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A humorous and heart-warming story about a little elf called Steve and a little girl called May, who help each other find their way. Steve the Christmas elf is in the North Pole, busy making toys for the big day. But he suddenly wonders: what if the children he’s making toys for don’t exist? It’s not like he’s ever seen them ...Join Steve on a Christmas Eve adventure as he sneaks on board Santa’s sleigh, befriends a little girl who’s found herself on the naughty list and gets himself into a whole load of festive trouble.

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Ted the dragon lives all alone in a big house, deep in the woods. He LOVES making things, spending his days baking cakes, painting pictures and creating costumes. There’s just one problem: he doesn’t have anyone to share his amazing creations with. Ted tries so hard to make friends with the other animals, but there’s something about his fiery breath and fearsome-looking claws that keeps putting them off.One day Ted notices a sign for a summer picnic party in the forest. The only trouble is that it's for BEARS ONLY. Perhaps if he dresses up as a bear for the day they'll let him in and he'll make lots of new friends. What could possibly go wrong?Just Being Ted is a sweet, heart-warming story about the importance of being yourself and being accepted for who you are.

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Escape to an enchanted land and lose yourself in the magical world of unicorns, rainbows and shooting stars. Complete with intricate designs, pretty patterns and the cutest unicorns you’ve ever seen, children and adults alike will love bringing these fun and friendly unicorn scenes to life with colour. Part of the I Heart Colouring series with an eye-catching foiled cover, this book is perfect for colouring on the go.

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This second book in the Buster Puzzle Activity series is packed with puzzles for every need – from head-scratching mazes and spot-the-differences, to mindful dot-to-dots and number-code colouring. Puzzlers can embark on an exciting treasure hunt, follow step-by-step drawing tutorials, dive into deep-sea scenes, and much, much more. Expect to encounter a range of fun characters along the way – from princesses and superheroes to monsters and meerkats! This book is perfect for keeping boredom at bay and ensuring children are entertained and occupied, whether that be at home, on holiday or on long car journeys.

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Part of Buster’s brand-new ‘Big Activity Book’ series and packed with over 100 puzzles and games, The Big Animal Activity Book is bursting with fun and fact-filled activities for kids who are wild about wildlife.Paw-some challenges include guiding a panda through a bamboo forest, spotting a snow leopard on the mountain, matching up chameleon pairs and an elephant memory game. Along the way, readers can learn all kinds of incredible facts about the animal kingdom, from how long a giant anteater’s tongue is to why a bowerbird’s favourite colour is blue.Other books in the series:9781780556093 The Big Green Activity Book9781780556321 The Big Human Body Activity Book

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From Dr Gareth Moore, the author of Buster's bestselling Brain Games for Clever Kids series, comes a new collection of puzzles to get kids training their brains from an early age.For children aged 7–9, the Bright Sparks series is aimed at sharpening the minds of the next generation of puzzle masters.Crosswords for Bright Sparks contains more than 100 fun crosswords for kids to complete. The crosswords gradually get more difficult as the book progresses, letting the reader get to grips with the puzzle style and then build on their skill. The book has been illustrated by Jess Bradley, who has filled the pages with cute and funny kawaii-style creatures.

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A hilarious collection of hundreds of the funniest jokes for 6-year-olds.What do you call a blind dinosaur?Do-you-think-he-saw-us.Doctor, Doctor! I feel like a pair of curtains.Pull yourself together.What do you get when you cross a vampire and a snowman?Frost-bite.Packed with over 300 side-splitting jokes on ghosts, school, aliens and much, much more. Designed to be easy to read with wonderfully silly illustrations for extra laughs, this is a te he he-larious collection that 6-year-olds will love.Also available in the Funny Kids Jokes series:9781780556246 Jokes for Funny Kids: 7 Year Olds 9781780556253 Jokes for Funny Kids: 8 Year Olds

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This fun-packed book is brimming with amazing pen-and-paper puzzles. Rediscover the well-known classics and learn how to play brand-new games. From Minesweeper and Pair Them Up to Noughts and Crosses and Battleships, there are tons of games to enjoy either by yourself or with a friend.Brilliant new title in the Buster Backpack Books series.Other titles in the series:9781780555676 Are We Nearly There Yet?9781780555683 Holiday Boredom Buster9781780556055 The Backpack Activity Book

