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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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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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 ...

Now a major musical film from Oscar-winning director Tom Hooper (The King's Speech") starring Hugh Jackman Russell Crowe & Anne Hathaway & also featuring Amanda Seyfreid Helena Bonham-Carter & Sacha Baron-Cohen Victor Hugo's " Les Miserables" is one of the great works of western literature. Now in a new translation from the French by Christine Donougher " Les Miserables" is at once a thrilling narrative
- part comedy mystery romance & tragedy
- & a social document of France's turbulent revolutionary history. Victor Hugo's tale of injustice heroism & love follows the fortunes of Jean Valjean (Hugh Jackman) an escaped convict determined to put his criminal past behind him. But his attempts to become a respected member of the community are constantly put under threat: by his own conscience when owing to a case of mistaken identity another man is arrested in his place; & by the relentless investigations of the dogged Inspector Javert (Russell Crowe). It is not simply for himself that Valjean must stay free however for he has sworn to protect the baby daughter of Fantine (Anne Hathaway) driven to prostitution by poverty. Victor Hugo (1802-85) wrote volumes of criticism Romantic costume dramas satirical verse & political journalism but is best remembered for his novels especially " Notre-Dame de Paris" (1831) also known as " The Hunchback of Notre-Dame" & " Les Miserables" (1862) which was adapted into one of the most successful musicals of all time. " All human life is here". (Cameron Mackintosh producer of the musical " Les Miserables"). " One of the half-dozen greatest novels of the world". (Upton Sinclair). "A great writer
- inventive witty sly innovatory". (A. S. Byatt author of " Possession")."


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One of the great Classics of Western Literature Les Merables 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 1 of 2 ...