All alone: an idiot boy a runaway girl a severely retarded baby & twin girls with a vocabulary of two words between them. Yet once they are mysteriously drawn together this collection of misfits becomes something very very different from the rest of humanity. This intensely written & moving novel is an extraordinary vision of humanitys next step. ...

The OAP fined for walking too slowly...the market traders banned from putting bunting on the lamp posts...the woman who was told shed be fined if the birds in her garden didnt stop singing...the workmen who painted yellow lines over a dead badger... This wonderfully entertaining book collects some of the most outrageous examples of health & safety gone mad bureacracy running riot & jobsworth joylessness. With hilarious illustrations throughout these tales may amuse you or infuriate you depending on how recently you have fallen victim to your own local jobsworths. ...

When Rosie's parents were involved in a train accident her mother was killed & her father left crippled unable to earn a living & relying on Rosie to keep the wolf from the door. With her mother gone & her sweetheart Adam away in the army Rosie is lonely. She eagerly awaits the letters from him but they never come. As she grows more disillusioned Adam's best friend Doug goes out of his way to be charming & attentive. Alone & confused Rosie blossoms under his evil influence. Soon she is carrying Doug's baby & her father has thrown her out of the house. Realising she has no choice she agrees to marry Doug. As if she isn't in enough trouble Rosie's whole world falls apart when a warm & wonderful letter arrives from Adam...telling her he's on his way home. ...

Time Pieces is an exciting new series of repertoire which explores the wealth of music written from the sixteenth century to the present day. The pieces are presented chronologically within each volume & all include the year in which they were written too so you can map your journey through time. Time Pieces for Cello is a three-volume anthology providing a graded selection of well-crafted & idiomatic arrangements as well as some original pieces for cello & piano. All of them have been carefully written to provide practice of the keys note ranges & fingering patterns encountered in the early grades & there are suggestions for position work & varied bowing patterns. Each volume balances well-known pieces with less familiar music & the emphasis throughout is on tuneful repertoire perfectly suited to the cello with a simple supportive piano accompaniment. From Tallis to Tchaikovsky & from Haydn to Britten Time Pieces for Cello allows the pupil to get a real feel for the diffe ...

Time Pieces is an exciting new series of repertoire which explores the wealth of music written from the sixteenth century to the present day. The pieces are presented chronologically within each volume & all include the year in which they were written too so you can map your journey through time. Time Pieces for Cello is a three-volume anthology providing a graded selection of well-crafted & idiomatic arrangements as well as some original pieces for cello & piano. All of them have been carefully written to provide practice of the keys note ranges & fingering patterns encountered in the early grades & there are suggestions for position work & varied bowing patterns. Each volume balances well-known pieces with less familiar music & the emphasis throughout is on tuneful repertoire perfectly suited to the cello with a simple supportive piano accompaniment. From Tallis to Tchaikovsky & from Haydn to Britten Time Pieces for Cello allows the pupil to get a real feel for the diffe ...

Fifteen more tests to assess verbal reasoning skills & provide invaluable practice for the 11+ selection tests. * 15 more papers to provide verbal reasoning practice * Test questions that assess a child's problem solving skills & their ability to use understand & analyse language * Guidance from experienced teachers of getting the best out of test practice * A helpful chart to track progress ...

The first book in this series Weird Cases was published in 2009 & contained cases which had been dealt with by the courts in the previous two years. The parade of extraordinary human disputes & irregularities that are heard in law courts has however run on unabated since then. More Weird Cases provides a further instalment of extraordinary cases from around the world that have featured in the authors popular column in The Times Online. The cases featured in More Weird Cases are those that truly stand out as odd even among all the unusual dramas that challenge the courts: the case of the man caught with a substantial quantity of marijuana who said in his defence that he only possessed the drug for the purposes of de-worming his ducks; a case where the court authorities didnt accept that being a cat was a proper excuse not to serve on a jury; & one where a man was granted a divorce because his wife thought about having sex with another man. This book is a highly entertaining read for anyone who enjoys reading about the more bizarre aspects of human life that fetch up in the law courts at the beginning of the 21st Century. ...

Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops" was a " Sunday Times" bestseller & could be found displayed on bookshop counters up & down the country. The response to the book from booksellers all over the world has been one of heartfelt agreement: it would appear that customers are saying bizarre things all over the place
- from asking for books with photographs of Jesus in them to hunting for the best horse owner's manual that has a detailed chapter on unicorns. Customer: I had such a crush on Captain Hook when I was younger. Do you think this means I have unresolved issues? " More Weird Things Customers Say in Bookshops" has yet more tales from the antiquarian bookshop where Jen Campbell works &

Includes:: a selection of ' Weird Things...' sent in from other booksellers across the world. The book is illustrated by the Bafta winning Brothers Mc Leod."


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Where would you find your fibula? What is the name of the first dog in space? Who wrote Charlie & the Chocolate Factory? Test your knowledge with even more whiz quiz questions. Laid out in game format each quiz consists of ten rounds of eight questions each taken from a wide range of subjects
- sport tv film music & history. Play each round as a quiz on its own or play a whole game for a greater challenge. More Whiz Quiz continues the project that began with the successful The Whiz Quiz Book. Teachers children & parents worked together with the needs of Irish children in mind to produce a quiz book that offers great scope & variety to use free time gainfully & enjoyably. Compiled by the National Parents Council (NPC)
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Wicked Words
- a collection of saucy & compelling short stories. This is the best in contemporary sexy fiction
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