[PDF] Boy Going Solo eBook

Author : Roald Dahl
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 21,5 MB
Release : 2016-09-13
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 014137845X

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Boy and Going Solo is the whole of Roald Dahl's extraordinary autobiography in one volume. Roald Dahl wasn't always a writer. Once he was just a schoolboy. Have you ever wondered what he was like growing up? In BOY you'll find out why he and his friends took revenge on the beastly Mrs Pratchett who ran the sweet shop. He remembers what it was like taste-testing chocolate for Cadbury's and he even reveals how his nose was nearly sliced off. Then in GOING SOLO you'll read stories of whizzing through the air in a Tiger Moth Plane, encounters with hungry lions, and the terrible crash that led him to storytelling. Roald Dahl tells his story in his own words - and it's all TRUE. And now you can listen to all of Roald Dahl's novels for children on 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! Also 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.

Author : Roald Dahl
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 236 pages
File Size : 13,93 MB
Release : 2012-02-02
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0141965339

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In Going Solo, the world's favourite storyteller, Roald Dahl, tells of life as a fighter pilot in Africa. 'They did not think for one moment that they would find anything but a burnt-out fuselage and a charred skeleton, and they were astounded when they came upon my still-breathing body lying in the sand nearby.' 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, flying a Hurricane as Greece fell to the Germans, and many other daring deeds, recreates a world as bizarre and unnerving as any he wrote about in his fiction. 'Very nearly as grotesque as his fiction. The same compulsive blend of wide-eyed innocence and fascination with danger and horror' Evening Standard 'A non-stop demonstration of expert raconteurship' The New York Times Book Review 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.

Author : Roald Dahl
Publisher : Macmillan
Page : 252 pages
File Size : 36,92 MB
Release : 2009-09-15
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 0374350558

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Originally published: London: Puffin Books, 2008.

Author : Roald Dahl
Publisher :
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 13,1 MB
Release : 2001
Category : Authors, English
ISBN : 9780141311418

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Roald Dahl's life was as bizarre, frightening, exciting and funny as the stories he wrote. Now you can read the whole of his extraordinary autobiography in one volume.

Author : Roald Dahl
Publisher :
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 33,86 MB
Release : 1993
Category : Authors, English
ISBN :

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Boy presents humorous anecdotes from the author's childhood which includes summer vacations in Norway and an English boarding school; Going solo recounts Dahl's adventures as a young man working in East Africa for the Shell Company, including living in the jungle and later flying a fighter plane in World War II.

Author : Robert Beeson
Publisher : NavPress
Page : 180 pages
File Size : 19,65 MB
Release : 2018-04-03
Category : Religion
ISBN : 1684280451

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As parents face the difficult reality of a broken home, a sense of being completely overwhelmed can shut down the perspective they need to find restoration. Parents need to know that they can choose to define this season of their lives, instead of becoming defined by circumstances. They can deliberately look toward God and come to a deeper understanding of His true nature, power, and intimate care. As this former Christian music industry executive shares his story of divorce, his seven years as a single father, and his transition to a second marriage and a blended family, he also offers readers some hard-learned lessons and insights on being an effective, empathetic, and empowered single parent, answering crucial questions such as: How do I find peace when everything around me is chaos? How do I manage meeting needs when I have nothing to give? How and where do I begin again? The author addresses the fears and exhaustion of single parenting, while revealing the keys to gaining strength and courage for each day. He also shares how he found his “solo” relationship with his heavenly Father through his “solo” parenting season. Readers will learn five helpful habits and practical healing principles they can immediately apply in this season of life.

Author : Cynthia Baxter
Publisher : Belgrave House
Page : 325 pages
File Size : 35,96 MB
Release : 2014-02-03
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 1610848179

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Three girls embark on a summer adventure: a music camp for talented teens. Shy but ambitious Megan sees it as her ticket to success. Glamorous Tiffany goes reluctantly, determined not to have fun. Violinist Allegra, whose real dream is singing rock 'n roll, has to decide between pleasing her parents and pleasing herself. All three meet challenges and surprises during this unique and exciting experience. Cynthia Baxter writing as Cynthia Blair; originally published by Fawcett Juniper

Author : Jean Renvoize
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
Page : 378 pages
File Size : 12,61 MB
Release : 2023-08-09
Category : Family & Relationships
ISBN : 1000920534

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Originally published in 1985, this, at the time, controversial book explores the fundamental changes in personal relationships that had taken place over the previous decade, focusing on women who had deliberately chosen to have children outside a permanent relationship. After travelling widely throughout Britain, the United States and Holland meeting those personally involved, Jean Renvoize discusses why a growing number of women were deciding to become single mothers. She discovers the implications of this for the future of the family and for old-style love and commitment between the sexes. She analyses the position both of the children of these single families and of their mothers. She looks at men’s feelings about being used a ‘stud’ and uncovers the desire of some men to have a family without being financially and emotionally involved with a long-term partner. Importantly, Jean Renvoize places the new style of personal relationship in the context of the advance of the women’s movement. It is clear that ordinary and non-political women’s and men’s lives have been more fundamentally changed by feminism than they may realise. But few of the mothers interviewed by the author are actively feminist: lesbians apart, they all have in common past relationships with men, and would happily settle with the right man could their high expectations be met. Without exception, all those who made the deliberate choice to ‘go solo’ have loving, joyful and rewarding experiences of motherhood. Having a child alone has been fraught with problems for all, but those who have met the challenge have found such great fulfilment that one is faced with an inevitable question: are a woman and her child better off without a man? When so many marriages end in divorce, is a stable unit of two better than a broken unit of three? But also, might those without the motivation of successful ‘solo mothers’ rush thoughtlessly into motherhood – and find themselves exhausted, broke and very unhappy? Presenting in their own words the experiences of those directly involved, this was above all a practical book. It provided welcome and necessary insights into the changing pattern of relationships at the time – for the married and unmarried; for parents and non-parents. Today it can be read and enjoyed in its historical context.