A New York Times bestseller, we couldn't resist this very cheeky little green man to bring to a British audience. The night is dark, the streets are quiet, St Patrick's Day is near. I tap my hammer so you'll know the Leprechaun is here! I'll pull all your laces, put glitter in your hair. And when you walk around, you'll see my GOLD coins everywhere. You'll never catch me in your trap, but, yes, I'll make a scene! I'll turn your whole place upside down. Your toilet will be green! Setting traps around your house, the very naughty Leprechaun is only seen by his green hat as he does his fancy pantsy dancy twinkle toes escapes, causing havoc around the house. Without a four-leaf clover you don't stand a chance. Better luck next year! Ages four and up with bold colourful illustrations by Andy Elkerton. Colour board book.

Five strips on a sturdy spiral binding can be flipped to any page and to create any number of weirdly wacky spells. Show of hands and sand of witch, transform your dad into a rubber-limbed sprout mender or flan handler, or dog wobbler or dung monkey or gutter muffin... Spine of book and oil of baby, magic your Gran into a fungus-loving ferret wrestler. Hours and hours of fun as you cast spells on your worst enemy, enchant them, hex your household, transform your friends with this wickedly wonderful book of over 60 million combinations of the silliest spells ever. Let the magic begin! "For ages 4 to 104" it says on the back cover.

Lucia is one of the great comic characters in English literature. Outrageously pretentious, hypocritical and snobbish, Queen Lucia, 'as by right divine' rules over the toy kingdom of 'Riseholme' based on the Cotswold village of Broadway. Her long-suffering husband Pepino is 'her prince-consort', the outrageously camp Georgie is her 'gentleman-in-waiting', the village green is her 'parliament', and her subjects, such as Daisy Quantock, are hapless would-be 'Bolsheviks'. In Lucia in London, the prudish, manically ambitious Lucia launches herself into the louche world of London society. Her earnest determination to learn all about 'modern movements' makes her the perfect comic vehicle for Benson's free-wheeling satire of salon societ, and of the dominant fads and movements of the 1920s, including vegetarianism, yoga, palmistry, Freudianism, séances, Post-Impressionist art and Christian Science. Meanwhile in Tilling, clearly modelled on Benson's home town of Rye, Miss Mapp consumed by 'chronic rage and curiosity' sits at her window, armed with her light-opera glasses keeping baleful watch on her neighbours. 'Anger and the gravest suspicions about everybody had kept her young and on the boil': and Benson transmutes her boiling into a series of small humiliations in his witty, malicious comedy. In his insightful Introduction Keith Carabine appreciates Benson's humour whether droll, farcical, excruciatingly malicious, his 'camp' treatment of sex and his moral vision. Titles in volume one are Queen Lucia, Miss Mapp and Lucia in London. 632 page paperback. New from Wordsworth.

Themed round the allure of alcohol, these 27 short stories range from the grisly to the completely hilarious and are a wonderful read. Dorothy Parker's "You were perfectly fine" shows a young woman reassuring her boyfriend that he didn't make a complete fool of himself when paralytically drunk, culminating in her expressions of delight at his marriage proposal and leaving the reader, together with the young man himself, to guess whether the proposal really happened. Edgar Allen Poe's classic story "The Cask of Amontillado" is a dark and horrific tale of revenge. An extract from Kingsley Amis's Lucky Jim depicts the scene where Jim is the weekend guest of his boss and is appalled to wake up surrounded by burnt sheets, deducing that he must have fallen asleep with a lit cigarette. Samuel Beckett's "Ding Dong" is the tale of his friend Belacqua's progress through the watering holes of Dublin, culminating in his extraordinary encounter with a mesmerising female beggar in purple. "Jeeves and the Unbidden Guest" by P. G. Wodehouse shows the Master Fixer in superb form, getting rid of Aunt Agatha's embarrassing son Motty and doing a deal with Bertie regarding a regrettably pink tie. P.G. Wodehouse and Kingsley Amis; Charles Jackson and Jean Rhys chronicle liquor-soaked epiphanies; while John Cheever, Vladimir Nabokov, and Robert Coover set their characters afloat on surreal, soul-revealing adventures. Other writers include Charles Dickens, Alice Munro, Penelope Lively, Doris Lessing, Damon Runyon, Roald Dahl, and every story is a gem. 393pp, Everyman Pocket Classic. Remainder mark.

