Oliver is an orphan living on the dangerous London streets with no one but himself to rely on. Fleeing from poverty & hardship he falls in with a criminal street gang who will not let him go however hard he tries to escape. In Oliver Twist" Dickens graphically conjures up the capital's underworld full of prostitutes thieves & lost & homeless children & gives a voice to the disadvantaged & abused." ...

FLESH " the woe-begotten moaned at Oliver baring teeth which were ragged & black. "FLESH" came another moan & he turned to see two more behind. They began to shuffle towards him barefoot. The world according to Oliver Twisted is simple. Vampyres feed on the defenceless orphans are sacrificed to hungry gods & if a woe-begotten catches your scent it will hunt you for ever. On the advice of a corpse Oliver flees his ghastly orphan life to seek his destiny in the dark streets of old London Town despite the perils of the woe-begotten zombie-infested journey. There he meets the shadowy Dodger the evil old soul-stealer Fagin & the menacing Bill Sikes who is more beast than man. But will Oliver Twisted be the world's salvation or its downfall?" ...

Oliver Donnington Rimington-Sneep Tossed & turned & woke from his sleep. Though Bat & Owl & Fox were there Ted didnt seem to be anywhere. Poor Oliver has lost his Ted & must make a journey far & wide to find him before he can go to sleep. Beautifully illustrated this is a fantastic journey of the imagination
- & another perfect bedtime read.
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The night the wind started to bump & to bash was the night the rain started to thump & to thrash. Oliver was small he didnt like it at all. He wished he was tall & mighty. Oliver is having a bath during a thunderstorm & as the thunder gets louder & the storm gets more scary he uses his imagination to face his fears & overcome them. ...

Oliver Donnington Rimington Sneep couldn't & didn't & would not sleep. It's not that he is afraid of the dark or monsters or robbers or sounds from the park. But Oliver Donnington Rimington Sneep likes staying awake more than going to sleep. Join Oliver on his journey to Mars & back before he finally finally finally goes to sleep. superb bedtime tale told in rhyme & great to read aloud with stunning illustrations from award-winner Nick Mal&. ...

Do you like chips? Oliver does in fact he wont eat anything else
- until he plays a game with his grandpa. Whatever vegetable Oliver
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John Peel is best known for his four decades of radio broadcasting. His Radio 1 shows shaped the taste of successive generations of music lovers. His Radio 4 show Home Truths" became required listening for millions. But all the while Peel was also tapping away on his beloved Olivetti typewriter creating copy for an array of patient editors. He wrote articles columns & reviews for newspapers & magazines as diverse as " The Listener" " Oz" " Gandalfs Garden" " Sounds" "the Observer" "the Independent" & " Radio Times". Now for the first time the best of these writings have been brought together
- selected by his wife Sheila & his four children. Music of course is a central & recurring theme & he writes on music in all its forms from Tubular Bells to Berlin punk to Madonna. Here you can read John Peel on everything from the perils of shaving to the embarrassments of virginity & from the strange joy of Eurovision to the horror of being sick in trains. At every stage the writing is laced with Johns brilliantly acute observations on the minutiae of everyday life. This endlessly entertaining book is essential reading for Peel fans & a reminder of just why he remains a truly great Briton."
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Olivia is a gorgeous little pig who likes to dress up sing songs dance think snooze & is even quite good at building sandcastles. At the end of the day when she snuggles up in bed & her mother reads her a story (or three) Olivia feels very full of love. Ages 3+. ...

Olivia Newton-John exudes star power & timeless glamour. She has sold 60 million records around the world topped the charts in the US & the UK four times & is known all over the world for her role as Sandy opposite John Travolta in Grease. But behind the successful singing & film career lies the story of a remarkable survivor. Olivias life has been repeatedly touched by trauma heartache personal tragedy & her own life-threatening cancer. Tim Ewbanks revealing biography charts the highs & lows of her career & the personal crises that have affected her personal life
- but never defeated her.
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Jack Marvells latest stunt is to stay up on a high-wire for thirty days & nights. Olivia is worried for her father but very proud of him. But then the rumours start claiming that Jacks cheating. Olivia must give her all to her role in A Midsummer Nights Dream & also prove to the world that her father is no fraudster - ...