The first delicate flowers herald the end of a harsh winter The sun shines longer day by day & pushes the snow back Lush meadows bloom & curious marmots slowly awaken from hibernation Finally spring is coming into the mountains — the perfect time for a hike Choose your route carefully watch out for the burrows of the marmots & pack enough snacks Your chances to earn an edelweiss hiking pin are rather low if you sit hungry in the snow Spring Meadow is the grand finale of Uwe Rosenberg&s puzzle trilogy following 2016&s Cottage Garden & 2017&s Indian Summer The complexity of this game — the most interactive of the trilogy — is set in between those two games & fans of the trilogy will find familiar elements combined in an innovative way Place your meadow tiles with 0-2 holes skillfully on your mountain board to receive extra tiles when creating or expanding groups of holes Find your way around the burrows of the marmots because they can restrict you during tile placement Scoring takes place depending on the players& selection of meadow tiles from a central game board Whoever has the largest meadow during a scoring receives a hiking pin & the first player to earn their second hiking pin during scoring wins New puzzle challenges are guaranteed with 172 tiles in 49 shapes ...

Tokyo 1912 The closed world of the ancient aristocracy is being breached for the first time by outsiders
- rich provincial families
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Step into the exquisite miniature world of the mice of Brambly Hedge in this beautiful new edition of the classic picture book Wilfred woke early It was his birthday He had lots of lovely presents but the best one was a surprise Mr Apple had organised a secret celebration picnic & all the mice of Brambly Hedge were invited There was so much to carry Poor Wilfred got very tired as he lurched & bumped his way along the grassy track What was it Mrs Apple had said was in his hamper? Knives? Sandwiches? They were certainly heavy! When they finally arrived Wilfred was allowed to open up the hamper & there he found the best treat of all ...

Prayer meditation & appreciation of nature are the sacraments by which two monks live a simple life in Korean director Kim Ki-Duk's SPRING SUMMER FALL WINTER & SPRING A wise old monk (Oh Young-soo) is master to a young student & remains so throughout the changing seasons of the younger monk's life In springtime the young monk is a 5-year-old boy in summer he is a teenager in fall he is a 30-year-old man & in winter he is in mid-life The master & his student live in a tranquil house that floats in the middle of a pond hidden in a vast woodland Paddling their row boat to the edge of the pond they roam the forest collecting herbs for medicine observing animals & learning deep lessons about life When a woman brings her sick daughter to the monks to be healed a lustful relationship results between the daughter & the teenage monk Though sex is the appropriate cure for the girl the affair is a harbinger of evil for the monk whose innocence is replaced by corruption After paying for his sins over the course of many years the monk finds inner peace & is reborn A spiritual soundtrack & superb nature photography make this film a joy to watch & its story is rich with messages about forgiveness & inner peace ...

A thought-provoking collection of contemporary short stories from the winner of the Arthur C Clarke award 2013 Chris Beckett's thought-provoking & wide-ranging collection of contemporary short stories is a joy to read rich in detail & texture From stories about first love to a man who discovers a labyrinth beneath his house to an angel left alone at the end of the universe Beckett displays both incredible range & extraordinary subtlety as a writer Every story is a world unto itself
- each one beautifully realized & brilliantly imagined
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Heaven Sends has fast become one the UK's leading wholesalers of fabulously quirky gifts stylish home accessories & seasonal decorations? not just Christmas! Renowned unique design & quirky products all at extraordinary value for money ...

Springboard is a series of nine graded activity books designed to help build the functional English skills required at school at work & in other aspects of day-to-day life Illustrations are used throughout to support the wide variety of activity types included ranging from simple word reading & letter formation exercises to complex writing tasks requiring considerable precision & attention to detail Springboard 1 helps students to practise Nouns & verbs Words with similar soundspelling patterns Position words & Opposites & comparisons ...

Springboard is a series of nine graded activity books designed to help build the functional English skills required at school at work & in other aspects of day-to-day life Illustrations are used throughout to support the wide variety of activity types included ranging from simple word reading & letter formation exercises to complex writing tasks requiring considerable precision & attention to detail Springboard 4 helps students to practise converting nouns to adjectives by adding 'y' or 'ful' plurals alphabetical order (third letter in a word) & capital letters ...

Macbeth is one of the most popular & bloody of Shakespeare's tragedies This accessible introduction offers a springboard into the play taking a hands-on performance-based approach exploring the challenges & the rewards it presents to actors audiences & students Springboard Shakespeare Macbeth has a three-part structure whether you're watching or reading Ben Crystal takes you through exactly what you need to know Before During & After the play He combines a genuine passion & understanding of Shakespeare with his experience as an actor giving the reader a clear route to thinking about understanding & enjoying Macbeth ...

Hamlet is the most studied & performed of Shakespeare's tragedies This accessible introduction offers a springboard into the play taking a hands-on performance-based approach exploring the challenges & the rewards it presents to actors audiences & students Springboard Shakespeare Hamlet has a three-part structure whether you're watching or reading Ben Crystal takes you through exactly what you need to know Before During & After the play He combines a genuine passion & understanding of Shakespeare with his experience as an actor giving the reader a clear route to thinking about understanding & enjoying Hamlet ...