Number one bestselling author David Walliams presents this explosively funny space adventure for children of 3 & up Illustrated by artistic genius Tony Ross & hilariously read by the author himself Warning very silly sound-effects included! Two big hippos One ENORMOUS dream Who can make it to the moon first?3 2 1 BLAST OFF! Introducing a wonderfully charming & funny new picture book from two superstars! ...

From Number One bestselling picture book duo David Walliams & Tony Ross comes this explosively funny space adventure for children of 3 & up Two big hippos One ENORMOUS dream Who can make it to the moon first?3 2 1 BLAST OFF! Introducing a wonderfully charming & funny new picture book from two superstars! ...

From Number One bestselling picture book duo David Walliams & Tony Ross comes this explosively funny space adventure for children of 3 & up Two big hippos One ENORMOUS dream Who can make it to the moon first?3 2 1 BLAST OFF! Introducing a wonderfully charming & funny new picture book from two superstars! ...

'A brilliant study of a brilliant woman' LUCY WORSLEY History has forgotten Caroline of Ansbach yet in her lifetime she was compared frequently to Elizabeth I & considered by some as the cleverest queen consort Britain ever had' The intellectual superior of her buffoonish husband George II Caroline is credited with hastening the Enlightenment to Britain through her sponsorship of red-hot debates about science religion philosophy & the nature of the universe Encouraged by Lady Mary Wortley Montagu she championed inoculation; inspired by her friends Leibniz & Samuel Clarke she mugged up on Newtonian physics; she embraced a salon culture which promoted developments in music literature & garden design; she was a regular theatre-goer who loved the opera gambling & dancing Her intimates marvelled at the breadth of her interests She was said Lord Egmont curious in everything' Caroline acted as Regent four times while her husband returned to Hanover & during those periods she possessed authority over all domestic matters No subsequent royal woman has exercised power on such a scale So why has history forgotten this extraordinary queen? In this magnificent biography the first for over seventy years Matthew Dennison seeks to reverse this neglect The First Iron Lady uncovers the complexities of Caroline's multifaceted life the child of a minor German princeling who through intelligence determination & a dash of sex appeal rose to occupy one of the great positions of the world & did so with distinction elan & a degree of cynical realism It is a remarkable portrait of an eighteenth-century woman of great political astuteness & ambition a radical icon of female power ...

A beautiful box set containing SUNDAY TIMES bestselling author Joe Abercrombie's epic fantasy trilogy THE BLADE ITSELF BEFORE THEY ARE HANGED & LAST ARGUMENT OF KINGS Abercrombie Joe ...

When penniless businessman Mr Bedford retreats to Kent to write a play he encounters Dr Cavor an absent-minded scientist who has invented a material that counteracts gravity This discovery enables the two men to set off on a fantastic journey to the Moon But they are not prepared for what they find there
- a world of freezing nights boiling days & danger from a sinister alien lifeform the selenites creatures who have developed an intricate hierarchical society beneath the lunar surface The First Men in the Moon ignited speculation in nineteenth century society concerning what lies on & beneath the surface of the Moon By turns amusing thrilling & stimulating the novel is a classic of its genre This volume also contains another of Wells's fascinating thought-provoking fantasies A Modern Utopia in which two travellers fall into a space-warp & find themselves upon a Utopian Earth controlled by a single World Government
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The extraordinary life of the man who founded Islam & the world he inhabited
- & remade 336 pages 1 map Hazleton Lesley ...

A fresh look at the origins & development of Islam this is a fascinating reconstruction of the era of the first three generations of Muslims Using a wealth of classical Arabic sources it chronicles the lives of the Prophet Muhammad his Companions & the subsequent two generations of Muslims together known as the "the Pious Forebears" Examining the adoption in contemporary times of these early Muslims as legitimizing figureheads for a variety of causes both religious & political Afsaruddin tries to establish where their sympathies really lay Essential reading for anyone interested in the inception of the Islam this important book will captivate the general reader & student alike ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Filmed during the dark days of 1942 this is the immortal story of the Spitfire which had helped to win the Battle of Britain the previous year Leslie Howard stars as RJ Mitchell the inventor of the Spitfire whose aircraft designs were turned down for funding by Whitehall because they were too revolutionary A chance meeting with Messerschmitt in the early 1930&s gives Mitchell the inspiration to build Britain&s fastest & deadliest fighter plane But first he must find a devil-may-care pilot to risk his life on the test flights Salvation comes in the form of Geoffrey Crisp (David Niven) an out of work veteran fighter pilot from the First World War Together they build the aircraft that so many will owe their lives to However as Mitchell strives to perfect his fighter plane he is rocked by the news that he has only one-year to live unless he stops working His stark choice is to save himself or save his country Actors Leslie Howard David Niven Rosamund John Roland Culver Anne Firth David Horne JH Roberts Derrick De Marney Rosalyn Boulter Herbert Cameron Toni Edgar-Bruce Gordon Mc Leod George Skillan Erik Freund & Fritz Wendhausen Director Leslie Howard Certificate Universal Suitable for All Year 1942 Languages English Duration 1 hour & 59 minutes (approx) ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Filmed during the dark days of 1942 this is the immortal story of the Spitfire which had helped to win the Battle of Britain the previous year Leslie Howard stars as RJ Mitchell the inventor of the Spitfire whose aircraft designs were turned down for funding by Whitehall because they were too revolutionary A chance meeting with Messerschmitt in the early 1930s gives Mitchell the inspiration to build Britains fastest & deadliest fighter plane But first he must find a devil-may-care pilot to risk his life on the test flights Salvation comes in the form of Geoffrey Crisp (David Niven) an out of work veteran fighter pilot from the First World War Together they build the aircraft that so many will owe their lives to However as Mitchell strives to perfect his fighter plane he is rocked by the news that he has only one-year to live unless he stops working His stark choice is to save himself or save his country ...