No Thanks! is a card game designed to be as simple as it is engaging The rules are simple Each turn players have two options play one of their chips to avoid picking up the current face-up card pick up the face-up card (along with any chips that have already been played on that card) & turn over the next card However the choices aren&t so easy as players compete to have the lowest score at the end of the game The deck of cards is numbered from 3 to 35 with each card counting for a number of points equal to its face value Runs of two or more cards only count as the lowest value in the run
- but nine cards are removed from the deck before starting so be careful looking for connectors Each chip is worth -1 point but they can be even more valuable by allowing you to avoid drawing that unwanted card The first versions of the game supported up to five players but a 2011 edition supports up to seven This game was originally published in Germany by Amigo as Geschenkt ist noch zu teuer! meaning Even given as a gift it is still too expensive! Amigo&s international edition titled No Merci! (a delightful multi-lingual pun) had rules in several languages including English The game has subsequently been released in other countries under an assortment of names
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A Fete Worse Than Death The St Mary's Institute of Historical Research has finally recovered from its wounds & it's business as usual for those rascals in the History Department From being trapped in the Great Fire of London to an unfortunately timed comfort break at Thermopylae which leaves the fate of the western world hanging in the balance Max must struggle to get History back on track But first they must get through the St Mary's Fete
- which is sure to end badly for everyone Only one thing is certain life at St Mary's is never dull!
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Jack Kornfield is a wonderful storyteller & a great teacher' Thich Nhat Hanh Bestselling author of A Path With Heart Jack Kornfield invites you into a new awareness how you can free yourself whoever you are & whatever your circumstances Renowned for his mindfulness practices & meditations Jack provides the keys for opening gateways to immediate shifts in perspective & clarity of vision allowing yourself to change course take action or to simply relax Presenting different paths to different kinds of freedom
- freedom from fear freedom to start over again to love to be yourself & to be happy
- he guides you into an active process that engages your mind heart & spirit & brings real joy over & over again Drawing from his own life he presents a stirring call to be here in the power of the now the present to work through life's biggest challenges

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The latest James Bond film No Time to Die is the 25th instalment of the franchise & like previous James Bond films No Time to Die features both classic & modern vehicles driven by the villain as well as 007 himself This set features an Aston Martin DB5 taking on the Jaguar XF &

Includes:: 408metres of track with 9 track layouts which

Includes:: a loop-the-loop & half pipe This set is battery operated James Bond chases away the villain in this ' No Time to Die' Micro Scalextric set Features 408metres of track 2 hand controllers & an Aston Martin & Jaguar 2x Speed limiter hand controllers 6 x AA batteries required (not included) Fully compatible with the new 1 64 scale Micro Scalextric range



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Told with Gareth's signature wit humour & thoughtfulness this story examines the way stories shape our past present & future Eddie is pretty certain nowhere could be more small-town more boring & more inconsequential than his home town of the Wellcome Valley 256 pages Jones Gareth P ...

Tracklist A1 The Answer Is Still No A2 Invincible A3 Growing Down Vocals
- Dicky Barrett A4 On The Outside Vocals
- Karina Denik

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From the author of the critically acclaimed LOOKING FOR JJ shortlisted for the Whitbread Prize in 2004 & the Carnegie Medal in 2005A raw powerful moving tale about a girl attempting to deal with the aftermath of a sexual attack My name is Stacey Woods & I was raped Stacey is the victim of a terrible sexual attack She does not feel able to go to the police or talk about it to anybody other than her best friend Patrice Patrice outraged when she cannot persuade her to go to the police encourages Stacey to write everything down This is Stacey's story A tautly told & important book perfect for readers of Asking for It by Louise O' Neill ...

One of the greatest escape stories I've ever read' Mail on Sunday An ordinary man's extraordinary escape from Mao's brutal labour camps Xu Hongci was an ordinary medical student when he was incarcerated under Mao's regime & forced to spend years of his youth in China's most brutal labour camps Three times he tried to escape & three times he failed But determined he eventually broke free travelling the length of China across the Gobi desert & into Mongolia It was one of the greatest prison breaks of all time during one of the worst totalitarian tragedies of the 20th Century This is the extraordinary memoir of his unrelenting struggle to retain dignity integrity & freedom; but also the untold story of what life was like for ordinary people trapped in the chaos of the Cultural Revolution ...

Born & raised in the South Yorkshire mining village of Hoyland Common Richard Hines remembers heaps of coal dust listening out for the colliery siren at the end of shifts & praying for his father's safe return When he failed his eleven-plus it seemed all too likely that he would follow in his father's footsteps & end up working in the pits
- unlike his older brother Barry who had passed the exam to grammar school & seemed to be heading for great things Crushed by this Richard spent his time in the fields & meadows beyond the slag heap One morning walking in the grounds of a ruined medieval manor he came across a nest of kestrels Instantly captivated he sought out ancient falconry texts from the local library & pored over the strange & beautiful language there With just these books some ingenuity & his profound respect for the hawk's indomitable wildness Richard learned to 'man' or train his kestrel Kes & in the process found the passion that would shape his future Richard's experiences with kestrels inspired Barry's classic novel A Kestrel for a Knave When production began on what would become Ken Loach's iconic film Kes Richard himself trained the kestrels that would soar on screen & into cinematic history No Way But Gentlenesse is a superb moving memoir of one remarkable boy's love for a forgotten culture & his attempt to find salvation in the natural world
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Film star Icon Agitator Martyr Paul Robeson was a brilliant student & champion athlete who abandoned a career in law to find worldwide fame as a performer & activist He was undoubtedly the most famous African American of his time
- before losing everything for the sake of his principles The son of a former slave Robeson's life took him to Hollywood via the Harlem Renaissance & London's West End While he stunned audiences with his performances of ' Ol' Man River' & Othello he also championed social justice around the world travelling from the coal-mining towns of Wales to the frontiers of the Spanish Civil War & to the Soviet Union Yet privately Robeson was a troubled figure burdened by his role as a symbol for the African-American people & an international advocate for the working class His stratospheric rise would reach its end in the courtroom of the Mc Carthy hearings Today Robeson is largely unknown his legacy obscured by the forces of history that destroyed him Jeff Sparrow traces Robeson's career showing how his remarkable life tells the story of the twentieth century & illuminates today's reality From Black Lives Matter to Putin's United Russia Sparrow explores questions of race in America political freedom in Moscow & the legacy of communism in Europe Part travelogue part biography it is a story of political ardour heritage & trauma
- a luminous portrait of a man & an urgent reflection on the politics that define us now

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