Just after the iron curtain fell on Eastern Europe John Steinbeck & acclaimed war photographer Robert Capa ventured into the Soviet Union to report for the New York Herald Tribune This title deals with the two artists who at the height of their powers answer their needs to document human struggle 240 pages Steinbeck John ...

If you've ever wondered what happened to the young fellow from Malta who bought his grandfather an altar If you're concerned about the camper called Jack who found a huge snake in his pack & if you suspect that an eccentric landowner called Grey spent Christmas a very strange way but aren't sure precisely what that entailed Then a dip into Michael Palin's Sackful of Limericks will provide all the answers
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A brilliantly conceived Viking epic set in eighth-century Sweden Bernard Cornwall meets George RR Martin in this ambitious masterful series 704 pages Brun Theodore (Author) ...

The twelfth novel in Mercedes Lackey's magical Elemental Masters series reimagines Sherlock Holmes in a richly-detailed alternate 20th-century England Christmas is a very special time of year It is special for Psychic Nan Killian & Medium Sarah Lyon-White & their ward Suki who are determined to celebrate it properly It is special for their friends Doctor John Watson & his wife Mary both Elemental Masters who have found great delight in the season seeing it through young Suki's eyes It is also special to othersfor very different reasons For Christmas Eve is also hallowed to dark forces powers older than mankind powers that come awake on this the Longest Night Powers best left alone Powers that could shake the foundations of London & beyond ...

The biography of Jane Digby an enthralling tale of a nineteenth-century beauty whose heart
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- ruled her head' Harpers

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play What does a scanner see?A Scanner Darkly is set in suburban Orange County California in a future where America has lost the war on drugs When one reluctant undercover cop is ordered to start spying on his friends he is launched on a paranoid journey into the absurd where identities & loyalties are impossible to decode It is a cautionary tale of drug use based on the novel by Philip K Dick & his own experiences Like a graphic novel come to life A Scanner Darkly uses live action photography overlaid with an advanced animation process (interpolated rotoscoping) to create a haunting highly stylized vision of the future ...

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 deaf garbage collector happens upon a broken & discarded surfboard The discovery plants in him dreams of becoming a surf champion Encouraged by his also deaf girlfriend he persists against all odds Though trapped in silence their expression of love is no less profound A heartrending masterpiece that as with Kitano&s other films (Sonatine) (Fireworks) has a sharp eye for human frailties & a love for the courage of the underdog Special features New HD restoration New audio commentary by film critic Jasper Sharp First 1000 copies contain a limited edition slipcase featuring new artwork ...

A School Like Mine is an amazing children&s book exploring schools around the world through the eyes of pupils A modern take on DK&s classic children&s book reveals the lives of children as they learn at school in their own words See school activities classrooms & playtime in photographs that will appeal to all children curious to learn about the lives of other schoolchildren on every continent With classic DK design & text using children&s own words children will take a journey around the world to discover A School Just Like Mine ...

Written by one of the all-time greats of Scottish literature truly revolutionary "A Scots Quair" is a trilogy of novels " Sunset Song" (1932) " Cloud Howe" (1933) & " Grey Granite" (1934) At each book's core is the heroine Chris Guthrie as she grows from a child into adulthood through the Great War to the development of communism in the 1920s Grassic Gibbon's writing is unique & riveting blending Scots & English in an accessible style & eloquent in its humanity & celebration of nature ...

Meet Isla Sophie Dominik James & Rashida
- Scottish children representing a multicultural blend of culture & race that typifies
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