Cilla Black is without doubt one of Britain's most treasured personalities. Generations have grown up with Cilla's music TV shows & performances. But how much do we really know about 'the girl with the bright red hair & the jet black voice'? What's It All About? is Cilla's own story told for the first time ever. It's the story of a woman who has worked ceaselessly to stay at the top for forty years despite setbacks & personal tragedy; a life of incredible highs & terrible lows. In this deeply personal autobiography she tells her unique story in intimate & vivid detail for the very first time. This is the real Cilla Black. ...

The endlessly imaginative duo who turned cup caking into a national pastime is back with utterly new eye-popping creations anyone can make. Create a race-car cupcake a robot cupcake or ravishing jewellery cupcakes for a birthday party. Surprise the family with Chinese takeaway dinner cupcakes on April Fool's or serve up a goofy chocolate moose. Captivate Mum with a bouquet of long-stemmed rose cupcakes & build sand castle cupcakes with the kids. All you need are sweeties from the corner shop & cake mix & some supermarket icing. So what is new Cupcake? It

Features: dozens of easy projects that use just a few ingredients
- perfect for kids & parties; more pictures brighter colors bolder designs; more faux-food creations
- so real you won't believe they're cupcakes; more comical creatures & the cutest pets ever; more irresistible party centrepieces to celebrate hobbies from golf to knitting; & more spectacular occasion cupcakes: Valentine's Easter Halloween & Christmas. You'll end up with cupcakes so striking that you won't want to eat them
- but so delicious you'll have no choice!




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' Many times I heard people say that you'll have no friends if you're a policeman. How wrong they were. If you were right with them they were right with you.' PC Martyn Johnson is back on the beat with more hilarious & heart-warming stories from the golden age of policing. With his nose for trouble & a knack for mischief there's no such thing as a quiet shift for the friendly Yorkshire bobby
- from drunken dogs & runaway horses to high-speed chases after Burglar Bill there's always something to keep him busy & always another troublemaker to put to rights. & with a cuppa-tea stop & a familiar face on every corner of his beat he's never far from a friend.
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Little Mouse is tucked up in bed when suddenly he hears a strange sound: Too whoo! Too whoo! He tiptoes though the house to find out what it is but there are scary noises & shadows everywhere! Creeeaaak! Rattle! Rattle! What can they be? Is there a ghosty coming to get him. Press the pages to hear the night-time noises in this gorgeous picture book. ...

What's That Noise Spot? is a sound book featuring Eric Hill's classic character Spot Young Spot fans will find plenty of fun & lots to discover in this large-format 18-button sound book. Each page shows Spot in a different scene which toddlers can recognise
- at home at the farm at school at the seaside & at the park. Sound symbols indicate which buttons to press to make the sound effects for each location & words are labelled to encourage young children to identify familiar objects & begin to explore the world. The book provides a wonderful interactive treat for children & adults to share. Spot is one of the essential experiences of childhood". (Parents magazine). Eric Hill was born in North London & lived there for many years. He started his artistic career as an art studio messenger & from there went on to become a cartoonist & eventually an art director at a leading advertising agency. In 1978 Eric made up a story about a small puppy to read to his son at bedtime & Spot was born. The success of his first bestselling lift-the-flap classic ' Where's Spot?' in 1980 convinced him to become a full-time author. Eric currently resides in France. Don't miss any of the Spot lift-the-flap classics: Spot's First Walk; Spot's Birthday Party; Spot's First Christmas; Spot Goes to School; Spot Goes on Holiday; Spot Goes to the Circus; Spot Goes to the Farm; Spot's First Easter; Spot's Baby Sister; Spot Stays Overnight; Spot Goes to the Park; Spot Goes to a Party; Spot Bakes a Cake; Spot Visits his Grandparents; Spot Can Count; Who's There Spot?; & Spot Says Goodnight."
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If you write a review of this book please don't give away Jody's secret! It's hard enough being one half of the world's least identical twins without both of you falling for the same guy. Jolene's turned flirting into a fine art but Jody? Not so much. & as if a twinny love triangle wasn't messy enough.. .there's something nobody knows about Jody Barton. Something BIG. Told with the trademark warmth & laugh-out-loud humour of the much-loved LOTTIE BIGGS books this is a book that will make you think with a gobsmacking twist you won't believe. Shortlisted for the Costa Prize ...

