In a dazzlingly original work of non-fiction the Pulitzer-Prize winning author of The Underground Railroad recreates the exuberance the chaos the promise & the heartbreak of New York Here is a literary love song that will entrance anyone who has lived in
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- in the greatest of American cities A masterful evocation of the city that never sleeps The Colossus of New York captures the city's inner & outer landscapes in a series of vignettes meditations & personal memories Colson Whitehead conveys with almost uncanny immediacy the feelings & thoughts of longtime residents & of newcomers who dream of making it their home; of those who have conquered its challenges; & of those who struggle against its cruelties Whitehead's style is as multilayered & multifarious as New York itself Switching from third person to first person to second person he weaves individual voices into a jazzy musical composition that perfectly reflects the way we experience the city There is a funny knowing riff on what it feels like to arrive in New York for the first time; a lyrical meditation on how the city is transformed by an unexpected rain shower; & a wry look at the ferocious battle that is commuting The plaintive notes of the lonely & dispossessed resound in one passage while another captures those magical moments when the city seems to be talking directly to you inviting you to become one with its rhythms The Colossus of New York is a remarkable portrait of life in the big city Ambitious in scope gemlike in its details it is at once an unparalleled tribute to New York & the ideal introduction to one of the most exciting writers working today

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From the author of The Gustav Sonata Joseph & Harriet Blackstone emigrate from Norfolk to New Zealand in search of new beginnings & prosperity But the harsh land near Christchurch threatens to destroy them almost before they begin When Joseph finds gold in the creek he is seized by a rapturous obsession with the voluptuous riches awaiting him deep in the earth Abandoning his farm & family he sets off alone for the new gold-fields over the Southern Alps a moral wilderness where many others under the seductive dreams of 'the colour' are violently rushing to their destinies By turns both moving & terrifying The Colour is about a quest for the impossible an attempt to mine the complexities of love & explore the sacrifices to be made in the pursuit of happiness Over a million Rose Tremain books sold A writer of exceptional talent Tremain is a writer who understands every emotion' Independent IThere are few writers out there with the dexterity or emotional intelligence to rival that of the great Rose Tremain' Irish Times Tremain has the painterly genius of an Old Master & she uses it to stunning effect' The Times Rose Tremain is one of the very finest British novelists' Salman Rushdie Tremain is a writer of exemplary vision & particularity The fictional world is rendered with extraordinary vividness' Marcel Theroux Guardian ...

Today the Colour Monster is feeling very mixed up He's yellow blue red black & green all at once Can you help him sort himself out? A stunning pop-out adventure that explores colours & feelings in a fun & gentle way ...

A colouring-in activity book based on The Colour Monster picture book & pop-up book How does Colour Monster feel today? Look at each picture & decide which colour suits his mood best Is he red for anger? Green for calm? Yellow for happy? Or blue for sadness? See him dance like a ballerina dress up as a superhero play with his friend & much more ...

Hassan feels out of place in a new cold grey country At school he paints a picture showing his colourful Somalian home covered with the harsh colours of war from which his family has fled He tells his teacher about their voyage from Mogadishu to Mombasa then to the refugee camp & on to England But gradually things change When Hassan's parents put up his next picture on the wall Hassan notices the maroon prayer mat a bright green cushion & his sister Naima's pink dress
- the new colours of home
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Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play The Discworld
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Since the publication of this title in 1983 Pratchett's Discworld series now has many best-selling titles in print every one of which has received rapturous reviews ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play The Discworld
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Twoflower was a tourist the first ever seen on the Discworld Tourist Rincewind decided meant idiot Somewhere on the frontier between thought & reality exists the Discworld a parallel time & place which might sound & smell very much like our own but which looks completely different It plays by different rules Certainly it refuses to succumb to the quaint notion that universes are ruled by pure logic & the harmony of numbers But just because the Disc is different doesn't mean that some things don't stay the same Its very existence is about to be threatened by a strange new blight the arrival of the first tourist upon whose survival rests the peace & prosperity of the land But if the person charged with maintaining that survival in the face of robbers mercenaries & well Death is a spectacularly inept wizard a little logic might turn out to be a very good idea ...

Twoflower was a tourist the first ever seen on the Discworld Tourist Rincewind decided meant idiot Somewhere on the frontier between thought & reality exists the Discworld a parallel time & place which might sound & smell very much like our own but which looks completely different It plays by different rules Certainly it refuses to succumb to the quaint notion that universes are ruled by pure logic & the harmony of numbers But just because the Disc is different doesn't mean that some things don't stay the same Its very existence is about to be threatened by a strange new blight the arrival of the first tourist upon whose survival rests the peace & prosperity of the land But if the person charged with maintaining that survival in the face of robbers mercenaries & well Death is a spectacularly inept wizard a little logic might turn out to be a very good idea ...