John Lanchesters Whoops! Why Everyone Owes Everyone & No One Can Pay" is the unbelievable true story of the economic crisis. We are to use a technical economic term screwed. The cowboy capitalists had a party with everyones money & now were all paying for it. What went wrong? & will we learn our lesson
- or just carry on as before like celebrating surviving a heart attack with a packet of Rothmans? John Lanchester travels with a cast of characters
- including reckless banksters snoozing regulators complacent politicians predatory lenders credit-drunk spendthrifts & innocent bystanders to understand deeply & genuinely what is happening & why we feel the way we do. " Devastatingly funny.. .the route map to the crazed world of contemporary finance we have all been waiting for". (Will Self). " Bang on the money". (" Independent"). " Explains the crisis in a way that actually sticks.. .to my amazement I finally grasp it". (Janice Turner " The Times"). " Endlessly witty.. .will turn any reader into an expert within the space of 200 pages". (Jonathan Coe). " Terrific.. .there is no better guide to the crazy world of high finance". ("GQ"). John Lanchester is a journalist novelist & winner of the Whitbread First Novel Award. His fiction

Includes:: " Mr Philips" " The Debt to Pleasure & Capital". He is a regular contributor to the " London Review of Books" & the " New Yorker" with a monthly column in " Esquire"."



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Whoosh Around the Mulberry Bush starts with children dancing round the mulberry bush & then sets off around the world to show all sorts of animal capers including hens pecking around the chicken coop monkeys swinging around the jungle vines polar bears & arctic hares sliding around the icicles & zebras kicking their heels around the waterhole. The text can be sung to the rhythm of Here We Go Round the Mulberry Bush. Children will love copying the actions & noises that the animals make & while theyre enjoying all the fun of joining in they will have the opportunity to learn something of world habitats & wildlife. ...

What is the definition of a snail? A slug with a crash helmet. What sound do hedgehogs make when they kiss? ' Ouch!' This is Puffin's biggest & best joke book ever created possibly in the world! Packed with so many crazy jokes including knock knocks animal quackers & monster madness you'll have a joke on hand for every occasion! Suitable for amusing your mates or reading on your own. ...

It was the body of a tall stout man. On his dead face a handsome pair of gold pince-nez mocked death with grotesque elegance. The body wore nothing else. Lord Peter Wimsey knew immediately what the corpse was supposed to be. His problem was to find out whose body had found its way into Mr Alfred Thipps' Battersea bathroom. ...

In her fifth novel Whose Life Is It Anyway?" Sinead Moriarty has done it again: taken a complex topic
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This is an utterly charming story about twelve families & their tightly knit street in 1950s Maryhill. Following the end of the war the close rebuilds its ties & the strong sense of community & friendly neighbourhood bonds are soon back in place. There is young love for Rhea & Robert; a surprising new start for James; a change of direction for George; & all overseen by the matriarch of the street
- Granny Thomson. & of course all buoyed up by a big helping of Scottish humour & strength of spirit. Yet it is all not perfect in their world: the families have to deal with poverty religious bigotry racism heartbreak lies violence & death. But the powerful friendships cannot ultimately be broken. In Robert Douglas's first novel he recreates a time & place particular to Glasgow but to which everyone will relate.
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Preschool children will love guessing who the different spots belong to in this bright sturdy lift-the-flap book from Ladybird. Read the rhyming text together & talk about what you can see in the pictures then lift the giant flaps to reveal the animal each time. ...

Preschool children will love guessing who the different noses belong to in this bright sturdy lift-the-flap book from Ladybird. Read the rhyming text together & talk about what you can see in the pictures then lift the giant flaps to reveal the animal each time. ...

Bumper colouring case with 7 different artist materials for colouring & decorating arts & crafts all in a handy plastic case in the shape of a small briefcase. This set contains; 18 Colouring pens 12 Mini colouring pencils 10 Brush Pens 5 Colour changing markers with magic colour-change pen 5 Double ended colour changing stamper markers 4 Glitter Glues & 4 Scented Markers. ...

26 Tubes of Watercolour Paint. Contains the following tube colours: 2 Chinese White 2 Ivory Black Lemon Yellow Medium Yellow Deep Yellow Vermilion Brilliant Red Rose Madder violet Prussian Blue Cerulean Blue Hue Phthalo Blue Ultramarine Cobalt Blue Hue Light Green Sap Green Viridian Green Hue Olive Green Yellow Ochre Red Ochre Burnt Sienna Raw Umber Burnt Umber Payne's Grey. Also Contains: 4 Paintbrushes 2 Sketch Pencils Mixing Palette Putty Eraser Sharpener Hints & Tips Leaflet. ...