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Kids can pit their wits against over 150 wordsearches in this brilliant little book from bestselling brain-training and puzzle book author, Gareth Moore.Portable, additive and satisfying, The Kids’ Book of Wordsearches 1 will provide children with hours of fun and help develop their vocabularies.Also available: (9781780554341) The Kids' Book of Wordsearches 2The Kids’ Book of Wordsearches 1 is a reprint of The Kids’ Book of Wordsearches (2011). Repackaged with a new cover design, it makes up a set of four colour-coded crossword and wordsearch books.Also available in the Buster Puzzle Book series:9781780554341 The Kids' Book of Wordsearches 29781780554419 The Kids' Book of Crosswords 19781780554334 The Kids' Book of Crosswords 29781780555003 The Kids' Book of Mazes 19781780555027 The Kids' Book of Mazes 29781780555010 The Kids' Book of Sudoku 19781780555034 The Kids' Book of Sudoku 29781780555058 The Kids' Book of Dot to Dot 19781780555041 The Kids' Book of Puzzles 1

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I Heart Cute Colouring is part of the pretty pocket-sized colouring range.Full of cute critters, adorable baby animals to colour in and packaged in an eye-catching spot-foiled cover, this book is perfect for colouring on the go.

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The Creative Colouring Book is packed with mind-blowing patterns. A complex and beautiful colouring book in which both boys and girls can immerse themselves.Ideal for children fanatical about colouring, the highly-detailed geometric designs in this book will keep boys and girls occupied for hours on end. Each completed picture will be truly spectacular.

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Explore the global history of Formula One in this definitive visual reference.F1 Racing: The Ultimate Companion offers a comprehensive insight into the history, geography and culture of the world’s most popular and exciting motorsport. Written by former Autosport editor Bruce Jones, it spotlights each of the forty-eight countries across six continents to have produced an F1 driver or hosted a grand prix, exploring the circuits, teams, people and stories that make up each nation’s F1 heritage.With individual chapters dedicated to each country, this beautifully illustrated reference book profiles the drivers, constructors and tracks that have made their mark on Formula One and contributed to the sport’s global expansion over more than seventy years of racing.Filled with stunning photography, circuit maps and expert commentary, F1 Racing: The Ultimate Companion takes you insi

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‘Highly readable and compelling’ Daily Telegraph _______________What an extraordinary journey it has been for Meghan Markle. In this fully revised and updated biography, Andrew Morton navigates the at times baffling twists and turns of a royal saga that has both engaged and enraged those inside and outside the palace walls. It has taken just three short years for Meghan and Harry to be transformed from golden couple to royal outsiders living in a sprawling mansion in Montecito in California and cutting multi-million-dollar deals with media moguls.From the frothy fun and laughter of her wedding day to darker days and the isolation, loneliness and prejudice she experienced, amplified by what the couple considered to be the sexism and racism of the mass media. Add to that the high and lows of motherhood –the joy of the births of her two beautiful children and the sadness of a miscarriage late into her second pregnancy – it has been nothing less than an emotional rollercoaster.Morton draws on exclusive interviews with those closest to Meghan to uncover the story of her life, from her fractious childhood growing up in the Valley in LA, through her previous marriage and divorce, her struggles in Hollywood, her work as a humanitarian ambassador, her life as the Duchess of Sussex – and the seemingly bottomless rift that has developed between the Sussexes and the House of Windsor.

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Ho ho ho! It’s Christmas time, and the LEGO® minifigures are celebrating the season in this festive colouring book.Colour in Santa Claus and his reindeer, along with your other LEGO favourites as they enjoy the happiest time of the year. Also included among the colouring pages are fun puzzles to enjoy. Each activity will help young readers to develop logic and puzzle-solving skills.LEGO, the LEGO logo, the Brick and Knob configurations and the Minifigure are trademarks of the LEGO Group. ©2021 The LEGO Group.

