' Endlessly surprising & inventive She is also simply the funniest writer we have ever had' Frank Cottrell-Boyce' Nesbit belongs with those writers of children's books who are successful because of their skills as storytellers Indeed she was one of the first She speaks to the reader & it's almost as though you can hear her voice' Quentin Blake No matter how hard the Bastable children try to be good they almost always fail spectacularly Whether making a disastrous Christmas pudding for charity spending a dark night in an empty windmill or fortune-telling at a fete the Bastables cannot help getting into all sorts of mischief Edith Nesbit was one of the most influential children's writers ever to have lived & her timeless books include The Railway Children & Five Children & It A collection that will be coveted by children & adults alike this list is the best in children's literature curated by Virago These are timeless tales with beautiful covers that will be treasured & shared across the generations Some titles you will already know; some will be new to you but there are stories for everyone to love whatever your age Our list

Includes:: Nina Bawden (Carrie's War The Peppermint Pig) Rumer Godden (The Dark Horse An Episode of Sparrows) Joan Aiken (The Serial Garden The Gift Giving) E Nesbit (The Psammead Trilogy The Bastable Trilogy The Railway Children) L M Montgomery (The Anne of Green Gables series) & Susan Coolidge (The What Katy Did Trilogy) Discover Virago Children's Classics

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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 A motley crew of retired police officers re-opens troublesome cases that were never laid to rest From the discovery of a new motive in the killing of a college lecturer to the tracing of a missing child the team finds a way through the detail that eluded the original officers But they are finding a surprising incidence of cover-up & conspiracy in their new investigations Are their superiors about to close ranks? Or is someone feeding them particular files? Either way the suspicion that they are being manipulated is high
- & the team is determined to get to the bottom of it These old dogs won&t roll over too easily Age Rating 15
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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 Complete collection of all twelve series of the BBC crime drama A motley crew of retired police officers is recruited by an ambitious superintendent to re-open troublesome cases that were never laid to rest Series 1 episodes are & The Chinese Job& &ID Parade& & Painting On Loan& &1984& & Good Work Rewarded& & Home Truths& & & Talking to the Dead& Series 2 episodes are &A Delicate Touch& & Family Business& & Trust Me& & Old & Cold& & Creative Problem Solving& & Eyes Down for a Full House& & Fluke of Luck& & &17 Years of Nothing& Series 3 episodes are & Lady&s Pleasure& & Dockers& & Old Dogs& & Diamond Geezers& & Wicca Work& & Bank Robbery& & Ice Cream Wars& & & Congratulations& Series 4 episodes are & Casualty& & God&s Waiting Room& & Ducking & Diving& & Nine Lives& & Powerhouse& & Buried Treasure& & Father&s Pride& & & Big Topped& Series 5 episodes are & Spare Parts& & Final Curtain& &A Face for Radio& & Loyalties & Royalties& & Couldn&t Organise One& & Magic Majestic& & Communal Living& & & Mad Dogs& Series 6 episodes are & The War Against Drugs& & The Truth Is Out There& & Fresh Starts& & Shadow Show& & The Last Laugh& & Blood Is Thicker Than Water& & & Meat Is Murder& Series 7 episodes are & Dead Man Talking& & It Smells of Books& & Left Field& & Dark Chocolate& & Good Morning Lemmings& & Fashion Victim& & Where There&s Smoke& & Coming Out Ball& & Gloves Off& & & The Fourth Man& Series 8 episodes are & Old Fossils& & End of the Line& & Lost in Translation& & Setting Out Your Stall& & Moving Target& & Object of Desire& & The Gentleman Vanishes& & Only the Brave& & Half Life& & & Tiger Tiger& Series 9 episodes are &A Death in the Family& & Old School Ties& & Queen & Country& & The Girl Who Lived& & Body of Evidence& & Love Means Nothing in Tennis& & Dead Poets& & & Parts of a Whole& Series 10 episodes are & The Rock Part One& & The Rock Part Two& & The Sins of the Father& & The Little Brother& & Cry Me a River& & & Into the Woods& Series 11 episodes are & Bermondsey Boy& & Tender Loving Care& & Roman Ruined& & In Vino Veritas& & The English Defence& & Breadcrumbs& & & The Queen&s Speech& Series 12 episodes are & Last Man Standing Part One& & Last Man Standing Part Two& & The Curate&s Egg& & The Wolf of Wallbrook& & Prodigal Sons& & The Fame Game& & The Russian Cousin& & Lottery Curse& & Life Expectancy& & & The Crazy Gang& ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play New Tricks returns for its eleventh series & Dan Griffin Steve Mac Andrew & Gerry Standing are back investigating cold cases under the watchful eye of their boss DCI Sasha Miller