14 November 2012 marks the ninetieth anniversary of the BBCs first ever broadcast & the beginning of the British love affair with radio. This fascinating book takes as its starting point those early tentative programmes broadcast from Marconi House on the Strand & follows the story of those magical radio voices through the years of economic depression war & austerity to the swinging Sixties & up to the digital era. Above all it celebrates the great the forgotten & the notorious voices of radio from the last nine decades & the programmes they made famous: Marion Cran in the 1920s who pioneered the first gardening programme; Lord Haw Haw whose sinister catchphrase Germany calling punctuated broadcasts throughout the Second World War; the Goons & Kenneth Horne comedy greats of the 1950s; John Peel Alan Freeman Kenny Everett & other heroes of Radio Caroline & the pirate stations; all the way up to Eddie Mair Fi Glover & Danny Baker the much-loved voices of today. The result is a wonderful blend of insight history & nostalgia that will appeal to radios many aficionados. ...

It's now ninety years since the BBC made its first broadcast & the British love affair with radio began. This book is a journey through that fascinating history & a celebration of the many wonderful voices that were part of it: Marion Cran who pioneered the first gardening programme in the 1920s; The Goons & Kenneth Horne comedy greats of the 1950s; John Peel Alan Freeman Kenny Everett & other heroes of the pirate stations; all the way up to Eddie Mair Fi Glover & Danny Baker the much-loved voices of today. A delightful blend of insight history & nostalgia Hello Again will appeal to any radio aficionado. ...

On a winter night in a cottage far away from the town Mums baby is ready to be born. The midwife arrives & the whole family prepare for the home birth. In this honest & moving portrayal Jenni Overend & Julie Vivas celebrate the birth of a baby at home with warmth & joy. This is a book for the whole family to share in preparation for a home birth or the arrival of a new baby. ...

In Hello Dudley" we meet Dudley a little violet monster. The text asks Dudley a question
- & the reader can choose how Dudley
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In 1960 Barbra Streisand was just a seventeenyear- old Jewish kid with plenty of talent & even more ambition. Four years later she had taken over Broadway as the star of Funny Girl & had three platinum albums. In Hello Gorgeous Mann charts that climb to fame. He takes us back to her formative years: her relationship with her mother her early lovers & her husband Elliott Gould. With access to the previously sealed private collections of Jerome Robbins Bob Fosse & many others Mann lays out the first-ever accurate account of the making of Funny Girl fills in an incomplete record of Streisands early nightclub & television appearances & takes us behind the scenes of the canny marketing team whose strategies made her stardom seem inevitable. He also re-creates a vibrant piece of New York theatrical history
- the dinner clubs & the birth of Off-Off-Broadway. Everyone of a certain age remembers when the phenomenon of Barbra Streisand rewrote all the rules of stardom. In this intimate portrait Mann incisively illuminates the woman before she became the icon.
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Have hours of fun with Hello Kitty's wipe-clean activity book. It's packed with puzzles games & activities that you can enjoy again & again! Use your special Hello Kitty pen with cute pink ink to complete the pages. Then wipe the pages clean & start all over again. Endless fun with Hello Kitty! ...

A colourful luxury notebook from the Hello Kitty Fruity collection with 3 sections each separated by a divider & a clear polyprop ...

Packed full of fun activities & games this is the official Hello Kitty Annual
- the perfect Christmas gift for every Hello Kitty
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Packed full of fun activities & games this is the official Hello Kitty Annual
- the perfect Christmas gift for every Hello Kitty
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This glossy tin from Hello Kitty is large enough for storing all your pens pencils & other stationery items. The sturdy tin has a double hinged lid & a metal clip to keep it shut even if its in your school bag. Decorated in the neon dotty pattern with an embossed Hello Kitty on the lid & a contrasting aqua blue colour inside. Measures Approx. 20 x 11 x 7cm. ...