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A perennially popular collection of colour cartoon illustrations,
with accompanying texts, on the endearing oddities of our British
life and character. Drawing on their many years' experience of
teaching English as a Foreign Language the authors also offer the
wider world a tongue-in-cheek guide on how to get around in English
and at the same time make sense of our 'funny ways'. It's a gentle
brand of satire, and although there's the occasional barbed arrow
for bland food, fashion disasters or dubious standards of hygiene,
the tone of The "How To Be British Collection" is more nostalgic
than scornful, and the pet-loving, royal-watching, tea drinking
characters that populate its pages are viewed with wry affection.
Cartoons like "How to be Polite" and "How to Complain" have been
reproduced in publications all over the world, perhaps because they
put a finger on that peculiar tentativeness that foreigners find so
puzzling (and so funny) about us. In order to be British, or at any
rate to pass unnoticed in British society, the visitor must learn
not to 'make a fuss'. A fuss is something that the true Brit cannot
stand. It is nearly as bad as a 'scene', and in the same category
as 'drawing attention to yourself'. In the first frame of How To Be
Polite, a man -- presumably an uninitiated foreign visitor -- has
fallen into a river. He's clearly in trouble and is shouting HELP!
-- at the top of his voice, judging by the speech bubble. An
English gentleman is walking his dog along the river bank. There's
a lifebelt prominently displayed beside them, but the gent and his
dog are walking away from the emergency with disapproving
expressions. In the next frame, the man in the river has changed
his strategy and is calling out: "Excuse me, Sir. I'm terribly
sorry to bother you, but I wonder if you would mind helping me a
moment, as long as it's no trouble, of course...". And this time,
naturally, the English gent is rushing to his aid, throwing the
lifebelt into the water. Even the dog is smiling. Much of the
material in The "How to be British Collection" is about how
cultural differences can prove a minefield for the unwary. To that
extent its appeal - in an age where so many of us travel and even
set up home overseas - is universal. Every visitor to Britain comes
knowing that our favourite conversational gambit is the weather.
But how many can successfully do it at 1) Elementary 2)
Intermediate and 3) Advanced levels? The book's enduring popularity
comes from the recognition factor -- how exposed we can be once we
stray away from the comfort zone of our own native language. A
hapless visitor, phrase book in hand, stops to ask an old lady in
the street for directions. He looks pleased with himself for
phrasing the question so nicely, but then is utterly at a loss to
understand her long, rambling, minutely detailed reply. We've all
been there. To help the poor innocent abroad around these cultural
and linguistic booby-traps, the book includes on most pages
collectible Expressions to learn and (of course) Expressions to
avoid. Thus, under the entry for Real English, which negotiates the
difficult area of colloquial speech including "idioms, slang and
even the occasional taboo word, as used by flesh and blood native
speakers" we find -- Expressions to learn:"'E nicked it off of a
lorry and now the coppers 'ave done 'im for it." Expressions to
avoid: "That's not correct English, Mrs. Jones -- it says so here
in my grammar book".
A perennially popular collection of colour cartoon illustrations,
with accompanying texts, on the endearing oddities of our British
life and character. Drawing on their many years' experience of
teaching English as a Foreign Language the authors also offer the
wider world a tongue-in-cheek guide on how to get around in English
and at the same time make sense of our 'funny ways'. It's a gentle
brand of satire, and although there's the occasional barbed arrow
for bland food, fashion disasters or dubious standards of hygiene,
the tone of The "How To Be British Collection" is more nostalgic
than scornful, and the pet-loving, royal-watching, tea drinking
characters that populate its pages are viewed with wry affection.
A comforting story tonight for a happy day tomorrow . . . A
gorgeous gift to treasure for years to come, this collection of
bedtime stories is brimming with hope and positivity as an antidote
to the at times challenging world we live in. Fabulously
illustrated by Sarah McIntyre, the stories promote modern-day
messages of inclusivity, acceptance and bravery in the face of
adversity. With brand new stories from: Aisha Bushby, Ann Jungman,
Ayesha Braganza, Claire Barker, Emma Carroll, Hannah Lee, Ingrid
Persaud, Kate Saunders, Kieran Larwood, Lou Kuenzler, Lucy Farfort,
Martyn Ford, Michael Mann, Natasha Farrant, Pip Jones, Rashmi
Sirdeshpande and Reba Khatun.