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Our hero, a characterful young puppy, is top-dog at home, and the happiest pooch in town. Until ... one day, a new pet arrives - a pesky parrot called Pandemonium (Pandy for short) and poor Cooper's perfect world is turned upside down.When his owner goes out for the day, entrusting our proud hero with the task of guarding the house for the very first time, the parrot decides to invite a few old friends over to hang out. One by one, as the parrot's increasingly exotic friends arrive, the noise and mess escalates.Chaos ensues and though Pandy thinks Cooper should just calm down and enjoy the party, the puppy starts to panic! Can he cope? How will he clean up in time? Will he still be the perfect pet in his owner’s eyes? Find out in this riotous rhyming tale which builds to a wonderfully witty ending.A hilarious picture book written by best-selling author Lily Murray and illustrated by Anna Chernyshova about unconditional love.

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A SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTOBIOGRAPHYThe quintessential suave hero, Roger Moore has had an extraordinary career that has spanned seven decades, from early television to the golden age of Hollywood and on to international superstardom. Dashing, handsome and every inch the archetypal English gentleman, he is unforgettable as The Saint, as Lord Brett Sinclair in The Persuaders! and, of course, as James Bond, making seven blockbusting films as arguably the most debonair of the 007s. For the first time, Roger shares his recollections of playing some of the world's most famous roles alongside a host of legendary stars. With myriad stories from his personal life - from his childhood in London and experiences during the Second World War, to the happy and turbulent times in his later life. Along with anecdotes about his encounters with the stars and his wonderful memories from the heyday of Hollywood, My Word is My Bond is as frank, funny and disarmingly charming as the legend himself.

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Learn the art of mindful flatulence and how to throw caution to your wind with Gas Cleric, Gus T. Blooms.This precious tome will show you how to take control of your wind and go with its flow. Discover the art of slowing down, savouring the silence (and smell) and getting to know your gasses. From the copious benefits of gas relief to how you can train your brain to release mindfully, this little book brings together essential exercises to help you clear your bottom and your mind as one.It can be easy to rush through life without noticing your flatulence. Paying attention to your farts, and their surrounding wind, has proven to improve your sense of humour.

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A fascinating collection of the many unusual and vibrant phrases that adorn our language, looking at their origins and meanings. Don’t be down in the dumps if you can’t cut the mustard when asked the definition of certain phrases – this down-to-earth guide is just the ticket.This collection contains some intriguing and remarkable stories about our best-loved and most colourful phrases and shows the huge range of sources from which they originate. From advertising to the Ancient Greeks, from the military to meteorology, Kicking the Bucket at the Drop of a Hat takes us on a wonderful journey through our language’s history.With more phrases than you can shake a stick at, this collection will bring home the bacon for any Tom, Dick or Harry with a love of language.

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What is it about the term ‘wellness’ that sets your teeth on edge? Do you really need someone to come in and help you declutter? Can you truly practice mindful meditation on the train to work every morning? If the answer to all these questions is a resounding ‘no’, then take heart, you’re not alone.What is life without struggle? Everyone knows it’s impossible to float through life on a fluffy pillow of happiness; it just isn’t like that. As Alan Coren once said, ‘To have a grievance is to have a purpose in life.’ Hear hear! This book is for those who look at life from a different angle, not wearing rose-tinted glasses with their glass half full, but for life’s realists: the folk who believe one should never go to bed angry … much better to stay awake and plot your revenge.In New Year, Same You you’ll find lots of laugh-out-loud humour to brighten your day (or not). Filled with words from the wise, this is the perfect book for grumps everywhere, after all, why make one person unhappy when, with a little more thought and effort, you could spread misery to the entire family?

