A fast-paced historical mystery adventure for readers aged 9 years with gorgeous Edwardian period detail Perfect for fans of Chris Riddell's Goth Girl series Enid Blyton & Robin Stevens's Murder Most Unladylike series You are cordially invited to Sinclair's Midnight Peacock Ball! The festive season has come to Sinclair's & Sophie & Lil are spending the holidays at snowy Winter Hall But it turns out that this is no ordinary house party As sinister secrets come to light our intrepid heroines find themselves faced with a more baffling mystery than ever before! With the help of their friends can they uncover the truth in time to foil a truly diabolical plot? Or will Mr Sinclair's New Year's Eve Midnight Peacock Ball spell disaster for the dauntless young detectives? Prepare for shocks & surprises in the thrilling conclusion to the Sinclair's Mysteries! Praise for The Midnight Peacock' Katherine Woodbine brings her tautly plotted Edwardian series The Sinclair's Mysteries to a stylish conclusion in a book filled with deft characterisation & delectable period detail' The Guardian Praise for The Clockwork Sparrow'A wonderful book with a glorious heroine & a true spirit of adventure'
- Katherine Rundell author of Rooftoppers A real page-turner it has murders spies & gangs of thieves Thrilling!'
- Indiana aged 10 years Love Readingfor Kids reviewer' Dastardliness on a big scale is uncovered in this well-plotted evocative novel'
- Nicolette Jones The Sunday Times' It's a dashing plot an atmospheric setting & an extensive & imaginative cast Katherine Woodfine handles it all with aplomb'
- Julia Eccleshare Guardian' An incredible read full of mystery wonder & adventure This is now one of my top ten'
- Celeste age 13 years Love Reading 4 Kids reviewer The Midnight Peacock is the fourth book in the Sinclair's Mysteries quartet The other two books are the bestselling The Clockwork Sparrow The Jewelled Moth & The Painted Dragon Katherine Woodfine is a true champion of children's literature Until 2015 she was Arts Project Manager for Booktrust where she project-managed the Children's Laureateship & YALC the UK's first Young Adult Literature Convention curated by Malorie Blackman She is part of the founding team at Down the Rabbit Hole a monthly show for Resonance FM discussing children's literature Katherine blogs at followtheyellowcouk She lives in London




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Gray Marshall's Britain is a fragmented kingdom of many tongues many gods & many magics But all that concerns Gray is returning as soon as possible to his studies at Merlin College Oxford & setting right the nightmare that has seen him disgraced & banished to his tutor's home Sophie Callender may not have magic herself & a father who forbids his daughters a magical education but her bookish rebellion & growing friendship with Gray are the first steps of a journey A journey that will involve them in a conspiracy at the heart of the kingdom & into the legend of a young queen who vanished without a trace years before Sylvia Hunter has created a world that is both only slightly different & a far cry from the England we know of the 1800s teeming with depth in language myth & religion that defies easy categorization ...

Shortlisted for the Epic Novel award in the Romantic Novelists Association Books Awards A lifelong passion An endless search Spanning four generations The Midnight Rose by Lucinda Riley sweeps from the glittering palaces of the great maharajas of India to the majestic stately homes of England following the extraordinary life of a girl Anahita Chavan from 1911 to the present day In the heyday of the British Raj eleven-year-old Anahita from a noble but impoverished family forms a lifelong friendship with the headstrong Princess Indira the privileged daughter of rich Indian royalty Becoming the princess's official companion Anahita accompanies her friend to England just before the outbreak of the Great War There she meets the young Donald Astbury
- reluctant heir to the magnificent remote Astbury Estate
- & his scheming mother Eighty years later Rebecca Bradley a young American film star has the world at her feet But when her turbulent relationship with her equally famous boyfriend takes an unexpected turn she's relieved that her latest role playing a 1920s debutante will take her away from the glare of publicity to the wilds of Dartmoor in England Shortly after filming begins at the now-crumbling Astbury Hall Ari Malik Anahita's great-grandson arrives unexpectedly on a quest for his family's past What he & Rebecca discover begins to unravel the dark secrets that haunt the Astbury dynasty

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The thrilling finale to the New York Times bestselling Young Elites series from Marie Lu There was once a time when darkness shrouded the world & the darkness had a queen Adelina Amouteru is done suffering She's turned her back on those who have betrayed her & achieved the ultimate revenge victory Her reign as the White Wolf has been a triumphant one but the darkness within her has begun to spiral out of control threatening to destroy everything When a new danger appears Adelina must join the Daggers on a perilous quest in order to save herself & preserve her empire But this uneasy alliance may prove to be the real danger ...

