Beautifully packaged book from Children's Laureate Julia Donaldson & illustrated by the wonderful Hannah Shaw. A tiger in the back garden! A bird-eating spider in the cupboard! Elmo & his sister love playing in the jungle house next door that is until mean old Mr Birdsnest moves in. But when it appears that Mr Birdsnest has kidnapped the children's grandma they must sneak back in to rescue her! A delightful & cleverly written story by the Children's Laureate Julia Donaldson. Suitable for 5-8s with reading age of 6+. ...

The first ever trade edition of Tolkiens illustrated tale about the eccentric Mr Bliss a man notable for his immensely tall hats & for the girabbit in his garden whose whimsical decision to buy a motor car quickly becomes a catalogue of disasters. Professor J.R.R. Tolkien invented & illustrated the book of Mr Blisss adventures for his own children when they were very young. The book was handwritten with lots of detailed & uproarious colour pictures. This is a complete & highly imaginative tale of eccentricity. Mr Bliss a man notable for his immensely tall hats & for the girabbit in his garden takes the whimsical decision to buy a motor car. But his first drive to visit friends quickly becomes a catalogue of disasters. Some of these could be blamed on Mr Blisss style of driving but even he could not anticipate being hijacked by three bears. As for what happened next -- the readers whether young or old will want to discover for themselves. Redesigned using new archival scans of Tolkiens original drawings MR BLISS is presented for the first time in a conventional trade format sure to delight Tolkien fans of all ages. ...

Destined to be a bestseller in the tradition of Mr Nice & The Guvnor this is the paperback edition of Edward Bunkers long-awaited autobiography. It tells the true story of a life that ranges far beyond the imagination of most fiction writers: 25 years in prison author of four hugely successful crime novels a spell on the FBIs 10 most wanted list a role as Mr Blue in Tarantinos Reservoir Dogs & thats just for starters. With sales already over 5 000 in hardback this riveting story of a life that mixes crime & culture should sell & sell. ...

In July 1864 Thomas Briggs was travelling home after visiting his niece & her husband for dinner. He entered a First Class carriage on the 9.45pm Hackney service of the North London railway. At Hackney two bank clerks entered the carriage & discovered blood in the seat cushions; also on the floor windows & sides of the carriage. A bloodstained hat was found on the seat along with a broken link from a watch chain. The race to identify the killer & catch him as he flees on a boat to America was eagerly followed by citizens both sides of the Atlantic. Kate Colquhoun tells a gripping tale of a crime that shocked the nation. ...

Mr Chartwell" by Rebecca Hunt was longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award & shortlisted for the Galaxy National Book Awards New Writer of the Year. July 1964. At home in Kent Winston Churchill wakes to a visitor: someone he hasnt seen for a while a dark mute bulk watching him. Its Mr Chartwell. In Battersea Esther Hammerhans young vulnerable & alone answers the door to her new lodger. Through the glass she sees a vast silhouette. Its Mr Chartwell. Mr Chartwell is a large black dog. He is charismatic & dangerously seductive but as their lives are slowly drawn together can Esther & Winston withstand his strange powerful charms & strong hold? For Mr Chartwells motives are far darker & deeper than they seem. " Charming funny moving finely crafted & engagingly evocative". (" Independent"). " Charming original rewarding entertaining". (" Financial Times"). " Brilliantly original & thought-provoking. Hunt tackles a serious topic with humour & intelligence". (" Sunday Express"). Rebecca Hunt graduated from Central Saint Martins College with a first class honours degree in fine art. She lives & works in London. Her first novel " Mr Chartwell" was longlisted for the Guardian First Book Award & shortlisted for the Galaxy National Book Awards New Writer of the Year." ...

An annual taking the gardener on a journey through the gardening year as a friendly uncle looking over the garden wall helping you out by answering the obvious questions gardeners ask
- & some not so obvious ones too! Illustrated with Mr Digwells up to date cartoons long a feature of the Daily Mirror Mr Digwells latest Annual is easy to understand & gives you the right information to produce wonderful gardens fantastic specimen plants perfect lawns & stunning shrubberys. This is a reference book you will turn to time & again & hopefully realise that Old School Mr Digwell is just as up to date as ever he was. For a perfect contemporary garden Mr Digwell is the best companion.
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He called her disparagingly a 'flirt & a rattle'. She was a wealthy widow looking for adventure. He was a young Jew twelve years her junior but willing to play. Neither of them knew then that one day he would say I owe this lady all'. Queen Victoria called the new Mrs Disraeli 'vulgar' but created her a Viscountess. Their love story threads its way through Victorian society -- dazzling powerful & exciting -- & ends amongst the beech trees of Buckinghamshire. We meet the great people of that age: see them through the sharp amused eyes of an eccentric one time little milliner whose love created a great prime minister & a great statesman. ...

In 1776 Foote's was the most talked-of name in the English-speaking world. By 1777 it was almost unmentionable. Samuel Foote friend of David Garrick & Dr Johnson is the greatest lost figure of the eighteenth century; his story defies belief & has only been forgotten for reasons both laughable & shocking. Foote's rise to fame was based on three unrelated accidents: his extraordinary gifts as an impressionist a murder within his family which he turned into a true-crime bestseller & the loss of his leg after a disastrous practical joke. Out of this was born the most singular career in stage history. He flouted convention in transvestite roles evaded the censors by selling his scurrilous satires as ' Tea Parties' wrote a series of plays for one-legged actors -- accordingly not much revived -- & established London's Theatre Royal Haymarket. Then came two scandalous trials that rocked Georgian high society. Trials of such magnitude they kept America's Declaration of Independence from the front pages of the London papers. In a unique conflation of biography & social & medical history award-winning historian Ian Kelly uncovers the hidden world of 'the Hogarth of the stage'. From Sheridan to Dickens to Dudley Moore Foote's influence continues but Mr Foote's Other Leg is not just a tragicomic tale of this Oscar Wilde of the eighteenth century it is also the story of the first media storm the first true-crime bestseller the first victim of celebrity culture & a joyous hop around the mad theatre of London life -- high & low. ...

Oyeyemi reveals a twinkling sense of humour.. .A delight Independent Its a bright afternoon in 1938 & Mary Foxe is in a confrontational mood. St John Fox celebrated novelist hasnt seen her in six years. Hes unprepared for her afternoon visit not least because she doesnt exist. Hes infatuated with her. But he also made her up. Youre a villain " she tells him. "A serial killer.. .can you grasp that?" Will Mr Fox meet his muses challenge to stop murdering his heroines & explore something of love? What will his wife Daphne think of this sudden change in her husband? Can there be a happy ending -- this time? Oyeyemis characters almost dance on their pages. This is her best most beautiful novel yet Independent on Sunday Funny deep shocking wry heart-warming & spine-chilling Guardian Funny & fresh piercingly astute Daily Telegraph Not just vibrantly imaginative but filled with wit & wisdom. Her best book so far. Metro" ...

Kate Winslet reads the second riotously funny book in the Mr Gum series by Andy Stanton. Good evening. OK this books a bit hard to describe. Theres this gingerbread man with electric muscles see? & hes as rich as a mushroom right? & Mr Gum & Billy William are planning to get the cash yeah? & its up to Polly to save the day. & theres a funfair & hot dogs & Friday OLeary shouts out some crazy stuff &...hey that wasnt so hard to describe after all. SEE YA! ...