Gerry goes back to his roots in Bermondsey when his youngest daughter decides to get married & while he’s there an old friend asks for help to find whoever murdered his grandson Meanwhile Sasha finds it tricky working with her ex-husband & fellow police officer DAC Ned Hancock Steve’s parenting skills are tested when his son falls foul of the law & Dan Griffin needs some cheering up from his colleagues when his daughter Holly leaves home for university The team investigates a wide variety of crimes from the death of a young A&E doctor to an international interpreter with a passion for chess there’s an occult mystery that leads the team to the underground river fleet & there’s the murder of a pub landlord where Gerry & Steve end up in an English vineyard They also have to go back in time to investigate the mysterious deaths of an anti-nuclear activist a local bobby from the 50’s whose wife is now in a care home suffering from dementia & a schoolgirl from the 80’s whose ascetic father has a secret to hide Throw in some Roman re-enactment some black market steroids the death of one of Griffin’s friends & a difficult reunion between Steve & his father & you have another compelling ten episodes of New Tricks ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play All ten episodes from the twelfth & final series of the BBC police drama A motley crew of retired police officers are recruited by DCI Sasha Miller (Tamzin Outhwaite) & Danny Griffin (Nicholas Lyndhurst) to reopen troublesome cases that were never laid to rest The episodes are & Last Man Standing Part One& & Last Man Standing Part Two& & The Curate&s Egg& & The Wolf of Wallbrook& & Prodigal Sons& & The Fame Game& & The Russian Cousin& & Lottery Curse& & Life Expectancy& & & The Crazy Gang& ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman heads The Unsolved Crime & Open Case Squad (UCOS) cracking previously unsolved crimes from the past Her team are three ex policemen; Gerry Standing Jack Halford & Brian Lane who have all opted for early retirement In series 7 they reopen a case when the victim&s daughter provides new evidence
- from a psychic A fashion designer&s retrospective reignites the mystery of his stabbing during a party eight years ago When the team are approached by a known paedophile who confesses to murder they find themselves trying to prove his innocence A woman on remand brings information to UCOS about an apparently accidental fire 14 years ago & an old adversary brings them fresh information on a 30 year old bank job that threatens to finish the unit forever
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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 Detective Superintendent Sandra Pullman heads The Unsolved Crime & Open Case Squad (UCOS) cracking previously unsolved crimes from the past Her team are three ex policemen; Gerry Standing Jack Halford & Brian Lane who have all opted for early retirement The Series 8 cases include investigations into the murder of a Natural History Museum palaeontologist with plenty of enemies a previously unidentified vagrant a charred body with potential links to an Albanian crime circle a popular market stall holder a bicycle courier in possession of a deadly package an antiques dealer & a prominent scientist who disappeared while on a train to Paris But as UCOS dig deeper they begin to rattle cages at Whitehall & an ominous warning is issued ...

The Unsolved Crime & Open Case Squad 3 men headed by a female superintendent face 10 new stories all unsolved crimes leading to dangerous situations for them all The squad looses James Halford when he quits but is joined by retired DI Steve Mc Allister ...

It is well known that the world is transitioning to an irrevocable urban future whose epicentre has moved into the cities of Asia & Africa What is less clear is how this will be managed & deployed as a multi-polar world system is being born The full implications of this challenge cry out to be understood because city building (and retrofitting) cannot but be an undertaking entangled in profound societal & cultural shifts In this highly original account renowned urban sociologists Abdou Maliq Simone & Edgar Pieterse offer a call for action based fundamentally on the detail of people's lives Urban regions are replete with residents who are compelled to come up with innovative ways to maintain or extend livelihoods whose makeshift character is rarely institutionalized into a fixed set of practices locales or organizational forms This novel analytical approach reveals a more complex relationship between people the state & other agents than has previously been understood As the authors argue we need adequate concepts & practices to grasp the composition & intricacy of these shifting efforts to make visible new political possibilities for action & social justice in cities across Asia & Africa ...

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