A GORGEOUSLY GOTHIC WICKEDLY FUNNY NEW SERIES FROM WITCH WARS ILLUSTRATOR LAURA ELLEN ANDERSONWelcome to the world of Nocturnia where darkness reigns supreme glitter is terrifying & unicorns are the stuff of nightmares! Amelia Fang would much rather hang out with her pet pumpkin Squashy & her friends Florence the yeti (DON'T CALL HER BEAST!) & Grimaldi the reaper than dance at her parents' annual Barbaric Ball & when the King's spoiled son Tangine captures Squashy Amelia & her friends must escape the party to plan a daring rescue! In their race against time they begin to realise things in Nocturnia may not be quite what they seem Join Amelia on her very first adventure She won't bite! This gloriously ghostly new series from the creator of EVIL EMPEROR PENGUIN is perfect for 7-9 year olds & fans of THE WORST WITCH & WITCH WARS Amelia Fang is a modern Wednesday Addams
- but much more loveable! Look out for Amelia's next adventure AMELIA FANG & THE UNICORN LORDS coming soon! Praise for Amelia Fang & the Barbaric Ball' Brilliantly imagined laugh-out-loud funny' Sunday Express' The perfect mixture of funny foul & fearful' Metro When she's not trying to take over the world or fighting sock-stealing monsters Laura Ellen Anderson is a professional children's book author & illustrator with an increasing addiction to coffee She spends every waking hour creating & drawing & would quite like to live on the moon when humans finally make it possible Laura is the creator of EVIL EMPEROR PENGUIN & illustrator of WITCH WARS as well as many other children's books AMELIA FANG is her first series as author-illustrator
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A GORGEOUSLY GOTHIC WICKEDLY FUNNY NEW SERIES FROM WITCH WARS ILLUSTRATOR LAURA ELLEN ANDERSON 240 pages Anderson Laura Ellen ...

A classic fantasy story from the world's best-loved children's author Enid Blyton Amelia Jane is big bad & the terror of the toy cupboard! Will Amelia Jane ever stop? Now she's causing chaos with a boomerang scribbling all over the nursery walls & playing all sorts of tricks on Mr Up-&-To! Sometimes the toys manage to trick her back & she promises to be good from now on But can the world's naughtiest doll ever be goodshort chapters & beautiful illustrations make Amelia Jane perfect bedtime reading for children aged six & upwards A richly nostalgic offering for grandparents & parents to share with the next generation of Blyton fans Have you collected all the Amelia Jane titles? Naughty Amelia Jane Amelia Jane is Naughty Again Amelia Jane Gets into Trouble Good Idea Amelia Jane Amelia Jane Again Enid Blyton is arguably the most famous children's author of all time thanks to series such as The Wishing-Chair The Faraway Tree- The Mysteries The Famous Five & The Secret Seven Her Amelia Jane stories have charmed generations of children
- they are as memorable & full of child appeal as any of her other characters & they are as popular today as they have ever been ' Her books were terrific page-turners in the way no others were'
- Michael Morpurgo author of War Horse

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Amelie & Nanette are very excited! Christmas is coming & they are busy making their fairy costumes for the party at school But on the day of the party poor Nanette starts to shiver & sneeze
- & has to stay at home! They are both sad but when Nanette gets better a special fairy comes to visit & Pilou the dog delivers a sack full of cards from her school friends! An enchanting festive story featuring two very special girls who discover that the best gift of all is to have a friend to share Christmas with Contains beautiful Christmassy paper chains to cut out & make!
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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 She&ll change your life Amelie Poulain (Audrey Tautou) is a young woman who glides through the streets of Paris observing With wide eyes & a tiny grin she sees the world in a magical light discovering minor miracles every day A shy girl whose favorite moments are spent alone skimming stones into the water Amelie was raised by a pair of eccentrics who falsely diagnosed her with a heart problem at the age of six & so limited her exposure to the outside world Now a free & independent woman Amelie wears a bob that curls in every direction & dresses in red With a job in a cafe & an aptitude for spying on her neighbors Amelie entertains herself by enacting a series of homemade kindhearted practical jokes ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Amen live at Manchester University on 1st February 2003 Tracks include & Coma America& & Refuse Amen& Justified& & Buy America& & The Waiting 18& & Mayday& & & Gun of a Preacherman ...

Filmmaker Costa-Gavras (' Mad City' ' Music Box' & ' Missing') has a reputation for controversial political cinema & he does not fail to raise eyebrows with ' Amen' Focusing on the Vatican's unwillingness to oppose the Holocaust & two men who tried to change the system from within ' Amen' is adapted from the play ' The Representative' by Rolf Hochhuth It is based on a true story about officer Kurt Gerstein (Ulrich Tukur) a Nazi soldier who moved up the SS ranks by devising a chemical method to purify soldiers' drinking water Gerstein is unaware of the horrors of the concentration camps until he is recruited by The Doctor (Ulrich Muhe) to adapt the same chemical for use in the gas chambers Though Gerstein is overwhelmed by the reality of the impending massacre he does not turn a blind eye He informs the Swedes the German Protestant Church & even the Vatican But he is sent away dismissed & otherwise silenced by all but the tenacious Father Riccardo Fontana (Mathieu Kassovitz) a fictitious character based on a number of priests who fought against the Holocaust Father Riccardo takes life-threatening risks in a fruitless effort to convince the cardinal (Michel Duchaussoy) & the Pope (Marcel Iures) to rise above their fears of Nazi retribution ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play A city-dwelling couple & their friend are invited to the remote tidal island of Amen for a surprise birthday party Husband Rick has been in cahoots with Corinne an enigmatic Amen Island local who he believes holds the answers to his wife s long-buried family secrets But the surprise birthday trip soon goes horribly wrong & the trio find themselves trapped by the tide & at the mercy of the unwelcoming island community A growing sense of unease turns into a living nightmare for the visitors as the true horror of the situation unfolds AMEN ISLAND is a deviant British thriller inspired by British Cult Classics such as The Wicker Man & Hammer House of Horror Directed by Mark Harriott & Mike Matthews & with an all British cast including David Paisley (Holby City Casualty) Jill Riddiford (Our Friends in the North) & trash horror legend David Mc Gillivray AMEN ISLAND is the birthday trip from hell Actors David Paisley Christina de valle Jill Riddiford Jonathan Keane David Mc Gillivray Directors Mark Harriot Mike Matthews Format PALLanguage English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Number of discs 1 ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Three key moments all of them sensual define Ana&s life Her carnal search sways between reality & coloured fantasies becoming more & more oppressive A black laced hand prevents her from screaming The wind lifts her dress & caresses her thighs A razor blade brushes her skin where will this chaotic & carnivorous journey leave her? Actors Cassandra Foret Charlotte Eugene-Guibbaud Marie Bos Bianca Maria D& Amato & Harry Cleven Director Helene Cattet & Bruno Forzani Certificate 18 years & over Year 2009 Screen Widescreen 169 Languages French
- DTS-HD Master Audio (51) Subtitles English Duration 1 hour & 24 minutes (approx)
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In America France's leading philosopher of postmodernism took to the freeways to produce a collection of traveler's tales from the land of hyperreality From the sierras of New Mexico to the streets of New York & LA by night-- a sort of luminous geometric incandescent immensity A--Baudrillard mixes apercus & observations with a wicked sense of fun to provide a unique insight into the country that dominates the world In this new edition leading cultural critic & novelist Geoff Dyer offers a thoughtful & perceptive take on the continuing resonance of Baudrillard's book in Obama's America ...