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‘There are two ways to open a child’s head. The pretty way and the quick way. Usually I shave the hair, use a scalpel to nick the skin then apply an electrocautery device to burn down to bone level. It’s a slow, precise method and it leaves almost no scarring. But it takes time. Time, the interminable single note of the heart monitor reminds me, I don’t have.’___________‘Extraordinary’ – The Times‘Compelling’ – The Daily Mail‘An inspirational book written by a truly remarkable man’ – Dr Amanda Brown, author of The Prison Doctor___________Jay Jayamohan makes life and death decisions on a daily basis. That’s because he’s a Consultant Paediatric Neurosurgeon in a busy Oxford hospital. Every day, parents put all their faith in him to make their sick children well again. Though he is proud of his successes, he is haunted by every failure. Jayamohan is known not only for his skill in surgery but also his human touch: to him, no patient is only a number.In this gripping and sometimes heartrending book, Jayamohan – who has featured in two highly acclaimed BBC fly-on-the-wall series following the work of neurosurgeons – brings the highs and lows of the operating theatre into vivid life. Beginning with his struggles as an Asian growing up in 1970s Britain, he chronicles his early days as a medical student and spans decades of extraordinary activity, drawing on case studies from various aspects of his career: not all of which have happy endings. Jayamohan describes how he found the strength to keep going despite terrible setbacks: no matter how many times he is knocked down, he always gets up again to face the next challenge.Everything That Makes Us Human is a pacy, gripping account of Jayamohan’s life and work. He pulls no punches and owns his mistakes, but the complete picture is one of a man driven to save as many lives as possible.

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If you’re crazy about Christmas and passionate about puzzles, then this book of wordsearches is for you. Packed with more than 150 wordsearch puzzles to keep bright sparks entertained over the holidays, Christmas Wordsearches for Clever Kids® is full of festive fun.From the bestselling puzzle book author Dr Gareth Moore, the creator of the chart-topping Clever Kids series, which has sold more than 460,000 copies in the UK, comes a new title for young wordsearch enthusiasts. Clever kids can give their brains a workout and test their word power with Christmas puzzles covering everything from presents to pudding.Other books in the series include:9781780552491 Brain Games for Clever Kids®9781780553078 Wordsearches for Clever Kids®9781780553146 Quiz Book for Clever Kids®9781780553085 Crosswords for Clever Kids®9781780554723 Brain Gaming for Clever Kids®9781780555409 Maths Games for Clever Kids®9781780554730 Word Games for Clever Kids®9781780555621 Times Tables Games for Clever Kids®9781780555638 Travel Puzzles for Clever Kids®9781780555935 10-Minute Brain Games for Clever Kids®

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Thirty Days Has September helps with learning all of those confusing rules of language and mathematics, and those tricky facts from science, history and geography. It makes a lovely gift from parent to child and a perfect learning companion to help all school children. It is a treasure trove of easy methods to take important information from the back of the mind to the tip of children's tongues.

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Build your Dragon Hunter minifigure and Speeder mini-build, before making your way through the action-packed puzzles, comics and story.After the Merge, the Dragon Hunters have become one of the ninja’s greatest enemies. Life is never boring with Dragon Hunter No. 29 around!LEGO, the LEGO logo, the Minifigure, the Brick and Knob configurations and NINJAGO are trademarks of the LEGO Group. ©2024 The LEGO Group.

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Celebrate the wonder, wisdom and healing power of Mother Nature with 46 enchanting designs to colour. This book brings together the healing powers of the natural world. Inspired by remedies and rituals, each illustration shows creative combinations from nature’s apothecary – healing herbs, plants, flowers, animals and other natural elements, in imaginative compositions that reflect the fascinating history and folklore behind their use.From an ancient herbal theriac used to combat venomous bites, to a rose-petal love potion thought to bring companionship into your life, each illustration sits alongside text that explains the significance of each element. Nature’s Magic draws on a wealth of imagery and information from around the world.Also by Stratten Peterson:Mystic Animals 9781912785735 out nowLuna Colouring 9781912785971 publishing March 2024Also available in our Mind, Body and Spirit colouring series:Believe in Magic 9781912785308Astrology Colouring 9781912785537Tarot Colouring 9781912785544Mystic Animals 9781912785735Publishing in 2023:Crystal Colouring 9781912785926

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A charming, colourful illustrated guide showing you how to adopt a more positive mindset, even when the skies are grey and stormy.Beautifully illustrated and heartfelt, this gorgeous little book shares big insights about how to stay positive in an increasingly negative world. Artist Dani DiPirro started her Instagram, @positivelypresent, after she realized that positivity, like all self-care, is an essential skill that needs to be practiced daily. She began posting her bright and bubbly illustrations, sharing the ups and downs of her journey to positive thinking, and now has an audience of over 895,000 followers who find her work comforting, inspiring and uplifting.In Grow Through It, Dani shares never-before-seen content to take us through the seasons, showing us how to pick out the positives on both the sunny days and the grey ones. She also reminds us to take a break for self-care, to stop comparing ourselves to others, and to grow at our own pace. No matter what the situation, optimism is always an option!

