Please note this book is written in Welsh Anthony Horowitzs life might have been copied from the pages of Charles Dickens or the Brothers Grimm. Born in 1956 in Stanmore, Middlesex, to a family of wealth & status, Anthony was raised by nannies, surrounded by servants & chauffeurs. His father, a wealthy businessman, was, says Mr. Horowitz, "a fixer for Harold Wilson." What that means exactly is unclear -- " My father was a very secretive man, " he says-- so an aura of suspicion & mystery surrounds both the word & the man. As unlikely as it might seem, Anthonys father, threatened with bankruptcy, withdrew all of his money from Swiss bank accounts in Zurich & deposited it in another account under a false name & then promptly died. His mother searched unsuccessfully for years in attempt to find the money, but it was never found. That too shaped Anthonys view of things. Today he says, "I think the only thing to do with money is spend it." His mother, whom he adored, eccentrically gave him a human skull for his 13th birthday. His grandmother, another Dickensian character, was mean-spirited & malevolent, a destructive force in his life. She was, he says, "a truly evil person", his first & worst arch villain. " My sister & I danced on her grave when she died, " he now recalls. ...

Who is in Coma Suite Number 5? A matchless lover? A supreme egotist? A selfless martyr? A bad mother? A cherished sister? A selfish wife? All of these. For this is Silvia Shute who has always done exactly what she wants. Until now, when her life suddenly, ...

Everyone knows the real Silvia, dont they?

Silvia Shute lies in hospital in a coma. Family & friends gather at her bedside,

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Books Board Books Buster's staying with Grandma on the farm. But where will he find the eggs for breakfast? Not in the stable – oh dear! Young children will love lifting the flaps as they turn the pages & follow Buster around the farm. With bright, bold artwork, simple, catchy text & a whole host of favourite farm animals, Oh Dear! is a classic story to come back to again & again, & the thick board pages, chunky cased cover & sturdy flaps make it great for small hands. Product Information: • ISBN: 9781529097887 • Author: Rod Campbell • Publisher: Macmillan Children’s Books • Format: Hardback • Pages: 18 • Dimensions: 17.7 x 17.6 x 2 cm ...

A collection of stories that depicts the recurrent theme of denial, or unshakable naivety, in the face of disaster & its inevitable consequences. It features such characters as a Bible-beating preacher, a tattoo-covered man who plies dead armadillos with empty beer cans & a mother who is bent on retaliating against her daughter's attacker. ...

Set against the vibrant background of one of the world's most dangerous cities, Oh Mexico! is not only a classic travel memoir, but also contains great narrative & stuffed with amazing facts about this country's colourful history, lit up by warmth, wit, wisdom & pizzazz. With an eye for the bizarre & comic, Lucy's engaging account of surviving life & love in a vast, bustling Central American city is irresistible. After graduating from university with an Arts degree, she is faced with a dilemma: find a job or disappear to Latin America, the exotic land of her childhood dreams! Arriving in Mexico City with little money & only basic Spanish, Lucy's To-Do list is simple enough: ' Next morning I awoke & began writing a to do list. Not that I am an organised person, but I was feeling overwhelmed
- & I always find that a to do list gives me a sense that there is a potential to cope with the situation. 1. Find something to eat, 2. Wash undies, 3. Learn Spanish & 4. Get a job' Lucy promptly finds work as an English teacher & scores a room in a sunny apartment. Her new flatmate, the well-connected Octavio, is unnervingly attractive. So begins a comic tsunami of challenges as Lucy negotiates Mexico City's stratified worlds, meeting everyone from street hawkers to crazy gringos, academics & socialites. Then, as the two men she accidentally falls in love with discover each other's existence, her extrovert family arrive for a visit! With a curious mind & a knowing eye, Lucy's account of life in this riotous third-world metropolis that is Mexico City is utterly irresistible.
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From declaring my love to Vanessa Redgrave to being fed cockroaches by Steve Buscemi, from turnip-based comedy with Blackadder to being farted on by Arnold Schwarzenegger, from Graham Norton's sofa to Alan Cumming's campervan, my life has been (and continues to be) a riotous adventure. Oh Miriam! has been such a constant refrain in my life, said in all kinds of tones
- laughs, surprised gasps & orgasmic sighs (I'm hoping for all those from you as you read on!)
- that it had to be the title of this book. & with a castlist that stretches from Churchill to di Caprio, Dahl to Dietrich, Princess Margaret to Maggie Smith, I've got so much more to tell you & so much more to say. My chapters range from ' How to Stay Married' to ' Don't Let the Bastards Get You Down'. Discover how to break the thickest conversational ice; why swearing is actually good for you (though not on the Today programme); the unexpected things I actually learnt at school & what my Spice Girl name would be. Not to...

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Katy & her brother build a magical snowman. When it gets too cold to play outside, they go into the house
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When a tempting smell drifts into Bear’s cave one morning, he wakes up hungry. 

Bear’s clever nose leads him to

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A tale of a little boy speeding through the night on his dream-train to far off lands where endangered animals beg for a lift. The author also wrote " Mr Gumpy's Outing", Would You Rather & " Come Away From the Water". " Granpa" won the 1984 Emil/ Kurt Maschler Award. ...