DK Reads Rockets & Spaceships is part of DK's three-level reading scheme to get kids reading & learn how to read at home At the Beginning to read level DK Reads Rockets & Spaceships is ideal for children beginning to read for meaning decoding & recognising words Blast into space with the latest & greatest rockets & spaceships Watch a rocket roar into the sky explore all kinds of space vehicles & find out what it's really like to ride a rocket Levelled into stages DK Reads is to designed to help every child progress their reading skills & become a confident reader With engaging stories exciting images & interactive elements including recipes questions diary entries & more this series appeals directly to kids ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play March 1965 In the heat of the Cold War the USA & the USSR are competing for supremacy in space What both superpowers aim for in this race is to be the first to have a man walk in outer space To accomplish that no price is too high & no risk is too great Now it s up to the unlikely duo of a seasoned war veteran & a hot-headed test-pilot to fulfill this mission Two men in a tiny spaceship without proper testing facing the complete unknown They were supposed to do what no man has done before & no man imagined what would happen next SPACEWALKER is an edge-of-your-seat space thriller from the team behind Wanted Apollo 18 & Night Watch Actors Vladimir Ilin Yuriy Itskov Aleksandr Ilin Format PALLanguage Russian Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Aspect Ratio Unknown Number of discs 1 ...

The SPAD XIII was first used in 1917 & was one of the most important fighter aircraft of WW I Mainly French flying aces gained considerable success French but also British & American units flew this fighter- Structural details on surface- Pilot figures- Separate exhaust pipe- Undercarriage Decals for one version- SPAD XIIIC-1 flown by Capt William M Fry No 23 Squadron Royal Flying Corps January 1918 ...

Hurrah! shouted George At last it is you I've been looking so hard for the Yeti The monster looked down with a horrible howl Are you bonkers? My name is Netty! Join George a young & courageous explorer with all the pluck of a little Indiana Jones on a quest to track down the elusive Yeti against all the odds With only a map a woolly hat & a tin of spaghetti in his rucksack George sets off on his journey up the steep mountain path & spots the Yeti immediately! But wait just look at that lipstick! Can it really be the Yeti? Spaghetti with the Yeti is a funny rhyming romp the perfect read-aloud adventure book for boy & girl monster lovers! Ideal for fans of Aliens Love Underpants & Supertato Spaghetti with the Yeti was shortlisted for the Roald Dahl Funny Prize & Highly Commended at the Sheffield Children's Book Award Perfect for kids aged 3 Have you collected all of George's Amazing Adventures Spaghetti with the Yeti Marshmallows for Martians Doughnuts for a Dragon Pizza for Pirates Socks for Santa Treats for T rex Adam Guillain is a performance storyteller & was the Roald Dahl Museum & Story Centre Writer in Residence Charlotte Guillain is a prolific author of children's fiction non-fiction & picture books & together they have created the hugely successful George's Amazing Adventures series Lee Wildish lives in Lancashire & has been illustrating from a very young age He loves illustrating children's books & thinks there's nothing better than seeing people laughing at a book he's illustrated His titles include The Spooky Spooky House which was the winner of the Red House Children's Book Award 2013 & the New York Times Bestselling How to Babysit a Grandpa ...

Tracklist BA Walk Lo & Behold Atonement Thickly Settled So Be It Withering Rye Ten Percent Countdown (Original Version) She Came To Know Each Time Centered Dissipation (It's Only A Game Version) Wonder & Perish ...

Join intrepid explorer Benjamin Blog & his inquisitive dog Barko Polo as they travel to one of the world's most fascinating countries Spain! The book

Includes:: chapters on Spanish history geography cities people & food as well as visiting some of the most famous places of this unique country such as the Sagrada Familia church in Barcelona & the Royal Palace in Madrid

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In the sixteenth century the Spaniards became the first nation in history to have worldwide reach; across most of Europe to the Americas the Philippines & India Goodwin tells the story of Spain & the Spaniards from great soldiers like the Duke of Alba to literary figures & artists such as El Greco Velazquez Cervantes & Lope de Vega & the monarchs who ruled over them At the beginning of the modern age Spaniards were caught between the excitement of change & a medieval world of chivalry & religious orthodoxy they experienced a turbulent existential angst that fueled an exceptional Golden Age a fluorescence of art literature poetry & which inspired new ideas about International Law merchant banking & economic & social theory ...

From the moment it began in 1936 the Spanish Civil War became the political question of the age Hitler & Mussolini quickly sent aircraft troops & supplies to the right-wing generals bent on overthrowing Spain's elected government Millions of people around the world felt passionately that rapidly advancing fascism must be halted in Spain; if not there where? More than 35000 volunteers from dozens of other countries went to help defend the Spanish Republic Adam Hochschild the acclaimed author of King Leopold's Ghost evokes this tumultuous period mainly through the lives of Americans involved in the war A few are famous such as Ernest Hemingway but others are less familiar They include a nineteen-year-old Kentucky woman a fiery leftist who came to wartime Spain on her honeymoon; a young man who ran away from his Pennsylvania college & became the first American casualty in the battle for Madrid; & a swashbuckling Texas oilman who covertly violated US law & sold Generalissimo Francisco Franco most of the fuel for his army Two New York Times reporters fierce rivals covered the war from opposite sides with opposite sympathies There are Britons in Hochschild's cast of characters as well one a London sculptor fought with the American battalion; another who had just gone down from Cambridge joined Franco's army & found himself fighting against the Americans; & a third is someone whose experience of combat in Spain had a profound effect on his life George Orwell ...

From Roman times to the present day Spain has occupied a significant role in the evolution of our Western world This book highlights the notable trends intellectual & social of each particular era in its history The imposition of Roman rule created the notion of Hispania as a single entity Chapters on the Visigoth monarchy Moorish Spain the establishment an empire the eighteenth-century Enlightenment all chart the political & economic development of Spain but also emphasize the extraordinary & diverse artistic & literary achievements of the Spanish people within this one country at these different times Moving on to the nineteenth century we read of the rise of liberalism & of its fall which ushered in a period of disarray leading to the Civil War & authoritarian rule Today Spain is a fully integrated & enthusiastic member of the European community ...

The Costa Blanca has long been the best known Hot Rock winter sun venue for climbers wanting a break from the grim northern winter The reasons the place became popular in the first place are same reasons that this popularity has endured; easy access loads of quality accommodation a benign winter climate & of course an amazing amount of fantastic climbing on everything from roadside boulders to magnificent mountains This is the fifth edition that Rockfax have produced to the ' White Coast' with over 22000 copies already sold over the years This completely revised & updated volume builds on the success of the earlier ones with increased coverage of the most popular areas & the addition of several new crags With nearly 4000 routes & a complete new set of crag shots & action pictures the book stays fresh for years to come ...