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'They didn't think for one moment that they would find anything but a burnt-out fuselage and a charred skeleton; and they were apparently astounded when they came upon my still-breathing body, lying in the sand near by'.In 1938, Roald Dahl was fresh out of school and bound for his first job in Africa, hoping to find adventure far from home. However, he got far more excitement than he bargained for when the outbreak of the Second World War led him to join the RAF.His account of his experiences in Africa, crashing a plane in the Western Desert, rescue and recovery from his horrific injuries in Alexandria, and many other daring deeds, recreates a world as bizarre and unnerving as any he wrote about in his fiction.

Aside from being thoroughly debauched, strikingly attractive and astonishingly wealthy, Uncle Oswald was the greatest bounder, bon viviant and fornicator of all time. In this installment of his scorchingly frank memoirs he tells of his early career and erotic education at the hands of a number of enthusiastic teachers, of discovering the invigorating properties of the Sudanese Blister Beetle and of the gorgeous Yasmin Howcomely, his electrifying partner in a most unusual series of thefts.

The sweet scents of rural life infuse this beautifully crafted collection of Roald Dahls country stories, but there is always something unexpected lurking in the undergrowth ... Whether it is taking a troublesome cow to be mated with a prime bull; dealing with a rat-infested hayrick; learning the ways and means of maggot farming; or describing the fine art of poaching pheasants using nothing but raisins and sleeping pills, Roald Dahl brings his stories of everyday country folk and their strange passions wonderfully to life. Lacing each tale with dollops of humour and adding a sprinkling of the sinister, Dahl ensures that this collection is brimful of the sweet mysteries of life.

The Visitor and Bitch are extracts from the diaries of the notorious Oswald Hendryks Cornelius, hedonist beyond compare. Uncle Oswalds exploits are as extraordinary as they are scandalous, as these two tales of sex and intrigue confirm in vivid and hilarious detail. The delicious thrill of sexual expectation - and its sometimes maddening effects - are explored in The Great Switcheroo and The Last Act; here the power of desire is a double-edged sword, both pleasurable and potentially catastrophic. Lust, triumph, the galling deflation of defeat: Roald Dahl captures it all in these superbly taut black comedies of human weakness and unexpected reversal.

MORE ABOUT BOYcontains a wealth of new photos, facts and writings about Roald Dahl and his childhood, together with the original text and illustrations from his much-loved memoir.As a boy, all sorts of unusual things happened to Roald Dahl.There was the time he and four school friends got their revenge on beastly Mrs Prachett in her sweet shop.There are stories of holidays in fishing boats, African adventures and the days of tasting chocolate for Cadbury's.You'll hear tales of horrible school bullies and the car accident when Roald's nose was nearly sliced clean off... Now you can discover even more about Roald Dahl's childhood, including some secrets he left out. Some are painful, some are funny, but all of them are TRUE.Listen to Roald Dahl audiobooks read by some very famous voices, including Kate Winslet, David Walliams and Steven Fry - plus there are added squelchy soundeffects from Pinewood Studios!Look out for new Roald Dahl apps in the App store and Google Play- including the disgusting TWIT OR MISS! and HOUSE OF TWITS inspired by the revolting Twits.

Mr and Mrs Twit are extremely nasty, so the Muggle-Wump monkeys and the Roly-Poly bird hatch an ingenious plan to give them just the ghastly surprise they deserve!

Charlie y la fábrica de chocolate es una historia de Roald Dahl, el gran autor de literatura infantil. El señor Wonka, dueño de la magnífica fábrica de chocolate, ha escondido cinco billetes de oro en sus chocolatinas. Quienes los encuentren seran los elegidos para visitar la fabrica. Charlie tiene la fortuna de encontrar uno de esos billetes y, a partir de ese momento, su vida cambiara para siempre. Mas de veinte mil ejemplares vendidos en el mundo.

«Rien n'est plus délicieux qu'un enfant dodu et bien juteux!» Aujourd'hui, l'énorme crocodile a décidé qu'il mangerait un enfant... mais c'est sans compter sur les autres anim

Matilda ist ein Wunderkind, verstandig und blitzgescheit. Ihr Verstand ist so hell und scharf, dass es selbst den beschranktesten Eltern auffallen musste. Aber weder sie noch die Lehrer sehen das Auergewohnliche an ihr. Fur die Schmach in Schule und Elternhaus sinnt die kluge Kleine auf Rache. Sie entdeckt, dass sie ubersinnliche Krafte hat, und macht von ihnen Gebrauch ...

