When the driver leaves the bus temporarily he gives the reader just one instruction: Don't let the pigeon drive the bus!" But boy that pigeon tries every trick in the book to get in that driving seat: he whines wheedles fibs & flatters. Will you let him drive? Told entirely in speech bubbles this is a brilliantly original book." ...

Alexandra Fuller was the daughter of white settlers in 1970s war-torn Rhodesia. Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight is a memoir of that time when a schoolgirl was as likely to carry a shotgun as a satchel. Fuller tells a story of civil war; of a quixotic battle against nature & loss; & of her family's unbreakable bond with a continent which came to define shape scar & heal them. In wry & sometimes hilarious prose she looks back with rage & love at an extraordinary family & an extraordinary time. Like Frank Mc Court Fuller writes with devastating humour & directness about desperate circumstances.. .tender remarkable' Daily Telegraph A book that deserves to be read for generations' Guardian Perceptive generous political tragic funny stamped through with a passionate love for Africa.. .[ Fuller] has a faultless hotline to her six-year-old self' Independent This enchanting book is destined to become a classic of Africa & of childhood' Sunday Times Wonderful book.. .a vibrantly personal account of growing up in a family every bit as exotic as the continent which seduced it.. .the Fuller family itself [is] delivered to the reader with a mixture of toughness & heart which renders its characters unforgettable' Scotsman Her prose is fierce unsentimental sometimes puzzled & disconcertingly honest... it is Fuller's clear vision even of the most unpalatable facts that gives her book its strength. It deserves to find a place alongside Olive Schreiner Karen Blixen & Doris Lessing' Sunday Telegraph ...

Welcome to the hilarious diary of seventeen-&-a-half-year-old Remy Louise Bennet NVQ GCSE (Eng lang A) (Wannabe) WAG! Remy is fed up with her life. She's convinced that being a trainee beautician would be fine if it wasn't for Kara (aka the Feminazi) constantly looking down her nose at her. That living at home would be OK if she didn't have her warring parents to contend with (and if her elder sister Malibu wasn't quite such a boy-magnet). & that her social life would be a dream if only she could score a footballer. Then Remy does score a footballer: a hot one at that. But it turns out to be the start of a whole new set of troubles... It features stylish reissue of the popular Pride & Premiership" complete with new title. Michelle is an ex-soap star chart-topping pop diva & popular TV celebrity." ...

This is a great reissuing of a classic children's die-cut picture book to tie in with Nick Sharratt's position as official illustrator for World Book Day 2006. Don't put your finger in the jelly Nelly You might upset a jellyphant. With a larger format & the best covers yet this reissue will ensure the continuing longevity of Jelly Nelly"." ...

In Africa only food runs...and there's nothing you can outrun!" In the tradition of Bill Bryson a new writer brings us the lively adventures & wit of an African safari guide. Despite that fact that "I had none of the qualities you would expect of a rugged bush man...I'm markedly uncoordinated can't repair vehicles or understand how they work I don't like guns & sweat profusely when nervous or excited..which is exactly how watching animals makes me feel" Peter Allison works as a top safari guide in the Okavango Delta. In this oasis of wetland in the middle of the Kalahari desert rich with wildlife he caters to the whims of his wealthy clients he often has to overcome the impulse to run as far away from them as he can as these tourists are sometimes more dangerous than a pride of lions! Full of outrageous-but-true tales of the people & animals he has encountered
- the half-naked missing member of the British royal family; the squirrel that overdosed on malaria pills; the monkeys with an underwear fetish; & last but by no means least " Spielberg" the video-obsessed Japanese tourist
- Allison's hilarious stories reveal his good-natured scorn for himself as well as others. Allison's humour is exceeded only by his love & respect for the animals & his goal is to limit any negative exposure by planning trips that are minimally invasive
- unfortunately it doesn't always work out that way as he & his clients discover to their cost when they find themselves up to their necks in a hippo-infested watering hole! Full of essential wisdom like " Don't run whatever you do" & "never stand behind a frightened zebra" (they are prone to explosive flatulence when scared!) this is a wonderful & vivid portrait of what the life of a safari guide is really like."


