A Sunday Times" top-ten title in 2008 & a bestseller ever since "I Used to Know That" has continued to delight readers with its pages of forgotten facts from our school days. Now available in paperback this great gift book has been repackaged with a fresh jacket design for anyone new to the series & old fans alike. Nostalgic informative & entertaining it is an ideal & accessible buy for adults wanting to brush up on their lost knowledge. If youve forgotten the capital city of Chile; the basics of osmosis; how to solve a quadratic equation; who wrote the famous poem about daffodils; & the use of a conjunction or the number of continents in the world "I Used to Know That" is guaranteed to provide all the answers." ...

Perfect follow-ups to the universally acclaimed I Used to Know That" these five titles go that little bit further by filling in the gaps with some more in-depth knowledge on each individual subject. Written in a highly accessible & lighthearted way you can brush up on your maths science history geography & English language while enjoying a walk down memory lane
- & remembering the stuff you really shouldn't have forgotten..."
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Growing up in a large Nigerian family in South London Stephen K. Amos learnt early on to find the humour in every situation. Raised by his parents & extended family of aunts & uncles I Used to Say My Mother was Shirley Bassey" tells the story of Stephens chaotic upbringing in the carnival atmosphere of the late seventies & early eighties. Stephen describes his awkward beginnings as the only black kid in his class where he told everyone his mum was Shirley Bassey to break the ice. Then as a middle child in a large family Stephen learnt stage presence by vying for attention & performing at family parties. Now a world-renowned comedian & performer regularly selling out venues like the Hammersmith Apollo Stephen looks back at his earlier life & the incidents which shaped him & continue to inspire his performances. Poignant funny & with the narrative gift Stephen is famous for "I Used to Say My Mother was Shirley Bassey" is a memoir of a life fitting in standing out & (almost) always laughing." ...

Do you remember the famous opening lines Tyger tyger burning bright? Or Shall I compare these to a summers day? But would you be able to name the poems or the poets? The English language is jam-packed with wonderful verses that weve all heard at some point but probably forgotten. I Wandered Lonely As a Cloud" will remind you of all those long-forgotten poems that you were taught at school together with mini-biographies & introductions. This title
Includes:: " The Rime of the Ancient Mariner"
- Coleridge; " If"
- Rudyard Kipling; " Dulce et Decorum Est"
- Wilfred Owen; " Song of Myself"
- Walt Whitman; " Digging"
- Seamus Heaney; & " Not Waving But Drowning"
- Stevie Smith. Complete with an index of famous lines as well as authors any poetry enthusiast will love the collection of best-loved poems alongside the lively commentary. "I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud" is a perfect addition to any poetry lovers collection."






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The first day at school for Tony Ross best loved chracter -- the Little Princess! The Little Princess is tired of playing with her younger brother & is thrilled to be starting school the next day. However when her first attempts to make friends with other children fail she is left all alone. Fortunately she soon finds other children with no friends & they decide to play together sit together eat together! This fantastic new title focuses on the difficult experience of starting school & making friends. Written with insightful understanding of a childs perspective it also manages to maintain the anarchic humour that characterises this brilliant series. ...

This is a picture book debut by a rising talent that tells a cumulative tale with a cheeky twist aided by graphically simple & truly hilarious illustrations. The bear's hat is gone & he wants it back. Patiently & politely he asks the animals he comes across one by one whether they have seen it. Each animal says no some more elaborately than others. But just as it he begins to lose hope lying flat on his back in despair a deer comes by & asks a rather obvious question that suddenly sparks the bear's memory & renews his search with a vengeance. Told completely in dialogue this quirky take on the classic repetitive tale plays out in sly illustrations laced with visual humour & winks at the reader with a wry irreverence that will have kids of all ages thrilled to be in on the joke. This title comes from an exciting new author/illustrator talent previously an artist for Dreamworks Feature Animation. It features subversive humour sure to please children & adults. It is perfect as a read aloud. ...

New format reissue in the phenomenally best-selling Little Princess series. What does the feisty Little Princess want to be when she grows up? Find out in this hilarious book. Now that the Little Princess can use her potty she decides it is time to grow up & be something. Her family & friends are eager to give their advice but the Little Princess has an unexpected idea of her own! ...

The Little Princess wants to have two birthdays just like the Queen which means twice as many presents every year! When she realises how much fun two birthdays are she decides she wants three then four. But the more birthdays she has the less special they are. Perhaps having one birthday a year isnt so boring after all... ...

I WAS A RAT! So insists Roger. Maybe its true. But what is he NOW? A terrifying monster rampaging in the sewers? The Daily Scourge is sure of it. A money-spinning fairground freak? He is to Mr Tapscrew. A champion wriggler & a downy card? Thats what Billy hopes. Or just an ordinary small boy though a little ratty in his habits? Only three people believe this version of the story. Only one of them knows who Roger really is. & luckily a story about her can sell even more newspapers than one about a rat-boy.. . ...

An axe-wielding psychopath carves young Dora Suarez into pieces & smashes the head of Suarezs friend an elderly woman. On the same night in the West End a firearm blows the top off the head of Felix Roatta part-owner of the seedy Parallel Club. The unnamed narrator a sergeant in the Metropolitan Polices Unexplained Deaths division develops a fixation on the young woman whose murder he investigates. & he discovers that Suarezs death is even more bizarre than suspected: the murderer ate bits of flesh from Suarezs corpse & ejaculated against her thigh. Autopsy results compound the puzzle: Suarez was dying of AIDS but the pathologist cant tell how the virus was introduced. Then a photo supplied by a former Parallel hostess links Suarez to Roatta & inquiries at the club reveal how vile & inhuman exploitation can become. I Was Dora Suarez" is the fourth book in the " Factory" series." ...