If you love a good story then look no further. Oxford Children's Classics bring together the most unforgettable stories ever told. They're books to treasure & return to again & again. Christina is sent to live with her uncle in his country house Flambards & knows from the moment she arrives that she'll never fit in. Her uncle is fierce & domineering & her cousin Mark is selfish
- but despite all this Christina discovers a passion for horse-riding & finds a true friend in Will. What Christina has yet to realize though is the important part she has to play in the future of this strange household...
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The speech of children has mutated into a virus which is killing their parents. At first it only affects Jews then everyone. Sam & Claire's lives are threatened when their daughter Esther becomes lethal. Each word she speaks is toxic to Sam & Claire. Radio transmissions from strange sources indicate that adults across the country are growing increasingly alarmed. All around parents wither beneath the powerful screams of their children. Claire is already stricken & near death. As the contagion spreads Sam & Claire must leave Esther behind in order to survive. On fleeing Sam finds himself in a government laboratory where a group of scientists are conducting horrific tests hoping to create non-lethal speech. What follows is a nightmarish vision of a world which is both completely alien & frighteningly familiar as Sam presses on alone into a society whose boundaries are dissolving. Both morally engaged & wickedly entertaining The Flame Alphabet asks the question: what is left of civilization when we lose the ability to communicate with those we love? ...

Simon Yates author of Against the Wall takes us back to his early years as a climber
- the escapades & excitement of a young life
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The thirteenth
- & final
- crazy adventure is there in this hugely popular comedy horror series for ghouls & girls! Having been

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The year is 1977 & Reno
- so called because of the place of her birth
- has come to New York intent on turning her fascination

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Most people think they have Flanders
- the Dutch-speaking northern half of Belgium
- figured out: beer chocolate & the EU are

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Ricky Gervais has spent a lifetime exploring the finer details of the world of the Flanimals. Now he seeks to answer some of the most important questions in Flaminology in his own words. He deals with such thorny issues as: Where did all the Flanimals come from? What were they doing there? How do you get from a Humpdumbler to a Puddloflaj? What did the blunging discover in the dark forest? Are Flanimals for Christmas? All this & more in a unique talking book from the bestselling author of Flanimals. ...

Lurking deep down below where the other Flanimals are is a whole new land just waiting to be studied & explored. This is Flanimals of the Deep. Here the unique complex & completely mental life form discovered in books one & two just gets even weirder. & more fantastic. So if you feel well enough read on & prepare to be astounded all over again. As all life started in the water this book shows the greatest diversity of Flanimal life so far. From the lowly Mulgi & Flambois up to the more advanced creatures such as Bif Uddlers & Mulons. The book also features a Splug but this is not worth reading about. ...

Flanimania is set to explode again with the paperback publication of Ricky Gervais's bestseller. If you've ever wondered how The Plamglotis gets from A to B or what Munty Flumple really really likes then Flanimals" will prove the perfect guide. The multi-award winning creator of " Flanimals" Gervais sheds some light on his creation: ' It's based on a background in zoological knowledge
- there are little clues in the text like The Coddleflop's Latin name which is Ovarian Fliphanger. I've been interested in zoology as long as I can remember. I actually went to university to study biology but changed courses after two weeks to avoid the 9 o'clock lectures. I did philosophy instead. They both came in useful for this book. I've been trying to do it for about six years but nobody answered the door until I knocked on it with six Baftas.'"
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The latest volume in the glorious bestiary Flanimals" features the prolific class of flying crawling invertebrates collectively known as Blugs
- The endless variety of Movs Bants & Zubs. The metamorphosis from Monk Worm to Frag Drier & the evil incarnate that is the Bletchling. The book is a compulsive bed-time reading for children & disturbed adults alike
- Night night
- & mind the Blugs dont bite."


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