A magical murder mystery set in a fantastical city fuelled by spell power Isaveth Breck is brave loyal & zealous in the pursuit of justice especially after her father is wrongfully arrested Quiz the eccentric eye patch-wearing street boy who befriends her swears he can't resist a good mystery Together they set out to solve the magical murder of one of Tarreton's most influential citizens & save Isaveth's beloved papa from execution But as the list of suspects grows finding the culprit becomes more of a challenge than the two young detectives anticipated As her father's sentencing looms closer Isaveth depends more & more on Quiz to help her solve the mystery But when she discovers that the boy she trusted as an equal is far more privileged than he seems it casts his motives into doubt & puts their whole partnership in jeopardy & then Isaveth realises that Urias Breck was deliberately framed & that the real murderer is protected by the powerful Lord Mayor of Tarreton himself Can she ever prove her papa's innocence in time? ...

I am as brown as brown can be And my eyes as black as sloe;I am as brisk as brisk can be And wild as forest doe (The Child Ballads 295) So begins a beautiful tale of love loss & revenge Following the seasons A Pocketful of Crows balances youth & age wisdom & passion & draws on nature & folklore to weave a stunning modern mythology around a nameless wild girl Only love could draw her into the world of named tamed things & it seems only revenge will be powerful enough to let her escape Beautifully illustrated by Bonnie Helen Hawkins this is a stunning & original modern fairytale ...

A Poem For Every Day of the Year is a magnificent collection of 366 poems compiled by Allie Esiri one to share on every day of the year Reflecting the changing seasons & linking to events on key dates
- funny for April Fool's Day festive for Christmas
- these poems are thoughtful inspiring humbling informative quiet loud small epic peaceful energetic upbeat motivating & empowering! Perfect for reading aloud & sharing with all the family it is bursting at the seams with familiar favourites & exciting new discoveries TSEliot John Betjeman Lewis Carroll William Shakespeare & Christina Rossetti sit alongside Seamus Heaney Ted Hughes Carol Ann Duffy & Kate Tempest This soul-enhancing book is the perfect gift that will last the whole year with a little bit of magic to read every day

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A Poem For Every Night of the Year is a magnificent collection of 366 poems compiled by Allie Esiri one to share for every night of the year The poems
- together with introductory paragraphs
- have a link to the date on which they appear Shakespeare celebrates midsummer night Maya Angelou International Women's Day & Lewis Carroll April Fool's day Perfect for reading aloud & sharing with all the family it contains a full spectrum of poetry from familiar favourites to exciting contemporary voices Alfred Lord Tennyson W B Yeats A A Milne & Christina Rossetti sit alongside Roger Mc Gough Carol Ann Duffy & Benjamin Zephaniah

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A powerful & revealing memoir about the pioneers of modern-day feminism 320 pages Plus one 8-page color photograph insert Chesler Phyllis ...

In their tiny sea-beaten cottage on the north coast of Scotland Liska & Ruth await the birth of their first child Each passes the time by telling the baby stories trying to pass on the lessons they've learned tales of circuses & stargazing selkie fishermen & domestic werewolves child-eating witches & broken-toothed dragons But they must keep their storytelling a secret from one another as they've agreed to only ever tell the plain truth So to cloak their tales Ruth tells her stories when Liska is at work to a background of shrieking seabirds; Liska tells hers when Ruth is asleep with the lighthouse sweeping its steady beam through the window ...

When Jon Holmes became a father (twice) he was asked to fill in a form detailing his family medical history Except he couldn't because he has no idea who his family are Born to an unnamed unmarried mother & an unknown father & given up for adoption at four weeks old Jon decided to document his own history so that one day he could pass it on to his children It's a story of how boys grow up to become (stupid) men of sexual misadventure of being accidentally shot in the face of spiders a ghost a fatally injured gerbil American road trips that went wrong becoming inadvertently locked in Graham Norton's toilet with an Oscar nominated screenwriter being removed from Mrs Thatcher's vicinity by her security detail & having loving parents who did their best to bring up a child that wasn't theirs Part memoir part hilarious insight into why men are so inept this is the true story of how an unwanted baby in the Midlands went on to become a wanted man in the state of Texas & everything that happened in between His children will never be allowed to read it ...

A drama written & directed by Matthew Mishory & starring James Preston as James Dean Follow the life of James Dean on his first steps to becoming the international icon of youth & rebellion ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Documentary about the American artist Keith Haring Filmed shortly before his death in 1990 at the age of 31 the film features a collection of interviews with the New York artist & social activist in which he discusses topics including Andy Warhol his Pop Shop stores & his political & societal views The film also features contributions from actor Dennis Hopper & gallery owners Leo Castelli & Tony Shafrazi ...

Playful & experimental James Joyce&s autobiographical A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is a vivid portrayal of emotional & intellectual development This Penguin Modern Classics edition is edited with an introduction & notes by Seamus Deane The portrayal of Stephen Dedalus&s Dublin childhood & youth his quest for identity through art & his gradual emancipation from the claims of family religion & Ireland itself is also an oblique self-portrait of the young James Joyce & a universal testament to the artist&s &eternal imagination& Both an insight into Joyce&s life & childhood & a unique work of modernist fiction A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man is a novel of sexual awakening religious rebellion & the essential search for voice & meaning that every nascent artist must face in order to fully come into themselves James Joyce (1882-1941) the eldest of ten children was born in Dublin but exiled himself to Paris at twenty as a rebellion against his upbringing He only returned to Ireland briefly from the continent but Dublin was at heart of his greatest works Ulysses & Finnegans Wake He lived in poverty until the last ten years of his life & was plagued by near blindness & the grief of his daughter&s mental illness If you enjoyed A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man you might like Joyce&s Dubliners also available in Penguin Modern Classics & There is nothing more vivid or beautiful in all Joyce&s writing It has the searing clarity of truth but is rich with myth & symbol& Sunday Times& James Joyce was & remains almost unique among novelists in that he published nothing but masterpieces& The Times Literary Supplement ...