Dear reader There is nothing to be found in Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events but misery & despair You still have time to choose another international best-selling series to read But if you insist on discovering the unpleasant adventures of the Baudelaire orphans then proceed with caution violet Klaus & Sunny Baudelaire are intelligent children They are charming & resourceful & have pleasant facial features Unfortunately they are exceptionally unlucky In The Miserable Mill the siblings encounter a giant pincher machine a bad casserole a man with a cloud of smoke where his head should be a hypnotist a terrible accident & coupons In the tradition of great storytellers from Dickens to Dahl comes an exquisitely dark comedy that is both literary & irreverent hilarious & deftly crafted Despite their wretched contents A Series of Unfortunate Events has sold 60 million copies worldwide & been made into a Hollywood film starring Jim Carrey & in the future things are poised to get much worse thanks to the forthcoming Netflix series directed by Barry Sonnenfeld You have been warned Are you unlucky enough to own all 13 adventures? The Bad Beginning The Reptile Room The Wide Window The Miserable Mill The Austere Academy The Ersatz Elevator The Vile Village The Hostile Hospital The Carnivorous Carnival The Slippery Slope The Grim Grotto The Penultimate Peril The End And what about All The Wrong Questions? In this four-book series a 13-year-old Lemony chronicles his dangerous & puzzling apprenticeship in a mysterious organisation that nobody knows anything about Who Could That Be at This Hour?' When Did you Last See Her?' Shouldn't You Be in School?' Why is This Night Different from All Other Nights?' Lemony Snicket was born before you were & is likely to die before you as well He was born in a small town where the inhabitants were suspicious & prone to riot He grew up near the sea & currently lives beneath it Until recently he was living somewhere else Brett Helquist was born in Ganado Arizona grew up in Orem Utah & now lives in New York City He earned a bachelor's degree in fine arts from Brigham Young University & has been illustrating ever since His art has appeared in many publications including Cricket magazine & The New York Times ...

' If the road you came in on led through several hells & you walked it more alone than you'd ever want anyone to be if you were a wolf who chewed off her own leg to escape where you started out if you paved the road with broken things & crawled in on your knees this is your book full of your people Welcome home' REBECCA SOLNIT author of Men Explain Things to Me ' Quite frankly everyone should read The Misfit's Manifesto Inspired by her TED talk Yuknavitch (who has truly been through the worst life can throw at someone) argues that the things which mark you out as different don't need to be bad thing they're what make you you She's a privilege to read' Emerald Street ' It's filled with stories of how our differences might unite us rather than divide us We could use the misfit know-how just now as the world has become pretty chaotic' Metro A manifesto that makes a powerful case for not fitting in
- for recognizing the beauty & difficulty in forging an original path from Lidia Yuknavitch one of the most celebrated TED speakers & a writer heralded for her brave & experimental writing A misfit is a person who missed fitting in a person who fits in badly or this a person who is poorly adapted to new situations & environments It's a shameful word a word no one typically tries to own Until now Lidia Yuknavitch is a proud misfit That wasn't always the case It took Lidia a long time to not simply accept but appreciate her misfit status Having flunked out of college twice with two epic divorces under her belt an episode of rehab for drug use & two stints in jail she felt like she would never fit in She was a hopeless misfit She'd failed as daughter wife mother scholar
- & yet the dream of being a writer was stuck like a small sad stone' in her throat The feeling of not fitting in is universal The Misfit's Manifesto is for misfits around the world
- the rebels the eccentrics the oddballs & anyone who has ever felt like she was messing up It's Lidia's love letter to all those who can't ever seem to find the right' path She won't tell you how to stop being a misfit
- quite the opposite In her charming poetic funny & frank style Lidia will reveal why being a misfit is not something to overcome but something to embrace Lidia also encourages her fellow misfits not to be afraid of pursuing goals how to stand up how to ask for the things they want most Misfits belong in the room too she reminds us even if their path to that room is bumpy & winding An important idea that transcends all cultures & countries this book has created a brave & compassionate community for misfits a place where everyone can belong The Misfit's Manifesto is an inspiring read that will captivate readers as much as Brene Brown's Daring Greatly & Elizabeth Gilbert's Big Magic 'I cried when I read Lidia Yuknavitch's The Misfit's Manifesto Lidia has created a safe space for those of us that have never fit in for whom the world often seems an impossible place This remarkable book is a house for people that didn't believe they had a home'STEPHEN ELLIOTT author of The Adderall Diaries ' This book will save lives'CHELSEA CAIN New York Times bestselling author ' The best characters are misfits Lidia Yuknavitch is a conduit for these voices The ultimate misfit she's a seer & a seed brave & tender humble & humanitarian a poet in the ancient sense of the word Thank the stars for her & this book'SARAH GERARD author of Sunshine State ' This book is nothing less than a life-changer Lidia Yuknavitch is a miracle of a writer who makes you see the messes we make as a deeper richer more ravishing way of being alive together'CAROLINE LEAVITT author of Cruel Beautiful World & the New York Times bestseller Pictures of You 'A beautifully written field guide to being weird' Kirkus Reviews



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When Brian Hannah & twins Chris & Sam start their summer holidays they know it's going to be the end of an era The Misfits Club is disbanding & they still haven't managed to solve any real mysteries But when they persuade new club member Amelia to go & investigate a spooky old house they unexpectedly discover some stolen goods Could this be The Misfits' chance for one last adventure as they try to track down the crooks behind the theft ?A funny warm-hearted mystery adventure from Kieran Crowley author of The Mighty Dynamo ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Expertly directed by John Huston (The Maltese Falcon) from a screenplay by Pulitzer Prize winner Arthur Miller The Misfits is a "probing exciting drama" (Film Daily) of honesty intensity & sheer poetic brilliance Divorced & disillusioned Roslyn (Marilyn Monroe) befriends a group of "misfits" including an aging cowboy (Clark Gable) a heartbroken mechanic (Eli Wallach) & a worn-out rodeo rider (Montgomery Clift) Through their live-for-the-moment lifestyle Roslyn experiences her first taste of freedom exhilaration & passion But when her innocent idealism clashes with their hard-edged practicality Roslyn must risk losing their friendshipand the only true love she&s ever known ...

