Considered an 'audacious' second novel Giovanni's Room" is set in the 1950s Paris of American expatriates liaisons & violence. This now-classic story of a fated love triangle explores with uncompromising clarity the conflicts between desire conventional morality & sexual identity." ...

The Giraffe & the Pelly & Me" by Roald Dahl is one of his most delightful stories & has been loved by adults & children alike for decades. Billy's biggest wish is to turn a weird old wooden house into a wonderful sweet-shop. But then he finds a giraffe a pelly & a monkey living inside
- they're the Ladderless Window-Cleaning Company! Who needs ladders when you've got a giraffe? They become best friends & when they meet the richest man in all of England there's a chance that Billy's scrumptious-galumptious dream just might come true.. ."A true genius... Roald Dahl is my hero". David Walliams Roald Dahl the best-loved of children's writers was born in Wales of Norwegian parents. After school in England he went to work for Shell in Africa. He began to write after "a monumental bash on the head" sustained as an RAF pilot in World War II. Roald Dahl died in 1990. Quentin Blake is one of the best-known & best-loved children's illustrators & it's impossible now to think of Roald Dahl's writings without imagining Quentin Blake's illustrations."
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The Giraffe & the Pelly & Me" is a classic Roald Dahl story. Billy's biggest wish is to turn a weird old wooden house into a wonderful sweet shop. But then he finds a giraffe a pelly & a monkey living inside
- they're the Ladderless Window Cleaners! Who need ladders when you've got a giraffe? They become best friends & when they meet the richest man in all England there's a chance Billy's scrumptious-galumptious dream just might come true..."A true genius... Roald Dahl is my hero". (David Walliams). Phizz-whizzing new branding for the world's No.1 storyteller Roald Dahl! Exciting bold & instantly recognisable with Quentin Blake's inimitable artwork. Roald Dahl the best-loved of children's writers was born in Wales of Norwegian parents. His books continue to be bestsellers after his death in 1990 & total sales are now over 100 million worldwide! Quentin Blake is one of the best-known & best-loved children's illustrators. It's impossible now to think of Roald Dahl's writings without imagining Quentin Blake's illustrations. Look out for the whole collection of wondercrump Roald Dahl books! " The Enormous Crocodile"; " Fantastic Mr Fox"; " The Giraffe & the Pelly & Me"; " The Magic finger"; " The Twits"; " The BFP"; " Boy: Tales of Childhood"; " Charlie & the Chocolate Factory"; " Charlie & the Great Glass Elevator"; " The Complete Adventures of Charlie & Mr Willy Wonka"; " Danny the Champion of the World"; " George's Marvellous Medicine"; " Going Solo"; " James & the Giant Peach"; " Matilda"; " The Witches"; " Dirty Beasts"; " The Minpins"; " Revolting Rhymes". For Teens: " The Great Automatic Grammatizator & Other Stories"; " Rhyme Stew"; " Skin & Other Stories"; " The Vicar of Nibbleswicke"; " The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar & Six More"."
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Billys biggest wish is to turn a weird old wooden house into a wonderful sweet shop. But then he finds a giraffe a pelly & a monkey living inside
- theyre the Ladderless Window Cleaners! Who need ladders when youve got a giraffe? They become best friends & when they meet the richest man in all England theres a chance Billys scrumptious-galumptious dream just might come true...
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Gerald would love to join in with the other animals at the Jungle Dance but everyone knows that giraffes cant dance.. .or can they? This classic & bestselling picture book is now brought to life on DVD. Watch Gerald & his animal friends dance to the jungle music in this lively animation narrated by actor Hugh Laurie then join the party with the read along activity & dancing games. ...

Gerald would love to join in with the other animals at the Jungle Dance but everyone knows that giraffes can't dance.. .or can they? This classic & bestselling picture book with its fabulous story about daring to be different is brought gloriously to life in an irresistible new pop-up edition. ...

Gerald would love to join in with the other animals at the Jungle Dance but everyone knows that giraffes can't dance.. .or can they? A funny touching & triumphant story from an award-winning creative team. 2009 sees the 10th anniversary of this bestselling picture book loved by children everywhere. ...

In 1967 after a session with a psychiatrist she'd never seen before eighteen-year-old Susanna Kaysen was put in a taxi & sent to Mc Lean Hospital to be treated for depression. She spent most of the next two years on the ward for teenage girls in a psychiatric hospital renowned for its famous clientele
- Sylvia Plath Robert Lowell James Taylor & Ray Charles. A clear-sighted unflinching work that provokes questions about our definitions of sane & insane Kaysen's extraordinary memoir encompasses horror & razor-edged perception while providing vivid portraits of her fellow patients & their keepers.
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Lauren has always known she was adopted but when a little research turns up the possibility that she was snatched from an American family as a baby suddenly Lauren's life seems like a sham. How can she find her biological parents? & are her adoptive parents really responsible for kidnapping her? A family trip to the US gives her the chance to run away & try & find the truth. But the circumstances of her disappearance are murky & Lauren's kidnappers are still at large & willing to do anything to keep her silent... ...

How do you escape when you can't see the way out? Sixteen-year-old Cheyenne Wilder is sleeping in the back of a car while her mother fills her prescription. Before Cheyenne realizes what has happened the car is being stolen from the car park. Cheyenne is not only sick with pneumonia
- she is also blind. Griffin the teenage driver hadn't meant to kidnap her
- he was just stealing a car for the gang. But once Griffin's dad finds out that Cheyenne's father is the president of Nike everything changes
- now there's a reason to keep her. Will Cheyenne be able to survive this harrowing ordeal & escape? & if so at what price? This is a fast-paced thriller full of nail-biting suspense.


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