Joanna Lumley
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Ella lives in a fanciful and magical world where all children are given a "gift" from their fairy Godmother at birth. Ella's gift - and curse - was that of obedience. As a result, Ella cannot refuse any command, and as a result she is often taken advantage of. In a bid to regain control of her life, Ella goes on a quest to free herself from this mysterious "gift". Ella must outwit a kingdom filled with ogres, giants, wicked stepsisters, talking books...
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"The remarkable next novel from Matt Haig, the author of #1 New York Times bestseller The Midnight Library, with more than nine million copies sold worldwide "What looks like magic is simply a part of life we don't understand yet..." When retired math teacher Grace Winters is left a run-down house on a Mediterranean island by a long-lost friend, curiosity gets the better of her. She arrives in Ibiza with a one-way ticket, no guidebook and no plan....
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Their goal was to raise money and awareness for the Tibetan cause. They chose to climb to the point furthest from the center of the Earth, some 2,150 meters higher than the summit of Everest to read out peace messages they had collected from children around the World in the lead up to the Millennium. Their mission was to promote Earth Peace by highlighting Tibet and the Dalai Lama's ideals as an arrow of light for the new millennium. Their team comprised...
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Absolutely Fabulous volume 2
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Saffy receives a visit from her sadistic midwife and is subjected to a demonstration of the most painful aspects of childbirth. Eddy meets with her book club and is distressed to find that Elizabeth Hurley has pulled out. Only Patsy, Plum and Mariella Frostrup turn up to discuss the merits of OK! magazine.
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Absolutely Fabulous volume 5
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Patsy shacks up with Edina after Saffy leaves for university, but the pair find it hard to survive alone. Everything gets significantly worse for Eddy when Lulu decides to join a more efficient American PR company, and when Patsy also gets some bad news they are faced with a major crossroads in their lives.
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Absolutely Fabulous volume 6
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Eddy and Patsy decide to go their separate ways. Patsy flies to New York to try her hand as a magazine editor, while a lonely Eddy joins a commune in search of her real self and Gran is left at home to become addicted to the shopping channel. It's not long before both Eddy and Patsy realise that life just isn't the same without the other.
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Absolutely Fabulous volume 6
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When Eddy and Patsy decide to have a night out, Saffy looks forward to the chance of a quiet night in with her boyfriend. But when Gran absent-mindedly locks them all in the sitting room, Eddy attempts to have a serious chat about the facts of life - with the aid of Cosmo magazine's sex quiz.
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Absolutely Fabulous volume 5
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Patsy decides to go to work for the first time ever, sending shock waves through her magazine company. To drum up publicity she organises a fashion show, but it's put in jeopardy when at the last minute all of her models quit. Will she be able to persuade
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Absolutely Fabulous volume 4
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Eddy has splashed out on a weekend of country pursuits with Patsy. They are disappointed to find that hunting and killing small animals is off the menu. Meanwhile, Saffy is at home hanging out with her girlfriends - Emma and Sarah. But Sarah starts to display an unhealthy interest in Emma's fame.
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Absolutely Fabulous volume 2
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Eddy has fewer and fewer clients and her daughter continues to despise her. So far, so normal. Then Eddy and Patsy meet a famous French film star of whom Saffy is a huge fan. Could this bring Edina new found respect? Eddy decides to take her on as a client and excites the media but everything quickly unravels.
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Absolutely Fabulous volume 1
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Saffy has been away in Iraq as an aid worker and Eddy has had no-one to curb her extravagance. Her clients have also deserted her in droves. But she continues to take little interest in her remaining client - Emma Bunton. When Saffy finally arrives home she has some shocking news in store for Eddy.
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Absolutely Fabulous volume 4
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A tiff between Eddy and Patsy leaves them both in search of a new best friend, while Eddy's minimalist friend from the '60s, Bettina, has become preoccupied by her new baby. How long will the fashion-obsessed, champagne-drinking pair survive without each other?
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Absolutely Fabulous volume 5
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Eddy's ex-husbands have discovered that she has been deceiving both of them into paying her alimony, and cut off all support. Eddy is forced to cut her expenses, but Saffron despairs when her mother's attempts at frugal living take her food shopping in Harrods, and getting rid of the driver proves to be a false economy.
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Absolutely Fabulous volume 1
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Patsy finds herself in the middle of a tabloid scandal when her affair with a politician is exposed. But having her moral rectitude questioned is nothing compared to the indignity of having her true age revealed in the press. Meanwhile, Eddy stubs her toe and insists on immediate surgery.
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Absolutely Fabulous volume 6
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Eddy has rekindled her relationship with childhood sweetheart Pete. He's an engineer at Abbey Road studios and has found some lost Beatles recordings. In order to trumpet the discovery Eddy wants to throw a listening party. Elton John is of course invited.