'I knew this girl you see A sort of a friend No one thought she really mattered much but that turned out to be a mistake Because she blew a hole through my life
- & the lives of everyone I knew' Anna's found the perfect friend in Zoe she's cool she's smart she's goth she's gorgeous If only geeky Kerry would stop hanging around & cramping their style They'd like to get rid of her But they should be careful what they wish for
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'A captivating mystery at heart but also a poignant study of grief loss & the unbreakable bonds of family A triumph' Caz Frear author of Sweet Little Lies A stunning debut thriller The Missing Girl by Jenny Quintana is a gripping novel full of twists & turns & a desperate hunt to solve a decades-old mystery Anna Flores was just a child when her adored teenage sister disappeared Unable to deal with the pain Anna took the first opportunity she had to run from her fractured family eventually building a life for herself abroad Now thirty years on her mother has died & Anna must return home to sort through her possessions In doing so she has to confront the huge hole her sister's disappearance left in their lives leaving just one question unanswered what really happened to Gabriella? Because not knowing is worse than the truth Isn't it? ...

Kevin Mc Nally stars in five brand new recordings of original Hancock's Half Hour scripts by Ray Galton & Alan Simpson Now five of them have been recreated by BBC Radio 4 with Kevin Mc Nally taking the role made famous by Tony Hancock Galton Ray ...

' Prepare to have your mind well & truly twisted'
- Heat A woman disappears One moment Selena Cole is in the playground with her
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The hole they dug was not deep A white flour bag encased the little body Three small faces watched from the window eyes black with terror The child in the middle spoke without turning his head 'I wonder which one of us will be next?' When a woman's body is discovered in a cathedral & hours later a young man is found hanging from a tree outside his home Detective Lottie Parker is called in to lead the investigation Both bodies have the same distinctive tattoo clumsily inscribed on their legs It's clear the pair are connected but how? The trail leads Lottie to St Angela's a former children's home with a dark connection to her own family history Suddenly the case just got personal As Lottie begins to link the current victims to unsolved murders decades old two teenage boys go missing She must close in on the killer before they strike again but in doing so is she putting her own children in terrifying danger? Lottie is about to come face to face with a twisted soul who has a very warped idea of justice Fans of Tess Gerritsen Karin Slaughter & Helen Fields will be gripped by this page-turning serial killer thriller guaranteed to keep you reading late into the night What everyone is saying about The Missing Ones'I had been looking forward to reading this book & I was not disappointed I will certainly be reading more books in this series' Angela Marsons' This debut novel from Gibney is just EVERYTHING!!! This was THE BEST book I have read in quite some time If I could give it more than 5 stars I would!' Butterfly's Booknerdia Blog' Totally riveting & 100 engrossing' Books From Dusk Till Dawn'A gripping read from beginning to finish' Deja Read'AMAZING! Really well written & kept me itching to read the next page It was unputdownable! Cannot wait to read book two when released' Goodreads Reviewer'I was immediately grabbed by the opening paragraph & was so enthralled that I read it in two sittings I only put it down when my eyes refused to stay open!' Goodreads Reviewer' It's one of those stories where you look at the clock & you think just a couple more chapters & then you look again & hours have gone by It was well worth the lack of sleep' Goodreads Reviewer'A phenomenal read for a debut novel
- when I say good I mean gooooooooood' Page Turners Nook' Gibney definitely is a writer to watch & an exciting new voice in crime fiction' But Books are Better' This story has it all compelling characters a strong plot a lot of action suspense & tension Reading this novel was fascinating & totally engaging' Carol's Place'I have found a new crime author to add to my must read list I find it incredible that this is a debut novel as it's polished well plotted & gripping' The Book Review Cafe' Thrilling filled with twists & turns that surprise you out of nowhere; it is dark mysterious & gripping' The Reading Lodge' Wow! Thrilling & tense with so many twists A page-turning unputdownable read The suspense builds up throughout the book & the pace never lets down & the ending
- wow! I did not see it coming! I am in awe of this author Five amazing stars' Renita D' Silva' If I had to describe this debut thriller in just one word I'd choose engrossing' Book Reviews by Monnie' Every now & then something good comes into your life Well in this case two things have Detective Inspector Lottie Parker & her team; & the author Patricia Gibney who has written a brilliant page turner of a crime thriller Let's hope we hear a lot more from both of them' Nigel Adams Bookworm

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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 Stylishly noir private-eye mystery from writerdirector Noah Buschel Hard-bitten private investigator John Rosow (Michael Shannon) is hired by high-flying lawyer Drexler Hewitt (Paul Adelstein) to keep tabs on a man currently travelling with a boy on a train from Chicago to Los Angeles After setting out to find his man however Rosow is informed that plans have changed & that if he now brings the &mark& to New York he will receive a large payout But as the search continues Rosow begins to realise that all is not as it seems as the FBI takes an interest & he discovers that he is being followed ...