Lilian Maeve Veronica Savage international sex kitten was born on the steps of The Legs of Man public house Lime Street Liverpool on a policeman's overcoat. Her mother the lady wrestler Hell Cat Savage had no such luxuries as gas & air. She just bit down on the policeman's torch & recovered afterwards at the bar with a large pale ale. Paul O' Grady shot to fame via his brilliant comic creation the blonde bombsite Lily Savage. In the first two parts of his bestselling & critically acclaimed autobiography Paul took us through his childhood in Birkenhead to his first teetering steps on stage. Now in Still Standing for the first time he brings us the no-holds-barred true story of Lily & the rocky road to stardom. Paul pulls no punches in this tale of bar room brawls drunken escapades & liaisons dangereuses. & that's just backstage at the Panto. Along the way we stop off at some extremely dodgy pubs & clubs & meet a collection of exotic characters who made the world a louder brighter & more hilarious place. From the chaos of the Toxteth riots & the Vauxhall Tavern police raid to the mystery of who shot Skippy & the great chip pan fire of Victoria Mansions Paul emerges shaken but not stirred. Still Standing" will make you laugh & make you cry. Some of the stories might even make your hair curl. But it stands as a glorious tribute to absent friends & to a world which has now all but vanished." ...

An unputdownable novel of the ties of old friendships the passion of new love & whether honesty is always the best policy from Adele Parks bestselling author of ABOUT LAST NIGHT. Tash & Rich are wild about each other; their relationship is honest fresh & magical so they dash towards a romantic elopement in the French Alps. However five of Rich's old university friends crash the wedding holiday & they bring with them a whole load of ancient baggage. Can Tash hold on to Rich when she's challenged by years of complicated yet binding history & a dense web of dark secrets & intrigues? & as some of those secrets come to light she has to ask herself does she even want to? *
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Actor Ron Moody has enthralled generations with his masterly performance as Fagin in both the stage & film versions of Oliver!
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When Elizabeth Stuart starts looking for a new home for herself & her son somewhere she can recover from a particularly bruising divorce Still Creek seems the answer to her dreams. Hidden in the lush Amish farmlands of Minnesota Still Creek offers a sanctuary to the splintered family who look forward to settling down there. But on their arrival the locals are distinctly cool to the newcomers. & when Elizabeth becomes involved in a murder case she realises that there is a lot more to life in Still Creek than meets the eye. ...

Eckhart Tolle's writings on the power of living in the moment fast became the most sought-after modern classic on spiritual enlightenment. Now in this new life-transforming book we are shown how to become our true selves by embracing silence & stillness. When we are no longer limited by our thinking mind suffering & pain disappears & we are able to move towards a new understanding of our relationships of nature & of the profound wisdom that is to be found in stillness. ...

Dave Goulson has always been obsessed with wildlife from his childhood menagerie of exotic pets & dabbling in experimental taxidermy to his groundbreaking research into the mysterious ways of the bumblebee & his mission to protect our rarest bees. Once commonly found in the marshes of Kent the short-haired bumblebee now only exists in the wilds of New Zealand the descendants of a few queen bees shipped over in the nineteenth century. Dave Goulson's passionate drive to reintroduce it to its native land is one of the highlights of a book that

Includes:: exclusive research into these curious creatures history's relationship with the bumblebee & advice on how to protect it for all time. One of the UK's most respected conservationists & the founder of the Bumblebee Conservation Trust Goulson combines Gerald Durrell-esque tales of a child's growing passion for nature with a deep insight into the crucial importance of the bumblebee. He details the minutiae of life in their nests sharing fascinating research into the effects intensive farming has had on our bee populations & on the potential dangers if we are to continue down this path.

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The exclusive authorised inside story of the tough LRDG raiders of the Second World War drawn from the unpublished records of the famous force. The unit won unrivalled mastery of the North African desert in their wide-ranging & heavily armed trucks earning grudging praise even from Rommel the Desert Fox himself for their skilful reconnaissance punishing raids & powers of evasion. ...

The good Beasts of Avantia are imprisoned in the kingdom of Malvel the evil wizard. Each is guarded by a terrible new Beast. Tom's quest to free the good Beasts takes him to the tunnels under Malvel's castle where Sting the Scorpion Man is waiting... Don't miss: TORGOR THE MINOTAUR
- SKOR THE WINGED STALLION
- NARGA THE SEA MONSTER
- KAYMON THE GORGON HOUND
- TUSK THE MIGHTY MAMMOTH



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Stink is short. & hes shrinking! Every day he makes his moody older sister Judy measure him & he is always the same size. When one day he measures up shorter Stink decides that the time has come to take some action! Failing to make himself taller by gelling his hair into spikes Stink soon realizes that maybe being short isnt such a problem
- hell just have to wait till hes older if he wants to be taller. A must for comic book fans this book features inventive comic strips about Stink & his larger-than-life adventures!
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Stink puts his letter writing skills to the test when he complains about a jawbreaker that did not break his jaw
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