspiring & tragic account of an ordinary life lived in extraordinary circumstances that has enthralled readers for generations This Penguin Modern Classics edition is edited by Otto H Frank & Mirjam Pressler translated by Susan Massotty &

Includes:: an introduction by Elie Wiesel author of Night' June 1942 I hope I will be able to confide everything to you as I have never been able to confide in anyone & I hope you will be a great source of comfort & support' In Amsterdam in the summer of 1942 the Nazis forced teenager Anne Frank & her family into hiding For over two years they another family & a German dentist lived in a 'secret annexe' fearing discovery All that time Anne kept a diary Since its publication in 1947 Anne Frank's diary has been read by tens of millions of people This Definitive Edition restores substantial material omitted from the original edition giving us a deeper insight into Anne Frank's world Her curiosity about her emerging sexuality the conflicts with her mother her passion for Peter a boy whose family hid with hers & her acute portraits of her fellow prisoners reveal Anne as more human more vulnerable & more vital than ever If you enjoyed The Diary of a Young Girl you might also like Hannah Arendt's Eichmann in Jerusalem A Report on the Banality of Evil available in Penguin Classics' One of the greatest books of the twentieth century' Guardian'A modern classic' Julia Neuberger The Times

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In July 1942 thirteen-year-old Anne Frank & her family fleeing the horrors of Nazi occupation went into hiding in an Amsterdam warehouse Over the next two years Anne vividly describes not only the daily frustrations of living in such close quarters but also her thoughts feelings & longings as she grows up Her diary ends abruptly & tragically when in August 1944 Anne & her family were all finally betrayed ...

The definitive 70th anniversary edition of The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank & edited by Otto H Frank & Mirjam Pressler the world's most famous diary & 'one of the greatest books of the century''12th June 1942I hope I will be able to confide everything to you as I have never been able to confide in anyone & I hope you will be a great source of comfort & support' In the summer of 1942 fleeing the horrors of the Nazi occupation Anne Frank & her family were forced into hiding in the back of an Amsterdam warehouse Aged thirteen when she went into the secret annexe Anne kept a diary in which she confided her innermost thoughts & feelings movingly revealing how the eight people living under these extraordinary conditions coped with the daily threat of discovery & death being cut off from the outside world petty misunderstandings & the unbearable strain of living like prisoners An intimate record of tension & struggle adolescence & confinement anger & heartbreak this is the definitive edition of the diary of Anne Frank' One of the greatest books of the century' Guardian'A modern classic' The Times' Rings down the decades as the most moving testament to the persecution of innocence' Daily Mail' Astonishing & excruciating Its gnaws at us still' New York Times Book Review'A monument to the human spirit' Mail on Sunday Anne Frank was born on 12 June 1929 She died in Bergen-Belsen three months short of her sixteenth birthday ...