Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Like a modern day Don Quixote & Sancho Panza Sam & Jonathan two traveling salesmen peddling novelty items take us on a kaleidoscopic wandering through human destiny It is a journey that unveils the beauty of single moments the pettiness of others the humor & tragedy hidden within us life s grandeur as well as the ultimate frailty of humanity ...

The first in a fantastic series of animal stories for younger readers by Waterstones Children's Book Prize-shortlisted author Helen Peters with beautiful black-&-white illustrations by Ellie Snowdon Jasmine's dad is a farmer & her mum is a large-animal vet so Jasmine spends a lot of time caring for animals & keeping them out of trouble Unfortunately this often means she gets into hot water herself When Jasmine sees a tiny unloved piglet left to fend for itself she knows it will die without her help So she smuggles it home to her farm to nurse it back to health But she can't keep Truffle forever & then one stormy night disaster strikes Brilliant storytelling that will make you laugh & cry this is Dick King-Smith for a new generation Look out for Jasmine's other adventures!A Duckling Called Button A Sheepdog Called Sky ...

The only guidebook covering two short routes to Santiago de Compostela the Camino Ingles & the Camino Finisterre & its Muxia extension 128 pages Brierley John (John Brierley) ...

For fans of Catherine Cookson comes Eileen Ramsay's tale of heartbreak hope & family
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An original selection of short fiction from one of the greats of Russian literature 336 pages Gogol Nikolai ...

A redemptive & captivating novel from the No 1 bestselling author of PS I Love You Ever wondered where lost things go? Ever since the day her classmate vanished Sandy Shortt has been haunted by what happens when something
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- disappears Finding has become her goal Jack Ruttle is desperate to find his younger brother who vanished into thin air a year ago He spots an ad for Sandy's missing persons agency & is certain that she will answer his prayers & find his brother But then Sandy disappears too stumbling upon a place that is a world away from the only one she has ever known Now all she wants more than anything is to find her way home

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They've got their eyes on you a quirky creepy & unforgettable adventure perfect for fans of Roald Dahl Neil Gaiman & Tim Burton violet hates living in Perfect Why does everyone have to wear special glasses to stop them going blind? What are the strange noises in the night & why is Mum acting so weird? Then Dad disappears & violet is determined to uncover the truth with the help of the mysterious Boy But returning normality to Perfect is a battle they never imagined Illustrations Black & white text throughout ...

Shortlisted for the Costa Novel Award 2015 From the writer of BBC TV's MAN IN AN ORANGE SHIRT comes Sunday Times Top Ten hardback & paperback bestseller A PLACE CALLED WINTER
- picked for the BBC Radio 2 Simon Mayo Book Club & the Waterstones Book Club'A mesmerising storyteller; this novel is written with intelligence & warmth' The Times To find yourself sometimes you must lose everything A shy but privileged elder son Harry Cane has followed convention at every step Even the beginnings of an illicit dangerous affair do little to shake the foundations of his muted existence
- until the shock of discovery & the threat of arrest force him to abandon his wife & child & sign up for emigration to Canada Remote & unforgiving his allotted homestead in a place called Winter is a world away from the golden suburbs of turn-of-the-century Edwardian England & yet it is here isolated in a seemingly harsh landscape under the threat of war & madness that the fight for survival will reveal in Harry an inner strength & capacity for love beyond anything he has ever known before

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Richard Rogers founder of Rogers Stirk Harbour Partners is a pre-eminent architect of his generation whose approach to buildings is infused with his enthusiasm for modernism love of life & strong sense of social justice From the Pompidou Centre in Paris to the Lloyds Building in the City of London & from airports to cancer care centres to low-cost homes the buildings he & his partners have designed blend private use public space & civic value In part inspired by his 2013 Royal Academy exhibition A place for all people is a mosaic of life projects & ideas for a better society Ranging backwards & forwards over a long & creative life & integrating relationships projects stories collaborations & polemics with case studies drawings & photographs A place for all people is a dazzling & inspiring book as original as its author ...

In The Lent Factor Graham James wrote about 40 people (one for each day of Lent) who had inspired him & helped to shape his spiritual journey In this new book he turns his attention to places from the Flinders Ranges in Australia to Devil's Island (French Guiana) via the Holy Land Center Parcs & Holborn Underground Station As with the previous book each chapter of A Place for God offers a daily reflection beginning with a suggested Bible reading & ending with a short prayer & employing the same engaging combination of autobiography history & spirituality Some of the locations are well known & others very obscure what they have in common is the part they have played in the author's life in enabling his discovery of the divine in the landscape & the built environment & of a God who always locates himself in our world supremely revealed in Jesus of Nazareth' ...