I lay very still with all my senses telling me that I had gone mad The plague? Nobody's had the plague for centuries Nathan Field a talented young actor arrives at the newly rebuilt Globe Theatre in London to play Puck in A Midsummer Night's Dream As rehearsals begin eerie echoes of the past begin to haunt Nat & he falls sick with a mysterious sickness When he wakes Nat finds himself in 1599 an actor at the original Globe
- & his co-star is none other than the King of Shadows himself William Shakespeare Nat's new life is full of excitement danger & the passionate friendship that he has longed for since the tragic death of his parents But why has he been sent to the past
- & is he trapped there forever?

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A classic & heartfelt war story from War Horse author & former Children's Laureate Michael Morpurgo Escaping from China as the Japanese invade Ashley & Uncle Sung embark on a perilous journey across the Himalayas Then Ashley finds himself alone in the hostile mountains battling for his life He is just about to give up all hope when he has a mysterious & terrifying encounter Author of Private Peaceful & Friend or Foe Michael Morpurgo again demonstrates why he is considered to be the master storyteller with another of his beautifully crafted war stories In the tradition of Goodnight Mr Tom Carrie's War & The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas King of the Cloud Forests is a novel that takes children to the heart of a tumultuous period in history-- ---- Former Children's Laureate Michael Morpurgo needs no introduction He is one of the most successful children's authors in the country loved by children teachers & parents alike Michael has written more than forty books for children including the global hit War Horse which was made into a Hollywood film by Steven Spielberg in 2011 Several of his other stories have been adapted for screen & stage including My Friend Walter Why the Whales Came & Kensuke's Kingdom Michael has won the Whitbread Award the Smarties Award the Circle of Gold Award the Children's Book Award & has been short-listed for the Carnegie Medal four times He started the charity Farms for City Children in 1976 with his wife Clare aimed at relieving the poverty of experience many young children feel in inner city & urban areas Michael is also a patron of over a dozen other charities Living in Devon listening to Mozart & working with children have provided Michael with the ideas & incentive to write his stories He spends half his life mucking out sheds with the children feeding sheep or milking cows; the other half he spends dreaming up & writing stories for children For me the greater part of writing is daydreaming dreaming the dream of my story until it hatches out
- the writing down of it I always find hard But I love finishing it then holding the book in my hand & sharing my dream with my readers Michael received an OBE in December 2006 for his services to literature
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Saboteurs are blowing up government warehouses (during World War II) Roy & his pals work undercover to put an end to their operations Actors Roy Rogers Directors Joseph Kane Language English Number of discs 1 ...

In King of the Creepies up to six players try to build their ultimate teams by collecting creepie cards & outfitting them with gear & special abilities to fight in fast-paced battles Players bet their hard-earned monies in the hope of buying the perfect cards to crush their enemies but goblins are always hiding just out of sight to cause all sorts of mischief! Bet bribe & battle your way through the marketplace & the arena to become the King of the Creepies! Each round of the game is played in three phases In the market phase players buy & sell cards to try to assemble a team of well-equipped creepies In the match phase players reveal their chosen combatants then bet their monies on the outcome; after bets have been placed a mischief card is drawn which affects the battle in an unpredictable way The battle phase is where the majority of the game takes place Players battle each other using one of thirty unique creepies using gear items & special abilities to help their cause The winner earns a victory crystal & whoever collects five crystals first wins! The game

Includes:: a variant ruleset for "poker mode" In this version of the game players draw an entirely new hand each round & go through a series of rounds of betting before battle with the combat winner gaining the pot Players then draw a whole new hand & try again until one player has all the monies!

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If your child likes to play outside with their RC vehicles the easy-to-use Revell Control Monster Truck ' King of the Forest' is ideally suited & rated for ages 8 & above! Everyone wants to go to school with this school bus! King of the Forest is the Monster Truck in the absolute hammer design Huge monster tires & the exchangeable Li-Ion battery together with the powerful motor provide the right power to race through any terrain Together with your friends you can experience driving fun at the same time because the included 24 GHz remote control does not interfere with other vehicles so you can experience real racing Super Chunky Monster Truck Cool Design 24 G Hz Control With Li-Ion battery & USB (Universal Serial Bus) charger Transmitter requires 2x 15V AA batteries (not included) ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Taut Spanish thriller starring Leonardo Sbaraglia as Quim a city man who meets an attractive young woman Bea (Maria Valverde) at a roadside garage after losing his way while driving in the countryside The pair then find themselves pursued by a pair of unseen gunmen as they try to escape along the labyrinthine forest roads ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play When the world turns upside down the trick is coming out on top The saga adapted from the memoirs of AE Hotchner based on his own childhood in St Louis The story follows twelve year old Aaron who perseveres with his family amid the strange characters & persistent dangers of a transient hotel Actors Jesse Bradford Joroen Krabbe Karen Allen Elizabeth Mc Govern Lisa Eichhorn Spalding Gray Adrien Brody & Katherine Heigl Director Steven Soderbergh Certificate 12 years & over Year 1993 Screen Widescreen 2351 Anamorphic Languages English
- Dolby Digital Surround Additional Languages French ; German ; Italian ; Spanish ; Russian Subtitles English for the hearing impaired ; French ; German ; Italian ; Spanish ; Czech ; Danish ; Finnish ; Greek ; Hungarian ; Norwegian ; Polish ; Swedish ; Russian Duration 1 hour & 39 minutes (approx)
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Build a grand castle place the King & his soldiers in or on it & start your attack! You score points for good throws but only if you knock down the king himself The payer with the highest score wins! This wooden garden game makes for a good battle in skill & tactics A great high quality wooden game This wooden garden game makes for a good battle in skill & tactics Try to get the highest score to win the game ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play The complete first season of the popular US animated comedy series from the creators of & Beavis & Butthead& Hank Hill (voice of Mike Judge) a propane gas salesman in the fictional town Arlen Texas is often besieged by the idiosyncrasies of society but he finds some serenity in his home-life with his wife substitute Spanish teacher Peggy (Kathy Najimy) his awkward son Bobby (Pamela Adhon) & his live-in niece-in-law Luanne Platter (Brittany Murphy) ...

BOOK 2 OF THE MALLOREON the worldwide bestselling fantasy series by one of the godfathers of the tradition Discover the epic stories that inspired generations of fantasy writers
- from Raymond Feist's The Riftwar Cycle to George R R Martin's A Game of Thrones He will travel even to the edge of the world Garion & Ce' Nedra are on a desperate journey to find their young son Geran His kidnapper Zandramas is powerful & elusive with many disguises But they must not give in to despair or all is lost Their search leads through the foul swamps of Nyissa & on into the dark Kingdom of the Murgos where human sacrifices are still made to the dead god Torak In the end they must face the ultimate danger
- not only to themselves but to all mankind

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