In the Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, seven tales of the bizarre and unexpected are told by the grand master of the short story, Roald Dahl. Enter a brilliant, sinister and wholly unpredictable world. Here you will find the suggestion of other-worldly goings on in a dark story about a swan and a boy; the surprising tale of a wealthy young wastrel who suddenly develops a remarkable new ability; and meet the hitchhiker whose light-fingers save the day. "An unforgettable read, don't miss it". (Sunday Times). Roald Dahl, the brilliant and worldwide acclaimed author of Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, James and the Giant Peach, Matilda, and many more classics for children, also wrote scores of short stories for adults. These delightfully disturbing tales have often been filmed and were most recently the inspiration for the West End play, Roald Dahl's Twisted Tales by Jeremy Dyson. Roald Dahl's stories continue to make readers shiver today.

A Charlie i la fabrica de xocolata, Roald Dahl ens ofereix, de manera viva i sensible, una historia meravellosa, intrigant i sorprenent. El senyor Wonka, propietari d'una fabrica de xocolata, ha amagat cinc bitllets d'or dins cinc xocolatines. En Charlie te la sort de trobar un d'aquests fabulosos premis. Gracies a aquesta troballa, la seva vida i la de la seva familia canviara.

La fantàstica continuació del gran clàssic de Roald Dahl Charlie i la fàbrica de xocolata. En Charlie, que ja es amo de la fabulosa fàbrica de xocolata, se'n va de viatge amb la seva família i el s

A l'âge de cinq ans, Matilda sait lire et a dévoré tous les classiques de la littérature. Pourtant, son existence est loin d'être facile, entre une mère indifférente, abrutie par la télévision et un père d'une franche malhonnêteté. Sans oublier Mlle Legourdin, la directrice de l'école, personnage redoutable qui voue tous les enfants une haine implacable. Sous la plume acerbe et tendre de Roald Dahl, les événements se précipitent, étranges, terribles, hilarants. Une vision décapante du monde des adultes !

El señor Willy Wonka, el inventor y chocolatero más famoso del mundo, ha decidido abrir las puertas de su maravillosa fábrica de chocolate. Tan sólo cinco niños podrán pasearse entre gigantescos caramelos, dulces de toda clase... ¡y hasta un rio de chocolate fundido con su cascada! Charlie debe encontrar un Billete Dorado para ver cumplido su gran sueño. ¿Te gustaria acompañarlo?Explora el fantastico mundo de Willy Wonka en esta edicion especial del clasico de Roald Dahl.

In this selection of short stories the surprises are as wicked and witty as ever. Taken from Someone Like You, Kiss Kiss and The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, plus four additional stories, they lure you into a world as full of unease, coincidence and black humour as you could wish.

Roald Dahl's irreverent and hilarious collection, Revolting Rhymes.Six of the best-loved nursery tales, retold with surprising and sometimes disgusting twists! Wicked beasts, brazen crooks and a ghastly giant star in these hilarious nursery rhymes with Bite. "A true genius...Roald Dahl is my hero". (David Walliams). Phizwhizzing new branding for the world's No.1 storyteller, Roald Dahl! Exciting, bold and instantly recognisable with Quentin Blake's inimitable artwork. Roald Dahl, the best-loved of children's writers, was born in Wales of Norwegian parents. His books continue to be bestsellers after his death in 1990, and total sales are now over 100 million worldwide!Quentin Blake is one of the best-known and best-loved children's illustrators. It's impossible now to think of Roald Dahl's writings without imagining Quentin Blake's illustrations. Look out for the whole collection of wondercrump Roald Dahl books! The Enormous Crocodile; Fantastic Mr Fox; The Giraffe and the Pelly and Me; The Magic finger; The Twits; The BFP; Boy: Tales of Childhood; Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator; The Complete Adventures of Charlie and Mr Willy Wonka; Danny the Champion of the World; George's Marvellous Medicine; Going Solo; James and the Giant Peach; Matilda; The Witches; Dirty Beasts; The Minpins; Revolting Rhymes For Teens: The Great Automatic Grammatizator and Other Stories; Rhyme Stew; Skin and Other Stories; The Vicar of Nibbleswicke; The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar and Six More.