When a hungry wolf meets a young boy he knows exactly what he wants for supper! But the boy has a very clever plan & suggests some very special & delicious recipes
- like Boy Soup Boy Cake & Boy Pie. Soon the greedy wolf is running round trying to find all the ingredients
- with hilarious results!

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When Wolf decides that a little girl would make a very tasty snack he tries to trick her by pretending to be her grandmother. But the little girl is smarter than Wolf & sends him away each time he knocks at her door. She sends him to collect various things that she says her grandmother would wear or bring. Finally she sends him for a big bunch of balloons & a huge rock & then tells him to put the rock down. The balloons then carry him up into the air & away for ever. ...

In 1913 a young second lieutenant discovers the terrible danger of pity. He had no idea the girl was lame when he asked her to dance-his compensatory afternoon calls relieve his guilt but give her a dangerous glimmer of hope. Stefan Zweigs only novel is a devastating depiction of the torment of the betrayal of both honour & love realised against the background of the disintegration of the Austro-Hungarian empire. ...

Wily Wolf is back in a third hilarious story! Wolf is once again extremely hungry & decides he has to go to school
- it's full
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Brian Moore or ' Pitbull' as he came to be known during nearly a decade at the heart of the England rugby team's pack established himself as one of the game's original hard men at a time when rugby was still an amateur sport. Since his retirement he has earned a reputation as an equally uncompromising commentator never afraid to tell it as he sees it & lash out at the money men & professionals that have made rugby into such a different beast. Yet for all his bullishness on & off the pitch there also appears a more unconventional complicated side to the man. A solicitor by trade Moore's love of fine wine career experience as a manicurist & preference for reading Shakespeare in the dressing room before games mark him out as anything but the stereotypical rugby player & in Beware of the Dog Moore lays open with astounding frankness the shocking events both personal & professional that have gone towards shaping him over the years. Presenting an unparalleled insight into the mind of one of British rugby's greatest players & characters Beware of the Dog is a uniquely engaging & upfront sporting memoir. ...

Jacks in trouble big trouble. Not only is he in hospital with a leg in traction (boring) but he knows the police are coming for him: because of an accident
- a tomato-related accident
- involving a supermarket pyramid & an old-age pensioner. Whoops! Jeremy Strong knows exactly what makes kids laugh & hes on top form in this very funny detective spoof. A major rebranding & repackaging programme in 2007 will ensure theres not a child in the country who hasnt laughed their socks off with Jeremy! Rowan Cliffords illustrations add to the fun.

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Beyonce is one of the world's biggest pop stars
- & this lavishly illustrated book is the first to celebrate the talented singer
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One of the greatest of all sports books now reissued with a new introduction. C L R James one of the foremost thinkers of the twentieth century was devoted to the game of cricket. In this classic summation of half a lifetime spent playing watching & writing about the sport he recounts the story of his overriding passion & tells us of the players whom he knew & loved exploring the games psychology & aesthetics & the issues of class race & politics that surround it. Part memoir of a West Indian boyhood part passionate celebration & defence of cricket as an art form part indictment of colonialism Beyond a Boundary addresses not just a sport but a whole culture & asks the question What do they know of cricket who only cricket know? ...

The compelling new novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of TO LOVE & TO CHERISH It is 1945 & the war is finally over. For sisters Sophie & Maria though the upheaval is just beginning. For they have no choice but to leave their beloved home on the Isle of Man. It is a huge wrench for eighteen-year-old Maria who can't forget Hans Bonhoeffer a young Austrian interned on the island during the war. For widowed Sophie Liverpool offers a new beginning with her daughter Bella. She has no room for distractions
- until she falls in love with Frank Ryan a man married to a woman who although she doesn't love him has no intention of letting him go. Without the men they love will the sisters ever find happiness?
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Has your child learned their ABCs? This activity book will help your child to confidently go on to learn how letters come together to make new sounds in words
- with the help of the friendly Letterland characters. Beyond ABC Activity Book is packed full of puzzles & activities that make learning fun! It comes complete with 50 reusable stickers that your child can use time & time again.
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