Caryl Phillips' ambitious & powerful novel spans two hundred & fifty years of the African diaspora It tracks two brothers & a sister on their separate journeys through different epochs & continents one as a missionary to Liberia in the 1830s one a pioneer on a wagon trail to the American West later that century & one a GI posted to a Yorkshire village in the Second World War Crossing the River won the James Tait Black Memorial Award in 1994 & was shortlisted for the 1993 Booker Prize ...

63 routes with full passage tables An indispensable companion for planning Thames estuary passages this set of tables enables navigators to select the best routes according to tide times A set of tide tables IMRAY charts East Coast Pilot & Crossing the Thames Estuary provide all the information that is needed to fully explore the estuary & coasts of Suffolk Essex & Kent The object is help you plan your journey across the complex waters of the Thames Estuary quickly safely easily & accurately To do this a series of tables is provided based upon a variety of routes with alternative tables for Springs & Neaps & for a choice of average boat speeds of 4 5 6 & 7 knots As with the first edition the concentration is on the 'inside' routes that weave through or across various sands & swatch ways However this edition now

Includes:: the 'outside' route between the Suffolk Rivers & Ramsgate The Time Planning tables will enable you to plan departure times to arrive at key points on the crossing at your chosen time The purpose is to provide the reader with a simple & accurate way to determine the best choices when making the crossing what is your preferred route? What time do I start to ensure sufficient water through swatch ways or over banks? What is the best compromise to get the most help from the tide & still have sufficient water over the banks? Please visit wwwcrossingthethamesestuarycom for corrections & changes an illustrated ' Notices to Mariners' service for the area covered by this book & a range of chart lets of Roger's surveys

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Crossing the Water & Winter Trees contain the poems written during the exceptionally creative period of the last years of Sylvia Plath's life Published posthumously in 1971 they add a startling counterpoint to Ariel the volume that made her reputation Readers will recognise some of her most celebrated poems
- ' Childless Woman' ' Mirror' ' Insomniac'
- while discovering those still overlooked including her radio play Three Women These two extraordinary volumes find their place alongside The Colossus & Ariel in the oeuvre of a singular talent' Nearly all the poems here have the familiar Plath daring the same feel of bits of frightened vibrant indignant consciousness translated instantly into words & images that blend close experienced horror & icy sardonic control' Alan Brownjohn New Statesman

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Luminous SUV with remote control Wristband remote control 4 360 &176; swivel wheels for incredible stunts! Programming function the machine performs the movements you have programmed Amazing light effects on the car Charging time about 40 minutes Playing time minimum 30 minutes Speed 10-12km Frequency; 24 Ghz Power supply Rechargeable battery (for the car) 2 LR03 AAA 15V batteries (excluded) ...

Legion of Super-Heroes Crossover Pack 3 Deck-Building Game! Features the 3rd edition to DC Comics popular deck-building game Contains 6 Oversized Super-Hero Cards 22 Game Cards & a set of rules All-new Super-Villains Equipment Hero Villain Super Power & Location Cards This is not a st&-alone deck A copy of DC Comics Deck Building Game is required to play ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Eugene Martone (Ralph Macchio) struggles with the devil & his destiny when he goes down to the Crossroads in this contemporary drama With a potent blend of adventure romance & music the film takes gifted Martone into a dangerous & challenging new world Obsessed with unlocking the mysteries of the blues the fledging musicians finds cantankerous Willie Brown (Joe Seneca) a master of the blues harmonica & frees him from prison The unlikely duo hobos from New York to Mississipi as Martone searches for fame & Brown tries to break a contract he signed years ago with the devil Actors Ralph Macchio Joe Seneca Jami Gertz Joe Morton Robert Judd Steve Vai Dennis Lipscomb & Harry Carey Jr Director Walter Hill Certificate 15 years & over Year 1986 Languages English ...

In Crossroads of Heroes you play as a martial arts hero hailing from one of the five most venerated sects of Chinese Wuxia Emei Shaolin Beggar Wudang & Kunlun You start the game as a virtuous character who seeks to gain renown & become the next Grand Master of Wulin However during your journey if you employ too many evil methods you will turn Evil Scum & must then resort to a dark path to victory! During a player&s turn they can choose to train in ancient martial arts techniques fight in duels employ stratagems search for food & items & travel the Jianghu in hopes of gaining an edge over their rivals Crossroads of Heroes is a strategic game that challenges players to make decisions based on their personal links to their characters Aside from trying to win each player must also decide how they wish to reach that goal — by being a hero or villain 2–5 Players 45–90 Min Playing Time Age 14 ...

This book aims to explore & make visible the intersection of subject matter knowledge & teacher knowledge in the narratives of teachers This complicated interaction between these two bodies of knowledge is often studied & little understood This book uses narrative to examine the complexities of teaching & learning The authors of the chapters as well as the editors use innovative approaches to narrative methodology for research on teaching & teacher education in areas of education critical to teachers' lives Particularly through this book they continue to advance the work of researchers to display narratives of educator lives & ways of knowing while opening the space for a community of narrative scholars ...

' Epic in every sense'
- Sunday Times Fleeing from Ebou Dar with the kidnapped Daughter of the Nine Moons Mat Cauthon learns that
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Goodfellas meets Freaky Friday in this mind-bending new ongoing series from Fan-favorite creators GAIL SIMONE (Wonder Woman Batgirl Deadpool Secret Six Birds of Prey) & CAT STAGGS (Adventures of Supergirl Smallville Season 11 Wonder Woman &77) A slick & ruthless Chicago hitman A smart but downtrodden Seattle housewife When an inexplicable event strikes these two random strangers their bodies souls & lives are switched—to potentially deadly effect Collects issues 1-6 ...