& An exceptional historical crime novel& CJ Sansom&A thought-provoking rollercoaster& Ian Rankin SELECTED AS ONE OF WATERSTONES& BEST CRIME BOOKS OF 2017WINNER OF THE CWA ENDEAVOUR HISTORICAL DAGGER 2017SHORTLISTED FOR THE THEAKSTONS OLD PECULIER CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2018 India 1919 Desperate for a fresh start Captain Sam Wyndham arrives to take up an important post in Calcutta&s police force He is soon called to the scene of a horrifying murder The victim was a senior official & a note in his mouth warns the British to leave India – or else With the stability of the Empire under threat Wyndham & Sergeant & Surrender-not& Banerjee must solve the case quickly But there are some who will do anything to stop them & One of the most exciting debut novels I&ve read in years& Val Mc Dermid& Highly entertainingset in a Calcutta so convincingly evoked that readers will find sweat bursting from their foreheads& Daily Telegraph& This vivid murder mystery moves at breakneck speeds& Sunday Times& Intoxicating utterly captivating& Daily Mail If you enjoyed A Rising Man the second Sam Wyndham mystery A Necessary Evil is available now ...

Peril & strife strike on a double front for Honor Harrington & company After a brutal attack on the Manticoran home system Honor Harrington & the Star Kingdom she serves battle back against a new technologically powerful & utterly nefarious enemy & as if that weren task enough Honor must also face down a centuries-old nemesis in the crumbling but still mighty Solarian League ...

Peril & strife strike on a double front for Honor Harrington & company After a brutal attack on the Manticoran home system Honor Harrington & the Star Kingdom she serves battle back against a new technologically powerful & utterly nefarious enemy & as if that weren&&t task enough Honor must also face down a centuries-old nemesis in the crumbling but still mighty Solarian League! ...

There is a river outside my window Where will it take me? So begins an imaginary journey from the city to the sea From factories to farmlands freeways to forest each new landscape is explored through stunning illustrations & poetic text from this award-winning picture-book creator ...

'A MOST UNUSUAL & DELIGHTFUL BOOK DEBORAH INSTALL HAS CREATED A ROBOT TO REMEMBER'
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Featuring gorgeous cinematography from Claude Friese-Greene this stirring drama of romance & derring-do features an early film role for debonair Egyptian-born actor Alexandre D& Arcy playing opposite Russian-British star Marguerite Allan Initially released as a silent film with Pathecolor sequences in May 1929 A Romance of Seville was re-released in July 1930 without the stencil colouring but with new titles & a soundtrack showcasing a feature-length medley of colourful Spanish music The Pathecolor version no longer exists but the re-release is presented here in a br&-new transfer from original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio Dolores & Ramon celebrate their arranged betrothal with little enthusiasm Dolores has a lover & Ramon wants his freedom so that he can pursue Pepita Having heard of Ramon&s betrothal Pepita gives her heart to another but when bandits accost her & try to rob her father they give the dashing Ramon just the chance he needs to prove the gallant lover! ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Twelve year-old Romeo & friend Gavin live next door to each other They are best mates with a shared sense of humour that helps them to survive in a landscape of comic losers & broken dreams But their friendship is put to the test by a chance encounter After a stranger saves them from being beaten up the boys are only too happy to help their new hero & pal in his quest to date Romeo&s sister Little do they realise that they are being drawn into a dangerous obsession violence & desperation a world that threatens to tear the two friends apart From acclaimed director Shane Meadows A Room for Romeo Brass is a contemporary coming-of-age story that is as funny as it is frightening Actors Andrew Shim Ben Marshall Paddy Considine Frank Harper & Bob Hoskins Director Shane Meadows Certificate 15 years & over Year 1999 Screen Widescreen 1851 Languages English
- Dolby Digital (10) Mono Subtitles None Duration 1 hour & 27 minutes (approx)
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WINNER OF THE 2016 CWA DAGGER IN THE LIBRARY Halloween night & the dead are closer than ever for Dr Ruth Galloway She is used to long-dead bodies but a fresh corpse in the middle of a museum is a new challenge The fourth beguiling Dr Ruth Galloway mystery'A wonderfully rich mix of ancient & contemporary' Guardian It is Halloween in King's Lynn & forensic archaeologist Dr Ruth Galloway is attending a strange event at the local history museum
- the opening of a coffin containing the bones of a medieval bishop But then Ruth finds the body of the museum's curator lying beside the coffin Soon the museum's wealthy owner lies dead in his stables too These two deaths could be from natural causes but DCI Harry Nelson isn't convinced & it is only a matter of time before Ruth & Nelson cross paths once more When threatening letters come to light events take an even more sinister turn But as Ruth's friends become involved where will her loyalties lie? As her convictions are tested she & Nelson must discover how Aboriginal skulls drug smuggling & the Aboriginal ritual of The Dreaming may hold the answer to these deaths
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Winner of Peters Book of the Year 2015 & the Leeds Book Award Grace's fun-loving Mum has found a lump Her north London world of sleepovers tap dancing & playing the clarinet fall apart when she is sent to live with her grumpy old granddad on his farm in Yorkshire while her mother goes into hospital to get better Grace misses her mother so much it hurts & doesn't quite understand what is happening to her & things go from bad to worse when she starts school & becomes the bullies' latest target But Grace is no longer alone when she meets Rainbow Girl Megan & her pig Claude
- when she's with them she feels as if she can confront anything At Easter time when Grace misses her mum the most she knows she must find a way to get to London With Megan's help she hatches a plan to run away that involves Claude chocolate Easter eggs & a risky ID swap But it's all worth it if it means that she finally gets to see her mum A gorgeous story of courage & friendship that will tug at your heart strings'A touching beautifully imagined debut about a young girl coping with her mother's cancer & her grandfather's stubbornness It's atmosphere reminds me of the central relationship in Goodnight Mr Tom' Amanda Craig' At times desperately moving & others riotously fun this is a special book that is destined to charm readers old & young' We Love This Book' This is a lovely tale of friendship tenacity & family secrets' The Bookseller
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Vintage Feminism classic feminist texts in short form WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JEANETTE WINTERSON' What conditions are necessary for the creation of works of art?' Security confidence independence a degree of prosperity
- a room of one's own 176 pages Woolf Virginia
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