These are the cartoon strip (mis)adventures of Britains first & best loved World War II Pin-up-the scintillating blond clothes-phobic cartoon legend that was Lady Jane Gay. Jane began life in 1932 but came to fame thanks to her wonderful wartime adventures. Jane spent the war battling 5th columnists & Nazi spies at home & on secret missions deep inside enemy territory. Janes quintessentially British adventures were filled with sauciness & light-hearted action which helped to make her a major morale boaster for the Allied forces. Reprinting 531 daily strips from Oct 1943 to Jun 1945 rarely seen full colour pin-up art from the 1940s & an interview with Norman Pett written in 1945 for the Canadian armed forces newspaper The Maple Leaf"." ...

Join Winnie & Wilbur in this fantastic bumper gift edition jam-packed with hundreds of colour illustrations. Winnie is full of mad-cap schemes & plans to put her magic to good use. Wilbur is her long-suffering best friend & everyone's favourite moggy. From Winnie's knicker shop where spiders sew up the lacy trims to the time Winnie cooked some lovely turkey tonsil titbits giggles are guaranteed! Perfect for young readers who are ready to enjoy longer stories with more narrative content complemented by vibrant illustrations by the brilliant Korky Paul. ...

Winnie is full of mad-cap schemes & plans to put her magic to good use. Wilbur is her long-suffering best friend & everyones favourite moggy. Join them both in this fantastic gift edition. From Winnies knicker shop where spiders sew up the lacy trims to Winnies creativity in the kitchen where she often cooks up such delicacies as turkey tonsil titbits giggles are guaranteed! Perfect for young readers who are ready to enjoy longer stories with more narrative content complemented by vibrant illustrations by the brilliant Korky Paul. The Winnie fiction series has been heralded as a winner by The Bookseller & hilarious by Primary Times. This edition

Includes:: a spectacular fold-out Winnie celebration wall-planner perfect for keeping a note of all those important birthdays & events throughout the year.

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Fun irreverent & deliciously decadent this arousing anthology of erotic short stories is a showcase of the diversity of modern women's erotic fantasies. Lively & entertaining seductive & daring Misbehaviour combines humour & attitude with wildly imaginative writing on the theme of women behaving badly. ...

One in four pregnancies ends in miscarriage it is the most common complication of pregnancy & also one of the least understood. Professor Lesley Regan is the first woman to hold a chair on obstetrics & gynaecology in the country & for the past decade she has worked to establish the biggest miscarriage clinic in the world. This book gives up-to-date information on the many causes of miscarriage & the latest treatments available. It covers the chances of a successful pregnancy how to prepare for & cope with the next pregnancy infertility & gives answers to the most commonly asked questions on the subject of miscarriage. Revised & updated to take account of the latest developments in the study of miscarriage this book is the book everyone who has ever suffered a miscarriage will need. ...

A fun interactive activity book based around the popular theme of magic to engage & motivate young learners. This book helps children to practise their multiplication & division skills reinforcing what has been taught at school. The books combine fun magical characters & fantastic illustrations with National Curriculum- focused activities * Motivating activities based on the KS2 National Curriculum * Step-by-step learning introduced by fun characters *
Includes: gold stickers to reward achievement
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This essential book offers friendly support & practical advice for dealing with the common misconceptions encountered in the primary science classroom. Most pupils will arrive at the science lesson with previously formed ideas based on prior reasoning or experience. However these ideas are often founded on common misconceptions which if left unexplained can continue into adulthood. This handy book offers advice for teachers on how to recognize & correct such misconceptions. The key features include: examples from the entire range of QCA scheme of work topics for key stages 1 & 2; practical strategies to improve pupils learning; & support for teachers who want to improve their own scientific subject knowledge. Michael Allen describes over 100 common misconceptions & their potential origins & then explains the correct principles. He suggests creative activities to help students to grasp the underlying scientific concepts & bring them alive in the classroom. This easy to navigate guide is grouped into three parts: life processes & living things; materials & their properties; & physical processes. ...

Is Number 67 Clarges Steet the unluckiest house in Mayfair? Every Season the beaux mondes of the Regency would hire a house in the heart of Londons fashionable West End at disproportionately high rent for often inferior accommodation & yet No.67 Clarges Street a town house complete with staff remains vacant from year to year. Could it be that it is associated with ill luck & even death? Something must be done so that the servants of this house dont lose their livelihood... Salvation seems to come in the form of Roderick Sinclair who confirms he wishes to rent the house for the current Season. The staff are overjoyed
- until they find that Mr Sinclair is a terrible miser who is planning no parties. Furthermore his ward Fiona though a dazzling Highland beauty does not seem to possess one bright idea in her head. But it is Rainbird No.67s clever & elegant butler who sees through her facade & resolves to help his mysterious mistress in whatever way he can...
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There is nothing to be found in the pages of these books but misery & despair. You still have time to choose something else to read. But if you must know what unpleasantries befall the charming & clever Baudelaire children read on... The Miserable Mill": These pages contain such unpleasantries as a giant pincher machine a bad casserole a man with a cloud of smoke where his head should be a hypnotist a terrible accident & coupons." ...

One of the great Classics of Western Literature Les Miserables is a magisterial work which is rich in both character portrayal & meticulous historical description. Characters such as the absurdly criminalised Valjean the street urchin Gavroche the rascal Thenardier the implacable detective Javert & the pitiful figure of the prostitute Fantine & her daughter Cosette have entered the pantheon of literary dramatis personae. Volume 2 of 2 ...