It&s summer in the big forest & the rabbit children are looking forward to their first Midsummer party Owl who knows everything says Midsummer is a time for dancing love & magic What a fun time they will have! Then a terrible storm sweeps through the forest & the woodland animals must find shelter at Grump the tomte&s cottage Will the magic of Midsummer help restore harmony to the forest in time for the party? This follow-up to The Yule Tomte & the Little Rabbits is an enchanting story in twenty-one chapters which can be read through June to conclude on Midsummer&s Day Ulf Stark masterfully weaves together drama & comedy to create a heartfelt & truly magical story Award-winning illustrator Eva Eriksson brings the charming characters to life with delightful seasonal artwork ...

' Our childhood came to an end when our parents parted & from then on Jennifer was placed in the impossible position of having to be a parent to me her sister I shall always be grateful for her protection ' Millions have fallen in love with Jennifer Worth & her experiences in the East End as chronicled in Call the Midwife but little is known about her life outside this period Now in this moving & evocative memoir Jennifer's sister Christine takes us from their early idyllic years to the cruelty & neglect they suffered after their parents divorced from Jennifer being forced to leave home at fourteen to their training as nurses After leaving nursing Jennifer took up a career in music her first love & Christine became a sculptor but through marriages & children joy & heartbreak their lives remained intertwined Absorbing & emotional The Midwife's Sister by Christine Lee is testimony to an enduring bond between two extraordinary women ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Vince Noir & Howard Moon return for a third series of this cult comedy hit featuring another fantabulous mix of surreal humour musical interludes shiny clothes & strange haircuts Now working in Naboo&s second hand shop & Nabootique& Howard mainly whiles away the hours in delusions of grandeur whilst unsuccessfully trying to sell his esoteric jazz records while Vince lays around in a hammock playing loud music trying on wigs & finding Howard ludicrous They assemble their usual accomplices including Naboo the enigma & Bollo the ape reunite us with some familiar faces including the Hitcher the Moon & Bob Fossil as well as introducing us to a whole host of new characters ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Are you ready to set sail into the future? Climb aboard HMS Boosh hoist the Perspex anchor set the controls for the heart of the sun & come navigate the electrical seas with Cyborg Patrick & his neon barnacles In this live boosh presentation you will see Howard wrestle with the problems of the universe in tiny shorts while Vince gets his hair extra big & flounces about Bob fossil&s dance moves will turn you on then anger you over & over until you puke You shall then weep with salty joy as Bollo & Naboo move about & say stuff in their own special way The Boosh are mighty & sailing at you strap your eyes onto your brain double tight cos its gonna get choppy like electric sushi Actors Julian Barratt Noel Fielding Michael Fielding Dave Brown & Rich Fulcher Certificate 15 years & over Year 2008 Screen Widescreen 169 Languages English
- Dolby Digital (20) Stereo
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Longlisted for the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction A thrilling & complex book enlarges our view of Homer There's something that hits the mark on every page' Claire Tomalin Books of the Year New Statesman Where does Homer come from? & why does Homer matter? His epic poems of war & suffering can still speak to us of the role of destiny in life of cruelty of humanity & its frailty but why they do is a mystery How can we be so intimate with something so distant? The Mighty Dead' is a magical journey of discovery across wide stretches of the past sewn together by some of the oldest stories we have
- the great ancient poems of Homer & their metaphors of life & trouble In this provocative & enthralling book Adam Nicolson explains why Homer still matters & how these vital epic verses
- with their focus on the eternal questions about the individual versus the community honour & service love & war
- tell us how we became who we are


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Noah longs to be a professional footballer
- & playing in the Schools' World Cup qualifiers might be just what he needs to get
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