Dont Die Young is a revelatory tour of the human body which accompanied the major BBC2 television series. Focusing on our vital organs- from the beating chambers of the heart to the coiling tunnels of the intestines
- Dr Alice Roberts explains how they work & how to keep them in tip-top condition. There are many aspects of your health that you can control & she explains how you can reduce your risk of suffering many disorders from cystitis to cancer & headaches to heart disease. With authoritative advice amazing photographs & clear diagrams she cuts through the jargon. (What exactly are antioxidants & trans-fatty acids?) This book will change the way you think about your body & you will be better equipped to combat disease
- & to treat any health advice with very healthy scepticism.

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When Kate P Green goes for tea with the Queen she gets more than she bargained for in this hilariously anarchic look at the tricky subject of table manners. stunning illustrations & design from the creator of Smile!
- starring Orchards new character Sunny Mc Cloud
- perfectly complement this exceptionally funny rhyming story from a great new author. Although this award-winning book wont teach your child perfect table manners it will provide a witty platform from which the importance of manners & also of enjoying food & mealtimes can be broached.

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Its a grim fact that the world isnt as nice as it used to be. People are ruder more greedy more selfish & more violent. & even though those hardback retro books with flock covers & embossed titles look nice they wont help turn back the clock. Making a tin-can telephone skimming stones & whittling wood isnt going to bring world peace. In fact the world is only made more dangerous by people making their own bunsen burners & careering down hills in home made soap-box carts. Well heres an alternative book for boys -- one that teaches us the joy & pleasure of staying indoors keeping safe & staying out of trouble. Included within is Richards hilarious thoughts on home made fun snooping wholesome entertainment good old fashioned adventure bonding holidays with dad & useful information on the nutters throughout history who have made life much more dangerous for us because of their idiocy. ...

Dad walked determinedly down the path joined by two neighbours with five children between them. As we reached the corner of Kent Avenue I looked back for one last wave. But Mum had buried her head in her pinny & it was a year before I saw her again. In June 1940 10-year-old Pam Hobbs & her sister Iris took the long journey from their council home in Leigh-on-Sea to faraway rural Derbyshire. Living away from Mum & Dad for two long years Pam was moved between four foster homes. In some she & Iris found a second family with babies to look after car rides & picnics & even a pet pig. But other billets took a more sinister turn as the adults found it easy to exploit the children in their care. Returning to Essex things would never be the same again & the war was far from over. Making do with rations dodging bombs & helping with the war effort Pam & her family struggled to get by. In Dont Forget to Write with warmth & vivid detail Pam describes a time that was full of overwhelming hardship & devastation; yet also of kindness & humour resilience & courage. ...

Modern life is full of annoyances some large & some small. Indeed it sometimes seems as if life conspires to become more & more annoying every day just to piss us off. Pop-up windows on the internet selling you software you dont want! Having to pay GBP3.20 for a small bottle of water from a hotel minibar! Brian Sewells voice
- please is there no end to this pain?! Well Mitchell Symons has decided that enough is enough. Hes mad as hell & hes not going to take this any more! If you thought the grumpy old men were grumpy its time to think again... More annoying things: People who use finger signs to denote"ation marks. Talking birthday cards that never shut up. Train journeys that are more expensive than flights to the same destination. Jade Goody. Mobile phone ringtones. Pubs that advertise things happening TONITE. Books on punctuation & grammar. Think of this book as therapy. Everything annoying in the world is here. Hilarious entertaining & downright infuriating this is essential reading for anyone out there who likes a good rant.
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Alan Bates Michael Caine Sean Connery Tom Courtenay Albert Finney Richard Harris Peter OToole Robert Shaw & Terence Stamp: They are the most formidable acting generation ever to tread the boards or stare into a camera whose anti-establishment attitude changed the cultural landscape of Britain. This was a new breed many culled from the working class industrial towns of Britain & nothing like them has been seen before or since. Their raw earthy brilliance brought realism to a whole range of groundbreaking theatre from John Osbornes Look Back in Anger" to Joan Littlewood & Harold Pinter & the creation of the National Theatre. & they ripped apart the staid middle class British film industry with kitchen sink classics like " Saturday Night & Sunday Morning" " This Sporting Life" " The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner" "A Kind of Loving" & " Billy Liar" before turning their sights on international stardom: Connery with James Bond OToole as Lawrence of Arabia Finney with Tom Jones & Caine in Zulu. " Dont Let the Bastards Grind You Down" brings alive the trail-blazing period of theatre & film from 1956-1964 through the vibrant energy & exploits of this revolutionary generation of stars who bulldozed over austerity Britain & paved the way for the swinging 60s. What Peter Biskinds " Easy Riders Raging Bulls" did for American cinema writing so " Dont Let the Bastards" will do for the British cinema." ...

Its getting late & the bus driver is going to brush his teeth & get ready for bed. Will you do him a favour while he is gone
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Eliza Benedicts past returns to haunt her when the serial killer she escaped from as a young girl walks back into her life. The new nail-shredding novel from New York Times bestseller Laura Lippman. 25 years ago he stole her innocence. Now he wants to get in touch. Eliza Benedict cherishes her quiet existence with her successful husband & children in the leafy suburbs of suburban Washington. But her tranquillity is shattered when she receives a letter from the last person she ever expects -- or wants -- to hear from: Walter Bowman. In the summer of 1985 when she was fifteen-years-old Eliza was kidnapped by serial killer Walter Bowman who targeted young girls like Eliza in a sexually motivated killing spree. Now facing lethal injection on death row Walter is keen to make contact with Eliza seemingly motivated by a desire to atone for his sins before he finally meets his maker. Carefully with some reluctance she lets Walter enter her life first by letter then in person. Walter is keen to convince Eliza that he has changed but it becomes clear that Walter has more of an agenda than he first revealed. Cunning & manipulative Walter is never more dangerous than when he cant get what he wants & he wants something very badly. Disturbingly he seems to have an ally working in the outside one who seems to know everything about Elizas life -- including where she lives. As Walter once again manages to exert his malign influence Eliza must draw on all of her reserves of wisdom & strength as the battle of predator & prey once more plays out & she must face the past head on if she is to survive. A taut & mesmerizing novel by the highly-acclaimed author of Life Sentences & Every Secret Thing. ...

In Peters own words: These are the stories of a not particularly brave safari guide... As a child I knew that I was afraid of heights & while uncomfortable admitting any phobia was glad to have only one. Then I met my first crocodile. Now I know that there are at least two things in the world that unhinge my knees with fear sour my breath & overwhelm me with an urge to squeeze my eyes shut & wake up somewhere else. In this companion to Dont Run Whatever You Do" Peter Allison encounters ravenous lions stampeding elephants & lovesick rhinos. He recounts his hairy & often hilarious adventures in a private section of South Africas famous Kruger National Park & in Botswanas Okavango Delta where desert animals from the Kalahari make their homes next to aquatic creatures like hippos & where the unusual becomes commonplace. It is written with a wonderful gentle humour evocative of Gerald Durrell. One can almost feel the heat from the campfire flames as the stories are told." ...

John & Laura have come to Venice to try & escape the pain of their young daughters death. But when they encounter two old women who claim to have second sight they find that instead of laying their ghosts to rest they become caught up in a train of increasingly strange & violent events. The four other haunting evocative stories in this volume also explore deep fears & longings secrets & desires: a lonely teacher who investigates a mysterious American couple; a young woman confronting her fathers past; a party of pilgrims who meet disaster in Jerusalem; & a scientist who harnesses the power of the mind to chilling effect. ...