Deze auteur verkent complexe thema's met scherpe observatie en een unieke, droge humor. Haar schrijven wordt gekenmerkt door scherpe intelligentie en een vermogen om de absurditeit van het dagelijks leven te ontdekken. Door haar verhalen zet ze lezers aan tot nadenken over maatschappelijke normen en de menselijke natuur. Haar stem is verfrissend en provocerend, waardoor ze een must-read is voor fans van hedendaagse literatuur.
We've got to stop the first train! His best friend is Heavy Duty, the station cleaner.One morning Boris discovers that Heavy Duty has had an accident.Colour First Readers are perfect for new readers and include notes be reading specialist Prue Goodwin, honorary fellow of the University of Reading.
A fascinating historical miscellany for every day of the calendar year
The long awaited memoir from one of Britain's best-loved characters, presenter of QI, now a star on The Great British Bake Off, who has been a writer, broadcaster, activist and comic on stage, screen and radio for nearly forty years. This is an autobiography with a difference - as only Sandi Toksvig can tell it.
In this title, Sandi Toksvig shows that his-tory is actually her-story. Though they're often ignored or overlooked, women have changed the world. There's no question about it - girls are best!
Nationally known and loved as a broadcaster, comedian and writer - Sandi Toksvig's ferociously gripping play BULLY BOY, with great tenderness, offers a startling insight into the minds of soldiers.
When Jessica loses her first tooth, Granny tells her to watch out for a trainee tooth fairy. As Granny knows, the trainee tooth fairy has been known to whisk away more than just the lost tooth...Jessica and her granny, stars of UNUSUAL DAY, are back in another entertaining story from popular writer, comedian and broadcaster, Sandi Toksvig. schovat popis
When it becomes clear that the trouble isn't just going to pass them by, the people of Denmark decide to take action and Bamse and his eccentric family are about to take part in one of history's most dramatic rescues - smuggling Denmark's Jewish population, across the water to Sweden, and safety.
By turns a biography, a travel journal and a portrait of American women today, GLADYS REUNITED is also a testimony to the value of friendship. schovat popis
Razor-sharp, witty social observations from Sandi Toksvig, selected from her brilliant Sunday Telegraph columns.
From one of the nation's best-loved writers and performers comes a wonderful novel about a spirited young girl who goes to war as a young man