Sunday Times History Book of the Year 2015 Currently filming for BBC programme Full Steam Ahead Britain's railways have been a vital part of national life for nearly 200 years Transforming lives & landscapes they have left their mark on everything from timekeeping to tourism As a self-contained world governed by distinctive rules & traditions the network also exerts a fascination all its own From the classical grandeur of Newcastle station to the ceaseless traffic of Clapham Junction from the mysteries of Brunel's atmospheric railway to the lost routines of the great marshalling yards Simon Bradley explores the world of Britain's railways the evolution of the trains & the changing experiences of passengers & workers The Victorians' private compartments railway rugs & footwarmers have made way for air-conditioned carriages with airline-type seating but the railways remain a giant & diverse anthology of structures from every period & parts of the system are the oldest in the world Using fresh research keen observation & a wealth of cultural references Bradley weaves from this network a remarkable story of technological achievement of architecture & engineering of shifting social classes & gender relations of safety & crime of tourism & the changing world of work The Railways shows us that to travel through Britain by train is to journey through time as well as space ...

One minute sixteen-year-old Ruby Morris is having her first proper snog with Caspar Mc Cloud in a hot tub & the next she's being bundled inside the house dripping wet cold & in her underwear Not cool As she & Caspar shiver in the kitchen it starts to rain They turn on the radio to hear panicked voices
- It's in the rain it's in the rain ' That was two weeks ago & now Ruby is totally alone People weren't prepared for the rain got caught out in it didn't realize that you couldn't drink water from the taps either Even a drip of rain would infect your blood & eat you from the inside out Ruby knows she has to get to London to find her dad but she just doesn't know where to start After rescuing all the neighbourhood dogs Ruby sets off on a journey that will take her the length of the country
- surviving in the only way she knows how

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New York Times bestselling author Linda Goodnight welcomes you back home to Honey Ridge Tennessee with another beautiful story full of hope haunting mystery & the power to win your heart Renowned yet private thriller writer Hayden Winters lives a life colored by lies Deeply ashamed of his past his hunger for an honest relationship & dreams of starting a family remain unsatisfied & he can trust no one with his secrets He's determined to outrun his personal demons but the charming old Peach Orchard Inn & a woman whose presence is as gentle as a sparrow's song stops him in his tracks Carrie Riley is afraid of everything from flying to thunderstorms & pretty much of life itself But meeting the enigmatic writer staying at the inn emboldens her to learn everything about him When they discover a vulnerable boy hiding at the inn Hayden is compelled to help Carrie protect him Soon they're led to a centuries-old mystery that haunts Hayden's sleep & his only safe haven is Carrie As the secrets of the past & present cause their lives to become entwined all that's left to come to light is love-if the grim truth doesn't tear them apart first ...

HOW DO YOU STOP AN ASSASSIN THAT CAN'T BE KILLED? Toby Greene is part of The Clown Service a mostly forgotten branch of British Intelligence tasked with fighting paranormal threats However the Rain-Soaked Bride is no ordinary assassin Relentless inexorable & part of a larger game merely stopping this impossible killer may notbe enough to save the day The Clown Service is fun & rips along like thefinest episode of the old Avengers series' The Independenton Sunday ...

With its frank portrayal of human passion & sexual desire DH Lawrence's The Rainbow was banned as 'obscene' in Britain shortly after first publication This Penguin Classics edition is edited with an introduction by James Wood Set in the rural Midlands The Rainbow chronicles the lives of three generations of the Brangwen family over a period of more than 60 years setting them against the emergence of modern England When Tom Brangwen marries a Polish widow Lydia Lensky & adopts her daughter Anna as his own he is unprepared for the conflict & passion that erupts between them All are seeking individual fulfilment but it is Ursula Anne's spirited daughter who in her search for self-knowedge becomes the focus of Lawrence's examination of relationships & the conflicts they bring & the inextricable mingling of the physical & the spiritual Suffused with Biblical imagery The Rainbow addresses searching human issues in a setting of precise & vivid detail In his introduction James Wood discusses Lawrence's writing style & the tensions & themes of The Rainbow This Penguin edition reproduces the Cambridge text which provides a text as close as possible to Lawrence's original It also

Includes:: suggested further reading a fragment of ' The Sisters II' from his first draft & chronologies of Lawrence's life & of The Rainbow's Brangwen family DH Lawrence (1885-1930) English novelist storywriter critic poet & painter one of the greatest figures in 20th-century English literature Lawrence published Sons & Lovers in 1913 but The Rainbow completed in 1915 was declared obscene & banned two months after first publication; & for three years he could not find a publisher for Women in Love which he completed in 1917 His last novel Lady Chatterley's Lover was published in 1928 but banned in England & America If you enjoyed The Rainbow you might like Lawrence's Women in Love also available in Penguin Classics'A brave & important book passionate & wildly ambitious' Independent on Sunday

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The polar bear is bored of his white environment & his hard life He dreams of soaking himself in all the luminous colours of the rainbow But when his wish is granted he realises to his cost that his arctic camouflage no longer works & he needs the advice of others to escape his prism A moving tale of hopes & dreams from an award-winning picture book team The lyrical text is complemented by beautiful watercolours in which the joy & pain of the Rainbow Bear sing out ...

With an Introduction & Notes by Lionel Kelly University of Reading In 1915 Lawrence's frank representation of sexuality in The Rainbow caused a furore & the novel was seized by the police & banned almost as soon as it was published Today it is recognised as one of the classic English novels of the twentieth century The Rainbow is about three generations of the Brangwen family of Nottinghamshire from the 1840s to the early years of the twentieth century Within this framework Lawrence's essential concern is with the passional lives of his characters as he explores the pressures that determine their lives using a religious symbolism in which the 'rainbow' of the title is his unifying motif His primary focus is on the individual's struggle to growth & fulfilment within marriage & changing social circumstances a process shown to grow more difficult through the generations Young Ursula Brangwen whose story is continued in Women in Love is finally the central figure in Lawrence's anatomy of the confining structures of English social life & the impact of industrialisation & urbanisation on the human psyche ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Basil Dearden directs this Ealing Studios racing drama Disgraced jockey Sam (Bill Owen) has been banned from racing after taking a bribe Unwilling to leave the racing world behind he takes on a young protege Georgie Crain (Fella Edmonds) & trains him up to be the next champion But as financial pressures loom do Sam & Georgie have what it takes to make it against all odds? Robert Morley & Honor Blackman co-star ...

Tracklist Fairytale In The Supermarket No Side To Fall In Adventures Close To Home A Off Duty Trip Black & White Lola The Void Life On The Line You're A Million In Love No Looking ...

A wonderful new anthology of poems by winner of the Queens Medal & the Eleanor Farjeon Award 2016 Do trianglesever get into a tangle when their sides meet their angles?A wonderful new children's poetry collection from a celebrated award-winning poet From nature & science to identity prepare to be transported on a journey through past & present This collection from John Agard winner of the Queens Medal & the Eleanor Farjeon Award explores the wonders of the world
- inviting your child to ponder life's questions with lots of fun along the way!
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