Brilliantly observed as always family teachers pupils & the dreaded school inspector all leap to life in this wonderfully warm & witty brand new poetry collection from bestseller Gervase Phinn. New kids disobedient deputy heads school reports & fireworks daydreamers & embarrassing mums all make an appearance. & if read on you might even just discover the whereabouts of Colins confiscated conkers; just dont tell the teacher! ...

Donit Think of an Elephant! is the definitive handbook for understanding what happened in the 2004 US election & communicating effectively about key issues facing America today. Author George Lakoff has become a key advisor to the Democratic party helping them develop their message & frame the political debate. In this book Lakoff explains how conservatives think & how to counter their arguments. His years of research & work with environmental & political leaders have been distilled into this essential guide which shows progressives how to think in terms of values instead of programmes & why people vote for their values & identities often against their best interests. Donit Think of An Elephant! is the antidote to the last forty years of conservative strategizing & the right wingis stranglehold on political dialogue in the United States ...

When seventy-year-old Maura Murphy discovered she had cancer she left her husband of fifty years & started writing her memoirs. Born chronically ugly & as cross as a briar into a poor rural homestead in 1920s Ireland Maura lived much of her adult life in England where she raised nine children & fought to keep together a family ravaged by poverty & alcohol. The voice of a silent generation of an immigrant-Irish underclass Maura Murphys tough & remarkable life is a compellingly written account of struggle & survival like no other. With all the immediacy & impact of Frank Mc Courts prize-winning ANGELAS ASHES Mauras voice is feisty funny & fearless. & she needed to be all those things to survive an extraordinary series of privations & abuses. Her story is compelling & upbeat despite everything. ...

Mum is ill & Dad has to go to work so Lily will have to go to Melanies house for the day. Dad says shell have lots of fun but theres a problem: Lily doesnt want to go! Join Lily as she braves Melanies house & realises that doing new things neednt be scary after all... ...

Weve all been there. Some kids still are. Looking under the bed for the bogeyman experiencing the delights of odd socks or suffering from (our own & other peoples) bad breff" as Gez so charmingly puts it. Yet Gez isnt always so grounded in real life & the authentic language of the school playground & the top deck of the bus. Sometimes he goes off into the absurdest grossest of fantasies with Spike-Milligan-esque poems like Gnome Sweet Gnome & Steve & His Secret Agent Underpants. Not to mention Henry Meek who can make his bottom squeak & saves a climber lost in the mountains with this unusual talent." ...

David Melling is one of the leading childrens author/illustrators today & his second book about Douglas the little brown bear is as funny & compelling as the first. It combines brilliantly imaginative illustrations with an endearing sense of what it is like to be a small child learning about the world. Douglas dad gives him a wonderful new woolly hat & he races outside to show it off. In his excitement he doesnt realise that it is unravelling... His friends have helpful but useless ideas of how to put things right & it is left to the little bear to work out for himself the best thing to do... ...

David Melling is one of the leading childrens author/illustrators today & his second book about Douglas the little brown bear is as funny & compelling as the first. It combines brilliantly imaginative illustrations with an endearing sense of what it is like to be a small child learning about the world. Douglas dad gives him a wonderful new woolly hat & he races outside to show it off. In his excitement he doesnt realise that it is unravelling... His friends have helpful but useless ideas of how to put things right & it is left to the little bear to work out for himself the best thing to do... ...

After a bad break up doesnt every girl want the same things? * For her ex-boyfriend to stay single forever...* Or maybe emigrate to a remote uninhabited island? * Better still that shed never met him in the first place! But what if one of those wishes came true? Tess is heartbroken when Seb breaks up with her & cant help blaming herself. If only shed done things differently. If only she could make right all her regrets... But she cant. Its over. She has to forget about him. Drunk & upset on New Years Eve she wishes shed never met him. But when she wakes up to discover this dream has come true she realises she has a chance. To do it all over again. & to get it right this time... ...

Dont You Want Me" is the second novel by bestselling author India Knight. Sex
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Donts for Husbands & Donts 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 it was 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) ...