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Ros Morris' son Zach was a bright young musician who seemed on the brink of success when his behaviour suddenly spiralled out of control. He began using more powerful & dangerous illegal drugs & stayed up all night writing strange mathematical equations on his bedroom walls & drawing diagrams of spacecraft & pyramids. His once intelligent conversation deteriorated into mindless babble & at one point he thought he was God. Over the next eight years after he was diagnosed as suffering from bipolar disorder Zach was sectioned under the Mental Health Act on numerous occasions & his family had to repatriate him from three different continents when his psychosis re-emerged while he was travelling. Don't Wait for Me" is a mother's harrowing account of her son's descent into the hell of drug abuse & mental illness. It vividly describes the nightmare her family went through & highlights the despair guilt helplessness & anger experienced by all those involved." ...

An irresistible heart-warming novel from the much-loved author of numerous Sunday Times bestsellers including A WALK IN THE PARK & TO THE MOON & BACK. Dexter Yates loves his fun care-free London life; he has money looks & girlfriends galore. But everything changes overnight when his sister dies leaving him in charge of her eight-month-old daughter Delphi. How is he ever going to cope? Comic-strip artist Molly Hayes lives in the beautiful Cotswold village of Briarwood. When it comes to relationships she has a history of choosing all the wrong men. Leaving the city behind Dex moves to Briarwood
- a much better place to work on his parenting skills
- & he & Molly become neighbours. There's an undeniable connection between them. But if Dexter's going to adapt he first has a lot to learn about Molly about other people's secrets...and about himself.

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An irresistible heart-warming novel from the much-loved author of numerous Sunday Times bestsellers including A WALK IN THE PARK & TO THE MOON & BACK. Dexter Yates loves his fun care-free London life; he has money looks & girlfriends galore. But everything changes overnight when his sister dies leaving him in charge of her eight-month-old daughter Delphi. How is he ever going to cope? Comic-strip artist Molly Hayes lives in the beautiful Cotswold village of Briarwood. When it comes to relationships she has a history of choosing all the wrong men. Leaving the city behind Dex moves to Briarwood
- a much better place to work on his parenting skills
- & he & Molly become neighbours. There's an undeniable connection between them. But if Dexter's going to adapt he first has a lot to learn about Molly about other people's secrets...and about himself.

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Don't You Have Time to Think?" collects the witty eccentric & moving letters of Nobel Prize-winning physicist Richard P. Feynman. Richard Feynman was no ordinary genius. Brilliant free-spirited & irreverent he upset those in authority gave captivating lectures wrote equations on napkins in strip joints & touched countless lives everywhere. He also wrote hundreds of letters to friends family critics colleagues & devoted fans around the world. Now these letters have been brought together for the first time. From down-to-earth advice to eager students to discussions of time travel & the atom bomb & from blunt rebuttals to journalists to poignant exchanges with his first wife as she lay dying they will introduce you to a unique person whose wisdom & lust for life inspired all those who came into his orbit. " Nobel-winning physicist expert bongo-player safe-cracker & all-round genius Feynman was as this wonderful & inspiring collection records also a champion letter-writer... Witty deadpan warm.. .some are unbearably poignant". (" Guardian"). " Plain-speaking.. .touching". (" Daily Telegraph"). " He sparked excitement not just about science but also about the power of creativity passion curiosity". (" The New York Times"). Richard P. Feynman (1918-1988) was one of this century's most brilliant theoretical physicists & original thinkers. Feynman's other books also available in Penguin include "QED" " Six Easy Pieces Six Not-so-Easy Pieces" " Don't You Have Time to Think" " The Pleasure of Finding Things Out" " What Do You Care What Other People Think?" & " The Meaning of it All"." ...

Don'ts for Husbands & Don'ts for Wives are facsimile editions of the original books published by A&C Black in 1913. Each pocket-sized book contains hundreds of snippets of entertaining advice for a happy marriage which rings true almost 100 years after they were written. The reissued titles are ideal Christmas stocking fillers & gifts for weddings engagements & anniversaries. Advice appears under the following chapters: 1. Personalities 2. How to Avoid Discord 3. Habits 4. Financial Matters 5. Evenings at Home 6. Jealousy 7. Recreation 8. Food 9. Dress 10. Entertaining 11. Household Management 12. Children ' Among the bon mots there is much wisdom. They would make great stocking fillers or wedding anniversary gifts!' Good Book Guide (October 2007) ...