Morrigan Crowe is listed in the Register of Cursed Children. She is accused of all possible sins - from hail to heart attacks. But worst of all, Morrigan is cursed to die at midnight on her eleventh birthday. But a strange man named Jupiter North appears. He insists that the girl win a place in the prestigious Society of the Prodigiously Chosen, so she will have to endure four difficult and dangerous exams along with hundreds of other children, each of whom has an extraordinary gift. And Morrigan, as she herself insists, has no gift. In order to save herself, the girl will have to pass a test - or leave the city to face fate...
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Nigeria, England, America, Jamaica; are you proud of where you're from? Dark skinned, light skinned, afro, weaves, who are your true brothers and sisters? When two brothers from different continents go down the street to buy a pint of milk, they lift the lid on a disunited nation where everyone wants to be an individual but no one wants to stand out from the crowd. A debut work produced at the Royal Court's Young Writers Festival, Gone Too Far! is a comic and astute play about identity, history and culture, portraying a world where respect is always demanded but rarely freely given. Gone Too Far! premiered at the Royal Court Theatre in 2007 where it was awarded the Laurence Olivier Award for Outstanding Achievement in an Affiliate Theatre, 2008. It is published here in an abridged form as part of Methuen Drama's Plays For Young People series.
"Adrian Mole is a 13-year-old boy. Adrian writes a diary about his school, his family and, of course, love. "There's a new girl in our class . . . I think I might love her. I am 13 ¾ years old, so I'm old enough for love!"--Publisher
"This is a state-wide history of Florida's food and cooking as it evolved over several centuries and through today"--
Celebrate Adrian Mole's 50th Birthday and upcoming musical, at London's Menier Chocolate Factory, with this new double edition, featuring the first two books in the hilarious collection and see life through the spectacles of a misunderstood boy growing up in the early 1980s. from publisher's description
Adrian Mole and the Weapons of Mass Destruction. Adrian Mole und die Achse des Bösen, englische Ausgabe
- 512 pages
- 18 hours of reading
Adrian Mole is middle-aged but still scribbling. Working as a bookseller and living in Leicester's Rat Wharf; finding time to write letters of advice to Tim Henman and Tony Blair; locked in mortal combat with a vicious swan called Gielgud; measuring his expanding bald spot; and trying to win-over the voluptuous Daisy . . . Adrian yearns for a better more meaningful world. But he's not ready to surrender his pen yet . . .
The woman who went to bed for a year
- 436 pages
- 16 hours of reading
The day her children leave home, Eva climbs into bed and stays there. She's had enough - of her kids' carelessness, her husband's thoughtlessness and of the world's general indifference. Eva's refusal to behave like a dutiful wife and mother soon upsets everyone but she insists on staying in bed. And then the strangest things start to happen. A funny and touching novel from Britain's funniest writer for over 30 years.
A harmincas éveiben járó Adrián továbbra is aggódik: Válhat még belőle jó apa? Csak átverés a Viagra? Miért nem akarja a BBC megfilmesíteni az ő sorozatgyilkosról szóló komédiáját, A fehér furgont? Belsőségekre specializálódott, ünnepelt konyhafőnökként, szingli szülőként és szüzességi fogadalmat tett regényíróként vajon megleli-e a beteljesülést, amire vágyik? Vajon Blair Szép Új Nagy-Britanniájában van-e helye Adrián Mole-nak?
ADRIAN MOLE is thirty-nine and a quarter, struggling to afford his riverside apartment and facing mounting debts. Forced to relocate to a dreary area near Mangold Parva, he now lives in a semi-detached converted pigsty next to his parents, George and Pauline. Adrian works at a second-hand bookshop owned by the aristocratic Mr. Carlton-Hayes, whom he wishes he could see as a father figure. His glamorous wife, Daisy, despises the countryside and longs for city life, both aware that their marriage has lost its spark but unsure how to revive it. Compounding his troubles, Adrian is experiencing alarming health issues, leading him to suspect prostate problems. Meanwhile, his mother is writing a fictional misery memoir about her childhood and believes an appearance on The Jeremy Kyle Show could resolve the mystery of her daughter's paternity. Questions arise about Mr. Lucas, their former neighbor, and the potential shock of a paternity test for George, who, despite being disabled, continues to smoke. As Adrian's concerns grow, a slightly tipsy call to his former love, Dr. Pandora Braithwaite, stirs memories of their past and leaves him wondering if she might be his salvation.




