Writers' relationships with their surroundings are seldom straightforward While some like Jane Austen & Thomas Mann wrote novels set where they were staying (Lyme Regis & Venice respectively) Victor Hugo penned Les Miserables in an attic in Guernsey & Noel Coward wrote that most English of plays Blithe Spirit in the Welsh holiday village of Portmeirion Award-winning BBC drama producer Adrian Mourby follows his literary heroes around the world exploring 50 places where great works of literature first saw the light of day At each destination
- from the Brontes' Yorkshire Moors to the New York of Truman Capote Christopher Isherwood's Berlin to the now-legendary Edinburgh cafe where JK Rowling plotted Harry Potter's first adventures
- Mourby explains what the writer was doing there & describes what the visitor can find today of that great moment in literature Rooms of One's Own takes you on a literary journey from the British Isles to Paris Berlin New Orleans New York & Bangkok & unearths the real-life places behind our best-loved works of literature

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Rooms The Main Building is a single player puzzle game for Nintendo DSDSi that challenges players to find their way out of a confusing world of more than 100 2D rooms that are inexplicably jumbled into tiled segments The game utilizes a sliding tile game mechanic to move through these settings as well as a set of special items like ladders or phones that can be overlaid on the play area to bypass problematic areas Additional features include a level editor & the ability to share levels with other players over a Nintendo Wi-Fi connection Rooms Like None You Have Ever Seen In Rooms The Main Building players walk into a mystery like none they have ever experienced An invitation abruptly arrived at your doorstep diverts you to the entrance of a world that is physically scrambled yet filled with mystic beauty In that world you need to reach the exit by sliding the pieces of rooms in the same way as a slide puzzle At the same time you must use fantastic devices to navigate through each of these rooms The solution is only a doorstep away Getting there is the easy part Finding a way home will be the adventure Gameplay Rooms The Main Building is a point-&-click puzzle game that utilizes the classic sliding tile puzzle mechanic to challenge the player to move through a gameworld made up of more than 100 rooms that have been inexplicably rearranged To escape these rooms players use the DS stylus or their finger to click on the blank areas next to the section of the room that your character is in This shifts your character to that section But think ahead & plan accordingly to avoid problem areas or circumstance that may block your path In addition to spatially oriented thinking special items can also help you through your journey For instance use a ladder to climb vertically to a new room section or teleport to entirely new areas or rooms via one of the mysterious telephones available throughout the game These items & more can be found at various spots in the play area or in the central area connecting rooms know as " Rooms Street" Here you can also interact with non-player characters & get a better understanding of how this jumbled world came to be A unique point-&-click puzzle adventure for Nintendo DSDSi that is based on the classic sliding tile puzzle mechanic Play inside of intuitive & amusing rooms as you use objects & your wits to escape Over 100 rooms to traverse as you make your way through the buildings of this mystifying world Explore the additional play area of " Rooms Street" where you can interact with non-player characters find useful items & more

Includes:: a level editor to create your own levels The ability to share levels wirelessly via a Nintendo Wi-Fi connection allows players to share their creations with friends

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Salvador Dali once asked room service at Le Meurice in Paris to send him up a flock of sheep When they were brought to his room he pulled out a gun & fired blanks at them George Bernard Shaw tried to learn the tango at Reid's Palace in Madeira & the details of India's independence were worked out in the ballroom of the Imperial Hotel Delhi The world's grandest hotels have provided glamorous backgrounds for some of the most momentous
- & most bizarre
- events in history Adrian Mourby is a distinguished hotel historian & travel journalist
- & a lover of great hotels Here he tells the stories of 50 of the world's most magnificent among them the Adlon in Berlin the Hotel de Russie in Rome the Continental in Saigon Raffles in Singapore the Dorchester in London Pera Palace in Istanbul & New York's Plaza as well as some lesser known grand hotels like the Bristol in Warsaw the Londra Palace in Venice & the Midland in Morecambe Bay All human life is to be found in a great hotel only in a more entertaining form


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Rooney tells the action-packed story of one boy's journey from the streets of Croxteth to one of the biggest stages in world football This heartwarming book tracks Rooney's fairytale rise from child superstar to Everton hero to Manchester United legend ...

