Its just an ordinary day at Mother Gooses Academy. Theres Miss Good Fairy teaching the Three Little Pigs Snow White Sleeping Beauty Cinderella Hansel & Gretel & Little Red Riding Hood to read & write
- while Miss Bad Fairy is inciting the Ugly Sisters the Big Bad Wolf Troll Wicked Stepmother Wicked Witch & Jealous Queen to gobble them all up. The result? Chaos! Witty fast-paced & anarchic this is a complete story with ten short chapters (C.A.T. Spells Dog What Troll Learned Snakes & Snails for Lunch) that take us through the school day. Originally published as Big Class Little Class this freshly illustrated reissue brings Francesca Simon & Tony Ross together again in a wonderful romp that Horrid Henry fans will revel in.
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Prepare to lose sleep with this shocking & utterly engrossing thriller for fans of Karen Rose & Karin Slaughter. The crime scenes are horrifying: the victims arranged with deliberate care posed to appear alive despite their agonized last moments & the shocking nature of their deaths. For grief counsellor Audrey Sherrod its clear the murders are the work of a deranged serial killer. At first the only link is the victims physical appearance. But then another connection emerges tying them to a past series of horrifying crimes
- crimes that hit all too close to home. As the truth is unravelled its more twisted & terrifying than anyone could ever imagine. Prepare to lose sleep with this shocking & utterly engrossing thriller for fans of Karen Rose & Karin Slaughter.
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Beth Ward & Tyler Blacklock share a love they know will last forever. But Beths mother Esther is jealous of the girl & seizes an opportunity to be rid of her daughter. Banished in disgrace from the family home Beth takes the northbound train & alights at Blackburn friendless & alone. On this day Fortune smiles for Beth is taken in by warm-hearted Maisie Armstrong a widow with two children. Money is scarce but love abounds in the cosy house on Larkhill & Beth is content there to await the birth of her child. But she cannot forget Tyler & is tormented by the belief that he has betrayed her... ...

Dont Die Young is a revelatory tour of the human body which accompanied the major BBC2 television series. Focusing on our vital organs- from the beating chambers of the heart to the coiling tunnels of the intestines
- Dr Alice Roberts explains how they work & how to keep them in tip-top condition. There are many aspects of your health that you can control & she explains how you can reduce your risk of suffering many disorders from cystitis to cancer & headaches to heart disease. With authoritative advice amazing photographs & clear diagrams she cuts through the jargon. (What exactly are antioxidants & trans-fatty acids?) This book will change the way you think about your body & you will be better equipped to combat disease
- & to treat any health advice with very healthy scepticism.

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When Kate P Green goes for tea with the Queen she gets more than she bargained for in this hilariously anarchic look at the tricky subject of table manners. stunning illustrations & design from the creator of Smile!
- starring Orchards new character Sunny Mc Cloud
- perfectly complement this exceptionally funny rhyming story from a great new author. Although this award-winning book wont teach your child perfect table manners it will provide a witty platform from which the importance of manners & also of enjoying food & mealtimes can be broached.

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Dad walked determinedly down the path joined by two neighbours with five children between them. As we reached the corner of Kent Avenue I looked back for one last wave. But Mum had buried her head in her pinny & it was a year before I saw her again. In June 1940 10-year-old Pam Hobbs & her sister Iris took the long journey from their council home in Leigh-on-Sea to faraway rural Derbyshire. Living away from Mum & Dad for two long years Pam was moved between four foster homes. In some she & Iris found a second family with babies to look after car rides & picnics & even a pet pig. But other billets took a more sinister turn as the adults found it easy to exploit the children in their care. Returning to Essex things would never be the same again & the war was far from over. Making do with rations dodging bombs & helping with the war effort Pam & her family struggled to get by. In Dont Forget to Write with warmth & vivid detail Pam describes a time that was full of overwhelming hardship & devastation; yet also of kindness & humour resilience & courage. ...

Modern life is full of annoyances some large & some small. Indeed it sometimes seems as if life conspires to become more & more annoying every day just to piss us off. Pop-up windows on the internet selling you software you dont want! Having to pay GBP3.20 for a small bottle of water from a hotel minibar! Brian Sewells voice
- please is there no end to this pain?! Well Mitchell Symons has decided that enough is enough. Hes mad as hell & hes not going to take this any more! If you thought the grumpy old men were grumpy its time to think again... More annoying things: People who use finger signs to denote"ation marks. Talking birthday cards that never shut up. Train journeys that are more expensive than flights to the same destination. Jade Goody. Mobile phone ringtones. Pubs that advertise things happening TONITE. Books on punctuation & grammar. Think of this book as therapy. Everything annoying in the world is here. Hilarious entertaining & downright infuriating this is essential reading for anyone out there who likes a good rant.
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Allison Du Bois first realised her abilities at six years old when she saw her great-grandfather
- after his funeral. For many
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Alan Bates Michael Caine Sean Connery Tom Courtenay Albert Finney Richard Harris Peter OToole Robert Shaw & Terence Stamp: They are the most formidable acting generation ever to tread the boards or stare into a camera whose anti-establishment attitude changed the cultural landscape of Britain. This was a new breed many culled from the working class industrial towns of Britain & nothing like them has been seen before or since. Their raw earthy brilliance brought realism to a whole range of groundbreaking theatre from John Osbornes Look Back in Anger" to Joan Littlewood & Harold Pinter & the creation of the National Theatre. & they ripped apart the staid middle class British film industry with kitchen sink classics like " Saturday Night & Sunday Morning" " This Sporting Life" " The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner" "A Kind of Loving" & " Billy Liar" before turning their sights on international stardom: Connery with James Bond OToole as Lawrence of Arabia Finney with Tom Jones & Caine in Zulu. " Dont Let the Bastards Grind You Down" brings alive the trail-blazing period of theatre & film from 1956-1964 through the vibrant energy & exploits of this revolutionary generation of stars who bulldozed over austerity Britain & paved the way for the swinging 60s. What Peter Biskinds " Easy Riders Raging Bulls" did for American cinema writing so " Dont Let the Bastards" will do for the British cinema." ...

Its getting late & the bus driver is going to brush his teeth & get ready for bed. Will you do him a favour while he is gone
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