This omnibus audio edition of CALL THE MIDWIFE SHADOWS OF THE WORKHOUSE & FAREWELL TO THE EAST END chronicles Jennifer Worths career as a midwife from her arrival in the war-scarred Docklands as a wide-eyed trainee to the demolition of the tenements. It provides a fascinating snapshot of social history documenting the East End in the days when there was a real sense of community when times were tough but there was plenty of good humour & neighbourly support to help the inhabitants through the harsh econonic climate. ...

Tales from a Stone Cottage came into being when Aly won a competition to become Country Living Magazines new columnist. The magazine searched for a column that would chart life in the country
- the changing seasons the foibles of neighbours (if you dare)
-. Aly dared & the result was her initial article on the Cow Scale a scoring system which has kept her sane in many strange places. This & the following columns are enhanced by Celia Witchards cheerful illustrations & chronicle village life particularly the bits that make Aly laugh. Aly describes characters which are an amalgam of villagers she has been fortunate enough to have known throughout her life. Grumpy Mr Addington Julia the hedge fund manager & Frank who loves ferrets will be recognised both by those who live in the depths of Englands green & pleasant land & by those who prefer to watch from a safe distance. Connoisseurs will also enjoy meeting Alys real-life cast of animals which include killer geese scatty sheep & a horse with attitude. If your heart is in the country or if its quite a long way away from the country but enjoys a collection of witty stories this book is for you!

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This large-format gift book contains three of the popular tales from Acorn Wood stories: Postman Bear" " Hide-&-Seek Pig" & " Rabbits Nap". With sturdy flaps on every spread & rhyming stories that are a joy to read aloud this collection will delight parents & toddlers alike." ...

This large-format gift book contains three of the popular tales from Acorn Wood stories: Postman Bear" " Hide-&-Seek Pig" & " Rabbit's Nap". With sturdy flaps on every spread & rhyming stories that are a joy to read aloud this collection will delight parents & toddlers alike." ...

' Poor old fox has lost his socks. He looks in a chest & finds a vest.' Can you help fox find his socks? Are they in the kitchen or under the stairs? Are they inside the clock or hidden in a chest? Lift the flaps & find out! Collect all four books in The Acorn Wood series:" " Postman Bear " " Rabbit's Nap " & " Hide-&-Seek Pig."" ...

' Bear is writing letters. One two three. Bear goes out to post them. Who lives in this tree?' Bear is writing letters to his friends. Lift the flaps & join Frog Squirrel & Mole for Bear's special surprise! Collect all four books in The Acorn Wood series:" " Fox's Socks " " Hide-&-Seek Pig " & " Rabbit's Nap."" ...

' Rabbit's feeling sleepy. She curls up in a chair. Tap! Tap! Who's that? Oh dear! It's Builder Bear.' Rabbit is trying to get to sleep but everyone is being so noisy. Lift the flaps & find out who is keeping Rabbit awake! Collect all four board books in The Acorn Wood series:" " Postman Bear " " Fox's Socks" & " Hide-&-Seek Pig."" ...

Follow your host Hilary Tremayne on eight surreal journeys into the unknown. Discover the truth behind the mysteries of spontaneous human combustion the Bermuda Triangle the lost 13th month & the real reason men have nipples. Drawn by Rian Hughes & written by a Rogue's Gallery of Britain's finest comic writers including Mark Millar (Kick Ass" " Wanted") Alan Mc Kenzie (" The Harrison Ford Story") & John Smith (" Devin Waugh") this hardcover volume collects the complete series." ...

These five superlative evocative & enchanting stories range from a few hundred years before A Wizard of Earthsea to just before The Other Wind & feature some of Le Guins most popular characters including the Wizard Ged himself. The stories are rounded off with an essay about Earthseas history & people. No Earthsea fan will want to be without this magical collection. ...

Hughess three contributions to the anthology After Ovid" an accurate account of the original so thoroughly imbued with his own qualities that it was as if Latin & English poet were somehow the same person. This volume continues the project with 24 passages including the stories of Phaeton Actaon Echo & Narcissus Procne & Midas." ...