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." ...

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. ...

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. ...

A great reissuing of this lift-the-flap book from the endlessly popular author / illustrator Nick Sharratt. Come & shop at the zoopermarket where the food is not all it seems! Tying in with Nick Sharratts position as official illustrator for World Book Day 2006 this larger format edition with its best cover yet will ensure ZOOPERMARKETs continuing longevity. ...

Lola will not eat peas. In fact she wont eat carrots potatoes mushrooms eggs sausages cauliflower cabbage or baked beans. & she will absolutely not eat a tomato. But when Charlie explains that peas are actually green drops from Greenland & that carrots are orange twiglets from Jupiter even Lola is tempted to clear her plate. An innovative & fun-filled look at the problem of fussy eating I Will Not Never Ever Eat a Tomato is guaranteed to make dinner time fun. This utterly special 10th anniversary edition of the first ever Charlie & Lola book comes with a free four-panel frieze
- perfect for any fans bedroom wall! Winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal A superb book to make you laugh out loud
- Bookseller So good its exhilarating
- The Independent


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Lola will not eat peas. In fact she wont eat carrots potatoes mushrooms eggs sausages cauliflower cabbage or baked beans. & she will absolutely not eat a tomato. But when Charlie explains that peas are actually green drops from Greenland & that carrots are orange twiglets from Jupiter even Lola is tempted to clear her plate. An innovative & fun-filled look at the problem of fussy eating I Will Not Never Ever Eat a Tomato is guaranteed to make dinner time fun. This utterly special 10th anniversary edition of the first ever Charlie & Lola book comes with a free four-panel frieze
- perfect for any fans bedroom wall! Winner of the Kate Greenaway Medal A superb book to make you laugh out loud
- Bookseller So good its exhilarating
- The Independent


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