The hilarious Little Princess returns with more tears & tantrums in this humorous picture book of good manners. I want!I want!I want. The Little Princess needs to learn some manners but several tantrums later once shes mastered please & thank you she finds that not everyone else is so polite! Shes certainly not going to give the Beastie back his dinner until he asks nicely. ...

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.. . ...

Erich Kempka served as Hitlers personal driver from 1934 until the Fuhrers suicide in 1945. His candid memoirs provide a unique account that reaches a climax in the dark days in the bunker beneath Berlins shattered streets. Kempka begins by describing his duties as a member of Hitlers staff in the early years escorting Hitler around Europe & other top Nazis such as Albert Speer & Field Marshal Kesselring on tours of the front line. The core of his memoir however covers the period spent in the Fuhrerbunker including accompanying Hitler on his final trip to the front line in March 1945 & the chaotic weeks that followed. Kempkas fascinating narrative covers the major events in the regimes downfall including Goring & Himmlers efforts to seize power & negotiate a truce with the Allies & Hitlers marriage to Eva Braun before they committed suicide. Hitlers last order to Kempka was that he has ready enough petrol to cremate their bodies. The memoirs conclude with Kempkas desperate escape from Berlin more than 800 km through enemy-occupied Germany to his family only to be arrested by American personnel shortly afterwards. He was interrogated before acting as a witness at Nuremburg. ...

A decorated First World War pilot Hans Baur was one of the leading commercial aviators of the 1920s before being pitched into the thick of it as personal pilot to a certain ' Herr Hitler'. Hitler who loathed flying felt safe with Baur & would allow no one else to pilot him. As a result an intimate relationship developed between the two men & it is this which gives these memoirs special significance. Hitler relaxed in Baur's company & talked freely of his plans & of his real opinions about his friends & allies. Baur was also present during some of the most salient moments of the Third Reich; the Rohm Putsch the advent of Eva Braun Ribbentrop's journey to Moscow the Burgerbraukeller attempt on Hitler's life; & when war came he flew Hitler from front to front. He remained in Hitler's service right up to the final days in the Fuhrerbunker. In a powerful account of Hitler's last hours Baur describes his final discussions with Hitler before his suicide; & his last meeting with Magda Goebbels in the tortuous moments before she killed her three children. Remarkably throughout it all Baur's loyalty to the Fuhrer never wavered. His memoirs capture these events in all their fascinating & disturbing detail. ...

I Was Jane Austens Best Friend" is the secret diary of Jenny Cooper Jane Austens teenage friend & confidante. Their evenings are a blur of beautiful dresses balls gossip & romance; their days are spent writing about them
- Jenny in her diary Jane in her first attempts at fiction. When Jenny falls utterly in love with a handsome naval officer obstacles stand in their way. Who better to help her than Jane herself who already considers herself an expert in love & relationships?"
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From Commodore to Cabin Boy the story of Convoy SC7 is one of grim endurance & human courage in the face of almost incredible destruction. These are the accounts from the Naval Escorts the Merchant Masters & even a German U-boat Ace. It is the sense of immediacy that makes this book so fresh & deeply moving. Its not just the facts but friendships & emotions too. ...

From getting locked out of her flat twice on the same day & being fired for baking a giant cookie in the shape of her boss' head to playing bridesmaid for a friend she'd long forgotten Sloane Crosley can do no right despite the best of intentions. With sharp original & irresistible storytelling that confounds expectations at every turn Crosley recounts her victories & catastrophes finding uproarious comedy & genuine insights in the most unpredictable places. ...