Angela Slatter&s first US collection features twelve of the award-winning Australian author&s finest darkest fairy tales & adds two new stories to her marvelous cauldron of fiction Stories peopled by women & girls-fearless frightened brave bold frail & fantastical-who take the paths less travelled accept (and offer) poisoned apples & embrace transformation in all its forms Reminiscent of Angela Carter at her best Slatter&s work is both timeless & freshfascinating new reflections from the enchanted mirrors of fairy tales & forklore

Includes:: an introduction by Theodora Goss author of The Thorn & the Blossom

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Helps young children who are just beginning to recognise & identify their emotions understand how anger feels & affects them Readers are taught that it's okay to get mad if you know what to do Told in rhyme the gentle & calming narration introduces the subject delicately & simply offering explanations reassurances & tools to try to manage tempers & tantrums 32 pages Full-colour illustrations Brochmann Holly ...

On a near future Earth Good Man does not mean good at all Instead the term signifies a member of the ruling class & what it takes to become a good man & to hold onto power is downright evil Now a conspiracy hundreds of years in the making is about to be brought to light when the imprisoned son of the Good Man of Olympic Seacity escapes from his solitary confinement cell & returns to find his father assassinated But when Luce Keeva attempts to take hold of the reins of power he finds that not all is as it seems that a plot for his own imminent murder is afoot
- & that a worldwide conflagration looms It is a war of revolution & a shadowy group known as the Sons of Liberty may prove to be Luce only ally in a fight to throw off an evil from the past that has enslaved humanity for generations! Sequel to Sarah A Hoyt award-winning Darkship Thieves & Darkship Renegades this is Book One in the Earth Revolution saga
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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 One man is dead Two men are accused of his murder The entire Marines Corps is on trial & &A Few Good Men& are about to ignite the most explosive episode in US military history Universally acclaimed A Few Good Men unites the big screen&s biggest stars as Hollywood heavyweights Jack Nicholson Tom Cruise & Demi Moore lead an all star cast in director Rob Reiner&s powerful account of corruption cover-up & a relentless quest for justice within the sacred corridors of the US Navy With powerful performances from Kevin Bacon & Kiefer Sutherland A Few Good Men makes its mark as the major movie triumph of the decade ...

On a near future Earth " Good Man" does not mean good at all Instead the term signifies a member of the ruling class & what it takes to become a good man & to hold onto power is downright evil Now a conspiracy hundreds of years in the making is about to be brought to light when the imprisoned son of the Good Man of Olympic Seacity escapes from his solitary confinement cell & returns to find his father assassinated But when Luce Keeva attempts to take hold of the reins of power he finds that not all is as it seems that a plot for his own imminent murder is afoot
- & that a worldwide conflagration looms Sequel to Sarah A Hoyt&s award-winning Darkship Thieves & Darkship Renegades
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' The Irish do love telling stories & we are suspicious of people who don't have long complicated conversations There used to be a rule in etiquette books that you should invite four talkers & four listeners to a dinner party That doesn't work in Ireland because nobody knows four listeners' Maeve Binchy Maeve Binchy's bestselling novels not only tell wonderful stories they also give an insight in to how Ireland has changed over the decades & how people remain the same they still fall in love sometimes unsuitably; they still have hopes & dreams; they have deep long-standing friendships & some that fall apart From her earliest writing to her most recent Maeve's work has included wonderfully nostalgic pieces & also sharp often witty writing which is insightful & topical But at the heart of all Maeve's fiction are the people & their relationships with each other A FEW OF THE GIRLS is a glorious collection of the very best of her writing full of the warmth charm & humour that has always been essentially Maeve ...

In this investigation into loss losing & being lost Rebecca Solnit explores the challenges of living with uncertainty A Field Guide to Getting Lost takes in subjects as eclectic as memory & mapmaking Hitchcock movies & Renaissance painting Beautifully written this book combines memoir history & philosophy shedding glittering new light on the way we live now ...

Offers a guide to live more simply & in balance From her experiences as an American writer & teacher living in Bhutan the author shares endearing often humorous stories from the happiest country in the world 256 pages Leaming Linda ...

A guide to critical thinking in the &post-truth& era from the author of Sunday Times best-seller The Organized Mind We live in a world of information overload Facts & figures on absolutely everything are at our fingertips but are too often biased distorted or outright lies From unemployment figures to voting polls IQ tests to divorce rates we&re bombarded by seemingly plausible statistics on how people live & what they think Daniel Levitin teaches us how to effectively ask ourselves can we really know that? & how do they know that? In this eye-opening accessible guide filled with fascinating examples & practical takeaways acclaimed neuroscientist Daniel Levitin shows us how learning to understand statistics will enable you to make better smarter judgements on the world around you ...

The Archbishop of York's behaviour was 'never that expected of a cleric rarely that expected of a pirate' 192 pages Butler-Gallie The Revd Fergus ...