Jeremy Vine is one of the most successful broadcasters of recent years & in 2012 clocks up a quarter of a century at the BBC. In It's All News to Me he takes a look back over his career from the very first day when he arrived at broadcasting house (by coincidence an inauspicious news day
- the fateful Black Monday of 1987.) Jeremy explains his big break as a Today programme reporter when he was fired at by a sniper during the early days of the war in Bosnia; he walks us through the corridors of Westminster in the 1990s when he was a political correspondent trying to deal with the likes of Alastair Campbell & Peter Mandelson; he reflects on the steep learning curve that was his posting as African correspondent at the turn of the millennium; & his return to the UK where he was dubbed Paxman's mini-me" on Newsnight. He also explains what it's like presenting Radio 2's lunchtime show & talking to 6 million listeners
- people who as he puts it "have better stories than we do." Written in Jeremy's unmistakably lively & self-deprecating voice It's All News to Me paints a vivid picture of what it's like to be trapped inside the BBC
- arguably the most interesting organisation in the country
- for 25 years. It's also about our obsession with news
- just exactly how & why it happens
- & the power of real life stories versus the media's desire to shape them."





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A wonderfully funny & poignant novel about growing up in the seventies teenage angst growing pains & first love. Rachel & Susan do not like to be beside the seaside. Hastings is so uncool. Plunging headfirst into the choppy waters of adolescence they are determined to survive their teens by sticking together. It's a rollercoaster ride of nutty parents randy language students stoned hippies all-night parties on the pier & an amusement arcade of emotional neediness. ...

Accompanying the hit TV series Victoria Stilwell provides her successful programme for perfect dog training. Do they ignore every word you say? Have they started coming in at all hours? Are they wrecking your home? No it s not the nation s teenagers
- it s our pets. Nearly five million homes in the UK own a dog
- but who really calls the shots? With bad behaviour rife it s time to put the pets in their place
- move over power nannies & parenting this is Supernanny for pets. The Channel 4 series It s Me or the Dog has established expert dog trainer Victoria Stilwell as a major TV talent. Her accompanying book offers a superb practical manual for pet owners
- whether faced with training a new puppy or with correcting the bad habits of an existing pet. Seeing the world from the dog's point of view is key & at the heart of Victoria's highly successful philosophy. She explains how dogs learn & provides a timed structured programme for both puppies & older dogs plus a wealth of problem-solving advice
- from how to handle persistent barking to dealing with car journeys & interaction with children. Absolutely packed with info on everything from dog talk to diet It's Me or the Dog is the must-have manual for every dog owner.




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Use your favourite photographs along with the tools tips & techniques included to design a scrapbook that is all about you. Included in this set are 10 sheets of paper over 30 stickers decorative scissors photo cropping stencil tiny treasure envelopes a journal pen glue stick & a FREE mini keychain scrapbook. ...

Do you wish you'd learnt to play the piano when you were younger or that you hadn't given up? Then this book is for you
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'I loved Jon's book. It's even better than the real thing because you can't hear his voice.' Michael Mc Intyre A control freak looks for love (women who leave wet teaspoons in sugar bowls need not apply). 'I haven't woken up with a cup of tea by the bed for seven years. It seems such a small thing but it's one of a thousand things I miss about having someone around to take care of me. I have spent my entire adult life getting things the way I want them & all I want now is someone to give it all up for.' Is your filing faultless? Your CDs apostrophes cutlery all in the right places? Can you eat a biscuit in the correct way? Then Jon Richardson (single for seven years & counting) could be your ideal man... Living alone in a one bedroom flat in Swindon Jon has had far too much time on his hands to think. In fact to obsess. About almost everything. Jon's obssessive compulsive personality disorder has seen him arrange the coins in his pockets in ascending size & colour code his bookshelves. It takes him less than 90 seconds to locate a receipt for a pair of shoes he bought in 1997. Over to the filing cabinet & R for receipts S for shoes. But Jon doesn't want to be like this in fact he would quite like to share his life with someone. But who could that someone be? Someone like himself a quarrelsome perfectionist only with breasts & less body hair? Absolutely not. But who exactly is Jon looking for & where will he find her? Faced with a loveless future filled with his own peculiar quirks & perfectionism Jon sets about his search for The One. The question is will he mind her keeping the knives to the left of the forks in the cutlery drawer or organising the CDs by genre & not alphabetically? ...

Black holes. DNA. The Large Hadron Collider. Ever had that sneaking feeling that you are missing out on some truly spectacular science? You do? Well fear not for help is at h&. Ben Miller was working on his Physics Ph D at Cambridge when he accidentally became a comedian. But first love runs deep & he has returned to his roots to share with you all his favourite bits of science. This is the stuff that you really need to know not only because it matters but because it will quite simply amaze & delight you. ' Let me show you another perhaps less familiar side of Science; her beauty her seductiveness & her passion. & let's do it quickly while Maths isn't looking' Ben Miller ...

It's Not Summer Without You by Jenny Han is a perfect beach read you'll never forget. The second in this gorgeous series. One girl. Two brothers. Which one will she choose? Isabel's lazy long hot summers at her family friends' beach house are over. Conrad
- sexy & unavailable
- is the only boy she's ever loved. He's left for college taking her heart with him. Jeremiah his gorgeous brother is still Isabel's best friend
- but maybe friendship isn't enough for him anymore... Isabel just wants everything to stay the same because change means moving on. But if she stops looking back will she find a future she never knew she wanted? This book has what every girl wants in a summer". (Sarah Dessen). " Impossible to put down & I read it in one afternoon". (goodreads.com). Jenny Han was born in Richmond Virginia & studied at the University of North Carolina. She lives in New York working part-time as a children's librarian alongside her writing. Find out more at website."


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Karen's parents have always argued & lately they've been getting worse. But when her father announces that they're going to get divorced it seems as if Karen's whole world will fall apart. Her brother Jeff blames their mum. Her kid sister Amy asks impossible questions & is scared that everyone she loves is going to leave. Karen just wants her parents to get back together. Gradually she learns that this isn't going to happen -- & realizes that divorce is not the end of the world. ...

Brilliantly funny teenage angst author Louise Rennison's second book about the confessions of crazy but lovable Georgia Nicolson. Now repackaged in a gorgeous new paperback & looking even fabber than ever. Louise is an international bestselling author & her books can't fail to make you laugh out loud. What is the matter with my life? Why is it so deeply unfab? * It's a day & a half now since I snogged the Sex God...* I think I have snog withdrawal. My lips keep puckering up...* I tried snogging the back of my hand but it's no good...* It's been over a week. I wonder if it's my nose...* I have a HUGE nose that means I have to live for ever in the Ugly Home. ...