It will tug at your heartstrings' Dawn O' Porter It's 1979 & thirteen-year-old Lydia has no idea how she'll cope when her dad announces that the family has to sell up & move onto a Thames sailing barge in Essex 416 pages Thomas Emily ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Mud tells the story of a dangerous but charismatic fugitive (Matthew Mc Conaughey) hiding out from bounty hunters on a remote island on the Mississippi Discovered living on a boat in a tree by two young boys Ellis (Tye Sheridan) & Neckbone (Jacob Lofland) an unlikely friendship forms as the boys struggle to help Mud escape his pursuers whilst at the same time reunite him with his long-time love Juniper (Reese Witherspoon) Actors Matthew Mc Conaughey Tye Sheridan Jacob Lofland Reese Witherspoon Michael Shannon & Sam Shepard Director Jeff Nichols Year 2012 Languages English ...

Shauzia is Parvana's friend from The Breadwinner Now Shauzia has fled from Afghanistan to a refugee camp in Pakistan But Shauzia has a dream She dreams of getting away from the refugee camp & travelling to France There she knows she would find a better life away from the war in her home country of Afghanistan But escape is not so easy Once she leaves the camp she has no money no food
- & only her dog Jasper for company But Shauzia is determined to find a new future for herself This is another deeply moving story from Deborah Ellis which casts light for readers on the ongoing human situation in Afghanistan
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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 Mud tells the story of a dangerous but charismatic fugitive (Matthew Mc Conaughey) hiding out from bounty hunters on a remote island on the Mississippi Discovered living on a boat in a tree by two young boys Ellis (Tye Sheridan) & Neckbone (Jacob Lofland) an unlikely friendship forms as the boys struggle to help Mud escape his pursuers whilst at the same time reunite him with his long-time love Juniper (Reese Witherspoon) Actors Matthew Mc Conaughey Tye Sheridan Jacob Lofland Reese Witherspoon Michael Shannon & Sam Shepard Director Jeff Nichols Year 2012 Languages English ...

The farm animals are having a day off! Lay your animal tiles on the towels around the pool & try to splash as many of them as you can by dropping the Pig right in the mud! The game characters take a Step for each animal you splashed but be careful
- or you might end up helping your opponents move towards the finish line! The farm animals are having a day off! Amazing 3D gameplay that requires just the right amount of skill Comes with a plastic mud pool mud tiles & a hilarious rubber pig! Full of colourful illustrations!
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To have a well-developed sense of adventure is a true gift Now you can treat someone to one of the best experiences of their life! Enjoy some of the most heart-thumping adrenaline-pumping thrills in the world! These adventure days away are the perfect extravagances you could possibly want yourself & your best friends to enjoy Get in on the action-packed adventures now! Prepare to be covered in mud in this thrilling running challenge This is no ordinary running race not only will you have to overcome the distance but also the manmade & natural obstacles around the course Be ready to run through water thick mud & up & down hills as you challenge yourself in this fun running test Whether you choose to dress up & run it in your own time or race against the clock competitively you’ll be sure to have a good time on this 18km run There are other course distances of 5 6 10 or 12 kilometres available so there is sure to be an event for everyone After you have crossed the finish line you will each be rewarded with a medal as a memento of your achievement! Once you arrive at the venue you will each be required to sign a waiver before being allocated your wrist band bib number & chip timing device This is followed by a pre-race warm up before splitting into groups & setting off in 30 minute intervals When can you go? This experience is available on selected weekdays & weekends throughout the year subject to availability You must take your activity before the voucher expiry date How long does this activity last? The experience length depends on the amount of time it takes you to complete the course You need to know The minimum age for this experience is 18 years old This experience is not suitable for those who are pregnant or suffer from back problems The experience is very self challenging & you will have to be reasonably fit to take part We advise you to wear comfortable running shoes & clothes There are no qualification requirements although we advise that you train beforehand This is for a voucher entitling the holder to any of the activities supplied by Activity Superstore up to the value stated You & how many others? This experience is for two people There will be other people running on the day Family & friends You are welcome to bring family & friends to watch you participate Locations South East
- Surrey
- Redhill Valid until 01032017

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As Ellie's fiftieth birthday approaches & her ambitions of a steady income a successful career & an ascent of Everest seem as far away as ever she begins to doubt she's capable of achieving anything at all So when her best friend Mick suggests a gruelling cycle ride from Land's End to John o' Groats she takes up the challenge They opt for the scenic route which takes them along cycle paths towpaths & the back roads & byways of Britain unable to resist sampling local beers in the pubs they pass along the way But as the pints start to stack up faster than the miles they're putting under their tyres Ellie wonders if they'll ever make it to the finishing line ...

Bear Grylls is a man who has always sought the ultimate in adventure Growing up on the Isle of Wight he was taught by his father to sail & climb at an early age As a teenager he found identity & purpose through both mountaineering & martial arts which led the young adventurer to the foothills of the mighty Himalaya & a grandmaster's karate training camp in Japan On returning home he embarked upon the notoriously gruelling selection course for the British Special Forces to join 21 SAS
- a journey that was to push him to the very limits of physical & mental endurance Then in a horrific free-fall parachuting accident Bear broke his back in three places It was touch & go whether he would ever walk again However only eighteen months later Bear became one of the youngest ever climbers to scale Everest aged only twenty-three But this was just the beginning of his many extraordinary adventures Known & admired by millions Bear Grylls has survived where few would dare to go Now for the first time Bear tells the story of his action-packed life Gripping moving & wildly exhilarating Mud Sweat & Tears is a must-read for adrenalin junkies & armchair adventurers alike
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How did Bear Grylls become one of the world's toughest adventurers? This is the thrilling story of everyone's favourite real-life action man
- from secret childhood missions to climb the town's school buildings & steeples to starring in his own global TV series & becoming Chief Scout to the Scouting Association Known & admired by millions Bear Grylls has survived in dangerous environments few would dare to visit Find out what it's like to take on mountaineering martial arts parachuting life in the SAS
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NOW A MAJOR MOTION PICTURE STARRING CAREY MULLIGAN GARRETT HEDLUND & MARY J BLIGEWhen Henry Mc Allan moves his city-bred wife Laura to a cotton farm in the Mississippi Delta in 1946 she finds herself in a place both foreign & frightening Henry's love of rural life is not shared by Laura who struggles to raise their two young children in an isolated shotgun shack under the eye of her hateful racist father-in-law When it rains the waters rise up & swallow the bridge to town stranding the family in a sea of mud As the Second World War shudders to an end two young men return from Europe to help work the farm Jamie Mc Allan is everything his older brother Henry is not & is sensitive to Laura's plight but also haunted by his memories of combat Ronsel Jackson eldest son of the black sharecroppers who live on the farm comes home from war with the shine of a hero only to face far more dangerous battles against the ingrained bigotry of his own countrymen These two unlikely friends become players in a tragedy on the grandest scale ...