Updated for the 30th anniversary of the Falklands War this is the bestselling highly-acclaimed & most famous account of the conflict written by the commander of the British Task Force On 5 April 1982 three days after the invasion of the Falkland Islands British armed forces were ordered to sail 8000 miles to the South Atlantic unaware of what lay ahead of them or whether they would be committed to war with Argentina In these engrossing memoirs Admiral Sandy Woodward Task Force commander from the aircraft carrier Hermes takes us from day one to day one hundred of the conflict; from sailing through the waters of the Atlantic with hopes of a political settlement fading & war becoming increasingly likely to the repulse of the Argentinian navy & the daring amphibious landing at San Carlos Water The war which cost the lives of over 1000 men has left a legacy of many historical debates & controversies from the sinking of ships such as HMS Coventry HMS Sheffield & Sir Galahad & the Argentinian cruiser the Belgrano to wider issues such as what was it like to command & fight a modern air & naval war the biggest naval action since World War IIOne Hundred Days' is unique as a dramatic portrayal of the world of modern naval warfare where despite the use of sophisticated equipment & communications the margins for human error & courage were as wide as they were in the days of Nelson ...

Scruff just can't resist sausages salami pepperoni chorizo he simply loves them all But gate-crashing barbecues & hanging around outside the local butcher's shop is not making him the most popular dog in town Then one day disaster strikes! There's a break-in at the butcher's
- & ALL THE SAUSAGES are stolen! Neither the policeman nor the mayor nor the butcher can trace the sausage thieves There's only one thing for it; Scruff will have to sniff them out! After a lot of twists & turns Scruff's sniffing talents & bravery win the day
- & Scruff & his chums are rewarded with a slap-up meal at a posh restaurant Guess what's on the menu
- SAUSAGES! Yuvall's debut picture book The Big Blue Thing on the Hill published by Templar in 2014 was nominated for the ' Heart of Hawick' Children's Book Award 2015 in the best new picture book category as well as for the ' Read It Again!' Cambridgeshire Children's Book Award 2015 for best debut by an authorillustrator


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Look for Little Mouse & learn about colours numbers shapes & opposites as you go with this fun search-&-find book jam-packed full of activities Can you find all 100 things to spot? The perfect introduction to learning important first concepts young children will love searching for Little Mouse & the cat (plus more!) on each page of this stylish picture book ...

This new edition of Donald Sassoon's magisterial history of the Left in the twentieth century

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One of the world's most famous novels One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel Garcia Marquez winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature blends the natural with the supernatural in one of the most magical reading experiences on earth' Many years later as he faced the firing squad Colonel Aureliano Buendia was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice' Gabriel Garcia Marquez's great masterpiece is the story of seven generations of the Buendia family & of Macondo the town they have built Though little more than a settlement surrounded by mountains Macondo has its wars & disasters even its wonders & its miracles A microcosm of Columbian life its secrets lie hidden encoded in a book & only Aureliano Buendia can fathom its mysteries & reveal its shrouded destiny Blending political reality with magic realism fantasy & comic invention One Hundred Years of Solitude is one of the most daringly original works of the twentieth century' Dazzling' The New York Times ...

Penguin's commemorative hardback reissue of One Hundred Years of Solitude by late Nobel laureate & author Gabriel Garcia Marquez is a timeless classic & the perfect Christmas gift for any booklover Gabriel Garcia Marquez has been one of the undisputed literary giants of the past century; his stories are vivid energetic tender & unforgettable; they have touched the lives of readers across the globe & earned him countless awards including the Nobel Prize for Literature In the wake of the author's death his most beloved novel is reissued in commemorative hardback edition One Hundred Years of Solitude is endlessly fascinating an intricately patterned work of fiction & a joyful irrepressible celebration of humanity Vibrantly colourful & teeming with life this timeless tale blends the natural with the supernatural in one of the most magical reading experiences on earth' Many years later as he faced the firing squad Colonel Aureliano Buendia was to remember that distant afternoon when his father took him to discover ice' Gabriel Garcia Marquez's great masterpiece is the story of seven generations of the Buendia family & of Macondo the town they have built Though little more than a settlement surrounded by mountains Macondo has its wars & disasters even its wonders & its miracles A microcosm of Columbian life its secrets lie hidden encoded in a book & only Aureliano Buendia can fathom its mysteries & reveal its shrouded destiny Blending political reality with magic realism fantasy & comic invention One Hundred Years of Solitude is one of the most daringly original works of the twentieth century' Dazzling' The New York Times ...

Equally tragic joyful & comical Gabriel Garcia Marquez's masterpiece of magical realism One Hundred Years of Solitude is a seamless blend of fantasy & reality translated from the Spanish by Gregory Rabassa in Penguin Modern Classics Gabriel Garcia Marquez's great masterpiece is the story of seven generations of the Buendia family & of Macondo the town they have built Though little more than a settlement surrounded by mountains Macondo has its wars & disasters even its wonders & miracles A microcosm of Columbian life its secrets lie hidden encoded in a book & only Aureliano Buendia can fathom its mysteries & reveal its shrouded destiny Blending political reality with magic realism fantasy with comic invention One Hundred Years of Solitude is one of the most daringly original works of the twentieth century Gabriel Garcia Marquez (b 1928) was born in Aracataca Colombia He is the author of several novels including Leaf Storm (1955) One Hundred Years of Solitude (1967) The Autumn of the Patriarch (1975) Chronicle of a Death Foretold (1981) & The General in His Labyrinth (1989) He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1982 If you enjoyed One Hundred Years of Solitude you might like Love in the Time of Cholera also available in Penguin Modern Classics ' With a single bound Gabriel Garcia Marquez leaps on the stage with Gunter Grass & Vladimir Nabokov dazzling' The New York Times ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-Ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-Ray player in order to play In modern day Russia skilled assassins make themselves available for hire to the Mafia However when one assassin Carver (Cuba Gooding Jr) takes a job with a gang he was once hired to make a hit on it launches into an all-out mob war To make things worse another assassin (Dolph Lundgren) has been hired to take out Carver & the result will make the Russian streets run red Actors Dolph Lundgren Cuba Gooding Jr & Billy Murray Director William Kaufman Certificate 15 years & over Year 2012 Screen 1781 Languages English Duration 1 hour & 31 minutes (approx) ...

Skilled assassins make themselves available for hire to the Mafia in modern day Russia but one assassin Carver (Cuba Gooding Jr) takes on a job with a gang that he was once hired to make a hit on & soon a gang war breaks out To make things worse another assassin (Dolph Lundgren) has been hired to take out Carver ...

What do one hundred sunbathing snails have in common with ten crabs? Find out in this joyful award-winning counting book with a funny focus on feet If one is a snail & two is a person we must be counting by feet! Children will love this hilariously illustrated introduction to simple counting & multiplication with big feet & small
- on people & spiders dogs & insects snails & crabs
- from one to one hundred!

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