'A simply astonishing achievement. The quality, depth, emotional power and terrifying honesty of Alan Davies's story-telling take the breath away' Stephen Fry'This hugely affecting book is brave, insightful and, at times, funny about things it is hard to be funny about' Jo BrandThe story of a life built on sand. In the rain.In this compelling memoir, comedian and actor Alan Davies recalls his boyhood with vivid insight and devastati...

Alan Davies was always a hoarder. Pages from Smash Hits, rolled up gig posters, Cup Final ticket stubs, Woody Allen paperbacks, NME covers and Blondie calendars filled boxes once used to ferry shopping home from supermarkets (back when supermarkets would leave boxes out for the ferrying of shopping). Not much that came down from Alan's bedroom wall made it into the bin, never mind the uninvented bin-liner.Growing up is not easy. So many decisions: Who to revere, Sheene or ...

On the Waterstones Best Books of 2025 List'Davies has done it again, damn him. Irritatingly good. Maddeningly funny. Annoyingly fine.' STEPHEN FRY'Emotional, entertaining and startlingly honest. I was totally engrossed.' AMY LIPTROT, author of The Outrun.'Really honest and really funny' Lorraine KellyFollowing Just Ignore Him, the bestselling memoir of his ...

This book is all about a forest somewhere in England, where for some unknown reason all the animals have copied human behaviour. They talk like humans, they dress like humans, and they also act like humans.A rat, rabbit, and hedgehog have formed a close friendship. They have fantastic, exciting adventures together.Anything can happen in this forest. There's no end for fun with these animals.

When Alan Davies was growing up he seemed to drive his family mad. 'What are we going to do with you?' they would ask - as if he might know the answer.Perhaps it was because he came of age in the 1980s. That decade of big hair, greed, camp music, mass unemployment, social unrest and truly shameful trousers was confusing for teenagers. There was a lot to believe in - so much to stand for, or stand against - and Alan decided to join anything with the word 'a...

This is the story of a birding odyssey, following the authors' quest to smash the world record for the number of species seen in one calendar year.Most people dream of packing in their humdrum city life, selling up and heading off into the unknown for a life of adventure. For Ruth Miller and Alan Davies this dream became a reality, albeit with a twist; they decided to pack in their jobs, sell their house and take on the ultimate bi...

A very strange girl has been born. She's different to any human that has ever been on the Earth. Annabell is here at this moment in time for a reason.Armageddon was predicted, the final battle between good and evil. The outcome of the battle would decide the fate of the Earth. It was predicted that good would prevail over evil but this can not be consider to be a pre-determined outcome.Annabells battle to save the Earth is about to begin.

This is the first book in the series. See the Tablecloth family sent on five adventures by Lexi-May's mind. Her imagination is exciting and fun.Windsor Parcel: Lexi-May's mind has sent the Tablecloth family to Windsor Parcel to meet the Queen. But doesn't she mean Windsor Castle? And will they really meet the Queen?Creepy-Crawly-Day: Lexi-May's mind sends the Tablecloth family on an insect hunt but none of them want to do it. Lexi-May's mind does though. Her mind has a lot ...

A farming couple had been told that they could never have children.But one day a miracle happened.They had a baby girl.Everybody was shocked at the appearance of this little girl.She was not like any other baby that had ever been born on Earth.The baby was named Annabell. She's here with us for a reason.Who is Annabell?'Annabell's Search for the Holism'Published in 2024 is the follow-up story to this book.

The rapid growth of the data traffic demands new ways to achieve high-speed wireless links. The backbone networks, data centers, mission-critical applications, as well as end-users sitting in office or home, all require ultra-high throughput and ultra-low latency wireless links. Sophisticated technological advancement and huge bandwidth are required to reduce the latency. Terahertz band, in this regard, has a huge potential to provide these high-capacity links where a user can download the...

Something horrible is going to happen in a 17th Century village that is caught in a time wrap.The village only appears once in a year on the same day.Each year a man is lured into the village and once in he can't go out.He is approached by a very strange woman who is wearing a wig and a hideous mask.She tells him that if he can fulfil the challenge, he will be free to leave, and he will get a vast hoard of pirate treasure. But if he fails, he will die!

First Published in 2004. Volume 1, Numbers 2 and 3 in the Language Assessment Quarterly international journal. This special issue explores the question of why ethics needs to be looked at in social terms, which explains why ethics and professionalism are so closely connected. The authors of each article give examples of the kinds of dilemmas that a code of ethics can help to clarify with their own thematic focus.