Glorious rejacket of the story collection set in the worlds of Chrestomanci. The stories featured in this collection are: Warlock at the Wheel Stealer of Souls Carol Oneirs Hundredth Dream The Sage of Theare Everybodys favourite nine-lifed enchanter makes a guest appearance in each tale. Plus man favourites from the Chrestomanci novels
- & a cast of thousands! With illustrations by Tim Stevens.
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The National Curriculum has heightened the importance of teaching all aspects of media
- print sound & moving image. Mixed Media
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This fantastic split page book allows the reader to mix & match different combinations of fairy tales with hilarious results. What would happen if Goldilocks had two horrid stepsisters & fell asleep for a hundred years? Would she be woken by a hungry wolf or Little Red Riding Hoods Granny? ...

The Mixed-Up Chameleon" is a captivating picture book from Eric Carle author-illustrator of " The Very Hungry Caterpillar" that teaches young children the key differences between animals & the importance of being yourself. A chameleon's antics with colour shape & size show what makes each animal different & why it's important to be yourself. Eric Carle is an award-winning & bestselling author-illustrator of books for very young children. His books include the much-loved classic " The Very Hungry Caterpillar" " Rooster's Off to See the World" " Today is Monday" " Draw Me a Star" " The Very Busy Spider" & " The Bad-Tempered Ladybird". His most famous book " The Very Hungry Caterpillar" has sold over 33 million copies worldwide & has been translated into over 50 different languages; several enhanced editions of " The Very Hungry Caterpillar" are available from Puffin." ...

Your mix can make or break a record & mixing is an essential catalyst for a record deal. Professional engineers with exceptional mixing skills can earn vast amounts of money & find that they are in demand by the biggest acts. To develop such skills you need to master both the art & science of mixing. The new edition of this bestselling book offers all you need to know & put into practice in order to improve your mixes. Covering the entire process --from fundamental concepts to advanced techniques -- & offering a multitude of audio samples tips & tricks this book has it all. Roey Izhaki teaches you the importance of a mixing vision how to craft & evaluate your mix & then take it a step further. He describes the theory & the tools used & how these are put into practice while creating mixes. Packed full of photos graphs diagrams & audio samples Mixing Audio is a vital read for anyone wanting to succeed in the field of mixing. New to this edition: * Multitracks provided to help practice mixing * Fully updated with current plug-in & software version & information * Companion website with a multitude of new samples including more macro-mixing samples * A new sample mix: Rock n Roll ...

Mo Farah is the UKs most successful distance runner
- & double gold-medalist at the London 2012 Olympic Games. Read his story from
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In Mo Said She Was Quirky" James Kelman the Booker prize-winning author of " How Late it Was How Late" tells the story of Helen
- a sister a mother a daughter
- a very ordinary young woman. Her boyfriend said she was quirky but it was more than that. Some things were important. You had to fight for them. Only Helen wasnt as strong as people thought. She tried to be but didnt always succeed. Nobody does not all the time. Trust love relationships; parents children lovers; death wealth & home. The ordinary stuff of life
- but extraordinary too when you think about it. As Helen did each waking hour till that strangest of moments on the way home from work when this skinny down-at-heel guy crossed the road in front of her. Brian? Her long-lost brother? How could it be? But it was his shape his very presence. Could it be? So begins " Mo Said She Was Quirky"
- James Kelmans inspired & absorbing story of twenty-four hours in the life of a croupier
- an ordinary young woman as ordinary as unique as each & every one of us. Praise for " If it is Your Life": " Like Kelmans best work it is tender & funny in a way that may surprise". (" Daily Telegraph"). "A collection by turns heart-breaking profound & bitterly funny. It also amply demonstrates Kelmans skill in writing about women his rich understanding of the psychological dance that goes on between couples & strangers". (Scottish Herald). " Kelman portrays his world with bleakly beautiful honesty". (" The Times"). James Kelman was born in Scotl&. His story collections include Greyhound for Breakfast " The Good Times" " The Burn" " Busted Scotch" " Not Not While the Giro" & most recently " If it is Your Life". His novel " How Late it Was How Late" won the 1994 Booker Prize; other novels include " Translated Accounts" " The Busconductor Hines" "A Chancer" "A Disaffection" " You Have to be Careful in the Land of the Free" & " Kieron Smith Boy". In 2009 & 2011 James Kelman was shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize."




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Mo Urban Dictionary has even more witty funny & irreverent definitions to crack the code of contemporary slang. The book contains about 2 000 definitions from the sites expansive collection such as: table banking
- while splitting a check when out with a group paying the whole tab with your credit card & taking everyone elses cash instead of going to the ATM stall call
- using a public bathroom while on the phone courage dot com
- when someone tries to be badass over the Internet only because they arent actually face-to-face with anyone


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Moab is My Washpot is in turns funny shocking tender delicious sad lyrical bruisingly frank & addictively readable. Stephen Fry's bestselling memoir tells how sent to a boarding school 200 miles from home at the age of seven he survived beatings misery love ecstasy carnal violation expulsion imprisonment criminal conviction probation & catastrophe to emerge at eighteen ready to try & face the world in which he had always felt a stranger. Fry writes with the wit to which we have become accustomed but with shocking candour too. In an age of glossy celebrity autobiographies Moab is My Washpot sets the high standard to which others should aspire. ...

From Karen Gravano a star of the hit VH1 reality show Mob Wives comes a revealing memoir of a mafia childhood where love & family come h&-in-hand with murder & betrayal. " Karen Gravano is the daughter of Sammy "the Bull" Gravano once one of the mafia's most feared hit men. With nineteen confessed murders the former Gambino Crime Family underboss--and John Gotti's right-hand man--is the highest ranking gangster ever to turn State's evidence & testify against members of his high-profile crime family. But to Karen Sammy Gravano was a sometimes elusive but always loving father figure. He was ever-present at the head of the dinner table. He made a living running a construction firm & several nightclubs. He stayed out late & sometimes he didn't come home at all. He hosted "secret" meetings at their house & had countless whispered conversations with "business associates." By the age of twelve Karen knew he was a gangster. & as she grew up while her peers worried about clothes & schoolwork she was coming face-to-face with crime & murder. Gravano was nineteen years old when her father turned his back on the mob & cooperated with the Feds. The fabric of her family was ripped apart & they were instantly rejected by the communities they grew up in. This is the story of a daughter's struggle to reconcile the image of her loving father with that of a murdering Mafioso & how in healing the rift between the two she was able to forge a new life." ...