Readers can discover all the foul facts about Cruel Kings & Mean Queens including which king died after falling off the toilet why people thought King John was a werewolf & why Queen Anne's feet were covered in garlic With a bold look these bestselling titles are sure to be a huge hit with yet another generation of Terry Deary fans ...

' Effortlessly blends the brutal & the tender the dark & the light Aector Mc Avoy is a true original So is David Mark' Mick Herron author of Dead Lions DS Aector Mc Avoy's brother-in-law Valentine is missing In New York City half the world away And the two men he travelled with have just been found in an open grave upstate one dead one as good as Mc Avoy doesn't believe Valentine killed them He does believe he's in trouble & so he follows him to New York determined to find out what happened But Valentine is in more danger than Mc Avoy could have imagined & Mc Avoy's walking into it right after him into the darkness of murder revenge & a forty-year-old crime ...

A relation of cruel optimism exists when something you desire is actually an obstacle to your flourishing Offering bold new ways of conceiving the present Lauren Berlant describes the cruel optimism that has prevailed since the 1980s as the social-democratic promise of the postwar period in the United States & Europe has retracted People have remained attached to unachievable fantasies of the good life-with its promises of upward mobility job security political & social equality & durable intimacy-despite evidence that liberal-capitalist societies can no longer be counted on to provide opportunities for individuals to make their lives "add up to something" Arguing that the historical present is perceived affectively before it is understood in any other way Berlant traces affective & aesthetic responses to the dramas of adjustment that unfold amid talk of precarity contingency & crisis She suggests that our stretched-out present is characterized by new modes of temporality & she explains why trauma theory-with its focus on reactions to the exceptional event that shatters the ordinary-is not useful for understanding the ways that people adjust over time once crisis itself has become ordinary Cruel Optimism is a remarkable affective history of the present ...

This letter V features the main villain Cruella De Vil from 101 Dalmatians The pale cream shade of the letter helps to create the illusion that the character is jumping right out of the classic film This charming Disney alphabet will make a perfect gift for a child's bedroom or nursery Material resin Each letter is hand painted helping to bring the featured characters to life Presented in a branded box ...

PERFECT for fans of Roald Dahl Think you know Dahl? Think again There's still a whole world of Dahl to discover in a newly collected book of his deliciously dark tales for adults ' Cruelty has a human heart ' Even when we mean to be kind we can sometimes be cruel We each have a streak of nastiness inside us In these ten tales of cruelty master storyteller Roald Dahl explores how & why it is we make others suffer Among others you'll read the story of two young bullies & the boy they torment the adulterous wife who uncovers her husband's secret the man with a painting tattooed on his back whose value he doesn't appreciate & the butler & chef who run rings around their obnoxious employer Roald Dahl reveals even more about the darker side of human nature in seven other centenary editions Lust Madness Deception Innocence Trickery War & Fear ...

One of the original robot RPG games & now a plastic model! From the 1980s PC game Cruise Chaser Blassty comes a plastic model kit of the main mecha Blassty! Blassty can be displayed in both Gunner & Shooter forms using interchangeable parts The model stands at 175mm in height in Gunner form features various points of articulation & is made from PS & ABS plastic Runners are separated into six colors (white red gray black blue & clear) Various parts such as the canopy & shield have been recreated with translucent parts ...

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Andy Van Allen former hero of a cult 1980s futuristic TV show is now a washed-up bitter failure of a hotel porter unlike his co-star Nick Lee who went on to fame & fortune in the USA Out of the blue Andy receives an unusual offer the show&s fan club has organised a &celebrity cruise& & wants Andy to attend as the principal celebrity Not only would this be the first holiday Andy&s had for years but they&re offering serious money into the bargain Once aboard however the paradise cruise is far from plain sailing The combination of Andy&s cynicism & his fans& adoration is bad enough to start with but unbeknown to him the cruise is set with a collision course with his mega-successful former co-star Lee With his world spinning out of control can Andy finally get a grip & become a true hero for his people? ...

Revell Cruiser Ship AIDA model kit contain 380 pieces After built it measures 634 cm in length Revell has stood for unique expertise in the development & making of true-to-the-original plastic model kits Today Revell is not only the market leader in Germany but also throughout Europe Revell EURTMs wealth of experience accumulated over decades has made the brand synonymous with a fascinating & multi-facetted world of modeling ...

Wooden City is a Polish company specialized in wooden mechanical self-assembly models These high quality certified 3D puzzles are ecological in fact they are made from birch plywood & rubber parts You will find a range of various mechanical products such as clocks 4x 4 windmill riding arena & you won't need glue or chemicals to assemble them! ...