This treasure trove of boredom-busting ideas will keep children entertained for hours on end whatever the weather Stage a shadow puppet show make musical instruments fly a kite & lots more then stimulate your brain with riddles word games & memory puzzles With specially selected links to websites with even more fun things to do 128 pages full colour throughout Maclaine James ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play In his last starring role WC Fields plays himself having a typical day at his studio Esoteric Pictures Director Eddie Cline masterfully imparts a certain level of surreal spontaneity to Field&s digressions & misadventures Fields eats breakfast spars with a sarcastic waitress (Jody Gilbert) & then pitches his fractured script to studio head Franklin Pangborn The script reading becomes a film within a film commencing with the hero of the tale (Fields again playing himself) leaping out of an airplane in hot pursuit of a flask of whiskey He lands on the bed of an innocent young girl & tries to seduce her before her mom (Margaret Dumont) comes crashing in Fields then escapes over a cliff in a basket Things get even more bizarre before Pangborn throws him out & back into a "reality" that culminates in a lengthy frenetic car chase There&s also some musical interludes courtesy Gloria Jean a singing star Universal was grooming for success at the time Though Fields undoubtedly bristled at the studio&s insistence he share the bill the two actually display a touching rapport in their scenes together; just another small miracle in this truly unique & hilarious film Actors WC Fields Gloria Jean Leon Errol Billy Lenhart Kenneth Brown Margaret Dumont Susan Miller Franklin Pangborn & Mona Barrie Director Edward F Cline Certificate Universal Suitable for All Year 1941 Screen Fullscreen 43 Languages English
- Dolby Digital (20) Mono Subtitles English for the hearing impaired
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It's said that a Jack Reacher novel is bought every four seconds somewhere in the world Lee Child's genius has been to create a tough guy hero that men will envy & women will adore' Daily Express After an epic & interrupted journey all the way from the snows of South Dakota Jack Reacher has finally made it to Virginia His destination a sturdy stone building a short bus ride from Washington DC the headquarters of his old unit the 110th MP It was the closest thing to a home he ever had Why? He wants to meet the new commanding officer Major Susan Turner He liked her voice on the phone But the officer sitting behind Reacher's old desk isn't a woman Why is Susan Turner not there? What Reacher doesn't expect is what comes next He himself is in big trouble accused of a sixteen-year-old homicide & he certainly doesn't expect to hear these words You're back in the army Major & your ass is mine' Will he be sorry he went back? Or
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A refreshingly honest achingly funny read for fans of Bridesmaids Caitlin Moran & Pinot Grigio When her fiance Rob breaks off their engagement for the third time Viv does what any girl would do
- she Googles heartbreak Confronted by tales of misery she decides to set-up her own self-help website for the broken-hearted But as Viv passes through the three essential stages of grief (denial vodka disastrous haircut) she becomes determined that it's not too late to try & get Rob back When things get out of hand after a drunken declaration of love at an extremely inappropriate moment Viv's scruffy tequila-swilling best friend Max is there to pick up the pieces Viv starts to realise that maybe the real thing has been under her nose all this time & now
- one ex & a massive error of judgement later
- she has to face the question What's the craziest thing you'll do for love? Readers of Lindsey Kelk Sophie Kinsella & Paige Toon won't be able to put this down Never has heartbreak been so hilarious


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In 1956 the Suez Crisis finally shattered the old myths of the British Empire & paved the way for the tumultuous changes of the decades to come In NEVER HAD IT SO GOOD Dominic Sandbrook takes a fresh look at the dramatic story of affluence & decline between 1956 & 1963 Arguing that historians have until now been besotted by the supposed cultural revolution of the Sixties Sandbrook re-examines the myths of this controversial period & paints a more complicated picture of a society caught between conservatism & change He explores the growth of a modern consumer society the impact of immigration the invention of modern pop music & the British retreat from empire He tells the story of the colourful characters of the period like Harold Macmillan Kingsley Amis & Paul Mc Cartney & brings to life the experience of the first post-imperial generation from the Notting Hill riots to the first Beatles hits from the Profumo scandal to the cult of James Bond In this strikingly impressive debut he combines academic verve & insight with colourful dramatic writing to produce a classic ground-breaking work that will change forever how we think about the Sixties ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Angela Dixon stars in this action thriller written & directed by Howard J Ford When her young daughter is abducted while on holiday in Morocco single mother & ex-FBI agent Lisa Brennan (Dixon) will stop at nothing to get her back Unable to trust anyone & facing a race against time Lisa quickly begins her search through the murky backstreets of Marrakesh However after becoming implicated in the murder of a seemingly innocent man following a violent confrontation Lisa is forced to turn to her government contacts for help ...

This book deals with a group of students growing up in a darkly skewered version of contemporary England Narrated by Kathy now 31 Never Let Me Go hauntingly dramatises her attempts to come to terms with her childhood at the seemingly idyllic Hailsham School & with the fate that has always awaited her & her closest friends in the wider world A story of love friendship & memory Never Let Me Go is charged throughout with a sense of the fragility of life If you enjoyed Never Let Me Go you might also like Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day now available in Faber Modern Classics ...

The top ten bestseller from the Nobel Prize-winning author of The Remains of the Day Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize In one of the most acclaimed novels of recent years Kazuo Ishiguro imagines the lives of a group of students growing up in a darkly skewed version of contemporary England Narrated by Kathy now thirty-one Never Let Me Go dramatises her attempts to come to terms with her childhood at the seemingly idyllic Hailsham School & with the fate that has always awaited her & her closest friends in the wider world A story of love friendship & memory Never Let Me Go is charged throughout with a sense of the fragility of life ...

In one of the most memorable novels of recent years Kazuo Ishiguro imagines the lives of a group of students growing up in a darkly skewered version of contemporary England Narrated by Kathy now 31 Never Let Me Go hauntingly dramatises her attempts to come to terms with her childhood at the seemingly idyllic Hailsham School & with the fate that has always awaited her & her closest friends in the wider world A story of love friendship & memory Never Let Me Go is charged throughout with a sense of the fragility of life If you enjoyed Never Let Me Go you might also like Ishiguro's The Remains of the Day now available in Faber Modern Classics ...

Designed to meet the requirements for students at GCSE & A level this accessible educational edition offers the complete text of Never Let Me Go with a comprehensive study guide Intended for individual study as well as class use Geoff Barton's guide- clearly introduces the context of the novel & its author;- examines in detail its themes characters & structure;- looks at the novel in the author's own words & at different critical receptions;- provides glossaries & test questions to prompt deeper thinking In one of the most memorable novels of recent years Kazuo Ishiguro imagines the lives of a group of students growing up in a darkly skewed version of contemporary England Narrated by Kathy now thirty-one Never Let Me Go hauntingly dramatises her attempts to come to terms with her childhood at a seemingly idyllic school Hailsham & with the fate that has always awaited her & her closest friends in the wider world A story of love friendship & memory Never Let Me Go is charged throughout with a sense of the fragility of life ...