As gripping as Room as powerful as Elizabeth is Missing Beside Myself is the story of twin sisters a childhood game with devastating consequences & the slippery nature of identity Helen & Ellie are identical twins
- like two peas in a pod everyone says The girls know this isn't true though Helen is the leader & Ellie the follower Until they decide to swap places just for fun & just for one day But Ellie refuses to swap back & so begins a nightmare from which Helen cannot wake up Her toys her clothes her friends her glowing record at school the favour of her mother & the future she had dreamed of are all gone to a sister who blossoms in the approval that used to belong to Helen & as the years pass she loses not only her memory of that day but also herself
- until eventually only Smudge' is left Twenty-five years later Smudge receives a call from out of the blue It threatens to pull her back into her sister's dangerous orbit but if this is her only chance to face the past how can she resist? Beside Myself is a compulsive & darkly brilliant psychological drama about family & identity
- what makes us who we are & how very fragile it can be


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Thorfinn Ragnarson is the daydreaming son of a tenant farmer avoiding both work & school despite the best efforts of family friends & neighbours Instead the boy dreams up elaborate historical fantasies In a series of intriguing chapters George Mackay Brown transforms Thorfinn into a Viking traveller a freedom-fighter for Bonnie Prince Charlie & the colleague of a Falstaffian knight who participates in the Battle of Bannockburn He is then hurled into the future as Thor who returns to the Orkneys as an adult & recalls his internment in a German POW camp where he discovered his writing skills Thor also reflects on the history of Orkney the links between dreaming & writing & the whims of fate In this beautiful & haunting novel Brown's lyrical descriptions & gift for local colour capture as ever the myth-drenched magic of his native islands ...

In Seaside Towns you can compare tiny harbours & bustling resorts & learn about the kinds of buildings & businesses they have today Discover what goes on at a port & read about lighthouses piers & fish & chip shops The Beside the Seaside series looks at specific aspects of daily life by the sea whether examining plant & animal habitats exploring the various jobs people do looking at types of buildings & structures or comparing a holiday by the sea in the past & present day An essential set of books for learning about all aspects of the seaside & a perfect teaching tool for Key Stage 1 ...

THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLING SERIESThe ancient gods are alive & well in the modern world Discover this action-packed collection of short stories featuring Atticus O' Sullivan
- the two-thous&-year-old tattooed Irishman with extraordinary powers from Kevin Hearne's New York Times bestselling Iron Druid Chronicles- In ancient Egypt Atticus raids a secret chamber underneath the library of Alexandria dodging deadly traps only to learn that on-site security

Includes:: two members of the Egyptian pantheon
- During the Gold Rush the avatar of greed himself turns the streets of San Francisco red with blood & upsets the elemental Sequoia Atticus may have to fight fire with fire if he's going to restore balance
- In olde England striking up a friendship with William Shakespeare lands both Atticus & the Bard in boiling hot water with a trio of infamous witches Prepare to be besieged by these & other tantalizing tales of magic & adventure featuring bogeymen vampire hordes wrathful wraiths & even a journey to the realm of the dead ' Atticus & his crew are a breath of fresh air! I love love love this series' My Bookish Ways' Hearne is a terrific storyteller' SFF World




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Another new wave of classic Star Wars figures brings us 3 more collectible POP! Two versions of Luke
- as he appears on Bespin
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Tracklist Downhearted Blues After You've Gone I Need A Little Sugar In My Bowl St Louis Blues Hard Driving Papa I'd Rather Be Dead & Buried In My Grave Gulf Coast Blues T'ain't Nobody's Business If I Do Backwater Blues A Good Man Is Hard To Find Gimme A Pigfoot (And A Bottle Of Beer) Any Woman's Blues Careless Love Blues I Ain't Gonna Play No Second Fiddle Gin House Blues Aggravatin' Papa (Don't You Two-Time Me) Preachin' The Blues What's The Matter Now Baby Won't You Please Come Home Chicago Bound Blues Alexander's Ragtime Band Send Me To The 'lectric Chair Black Mountain Blues Nobody Knows You When You're Down & Out ...

Tracklist St Louis Blues Nobody Knows You When You&re Down & Out T&ain&t Nobody&s Bizness If I Do Careless Love Me & My Gin Empty Bed Blues (Part One) Down Hearted Blues Jazzbo Brown From Memphis Town Dirty No-Gooder&s Blues After You&ve Gone Send Me To The & Lectric Chair Back Water Blues ...

Long before there was the ready meal humans processed food to preserve it & make it safe From fire to fermentation our ancestors survived periods of famine by changing the very nature of their food This ability to process food has undoubtedly made us one of the most successful species on the planet but have we gone too far? Through manipulating chemical reactions & organisms scientists have unlocked all kinds of methods of to improve food longevity & increase supply from apples that stay fresh for weeks to cheese that is matured over days rather than months & more obscure types of food processing such as growing steaks in a test-tube & 3D-printed pizzas seem to have come straight from the pages of a science-fiction novel These developments are keeping up with the changing needs of the demanding consumer but we only tend notice them when the latest scaremongering headline hits the news puts processed food into perspective It explores how processing methods have evolved in many of the foods that we love in response to big business consumer demand health concerns innovation political will waste & even war Best Before arms readers with the information they need to be rational consumers capable of making informed decisions about their food ...

Long before there was the ready meal humans processed food to preserve it & make it safe From fire to fermentation our ancestors survived periods of famine by changing the very nature of their food This ability to process food has undoubtedly made us one of the most successful species on the planet but have we gone too far? Through manipulating chemical reactions & organisms scientists have unlocked all kinds of methods of to improve food longevity & increase supply from apples that stay fresh for weeks to cheese that is matured over days rather than months & more obscure types of food processing such as growing steaks in a test-tube & 3D-printed pizzas seem to have come straight from the pages of a science-fiction novel These developments are keeping up with the changing needs of the demanding consumer but we only tend notice them when the latest scaremongering headline hits the news Best Before puts processed food into perspective It explores how processing methods have evolved in many of the foods that we love in response to big business consumer demand health concerns innovation political will waste & even war Best Before arms readers with the information they need to be rational consumers capable of making informed decisions about their food ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Seventeen of the world's sexiest gay men reveal their charms From Stephan in Rotterdam to Gyorgy in Vienna these hunky chaps prove that language is no barrier to true love Language English Number of discs 1 ...