Phyllis is the cutest of baby lambs She is all ready to go out on the town with her other Ragtag friends dressed in a soft fleecy cape & pretty knitted dress ...

With mismatched velvet & gingham ears Pippa is simply gorgeous made from the softest grey velour fabric her sleeveless lavender top is hand knitted & her gathered skirt is topped off with a deep violet velvet bow ...

With a white velour body & embroidered face Poppy is sweet & soft from her fluffy tail to her patchwork ears Poppy comes dressed in a floral gathered skirt & a hand crocheted pink top ...

Presented in a book-style box with a magnetic fastening catch just open the cover to discover this real life little fairy story! With their its soft cotton body & embroidered face the impish tooth fairy is a perfectly magical way of ensuring lost milk teeth get to the fairies safely! The fairy is complete with a specially designed back pack perfect for swapping a lost tooth for a new coin in the morning ...

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Tommy is one of the latest members of the Dollytales collection & will delight every child Smartly dressed in corduroy dungarees striped T-shirt & socks he is always ready for an adventure! His bendy body means little ones can position him into different poses helping to spark their imaginations ...

Presented in a book-style box with a magnetic fastening catch just open the cover to discover this real life little fairy story! With its soft cotton body & embroidered face the impish tooth fairy is a perfectly magical way of ensuring lost milk teeth get to the fairies safely! The fairy is complete with a specially designed back pack perfect for swapping a lost tooth for a new coin in the morning At RAGTALES we understand that little people make big worlds & are therefore proud to offer a range of toys designed to accompany children on the journey through their early years The toys we take with us as children into the wider world become treasured companions of our childhood & beyond at RAGTALES we make toys that just ask to be loved ...

Made from the softest high quality velour Wooster the Dachshund ' comes with embroidered eyes & freckles & his very own name tag attached to a smart red lead should he ever need a wash his wheels can be removed by undoing the velcro on the underside of his paws Wooster comes presented in an open sided display box ...

Set in turn-of-the-century New York EL Doctorow's Ragtime seamlessly blends fictional characters & realistic depictions of historical figures to bring to life the events that defined American history in the years before the First World War This Penguin Modern Classics edition

Includes:: an introduction by Al Alvarez Welcome to America at the turn of the twentieth century where the rhythms of ragtime set the beat Harry Houdini astonishes audiences with magical feats of escape the mighty J P Morgan dominates the financial world & Henry Ford manufactures cars by making men into machines Emma Goldman preaches free love & feminism while ex-chorus girl Evelyn Nesbitt inspires a mad millionaire to murder the architect Stanford White In this stunningly original chronicle of an age such real-life characters intermingle with three remarkable families one black one Jewish & one prosperous WASP to create a dazzling literary mosaic that brings to life an era of dire poverty fabulous wealth & incredible change
- in short the era of ragtime EL Doctorow (b 1931) is one of America's most accomplished & acclaimed living writers Winner of the National Book Award the National Book Critics Circle Award (twice) the PENFaulkner Award & the National Humanities Medal he is the author of nine novels that have explored the drama of American life from the late 19th century to the 21st including Ragtime The Book of Daniel & Billy Bathgate If you enjoyed Ragtime you might like John Dos Passos' USA also available in Penguin Classics' In its perfection it stuns & holds from beginning to end' Daily Mail' Witty lyrical put together with admirable craft dazzling economy & insight Mr Doctorow knows what he is doing & has done it beautifully' Guardian' One of the best American novels for years' Economist


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Rocketing out of the pages 4001 AD…the origin of Rai revealed! For the first time ever witness the violent foundation of Father’s space-born utopia of New Japan…and with it the shocking genesis of the line of guardians that bear the name Rai! Born & bred by Father to enforce peace at any cost follow the first Rai & his successors across two millennia as they chronicle the history of 4001 AD
- from the launch of New Japan into orbit to the latest Rai’s crusade to bring it crashing back down to Earth!
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