Barton Biggs was a Wall Street legend trusted by investors around the globe. Now in his last book Biggs offers savvy insights into the innermost workings of the markets--today & for the years to come. Packed with keen insights global experiences & opinionated stances on investing Diary of a Hedgehog: Biggs Final Words on the Markets explores the ongoing downward economic spiral & where its headed to help readers keep their money safe & secure. Offering a unique look at the current state of the markets why they continue to be depressed & where we can go from here Diary of a Hedgehog: Biggs Final Words on the Markets is the ultimate guide to how investors--and the general public--should be handling their finances. The last book from investment legend Barton Biggs Offers investors & business readers of all levels of experience new insights into the current economic crisis Presents news ideas for readers looking to make the most of their money in the face of ongoing market turbulence Insightful & creative Diary of a Hedgehog: Biggs Final Words on the Markets is the ultimate resource for anyone who wants to understand whats up with the market where its headed & how to respond. ...

Everyone loves the wickedly dry sense of humour of The Diary of a Killer Cat by Anne Fine. Okay Okay. So hang me. I killed the bird. For pity's sake I'm a cat. Poor Ellie is horrified when Tuffy drags a dead bird into the house. Then a mouse. But Tuffy can't understand what all the fuss is about. Who on earth will be the next victim to arrive through the cat-flap? Can soft-hearted Ellie manage to get her beloved pet to change his wild wild ways before he ends up in even deeper trouble? The hilarious antics of Tuffy & his family as told by the killer cat himself. Anne Fine knows how to make readers laugh". (Guardian). Anne Fine has written numerous highly acclaimed & prize-winning books for children & adults. The Tulip Touch won the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year Award; Goggle-Eyes won the Guardian Children's Fiction Award & the Carnegie Medal; Flour Babies won the Carnegie Medal & the Whitbread Children's Book of the Year; & Bill's New Frock won a Smarties Prize. Anne Fine was named Children's Laureate in 2001 & was awarded an OBE in 2003." ...

Im so pleased I found the NAAFI. It has opened up a new life for me... Former Land Girl Eve recollects her time as a NAAFI girl at an Army camp in Devon. Life was full of fascinating characters
- young new army recruits handsome officers fellow NAAFI staff
- all with their own stories & problems. Eve learnt to be agony aunt nurse confidant friend... Every day was a different experience
- & often sheer hard work! Eves story told in a refreshing & light-hearted way brings to life the work of a very undervalued institution in the post-war years. Poignant evocative & thoroughly entertaining.


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Channelling a razor-sharp satire through the everyday mishaps of the immortal comic character Mr Pooter George & Weedon. Grossmiths The Diary of a Nobody" is edited with an introduction & notes by Ed Glinert in " Penguin Classics". Mr Pooter is a man of modest ambitions content with his ordinary life. Yet he always seems to be troubled by disagreeable tradesmen impertinent young office clerks & wayward friends not to mention his devil-may-care son Lupin with his unsuitable choice of bride. In the bumbling absurd yet ultimately endearing character of Pooter the Grossmith brothers created a wonderful portrait of the class system & the inherent snobbishness of the suburban middle-class suburbia
- one which sends up the late Victorian crazes for Aestheticism spiritualism & bicycling as well as the fashion for publishing diaries by anybody & everybody. This edition contains the original illustrations by Weedon Grossmith & an introduction by Ed Glinert author of " The London Compendium" discussing the novels serialisation in " Punch" the growth of the suburbs & the figure of Mrs Pooter. George Grossmith (1847-1912) initially worked as a journalist reporting Police Court proceedings for " The Times". In 1870 he began his career as a singer & entertainer creating some of the most memorable characters in Gilbert & Sullivans operettas. Weedon Grossmith (1854-1919) brother of George was educated at the Slade & the Royal Academy with a view to following a career as a painter & exhibited at the Grosvenor Gallery & the Royal Academy. Joining a theatre company in 1885 he toured the provinces & America. The best-known of his many plays " The Night of the Party" was published in 1901. If you enjoyed " The Diary of a Nobody" you might like Jerome K. Jeromes " Three Men in a Boat" also available in " Penguin Classics". " The funniest book in the world." (" Evelyn Waugh"). " True humour.. .with its mixture of absurdity irony & affection.. .a masterpiece immortal." (J.B. Priestley)."
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The Diary of a Nobody is so unassuming a work that even its author George Grossmith seemed unaware that he had produced a masterpiece. For more than a century this wonderfully comic portrayal of suburban life & values has remained in print a source of delight to generations of readers & a major literary influence much imitated but never equalled. If you don't recognise yourself at some point in The Diary you are probably less than human. If you can read it without laughing aloud you have no sense of humour. ...

This classic book is now re-published by Independent Music Press & is available for the first time in 15 years. Diary of a Rock n Roll Star was probably the first ever rock autobiography & is universally acknowledged as a classic. Mott The Hoople were one of the leading lights of the world rock scene in the early 70s & were David Bowies favorite group (he produced them as well) playing to sell-out stadium shows worldwide. Their biggest hit was the smash All The Young Dudes written for them by Bowie. First published in 1974 to coincide with their huge global success Diary gives a unique insight into a world famous band on the road. Critically acclaimed & a huge international best-seller. Having been out of print for years the book was re-issued due to popular demand ...

Poppet is back with Kwame & keeping it a secret from her family & curious best friends Vixen & Striker... But it is not easy having a double life & sneaking out of Hampstead to an estate in Kilburn twice a week... But when Poppets mother Jocasta finds out whats going on Poppet is shocked at how snobby her liberal mother is. Poppet knows shes a lucky girl...shell never ever know what its like to be poor... But all the money in the world cant buy you true love... ...

Poppet Montague-Jones is 15 87th in line to the British throne & soon to inherit a whopping trust fund. Unlike her sister Kitten
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Sophie Morgan tells her true story in The Diary of a Submissive" the real-life " Fifty Shades of Grey". Sophie Morgan is an independent woman in her thirties with a successful journalism career. Intelligent witty & sarcastic she could be the girl next door. Except that Sophie is a submissive; in the bedroom she likes to relinquish her power & personal freedom to a dominant man for their mutual pleasure. In the wake of " Fifty Shades of Grey" here is a memoir that offers the real story of what it means to be a submissive. From the endorphin rush of her first spanking right through to punishments the likes of which she couldn't begin to imagine she explains in frank & explicit fashion the road she travels. But it isn't until she meets James that her boundaries are really pushed. As her relationship with him travels into darker & darker places the question becomes: where will it end? Can she reconcile her sexuality with the rest of her life & is it possible for the perfect man to also be perfectly cruel? Racy controversial but always warm fun & astoundingly honest Sophie Morgan's " The Diary of a Submissive" is a fascinating & thought provoking look at a seemingly paradoxical side to human nature & sexuality that no man or woman will be able to put down." ...

Join Pip on her mission to become a Tooth Fairy! Pip has always wanted to be a tooth fairy & now shes going to training school to learn the tricks of the tooth fairy trade. Theres a lot to get to grips with
- spells map-reading & dentricals are just some of the skills shell need. But its fun too & only when the exams are looming does Pip begin to get nervous. Luckily she passes her test with flying colours to become a fully-qualified Tooth Fairy (First Class). Illustrated throughout in black & white this is the perfect story book for all young fairies!
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