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. ...

The moon & back before bathtime? Whatever next! Join Baby Bear as he finds a rocket makes friends with an owl & has a picnic on the moon! A beautiful story of innocence & imagination full of Jill Murphy's characteristic warmth & humour this is the second Bear family adventure following the bestselling Peace at Last"." ...

Billy Hopkins is thrilled to be released from the trials & tribulations of teaching when he takes early retirement. He's just buzzing with ideas for filling his time & making a spare buck
- whether it's investing in apparently fail-safe business enterprises starting up himself as an entrepreneur specialising in doll's houses or writing up the story of his life. Only one of those is likely to have the desired result on the financial front
- but Billy's hilarious descriptions of his efforts together with lovely glimpses of his ever-expanding family make WHATEVER NEXT! a delightful & absolutely satisfying novel which will update on-going readers & introduce many new ones to the unique world of the Hopkins household.

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This is the extraordinary life story of Robert Shirley the thirteenth Earl Ferrers tracing his aristocratic upbringing in the 1930s through his wartime childhood national service in the jungle of Malaya Cambridge in the 1950s & finally his life a government minister in every Conservative Government from Macmillan to Major. More importantly he has some hilariously off-the-wall tales to tell. Often including hiding fish in the Chief Whips briefcase. Earl Ferrers writes amusingly & movingly about his twelve predecessors one of whom was hanged after he shot his manservant. His at times hilarious accounts of his careers in farming business & politics have the reader crying tears of both joy & sadness as he relates the bizarre events in his political life & some of his family tragedies. When his fellow members of the House of Lords voted which 92 hereditary peers to keep Earl Ferrers topped the vote. Reading this book it is easy to see why. Always enjoying a sense of the ridiculous & with the ability to write with humour & charm he is without question the most popular member of the current House of Lords. This book shows why. It contains dozens of reminiscences from a life well led. Its seeringly honest painfully blunt but at all times retains the authors supreme sense of charm & elegance. ...

To say this is not a political autobiography would be an understatement. In fact the author reckons it is not an autobiography at all. This book is more Downton Abbey than 10 Downing Street. It traces Earl Ferrers aristocratic upbringing in the 1930s in the stately surroundings of Staunton Harold through his wartime childhood national service in the jungle of Malaya Cambridge in the 1950s & finally his life immersed in the political world. Robert Shirley was a government minister in every Conservative Government from Macmillan to Major & he has some hilarious tales to tell. Robert Shirley is the thirteenth Earl Ferrers & he writes amusingly & movingly about his twelve predecessors one of whom committed suicide after he shot his manservant. His at times hilarious accounts of his careers in farming business & politics have the reader crying tears of both joy & sadness as he relates the bizarre events in his political life & some of his family tragedies. When his fellow members of the House of Lords voted which 92 hereditary peers to keep Earl Ferrers topped the vote. Reading this book it is easy to see why. Always enjoying a sense of the ridiculous & with the ability to write with humour & charm he is without question the most popular member of the current House of Lords. This book shows why. It contains dozens of reminiscences from a life well led. Its seeringly honest painfully blunt but at all times retains the authors supreme sense of charm & elegance. ...

This is the matching songbook to the most anticipated debut album of 2006! Following their meteroic rise straight to No.1 with their debut single I Bet You Look Good on the Dancefloor" the album followed suit even surpassing The Beatles as the fastest-selling debut album ever! Perfectly soundtracking the times the album is a melting pot of jerky angular guitar riffs & frenetic beats whilst remaining fresh & innovative with gnarled poetics & insightful lyrical humour. Recently picking up a Brit Award for Best British Breakthrough Act plus three NME Awards this is already destined to be the album of 2006. This matching songbook features transcrptions of every track for voice guitar tab & bass tab as well as eight pages of exclusive never-before-seen photographs of the band perfoming live." ...