Princess Polly I'm a New Big Sister" is part of Ladybird's successful Pirate Pete & Princess Polly range
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In 1990 spurred on by the success of his writing & his marriage to the writer Aileen Armitage Deric Longden made a momentous move to a foreign country. Huddersfield in Yorkshire with its distinctive manners & customs & its wealth of remarkable characters would surely provide him with all the material he needed for his planned book one of the great classics of travel literature. But two years later when he sat down to write the major events of everyday life kept intruding: the demands of a houseful of cats the problem of getting the cooker repaired the memories evoked by sorting through old clothes in the wardrobe.. . Still I'm a Stranger Here Myself" is a travel book of a kind where the most hilarious adventures can happen between the kitchen & the bathroom & where a morning's shopping can provide enough anecdotes to last a lifetime. Once again Deric Longden demonstrates his genius for taking the most ordinary materials of life & transforming them with his own special brand of gentle inspired humour." ...

One of a series for young children that explores what it is like to go through a number of significant new experiences this sensitive & entertaining book thoughtfully helps children to understand their feelings about the addition of a baby to their family. Written from a child's point of view it shows how negative feelings about the birth of a baby can be dealt with & how there are many good things about it too. The humourous illustrations not only enable the reader to relate the book to their everyday life but also stimulate discussion about the experience. Notes for parents carers & teachers help adults use the book most effectively with their children & include ideas for using it in literacy classes. Mike Gordon is a highly successful illustrator whose work for Wayland has established a respected information book br&. ...

One relentlessly hot summer six children explore the scorched wheat-fields that enclose their tiny Italian village. When the gang find a dilapidated farmhouse nine-year-old Michele makes a discovery so momentous he dare not tell a soul. It is a secret that will force him to question everything & everyone around him. An unputdownable thriller I'm Not Scared" is also a devastatingly authentic portrayal of childhood & the tension that arises when it must join the adult world." ...

This practical guide to Transactional Analysis is a unique approach to your problems. Hundreds of thousands of people have found this phenomenal breakthrough in psychotherapy a turning point in their lives. In sensible non-technical language Thomas A Harris explains how to gain control of yourself your relationships & your future
- no matter what happened in the past.
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Tim Brooke-Taylor John Cleese Graeme Garden David Hatch Jo Kendall & Bill Oddie star in highlights from the groundbreaking BBC Radio series. Described by Barry Took as 'A kaleidoscope of funny voices catch phrase & innuendo revolving at breakneck speed & with a complete disregard for logic' I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again" pre-dated "I'm Sorry I Haven't a Clue" & showcased the comic talents of Tim Brooke-Taylor John Cleese Graeme Garden David Hatch Jo Kendall & Bill Oddie. This compilation of classic sketches

Includes:: " Full Frontal Radio" " Prune Manifesto" " Buffers" " Critics" " News in Welsh" " Listening to Flowers" " Eddie Waring Impersonation" & " Taming of the Shrew"
- all on a special vinyl-look CD. Vintage Beeb: classic albums first available as BBC LPs now reissued on CD."


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Key features of this text: * How to study the text * Author & historical background * General & detailed summaries * Commentary on themes structure characters language & style * Glossaries * Test questions & issues to consider * Essay writing advice * Cultural connections * Literary terms * Illustrations * Colour design ...

'I didn't want you to come here.' So says the note that the boy Edmund Hooper passes to Charles Kingshaw upon his arrival at Warings. But young Kingshaw & his mother have come to live with Hooper & his father in the ugly isolated Victorian house for good. To Hooper Kingshaw is an intruder a boy to be subtly persecuted & Kingshaw finds that even the most ordinary object can be turned by Hooper into a source of terror. In Hang Wood their roles are briefly reversed but Kingshaw knows Hooper will never let him be. Kingshaw cannot win not in the last resort. He knows it & so does Hooper. & the worst is still to come... This extraordinary evocative novel boils over with the terrors of childhood & won the Somerset Maugham Award. ' Hill's exploration of a juvenile ghoul & his natural prey is a brilliant tour de force'
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The genius behind such classic songs as Suzanne" " Bird on the Wire" & " Hallelujah" Leonard Cohen has been one of the most important & influential songwriters of our time a man of spirituality emotion & intelligence whose work has explored the definitive issues of human life
- sex religion power meaning love. Yet before he even began recording Cohen was an accomplished literary figure whose poetry & novels brought him considerable recognition. His dual careers in music & literature have transformed one another his songs revealing a literary quality rare in the world of popular music & his poetry & prose informed by a rich musicality. "I'm Your Man" explores the facets of Cohen's life
- from his early childhood in Montreal to his entree into the worlds of literature & music his immersion in Jewish culture obsession with Christian imagery & deep commitment to Buddhist detachment
- including the five years he spent at a monastery outside of Los Angeles & his ordainment as a Rinzai Zen Buddhist Monk. Sylvie Simmons draws on Cohen's private archives & a wealth of interviews with many of his closest associates colleagues & other artists whose work he has inspired as well as professors Buddhist monks & rabbis to share stories & details never before revealed & correct mistakes propounded in previous works. Unlike other biographies "I'm Your Man" gives equal time to Cohen's poetry & prose & balances his intellectual & religious sides. The result is this deeply insightful well-rounded portrait of an artist whose reach vision & incredible talent has had a profound impact on multiple generations & who continues to create magic today."


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I've lost it.: ( The only thing in the world I wasn't supposed to lose. My engagement ring. It's been in Magnus' family for three generations. & now the very same day his parents are coming I've lost it. The very same day. Do not hyperventilate Poppy. Stay positive!! :) A couple of glasses of bubbly with the girls & Poppy's life has gone into meltdown. Not only has she lost her engagement ring but in the panic that followed she's lost her phone too. When she spots an abandoned phone in a bin it seems it was meant to be. Finders Keepers! Except the phone's owner elusive businessman Sam Roxton doesn't agree. He wants his phone back & doesn't appreciate Poppy reading all his messages & wading into his personal life. Can things get any more tangled? ...