In 1916 in the middle of the First World War two men secretly agreed to divide the Middle East between them Sir Mark Sykes was a visionary politician; Francois Georges-Picot a diplomat with a grudge The deal they struck which was designed to relieve tensions that threatened to engulf the Entente Cordiale drew a line in the sand from the Mediterranean to the Persian frontier Territory north of that stark line would go to France; land south of it to Britain Against the odds their pact survived the war to form the basis for the post-war division of the region into five new countries Britain & France would rule The creation of Britain's 'mandates' of Palestine Transjordan & Iraq & France's in Lebanon & Syria made the two powers uneasy neighbours for the following thirty years Through a stellar cast of politicians diplomats spies & soldiers including T E Lawrence Winston Churchill & Charles de Gaulle A Line in the Sand vividly tells the story of the short but crucial era when Britain & France ruled the Middle East It explains exactly how the old antagonism between these two powers inflamed the more familiar modern rivalry between the Arabs & the Jews & ultimately led to war between the British & the French in 1941 & between the Arabs & the Jews in 1948 In 1946 after many years of intrigue & espionage Britain finally succeeded in ousting France from Lebanon & Syria & hoped that having done so it would be able to cling on to Palestine Using newly declassified papers from the British & French archives James Barr brings this overlooked clandestine struggle back to life & reveals for the first time the stunning way in which the French finally got their revenge ...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE 2017A GUARDIAN BOOK OF THE YEARWhen I finished Sara Baume's new novel I immediately felt sad that I could not send it in the post to the late John Berger He too would have loved it & found great joy in its honesty its agility its beauty its invention Baume is a writer of outstanding grace & style She writes beyond the time we live in' Colum Mc Cann Struggling to cope with urban life
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- Frankie a twenty-something artist retreats to the rural bungalow on turbine hill' that has been vacant since her grandmother's death three years earlier It is in this space surrounded by nature that she hopes to regain her footing in art & life She spends her days pretending to read half-listening to the radio failing to muster the energy needed to leave the safety of her haven Her family come & go until they don't & she is left alone to contemplate the path that led her here & the smell of the carpet that started it all Finding little comfort in human interaction Frankie turns her camera lens on the natural world & its reassuring cycle of life & death What emerges is a profound meditation on the interconnectedness of wilderness art & individual experience & a powerful exploration of human frailty

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In 2008 a You Tube clip became an internet phenomenon It showed the emotional reunion of two young men & their pet lion Christian after they had left him in Africa to be introduced into his rightful home in the wild Anthony ' Ace' Bourke & John Rendall visited London from Australia in 1969 & bought a boisterous lion cub in Harrods But Christian soon grew from cuddly cub to King of the Kings Road in London & the only way to avoid him being incarcerated in a zoo was to place him under the expert care of George Adamson in Kenya Ace & John did not return to see their lion for a year A Lion Called Christian tells their touching story accompanied by stunning photographs It's a unique & extraordinary tale of its time that resonates again today with a worldwide audience thanks to the internet age & is destined to become one of the great classics of animal literature ...

From the creator of Penguin & the Tilly & Friends series comes a wicked rollicking read-aloud which asks the question Is a lion still a lion if he wears a hat? & carries an umbrella? Is a lion still a lion if he arrives at your door & invites himself in with a " How do you do?" (Isn't he polite!) & is a lion still a lion if he asks for a dance? What about when he licks his lips & says " Oh yes lunch would be lovely thank you" Is a lion still a lion then? ...

Unpublished work by Albert Einstein helped unlock the scientific breakthrough that willremove the constraints of Third World living conditions & create a new age of globalprosperity But not everyone will prosper Dr Hannah Siekierkowski is a guest speaker at a conference in Sweden where Einstein's legacyand a strategic alliance with Rotary will light up the world As the clock ticks down to theannouncement Hannah is drawn into a web of corporate greed racial prejudice & a seethinghatred of the new world order A hatred that someone is prepared to kill for ...

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Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play A Little Bit of Heaven is a love story set in New Orleans about an irreverent young woman who unexpectedly falls in love with her doctor Marley Corbett (Kate Hudson) is young beautiful & wildly funny but she&s afraid of opening herself up to true love & commitment Though she uses her humor to prevent matters from getting serious a life-changing visit to her doctor (Gael Garcia Bernal) sends both of them on an eye-opening adventure of mutual discovery leading to revelations neither thought possible Actors Kate Hudson Lucy Punch Kathy Bates Whoopi Goldberg Gael Garcia Bernal Peter Dinklage Treat Williams Romany Malco Rosemaire De Witt Steven Weber Johann Urb Alan Dale Jaqueline Fleming Monica Acosta Jason Davis & Donna Du Plantier Director Nicole Kassell Certificate 12 years & over Year 2011 Languages English ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play A Little Bit of Heaven is a love story set in New Orleans about an irreverent young woman who unexpectedly falls in love with her doctor Marley Corbett (Kate Hudson) is young beautiful & wildly funny but she&s afraid of opening herself up to true love & commitment Though she uses her humor to prevent matters from getting serious a life-changing visit to her doctor (Gael Garcia Bernal) sends both of them on an eye-opening adventure of mutual discovery leading to revelations neither thought possible ...

This item is a rental copy however it is Brand New Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play A Little Bit of Heaven is a love story set in New Orleans about an irreverent young woman who unexpectedly falls in love with her doctor Marley Corbett (Kate Hudson) is young beautiful & wildly funny but she&s afraid of opening herself up to true love & commitment Though she uses her humor to prevent matters from getting serious a life-changing visit to her doctor (Gael Garcia Bernal) sends both of them on an eye-opening adventure of mutual discovery leading to revelations neither thought possible Actors Kate Hudson Lucy Punch Kathy Bates Whoopi Goldberg Gael García Bernal Peter Dinklage Treat Williams Romany Malco Rosemaire De Witt Steven Weber Johann Urb Alan Dale Jaqueline Fleming Monica Acosta Jason Davis & Donna Du Plantier Director Nicole Kassell Certificate 12 years & over Year 2011 Languages English ...

Venus draws a beautiful pentagram around Earth every eight years Jupiter's two largest moons draw a perfect four-fold flower The Planets grandly play out the slow Music of the Spheres Is there a secret structure hidden in the Solar System? Packed with great illustrations & serious research from many sources this internationally bestselling little book by cosmologist John Martineau will instantly retune your cosmological circuits to the extraordinary & primary patterns behind Life the Universe & Everything WOODEN BOOKS are small but packed with information Fascinating FINANCIAL TIMES Beautiful LONDON REVIEW OF BOOKS Rich & Artful THE LANCET Genuinely mind-expanding FORTEAN TIMES Excellent NEW SCIENTIST stunning NEW YORK TIMES Small books big ideas ...