Daisy Waugh's razor-sharp wit takes on modern motherhood right between the eyes... Mummy. Ma Mama Mum. There may be different names for 'mother' but it often feels like there's only one correct way to BE one. Has motherhood been completely hijacked by parenting experts & the tutting middle class Mummy-as-Vocation brigade? The bar to good motherhood is now so high it's impossible for modern mothers not to feel as if they are failing. 'I don't know how she does it!' rings out the frantic cry. 'I don't know why she bothers ' answers Daisy. Life is short
- but it's not over! We love our children but we are individuals too. Part feminist manifesto part hilarious rant Daisy asks modern mothers to STOP TAKING IT ALL SO SERIOUSLY. & maybe along the way they'll start to feel a bit better about themselves.
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The Little Princess doesn't want to go to hospital & does everything she can to avoid it. But when she is finally forced to go she finds that she really rather likes it. Back home again she decides she wants to go back. After all they treat her like a princess in there! ...

Academy Award-winning screenwriter & director Nora Ephron (When Harry Met Sally" " Heartburn" " Sleepless in Seattle" " You've Got Mail") turns her sharp wit on to her own life. It
Includes:: Never marry a man you wouldn't want to be divorced from; if the shoe doesn't fit in the shoe store it's never going to fit; when your children are teenagers it's important to have a dog so that someone in the house is happy to see you; anything you think is wrong with your body at the age of thirty-five you will be nostalgic for by the age of forty-five; the empty nest is underrated; & if only one third of your clothes are mistakes you're ahead of the game."
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This is a book that describes what it is like to feel frightened as it is experienced by young children. Readers will identify with Mike Gordons humorous & inventive depictions of this feeling & be inspired by the various solutions on offer. ...

To the outside world Lizzie Mc Glynns father was a model citizen. To little Lizzie he was a violent & depraved monster. For years Lizzie was raped & beaten by her father whilst her alcoholic mother stood by helpless. She eventually found the courage to report him & her father was imprisoned
- but 12 weeks later he was allowed to return to the family home & continue his reign of terror. He seemed to be above the law. Battered & violated Lizzie knew she had to stay alive to protect her two little brothers. She went on to escape her fathers evil clutches but the physical & mental scars continued to haunt her. Then as her father lay dying she summoned the strength & courage to forgive the man who had caused her so much pain.
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As our hero struggles to reach the city of Solla Sollew where they never have troubles at least very few we realise that it's better to face up to life's problems than to try to run away from them! With his unique combination of hilarious stories zany pictures & riotous rhymes Dr. Suess has been delighting young children & helping them learn to read for over fifty years. Creator of the wonderfully anarchic Cat in the Hat & ranked among the UK's top ten favourite children's authors Dr. Seuss is a global best-seller with nearly half a billion books sold worldwide. As part of a major rebrand programme Harper Collins is relaunching Dr. Seuss's best-selling books. In response to consumer demand bright new cover designs incorporate much-needed guidance on reading levels. The standard paperbacks divide into three reading strands
- Blue Back Books for parents to share with young children Green Back Books for budding readers to tackle on their own & Yellow Back Books for older more fluent readers to enjoy. This is a Yellow Back book.
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Its true: Misery does love company. But what kind of company can you keep if you cant stand anyone? This kind. No matter who they are or what they do that sets you off & gets you going youll find em inside. From rich people who are dicks to guys named Rich who go by Dick to those who are always cold to people who are just hot no one is safe. But one thing is certain-everyone will find someone they equally despise. & youre gonna love it period. ...

Are you confident that you know what you want to achieve with your next presentation? Do you know for sure what your audience wants from it? Are you absolutely certain your presentation will deliver
- both for you & your audience? In this practical book you will discover a completely new way to prepare yourself for a presentation. Packed with real life examples & case studies at times laugh out loud it will show you how to do presentations that deliver for you your audiences your team your business. Surprise everyone perhaps especially yourself by becoming an excellent & relaxed presenter.
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Isn't it always the way? You wait ages for one violet flour-filled condom & then three come along at once. Of course the correct procedure for a chemical attack in the House of Commons would have been for MPs to remain in the chamber & remove all items of clothing. I'm not sure which is the more horrific vision; anthrax all over London or Nicholas Soames slipping out of his Y-fronts while chatting to a naked Ann Widdecombe. Here at last is the third collection of John O' Farrell's immensely popular Guardian" columns
- the final part of the trilogy in which he discovers that Margaret Thatcher is actually his mother. Contained within these covers are a hundred funny satirical essays on subjects as diverse as Man's ascent from the apes & the re-election of George W. Bush. Plus there is a full account of O' Farrell's heroic but slightly less successful attempt to capture his Tory home town for socialism. He claims that identity fraud has got so bad that an audacious impostor using the name A.L. Blair even managed to get himself a Labour Party card by posing a left-wing champion of wealth distribution & civil rights. He asks why a Blackberry isn't compatible with an Apple. & find out why the Queen didn't go to her own son's wedding; ' What happened to that other girl you were seeing?' ' Mother we got divorced & then she died in a car crash remember?' ' Well sometimes you have to work at these things dear...'"
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To read of Elizabeth I addressing her troops before the Spanish Armada or Martin Luther- King urging the American population for racial equality is to understand the tremendous power of language to inspire to comfort to move or to enthuse an audience. It is inspiring to hear the words of people whose gift was to know what to say when to say it & how to phrase it often in language so powerful so eloquent & so beautiful that we remember their words centuries after they were first spoken. Here is an enjoyable collection of the greatest speeches that have been delivered throughout history prefaced by brief historical & biographical introductions. The book

Includes:: some of the greatest most celebrated speeches such as Pericles funeral oration in Athens in the fifth century BC as well as lesser known speeches such as Lieutenant- Colonel Tim Collins eve-of-battle address to his soldiers in Iraq in 2003
- all of which deserve to be celebrated & credited by modern audiences.


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