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Calling all horror fans! Step into the beautiful, macabre world of François Gautier.Colour your way through the grim and gruesome world of Dark Art. Featuring elaborately detailed black line artwork of undead clowns, haunted skulls, bleeding hearts and many other spine-tingling creations, this sinister and beautiful book is perfect for all horror fans with a taste for the macabre.Use colour to bring life (or death) to the intricate and unique pieces throughout. They’ll leave you dying for more….

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Have you ever looked at a great work of art and thought, ‘I could have done that’? Well, now’s your chance! Try your hand at creating your own quirky pictures inspired by the world’s most famous artists with more than 25 guided drawing projects, from Picasso-style portraits and Kandinsky abstracts to marvellous Mondrians and Matisses. With a dash of background information about the artists and prompts to help you compose your drawings, each project is also accompanied by useful templates so that your creations can be spot on.

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The Labyrinth is filled with beautiful portraits of mighty creatures from the world of myths and legends, just waiting to be brought back to life in glorious colour. From colouring the wondrous wings of a harpy, to the glistening snakes of gorgon's hair, this unique colouring book is filled with magical detail on every page.

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The internet is everywhere. But how did it start? How has it changed? And what will it look like in the future?No development in human history has changed the world as radically, or as quickly, as the advent of the internet. There’s almost no aspect of 21st-century life that it hasn’t shaped or fundamentally altered, for better or for worse. But the history of the internet is longer than you might think. Its foundations stretch as far back as the 1960s, decades before it would become an accessible and inescapable part of everyday life.In this new entry in the bestselling Bite-Sized Chunks series, author and journalist Chris Stokel-Walker traces the internet from its (relatively) humble beginnings to the ubiquitous force that exists today, from email and dial-up to social media and the metaverse.Breaking down complex concepts around how the world wide web works, how it has changed over time, and the effects it has had on the world as we know it, as well as explaining key terminology and spotlighting important figures, The History of the Internet in Byte-Sized Chunks explains everything you need to know about this era-defining technology in short, easy-to-digest chapters.

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Life Lessons from Literature is a must for all bibliophiles, providing a concise and highly accessible bucket list of must-read books that teaches us so many fundamental truths and broadens our minds.‘I read a book one day and my whole life was changed’ ... So confesses the narrator of Orhan Pamuk’s novel The New Life. But what can we learn from reading books? Life Lessons from Literature poses this broad question by examining the works of some of the greatest writers in history.In it, we can draw wisdom from Charles Dickens’ views on poverty and wealth; seek comfort from ideas about love from Jane Austen and the Bronte sisters. Yet books are about much more than just romance and money. Through careful examination of over one hundred classic works of world literature, life lessons are also drawn from themes such as conflict and oppression, identity and psychology, showing how literature enriches and informs our understanding of ourselves and the wider world around us.From Brazil to Japan, the Americas to Africa; from Victor Hugo to Mark Twain and Chinua Achebe to Haruki Murakami, you will find literature from around the world in this gem of a book, in which the plots may differ but the themes and the lessons they have to teach us are entirely universal.

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The Special Air Service – the SAS – are known to be the greatest elite fighting force in the world. This book focuses on the most famous operations undertaken by the SAS from its inception during the Second World War to the present day, describing in dramatic detail the unit’s most daring and memorable missions in trouble spots across the world. Revelatory and gripping, the author weaves together the extraordinary true stories of this brave fighting force, wherever they are in action. From missions on home shores to Iraq, Sierra Leone, the Falkland Islands, Europe, Libya, Malaya, Afghanistan and more, SAS Battle Ready brings together both the history of the unit and some of its most powerful moments.From hostage rescues to ambushes, from sabotage to jungle warfare and from pitched battles to reconnaissance, it hasn’t always gone according to plan but the courage and devotion to duty revealed within show just what it takes to be an SAS soldier.

