Out of 193 countries that are currently UN member states we've invaded or fought conflicts in the territory of 171 That's not far off a massive jaw-dropping 90 per cent Not too many Britons know that we invaded Iran in the Second World War with the Soviets You can be fairly sure a lot more Iranians do Or what about the time we arrived with elephants to invade Ethiopia? Every summer hordes of British tourists now occupy Corfu & the other Ionian islands Find out how we first invaded them armed with cannon instead of camera & set up the United States of the Ionian Islands Think the Philippines have always been outside our zone of influence? Think again Read the surprising story of our eighteenth-century occupation of Manila & how we demanded a ransom of millions of dollars for the city This book takes a look at some of the truly awe-inspiring ways our country has been a force for good & for bad right across the world A lot of people are vaguely aware that a quarter of the globe was once pink but that's not even half the story We're a stroppy dynamic irrepressible nation & this is how we changed the world often when it didn't ask to be changed! ...

Here is a thing everyone wants A miracle Here is a thing everyone fears What it takes to get one Any visitor to Bicho Raro Colorado is likely to find a landscape of dark saints forbidden love scientific dreams miracle-mad owls estranged affections one or two orphans & a sky full of watchful desert stars At the heart of this place you will find the Soria family who all have the ability to perform unusual miracles & at the heart of this family are three cousins longing to change its future Beatriz the girl without feelings who wants only to be free to examine her thoughts; Daniel the Saint of Bicho Raro who performs miracles for everyone but himself; & Joaquin who spends his nights running a renegade radio station under the name Diablo Diablo They are all looking for a miracle But the miracles of Bicho Raro are never quite what you expect Maggie Stiefvater has been called "a master storyteller" by USA Today & "wildly imaginative" by Entertainment Weekly Now with All the Crooked Saints she gives us the extraordinary story of an extraordinary family a masterful tale of love fear darkness & redemption ...

Twenty years ago in a series of mysterious incandescent writings David Seabrook told of the places he knew best the declining resort towns of the Kent coast The pieces were no advert for the local tourist board Here the ghosts of murderers & mad artists crawl the streets Septuagenarian rent boys recall the good old days & Carry On stars go to seed Clandestine fascist networks emerge & all the time there is Seabrook himself
- desperate perhaps & in danger Dark strange & immediate this is a classic work of sui generis British literature There are devils here & the reader will remember them
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What if you did a very bad thing but that wasn't the end of the story' An extremely moving emotional rollercoaster of a debut novel' 5 Goodreads review Twenty-one year old Beth is in prison The thing she did is so bad she doesn't deserve ever to feel good again But her counsellor Erika won't give up on her She asks Beth to make a list of all the good things in her life So Beth starts to write down her story from sharing silences with Foster Dad No 1 to flirting in the Odeon on Orange Wednesdays to the very first time she sniffed her baby's head But at the end of her story Beth must confront the bad thing What is the truth hiding behind her crime? & does anyone
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- deserve a chance to be good? All the Good Things is a story about redemption & hope for fans of Nathan Filer Stephen Kelman & Emma Healey Heartfelt heartbreaking & genuinely joyous (Francis Spufford author of ' Golden Hill') Compassionate & beautifully written (Carys Bray author of ' The Museum of You') I raced through this beautiful novel which oscillates between pain & hope anger & joy An important novel which celebrates the fact that good things exist inside every person no matter how ignored or hidden (Sarah Butler author of ' Ten Things I've Learned About Love' & ' Before the Fire') A heartbreaking vital & seamless insight into a life that might otherwise be ignored or judged The voice of Bethany is perfect
- compelling whip-smart & deeply affecting (Emma Jane Unsworth author of ' Animals') If I could have given this book six stars I could So beautifully written & so insightful (5 Goodreads review) In this profoundly moving but surprisingly funny debut novel Clare Fisher has given voice to people on the fringes of society people with a story like any of us (5 Netgalley review) This empathetic beautiful story will have you bawling your eyes out (5 Goodreads review)' All The Good Things' is a well written & heartbreaking novel (5 Goodreads review) Utterly riveting cunningly written & bursting full of character (4 Netgalley review) This really is a wonderful debut a beautiful story about social exclusion the vulnerability of women & girls & the unfortunate ones who fall through the cracks (4 Goodreads review)' All The Good Things' by Clare Fisher is a highly charged emotional read that just grabs you right in the heart (4 Goodreads review) This novel will challenge preconceptions about the kind of people who end up in care; the kind of people who end up in prison; the kind of people who do terrible things (4 Goodreads review)


