Eats Shoots & Leaves for the internet age As language evolves faster than ever before what is the future of correct' writing? When Emmy Favilla was tasked with creating a styleguide for Buzz Feed she opted for spelling grammar & punctuation guidelines that would reflect how readers actually use language IRL With wry humour & an uncanny intuition for the possibilities of internet-age expression Favilla makes a case for breaking the stuffy rules that have hitherto defined our relationship with language Featuring priceless emoji strings sidebars quizzes & style debates among the most lovable word nerds of the digital media world
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It's all happy ever after in the School for Good & Evil or is it? The second title in the NYT bestselling fantasy adventure series
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Disney takes the classic sci-fi adventure A Wrinkle in Time to the silver screen! With an all-star cast that

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A WRINKLE IN TIME is a classic sci-fi adventure for children by bestselling US author Madeleine L& Engle & is now major new motion picture from Disney films When Charles Wallace Murry goes searching through a &wrinkle in time& for his lost father he finds himself on an evil planet where all life is enslaved by a huge pulsating brain known as & It& How Charles his sister Meg & friend Calvin find & free his father makes this a very special & exciting mixture of fantasy & science fiction which all the way through is dominated by the funny & mysterious trio of guardian angels known as Mrs Whatsit Mrs Who & Mrs Which Madeleine L& Engle lived in New York & wrote over 60 books for children including A WRINKLE IN TIME the first in her Time Quintet series & winner of the highly prestigious Newbury Medal ...

Deemed unfit for service when the Germans invaded in 1941 Vasily Grossman became a special correspondent for Red Star the Red Army newspaper observing on the Eastern front with a writer's eye the most pitiless fighting ever known Grossman witnessed almost all the major events the appalling defeats & desperate retreats of 1941 the defence of Moscow & fighting in the Ukraine In August 1942 he was posted to Stalingrad where he remained during four months of brutal street-fighting He was present at the battle of Kursk the largest tank engagement in history & as the Red Army advanced he reached Berdichev where his worst fears for his mother & other relations were confirmed A Jew himself he undertook the faithful recording of Holocaust atrocities as their extent dawned His supremely powerful report ' The Hell of Treblinka' was used in evidence at the Nuremberg tribunal Based on the notebooks in which Grossman gathered his raw material A Writer at War offers the one outstanding eye-witness account of the war on the Eastern Front & perhaps the best descriptions ever of what Grossman called 'the ruthless truth of war' ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play A cocky young American flier joins the RAF too impress his girlfriend who is performing at a London nightclub His cavalier attitude about the war offends his colleagues but he gradually gains maturity after his experiences in combat ...

Benjamin & Anna love staying with their cousin Robin in his house near the forest In the autumn Robin takes them to see his favourite tree -- a giant oak that is 300 years old The children build a den under the oak tree's giant branches & watch the squirrels hide acorns in its wide trunk In the winter they ski through the forest & meet the foresters who chose which trees will become firewood this year -- but not their beautiful oak tree! In the spring the children go searching for badgers & see many animals that live in the forest -- nesting birds gentle deer & shy rabbits One night the tree helps Benjamin when he discovers a creature he didn't expect How can the children say thank you?A beautifully detailed seasonal story from Gerda Muller who gave us the beloved Seasons board books & Where Do They Go When it Rains? Children will love to spot the realistic animals & birds that live in the great oak's forest ...

A well written light warm hearted read' Netgalley Reviewer One divided family one life-changing year Harriet Singer hasn't been home in ten years When her beloved dad dies suddenly she races to be there for her estranged siblings despite the memories it brings back Then Harriet learns that all four Singer siblings must live together for one year caring for their dad's Animal Sanctuary or forfeit their inheritance Living under the same roof could make or break the family but it's time Harriet stopped running & faced her past Especially when her first love turns up A heart-warming story about love hope & family perfect for fans of Cathy Bramley & Heidi Swain ...

The perfect escapist read for all fans of Cathy Bramley & Scarlett Bailey A Year at the Star & Sixpence is Holly Hepburn's four Star & Sixpence novellas collected together as a novel for the first time When sisters Nessie & Sam inherit a little pub in a beautiful country village they jump at the chance to escape their messy lives & start afresh But when they arrive at the Star & Sixpence it's not quite what they imagined
- it's pretty much derelict ruined by debts & it's going to be a huge job to get it up & running again But they are determined to make the best of this new life & they set about making the pub the heart of the village once again Their first year at the Star & Sixpence won't be easy though nothing worth doing ever is But when the sisters' past comes back to haunt them they start to think that the fresh start they needed is very far away indeed Curl up with A Year at the Star & Sixpence
- the perfect novel to start the new year the way you mean to go on 'A fresh new voice brings wit & warmth to this charming tale of two sisters' Rowan Coleman ' You'll fall in love with this fantastic new series from a new star of women's fiction Holly Hepburn Filled to the brim with captivating characters & fantastic storylines in a gorgeous setting Snowdrops at the Star & Sixpence is simply wonderful I want to read more!' Miranda Dickinson ' Warm witty & laced with intriguing secrets! I want to pull up a bar stool order a large G&T & soak up all the gossip at the Star & Sixpence!' Cathy Bramley A Year at the Star & Sixpence is the collected Star & Sixpence novellas If you have already enjoyed the novellas then you have already enjoyed A Year at the Star & Sixpence For new novellas from Holly check out her Picturehouse by the Sea series starting in January 2017!

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Celebrate your year from New Year's Day to Christmas Eve with this treasury of 52 best-loved stories from around the world This rich resource collects together folk tales from home & legends & myths from distant lands to commemorate the changing seasons cultural events & international festivals throughout the year Stories include Father Frost The Magic Porridge Pot The Frog Prince The Runaway Pancake The Pot of Gold The Hare in the Moon & One Dark & Stormy Night ...