These slow beautiful stories
- resolute & resonant
- are small masterpieces apparently simple but actually crafted with enormous

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'I grew up on the world's largest island' From his childhood Tim Winton's relationship with the landscape around him
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You & your friends all make a living by selling goods amongst a chain of beautiful tropical islands Sounds great right? Well there&s a problem None of you are successful enough to buy your own seaplane so you all pitched in & bought one together which means that each day you all have to use the same plane to make all of the day&s deliveries – & some of you aren&t going to get paid To make matters worse the plane is in such disrepair that the instrumentation is broken the compass demagnetized & the windshield is covered in cracks duct tape & the remains of a few unfortunate seagulls so the pilot might as well be flying blind Each day in Island Hopper players auction off the Captain&s seat; the player who becomes the Captain is in charge of flying the plane for the day but cannot make any deliveries of their own To make their deliveries the other players bribe the Captain to fly to the islands to which they need to go thereby earning themselves cash When it&s time for the Captain to fly the Captain must close his eyes pick up their goods tokens & attempt to land them in an island&s harbor A successful landing means that players can fulfill their contracts & the captain collects his bribe — but if the goods splash into the sea you might find yourself under water 2–6 Players 30–45 Min Playing Time Age 13 ...

From the author of Beneath a Burning Sky the 2017 KINDLE BETSELLER' Beautifully described A moving love story' Tracy Rees' Exotic & mysterious
- I was gripped by this complex tale' Dinah Jefferies Vivid authentic & utterly beautiful Island in the East is the perfect read for fans of Victoria Hislop Kate Furnivall & Rachel Rhys Two great loves One shattering betrayal A war that changes everything Singapore 1897 Twenty-year-old identical twins Harriet & Mae born from a scandalous affair have spent their lives slighted by gossips They've carried each other through the loneliness believing that together they can survive anything But then their mysterious benefactor sends them to Singapore to live with his relative the watchful David Keeley who will choose one of them to marry In the tension of David's house a distance opens up between the twins but it is only when they meet the handsome Alex Blake that their relationship truly fractures resulting in a life-shattering betrayal with devastating consequences 1941 Ivy an intelligence officer with the women's naval service is posted to wartime Singapore Carrying her own ghosts from Blitz-torn London she arrives to the looming threat of a Japanese invasion Nothing can prepare her for what's waiting on the island
- not the unexpected love nor the strangers from her grandmother Mae's past & the shocking secrets that now echo down through the generations With a sizzling love affair playing out against sisterly rivalry & epic family drama Island in the East is evocative atmospheric & romantic historical fiction at its very best Further praise for Jenny Ashcroft'A summer must-read' Red' This story of twists & turns transcends era & genre Absolutely brilliant' Kerry Fisher' First-class writing brilliant characters fascinating locations & gripping plots' Tracy Buchanan' Exquisitely written unputdownable & unforgettable' Iona Grey' Island in the East is that rare thing a dual narrative novel in which both strands of the story are as engaging & compelling as each other it's impossible to put this book down' Kate Riordan' Island in the East is a wonderful novel full of mystery that kept me gripped until the end Oh whoever you are & whatever you like reading give this one a go You won't regret it!' Rachel Burton

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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 Crewman Andrew Braddock (York) survives the wreck of the sailing ship The Lady Vain After several days at sea in a lifeboat he reaches the shores of an island governed by the mysterious scientist Dr Moreau (Lancaster) Though welcomed as an honored guest by Moreau Braddock finds his contact with the natives increasingly disturbing for they are not like any men he has ever seen before Eventually it becomes apparent that these men are in fact the hybrid products of Moreau s experiments upon various species of wild animals Braddock becomes so shocked & curious that Moreau explains to him that he has invented a serum with a genetic human gene that can transform many wild animals into human beings giving them human characteristics Braddock finds himself threatened by both the manimals & the sinister Moreau who he suspects has plans to experiment on him ...

Having won the Free Captain&s Regatta the adventurers must now claim their prize
- the uninhabited & dangerous Island of Empty
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Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play When the inhabitants of Petries island succumb to a mysterious disease doctors Brian Stanley (Peter Cushing) & David West (Edward Judd) are asked to investigate Puncture marks on the corpses reveal the horrifying truth the islanders & their animals are being killed not by a disease but by a strange type of silicate organism that sucks the bone from their bodies As the death toll rises the seemingly indestructible creatures multiply at an alarming rate Stanley & west lead the desperate islanders in a fight for survival as the unstoppable silicates threaten to engulf the island & then the world ...

Twelve-year-old Karana escapes death at the hands of treacherous hunters only to find herself totally alone on a harsh desolate island How she survives in the face of all sorts of dangers makes gripping & inspiring reading Based on a true story ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play After being stranded on a deserted island a group of people find that they must fight to survive after a swarm of supernatural flies attacks them & anything that comes near them Actors Christian Campbell Brian Drolet Eric Scott Woods Stacia Crawford Jim Klock Directors Joe Knee Writers Joe Knee Paul Silver Robert W Sterrett III Darrin Cummings Christopher Dye Producers Adrian Brunori Paul Silver Robert W Sterrett IIILanguage English Number of discs 1 ...

Shortlisted for the Edward Stanford Travel Writing Awards In this fascinating travelogue the product of almost a decade of travel & intense study Joshua Jelly-Schapiro strips away the fantasy & myth to expose the real islands & the real people that make up the Caribbean ...