A chance encounter in New York brings two strangers together Liat is an idealistic translation student Hilmi a talented young painter Together they explore the city share fantasies jokes & homemade meals & fall in love There is only one problem Liat is from Israel Hilmi from Palestine Keeping their deepening relationship secret the two lovers build an intimate universe for two in this city far from home But outside reality can only be kept at bay for so long After a tempestuous visit from Hilmi's brother cracks begin to form in the relationship & their points of difference
- Liat's military service Hilmi's hopes for Palestine's future
- threaten to overwhelm their shared present When they return separately to their divided countries Liat & Hilmi must decide whether to keep going or let go A prizewinning bestseller but banned in Israeli schools for its frank & tender depiction of a taboo relationship this is the deeply affecting story of two people trying to bridge one of the most deeply riven borders in the world

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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 In a storm off the Victorian coast in 1890 a young English girl is shipwrecked & orphaned She is rescued heroically by the only other survivor of the wreck who is feted & rewarded in Melbourne The girl is taken in care by her guardian Uncle Charles who has made a meager fortune from gold & settled at Echuca
- the great Australian inland port on the River Murray His ward is sixteen years old & her name is Philadelphia Gordon She is known as Delie Delie is an energetic & high-spirited girl who wants to paint & not conform She finds it difficult to understand why her aunt Hester a tart & unsmiling woman seeks to impose her ideas of womanhood femininity even good housekeeping on a girl who needs nothing more than the freedom to lead her own life It is her cousin Adam who truly awakens in Delie the feelings of young womanhood Tom the seaman who rescued Delie arrives in Echuca on a paddle steamer he bought with his reward It is the beginning for Delie of a remarkable ten years in her life Her investment of part of her inheritance in the riverboat is without her knowing it the first step towards a turbulent marriage to a riverboat man & indeed to the boats who ply their great trade along the mighty unpredictable & perilous river In a riverboat ceremony Delie marries Brenton Edwards a cavalier riverman who wins & loses the girl on their way to the alter Their years together are as unpredictable as the river & more than once Delie is attracted to bohemian Melbourne & the patronage of Alistair Raeburn the gentleman art critic who falls in love with his protege Yet Delie remains magnetically drawn to Brenton & the river the crew of their paddle-steamer Philadelphia & the river community of Echuca friends like Bessie Griggs a merchant&s daughter & George Blakeney the bluff rival riverboat captain Their community has grown from the 1850&s when it was merely a river crossing established by Henry Hopwood an English convict Mobs of cattle & sheep were driven across the Murray at Echuca on their way to the stockyards at Melbourne Proudly Delie & Brenton race the Philadelphia in dangerously narrow waters & for a wager they cannot afford They dare the Darling River in drought a dash which could go for nearly 1000 miles across outback New South Wales in the hope that rains will wash down from Queensland & allow their escape In tinderbox conditions they survive a fire which all but bankrupts them They have a son in a way many women did at the time on the riverbank in circumstances far removed from Echuca when hardened riverman became midwives Brenton turns against the law to find a way out of their financial maze & the couple part before coming together again Brenton is critically injured in a riverboat accident It inspires Delie to turn her talents towards being a riverboat captain to winning her own Master&s Ticket Actors Sigrid Thornton John Waters John Alansu Kirk Alexander Harold Baigent Roy Baldwin Don Barker Ernie Bourke Don Bridges Nicholas Brown Carol Burns Michael Carman Chantal Contouri Diane Craig Steven Cummins & Lloyd Cunnington Director Pino Amenta & George Miller Certificate PGYear 1983 Languages English Duration 5 hours (approx)
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Clark Gable Loretta Young Spencer Tracy David Niven Carole Lombard lead a magnificent cast of characters real & imagined in Adriana Trigiani's new novel set in the rich landscape of 1930s' Los Angeles In this spectacular saga as radiant thrilling & beguiling as Hollywood itself Trigiani takes us back to the golden age of movie-making & into the complex & glamorous world of a young actress hungry for fame success
- & love With meticulous beautiful detail she paints a rich landscape where European & American artisans flocked to pursue the ultimate dream to tell stories on the silver screen
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'A moving humane funny portrait of two very different boys discovering what connects us all' Kiran Milwood Hargrave author of The Girl of Ink & Stars It's amazing! Such a bold idea to have a character like Dan you pulled it off brilliantly' Ross Welford author of Time Travelling with a Hamster 'I loved it' Lisa Thompson author of The Goldfish Boy There are two sides to every story Dan is angry Nothing has been the same since his big brother left & he's taking it out on the nearest & weakest target Alex Alex is struggling His severe OCD makes it hard for him to leave the house especially when Dan & his gang are waiting for him at school Then the boys' mums arrange for them to meet up & finish building the raft that Dan started with his brother Two enemies stuck together for the whole of the school holidays
- what could possibly go wrong? Praise for ALL THE THINGS THAT COULD GO WRONG 'A touching funny gripping read that tackles important issues in a sensitive & thoroughly enjoyable way Highly recommended' Stuart Robinson author of If Ever I Fall 'A timely story of courage & reminder of what we all share' Christopher Edge author of The Many Worlds of Albie Bright ' Powerful & warm this will linger long in the mind' Guardian ' Moving beautifully written & intensely emotional' Lancashire Evening Post ' When they say not to be missed this is the kind of book they mean' Minerva Reads Praise for THE BUBBLE BOY Poignant hopeful & heartbreaking' Fiona Noble
- Children's Editor The Bookseller ' Deeply moving & utterly gripping Stewart Foster carries off an astonishing feat of storytelling in this exceptional book' Julia Eccleshare lovereadingcouk A gripping & deeply moving book' Jamila Gavin author of Coram Boy ' One thing we know about good books is their amazing ability to inspire empathy in the reader; to explore ideas & viewpoints that arise from experiences that are out of our own realm The Bubble Boy does this with warmth quirkiness & a light-hearted touch' Guardian

