MACs annuals have been delighting Daily Mail readers & MAC fans for the past decade tickling their funny parts with his famous cultural sideswipes & hilarious satirical stabs at the government international events & the world at large. In 2012 even though the world has changed considerably MAC continues unabated in his quest for comedy gold stars poking gentle fun at all the years hilarious headlines & wicked news stories. What will be in this years book? Youll have to buy it to find out! ...

That rare thing: a daily cartoonist who never fails THE TIMES From The Royal Wedding to weather woes not to mention the coalition government here is multi-award-winning bestselling cartoonist Matts hilarious review of the last twelve months... Matt has a unique & wonderfully entertaining view of life giving it a brighter funnier twist. Every day a witty sharp gem of social comment...his brilliant work is the yardstick by which the rest are judged TERRY WOGAN I stand in silent wonder every morning at the genius of Matt Jeremy Clarkson SUNDAY TIMES ...

They were teenage sweethearts from opposite sides of the tracks
- with a passion that would change their lives for ever. But life
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Paddington -- the beloved classic bear from Darkest Peru -- is back in these fantastically funny stories from master storyteller Michael Bond! Celebrating 50 years of the nations favourite bear. Enjoy Paddington in these three classic stories including 'A Bear Called Paddington' ' More about Paddington' & ' Here & Now'. Read by Stephen Fry enjoy these classic childrens stories about our intrepid furry hero from Darkest Peru!!! ...

Globetrotters The Best of Series" provides an attractive handy pocket guide to popular destinations. The book features well-presented to-the-point sections on the highlights of the city places of interest activities accommodation where to eat out entertainment & excursions. It features travel tips a general index & also a separate index for the places of interest. Each entry is cross referenced with the fold-out maps. The Highlights chapter features an introduction to each of the 20 featured highlights information on location contact details opening hours entry fees & tour details. The Sightseeing chapter features historic buildings galleries & museums parks & gardens with contact details opening hours & entry fees for each featured site. The Activities chapter features sports activities suggested routes for walking tours & organized tours while the Shopping chapter covers shops & markets. Accommodation

Includes:: listings by area & price category. Eating out covers the cuisine of the region as well as listings of suggested venues by area & price. Entertainment

Includes:: nightlife music theatre festivals casinos pubs & clubs & spectator sports. Excursions include transport options distance contact details & highlights. A Travel Tips section handles everything from transport & money to personal safety & etiquette."



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Pippi Longstocking is nine years old & lives all by herself with a horse a monkey a suitcase full of gold & no grown-ups to tell her what to do. She's wild & funny & her crazy ideas are always getting her into trouble! In these three favourite stories Pippi performs at the circus is reunited with her long-lost father & takes her friends Tommy & Annika on a trip to the Canny Canny Islands. She also finds a squeazle gives a shark a good telling-off & turns 43 somersaults in the air before breakfast! Everything's fun with Pippi around! This edition is illustrated throughout with black & white line drawings by best-selling artist Tony Ross. ...

With two cartoons a page & over 300 cartoons in all The Best of Pugh offers hours of entertainment & a satirical look back on the past year. Pughs work has been compared to the Telegraphs Matt & Metros Brook & is currently the Mails daily cartoonist. His exposure within the paper has increased so much that his cartoons feature 3 or 4 times throughout the Daily Mail each day offering an often immediate satirical reaction to the stories which they appear next to. Pughs work has gained him a loyal following of news-fiends & cartoon aficionados alike -- making this collection a true must-have for old fans of Pugh -- & a great introduction for new ones too. ...

With a foreword by Quentin Blake. A feast of pictorial delights from the pages of Punch
- in glorious colour. Brings together for
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Fans of Please Kill Me" rejoice: Here is the raucous star-studded anarchic best of the era-defining " Punk" magazine lovingly collected & reproduced in facsimile form
- including one completely unseen "lost issue"
- with behind-the-scenes stories from founding editor John Holmstrom."

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Robert Service famous for his ballads of life in the Gold Rush years of the Yukon among them The Shooting of Dangerous Dan Mc Grew & " The Cremation of Sam Mc Gee" painted pictures of artists grisettes & models from the merry tragic life of bohemian Paris of the early 1900s inspired by the shadows of World War I as it fell across the city. Throughout these poems are expressions of the poet's own homespun philosophy. His verses offered gaiety humour mostalgia & pathos while his comments on women life & death ambition success & failure were all aimed to evoke quick response in the readers heart."" ...