A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEAR A TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR A SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR A DAILY MAIL BOOK OF THE YEAR An original memorable & substantial achievement' TLS A masterpiece' Mail on Sunday I honked so loudly the man sitting next to me dropped his sandwich' Observer She made John Lennon blush & Marlon Brando clam up She cold-shouldered Princess Diana & humiliated Elizabeth Taylor Andy Warhol photographed her Jack Nicholson offered her cocaine Gore Vidal revered her John Fowles hoped to keep her as his sex-slave Dudley Moore propositioned her Francis Bacon heckled her Peter Sellers was in love with her For Pablo Picasso she was the object of sexual fantasy " If they knew what I had done in my dreams with your royal ladies" he confided to a friend "they would take me to the Tower of London & chop off my head!" Princess Margaret aroused passion & indignation in equal measures To her friends she was witty & regal To her enemies she was rude & demanding In her 1950's heyday she was seen as one of the most glamorous & desirable women in the world By the time of her death she had come to personify disappointment One friend said he had never known an unhappier woman The tale of Princess Margaret is pantomime as tragedy & tragedy as pantomime It is Cinderella in reverse hope dashed happiness mislaid life mishandled Combining interviews parodies dreams parallel lives diaries announcements lists catalogues & essays Ma'am Darling is a kaleidoscopic experiment in biography & a witty meditation on fame & art snobbery & deference bohemia & high society Brown has been our best parodist & satirist for decades now Ma'am Darling is as you would expect very funny; also full of quirky facts & genial footnotes Brown has managed to ingest huge numbers of royal books & documents without losing either his judgment or his sanity He adores the spectacle of human vanity' Julian Barnes Guardian ...

Aged thirteen Martha is rescued by the courts from the clutches of her evil stepfather Jackser & her feckless mother Sally After numerous arrests for shoplifting a judge rules that she is to be sent to a convent school with the instruction that she is to get an education Her initial relief at escaping the abuse & neglect she suffered at home is however short-lived as she soon realises that there are many forms of cruelty in this life As she says ' You can have a full belly but your heart can be very empty' Ostracised by the other children for being a 'street kid' & put to back-breaking work by the nuns she leads a lonely existence her only joy coming from the books she devours & her mischievous sense of humour Desperate for love & a little place where she feels she belongs despite all that she has suffered Martha retains her compassion for others & still continues to hope for a brighter future when she will be free to make her own way in life ...

After a failed suicide attempt & recovery in the mad house Martha is heading for France to be reunited with the one true love of her life Father Ralph Fitzgerald rescued her from the streets when she was sixteen & was the first person to show Martha true love & affection But their relationship threatened his vocation & he eventually fled to Africa to take up missionary work Martha never got over losing him & now after nearly twenty years he has made contact again She sets off on a mission to find him & uncover his motives for getting in touch Does he still love her? Has he left the priesthood? Is he now free to marry her? She needs to know what the future is going to hold ...

Tracklist A1 High Expectations (Intro) A2 Bad Behaviour A3 Don't Call Me Up A4 FML A5 We Don't Say A6 Selfish Love Featuring
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Amiibo are a series of character toys that interact with games on the Nintendo Wii U & 3DS; When an amiibo is placed on the Game Pad that character will be brought into the game; As you play your figure&s data will also be updated so keep playing to make your amiibo unique; There is a wide range of characters from numerous games to choose from so collect them all Key Featuresamiibo are a series of character toys that interact with games on the Nintendo Wii U & 3DSWhen an amiibo is placed on the Game Pad that character will be brought into the game As you play your figure&s data will also be updated so keep playing to make your amiibo unique There is a wide range of characters from numerous games to choose from so collect them all ...

Mabel Jones is ready for her second unlikely adventure
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Lewis Carroll's Alice has been enchanting children for 150 years Curious Alice the bossy White Rabbit the formidable Queen of Hearts & the Mad Hatter are among the best-loved most iconic literary creations of all time Mabel Lucie Attwell's gentle illustrations & distinctive style have been the nursery staple of generations of children Her illustrated edition of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland was first published in 1911 As the original Alice publishers Macmillan are proud to return Mabel Lucie Attwell's Alice in Wonderland to print in a beautiful hardback gift edition featuring original full colour plates & line artwork ...

A young spy gets entangled in an action-filled whodunit mystery! When Mabel's parents leave town without warning she isn't worried They're spies after all But when her beloved Aunt Gertie is arrested for leading a smuggling ring then her obnoxious Uncle Frank & Aunt Stella show up demanding to be let into the family's private museum things begin to look fishy Especially since Mabel hasn't heard from her parents in days Tackling a mystery like this one is what she has been training for her whole short life Using her self-authored spy handbook will Mabel be able to find her parents & unmask the real criminal before it's too late? Rife with quirky characters zany twists & an unflinching look at the difficulty of learning to trust Amanda Hosch's debut is sure to capture the hearts of secret-keepers sleuths & everyone in between ...

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Eric&s new in the neighbourhood MAC&s new on the planet MAC is the Mysterious Alien Creature that finds himself accidentally sucked up by a space probe & brought back to Earth with his family When they become separated MAC heads off to discover this new planet with hilarious results & finds a new friend in 10 year old Eric Enjoy again one of the best loved children&s films of the &80s Actors Christine Ebersole Jonathan Ward Tina Caspary Lauren Stanley Jade Calegory Vinnie Torrente Martin West Ivan J Rado Danny Cooksey & Laura Waterbury Director Stewart Raffill Certificate PGYear 1988 Screen Widescreen 1851 Anamorphic Languages English Duration 1 hour & 35 minutes (approx) ...