Shirley Hughes is one of the best known & most popular creators of children's books & her keen observation of family life have earned her a special place in the hearts of children & adults This unique collection brings together some of her very best work & celebrates her amazing achievements over the years There's a wealth of treasure for children of all ages to enjoy beginning with a selection of simple rhymes & stories & moving on to some of Shirley's classic picture books featuring such well-loved favourites as Dogger Alfie & Annie Rose Enjoy stories from My Naughty Little Sister as well as a wealth of other characters There's also a selection of stories for older readers including The Lion & the Unicorn & Enchantment in the Garden which combine satisfyingly longer texts with marvellously expansive pictures Shirley Hughes' warmth & versatility shine from every page of this stunning collection which will captivate readers of all ages & take pride of place on the family bookshelf ...

A THRILLER THAT YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO PUT DOWN
- FOR FANS OF TANIA CARVER & M J ARLIDGEWhen Laura Bjely goes missing during a storm
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Around the world in Britain the United States Asia & the Middle East there are people with power who are cashing in on chaos; exploiting bloodshed & catastrophe to brutally remake our world in their image They are the shock doctors Exposing these global profiteers Naomi Klein discovered information & connections that shocked even her about how comprehensively the shock doctors' beliefs now dominate our world
- & how this domination has been achieved Raking in billions out of the tsunami plundering Russia exploiting Iraq
- this is the chilling tale of how a few are making a killing while more are getting killed ' Packed with thinking dynamite a book to be read everywhere' John Berger ' If you only read one non-fiction book this year make it this one' Metro Books of the Year ' There are a few books that really help us understand the present The Shock Doctrine is one of those books' John Gray Guardian 'A brilliant book written with a perfectly distilled anger channelled through hard fact She has indeed surpassed No Logo' Independent

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The Earth has entered a new epoch the Anthropocene What we are facing is not only an environmental crisis but a geological revolution of human origin In two centuries our planet has tipped into a state unknown for millions of years How did we get to this point? Refuting the convenient view of a "human species" that upset the Earth system unaware of what it was doing this book proposes the first critical history of the Anthropocene shaking up many accepted ideas about our supposedly recent "environmental awareness" about previous challenges to industrialism about the manufacture of ignorance & consumerism about so-called energy transitions as well as about the role of the military in environmental destruction In a dialogue between science & history The Shock of the Anthropocene dissects a new theoretical buzzword & explores paths for living & acting politically in this rapidly developing geological epoch ...

WINNER OF THE COSTA BOOK OF THE YEAR 2013 WINNER OF THE SPECSAVERS POPULAR FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2014 WINNER OF THE BETTY TRASK PRIZE 2014 I'll tell you what happened because it will be a good way to introduce my brother His name's Simon I think you're going to like him I really do But in a couple of pages he'll be dead & he was never the same after that' There are books you can't stop reading which keep you up all night There are books which let us into the hidden parts of life & make them vividly real There are books which because of the sheer skill with which every word is chosen linger in your mind for days The Shock of the Fall is all of these books The Shock of the Fall is an extraordinary portrait of one man's descent into mental illness It is a brave & groundbreaking novel from one of the most exciting new voices in fiction ...

The year is 1853 & a young Japanese girl's world is about to be turned upside down When black ships carrying barbarians arrive on the shores of Japan the Satsuma clan's way of life is threatened But it's not just the samurai who must come together to fight the beautiful headstrong Okatsu is also given a new destiny by her feudal lord
- to save the realm Armed only with a new name Princess Atsu as she is now known journeys to the women's palace of Edo Castle a place so secret it cannot be marked on any map Behind the palace's immaculate facade amid rumours of murder & whispers of ghosts Atsu must uncover the secret of the man whose fate it seems is irrevocably linked to hers
- the shogun himself
- if she is to rescue her people