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Put your Liverpool knowledge to the test with the ultimate quiz book for Reds fans.Do you think you know it all about Liverpool? Could you name the starting line-up in 2005 Champions League final? The most decorated player in the club’s history? Do you know which sides Liverpool have beaten most, and vice versa? Or which game drew the Reds’ biggest-ever crowd?Whatever your area of interest or depth of knowledge, this expertly assembled quiz will have some testing questions for you. From the club’s earliest days to the glory years of Bill Shankly and Bob Paisley, the renaissance under Jurgen Klopp and beyond, Think You Know It All? Liverpool will challenge your knowledge of the iconic team’s players, managers, records and more.Featuring an entertaining mix of questions and puzzles, this is the perfect test for new and veteran LFC fans alike. Proving you know it all about your club has never been such fun – or so tricky.

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Taking readers on a global journey through human history, Natasha Tidd examines how lies can change the world around us, from Julius Caesar’s deceptive PR machine to the cover-ups that caused Chernobyl.From forgeries that created centuries worth of conflict and domination, such as The Donation of Constantine, the Protocols of Zion and the mysterious Testament of Peter the Great, to mass political and press cover-ups including Britain’s Boer War concentration camps, a Pulitzer Prize-winning whitewash of the Ukraine Famine and the infamous Dreyfus Affair in France.Alongside these are examinations of how our retellings of history can turn fiction into fact, including The Spanish Inquisition’s deceitful legacy. Plus, there is an in-depth look at how historic lies can still impact our lives today, such as the deadly legacy of America’s Tuskegee Experiment.Meet incredible people, including Jeanne de Clisson who became the fourteenth century's most feared pirate – all because of a lie.A Short History of the World in 50 Lies details the profound impact of this secretive side of history and shows that the truth really is stranger – and far more dangerous – than any fiction.

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From royalty to peasantry, every age has its bad eggs, those who break all the rules and rub everyone up the wrong way. But their niggling, anti-social and irritating ways not only tell us about what upset people, but also what mattered to them, how their society functioned and what kind of world they lived in. In this brilliantly nitty-gritty exploration of real life in the Tudor and Stuart age, you will discover:– how to choose the perfect insult, whether it be draggletail, varlet, flap, saucy fellow strumpet, ninny-hammer or stinkard– why quoting Shakespeare was very poor form – why flashing the inside of your hat could repulse someone– the best way to mock accents, preachers, soldiers and pretty much everything else besides Ruth Goodman draws upon advice books and manuals, court cases and sermons, drama and imagery to outline bad behaviour from the gauche to the galling, the subtle to the outrageous. It is a celebration of drunkards, scolds, harridans and cross dressers in a time when calling a man a fool could get someone killed, and cursing wasn’t just rude, it worked!‘Ruth is the queen of living history – long may she reign!’ Lucy Worsley

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The Spitfire Story, published in association with Imperial War Museums, is a fascinating anthology of first-hand stories from Spitfire heroes and heroines, as well as the people behind the scenes.The Spitfire is the world’s most iconic aeroplane. Coming into its own during the Battle of Britain, it became famous during the Second World War as the only plane that could match the enemy fighters in the sky.Yet, even today, the history of the Spitfire contains many hitherto hidden or little-known stories of the men and women behind the plane; not only the gifted creators and inventors who brought the Spitfire to life, or the brave fighter pilots from many countries who triumphed in battle, but also the thousands of other people whose lives were affected by their personal connection to it – engineers, ground crew, factory or office workers, and their families. The Spitfire Story recounts the memories and stories of these people, from the birth of the iconic Spitfire in the 1930s to the present day. Among these accounts is the extraordinary tale of the fighter pilot who only discovered, fifty years on, the tragic truth of his last Spitfire flight, the businessman whose blank cheque changed the course of the war, the ninety-five-year-old Royal Air Force engineer who was determined to be reunited with his beloved Spit before he died, and the little girl who inspired the plane’s creation – and went on to marry a movie star.Using documents, letters and photographs from the Imperial War Museums’ unparalleled archive, plus exclusive first-hand interviews, these stories of the Spitfire are a revelatory collection of small but significant histories, to be treasured by all who love and admire the iconic plane.

