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
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- 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 ...

Alice is so excited to finally join the pony club with her gorgeous pony Secret! Things get off to a great start when Alice is invited to super-popular Hannah's birthday party But on the night of the party the snow starts to fall & a pony escapes into the night Alice & Finn must go to the rescue but will their friendship survive the storm?A perfect pony story from the author of the much-loved The Palomino Pony series Look out for more Alice & Secret stories A New Beginning A Ride To Freedom A Dream Come True ...

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 ...

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 ...

With an Introduction & Notes by Dr Jacqueline Belanger University of Cardiff A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man represents the transitional stage between the realism of Joyce&s Dubliners & the symbolism of Ulysses & is essential to the understanding of the later work This novel is a highly autobiographical account of the adolescence of Stephen Dedalus who reappears in Ulysses & who comes to realize that before he can become a true artist he must rid himself of the stultifying effects of the religion politics & essential bigotry of his background in late 19th century Ireland Written with a light touch this is perhaps the most accessible of Joyce&s works ...

This beautiful full colour book showcases Wimbledon in all its glory & gives tennis fans a vibrant high quality access-all-areas look at one of the world&s most iconic & scenic sporting events The book is resplendent in a high quality slipcase & is packed with stunning photography taken by some of the world&s best tennis photographers under the leadership of award-winning snapper Bob Martin With US success through Serena Williams driving levels of interest in tennis to a new high this book will be a cherished souvenir for tennis fans for years to come Readers will feel as if they have been to Wimbledon as they are presented with beautiful images of the most famous tennis tournament in the world & all in the secure knowledge that they won&t be rained on! ...

Terrified a young prisoner in the Second World War closes his eyes & pictures himself going out to bat on a sunlit cricket ground in Hampshire Across the courtyard in a Victorian workhouse a father too ashamed to acknowledge his son A skinny girl steps out of a Chevy with a guitar; her voice sends shivers through the skull Soldiers & lovers parents & children scientists & musicians risk their bodies & hearts in search of connection
- some key to understanding what makes us the people we become Provocative & profound Sebastian Faulks's dazzling novel journeys across continents & time to explore the chaos created by love separation & missed opportunities From the pain & drama of these highly particular lives emerges a mysterious consolation the chance to feel your heart beat in someone else's life
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