This is history with twice the nasty bits.. .in a brilliant new edition! The Frightful First World War" tells readers all the horrors a hardship of the war that was meant to last four months.. .but ground on for four grim years. " The Woeful Second World War" reveals the dire details about the worst war ever
- from snow-bound cities under siege to fly-infested jungle trenches. This title is packed with curious quizzes rotten recipes gruesome games & terrible tests... History has never been so horrible."
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Readers can discover all the foul facts about the Frightful First World War including what the ' Fat King' did with food scraps ad dead horses how sniffing your own pee could save your life in a gas attack & why a pair of old socks gave away top German secrets. With a bold accessible new look & a heap of extra-horrible bits these bestselling titles are sure to be a huge hit with yet another generation of Terry Deary fans. ...

Delve into television's most otherworldly phenomenon with this in-world collection that explores the intricate destinies of Walter Bishop Peter Bishop & Olivia Dunham. Packed with concept art exclusive photos & intriguing ephemera September's Notebook will satisfy every serious fan's hunger for details about the Observers character facts Fringe science & much more. ...

This is a reduced edition of this delightful cloth book. It is illustrated by Rachel Wells creator of the best-selling Usborne That's not my..." series. The colourful illustrations will appeal to babies & very young children & are an ideal introduction to the world of books. You can follow Bob the frog as he hops across the pages in search of his friend Fifi. The new size of the book & the soft fabric are perfect for little hands to hold." ...

Children will be fascinated by the steps in the life cycle of the frog from the male & female frogs meeting & mating to seeing a tadpole's gills disappear & replaced by lungs. This is a perfect introduction for young children to the circle of life with close-up photography & humorous text. ...

This is a hilarious picture book based on the classic fairytale by the Brothers Grimm & retold for younger children. When a frog rescues Princess Poppy's treasured golden ball she is revolted that to return the favour she has to let him live in the palace with her. But could there be more to this frog than meets the eye? It features illustrations taken from the popular Young Reading" series." ...

After the Princess kissed the frog he turned into a handsome prince & they lived happily ever after... or did they?" The Princess can't stand the Prince's froggy habits
- the way he hops around on the furniture or sneaks off to the lily pond. The Prince is unhappy too & decides that it would be best if he were changed back to a frog. But finding a witch who will do the job is harder than he expects. They all seem to have other spells in mind..."
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Life didnt hold much promise for ordinary little Angie. With few jobs around bland food & cold weather the best that Angie could hope for was a job at the local Findus factory. Her family didnt have it easy. Her baby brother was a cot death & the tragedy caused her mother to turn to the Jehovahs Witness faith. Their poverty now combined with an austere belief system meant no Christmas no birthdays & little joy. But aged 16 Angie decided that she was destined for bigger things. After seeing a TV advertisement she entered a beauty pageant. & won. She went on to take 25 titles including Miss Leeds & her home town title Miss Cleethorpes giving her the opportunity to model while travelling the world. Just as Angie felt that life couldnt get any better she got engaged to a man who trapped her in a terrifying cycle of domestic violence. When she eventually escaped him she had lost all of her money & self-esteem. She was on the bottom rung of the ladder yet again. But Angie picked herself up turned her talents to event management & grafted her way to becoming Director of Miss Engl&. Evoking the magical lost world of the 1970s beauty pageant Angies story is a real life fairytale with heart & humour. ...

A miscellany of fascinating animal facts & figures: the weird the wonderful & the downright unbelievable. Since time immemorial people have been fascinated by what animals do & how they relate to us & these enigmatic beasts have never failed to surprise us. Did you know that songbirds can be scared to death literally? That parrots can talk because they use their tongues in the same way as humans & that humpback whales catch fish in nets made by blowing bubbles? This delightful book is full of entertaining surprises revelations & unusual information. Nowadays we study them (and eat them & pollute them into oblivion) but whatever we do to them somehow most of these amazing creatures keep bouncing back. This miscellany of animal facts & figures offers some reasons why. ...

Marrying deft social commentary to a rich earthy comedy the three comedies collected in Aristophanes' The Frogs & Other Plays" offers a unique insight into one of the most turbulent periods in Ancient Greek history. This " Penguin Classics" edition is translated by David Barrett with revisions an introduction & notes by Shomit Dutta. The master of ancient Greek comic drama Aristophanes combined slapstick humour & cheerful vulgarity with acute political observations. In " The Frogs" written during the Peloponnesian War Dionysus descends to the Underworld to bring back a poet who can help Athens in its darkest hour & stages a great debate to help him decide between the traditional wisdom of Aeschylus & the brilliant modernity of Euripides. The clash of generations & values is also the object of Aristophanes' satire in Wasps in which an old-fashioned father & his loose-living son come to blows & end up in court. & in " Women at the Thesmophoria" the famous Greek tragedian Euripides accused of misogyny persuades a relative to infiltrate an all-women festival to find out whether revenge is being plotted against him. Shomit Dutta's introduction discusses Aristophanes' life the cultural context of his work & conventions of Greek comedy. This updated version of David Barrett's translation also

Includes:: extensive notes & a preface for each play. Aristophanes (c.445-386 BC) was probably born in Athens. Little is known about his life but there is a portrait of him in " Plato's Symposium". He was twice threatened with prosecution for his outspoken attacks on the prominent politician Cleon but in 405 he was publicly honoured & crowned for promoting Athenian civic unity in " The Frogs". Aristophanes had his first comedy produced when he was about twenty-one & wrote forty plays in all. The eleven surviving plays of Aristophanes are published in the " Penguin Classics" series as " The Birds & Other Plays" " Lysistrata & Other Plays" " The Wasps & Other Plays" & " The Frogs & Other Plays". If you enjoyed " The Frogs & Other Plays" you might like Aristophanes' " Lysistrata & Other Plays" also available in " Penguin Classics"."

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