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Herge's classic comic book creation Tintin is one of the most iconic characters in children's books These highly collectible editions of the original 24 adventures will delight Tintin fans old & new Perfect for lovers of graphic novels mysteries & historical adventures The world's most famous travelling reporter voyages to the Arctic Ocean in search of the meteorite that has crash-landed in the north A huge fireball comes hurtling towards Earth from space! Tintin sets sail with Captain Haddock to find the meteorite in the stormy Arctic Ocean but a valuable metal is contained in the meteorite & Tintin's attempts to reach it are met with relentless sabotage! The Adventures of Tintin are among the best books for readers aged 8 & up Herge (Georges Remi) was born in Brussels in 1907 Over the course of 54 years he completed over 20 titles in The Adventures of Tintin series which is now considered to be one of the greatest if not the greatest comics series of all time Have you collected all 24 graphic novel adventures? Tintin in the Land of the Soviets Tintin in the Congo Tintin in America Tintin Cigars of the Pharaoh Tintin The Blue Lotus Tintin The Broken Ear Tintin The Black Island Tintin King Ottakar's Sceptre Tintin The Crab with the Golden Claws Tintin The Shooting Star Tintin The Secret of the Unicorn Tintin Red Rackham's Treasure Tintin The Seven Crystal Balls Tintin Prisoners of the Sun Tintin Land of Black Gold Tintin Destination Moon Tintin Explorers of the Moon Tintin The Calculus Affair Tintin The Red Sea Sharks Tintin in Tibet Tintin The Castafiore Emerald Tintin Flight 714 to Sydney The Adventures of Tintin & the Picaros Tintin & Alph-Art ...

Herge's classic comic book creation Tintin is one of the most iconic characters in children's books These highly collectible editions of the original 24 adventures will delight Tintin fans old & new Perfect for lovers of graphic novels mysteries & historical adventures The world's most famous travelling reporter voyages to the Arctic Ocean in search of the meteorite that has crash-landed in the north A huge fireball comes hurtling towards Earth from space! Tintin sets sail with Captain Haddock to find the meteorite in the stormy Arctic Ocean but a valuable metal is contained in the meteorite & Tintin's attempts to reach it are met with relentless sabotage! The Adventures of Tintin are among the best books for readers aged 8 & up Herge (Georges Remi) was born in Brussels in 1907 Over the course of 54 years he completed over 20 titles in The Adventures of Tintin series which is now considered to be one of the greatest if not the greatest comics series of all time Have you collected all 24 graphic novel adventures? Tintin in the Land of the Soviets Tintin in the Congo Tintin in America Tintin Cigars of the Pharaoh Tintin The Blue Lotus Tintin The Broken Ear Tintin The Black Island Tintin King Ottakar's Sceptre Tintin The Crab with the Golden Claws Tintin The Shooting Star Tintin The Secret of the Unicorn Tintin Red Rackham's Treasure Tintin The Seven Crystal Balls Tintin Prisoners of the Sun Tintin Land of Black Gold Tintin Destination Moon Tintin Explorers of the Moon Tintin The Calculus Affair Tintin The Red Sea Sharks Tintin in Tibet Tintin The Castafiore Emerald Tintin Flight 714 to Sydney The Adventures of Tintin & the Picaros Tintin & Alph-Art ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Desius Heiss is the French-born owner of an antique shop on Sly Corner who bears a grudge against society His imprisonment & torture on Devil s Island has left the scars of repeated whippings down his back With little care for the authorities Heiss has allowed his shop to become a centre of criminal activity & has a secret career as a receiver of stolen goods His beloved daughter Margaret knows nothing of her father s criminal activities But when the antique shop s assistant Archie Fellowes (Kenneth Griffith) discovers the trade in stolen goods he blackmails Heiss Desperate to keep his criminal activities a secret from his daughter Heiss decides to silence his blackmailer ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play " All that is necessary for the triumph of evil is that good men do nothing" Edmund Burke Winner of the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Feature in 1965 Ján Kadár & Elmar Klos THE SHOP ON THE HIGH STREET is one of the cornerstones of World Cinema & perhaps the most internationally renowned film of the Czech New Wave Antonin Tono Brtko is a poor carpenter appointed by his Nazi brother-in-law to be & Aryan controller& of an old Jewish widow s sewing shop in a Nazi-occupied Slovakian town in 1942 The widow Rozalie (Yiddish theatre legend Idá Kaminská nominated here for a Best Actress Oscar for her performance) is near deaf isolated & partially sighted Barely even registering there is a war going on she fails to fully realize the implications of the context in which she lives Believing Tono is simply her new assistant the two develop a tentative friendship that sees him maintaining that fiction as he attempts to protect her from the encroaching Nazi horror Moving effortlessly from drama to humour to tragedy THE SHOP ON THE HIGH STREET is a complex political morality tale of common lives disturbed & destroyed by war A story of loyalty betrayal cowardice & heroism it is a scathing exploration of how minor compromises can lead to complicity in the horrors of a totalitarian regime It asks every spectator & If it had been you what would you have done?& ...