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- Roald Dahl!

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Charlie's Uncle Paton has dashed off to try to stop the Yewbeam aunts' latest plan but when Grandma Bone greets the arrival of Belle with delight could this be what Paton left hoping to prevent? At Bloor's Emma finds art teacher Mr Boldova is the brother of the mysterious Ollie Sparks made invisible by the blue boa. Belle joins the more nastily endowed & Charlie realises she is Yolanda an evil shapeshifter who brought up Charlie's nasty aunts. She wipes Mr Boldova's mind leaving only his rat Rembrandt to tell Billy Raven what's happened. Soon Charlie will have to face the terrible sorcerer Skarpo again to free his friend. ...

Charlie & his friends are back in danger & the balance of power between the Children of the Red King has never been more dangerous. Billy finally gets his longed-for parents but he soon wishes he hadn't when the oaths he's forced to sign come flying through the air at him. Charlie is haunted by a ghostly horse mad with rage over an ancient wrong that happened in the sparkling Castle of Mirrors. The castle was petrified from stone into glass by the sorcerer Yorath in a terrible fire. Charlie's friend Olivia is haunted too
- but no one knows her new secret. Even with the power of Tancred's storms & Lysander's ancestors Charlie Bone is running short of allies
- just when he needs them most.

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Charlie Bone awakes one morning to find the city covered with snow & all the animals gone. Where have they gone
- & why? Blessed
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This is the seventh thrilling magical adventure starring Charlie Bone! The enchanter Count Harken
- the shadow in the painting
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This is the sixth thrilling magical adventure starring Charlie Bone! Charlie Bone has finally found his father but he's disappeared again. However this time Charlie knows where he is
- on a second honeymoon with his mother. But there's no time to miss them for there's a strange salty mist in the air & chilling howls in the night. & someone has been searching Charlie's house. What are they looking for? & could Dagbert the new boy with pale lips & cold aquamarine eyes have something to do with it? The new boy with the power of harnessing water whose father has Cook so rattled she's threatening to leave the school. The new boy who sticks so closely to Charlie his friends are almost driven away. Something is going on
- & the Bloors have to be behind it. Charlie & his friends must find the creature who howls so desperately. But will they be in time?

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These days watching television is like sitting in the back of Travis Bickles taxicab staring through the window at a world of relentless churning shod.. . Cruel acerbic impassioned gleeful frequently outrageous & always hilarious Charlie Brookers Screen Burn" collects the best of the much-loved Guardian Guide columns into one easy-to-read-on-the-toilet package. Sit back & roar as Brooker rips mercilessly into " Simon Cowell" " Big Brother" " Trinny & Susannah" " Casualty" " Davina Mc Call" " Michael Parkinson".. .and almost everything also on television. This book will make practically anyone laugh out loud." ...

The classic story of A Charlie Brown Christmas" is one of the most well-known & best-loved of all of Charles M Schultz Peanuts animations. Who can forget Charlie Browns search for the true meaning of Christmas & the pathetic little Christmas tree which he chooses for the school nativity play. This irresistible kit

Includes:: a small sad Charlie Brown Christmas tree one red bauble to decorate it Linus blanket to wrap around the trees roots & a full-colour mini edition of "A Charlie Brown Christmas". For the millions of Peanuts fans & collectors this heart-stirring Christmas package is bound to be the best-loved of all the stocking-stuffers."

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He was very fat indeed yet he walked with the light dainty step of a woman. His cheeks were as chubby as a baby's his skin ivory tinted his black hair close-cropped his amber eyes slanting.' A family secret leads to murder in a house without locks... Someone is prepared to kill to procure a valuable set of pearls & a parrot fluent in Chinese knows too much...A Scotland Yard Inspector is about to close his final case but someone is prepared to kill to keep the mystery unsolved... Three very different crimes with one thing in common... He's Honolulu's greatest detective
- prepare to savour the wisdom of Charlie Chan. From Hawaii to San Francisco no crime is too baffling no clue too insignificant for Charlie. Long out of print Charlie Chan's first three cases The House Without a Key The Chinese Parrot & Behind That Curtain have been collected in one volume for your entertainment & bafflement.
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Charlie Cook is reading a book about a pirate captain who is reading a book about Goldilocks who is reading about a knight who is reading about a frog.. . From kings & queens to aliens & ghosts theres something for everyone in Charlies amazing book! Entertaining & original -- another winner from the best picture book team in the world. The picture book of the season The Bookseller Both the words & the illustrations are full of fun & jokes.. .above all it proves that reading is irresistible Sunday Times ...