Millie loves hats but she has no money & she cant afford to buy any of the lovely hats in town. But the man in the hat shop has an idea. He produces a box containing a hat too fine & beautiful to behold but with the most perfect shape & colour imaginable if Millie dares to imagine it. Millie does dare & soon she can not only see her own beautiful hat but everyone elses hats as well. ...

With his lightning-quick wit unbridled creativity & his ear for the absurd Milligan revolutionised British comedy leaving a legacy of influence that stretches from Monty Pythons Flying Circus" to the work of self-confessed acolytes such as Eddie Izzard & Stephen Fry today. Throughout his life Milligan wrote prolifically
- scripts poetry fiction as well as several volumes of memoir in which he took an entirely idiosyncratic approach to the truth. In this ground-breaking work Norma Farnes his long-time manager companion counsellor & confidante gathers together the loose threads reads between the lines & draws on the full breadth of his writing to present his life in his own words: an autobiography
- of sorts. From his childhood in India through his early career as a jazz musician & sketch-show entertainer his spells in North Africa & Italy with the Royal Artillery to that fateful first broadcast of " The Goon Show" & beyond into the annals of comedy history this is the autobiography Milligan never wrote."

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Milligans War" is the one-volume selected edition of Spike Milligans war memoirs published to celebrate the seventieth birthday of Britains funniest old soldier on 16 April 1988. Adolf Hitler Monty Mussolini Rommel (who?)
- all played their modest parts in the second world war & the shaping of human destiny but we all know where the real action was... Milligans war documents in words & pictures. It is the most scurrilous bizarre & certainly the most hilarious military career embarked upon by any bombardier of the 56th heavy regiment royal artillery ever."
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Milling is the process of cutting away material
- usually but not exclusively metal
- by feeding a piece of work pas a rotating

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The sparkling new novel from the author of SHINE & GLITTER. We talk about everything Dad & me. About all the mysteries inside of us. About all our wonderings of the world. But tomorrow my dad goes to war. Then what will I do?" Jemima's dad's in the Army & he's off to Afghanistan again for six whole months. Her mum's about to have another baby & hasn't got the energy to worry about anything else. Gran is staying to help out but her head is filled with her own wartime memories. So while Mima is sending Dad millions of guardian angels every night to keep him safe who is looking out for her? The third novel from Kate Maryon
- a sparkling new voice for tween girls."
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In April 2006 a small British peace-keeping force was sent to Helmand province in southern Afghanistan. Within weeks they were cut off & besieged by some of the worlds toughest fighters: the infamous Taliban who were determined to send the foreigners home again. Defence Secretary John Reid had hoped that Operation Herrick 4 could be accomplished without a shot being fired; instead the Army was drawn into the fiercest fighting it had seen for fifty years. Millions of bullets & thousands of lives have been expended since then in an under-publicized but bitter conflict whose end is still not in sight. Some people consider it the fourth Anglo-Afghan War since Victorian times. How on earth did this happen? & what is it like for the troops on the front line of the War on Terror? James Fergusson takes us to the dark heart of the battle zone. Here in their own words & for the first time are the young veterans of Herrick 4. Here unmasked are the civilian & military officials responsible for planning & executing the operation. Here too are the Taliban themselves to whom Fergusson gained unique & extraordinary access. Controversial fascinating & occasionally downright terrifying A Million Bullets" analyses the sorry slide into war in Helmand & asks this most troubling question: could Britain perhaps have avoided the violence altogether?" ...

For centuries Californians & the Japanese have known that they were at risk of catastrophic earthquakes & prepared accordingly. But when a violent 7.0 earthquake rocked Haiti in 2010 hardly anyone knew the island nation was even at risk for disaster & tragically no one was prepared. Over 300 000 people died as buildings that had never been designed to withstand such intense shaking toppled over & crushed their inhabitants. Now scientists warn that it wont be long before a single catastrophic quake kills one million people--and that it is going to strike right where we least expect it. In this groundbreaking book renowned seismologist with the British Geological Survey Roger Musson takes us on an exhilarating journey to explore what scientists & engineers are doing to prepare us for the worst. With riveting tales of the scientists who first cracked the mystery of what causes the ground to violently shake Musson makes plain the powerful geological forces driving earthquakes & tsunamis & shows how amazing feats of engineering are making our cities earthquake-proof. Highlighting hotspots around the world from Mexico City to New York this is a compelling scientific adventure into nature at its fiercest. ...

Jess Halls dad is the new general manager at Porchester Park & is moving Jess her brother & pet cat into a staff apartment there. Jess is dreading the move until she learns the apartments are strictly A-list only & soon to be populated by actors musicians models & millionaires... But fraternising with the stars isnt all its cracked up to be & soon Jess is wishing for a return to real-life
- but can she admit to her friends that the gilded cage isnt quite as golden as shed anticipated?
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A MILLION LITTLE MISTAKES is no ordinarly novel: it has one beginning & fifty different endings that will variously surprise shock & delight readers as they hunt for happiness. Your story begins when you win twenty-two million dollars in the lottery. What happens next? Its entirely up to you. Do you get out of debt? Quit your job? Travel the world? Go on the shopping spree of a lifetime? The possibilities are endless! Twenty-two million dollars can buy a lot but can it buy a happy ending? ...

James Frey wakes up on a plane with no memory of the preceding two weeks. His face is cut & his body is covered with bruises. He has no wallet & no idea of his destination. He has abused alcohol & every drug he can lay his hands on for a decade
- & he is aged only twenty-three. What happens next is one of the most powerful & extreme stories ever told. His family takes him to a rehabilitation centre. & James Frey starts his perilous journey back to the world of the drug & alcohol-free living. His lack of self-pity is unflinching & searing. A Million Little Pieces is a dazzling account of a life destroyed & a life reconstructed. It is also the introduction of a bold & talented literary voice.
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