A year after arriving in France Englishman Paul West is still struggling with some fundamental questions: What is the best way to scare a gendarme? Why are there no health warnings on French nudist beaches? & is it really polite to sleep with your boss' mistress? Paul opens his English tea room & mutates (temporarily) into a Parisian waiter; samples the pleasures of typically French hotel-room afternoons; & on a return visit to the UK sees the full horror of a British office party through Parisian eyes. Meanwhile he continues his search for the perfect French mademoiselle. But will Paul find l'amour eternel or will it all end in merde? In his second comedy of errors Paul West continues to sabotage the entente cordiale. Author's apology: I'd just like to say sorry to all the suppository fans out there because in this book there are no suppositories. There are however lots of courgettes & I see this as progress. Suppositories to courgettes
- I think it proves that I'm developing as a writer." Stephen Clarke."
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Englishman Paul West is living the Parisian dream & doing his best not to annoy the French. But recently things have been going tres wrong: His apartment is so small that he has to cut his baguettes in two to fit them in the kitchen. His research into authentic French cuisine is about to cause a national strike. His Parisian business partner is determined to close their tea-room. & thinks that sexually harrassing his female employees is a basic human right. & Pauls gorgeous ex-girlfriend seems to be stalking him. Threatened with eviction unemployment & bankrupcy Paul realises that his personal merde factor is about to hit the fan... ...

Paul West is in deep financial merde. His only way out of debt is to accept a decidedly dodgy job that involves him touring America in a Mini while pretending to be typically British. Also in the car is Pauls French girlfriend Alexa & his American poet friend Jake whose main aim in life is to sleep with a woman from every country in the world. Preferably in the back of Pauls Mini. But as the little car battles from New York to Miami & then heads west leg-room turns out to be the least of Pauls troubles. His work is being sabotaged his tour plans are in tatters & his love life becomes a Franco-American war zone. & as Paul knows better than anyone when you mix love & war
- merde happens...
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One of the most popular & beloved introductions to the concept of faith ever written ' Mere Christianity' has sold millions of copies worldwide. The book brings together C.S. Lewis's legendary radio broadcasts during the war years in which he set out simply to 'explain & defend the belief that has been common to nearly all Christians at all times'. Rejecting the boundaries that divide Christianity's many denominations ' Mere Christianity' provides an unequalled opportunity for believers & nonbelievers alike to absorb a powerful rational case for the Christian faith. ...

This is the third volume in the bestselling Wideacre Trilogy of novels. Set in the eighteenth century they launched the career of Philippa Gregory the author of The Other Boleyn Girl & The Virgin's Lover. Meridon a desolate Romany girl is determined to escape the hard poverty of her childhood. Riding bareback in a travelling show while her sister Dandy risks her life on the trapeze Meridon dedicates herself to freeing them both from danger & want. But Dandy beautiful impatient thieving Dandy grabs too much too quickly. & Meridon finds herself alone riding in bitter grief through the rich Sussex farmlands towards a house called Wideacre
- which awaits the return of the last of the Laceys. Sweeping passionate unique: ' Meridon' completes Philippa Gregory's bestselling trilogy which began with ' Wideacre' & continued with ' The Favoured Child'.
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Having brought the two worlds of Atlantis & Celtic Britain together in Book I the author now focuses on Merlin. In this second book Merlin tells his own story
- & his vision
- the vision of the Kingdom of Summer ruled by the Summer Lord. It is a story of love & passion triumph & tragedy with itw own special & powerful magic. The saving of the infant Arthur & the setting of the sword in the stone form both the climax to this book & the entry to the story of Arthur himself.

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Merlin must find a Ring of Power in order to save the kingdom! A gripping sequel to Young Merlin plotting Merlins journey from his youth to his mastery of magic. Merlin is doing everything he can to keep Britain from being captured by the Saxons. But when the foolish King decides to try & steal a statue from the Irish Merlin finds that the Kingdoms enemies have now doubled. The only way to defeat the approaching armies is to find a Ring of Power to amplify Merlins magic
- but will Merlin be able to find one before the enemies attack? With a reading age of 8 this spellbinding story is also suitable for reluctant struggling & dyslexic readers.
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A glorious new fantasy from an award-winning author. The story is narrated by two very different teenagers who each inhabit two extraordinarily different worlds. Arianrhod Hydes world (or Roddy as she prefers to be called) is very much the world of magic pageantry & ritual. Not unlike Britain in King Arthurs Day Roddy is daughter of two Court Wizards & therefore part of the Kings Progress travelling round the Islands of Blest & ready to take part in whatever ritual or ceremony is required as it occurs. Presiding over all the most important person is the Merlin who is entrusted with the magical health of the Isles of Blest. Nick Mallorys world is much more familiar
- at least it starts off being our own. But it soon transpires that Nicks not quite the ordinary 15 year old he seems as he slips sideways into something he thinks is a dream
- but in fact is another world entirely. Now Nicks been on other worlds before (although never alone) but hes a confident type. Maybe a bit too confident... In Roddys world the current Merlin expires & a new one takes his place. Yet something is wrong
- the rituals have been upset & nothing is going the way it should. Roddy needs help & certain powers indicate that Nick is to be the one to help her. & Nick is cool about helping her
- in theory...but its a bit worrying that she seems to mistake him for a magic-user. Their stories unfold side-by-side each part leading into the next & the Merlin Conspiracy thickens as the tales swirl around each other
- twining meeting & affecting each other yet never completely combining until the very end chapters when all is finally revealed. Compelling howlingly funny in places mind-boggling
- this is going to WOW DWJ fans all around the world (and probably in other universes too).





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A bestselling fantasy adventure about two teens from two very different worlds who must work together to save the universe. The companion novel to the bestselling Deep Secret. Arianrhod Hyde's world (or Roddy as she prefers to be called) is very much the world of magic pageantry & ritual. Presiding over all the most important person is the Merlin who is entrusted with the magical health of the Isles of Blest. Nick Mallory's world is much more familiar
- at least it starts off being our own. But Nick's not the ordinary 15 year old he seems as he slips sideways into something he thinks is a dream
- but in fact is another world entirely. Now Nick's been on other worlds before (although never alone) but he's a confident type. Maybe a bit too confident... In Roddy's world the current Merlin expires & a new one takes his place. Yet something is wrong
- the rituals have been upset & nothing is going the way it should. Roddy needs help & Nick might be the one to do it
- even if he can't use magic... Their stories unfold side-by-side & the Merlin Conspiracy thickens
- two stories combining until the mystery is finally revealed. Compelling howlingly funny in places mind-boggling
- this story will wow Diana Wynne Jones fans all around the world (and probably in other universes too).





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This is a story of mysterious magical events overtaking a sleepy Dorset village of a young man whose crippling injuries have given him unexpected powers of a noble dragon a wizard reincarnated a terrible burden & a frightening responsibility. Beautifully told The Merlin Legacy will delight anyone who would like to believe that there is more to the forces of nature than science can tell us. ...