LEGO is one of the world's best-loved & most familiar brands adored by generations of children What is less well known though is how close this iconic company came to total collapse in 2003 Brick by Brick is the compelling story of a Danish family-owned company that enjoyed decades of success before its inability to keep in step with a rapidly changing market brought it crashing to earth It's also the story of an extraordinary recovery As disaster stared them in the face the management of LEGO embarked on an audacious & innovative plan to turn their fortunes around & then painstakingly implemented it Today the company is riding high once again & enjoying results that are the envy of their competitors Granted unprecedented access to every part of the LEGO Group David Robertson not only charts each twist in the company's story but explains precisely what went wrong & how it was fixed His clear-sighted analysis will prove invaluable to all those who want to understand how companies can not only ride the storm of change but benefit from it ...

It's New York- but not as you know it This unofficial guide helps LEGO (R) fans discover Central Park the Chrysler Building Brooklyn Bridge & 17 more landmarks recreated in amazing detail Then make your own with 20 quick-build projects that include a hot dog cart yellow taxi cab & subway train Packed with city secrets & insights 128 pages No Lonely Planet Kids ...

It's Paris- but not as you know it This unofficial guide helps LEGO (R) fans discover the Eiffel Tower Arc de Triomphe Centre Pompidou & 17 more landmarks recreated in amazing detail Then make your own with 20 quick-build projects that include Notre Dame Sacre Coeur & a Tour de France cyclist Packed with city secrets & insights 128 pages No Lonely Planet Kids ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Off-beat drama from writerdirector Rian Johnson imitating the conventions of 1940s hardboiled film noir as a teenager investigates his ex-girlfriend&s death in a small Southern Californian town Brendan (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) is an outsider at his high school but when his ex-girlfriend Emily goes missing he decides to investigate Teaming up with The Brain (Matt O& Leary) Brendan gets close to Emily&s group of eccentric & sinister friends As he begins to suspect the figure known only as The Pin (Lukas Haas) Brendan insinuates himself into his inner circle But will Brendan uncover truths about Emily or more dangerous truths about himself? ...

Still in her teenage years Nazneen finds herself in an arranged marriage with a disappointed man who is twenty years older Away from the mud & heat of her Bangladeshi village home is now a cramped flat in a high-rise block in London's East End Nazneen knows not a word of English & is forced to depend on her husband But unlike him she is practical & wise & befriends a fellow Asian girl Razia who helps her understand the strange ways of her adopted new British home Nazneen keeps in touch with her sister Hasina back in the village But the rebellious Hasina has kicked against cultural tradition & run off in a 'love marriage' with the man of her dreams When he suddenly turns violent she is forced into the degrading job of garment girl in a cloth factory Confined in her flat by tradition & family duty Nazneen also sews furiously for a living shut away with her buttons & linings
- until the radical Karim steps unexpectedly into her life On a background of racial conflict & tension they embark on a love affair that forces Nazneen finally to take control of her fate Strikingly imagined gracious & funny this novel is at once epic & intimate Exploring the role of Fate in our lives
- those who accept it; those who defy it
- it traces the extraordinary transformation of an Asian girl from cautious & shy to bold & dignified woman


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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 Action drama starring Paul Walker & RZA Set in a run-down Detroit City where crime is rife the local authorities have built a containment wall around derelict brick mansions which are being used by ruthless criminals including gang leader Tremaine (RZA) Police officer Damien Collier (Walker) goes undercover to infiltrate Tremaine&s gang & put a stop to his plan to destroy the city Damien also has a personal vendetta against the crime boss who murdered his father as does former convict Lino (David Belle) whose girlfriend has been kidnapped by Tremaine Damien & Lino form an unlikely partnership as they attempt to seek vengeance while preventing the destruction of the city Actors Paul Walker RZA David Belle Robert Maillet Carlo Rota Directors Camille Delamarre Writers Luc Besson Bibi Naceri Robert Mark Kamen Producers Luc Besson Claude Leger Jonathan Vanger Number of discs 1 ...

Are you better at building with plastic bricksor explaining how to do it? What if you have to build with your eyes closed or using only one hand? Or if you must explain it without speaking? Can you still be faster than your opponents? Brick Party is a funny & frenzied game of crazy building! Reveal the special rule for the round choose your teammate & get ready Then grab the blocks & build the shape you choose faster than the others! & in the next round? A new special rule new partners & new shapesfor a game that&s never boring! Brick Party contains 36 plastic construction bricks & 165 cards with shapes that must be built by the players Players 2-9 Playing time 15-30 minutes Ages 5 ...

Brickleberry&s back & now in comics! Written by show creators Waco O& Guin & Roger Black the epic " Ar MOOgeddon" storyline picks up right where television&s most outrageous animated sitcom left off! In the distant future Steve Williams -- the only Brickleberry park ranger who managed to escape death at the hands of the Alien Cow Invasion -- has joined forces with a small group of human rebels in an underground hidden base With the help of Dr Kuzniak Future Steve must travel back in time to the year 2015 & kill head ranger Woody Johnson whose actions led to the Invasion & the destruction of all humanity But Denzel Jackson has other plans for Steve&s time travel technology redneck Bobby Possumcods willingly submits to Alien Cow domination & Connie&s advances toward Ethel get weird ...

Wooden sign by Heaven Sends with popular House script A House is made from Bricks & Beams Pretty Beige Vintage Floral Background & integral hanging hooks on reverse Measures 76 X 2 X 17cm ...

The latest spellbinding novel from one of the world's best-loved authors Paulo Coelho now in paperback This is the story of Brida a young Irish girl & her quest for knowledge She has long been interested in various aspects of magic & has taken courses in astrology tarot & numerology but is searching for something more Her search leads her to people of great wisdom who begin to teach her about the world Her teachers sense that Brida has a gift but cannot tell what that is Meanwhile Brida pursues her course ever deeper into the mysteries of life seeking to answer questions about who she is She meets a wise man who dwells in a forest & teaches her about overcoming her fears & trusting in the goodness of the world & a woman who teaches her how to dance to the music of the world & how to pray to the moon She seeks her destiny as she struggles to find a balance between her relationships & her desire to become a witch This enthralling novel incorporates themes fans of Paulo will love It is a tale of love passion mystery & spirituality ...