Is That a Fish in Your Ear?" by David Bellos asks: how do we really make ourselves understood to other people? This funny wise & life-affirming language book shows how from puns to poetry news bulletins to the Bible Asterix to Swedish films translation is at the heart of everything we do
- & makes us who we are. Selected by " The New York Times" as one of the 100 Notable Books of 2011. "A wonderful witty book.. .richly original endlessly fascinating.. .for anyone interested in words". (" Economist" Books of the Year). "A scintillating bouillabaisse.. .spiced with good & provocative things". (" Literary Review"). " Dazzlingly inventive". (" The New York Times"). " Clear & lively... There is nothing quite like it". (" Spectator")."
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At forty years old a successful writer husband & father no longer toiling on offshore drilling rigs was Paul Carter happily nestled in the cotton wool of suburban life enjoying the fruits of his labour? Was he f**k! With his manic life left far behind & the perfect opportunity to take it easy stretched before him what else would a middle-aged bike obsessed man want? Yes thats right hed want to be the first guy to ride around Australia on an underpowered experimental motorcycle that runs on used chip fat wouldnt he? (Preferably without getting hit by an articulated lorry full of bridge parts along the way
- ) Is he out of his mind? Quite possibly
- Embark on a rollickingly funny downright dangerous & often unhinged quest that starts on an environmentally friendly motorcycle built on a shoestring budget by students & ends with a plan to land speed record for biofuel-powered motorcycle. Carter is at his balls-to-the-wall best: prepare to laugh out loud.

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Bob Geldof formed Band Aid orchestrated Live Aid & is the driving force behind Live 8. He has rallied the forces of rock performers all over the world & inspired millions to raise millions for the starving in Africa. He has met with world leaders & demanded that they change their aid policies. He has travelled in Africa & seen famine first-hand & he has overseen the disbursement of the millions that Band Aid has raised. In this vividly honest autobiography written with wit candour & characteristic energy Geldof recounts his extraordinary childhood in Dublin & schooldays that were both horrifying & funny. He describes the origins of New Wave music & the beginnings triumphs & eventual eclipse of the Boomtown Rats. He writes of his years with Paula Yates the formation of Band Aid & its achievements & he writes of his hopes for the future. Widely admired Bob Geldof is nonetheless ferociously independent & remains the most charismatic & controversial public figure in Britain today. (It) shows that by a combination of charm loquaciousness & irrevocable moral certainty a wayward catholic h&-reared boy can shift the world on its axis Sunday Times ...

You know the trouble with the French? They dont even have a word for entrepreneur!" George W. Bush " Im making absolutely no comment...and no I did not!" Boris Johnson If you want to hear something stupid just listen to the nearest politician. Following on from the extraordinary success of Mission Accomplished this is a further collection of the often unbelievable verbal blunders indiscretions regrettable promises about-turns deceptions & lies that politicians speak. Ranging across the centuries & across the globe this salutary & hugely funny book comes bang up-to-date with all those immortal lines our leaders have accidentally made into classics. Here are some of the magnificent gaffes fantastic faux pas & extraordinarily idiotic utterings from the great political names of our age including George Bush Gordon Brown Barack Obama David Cameron Mitt Romney & Nicolas Sarkozy." ...

At least one child in five experiences some form of learning difficulty but: * Learning difficulties as we understand them DO NOT exist * They are not diseases just symptoms * These symptoms never appear alone * They are treatable & avoidable. Dr Robin Pauc an expert in child neurology approaches learning difficulties including Dyslexia ADD OCD ADHD Dyspraxia & Tourettes syndrome of childhood from a truly ground-breaking perspective. All human babies are born prematurely & develop special new brain cells four months after birth. Every humans developement in the womb & particularly in these early stages of life can therefore be affected by devlepement delay which can blight childhood & marginalize a child at school. Since our brains continue to grow however the symptoms can also be treated. Is That My Child? Explains the backround to human developmental delay & contains: * Advice on how to get the best assessment for your child & an explanation of what the examination must include; * The effects
- good & bad
- of certain foods on the brain * Excercises & computer programs that you can use to expand your childs neural function * Case histories of children on whom this plan has worked. In the single biggest breakthorough in the history of learning difficulties Is That My Child? explains the cause of Development Delay Syndromes uses simple easy-to-follow tips to show you how to greatly reduce the risk of your child suffering & gives advice on what can be done to treat those children that do.

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The question whether or not we survive physical death has occupied the minds of men & women since the dawn of recorded history. The spiritual traditions of both West & East have taught that death is not the end but modern science generally dismisses such teachings. The fruit of a lifetimes research & experience by a world expert in the field Is There An Afterlife? presents the most complete survey to date of the evidence both historical & contemporary for survival of physical death. It

Includes:: mediumship & channelling spontaneous cases hauntings apparitions near death experiences out of the body experiences Electronic Voice Phenomenon Instrumental Transcommunication & recent laboratory work. It accepts that evidence is often disputed but makes the claim that much of the phenomena is inexplicable without some form of survival. It looks at the question of what survives-personality memory emotions & body image-in particular exploring the question of consciousness as primary to & not dependent on matter in the light of recent brain research & quantum physics. It discusses the possible nature of the afterlife the common threads in Western & Eastern traditions the common features of many levels " group souls & reincarnation. As well a providing the broadest overview of the question giving due weight to the claims both of science & religion Is There An Afterlife? brings it into personal perspective. It asks how we should live in this life as if death is not the end & suggests how we should change our behaviour accordingly."

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Hes a high school student a zombie a bodyguard a roommate & now a magikewl girl! But underneath it all Ayumu Aikawa is after only one thing: the identity of the serial killer who took his life! When an otherwordly figure explains to the undead high schooler that someones been sacrificing people to steal their souls Ayumu & his bevy of babes
- the necromancer Eu magikewl girl Haruna vampire ninja Sera & yet another vampire ninja Tomonori
- find themselves in the middle of something major! But its Ayumu whos readdy in the thick of it as the identity of his killer & the soul stealer turn out to be one & the same!!

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Can you find your nose eyes ears mouth & chin? This vibrant book encourages little ones to associate words & pictures with their own bodies. Open the fold-out mirror at the back of the book to help them discover their own faces as you read aloud together. ...

Queen are unique among the great rock bands. It is nearly twenty years since frontman Freddie Mercurys death brought the band to an end
- yet their fanbase remains massive. They appeal equally to men & women. Their fans are just as likely to be teenagers too young to have been born when the band were still touring & making records (thanks not least to the huge success of the musical We Will Rock You). & their musical history is one of constant reinvention
- from heavy metal & prog rock to disco pop stadium anthems & even jazz influences. Now Mark Blake the experienced Mojo journalist who wrote Aurums bestselling book on Pink Floyd has written the definitive history. Having already interviewed the surviving band members over the years he has now tracked down dozens & dozens of new interviewees from Queens first long-forgotten bass players to Freddie Mercurys schoolmates in Isleworth Middlesex to trace Queens long career from their very first gawky performances in St Helens through their sensational stage-stealing appearance on Live Aid to the bands collaboration with Paul Rodgers at the beginning of the century. Full of fascinating new revelations
- especially about the improbable transformation of a shy Asian schoolboy called Bulsara into the outrageous-living hedonist that was Freddie Mercury
- this is a book every Queen fan will want to have.



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The h&-holding guide to computers is now updated to show seniors how to use & enjoy the devices sure to be given as gifts including tablets e-readers smart phones & iPods
- & to help them dip into social media & other sites for sharing including Facebook Skype & You Tube. Is This Thing On?" is the friendliest most jargon-free guide to the joy of using a computer. & the missing manual that every senior needs."
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