Shaun Ryder has lived a life of glorious highs & desolate lows. As lead singer of the Happy Mondays" he turned Manchester into Madchester combining all the excesses of a true rock'n'roll star with music & lyrics that led impresario Tony Wilson to describe him as 'the greatest poet since Yeats'. The young scally who left school at fifteen without ever learning his alphabet had come a very long way indeed. Huge chart success & a Glastonbury headline slot followed plus numerous arrests & world tours
- then Shaun's drug addiction reached its height Factory Records was brought to its knees & the Mondays split. But was this the end for Shaun Ryder? Not by a long shot. Two years later he was back with new band Black Grape & their groundbreaking debut album topped the charts in possibly the greatest comeback of all time. Even his continuing struggle with drugs did not stem the tide of critically acclaimed tracks & collaborations as he went on to prove his musical genius time & again. & then there was the jungle... Rock'n'roll legend reality TV star drug-dealer poet film star heroin addict son brother father husband foul-mouthed anthropologist & straight-talking survivor Shaun Ryder has been a cultural icon & a 24-hour party person for a quarter of a century. Told in his own words this is his story."
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The Twits" are possibly the nastiest & most digusting of all Roald Dahl's characters. Frogs in beds; Eyeballs in drinks; Worms in spaghetti Mr & Mrs Twit are really disgusting. They smell because they never wash they fight because they play tricks on each other & they hate children. But worst of all they keep monkeys in their back garden. In cages. It's time for the monkeys to get their revenge on these two most revolting creatures...meet the Muggle-Wump monkeys & the Roly-Poly bird! with a great new cover by Quentin Blake & a whole exciting section about Roald Dahl & his world. 'A true genius.. . Roald Dahl is my hero'
- David Walliams Roald Dahl the best-loved of children's writers was born in Wales of Norwegian parents. After school in England he went to work for Shell in Africa. He began to write after "a monumental bash on the head" sustained as an RAF pilot in World War II. Roald Dahl died in 1990. Quentin Blake is one of the best-known & best-loved children's illustrators & it's impossible now to think of Roald Dahl's writings without imagining Quentin Blake's illustrations."
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The Twits" are possibly the nastiest & most digusting of all Roald Dahl's characters. Now with Quentin Blake's illustrious illustrations in full magificent colour! Frogs in beds; Eyeballs in drinks; Worms in spaghetti Mr & Mrs Twit are really disgusting. They smell because they never wash they fight because they play tricks on each other & they hate children. But worst of all they keep monkeys in their back garden. In cages. It's time for the monkeys to get their revenge on these two most revolting creatures.. .meet the Muggle-Wump monkeys & the Roly-Poly bird! with a great new cover by Quentin Blake & a whole exciting section about Roald Dahl & his world. 'A true genius.. . Roald Dahl is my hero'
- David Walliams Roald Dahl the best-loved of children's writers was born in Wales of Norwegian parents. After school in England he went to work for Shell in Africa. He began to write after "a monumental bash on the head" sustained as an RAF pilot in World War II. Roald Dahl died in 1990. Quentin Blake is one of the best-known & best-loved children's illustrators & it's impossible now to think of Roald Dahl's writings without imagining Quentin Blake's illustrations."
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With filthy hair all over his face & horrid plots growing in his mind Mr Twit is one of the nastiest people you'll ever meet & Mrs Twit is just as bad & even uglier! But they don't stop at tricking each other: neighbouring children & even the local birds are in danger & that's where the Muggle-Wumps come in. This family of monkeys has had enough of the Twits' tricks & with the help of the handsome Roly-Poly Bird they decide it's time for sweet revenge... ...

Which one of your classmates is most like horrible Mr Twit? David Wood has created six short plays to read & perform. With notes on simple staging props & costumes the plays can be produced with the minimum of experience & resources. David Wood is very well known in childrens theatre & most recently for his adaptaion of Goodnight Mister Tom" by Michelle Magorian. Children will have a phizzwizardly good time
- & their friends wont believe their gogglers! Roald Dahl the best-loved of childrens writers was born in Wales of Norwegian parents. His books continue to be bestsellers despite his death in 1990 & worldwide booksales are over 100 million!"
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A fully updated guide to the how & why of using Twitter The fastest-growing social network utility sports new features & they're all covered in this how-to guide from a leading Twitter marketing consultant. Nearly 20 million people are tweeting on Twitter & this book shows you how to join them & why you should. You'll learn the nuts & bolts of using Twitter how to make good connections & how it can benefit your life & your business. Twitter is the fastest-growing of the social networking tools; this book gets you up to speed on the basics as well as how Twitter can enrich your life & boost your business Explains how to sign up find friends & people you want to follow make the most of shortcuts use popular Twitter tools & Twitter on the go Discusses how Twitter can be used for business fundraising & maintaining contact with people who share common goals With complete information about all the latest Twitter enhancements Twitter For Dummies 2 nd Edition will help you get the most from this popular social networking tool. ...

They Kill Without Mercy. Disappear Without Trace. They are The Two. & now the stakes are raised once more for Detective January David. 5 lie dead brutally murdered
- the first taken on the night of Halloween & as autumn bleeds into winter more ritualistic murders are discovered. January must battle his demons for in his mind lies the clue to stopping a ruthless murderer. But his worst nightmares have literally come true when he discovers theres not one but two twisted killers on the loose...
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Berlin 1920 Two babies are born. Two brothers". United & indivisible sharing everything. Twins in all but blood. As Germany marches into its Nazi Armageddon the ties of family friendship & love are tested to the very limits of endurance. & the brothers are faced with an unimaginable choice... Which one of them will survive? Ben Elton's most personal novel to date " Two Brothers" transports the reader to the time of history's darkest hour." ...

The nursery class in lined up in twos & ready to go out with Miss Moo Hoo. Little Bat Jack is on his own at the back but he doesnt mind. As they walk through the woods they hear feel & see something rather unusual...what on earth could it possibly be? ...

First published to wide critical acclaim in 1992 The Two Cities has become an essential text for students of medieval history. For the second edition the author has thoroughly revised each chapter bringing the material up to date & taking the historiography of the past decade into account. The Two Cities covers a colourful period from the schism between the eastern & western churches to the death of Dante. It encompasses key topics such as: the Crusades the expansionist force of the Normans major developments in the way kings emperors & Popes exercised their powers a great flourishing of art & architecture the foundation of the very first universities. Running through it all is the defining characteristic of the high Middle Ages: the delicate relationship between the spiritual & secular worlds the two cities of the title. This survey provides all the facts & background information that students need & is defined into straightforward thematic chapters. It makes extensive use of primary sources & makes new trends in research accessible to students. Its fresh approach gives students the most rounded lively & integrated view of the high Middle Ages available. ...