For his first book AJ Jacobs read the entire Encyclopedia Britannica". For his second he followed every single rule in the Bible. Now comes a collection of his most outrageous hilarious & thought-provoking experiments yet. In " My Experimental Life" Jacobs puts himself to a series of bizarre & ridiculous tests from total obedience to his long-suffering wife & Radical Honesty to living as a beautiful woman & outsourcing his personal life to India (whether sending an email having a weekly chat with his parents or arguing with his wife). Written by an author who has been compared in the British press to Woody Allen & Bill Bryson " The Guinea Pig Diaries" will be one of the funniest most entertaining & most illuminating books of the year." ...

National league glory last visited Manchester City in 1968 when the likes of Bell Lee & Summerbee lifted the English Football League Championship trophy. Fast forward forty-four years. The 2011/12 Premiership season belongs to Manchester City. It has been a long wait but premiership glory has finally come to rest at the Ethiad Stadium. My Eyes Have Seen the Glory is a match-by-match blow-by-blow superbly illustrated account of the most memorable season of English football in recent years. The world has looked on as Man City has grown in strength under the steady leadership of Roberto Mancini. The chairman expected the fans expected; Mancini has delivered. It has been a season of magnificent highs
- the 6-1 trouncing of Manchester United named by Sir Alex Ferguson as the worst result in my history
- & depressing lows
- the infamous Carlos Tevez saga
- but there has always been drama passion & world-class football. Victory in the Premiership is to be cherished; My Eyes Have Seen the Glory is the book every Man City fan has been waiting to read. Read it bask in the glory of long-awaited victory & celebrate the birth of a new era in the Premiership
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Your very own magical fairyland comes to life with fairies dancing to dressing up with activities including through the maze to the magic castle to decorating the fairy shoes. Sticker colour puzzle & draw fun for every little fairy! Bloomsbury Activity Books provide hours of colouring doodling stickering & activity fun for boys & girls alike. Every book

Includes:: enchanting bright & beautiful illustrations which children & parents will find very hard to resist. Perfect for providing entertainment at home or on the move!

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He drives a hard bargain but the pleasure is all hers. Julianna Hawthorne is determined to clear the debt her brother owes to ruthless London financier Rafe Pendragon. So much so that she rashly agrees to his shocking terms: she must spend the next six months as his mistress. But will she survive their liaison with her heart intact? Part one of Tracy Anne Warrens Mistress trilogy. Other titles in this series are: The Accidental Mistress" & " His Favourite Mistress"." ...

It is Midsummer's Eve & you are all invited to the spectacular princess palace for a special ball. Come & explore the splendid Honeysuckle Hall & try out your dance steps in the glittering Rose Ballroom. With six elaborate rooms & a maze of secret passages to discover it's time to follow the fairies & dance the night away. With a real little staircase wardrobes to hang clothes in & a pop-up loo this has to be the ultimate fairy extravaganza. ...

Sometimes it's pretty hard to tell them apart...my family & the animals that is. I don't know why my brothers & sisters complain so much. With snakes in the bath & scorpions on the lunch table our house on the island of Corfu is a bit like a circus. So they should feel right at home... ...

My Family & Other Animals" is the bewitching account of a rare & magical childhood on the island of Corfu by treasured British conservationist Gerald Durrell beautifully repackaged as part of the Penguin Essentials range. What we all need said Larry is sunshine...a country where we can grow. Yes dear that would be nice agreed Mother not really listening. I had a letter from George this morning
- he says Corfus wonderful. Why dont we pack up & go to Greece? Very well dear if you like said Mother unguardedly. Escaping the ills of the British climate the Durrell family
- acne-ridden Margo gun-toting Leslie bookworm Lawrence & budding naturalist Gerry along with their long-suffering mother & Roger the dog
- take off for the island of Corfu. But the Durrells find that reluctantly they must share their various villas with a menagerie of local fauna
- among them scorpions geckos toads bats & butterflies. Recounted with immense humour & charm " My Family & Other Animals" is a wonderful account of a rare magical childhood. " Durrell has an uncanny knack of discovering human as well as animal eccentricities". (" Sunday Telegraph"). "A bewitching book". (" Sunday Times"). Gerald Durrell was born in Jamshedpur India in 1925. He returned to England in 1928 before settling on the island of Corfu with his family. In 1945 he joined the staff of Whipsnade Park as a student keeper & in 1947 he led his first animal-collecting expedition to the Cameroons. He later undertook numerous further expeditions visiting Paraguay Argentina Sierra Leone Mexico Mauritius Assam & Madagascar. His first television programme " Two in the Bush" which documented his travels to New Zealand Australia & Malaya was made in 1962; he went on to make seventy programmes about his trips around the world. In 1959 he founded the Jersey Zoological Park & in 1964 he founded the Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust. He was awarded the OBE in 1982. Encouraged to write about his lifes work by his brother Durrell published his first book " The Overloaded Ark" in 1953. It soon became a bestseller & he went on to write thirty-six other titles including " My Family & Other Animals" " The Bafut Beagles" " Encounters with Animals" " The Drunken Forest" "A Zoo in My Luggage" " The Whispering Land" " Menagerie Manor" " The Amateur Naturalist" & " The Aye-Aye & I". Gerald Durrell died in 1995."



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Danielle is doomed in love & has the parents from hell. Her mum & dad are embarrassingly scruffy & their car bonnet is a different colour to the rest of the car. Worst of all they're still in love which is totally gross considering how ancient they are. Her best friend is a (nice) nerd her love-rival is an airhead & her dog Simon is in love with an Ugg boot. Despite all this she hatches a plan
- indeed many plans
- to win the gorgeous Damien's affections. But when she brings Simon to the park to show him off in front of Damien a smelly little accident lands Danielle with the nickname ' Dench the Stench'. Could things get any worse? When Simon is accused of biting children in the neighbourhood & her Dad decides to have him taken away Danielle's life truly begins to unravel. & then her mother announces she's pregnant
- again
- which gives Danielle's schoolmates even more ammunition with which to make fun of her. Will Damian ever notice her? Can she save Simon? & will Danielle ever live her family down?



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When Jeremy Hardy decided to explore his ancestry it was in part to get to the bottom of his grandmother Rebecca's dubious claims that the family descended from a certain 17th-century architect & that more recently Jeremy's great-grandfather was a Royal bodyguard. Other legends ranged from the great aunt who ran illegal hooch during Prohibition to the wronged Victorian servant girl who bore an illegitimate Hardy not forgetting the family's rightful claim to a large country estate. Wild stories aside Jeremy sets out to such diverse locations as the Croydon one-way system & the hostile waters around Malta in order to find traces of recognisable family traits & a sense of how he came to be. With wry humour & a keen eye for the absurd & the frustrating Jeremy takes us on a by turns funny & moving journey into the world of family ancestry. My Family & Other Strangers" will be enjoyed by anyone who has tried to decipher the 1901 census records or simply wishes they too had asked their grandparents more about their lives." ...

Who's in your family? Use this family tree to learn all about one family how many brothers & sisters there are & what the grandparents look like & discover how families are connected. Beautiful illustrations accompany this non-fiction report providing lots of discussion opportunities. * Pink A/ Band 1A books offer emergent readers very simple text supported by illustrations. * Text type: A simple non-fiction report. * A diagram of the family tree on pages 14-15 help children recap what they have read & provide a wealth of speaking & listening opportunities. * Curriculum links: Personal Social & Emotional Development ...