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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 The children of a bootlegger are left orphans after the death during childbirth of their mother & their father falling off the roof of the house Rather than give up their lifestyle the orphans decide to recruit new parents with chilling consequences for those who do not make the cut Stacy Keach Jimmy Wheeler Samantha Eggar Carol Ann John Savage Peter Robby Benson John Arlene Farber Martha Tim Parkison Gilbert Patti Parkison Rita Brent Campbell James John Connell Baby Written by Clyde Ware Directed by Burt Kennedy DVD 5 PAL Colour Actors Stacy Keach Samantha Eggar Directors Burt Kennedy Format PALLanguage English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Number of discs 1 ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Oscar winning actor Sean Penn (Best Actor Mystic River 2003) two-time Academy Award nominee Jude Law (Best Actor Cold Mountain 2003) five-time Academy Award nominee Kate Winslet (Best Actress Titanic 1997) & Oscar winner Anthony Hopkins (Best Actor The Silence Of The Lambs 1991) star in this riveting story of a humble man&s rise to political power & the destructive force of corruption & betrayal that would ultimately unravel his soul Based on Robet Penn Warren&s 1946 classic Pulitzer Prize-winning novel & co-staring James Gandolfini Marc Ruffalo & Patricia Clarkson Actors Sean Penn Jude Law Kate Winslet Anthony Hopkins James Gandolfini Marc Ruffalo & Patricia Clarkson Certificate 12 years & over Screen Widescreen 1851 Languages English
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A charming new red Early Reader story from OPAL MOONBABY author Maudie Smith & talented illustrator Ali Pye about friendship kindness & tights! Early Readers are stepping stones from picture books to reading books perfect for building confidence in new readers & reluctant readers A blue Early Reader is perfect for sharing & reading together A red Early Reader is the next step on your reading journey Kit has an important new job; Keeper of the King's Tights More than anything he wants to do his best but with so many of the King's subjects in need of Kit's help he finds himself in need of a little help himself A warm funny story for beginner readers from an exciting new author & illustrator team ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Oscar (r)-winning actor Sean Penn (Best Actor Mystic River 2003) two-time Academy Award (r) nominee Jude Law (Best Supporting Actor The Talented Mr Ripley 1999; Best Actor Cold Mountain 2003) four-time Academy Award (r) nominee Kate Winslet (Best Supporting Actress Sense & Sensibility 1995; Iris 2001 Best Actress Titanic 1997; Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind 2004) & Oscar (r) winner Anthony Hopkins (Best Actor The Silence of the Lambs 1991) star in this riveting story of a humble man&s rise to political power & the destructive force of corruption & betrayal that would ultimately unravel his soul based on Robert Penn Warren&s 1946 classic Pulitzer Prize-winning novel Willie Stark (Penn) is an ordinary man from a rural town demanding that crooked politicians & shady businessmen in Lousiana be held accountable for the collapse of a poorly built school Urged to run for Governor by a dubious political advisor Tiny Duffy (three-time Emmy (r) Award winner ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Fresh from America&s Deep South ambitious politician Willie Stark (Broderick Crawford) finds popularity as a reformer but as his career takes off he gradually becomes corrupted by his newly-acquired power Based on Robert Penn Warren&s novel which itself was a disguised account of the life & career of Louisiana governor Huey Long the film won Oscars for Best Picture Best Actor (Broderick Crawford) & Best Supporting Actress (Mercedes Mc Cambridge) Actors Broderick Crawford John Ireland Joanne Dru John Derek Mercedes Mc Cambridge Directors Robert Rossen Language English Subtitles Bulgarian Czech Danish Dutch English Finnish French German Hebrew Classification URun Time 105 minutes ...

All the Kremlin&s Men is a gripping narrative of an accidental king & a court out of control Based on an unprecedented series of interviews with Vladimir Putin&s inner circle this book presents a radically different view of power & politics in Russia The image of Putin as a strongman is dissolved In its place is a weary figurehead buffeted--if not controlled--by the men who at once advise & deceive him The regional governors & bureaucratic leaders are immovable objects far more powerful in their fiefdoms than the president himself So are the gatekeepers-those officials who guard the pathways to power-on whom Putin depends as much as they rely on him The tenuous edifice is filled with all of the intrigue & plotting of a Medici court as enemies of the state are invented & wars begun to justify personal gains internal rivalries or one faction&s biased advantage A bestseller in Russia All the Kremlin&s Men is a shocking revisionist portrait of the Putin era & a dazzling reconstruction of the machinations of courtiers running riot ...