Welcome leopard-lovers to this totally roarsome book about the evolution of leopard-print fashion, learn a few leopard-themed jokes, or plan a party fit for a spot-obsessed friend, on a journey from the age of the silver screen, through punk via glam rock to today's influencer-obsessed fast-fashion culture. Learn how the trend for wearing real fur was overtaken by luscious silks and expensive gowns created to showcase these spotted designs, and how leopard print is constantly evolved and adapted to suit the fashions of the day. Get creative and make leopard print cakes and cookies. Kids will love the Hide and Seek Bread and Spotted Jelly, the easy-peasy leopard face paint will make fancy dress parties a doddle for adults and kids, and for a touch of class in a glass, try out the spot painting technique. Facts, fiction and philosophy, read about the majestic snow leopard, analyse your leopard dreams and even learn a proverb or two. Have you heard about the leopard that lost its spots or the unusual strawberry-coloured leopard that's been sighted in South Africa? Which celebrity includes a leopard-print rug in their rider? Crazy quotes, silly jokes for all fellow feline friends. Big colourful graphic designed pages with large text, this is a favourite of our Chrissie here at the Bibliophile office. Remainder mark, 128pp.

Prepare to be shocked! Much nudity and intimate erogenous zones photographed close up, some people strike the weirdest poses whether on the toilet, in soiled underwear, close ups of nipples, a bottom with a sunflower inserted, tight pants, underwear, fishnets, pubic hair, piercings, splashes of blood, tattoos, this bunch of colour photographs was removed from the famous social media platform Instagram. The editors 'quickly began to see patterns in the types of images that had been subjected to censorship. These include photographs of genitalia, bare butts, female nipples, period stains, liquids resembling semen or vaginal secretions, pubic hair.' The images shared by Bystrom and Soda are photographs of their own, perhaps other female bodies, naked, splattered with paint, partially clothed, awkwardly sexualised, self-portraits which are 'exhibitionistic' or 'narcissistic', or are they? Includes transgender. 300 pages, colour photos.

Popular for his Purple Ronnie cartoon and known by his real name Giles Andreae, we are delighted to have two irresistible stories from one of the world's most bizarre thinkers. 'Ah', said the Chocolate, 'But think of the rich, SILKY pleasure as I touch your LIPS. Think of the dark, velvet SWEETNESS as I melt on your tongue. Think of the surge of HAPPINESS as I dissolve inside you and we become ONE!' 'I do not want you for I am STRONG. I can resist my FICKLE urges and my FRIVOLOUS desires. Can you? Irresistible temptation, the cartoon book has one full page illustration on each righthand side and the big distinctive 'hand written' text to the left. A companion to The Wonderful Man code 91915. Illus.

A companion to The Lady and The Chocolate code 91901, with his pleasant manner, his kind words and his cheery nature, small WHISPS of NICENESS blew from The Ordinary Man like SEEDS in the WIND... He did not have a great singing voice or a fashionable hair style, enormous muscles or a big limousine with a lady friend with overly large BREASTS and overly tight outfits. But there's one thing this man DID have and it was a thing of AMAZINGNESS. This man was? NICE. Fun cartoon illus. throughout and 'hand written' text.

CLASSIC COMMERCIALS VOLUME 2 DVD

A delightful black and white musical comedy from 1942 with running time approximately 68 minutes on new DVD. Set against the background of World War Two and featuring the music of The Andrews Sisters, the film follows the fortunes of a reluctant army recruit who struggles to adjust to military life until he falls for the charms of a retired officer's daughter. Lots of musical tap-a-long toons, this vintage musical with Harry James and His Orchestra contains The Sisters' original rendition of 'Don't Sit Under the Apple Tree'. 'Even the Jeeps are jivin'' says one character. Running time one hour 15, the dancing sequences are an unforgettable treat.