Abysse Creative Distribution Soccer Starz Assorted Best of EU Leagues Figure is made in China Figure size 45 cm 5 cm depending on model Beautiful & attractive designs Featuring players from the top European Leagues League Liga Ligue 1 & Bundesliga Example of players 2017 Elite Foil Bag Range Arsenal Bellerin Ozil; Atletico Madrid Oblak; Barcelona Turan Messi Suarez Neymar; Celtic Armstrong; Chelsea Azpilicueta Willian (away kit); Crystal Palace Puncheon; Everton Lukaku; Leicester City Vardy Mahrez Okazaki; Liverpool Firmino Ibe Clyne; Man City Pep Aguero; Man Utd Martial Rooney Blind Lingard Schneiderlin; PSG- Trapp; Real Madrid Ronaldo (away kit) Bale (away kit) Varane Ramos Kroos Zidane; Spurs Alli Dier Kane (away kit) Son; Stoke Imbula Shaqiri; West Brom Rondon; West Ham- Kouyate Figure size 45 cm
- 5 cm depending on model Beautiful & attractive designs Recommended for 4 year & above age children
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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 When Wayne Rooney scored against Switzerland at Wembley in September 2015 he became England&s greatest ever goalscorer eclipsing the record held by Sir Bobby Charlton for almost half a century But who is the real Wayne Rooney off the pitch & away from the glare of the media spotlight? For the first time he has allowed a television production team as well as BBC football presenter Gary Lineker unique access to his life with wife Coleen & their two sons Kai & Klay Wayne takes us back to Merseyside as we meet both his & Coleen&s parents plus we discover the details of the couple&s early life together Featuring extensive interviews with Rooney himself Coleen Wayne&s parents David Beckham & Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo along with a host of other figures from the world of football Rooney The Man Behind The Goals offers an extraordinary personal portrait of life in Wayne&s world This DVD contains 30 minutes of additional footage which wasn&t broadcast on the BBC ...

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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 Two of the most popular stars in screen history are brought together for the first time in the follow up to True Grit The film returns John Wayne to the role of the rapscallion eye patched whiskey guzzling Deputy Marshall that won him an Academy Award Katharine Hepburn is prim Eula Goodnight a Bible thumping missionary who teams up with the gun fighter to avenge the death of her father While in pursuit of the outlaws a warm rapport develops between the rough n& tumble lawman & the flirty reverend&s daughter Actors John Wayne Katharine Hepburn Anthony Zerbe Jack Colvin Paul Koslo Strother Martin & Jerry Gatlin Director Stuart Millar Certificate Universal Suitable for All Year 1975 Screen 2351 Anamorphic Languages English Subtitles Arabic ; Italian ; Finnish ; Danish ; Spanish ; Dutch ; Swedish ; German ; French ; Norwegian ; Turkish ; Greek ; Hebrew ; Portuguese ; Russian Duration 1 hour & 43 minutes (approx) ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Rooster-Doodle-Doo is a very reliable rooster waking up the villagers bright & early -and very loudly!- every day of the week When a few villagers banish him in order to get some more sleep things in the town very quickly & alarmingly take a turn for the worse Realising how much they need him a special squad is formed to get the bird back! A beautifully animated tale of perseverance & punctuality that is filled with comedy & laughter ...

This colourful Chakra meditation stone is engraved with the Root Chakra symbol to enhance a sense of stability grounding & prosperity This item makes a thoughtful gift idea & as well as being used for meditation it can also be kept in a handbag or displayed on a desk for an enhanced sense of wellbeing Each stone comes with a small black drawstring pouch for safekeeping ...