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Suzi sloth is going on holiday and taking all her friends with her. Sloths are more adventurous than you may think and they plan to travel far and wide – to the busy streets of Delhi, the canals of Amsterdam and even the beaches of Sydney. Pack your passport and get ready for a globetrotting adventure to find Suzi’s pals in their new urban jungles.Test your spotting skills with this exciting search book. Each colourful page is filled with fun illustrations, hard-to-find sloths and extra bonus items to search for. With ten different sloths, each with a unique, quirky personality, the hunt for the whole gang is an enjoyable and engaging journey.

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Life’s odd, isn’t it? People are odd, places are odd, things are odd. It’s an odd old world. There’s oddity in the strangest places, not least in this extreme odd-one-out challenge.From a perfectly groomed, flowery beard and a trendy cycling cap, to a prickly cactus and a delicious flat white, discover the minute differences lurking on every page. There are odd ones out to spot, hipster accessories to match, and much more millennial fun to be had.Cool and quirky black and white illustrations are accompanied by funny one liners and utterly useless, and odd, trivia. It’s time to find the oddest of odd ones out.

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Celebrate the rapier-like wit of the royal rebel, the late, great Princess Margaret – or ‘Ducky’ as she was known behind closed doors.Even as a child, Princess Margaret – younger sister of Elizabeth – was noted for her theatrical and witty demeanour. Her nanny, 'Crawfie’ described her as a ‘born comic’ and her sister, now Queen Elizabeth II, remarked that parties were always better with Margaret in attendance as she made everyone laugh. She made John Lennon blush and Pablo Picasso was infatuated with her – and she made no secret of her intolerance for the dim-witted, the disobedient or the boring – and her one-liners are legendary: On considering that Elizabeth would one day be Queen, Margaret’s response was one of sincere commiseration, ‘Poor you’, she told her.Attending a high-society party in New York, the hostess asked politely how was the Queen? ‘Which one?’ Margaret replied coolly, ‘My sister, my mother, or my husband?’

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Entertaining and packed full of time-saving tips, Outwitting Housework is an essential guide to making your house gleam without breaking a sweat. Household expert Barty Phillips shares her clever tips for avoiding chores wherever possible, revealing her sanity-saving shortcuts and creative advice for keeping those boring tasks to a minimum.Discover what basic tools of the trade you need and how to use them to bring sparkle, shine and a sense of calm to your home. Learn how to do effective minimal tidying, train errant family members and engage technology to help save you even more effort. Armed with these cunning and creative stratagems, you’ll soon be drying off those rubber gloves and doing something much more fun instead.

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One grey dismal day, Janine Marsh was on a trip to northern France to pick up some cheap wine. She returned to England a few hours later having put in an offer on a rundown old barn in the rural Seven Valleys area of Pas de Calais. This was not something she’d expected or planned for.Janine eventually gave up her job in London to move with her husband to live the good life in France. Or so she hoped. While getting to grips with the locals and la vie Française, and renovating her dilapidated new house, a building lacking the comforts of mains drainage, heating or proper rooms, and with little money and less of a clue, she started to realize there was lot more to her new home than she could ever have imagined.These are the true tales of Janine’s rollercoaster ride through a different culture – one that, to a Brit from the city, was in turns surprising, charming and not the least bit baffling.

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Follow a colourful blessing of globetrotting unicorns as they gallop around the world on an incredible whistle-stop tour.From a star-studded film premiere and a flamboyant festival, to a wild safari adventure and a beautiful tropical beach, there are 17 intricately illustrated scenes to search, and seven sensational unicorns to spot in every location.Also available:9781782439950 Where's the Unicorn Now?9781782439639 The Magical Unicorn Society9781789290561 The Magical Unicorn Society Colouring Book

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The story of Saatchi & Saatchi as it has never been told before: as a multiple eyewitness account - by the people who were really there.

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An informative and accessible guide to all of the great philosophers’ best-known theories, explained through their most famous quotes.We may have heard of Socrates, Plato, Descartes and Nietzsche, but what did they believe? What were their famous aphorisms? And what did these actually mean?This Book Will Make You Think: Philosophical Quotes and What They Mean explains as simply as possible the ideas behind the world's most highly regarded philosophers, examining their beliefs and presenting choice quotes that succinctly distil their most famous theories, such as:‘No man’s knowledge here can go beyond his experience.’ Locke‘If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent him.’ Voltaire‘Whereof one cannot speak thereof one must be silent.’ WittgensteinWritten in an accessible and informative style, this book will help readers get to grips with the complex concepts of philosophy through the ages, and help match the theories to the names.

