Who tried to bomb Japan with bats? Who invented the air-gun in 250BC? Which stories should we believe? The so-called Dambusters raid was all but ineffective; the Hurricane not the Spitfire was the champion of the Battle of Britain; Singapore did not fall because all the guns were pointing the wrong way. ...

Academy award winner Gene Hackman & Dan Akroyd star as mismatched partners in this outrageous comedy from the directors of Porky's. Aykroyd is a brilliant police detective who always hides his true identity. But he's not undercover- he's schizophrenic! T ...

Men are from Mars eh? Well yes, you won't get any argument from us on that front. Sometimes it really does feel like they're from another planet. Between us, we've had a few & though we'd like to tell you that our combined decades of dating disasters & marriage mishaps have given us wisdom & insight into the secrets of understanding the opposite sex
- the truth is, we still don't have a clue what makes them tick. But we always have a right old laugh trying to figure them out! Packed with brand new exclusive content, we will open up about all the things that baffle & delight us about the un-fairer sex. Sherrie remembers her date with Steve Mc Queen, Jane gushes about being reunited with her childhood sweetheart, Coleen shares her secrets for keeping the romance alive & Carol will talk about the time she was forced to draw a diagram to illustrate the finer points of pleasing a lady...
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OK so the fad diet failed, you're never going to be a domestic goddess, the husband's gone AWOL & you've dropped the baby. Time to close the door, curl up on the sofa, pour yourself a stiff drink & laugh out loud. In this wickedly funny book, the Loose Women girls discuss all the topics closest to their hearts
- from younger men to sugar daddies, six-pack fantasies to support knickers, this book is packed with lively, wide-ranging opinions. They share toe-curling confessions of wild nights out (Carol has been particularly generous in her contributions to this section. Thanks Carol.), celebrity encounters, pearls of wisdom, & woeful tales of disastrous relationships (Again, thanks Carol...). The pros & cons of being single, the highs & lows of long-term love, domestic drudgery, drunken skulduggery... It's all here. If you've ever fancied your doctor or wept over a washing machine service manual
- & laughed to tell the tale
- this is your kind of book. Witty, wise, funny & comforting book, it will leave you aching with laughter & itching for a night out with the girls. The size of this book is 24cm in height & 16.3cm wide with 273 pages


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Wherever Looshkin goes, chaos follows right behind. Prepare yourself for rocket-powered nuclear burps, firecracker cheese & LARGE PANTS GALORE! Full of quick-fire gags & surreal hilarity, you'll never be able to guess what he'll do next
- but it's guaranteed to make you titter!   Product Information:  •†ISBN:† 9781788452939 •†Author:   Jamie Smart  •†Publisher:   David Fickling Books •†Format:   Paperback •†Pages:† 208 •†Dimensions:†  14 x 1.2 x 21 cm
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Lord Arthur Savile's Crime is a masterpiece of polished cynicism, in which poison, explosive clocks & finally murder forerun married bliss. 2 of Oscar Wilde's best-loved stories for children are also included, together with The Canterville Ghost & The Portrait of Mr. W. H. Each of the eight stories here were published in the heyday of Wilde's career, between 1887 & 1891. Read by Sir Derek Jacobi. ...

George Gordon was born in London in 1788. He succeeded to a baronetcy in 1798, & as Lord Byron he was soon to become the most famous poet of his age, as well as one of its most notorious characters. His career spanned a momentous period in European history. He left England in 1816, & died in Missolonghi in Greece (where he had gone to join the forces struggling for Greek independence) in 1824. ...

Agatha Christie’s famous murder mystery, reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha

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It was possible to take Eric out of Shed but it proved to be much more difficult to extract SHED from Eric. We follow this hapless young man on a faltering journey from his lowly birthplace to the House of Parliament in Westminster where he is surrounded by those totally alien to his culture. Can he survive? ...

First published in 1900, Lord Jim established Conrad as one of the great storytellers of the twentieth century. Set in the Malay Archipelago, the novel not only provides a gripping account of maritime adventure & romance, but also an exotic tale of the East. Its themes also challenge the conventions of nineteenth-century adventure fiction, confirming Conrad's place in literature as one of the first 'modernists' of English letters. Lord Jim explores the dilemmas of conscience, of moral isolation, of loyalty & betrayal confronting a sensitive individual whose romantic quest for an honourable ideal are tested to the limit. ...