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Daddy Penguin has to look after the egg while Mummy is finding fish But he wanders away from the Dad Huddle & he & the egg are whisked up into the air by a gust of wind landing in the Arctic Brave Daddy must find out where he is & how to get home But the Arctic creatures aren't that friendly & he stumbles along in the cold lost until he bumps into a reindeer who takes them to breakfast with the Special Air Navigation Transport Authority Can brave Daddy Penguin & his new little one get all the way home before Mummy returns? If only penguins could fly Framed as a secret story that loving Daddy Penguin only shares with Little One adults & their little ones will love cosying up to read this wintry tale with a warm heart Debi Gliori's Dragon Loves Penguin was shortlisted for the 2015 Red House Children's Book Award while her No Matter What is a perennial favourite with families all over the world ...

Heartfelt funny clever YA fiction to appeal to fans of Jandy Nelson John Green Jennifer Niven & Ava Dellaira Lenny is preparing for the apocalypse Every night she researches vacuum decay designer pathogens that inexplicable sleeping sickness knocking people out in Kazakhstan Not many sixteen-year-olds are this consumed with the end of the world But Lenny needs to have some sense of control Her dad is dying of cancer Her best friend Julian is graduating early & moving three states away She's having to rehearse for a toe-curling interpretive dance show at school & deal with her mum's indefatigable jolliness & smoothie-making in the face of the disaster they are confronting The one thing keeping her hopeful is Dr Rad Ganesh
- her father's oncologist Surely Lenny can win him round to her charms
- & he can save her father? An infectiously funny story with an unforgettable heroine a story about having to learn to let go of what you hold most dear
- & learning to survive


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For fans of Lisa Jewell Holly Seddon & Local Girl Missing All the Wicked Girls is a gripping thriller with a huge heart from an exceptional talent Everyone loves Summer Ryan A model student & musical prodigy she's a ray of light in the struggling small town of Grace Alabama
- especially compared to her troubled sister Raine Then Summer vanishes Raine throws herself into the investigation aided by a most unlikely ally but the closer she gets to the truth the more dangerous her search becomes And perhaps there was always more to Summer than met the eye 'A very real very rare talent' SARAH HILARY' Wonderful' M R CAREY' Amazing' LISA HALL' Gripping & heartbreaking' DEBORAH O'CONNOR' Phenomenal' JO SPAIN' Stunning' MICHELLE DAVIS' Remarkable' MIKE THOMAS
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In this celebration of our Earth distinguished anthologist Wendy Cooling has chosen poems to make children look think & ask questions Why are trees so important? How are motorways damaging our countryside? What can we do about rubbish? What can we do to protect our Earth for the future? Strong colourful illustrations combine to make this a gift book with a difference ...

THE 11TH BOOK IN THE MULTI-MILLION COPY INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING ERAST FANDORIN MYSTERIES SERIESShortlisted for the inaugural EBDR Literature Prize' This is Akunin on characteristic form the pages race by' Guardian Eliza Altairsky-Lointaine is the toast of Moscow society a beautiful actress in an infamous theatre troupe Her love life is as colourful as the parts she plays She is the estranged wife of a descendant of Genghis Khan & her ex-husband has threatened to kill anyone who courts her He appears to be making good on his promise Fandorin is contacted by concerned friend
- the widowed wife of Chekhov
- who asks him to investigate an alarming incident involving Eliza But when he watches Eliza on stage for the first time he falls desperately in love Can he solve the case
- & win over Eliza
- without attracting the attentions of the murderer he is trying to find? What readers are saying about the Erast Fandorin Mysteries'I loved how it consumes you making you believe that you're indeed living in different era' Olga on Goodreads (five stars)'A delightful mysteryadventure! There's a dark twist at the end that has me anxious to continue in this series' Neil on Goodreads (five stars)' These books are a fun riotous read that you don't want to put down until you've completed each & every one of them' Jill on Goodreads (five stars)' Every sentence is a delight to read I am almost feeling bereft now that I have once more run out of English copies of Akunin's work' Kate on Goodreads (five stars)A page-turning delight perfect for fans of Sherlock Holmes Hercule Poirot & the Russian literary greats



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The setting is October 1879 The stage is New Georgetown West Virginia A mysterious figure by the name of ' The Maker' has entered this small community & almost immediately upon doing so started entering the minds of the townsfolk Townsfolk who are as curious as The Maker himself Like Dr Umbrund the pint-sized physician with a prodigious capacity for sin; like the three sisters in the house on the hill
- one stern one wild one mysterious; like the tavern's semi-mythical siren ' The Bird' who plays spellbinding music from behind a black velvet curtain & whom no patron has ever laid eyes on; like Odell a youth with dreams & ambitions that his craven disposition will forever prevent him from seizing; & who has spent the entirety of his erstwhile existence under the crushing heel of Clay New Georgetown's lead cad & chief alpha male As we enter these characters' lives & lightly tread our way through their brains their bedrooms their backstories & beyond we will see what it is they all hope for & hide
- & learn just why The Maker has chosen to meet them

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