Directed by Mamoru Hosoda (The Girl Who Leapt Through Time) & brought to life by renowned animation studio MADHOUSE Summer Wars is the story of an ordinary family going to extraordinary lengths to avert the impending cyber apocalypse! The Summer Wars Material Book gives a detailed behind-the-scenes look at the development artwork that went into this award-winning film Inside you find character profiles background designs rough sketches & an exclusive interview with the film director ...

Summer with Monika is an honest & touching portrait of a romance charting the progress of a love affair from the delicious intimacy of the honeymoon with the milk bottles turning to cheese on the doorstep through the stage of quarrels jealousy recriminations & boredom to the point where love is as nice as a cup of tea in bed Re-issued for its 50th anniversary Summer with Monika is a hidden gem of British love poetry featuring beautiful illustrations from Children's Laureate Chris Riddell ...

SUMMER WITH MONIKA is an intense sensual drama adapted by Ingmar Bergman from a novel by Per Anders Fogelstrom In an acclaimed stellar performance Harriet Andersson on her way to becoming a Bergman regular plays the fiery teenager Monika & Lars Ekborg is Harry a sensitive youth who becomes her lover Together they escape to a remote island off the coast of Sweden where they spend a carefree summer exploring nature & giving in to their own passionate instincts When Monika finds herself pregnant the young couple is forced to return to the city where they settle down to a dull domestic life together with the prospect of a bleak future in a drab working-class environment The impulsive Monika soon decides she wants more out of life Because of the occasionally erotic nature of the material (and Bergman's uninhibited rendering of it) prior to being released in America the movie was edited retitled MONIKA THE STORY OF A BAD GIRL & marketed as a racy sexploitation film by its US distributor in turn earning the director the disapproval of those who considered the finished product obscene ...

Summer With My Sister is a fascinating tale of family secrets & hidden rivalries by bestselling author Lucy Diamond Polly has always been the high-flier of the family with the glamorous city lifestyle to match Clare is a single mum with two children struggling to make ends meet in a ramshackle cottage The two sisters are poles apart & barely on speaking terms But then Polly's fortunes change unexpectedly & her world comes crashing down Left penniless & with nowhere else to go she's forced back to the village where she & Clare grew up & the sisters find themselves living together for the first time in years With an old flame reappearing for Polly a blossoming new career for Clare & a long-buried family secret in the mix sparks are sure to fly Unless the two women have more in common than they first thought? ...

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The Cricket Writers' Club Book of the Year for 2015 Sponsored by the England & Wales Cricket Board this lavishly produced 352-page book celebrates 125 years of cricket's county championship from WG Grace facing the first ball in May 1890 to Joe Root leading out the triumphant Yorkshire team in September 2014
- & now reprinted to take the story up to the close of 2016 Stephen Chalke tells in entertaining style the story of English county cricket bringing alive the great teams & players the memorable matches & the bizarre episodes the times of crisis & the fascinating social history that moulds it all Arranged in double-page spreads extensively illustrated with colour throughout it is a book to fascinate & absorb all those who follow cricket in England
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'A wonderful captivating romantic story' Chicklit Club A free summer holiday in a beautiful villa in Lake Como The catch? Sharing a house with her worst enemy Cesca Shakespeare has hit rock bottom After one prize-winning play that ended in disaster writer's block turned up moved in & got a Netflix subscription Six years later she's just lost her crappy job & is about to lose her flat Worse still her sisters have no idea how far she's fallen So when her fairy Godfather offers her a free summer holiday in a beautiful Italian villa she grudgingly agrees to try writing a new play That's before she finds out the house belongs to her arch-nemesis Sam Carlton Having just hit the headlines for all the wrong reasons
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- Hollywood heart-throb Sam Carlton needs a place to hide out Where better than his family's gorgeous empty villa on Lake Como? Except when he arrives it isn't as empty as he'd hoped One thing's for sure
- this is going to be a red-hot scorching summer A brand new series from the bestselling author of Fix You & the Love in London series Look out for more in The Shakespeare Sisters with A Winter's Tale coming soon from Carrie Elks Praise for Carrie Elks' The perfect book to snuggle up with when you have an evening spare with nothing but a hot chocolate or glass of wine to keep you company Absolutely adore it beyond belief!' Rachale's Reads' Will stay with me for quite some time to come Simply a wonderful read' A Spoonful of Happy Endings'I loved the characters I loved the plot & I loved the London & New York settings It really was a marvellous read!' Leah Loves' An excellent novel' Shaz's Book Blog


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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Thriller starring Ashley Greene as Summer a young woman who sets off on a journey to find her father after discovering the man she&s been living with isn&t her biological father Summer hitchhikes & is picked up by Tom Hoxey (Peter Mooney) who takes her back to his family&s house for the night However Summer is informed the next morning by Tom that he has no intention of letting her leave the house Held prisoner in the deranged family&s basement Summer must attempt to form a close relationship with Tom in order to survive ...

Summer will never be the same again for Cedar Desperate to outrun their grief her family move to their mother's hometown for the long holiday Despite the change of scene Cedar can't escape her memories & then strange gifts start to appear in the night as if by magic When Leo appears everything changes Together Cedar & Leo explore the town of Iron Creek & find a twenty-year-old mystery they might have the key to solving Along the way they discover the power of friendship to mend a broken heart Infused with emotion & rich with understanding Summerlost is the touching new novel from Ally Condie the international bestselling author of the Matched series that highlights the strength of family & personal resilience in the face of tragedy ...

Summers Under the Tamarind Tree is a contemporary Pakistani cookbook celebrating the varied exciting & often-overlooked cuisine of a beautiful country In it former lawyer-turned-food writer & cookery teacher Sumayya Usmani captures the rich & aromatic pleasure of Pakistani cooking through more than 100 recipes She also celebrates the heritage & traditions of her home country & looks back on a happy childhood spent in the kitchen with her grandmother & mother Pakistani food is influenced by some of the world's greatest cuisines With a rich coastline it enjoys spiced seafood & amazing fish dishes; while its borders with Iran Afghanistan India & China ensure strong Arabic Persian & varied Asian flavours Sumayya brings these together beautifully showcasing the exotic yet achievable recipes of Pakistan ...