'I am sure to win but we will race if you like' So laughs the hare when a slow tortoise challenges him to run all the way to the old cart His speed is never in doubt but perhaps it is the hare's boastfulness that should make us question the likely outcome of the race? The simple message of this La Fontaine fable
- that modesty & perseverance will always be rewarded
- is gloriously told in this lovely picture book from Brian Wildsmith an internationally acclaimed writer & artist for children His simple words & sumptuous illustrations bring a freshness to this timeless fable & the stunning new cover design & imaginative interior typography will delight a whole new generation of young Wildsmith fans

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This title is part of four new titles in the fantastic First Reading series aimed at children who are beginning to read luxurious ...

THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE 2010 COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD264 wood & ivory carvings none of them bigger than a matchbox Edmund de Waal was entranced when he first encountered the collection in his great uncle Iggie&s Tokyo apartment When he later inherited the &netsuke& they unlocked a story far larger & more dramatic than he could ever have imagined From a burgeoning empire in Odessa to fin de siecle Paris from occupied Vienna to Tokyo Edmund de Waal traces the netsuke&s journey through generations of his remarkable family against the backdrop of a tumultuous century& You have in your hands a masterpiece& Frances Wilson Sunday Times & The most brilliant book I&ve read for years A rich tale of the pleasure & pains of what it is to be human& Bettany Hughes Daily Telegraph Books of the Year&A complex & beautiful book& Diana Athill ...

Five strangers Five secrets No refuge No turning back In the aftermath of 1066 a Norman army marches through the North of England burning killing & laying waste to everything in its path The Harrowing has begun As towns & villages fall to the invaders five travellers fleeing the slaughter are forced to band together for survival Refugees in their own country they journey through the wasteland hoping to find sanctuary with the last stand of the Saxon rebellion But are they fleeing the Normans or their own troubles? Priest Lady Servant Warrior Minstrel each has their own story; each their own sin As enemies past & present close in their prior deeds catch up with them & they discover there is no sanctuary from fate ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region Free Blu-ray player in order to play Surreal comedy starring award-winning British comedian author & TV presenter Harry Hill Featuring machine gun-toting chickens & a terminally ill hamster the film follows Harry & his Nan (Julie Walters) as they travel to Blackpool while being pursued by a mentally unstable veterinarian (Simon Bird) While on the journey the pair are met with a whole host of other weird & wonderful characters including Harry&s long-lost twin Otto (Matt Lucas) & Michelle (Sheridan Smith) an underwater shell person Age Rating PG ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Richard Todd Ronald Reagan & Patricia Neal star in this sensitive adaptation of John Patrick&s play focusing on a proud Scottish soldier who has little time to live & the friendships he eventually makes among those around him A huge success in 1949 The Hasty Heart received two Golden Globes as well as an Oscar nomination for Todd for his performance as the surly mistrustful Corporal Mac Lachlan This classic film is presented here in a br&-new transfer from the original film elements Burma 1945 a group of Allied soldiers languishes in a military hospital each man longing for the day he may return home Easy-going & Yank& shares a ward with Londoner & Tommy& New Zealander & Kiwi& Australian & Digger& & & Blossom& a Basuto African who speaks no English; all are in the care of the sympathetic Sister Margaret Parker When told they will be joined by a young Scot who unbeknown to him has but weeks to live they react with a mixture of compassion & trepidation But little could have prepared them for the gruff recalcitrance & downright hostility of Cpl Lachlan & Lachie& Mac Lachlan ...

This is the hat that Zack loves This is the dog that races past & snatches the hat that Zack loves! Join Zack as he chases his hat in this riotous rhyming adventure
- a total joy to read aloud!
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Shortlisted for the Victorian Premier's Literary Award for Non-Fiction Shortlisted for the Stella Prize 2017' Against anything I had ever been told was possible I was turning white On the surface of my skin a miracle was quietly brewing ' Suburban Australia Sweltering heat Three bedroom blonde-brick Family of five Beat-up Ford Falcon Vegemite on toast Maxine Beneba Clarke's life is just like all the other Aussie kids on her street Except for this one glaring inescapably obvious thing From one of Australia's most exciting writers & the author of the multi-award-winning FOREIGN SOIL comes THE HATE RACE a powerful funny & at times devastating memoir about growing up black in white middle-class Australia ...

1 New York Times bestseller Soon to be a major motion picture starring Amandla Stenberg A Teen Vogue Best YA Book of the Yearstunning-John ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play The eighth film by Quentin Tarentino " No one comes up here without a damn good reason" Six or eight or twelve years after the Civil War a stagecoach hurtles through the wintry Wyoming landscape The passengers bounty hunter John Ruth (Kurt Russell) & his fugitive Daisy Domergue (Jennifer Jason Leigh) race towards the town of Red Rock where Ruth known in these parts as “ The Hangman” will bring Domergue to justice Along the road they encounter two strangers Major Marquis Warren (Samuel L Jackson) a black former union soldier turned infamous bounty hunter & Chris Mannix (Walton Goggins) a southern renegade who claims to be the town’s new Sheriff Losing their lead on the blizzard Ruth Domergue Warren & Mannix seek refuge at Minnie&s Haberdashery a stagecoach stopover on a mountain pass When they arrive at Minnie’s they are greeted not by the proprietor but by four unfamiliar faces Bob (Demian Bichir) who’s taking care of Minnie’s while she’s visiting her mother is holed up with Oswaldo Mobray (Tim Roth) the hangman of Red Rock cow-puncher Joe Gage (Michael Madsen) & Confederate General Sanford Smithers (Bruce Dern) As the storm overtakes the mountainside stopover our eight travelers come to learn they may not make it to Red Rock after all… THE HATEFUL EIGHT also stars Channing Tatum James Parks Dana Gourrier Zoë Bell Gene Jones Keith Jefferson Lee Horsley Craig Stark & Belinda Owino Written & directed by Quentin Tarantino THE HATEFUL EIGHT is produced by Richard N Gladstein Stacey Sher & Shannon Mc Intosh Harvey Weinstein Bob Weinstein & Georgia Kacandes are executive producers & Coco Francini & William Paul Clark are associate producers ...