You only think you know this story In 1991 Jeffrey Dahmer-the most notorious serial killer since Jack the Ripper-seared himself into the American consciousness To the public Dahmer was a monster who committed unthinkable atrocities To Derf Backderf Dahmer was a much more complex figure a high school friend with whom he had shared classrooms hallways & car rides In My Friend Dahmer a haunting & original graphic novel writer-artist Backderf creates a surprisingly sympathetic portrait of a disturbed young man struggling against the morbid urges emanating from the deep recesses of his psyche-a shy kid a teenage alcoholic & a goofball who never quite fit in with his classmates With profound insight what emerges is a Jeffrey Dahmer that few ever really knew & readers will never forget This new paperback edition will coincide with the release of the movie adaptation of My Friend Dahmer & will include additional bonus content from the author archives ...

From the bestselling author & illustrator of Start Where You Are comes an inspiring look at making peace with fear
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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 Technicolour film version of Mary O& Hara&s novel Roddy Mc Dowall stars as Ken Mc Laughlin a wayward boy who shows little application in his studies & whose relationship with his rancher father Rob (Preston S Foster) is troubled To teach Ken responsibility his father asks him to choose a young horse to train & care for But his father is doubtful when Ken selects a feisty young filly
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- whose mother is notoriously tempestuous Will Ken&s dedication love & hard work pay off & produce a fine mare of the skittish young filly?

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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 this touching family film based on the celebrated novel by Mary O& Hara ten-year-old Kenny Mc Laughlin a rancher&s son deperately wants a horse of his own When his father finally agrees to let him choose a foal Ken picks Flicka a beautiful but high-spirited filly who comes from a bloodline considered to be hopelessly wild It is up to Ken to prove Flicka is tamable or risk losing her Along the way Ken & his family learn some important lessons in this poignant tale of love patience faith & "hope beyond hope" Actors Arthur Loft Diana Hale James Bell Jeff Corey Preston Foster Rita Johnson & Roddy Mc Dowall Director Harold D Schuster Certificate Universal Suitable for All Year 1943 Screen Fullscreen 43 Languages English
- Dolby Digital (20) Mono Subtitles English ; German ; Italian ; Swedish Duration 1 hour & 27 minutes (approx)
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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 this touching family film based on the celebrated novel by Mary O& Hara ten-year-old Kenny Mc Laughlin a rancher&s son desperately wants a horse of his own When his father finally agrees to let him choose a foal Ken picks Flicka a beautiful but high-spirited filly who comes from a bloodline considered to be hopelessly wild It is up to Ken to prove Flicka is tamable or risk losing her Along the way Ken & his family learn some important lessons in this poignant tale of love patience faith & "hope beyond hope" Actors Roddy Mc Dowall Arthur Loft Diana Hale James Bell Jeff Corey Preston Foster & Rita Johnson Director Harold D Schuster Certificate Universal Suitable for All Year 1943 Screen 1331 Languages English Duration 1 hour & 27 minutes (approx) ...

One of a series of delightfully humorous award-winning tales for beginner readers from an internationally acclaimed author-illustrator Gerald is careful Piggie is not Piggie cannot help smiling Gerald can Gerald worries so that Piggie does not have to Gerald & Piggie are best friends In My Friend is Sad Gerald is sad How can Piggie be happy if Gerald is sad? Told entirely in speech bubbles with a repetitive use of familiar phrases this highly original book is perfect for children just learning to read ...

While in rehab James Frey finds a father figure in a shady mafia boss called Leonard When Leonard returns to his dubious prosperous life in the criminal underworld of Las Vegas he promises James his support on the outside Tragedy strikes the day James is released & his world seems set to implode Unsure where to turn he calls Leonard Paradoxically it is in Leonard's lawless underworld that James discovers the courage & humanity needed to rebuild his life ...

Join a lively crew of children & their robot friend to work on an exciting project building a tree house for them all to enjoy! Then learn more about robots simple machines & computer programming in the notes at the end ...

Summer 1941 For Peter the war is a long way away being fought by a faceless enemy marching across places he's never seen Until the night it comes to him A German plane is shot down over the woods that his Dad looked after before he went off to fight Peter rushes to the crash site to find something exciting to keep But what he finds instead is someone a young & injured German airman The enemy Here & in trouble Suddenly helping him seems like the right thing to do ...

A hilarious tale of history come to life from former children's laureate & master storyteller Michael Morpurgo Living with a ghost can have its difficulties I discovered even if he is your friend Remember Sir Walter Raleigh who laid his cloak in a puddle so Queen Elizabeth I could walk across? Well Bess meets his ghost & finds out she's his ancestor! How will Bess explain Sir Walter to her family? Especially when he breaks her brother's fishing rod steals a horse & smokes cigars in her room! Michael Morpurgo demonstrates why he is considered to be the master storyteller with a uniquely funny take on spirits from the other side Look out for Michael's other ghostly stories The Ghost of Grania O' Malley & The White Horse of Zennor ------ Former Children's Laureate Michael Morpurgo needs no introduction He is one of the most successful children's authors in the country loved by children teachers & parents alike Michael has written more than forty books for children including the global hit War Horse which was made into a Hollywood film by Steven Spielberg in 2011 Several of his other stories have been adapted for screen & stage including My Friend Walter Why the Whales Came & Kensuke's Kingdom Michael has won the Whitbread Award the Smarties Award the Circle of Gold Award the Children's Book Award & has been short-listed for the Carnegie Medal four times He started the charity Farms for City Children in 1976 with his wife Clare aimed at relieving the poverty of experience many young children feel in inner city & urban areas Michael is also a patron of over a dozen other charities Living in Devon listening to Mozart & working with children have provided Michael with the ideas & incentive to write his stories He spends half his life mucking out sheds with the children feeding sheep or milking cows; the other half he spends dreaming up & writing stories for children For me the greater part of writing is daydreaming dreaming the dream of my story until it hatches out
- the writing down of it I always find hard But I love finishing it then holding the book in my hand & sharing my dream with my readers Michael received an OBE in December 2006 for his services to literature
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