AN EVENING STANDARD NO 1 BESTSELLER' Marvellously engaging' THE TIMES' Brisk informative & eye-opening' DAILY TELEGRAPHDuring the course of the seventeenth century nearly 400000 people left Britain for the Americas most of them from England Crossing the Atlantic was a major undertaking the voyage long & treacherous There was little hope of returning to see the friends & family who stayed behind Why did so many go? A significant number went for religious reasons either on the Mayflower or as part of the mass migration to New England; some sought their fortunes in gold fish or fur; some went to farm tobacco in Virginia a booming trade which would enmesh Europe in a new addiction Some went because they were loyal to the deposed Stuart king while others yearned for an entirely new ambition
- the freedom to think as they chose Then there were the desperate starving & impoverished people who went because things had not worked out in the Old World & there was little to lose from trying again in the New EMIGRANTS casts light on this unprecedented population shift
- a phenomenon that underpins the rise of modern America Using contemporary sources including diaries court hearings & letters James Evans brings to light the extraordinary personal stories of the men & women who made the journey of a lifetime

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& Password Emil!& If Mrs Tischbein had known the amazing adventures her son Emil would have in Berlin she&d never have let him go Emil is excited to be taking the train on his own for the first time He doesn&t like the look of his fellow passenger the man in the bowler hat Emil will just have to keep his wits about him & his money in his pocket But Emil falls asleep & when he wakes up the man in the bowler hat is gone & so is the money! Emil is determined to get it back He teams up with a gang of young detectives & so begins a hair raising chase across Berlin to catch the dirty rotten thief ...

If Mrs Tischbein had known the amazing adventures her son Emil would have in Berlin she&d never have let him go Unfortunately when his seven pounds goes missing on the train Emil is determined to get it back
- & when he teams up with the detectives he meets in Berlin it&s just the start of a marvellous money-retrieving adventure A classic & influential story Emil & the Detectives remains an enthralling read From November 16th 2013 an exciting new adaptation of Emil & the Detectives will be playing at the National Theatre in London
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EMIL & THE DETECTIVES by Erich Kastner has been in print ever since it was first published in 1928 Young Emil is robbed on his first real railway journey of money entrusted to him by his hard-working mother for the relatives he is to stay with in Berlin A gang of boys about his own age come to his aid & a thrilling adventure full of surprises ensues as they use their wits to devise a wonderfully simple but practical trick to capture the thief With every detail clearly drawn
- from the tiresome business of getting into best clothes for the journey down to the final anxiety as to what shall be done with a gloriously unexpected reward
- this is a story all young readers will enjoy Reissued in the &A Puffin Book& series of children&s modern classics

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play When young Emil is sent to Berlin by his mother the money he is carrying to give to his granny is stolen by a sinister man on the train Once in Berlin Emil follows the thief & enlists the help of a gang of youngsters -&the detectives&- to help retrieve the stolen money This classic 1931 German adaptation of Erich Kastner&s much-loved children&s book was written by Kastner himself in collaboration with the legendary Billy Wilder (Sunset Boulevard The Apartment) & an uncredited Emeric Pressburger (A Matter of Life & Death The Red Shoes) One of the first German sound films Emil & the Detectives provides a fascinating glimpse of Berlin before Nazism & the Second World War ...

Whether he's running his little sister up a flagpole or trying to escape after getting locked in a shed Emil's adventures never stop Hens dogs little sisters
- & adults
- all flee his path But Emil doesn't mean to be bad it's just that trouble
- & fun
- follow him wherever he goes A collection of utterly engaging tales from one of the world's best-loved children's authors



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There's a rat running amok in Emil's house & he's determined to capture it But hiding the rat trap just under his father's bed probably isn't ideal That's just the start of Emil's adventures which once begun never stop Hens dogs little sisters
- & adults
- all flee his path But Emil doesn't mean to be bad it's just that trouble
- & fun
- follow him wherever he goes A collection of utterly engaging tales from one of the world's best-loved children's authors



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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play In a story weaving the past & present together Oscar-winning actor Sir Ian Mc Kellen stars as Emile an ageing man who is given the opportunity to travel from England to Victoria on Canada's West coast to receive an honorary degree at the university He goes knowing that it might be his last chance to reconnect with his only living relatives His niece Nadia (Deborah Kara Unger) & her daughter Maria (Theo Crane) hold the key to Emile's tragic past & the guilt which has haunted him his entire life But Emile's past is sometimes more familiar & immediate than the world before his eyes As he tries to re-discover the family that he abandoned long ago he is forced to confront the anxieties in his memories
- the family he betrayed & abandoned at the expense of his own happiness Now in the twilight of his life Emile shapes the final chapters of his mental autobiography Will he become a grandfather surrounded by the love & support of a family or will he retreat into his world of memories & lost opportunities? Actors Ian Mc Kellen Deborah Kara Unger Tygh Runyan Frank Borg Theo Crane Directors Carl Bessai Writers Carl Bessai Producers Carl Bessai Jacquelyn Renner Format PALRegion Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Number of discs 1
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