This exciting & fact-filled title comprises all the best bits from the popular Question Time series giving lively informative answers to many of the WHAT HOW WHY & WHICH questions that young children ask about the world around them. What? Where? Why? Questions & Answers about Nature asks a variety of questions such as How do caterpillars grow up? Why are whales such whoppers? How does the frilled lizard trick its enemies? Why do peacocks show off? How can a shark drown? & What is a rainforest? plus hundreds more. Containing information taken from the Question Time titles Creepy-Crawlies Mammals Reptiles Birds Sharks Seashore & Rainforest with br&-new pages on fish this bumper volume is sure to delight the inquisitive reader. Carefully researched & created to fulfil early-learning needs the book covers a wealth of popular natural history subjects that will stimulate childrens curiosity. The topics are explored in great detail with engaging text & supported by colourful & inviting illustrations that bring the natural world vividly to life. Further information is supplied alongside photographs amazing facts appear with eye-catching cartoons & a Now I Know feature reinforces the facts that have been explained. This focused approach will provide a solid basis of knowledge as well as inspire & educate. ...

Whatever " says Billy. It doesnt matter what Dad shows him; whether its the tallest giraffe or the smallest butterfly the worlds curliest trumpet or steamiest train...even a trip to outer space makes Billy say " Whatever". Until that is Billy meets the worlds hungriest tiger & is promptly gobbled up. " Im still in here Dad " yells Billy. " Whatever " says Dad!" ...

It takes a particular kind of man to want an embroidered polo player astride his left nipple. Occasionally when I am tired & emotional or consumed with self-dislike I try to imagine myself as someone else a wearer of Yarmouth shirts & fleecy sweats of windbreakers & rugged Tyler shorts of baseball caps with polo players where the section of the brain that concerns itself with aesthetics is supposed to be. But the hour passes. Good men return from fighting Satan in the wilderness the stronger for their struggle & so do I. The winner of the 2010 Man Booker Prize Howard Jacobson brims with life in this collection of his most acclaimed journalism. From the unusual disposal of his father-in-laws ashes & the cultural wasteland of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang to the melancholy sensuality of Leonard Cohen & desolation of Wagners tragedies Jacobson writes with all the thunder & joy of a man possessed. Absurdity piles upon absurdity & glorious sentences weave together to create a hilarious heartbreaking & uniquely human collection. This book is not just a series of parts but an irresistible unputdownable sum which triumphantly out-Thurbers Thurber. ...

It takes a particular kind of man to want an embroidered polo player astride his left nipple. Occasionally when I am tired & emotional or consumed with self-dislike I try to imagine myself as someone else a wearer of Yarmouth shirts & fleecy sweats of windbreakers & rugged Tyler shorts of baseball caps with polo players where the section of the brain that concerns itself with aesthetics is supposed to be. But the hour passes. Good men return from fighting Satan in the wilderness the stronger for their struggle & so do I. The winner of the 2010 Man Booker Prize Howard Jacobson brims with life in this collection of his most acclaimed journalism. From the unusual disposal of his father-in-laws ashes & the cultural wasteland of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang to the melancholy sensuality of Leonard Cohen & desolation of Wagners tragedies Jacobson writes with all the thunder & joy of a man possessed. Absurdity piles upon absurdity & glorious sentences weave together to create a hilarious heartbreaking & uniquely human collection. This book is not just a series of parts but an irresistible unputdownable sum which triumphantly out-Thurbers Thurber. ...