Her old schoolfriends are dead. She might be next. When Ruby hears
from her best friend Elizabeth that two of their old classmates
have been murdered, Ruby is more certain than ever that leaving her
hometown was the right decision. But after Elizabeth suddenly stops
responding to texts, and Ruby hears a third classmate has been
killed, she knows in her heart what has happened. Elizabeth is dead
too. Missbrook Bay is a place haunted by memories Ruby wanted to
forget, and people she never wanted to see again, but Ruby has no
choice but to go back to investigate. While staying with her
ex-boyfriend, she notices a pattern in their full school year
photo-the killer seems to be working through victims in a specific
order. And after her ex's house is broken into, Ruby realises
nowhere and no one is safe. There are still many faces left in that
photo. Any one of them could be the next victim-and any one of them
could be the killer. And with each death, the killer is getting
closer to Ruby.
Timothy Hart is getting used to the good life with his new
imagination box. Anything he can imagine, he can create! There's
only one rule - the box mustn't leave Tim's room. But Tim has never
been good at following rules - especially when there's the
opportunity to 'imagine' his homework into being without actually
having to do it. Tim is feeling rather pleased with himself...
Until he notices the strange people following him, and then chasing
him, and then his beloved imagination box being ripped from his
hands. He'll need the help of a top secret scientific institution
if he's going to save the imagination box from corruption of the
worst possible kind. Sequel to the critically acclaimed debut, The
Imagination Box.
There was a sabre-toothed tiger in the playground. Wandering
thoughts, Tim had come to realise, were extremely dangerous things.
Nearly a year has passed since Tim, Dee and Phil the finger monkey
(with the help of some fire-breathing bear-sharks) defeated Wilde
Tech Inc and destroyed the imagination space. But since then, it's
become increasingly clear that there's something wrong with Tim.
His imagination seems limitless - anything he imagines immediately
appears in front of him, with no need for the imagination box.
Which has both good and bad consequences. Then, in the blink of an
eye, everything changes. Tim wakes up and discovers he's in his old
orphanage. No one, not even Dee, knows who he is. He's completely
alone - his worst nightmare. But soon he realises who is to blame.
His old enemy, Clarice Crowfield, has hijacked a new, all-powerful
machine and created a reality where she is in charge! Tim must find
Professor Eisenstone, convince Dee that they really are best
friends (and, of course, recreate Phil) - then literally put their
world to rights.
He'd do anything to protect his wife. But what if that meant making
the biggest mistake of all? James Casper is one of the good guys. A
DEA agent. A loyal husband. With his sights set on the man at the
top of the city's opioid crisis, James is about to make the biggest
bust of his career. Then his beloved wife Rosie does something
terrible, and James must choose: report it-or help her. He knows
how this works, and he tells himself he's smart enough to get away
with murder. But James's worst enemy knows what they have done-and
he won't hesitate to use it to manipulate him. James is dragged
into a dark and dangerous world. As events spiral and loyalties are
tested, he realizes there's only one way out. And that is to be
even more ruthless than the people he's working for. Whatever
happens, no matter how far he falls, at least he'll still have
Rosie. Won't he?
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Desert Flyer (Hardcover)
Martyn Ford-Jones
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R926
R734
Discovery Miles 7 340
Save R192 (21%)
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Killed in a flying accident in February 1944, Flying Officer
William Marsh left behind a personal insight into the life of a
desert flyer. Desert Flyer follows Bill Marsh from his early days
as a schoolboy, through his RAF training in England and Canada,
joins him in his first operational squadron and ultimately his life
in North Africa. Originally posted to No. 605 Squadron, Bill Marsh
was to have served in the unit in the Far East. However, fate
dictated that he was destined for the desert war. He joined No. 274
Squadron and flew Hurricane fighter/bombers against Rommels forces
in the North African desert. Graphic descriptions of Marshs
eyewitness accounts of the sinking of the Royal Navys aircraft Ark
Royal, the aerial dogfights with the Luftwaffe and Regia
Aeronautica, as well as details of his day-to-day life are all
recorded within these pages. Over 230 previously unpublished
photographs, taken by Bill Marsh, support the text. Utilizing
private journals, personal letters, photographs, and flying log
books, together with details from squadron operational record
books, the author has brought to life the words and photographs
recorded by William Marsh, the Desert Flyer.
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