' As hypnotic as an opium dream & pretty unputdownable' Daily Mail In September 1838 a storm blows up on the Indian Ocean & the Ibis a ship carrying a consignment of convicts & indentured laborers from Calcutta to Mauritius is caught up in the whirlwind When the seas settle five men have disappeared
- two lascars two convicts & one of the passengers Did the same storm upend the fortunes of those aboard the Anahita an opium carrier heading towards Canton? & what fate befell those aboard the Redruth a sturdy two-masted brig heading East out of Cornwall? Was it the storm that altered their course or were the destinies of these passengers at the mercy of even more powerful forces? On the grand scale of an historical epic River of Smoke follows its storm-tossed characters to the crowded harbors of China There despite efforts of the emperor to stop them ships from Europe & India exchange their cargoes of opium for boxes of tea silk porcelain & silver Among them are Bahram Modi a wealthy Parsi opium merchant out of Bombay his estranged half-Chinese son Ah Fatt the orphaned Paulette & a motley collection of others whose pursuit of romance riches & a legendary rare flower have thrown together All struggle to cope with their losses
- & for some unimaginable freedoms
- in the alleys & crowded waterways of 19th century Canton As transporting & mesmerizing as an opiate induced dream River of Smoke will soon be heralded as a masterpiece of twenty-first century literature


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Between 1970 & 1975 Jon Swain the English journalist portrayed in David Puttnam's film The Killing Fields lived in the lands of the Mekong river This is his account of those years & the way in which the tumultuous events affected his perceptions of life & death as Europe never could He also describes the beauty of the Mekong landscape
- the villages along its banks surrounded by mangoes bananas & coconuts & the exquisite women the odours of opium & the region's other face
- that of violence & corruption

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The first series of Doctor Who POP! figures flew of shelves around the globe & now hot on their heels is a second series This River Song POP! vinyl figure stands around 9cm tall Packed in an illustrated window box ...

A lyrical beautifully illustrated account of a river's journey from its source to the sea
- supports key stage 1-2 Geography 32
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From the twisted minds of our in house design team comes this expertly crafted tankard Sailing along the River Styx this reaper clings to his iconic scythe ferrying his claimed souls to the underworld The bottom of this drinking vessel is decorated with the sides of his long boat showing animated skeletons gripping the sides trying to cling to what life they have left The handle is formed by the ships might bow replicating a human spinal column With intricate silver skull decorations throughout & a large Reaper stood to attention on the side this tankard would make the perfect gift for anyone who would like to take a trip with the Ferryman Exclusive Nemesis Now design Reaper sailing the river styx Cast in the finest resin 175cm Lovingly h&-painted ...

A former white water rafting guide takes her troubled son on a rafting trip with her workaholic husband Their journey turns treacherous when they are joined by mysterious strangers ...

It was as a revolutionary & troublemaker that Picasso Dali & Andre Breton described the husband of Frida Kahlo Diego Rivera but he was also responsible for creating a public art that was both highly advanced & profoundly accessible From 1910 Rivera lived in Europe where he absorbed the influence of Cubism After the Mexican revolution however he returned to his homeland & harnessed the lessons of the European avant-garde to the needs of the Mexican people His own murals & those of the Mexican Muralists who followed his example presented a utopian vision of a post-revolutionary Mexico Rivera's historical paintings expressed his interpretation of the revolution & its ideals in a style that showed him returning to the pre-Columbian roots of Mexican culture re-inventing a colourfully realistic visual idiom that could appeal directly to a largely illiterate people This is the first study which independently of the exhibition circuit coherently presents the work of this extraordinary artist ...

Riverboat posits each player as the owner of a 19th century farm on the bank of the Mississippi River You need to organize your workers to ensure that the fields are ordered according to their type & harvested when ready so that the goods can be shipped to New Orleans In more detail the game lasts four rounds & at the start of each round players draft phase cards until they&re all distributed The phases then take place in numerical order with the player who chose a phase being the first one to act In the first phase players place their workers in the fields with each player having the same distribution of colored field tiles but a different random placement for each player In phase two players organize their crops trying to group like types together with some fields requiring two or three workers In phase three players harvest crops & load riverboats with a dock needing to be filled with all the goods of a single type before it can be loaded In phase four the boats are launched & players can take special actions with additional victory points possibly coming in phase five 2-4 Players 90 Min Playing Time Age 10 ...

Full colour poster printed on high quality paper 100 fully licensed product Despatched in cardboard mailing tube ensuring the product arrives in perfect condition Brighten up any wall ...

Keep your valuable cards safe in a specially designed Card Holder Perfect for bank cards travel cards membership cards & many more 100 fully licensed product ...