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Containing 30 seriously challenging dot-to-dots and over 30,000 dots, Ultimate Dot-to-Dot will entertain and engage keen puzzlers for hours on end as each puzzle gradually reveals detailed images of animals, objects and scenes. Incredible interior scenes range from iconic architecture and Aztec patterns, to ornate ornaments and intricate animals, there's something for art lovers and puzzle enthusiasts alike in this wonderful collection.This ultimate dot to dot challenge will delight and entertain puzzle masters of all ages – from adults looking to unwind, to children seeking a challenge.

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Does absence really make the heart grow fonder?Can beggars be choosers?Is it always better late than never?Proverbs are short, well-known, pithy sayings that offer advice or words of encouragement and are used in everyday English without much thought ever being given to their meanings, or indeed, usefulness. In An Apple A Day Caroline Taggart explores the truth behind our favourite proverbs, their history and whether they offer any genuine help to the recipient. Did you know that The Old Testament has an entire book devoted to proverbs? Or that 'a bird in the hand is worth two in the bush' is a proverb from falconry that dates back to the Middle Ages? Many proverbs are still in use today, including the very famous 'slow and steady wins the race', which derives from one of the many fables of Aesop. Lighthearted but authoritative, An Apple A Day proves that proverbs are as useful today as they ever were.

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A new title in the 'Buster Laugh-a-lot' series, this hilarious collection features over 300 gags for 9-year-olds to share.What do you call a boy opening a bag of crisps?Russell.What do dogs love to dance to?Pup music.What do mermaids do on their birthday?Shell-abrate!Ten side-splitting chapters cover a range of themes perfect for 9-year-olds to read and share with their friends and family – including ‘Spy Sillies’, ‘Mythical Mayhem’, ‘It’s All in the Name’, ‘Holiday Howlers’ and ‘Arty Antics’, as well as ridiculously random collections of ‘Bonkers Banter’ and ‘Jolly Jesters’. Designed to be easy to read and with wonderfully silly illustrations by Andrew Pinder for extra laughs, this laugh-out-loud collection will keep young jokers entertained for hours on end.Also available in the 'Buster Laugh-a-lot' series:9781780556260 Jokes for Funny Kids: 6 Year Olds9781780556246 Jokes for Funny Kids: 7 Year Olds9781780556253 Jokes for Funny Kids: 8 Year Olds9781780557168 The Jumbo Joke Book for Funny Kids9781780557083 The Christmas Joke Book for Funny Kids9781780557847 Animal Jokes for Funny Kids9781780557854 Knock Knock Jokes for Funny Kids9781780559070 Dinosaur Jokes for Funny Kids9781780559087 Silly Jokes for Funny KidsPublishing in 2023:9781780559636 Jokes for Funny Kids: 5 Year Olds9781780559650 Jokes for Funny Kids: 10 Year Olds9781780559438 Gross Jokes for Funny Kids

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Beep! Boop! Bleep! All circuits are go for building brilliant bots!Use the LEGO® bricks to build any of the three awesome robot base models, before customizing them with the reusable stickers and extra paper elements. You can use the guides inside the book, or go wild with your own imagination and create different robots over and over again.Comes with over 50 LEGO bricks, 240 stickers and 30 paper elements. Also included are fun-packed activity pages filled with awesome puzzles and challenges.LEGO, the LEGO logo and the Brick and Knob configurations are trademarks of the LEGO Group. ©2022 The LEGO Group.

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This brand-new puzzle book contains over 100 brain games for 10-year-olds. From mazes and search-and-find challenges to number codes and futoshiki games, it’s packed with activities to keep brains busy. Written by bestselling puzzle book author Gareth Moore, author of the chart-topping success Brain Games for Clever Kids.Also available in the series:Brain Games for Clever Kids® 8 Year Olds, Brain Games for Clever Kids® 9 Year Olds plus 25 other titles, including Brain Games for Clever Kids®, Maths Games for Clever Kids® and Wordsearches for Clever Kids®.

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