This is the sequel to the biggest creator-owned comic of the decade
- the one that spawned the No. 1 hit movie & the worldwide
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This is the sequel to the biggest creator-owned comic of the decade
- the one that spawned the No. 1 hit movie & the worldwide
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Hit-Girl spins off into her own blood-soaked saga! Mindy tries to settle down as a regular schoolgirl but really wants to be dispensing justice to the scum of New York. She takes Kick-Ass on as her sidekick & in return he is helping her to survive school
- without spilling anyone's blood. But when Kick-Ass gets benched leaving her to face the mafia solo even Hit-Girl may be in over her head.
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Dave Lizewski is just an ordinary American teenager; he has a My Space page loves comic books & is unable to find a girlfriend. Then an idea hits him: why not become a real life super hero? His life will never be the same again... Soon to be a major motion picture directed by Matthew Vaughn & Jane Goldman Kick-Ass" takes comic book realism to a whole new level! Warning: This title is for adults only!" ...

Fred Eyres sporting life began full of promise when he became Manchester Citys first-ever apprentice. He never made their first team. In fact he seldom made anyones first team. Injuries played a part but limited talent was a greater curse. As he plummeted down the leagues he had something few footballers possess: a stud-sharp memory & an ability to write humorously about the sport he loves. Kicked into Touch has become an enigma
- selling more than a million copies yet still retaining cult status within the sport & among fans. This new version has been completely revised extended & updated with a set of photographs included. Fred Eyres book is set to reach a new generation of football fans looking for an antidote to the glib reportage of a sport lost to show business.
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If you liked Call the Midwife you will love Kicking the Habit! What makes a fun-loving teenager turn her back on a life of parties boys & fun to become a nun in a French convent? & what later leads her to abandon the religious life to return to the big wide world & later marry? At the age of 18 Eleanor Stewart goes to France to enter a convent. After four years of struggling with the religious life she becomes a nun & then trains as a midwife in a large inner-city hospital in Liverpool. While Beatlemania grips the nation she attempts to coordinate the reclusive demands of the religious life with the drama excitement & occasional tragedy of the hospital world. Written with honesty & affection this is a wonderful & intimate portrait of convent & hospital life. ...

Kevin Lewis grew up on a council estate in South London. Beaten & starved by his parents ignored by the social services & bullied at school he was offered a chance to escape this nightmare world & was put into care. Despite his best efforts to make things work out his life spiralled out of control. At the age of 17 he became caught up in the criminal underworld of London where he was known as The Kid. From the violent anger he suffered at the hands of his mother & father to the continuous torments at school; from the way in which he coped with rejection from people he trusted to suffering from bulimia & a wish to take his own life Kevin succeeded in making a better life for himself. This is his story. ...

In Push" Sapphire told the story of Precious Jones & in 2009 her book was adapted into the Oscar-winning film " Precious". " The Kid" is Sapphires heartbreaking sequel to " Push". Abdul is nine years old when his mother dies. Parentless he is sent to a foster home & then to a Catholic orphanage. But the priests charged to care for him abuse his trust terribly. Abdul reacts in the most frightening way imaginable. Soon he is trapped in a dark cycle of sexual violence & betrayal. Yet through dance in controlling his body he discovers a way he might somehow break free & become himself...A harrowing & powerful novel set in New York " The Kid" is a portrait of a boy growing up in a cruel world. " Prepare to be harrowed; I was sobbing by the end of the first chapter.. . Sapphire writes with a burning anger that gives this novel an explosive power". (" The Times"). " Hardcore. Brave bold uncompromising. The breathtaking velocity & visceral power of Sapphires prose soars off the page". (" Observer"). " Captures the gruelling heartbreak of trying to love anything when the world doesnt love you enough". (" New York Herald Tribune"). "A dark & punishing tale". (" Big Issue"). "A fearless writer & thinker of enormous talent insight & skill. Abduls story is frighteningly realistic. A consummate work of art style & brains. Full of the energy of pain rage grief & doubt". (" List"). " Devastating. An accomplished work of art.. .hard to forget". (" Los Angeles Times"). " Urgent troubling harrowing masterfully narrated powerful". (" Diva"). Sapphire is the author of two poetry collections " Black Wings & Blind Angels" & " American Dreams" & the bestselling novel " Push". The film adaptation of her novel " Precious" received the Academy Awards for Best Screenplay & Best Supporting Actress
- for actor Mo Nique
- in addition to the Grand Jury Prize & Audience awards in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at Sundance. In 2009 she was a recipient of a United States Artist Fellowship. She lives in New York City."

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The play that launched Michael Gows playwriting career returns to the stage. In blazing heat a stolen Mini hurtles towards Sydney. Inside three unstable teenagers from the country -- Snake Aspro & Dean -- plan a future that will begin when they collect Aspros accident compensation from the Department. Joined by Donald an opera fanatic desperate for a change of scene they travel to the city to take up residence in the largest block of flats in the Southern Hemisphere. As bush fires rage on the edge of the city they meet Desiree a young girl from downstairs with apocalyptic predictions. Sparks fly. Tensions escalate. Twilight approaches... ...

When Jiggy's parents sign him up for a reality TV show called Kid Swap he's horrified. There's no way his daily disasters should be broadcast to millions of total strangers. A bizarre & disgusting skin problem is not exactly helping matters earlier... Smile Jiggy you're on camera! ...