The Second World War was the WIs finest hour. The whole of its previous history
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The hugely popular story of James & his journey to New York with the strangest group of insect friends. Great new Quentin Blake cover & new author biography. Roald Dahl the best-loved of childrens writers was born in Wales of Norwegian parents. His books continue to be bestsellers despite his death in 1990 & worldwide sales are over 100 million! Quentin Blake is one of the best-known & best-loved childrens illustrators & its impossible now to think of Roald Dahls writings without imagining Quentin Blakes illustrations. ...

James & the Giant Peach" is a favourite tale of the most marvelous adventure by Roald Dahl. Now with Quentin Blake's illustrious illustrations in magnificent full colour! An enormous escaped rhinoceros from London Zoo has eaten James' parents. & it gets worse! James is packed off to live with his two really horrible aunts Sponge & Spiker. Poor James is miserable until something peculiar happens & James finds himself on the most wonderful & extraordinary journey he could ever imagine..."A true genius... Roald Dahl is my hero." (David Walliams). With an exciting look into Roald Dahl's world. Roald Dahl the best-loved of children's writers was born in Wales of Norwegian parents. After school in England he went to work for Shell in Africa. He began to write after "a monumental bash on the head" sustained as an RAF pilot in World War II. Roald Dahl died in 1990. Quentin Blake is one of the best-known & best-loved children's illustrators & it's impossible now to think of Roald Dahl's writings without imagining Quentin Blake's illustrations." ...

Join James as he escapes from his horrible aunts & sets off inside the peach on his wonderful adventures. This dramatization of Roald Dahls hugely popular book can be staged in school acted out at home or simply read together by a group of friends. With suggestions for staging props & lighting. Roald Dahl died in 1990 but his books continue to be worldwide bestsellers. Richard George was an American elementary school teacher when he adapted James & the Giant Peach as a school play. Roald Dahl loved it & wrote an introduction. ...

An enormous escaped rhinoceros from London Zoo has eaten James' parents. & it gets worse! James is packed off to live with his two really horrible aunts Sponge & Spiker. Poor James is miserable until something peculiar happens & James finds himself on the most wonderful & extraordinary journey he could ever imagine... ...

A true genius... Roald Dahl is my hero"
- David Walliams Phizz-whizzing new branding for the world's No.1 storyteller Roald Dahl!
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Introducing James Arthur
- the winner of The X Factor 2012! 'I still can't get my head around being on the UK's biggest talent
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The legend continues! Get ready to enjoy more thrills & spills with the worlds greatest secret agent in the latest addition to this classic action series! This is the story that introduced us to James Bond! In his first mission James must neutralize a Russian operative by ruining him at the Baccarat table & forcing his retirement. Lady luck appears to be taken with Bond as his target hits a losing streak but Bonds attraction to a beautiful female agent leads him to disaster... This new edition also

Includes:: Live & Let Die & the very rarely seen Moonraker brought together for the first time in one spectacular collection that features an exclusive introduction by legendary Bond actor Roger Moore!

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The legend continues! Stand by for more adventures with the world's greatest secret agent as some of his most thrilling missions are collected for the first time ever! When James Bond's boss the enigmatic M is kidnapped in Greece Bond must race to his rescue
- with only some local fishermen to help! But 007 uncovers a plan to sabotage a USSR summit...and the evil Colonel Sun is planning to frame the British Secret Service for the crime! This new never-before-collected edition featuring Kingsley Amis' only James Bond story also collects The Golden Ghost"! It also

Includes:: a new introduction & exclusive features examining the post-Fleming comics & Kingsley Amis' Bond work!"


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Amazing & Extraordinary Facts: James Bond is the essential companion for every Bond fan unearthing a selection of surprising & intriguing facts about the much-loved fictional spy & the books & films that he has starred in. Discover the origins of the name & character of James Bond the life & inspirations of Bonds creator Ian Fleming the man who brought the novels to the big screen Cubby Broccoli & the many actors who have played the Bond character so well over the years; Sean Connery George Lazenby Roger Moore Timothy Dalton Pierce Brosnan & most recently Daniel Craig. Read about the many Bond villains from Jaws to Goldfinger & find the names of all of the Bond girls & the actresses who played them from Ursula Andress as Honey Rider to the more recent Jinx played by Halle Berry. The author explores the many Bond gadgets firearms & modes of transport & explains why the Walther PPK was Bonds gun of choice. Every angle of the Bond phenomenon is explored including the depictions on the small screen the many spoof versions from the Austin Powers trilogy to Johnny English Flemings literary successors who have continued to write Bond novels: Kingsley Amis John Gardner Raymond Benson Charlie Higson Sebastian Faulks & Jeffrey Deaver the various exotic locations as well as the creation of the legendary Bond theme song. The adventures of Ian Flemings fictional spy have touched the lives of everyone in some way whether through the novels TV shows or movies & with the 2012 release of the blockbuster Bond movie Skyfall starring Daniel Craig the Bond phenomenon is creating a whole new generation of fans. Amazing & Extraordinary Facts: James Bond will impress you with all the James Bond trivia you could ever want to know. The Amazing & Extraordinary Facts series presents interesting surprising & little-known facts & stories about a wide range of topics which are guaranteed to inform absorb & entertain in equal measure. ...