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David Walliams
The first ever official David Walliams annual, packed with fun activities and featuring characters from his laugh-out-loud stories.
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David Ross
Names are very important and can unlock vast amounts of information about places and their origins. The placename of Scotland are a goldmine of information about times past and the…
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A delightfully dreadful collection of the most gruesome grown-ups - from the phenomenally bestselling David Walliams and artistic genius Tony Ross
From phenomenal number-one bestseller David Walliams comes another collection of more hilariously horrible children!
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A richly illustrated publication on the early life, creative practice, and visual style of a major Filipino abstract artist, Bernardo Pacquing. Documenting the trajectory and development of Filipino abstract artist…
Reprint of the original, first published in 1883.
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Ships: Visual Encyclopedia provides a fascinating at-a-glance guide to more than 1200 of the most important ships from the earliest times to the present day. Arranged chronologically and by use…
Beppe Porcheddue was an Italian anti fascist partisan who sheltered two escaped British prisoners of war, one of whom subsequently married his daughter. After the War Beppe Porcheddu mysteriously disappeared.
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With 200 outstanding colour photographs, Rail Journeys takes the reader to some of the most historic, spectacular and remotest locations in the world, places where trains still offer romantic and…
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Features the most significant submarines ever built, with each entry including a description of the submarine's development and history, a colour profile or cutaway, key features and specifications and packed…
The Scots have always had a reputation for clarity of thought and also for the vigour with which it is put into words. This collection spans the entire gamut of…
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David Parker-Ross
MARS Once known as the great project, a united Earth began colonizing the red planet in international unity. Any country that could afford to settle on Mars did so. It…
Hannah Grant The heir to a multibillion-dollar company that spans the solar system lost everything on Last Day when her country was destroyed. Over the years, she struggled to regain…
Destiny Has Been Unchained
They have escaped the necropolis that is now Jilrir.
Rebecca, Petra, Rachael, Breanna, and Allannah are no longer locked within the gilded cage and face an…
David Ross Locke
Reprint of the original, first published in 1882.
David Ross Sherman
For all have sinned and fallen short of the glory of God. This statement by the Apostle Paul was not spoken in pride but in shame. We are all sinners…
Aristotle
In the Nicomachean Ethics Aristotle examines the nature of happiness, which he defines as a specially good kind of life. He considers the nature of practical reasoning, friendship, and the…
Ross David Wilson
Murder, Mayhem and Mirth are the fundamental factors in The Fairfax File. Follow Frank Falcon, WW2 veteran turned P.I., as he works a case involving a multi-millionaire, his gorgeous wife…
This comprehensive volume explores the impact of emerging technologies designed to fight crime and terrorism.
Robert Jackson, David Ross, Jim Winchester
From the F-22 Raptor to nuclear submarines, Military Aircraft, Tanks & Warships Visual Encyclopedia is a fascinating guide to aircraft, tanks and ships from the beginning of the Cold War…
Ross Greenwood
'Ross Greenwood doesn't write cliches. What he has written here is a fast-paced, action-filled puzzle with believable characters that's spiced with a lot of humour' Kath Middleton A family's secrets…
The BRAND NEW Barton thriller from the bestselling Ross Greenwood.After three years behind a desk, Inspector John Barton wonders if he's still got what it takes.
An opportunity arises to…
A hilarious, touching and extraordinary new fable from David Walliams, number one bestseller and one of the fastest growing children’s author across the globe.
The brilliant follow-up to David Walliams’ bestseller The World’s Worst Children! Ten more stories about a brand new gang of hilariously horrible kids from everyone’s favourite children’s author, illustrated in…
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From the phenomenal number-one bestseller David Walliams comes another collection of more hilariously horrible children! Illustrated in glorious and gruesome colour by artist genius, Tony Ross, these stories will appal…
Millions of young readers have loved the World’s Worst Children tales - now they will revel in this delightfully dreadful collection of the most gruesome grown-ups ever: The World’s Worst…
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Millions of young readers have loved the World’s Worst Children tales and revelled in the World’s Worst Teachers with their delightfully dreadful deeds - now prepare for…THE WORLD’S WORST PARENTS…
An entire world of hilariously horrible and delightfully dreadful children in one incredible box set! From the phenomenal number-one bestseller David Walliams, these cautionary tales are illustrated in glorious and…
Contents
Guest editorial
Sanctuary songs: Refugees and asylum-seekers in/and the media - by Karen Ross and David Baines
Papers
The cruelty is the point: Mediated affect and the Rwanda plan…
Another hilarious and moving novel from David Walliams, number one bestseller and fastest growing children’s author in the country.
The fifth screamingly funny novel from David Walliams, number one bestseller and fastest growing children’s author in the country, now available in paperback.
The latest jaw-achingly funny, number-one bestselling novel from David Walliams - now out in paperback. Make your appointment if you dare…
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From number one bestselling author David Walliams comes another heartfelt but hilarious hoot of an adventure Stella Saxby is the sole heir to Saxby Hall. But awful Aunt Alberta and…
Welcome to the Midnight Gang! Midnight is the time when all children are fast asleep, except of course for… the Midnight Gang. That is when their adventures are just beginning…
Read David Walliams’ bestselling children’s book, Bad Dad, a fast and furious adventure for boys and girls aged 7-12. Beautifully illustrated by artistic genius Tony Ross.
From No. 1 bestselling children’s author David Walliams comes his biggest and most epic adventure! Illustrated by the artistic genius Tony Ross. This is the story of a ten-year-old orphan…
The eighth novel from NUMBER ONE bestselling author, David Walliams - now available in paperback!
Ten cautionary tales and a delightfully dreadful cast of characters from number one bestselling author David Walliams!
The jaw-achingly funny children’s book from No. 1 bestselling author David Walliams - a deliciously daft Tall Story of a child who had everything, but still wanted more. Illustrated by…
The hilarious children’s book from No. 1 bestselling author David Walliams - a fantastically funny tale illustrated by artistic genius Tony Ross.
Fly into a fiery and fantastical future with No. 1 bestselling author David Walliams, in an epic adventure of myth and legend, good and evil, and one small boy who…
Go back in time with No. 1 bestselling author David Walliams for a whizz-bang epic adventure of action, laughter and secret plots - and the extraordinary friendship between a little…
