Gizmos, Gadgets, Noir and Steampunk
Wrapping up warm and snug on the sofa, or in a favourite chair whilst reading or watching a DVD is great. Unfortunately till now we’ve had to make do with removing our arms for changing the channel, pausing, or just holding that un-put-downable book, but all this is set to change when The Slanket is introduced to your life.
Price : £ 24.95
Sound the Cosmic Horn! Bestselling author Louise Rennison’s seventh book of the confessions of crazy but loveable teenager Georgia Nicolson is out in PB! Why did I admit I wanted Masimo to be my proper boyfriend? Why? / One minute he was snogging me and then the next he was snogging Wet Lindsay stick insect and drip. / Perhaps I should tell him he can go out with her as well as me! / But then I might snog him after she has snogged him which would mean I have practically snogged her!!! Erlack! / I would rather snog my cat Angus! / He has certainly got nicer legs! Well more of them anyway. Georgia is on the ‘rack of luuurve’ once more! Will Masimo the Italian Stallion agree to be her one and only boyfriend? How does she really feel about her old friend and lip-nibbling partner Dave the Laugh? And has Robbie the Sex God really gone for good? You’ll laugh with her and cry with her — follow Georgia’s hilarious antics as she desperately tries to muddle her way through teenage life.
Price : £ 4.75
Good old Dad and his good old Dad’s car. As solid and dependable as the man himself if a little less balding Dad’s car was almost a member of the family whisking you to exciting days out or just to visit boring relatives in distant parts of the country to the chant of ‘are we nearly there yet?’ Like the man behind the wheel Dad’s car made you feel safe and secure because it was as reassuring and sensible as he was. Maybe in an idle moment Dad dreamt of driving something rakish and fast just like in idle moments he dreamt that your Mum was Twiggy but the demands of family life meant soft tops hard suspension and anything even remotely sporty were off the cards. Even anything less than four doors would have been wildly hedonistic. But although the family car may not have been the very essence of rock ‘n’ roll Dad was proud of it. Spanning the 1950s to the ’80s this is a celebration of the heyday of the Dad car. From much loved family workhorses like the Ford Cortina and Vauxhall Viva to the rakish excitement and playground kudos of the Rover 3500 and Citroen CX all the great Dad cars are here. Reflecting a time before people carriers and lifestyle off roaders when the nearest thing to an airbag was hiding behind your fat brother this is a celebration of simple honest cars that were as flawed and as loveable as your Dad himself.
Price : £ 8.19
Charges your mobile phone, iPhone, Blackberry, iPod, MP3 player, digital camera, camcorders, GPS, Nintendo DS, PSP plus many more
Price : £ 39.95
There is nothing absolutely nothing half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats. Until you drop your keys overboard then it all becomes a bit of a chore. Next time attach the Waterbuoy and within seconds of hitting the water environmentally friendly gas will automatically inflate the reinforced rubber balloon to save your keys from being lost in the gloomy depths. You don’t have to stop at keys either – clip the Waterbuoy to any item weighing up to 1kg and it will happily float on the water for 24 hours. If you’re going to drop something in the river chances are you’ll do it in the dark (it’s the law of the sod – or something like that) which is why the crafty inventors have included a blinking LED light in just the right place to make your floating gizmo visible from up to 250m away. This makes the Waterbuoy the world’s first and only miniature floatation device that’s visible at night. So if you simply love messing about on the river or fancy a life on the ocean waves make sure you keep plenty of these handy gadgets onboard (they’re one use only – but hopefully you’ll have learnt your lesson the first few times you drop your keys overboard). The next time your keys go overboard you won’t have to waste money on a submarine if you’ve remembered to attach the Waterbuoy.
Price : £ 9.99
Mains-free powerful lighting for your shed, greenhouse or garage
Price : £ 54.95
Brilliantly funny teenage angst author Louise Rennison’s fifth book about the confessions of crazy but lovable Georgia Nicolson. Louise is a star on the HarperCollins teenage list. 11.20 a.m. This is my fabulous life: the Sex God left for Whakatane last month and he has taken my heart with him. 11.25 a.m. Not literally of course otherwise there would be a big hole in my nunga-nungas. 11.28 a.m. And also I would be dead. Which quite frankly would be a blessing in disguise. 12.00 p.m. It is soooo boring being brokenhearted! !but Georgia doesn’t remain brokenhearted for long: frequent snogging extravaganzas with old flame Dave the Laugh and the arrival of jelloid-knee-inducing Italian Stallion Masimo mean that Georgia has her work cut out to be the composed sex-kitten that she aspires to be. Follow Georgia’s hilarious antics as she desperately muddles her way through teenage life and all that it entails: make-up disasters rapidly expanding nunga-nungas school — urgh unsympathetic friends highly embarrassing family (and pets) and of course BOYS.
Price : £ 4.40
Tolkien’s famous saga the prelude to the Lord of the Rings has all the ingredients of fantasy and adventure: dwarves elves goblins and trolls a fearsome dragon a great wizard a perilous quest and a dramatic climax. ; At the centre is the unsuspecting hero Bilbo Baggins a home-loving unambitious Hobbit who is suddenly thrust into the biggest indeed the only adventure of his life. ; The radio dramatisation of The Hobbit became a classic when it was first broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 1968 and it continues to delight today. It is available in a specially designed children’s box and the original classic packaging.
Price : £ 14.99
Winner of the 40 Best Audiobooks! ; This title was voted the nation’s favourite audiobook by the UK public! ; ; The original full-cast BBC Radio 4 production from Fit the First to Fit the Sixth. The great hitch-hike begins when the Earth is unexpectedly destroyed. Soon Arthur Dent discovers the terrible reality of Vogon Poetry and tries to find the Ultimate Question to Life The Universe and Everything. That’s The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy the indispensable electronic book and Earthman Arthur Dent’s essential companion throughout his many space adventures in the original and phenomenally successful BBC Radio 4 series. ; ; ‘More popular than the Celestial Home Care Omnibus better selling than Fifty Three More Things to do in Zero Gravity and more controversial than Oolon Coluphid’s trilogy of controversial blockbusters: Where God Went Wrong Some More of God’s Greatest Mistakes and Who is This God Person Anyway?’
Price : £ 9.15
Alan Bennett’s new award-winning play as heard on BBC Radio 3 features the National Theatre cast. “A superb life-enhancing play.” – “Guardian.” “Intensely moving as well as thought-provoking and funny.” – “Daily Telegraph.” After a sell-out national tour and an extended stage run Alan Bennett’s phenomenally successful play transfers to BBC Radio 3. Richard Griffiths Clive Merrison and Frances de la Tour star as part of the National Theatre cast. At a boys’ grammar school in Sheffield eight boys are being coached for the Oxbridge entrance exams. It is the mid-eighties and the main concern of the unruly bunch of bright sixth-formers is getting out starting university – and starting life. At the heart of “The History Boys” are four characters each with contrasting outlooks on teaching and school: Hector an eccentric English teacher with no interest in exams; Irwin a young supply teacher who sees history as ‘entertainment'; Mrs Lintott a traditionalist who teaches ‘history not histrionics'; and a Headmaster obsessed with results. Described as “the richest play Bennett has ever written” (“Financial Times”) staff-room rivalry and the anarchy of adolescence collide in an intensely moving and thought-provoking play. It is the winner of the Olivier Evening Standard Critics’ Circle and South Bank Show Awards for Best New Play.
Price : £ 8.99
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