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David Fickling Books
David Fickling Books Ltd (DFB) became an independent publishing house in July 2013 following 12 years with Scholastic and then Random House. They have published several prize-winning and bestselling books including '' Lyra's Oxford'' (from the world of His Dark Materials) by Philip Pullman, ''The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time'' by Mark Haddon, ''The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas'' by John Boyne, ''Bing Bunny'' by Ted Dewan, ''Pants'' by Nick Sharratt and Giles Andreae, ''Before I Die'' by Jenny Downham, ''Trash'' by Andy Mulligan (shortly to be a major movie with script by Richard Curtis) and ''A Boy and a Bear in a Boat'' by Dave Shelton. They are the only other publishing house to have ever won the Branford Boase Award three times other than Chicken House Poultry farming is the form of animal husbandry which raises domesticated birds such as chickens, ducks, turkeys and geese to produce meat or eggs for food. Poultry – mostly chickens – are farme ...
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The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Europe, off the north-western coast of the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The United Kingdom includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and many smaller islands within the British Isles. Northern Ireland shares a land border with the Republic of Ireland; otherwise, the United Kingdom is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea and the Irish Sea. The total area of the United Kingdom is , with an estimated 2020 population of more than 67 million people. The United Kingdom has evolved from a series of annexations, unions and separations of constituent countries over several hundred years. The Treaty of Union between the Kingdom of England (which included Wales, annexed in 1542) and the Kingdom of Scotland in 170 ...
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