A remarkable collection of dark, funny & haunting short stories from the inimitable author of ` The Lottery`. An anxious devil, an elderly writer of poison pen letters & a mid-century Jack the Ripper; a pursuit though a nightmarish city, a small boy`s thrilling train ride with a female thief, & a town where the possibility of evil lurks behind perfect rose bushes. This is the world of Shirley Jackson, by turns frightening, funny, strange & unforgettably revealed in this brilliant collection of short stories.` Jackson at her best: plumbing the extraordinary from the depths of mid-twentieth-century common. [ Just an Ordinary Day] is a gift to a new generation`
- San Francisco Chronicle` For Jackson devotees, as well as first-time readers, this is a feast.. . A virtuoso collection`
- Publishers Weekly

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Having been dragged against his will to live in Denmark, Michael Booth discovered one of the great secrets of travel literature
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A major & controversial new biography of one of the most compelling & contradictory figures in modern British life. Born Alexander Boris de Pfeffel Johnson, to most of us he is just ` Boris`
- the only politician of the age to be regarded in such familiar, even affectionate terms. Uniquely, he combines comedy with erudition, gimlet-eyed focus with jokey self-deprecation, & is a loving family man with a roving eye. He is also a hugely ambitious figure with seemingly no huge ambitions to pursue
- other than, perhaps, power itself. In this revealing biography, written from the vantage point of a once close colleague, Sonia Purnell examines how a shy, young boy from a broken home became our only box-office politician
- & most unlikely sex god; how the Etonian product fond of Latin tags became a Man of the People
- & why he wanted to be; how the gaffe-prone buffoon charmed Londonders to win the largest personal mandate Britain has ever seen; & how the Johnson family built our biggest
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- media & political dynasty. The first forensic account of a remarkable rise to fame & power, Just Boris unravels this most compelling of political enigmas & asks whether the Mayor who dreams of crossing the Thames to Downing Street has what it takes to be Prime Minister.





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My name is Adam Butters. I live on planet Earth, I like eating spaghetti hoops & I`ve decided I`m going to be a SUPERHERO. Everyone loves superheroes, they solve problems & make people happy, & that`s good because my mum needs cheering up. Also, I`ve found out that before I was adopted my real mum called me ACE. So now I`ve just got to prove to the world that`s what I am. One mission at a time... Hilarious, heart-warming & heart-breaking in equal measure, this is a story about the power in all of us to be extraordinary. ...

Authored by none other than the former US Children`s Poet Laureate, J. Patrick Lewis, this collection of animal-focused jokes & riddles will keep kids reading, rhyming, & laughing like a hyena. The Just Joking series has wowed the kid crowd, & now ” Just Joking: Animal Riddles”delivers 150 hilarious & puzzling riddles all about animals, guaranteed to tickle the funny bone of kids everywhere!” ...

This is a non-fiction Christmas bestseller. ” Just My Type” is not just a font book, but a book of stories. It is: about how Helvetica & Comic Sans took over the world; about why Barack Obama opted for Gotham, while Amy Winehouse found her soul in 30s Art Deco; about the great originators of type, from Baskerville to Zapf, or people like Neville Brody who threw out the rulebook, or Margaret Calvert, who invented the motorway signs that are used from Watford Gap to Abu Dhabi; about the pivotal moment when fonts left the world of Letraset & were loaded onto computers...and typefaces became something we realised we all have an opinion about. As the ” Sunday Times” review put it, the book is ”a kind of Eats, Shoots & Leaves for letters, revealing the extent to which fonts are not only shaped by but also define the world in which we live”. ...

Never again be lost for words on whether it’s the yoga, pilates or tai chi class you are looking for. With more than 40 full-colour cards featuring more than 500 entertaining icons on food & drink, accommodation, transport, fashion & sightseeing, all held together with a screw for easy flicking. This is the ideal gift for the discerning traveller. ...

” Just Ride” is the single best book for any newly passionate or well-established bike rider. It simplifies bike riding to the essentials, plus plenty of fun, smart stuff. As the author of this manifesto on the best way to ride, Grant Petersen takes no prisoners. His wise words will muffle the noisy show-offs who tout unnecessary extras & his declarative statements will negate the damaging advice that tells you to ride in a way that`s just bad for you. New riders will get off on the right pedal & experienced riders will be able to think clearly again with advice from an expert. ...

The King finds the perfect soft, red cloth to make the Princess a cloak for Christmas. Once the cloak is made, the leftover cloth is put outside where, in turn, it is found by someone & made into a different present. Each gift gets smaller & smaller as the leftover cloth diminishes
- but it's still just right
- until the last teeny bit of cloth is used to make a scarf for the smallest mouse to keep him warm from the winter chill. Rhythmical writing & vibrant & energetic pictures bring to life this lovely story with a perfect Christmas message that giving to your loved ones is just as much fun as receiving.

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Dog has everything he needs in his big blue suitcase
- it`s the perfect fit for all the little treasures he has collected along
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