Dawn French is one of the greatest comedy actresses of our time wtih a career that has spanned nearly three decades encompassing a vast & brilliant array of characters. Loved for her irreverant humour Dawn has achieved massive mainstream success while continuing to push boundaries & challenge stereotypes. Here in her autobiography she describes the twists & turns of the journey that would eventually establish her as a perhaps unlikely
- but nevertheless genuine national treasure. Dawn first appeared on the British entertainment scene as part of the groundbreaking alternative comedy group the Comic Strip marking a radical departure from the more traditional comedy acts of the time. Then later came the all-female Girls On Top which teamed Dawn with Jennifer Saunders Ruby Wax & Tracy Ullman & firmly established women in British comedy. As part of the wildly successful & much loved duo French & Saunders Dawn helped create a repetoire of brilliantly observed recurring characters parodying popular culture & impersonating everything from Madonna & Harry Potter to The Exorcist. Dawns more recent role in the Vicar of Dibley" again has showcased not only her talent but also her ability to take a controversial & topical issue & make it mainstream
- & funny. From her early years as an RAF child to her flat-sharing antics with Jennifer Saunders from her outspoken views on sizism to her marriage to Lenny Henry " Dear Fatty" will chronicle the extraordinary hilarious rise of a complex dynamic & unstoppable woman."

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He was a suspected cold war spy. She became the glamorous KGB double agent in a Bond movie. When a prisoner writes to a movie star the best he can hope for is a signed photo if that. But when Alex Alexandrowicz wrote to actress Fiona Fullerton he didnt expect it to lead to a friendship spanning over 30 years. Serving two discretionary life sentences Alex was a Category A prisoner in Parkhurst protesting his innocence when he wrote a fan letter to the actress. She replied beguiled by his humour & tender poetry. So began an extraordinary friendship of mutual support trust & tenderness. They never met. It is you alone who has given me strength while I have been in prison the strength to restore lost & dying hope into burning resolution." In this touching memoir Fiona Fullerton tells the story for the first time of her correspondence with the prisoner who was to serve 22 years for a crime he didnt commit. How he provided wise counsel on her marriage divorce & burgeoning career. Based on their original letters the narrative is one of startling contrast
- the darkness of a man incarcerated & a woman surrounded by the brightest lights of show business. " Have you ever heard of Nadejda Philaretovna von Meck? She & Tchaikovsky were corresponding for years they never met
- & yet he produced his finest work for her. My finest work shall be for you.""

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Have you ever wondered what your Father was like as a child? Intrigued to know about how your gr&-parents met? Do you wonder what school life was like for your Mum? These are questions that lead to precious answers. Award-winning 'from you to me' Journals of a Lifetime gift range is made up of beautifully designed hard back journals
- the perfect gift for every loved-one for every occasion. Available in Dear Dad Dear Mum Dear Grandma Dear Grandad Dear Son Dear Daughter Dear Sister Dear Brother & Dear Friend. We all have our own story to tell. Each 'from you to me' gift journal contains around 60 fun & inspiring questions carefully designed to inspire your family to enjoy telling their story
- to help you to find out amazing things about them.

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Have you ever wondered what your Father was like as a child? Intrigued to know about how your gr&-parents met? Do you wonder what school life was like for your Mum? These are questions that lead to precious answers. Award-winning 'from you to me' Journals of a Lifetime gift range is made up of beautifully designed hard back journals
- the perfect gift for every loved-one for every occasion. Available in Dear Dad Dear Mum Dear Grandma Dear Grandad Dear Son Dear Daughter Dear Sister Dear Brother & Dear Friend. We all have our own story to tell. Each 'from you to me' gift journal contains around 60 fun & inspiring questions carefully designed to inspire your family to enjoy telling their story
- to help you to find out amazing things about them.

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Have you ever wondered what your Father was like as a child? Intrigued to know about how your gr&-parents met? Do you wonder what school life was like for your Mum? These are questions that lead to precious answers. Award-winning 'from you to me' Journals of a Lifetime gift range is made up of beautifully designed hard back journals
- the perfect gift for every loved-one for every occasion. Available in Dear Dad Dear Mum Dear Grandma Dear Grandad Dear Son Dear Daughter Dear Sister Dear Brother & Dear Friend. We all have our own story to tell. Each 'from you to me' gift journal contains around 60 fun & inspiring questions carefully designed to inspire your family to enjoy telling their story
- to help you to find out amazing things about them.

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This is an enchanting ecological fantasy from a multi-award-winning picture book creator. Worried that the whale living in her pond is unhappy Emily writes to Greenpeace who though offering the best of advice insist that it is impossible for a whale to live in a pond. Undeterred Emily continues to seek the best course of action for her beloved whale finally setting him free. ...

This is a new title from the best-selling Read & Respond" series. It offers differentiation advice & assessment guidance. It features plot character & setting speaking & listening activities. It

Includes:: guided reading notes & texts for shared reading. It also features extended writing projects."

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Alfie the deerhound is a large grey puppy. He loves his boy Charlie & cheese & hes very good at digging holes. But poor Alfie has got lost & hes scared
- of thunderstorms & being hungry & never seeing Charlie again.. . Meanwhile Charlie doesnt know what to do
- but one thing is for sure: hell never stop looking for his dear hound. Can Alfie ever find his way back to Charlie
- & his great big squashy beanbag in the kitchen?


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Is duty enough reason to live a lie? When John meets Savannah he realises he is ready to make some changes. Always the angry rebel at school he has enlisted in the Army not knowing what else to do with his life. Now he's ready to turn over a new leaf for the woman who has captured his heart. What neither realises is that the events of 9/11 will change everything. John is prompted to re-enlist & fulfil what he feels is his duty to his country. But the lovers are young & their separation is long. Can they survive the distance? ...

Alice Munro captures the essence of life in her brilliant new collection of stories. Moments of change chance encounters the twist of fate that leads a person to a new way of thinking or being: the stories in Dear Life" build to form a radiant indelible portrait of just how dangerous & strange ordinary life can be. Many of these stories are grounded in Munro's home territory
- the small Canadian towns around Lake Huron
- but there are departures too. A poet finding herself in alien territory at her first literary party is reescued by a seasoned newspaper editor & is soon hurtling across the continent young child in tow towards a hoped for but completely unplanned meeting. A young soldier returning to his fiancee from the Second World War steps off the train before his stop & onto the farm of another woman beginning a life on the move. The book ends with four powerful pieces 'autobiographical in feeling' set during the time of Munro's own childhood in the area where she grew up. Munro describes this quartet as 'not quite stories' but 'the first & last
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- things I have to say about my own life'. Suffused with Munro's clarity of vision & her unparalleled gift for storytelling these & the other stories in " Dear Life" are cause for celebration."



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