WITH A NEW FOREWORD BY THE AUTHOR. On his third birthday Oskar decides to stop growing. Haunted by the deaths of his parents & wielding his tin drum Oskar recounts the events of his extraordinary life; from the long nightmare of the Nazi era to his anarchic adventures is post-war Germany. ...

There was once a wide windswept place near nowhere & close to forgotten that was filled with all the things that no one wanted... So begins Helen Ward's poetic story. The Tin Forest". But deep in the forest lives an old man who tidies this rubbish & dreams of a better place. With faith ingenuity & hard work he transforms his environment. This is a wonderful modern fable told with spare poetic text in which the storyteller's voice rings clear & true." ...

Meet Crank & Al.. .robots on the run. Al is taking Crank to the great recycling plant where Al says Old useless robots go in & bright new robots come out. But Crank doesnt want to be recycled. Soon he & Al are running for their lives. Can they escape the terrible Tin Man & reach the city of Robotika where robots can be free.. .? A refreshed cover look for this well-loved series illustrated by the incomparable Mark Oliver. Read on with Tunnel Racers Razorbites Powerball The Ghost Sea & Aquanauts. ...

With first-hand accounts from the people who knew him best this book details Sir Elton's formative years from training as a classical pianist at the Royal Academy of Music through his time as a jobbing songwriter in London's Tin Pan Alley & performing his first live gigs ending with the breakthrough Troubadour concerts in 1970. The author has obtained interviews with everyone from Elton's first piano teacher through to band mates in Bluesology & the Elton John Band Tony Taupin (brother of Bernie) manager Ray Williams lyricists Gary Osborne & Bill Martin songwriter Tony Hatch music publicist Tony King & many more. They all contribute to a celebration of Elton's journey along the Yellow Brick Road from Tin Pan Alley to the Troubadour. However Denmark Street London's Tin Pan Alley is as much the star of the book as Sir Elton. The author paints a vivid picture of a lost world of sharp music publishers struggling songwriters & other inhabitants of the street who all came together to socialise & trade songs at the Giaconda & Julie's Cafe. With never-before-seen photos Tin Pan Alley: The Rise of Elton John is the first book to focus entirely on Elton's formative years up to 1970. For Elton's army of fans & those interested in British musical history this book is a must. Music business journalist Nigel Hunter who worked in Tin Pan Alley himself provides a funny & touching preface. A really nice touch is that the jacket was designed by David Larkham who was responsible for the classic Elton John covers such as Goodbye Yellow Brick Road & Captain Fantastic. ...

Jim Taylor Sally Lockhart's oldest friend is engaged as bodyguard to a princess. But Crown Princess Adelaide of Razkavia is not what you'd expect. She's the slum-girl Jim has been searching for ever since she vanished ten years ago. Now her life is in mortal danger & together they must battle against unknown enemies in a country where no one can be trusted. This dramatic story of love loyalty & adventure is the final novel in the quartet. Philip Pullman's ever-popular action-packed Victorian melodramas are rejacketed for the bicentenary of Charles Dickens in 2012. ...

New Orleans is awash with corpses after Hurricane Katrina unleashes its awesome power. In a city patrolled only by looters all law & order gone the survivors wait in trees or on rooftops for help that never comes. In a landscape transformed into a violent wasteland Dave Robicheaux must investigate the shooting of two looters & find out why some very dangerous people are hunting a third. Is it because they unwittingly ransacked the house of a notorious mob boss? Or did a chance encounter with the father of a raped girl seal their fate? As Robicheaux starts to uncover a ruthless tale of greed torture & murder his own family comes under threat from a sinister psychopath & the devastated city provides the perfect stage for a final confrontation between good & evil. ...

Born into an affluent family Bonnie Tor & Ula have been left to the feckless embrace of the cook & their nanny. Their father is dead. Their glamorous mother is away entertaining the troops. When their infant brother falls ill & dies the household disintegrates. In Tin Toys Ula escapes with Cook barely out of girlhood herself & lands at the mansion of an enigmatic matriarch. In Unicorn Sisters the three sisters are sent to a shabby English boarding school where the pupils are pitted against an anarchic gang of East End evacuees. A Bubble Garden finds the girls in Ireland where they scrape a life in a crumbling once-grand farmhouse while their mother & her new husband are mired in their private traumas. A uniquely compelling & powerful coming-of-age classic. ...

Inspired by traditional animal stories from Africa & the Tingatinga artwork of Tanzania the Tinga Tinga Tales" series of picture books features the colourful cast of animals from the television animation & glorious Tingatinga artwork. " Tinga Tinga Tales" airs daily on CBeebies. In this modern take on creation tales brilliantly colourful Tingatinga artwork tells the story of Leopard's transformation from a dark shy cat to the beautifully spotted animal we know today. You see there was a time when Leopard didn't have any spots. Her coat was as plain as plain can be & she was very shy... So what happened when Leopard helped Puff Adder & in return he sang her a Tinga Tinga lullaby?" ...

Every time I go out on stage I feel invincible. I feel like no one can do anything to me. Im with 10 000 of the very best friends you could have. Since his debut album Disc-Overy went double platinum Tinie Tempahs life has transformed into a whirlwind of sell-out gigs festivals award ceremonies partying with celebrities & jetting all over the world. For a lad with humble beginnings in south-east London its been a breathtaking ride & now in his very first book he invites his fans to join his crazy world. Jam-packed full of exclusive photos this is an up-close-&-personal insight into what its like to be Britains biggest pop star. Speaking from the heart Tinie talks about everything that means the most to him including family & his closest friends while sharing his incredible journey.
- When did he have his first kiss?
- How does it feel to win two Brit Awards?
- What was it like to meet Prince William?
- & will he ever go to Scunthorpe? The answers are all here in Tinies intimate account of how hes gone from Disturbing London Baby to disturbing the whole wide world.



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The enduring novel by one of our greatest storytellers. George Smiley who is a troubled man of infinite compassion is also a single-mindedly ruthless adversary as a spy. The scene which he enters is a Cold War landscape of moles & lamplighters scalp-hunters & pavement artists where men are turned burned or bought for stock. Smileys mission is to catch a Moscow Centre mole burrowed thirty years deep into the Circus itself. ...