' There comes a time in every boy's life when when he has a raging desire to go somewhere & dig for hidden treasure' Impish daring young Tom Sawyer is a hero to his friends & a torment to his relations For wherever there is mischief or adventure Tom is at the heart of it During one hot summer Tom witnesses a murder runs away to be a pirate attends his own funeral rescues an innocent man from the gallows searches for treasure in a haunted house foils a devilish plot & discovers a box of gold But can he escape his nemesis the villainous Injun Joe?BACKSTORY Find out some fascinating facts about the author & have a go at a game of marbles! ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Once upon a time in the Canadian Great North lived a mischievous & carefree young beaver named White Tuft His family included Mother Beaver & Little Sister & among his friends were Lil& Lynx & Bear Cub One dreadful day the dam that is White Tuft&s family shelter collapses Dragged away by the river&s strong current White Tuft ends up lost far from his home & family Alone & inexperienced he discovers a hostile forest & finds himself at the mercy of frightening enemies Terrified & hungry he attempts to make friends with an old & grumpy lone beaver with whom he will brave every danger Will our two heroes manage to get the youngster back home to Mother Beaver & Little Sister? ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play 7 feature-length episodes 38 in-depth companion documentaries Historical overview Interactive game Interactive timeline ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play A nine-volume set charting the early adventures of one of cinema&s greatest icons
- Indiana Jones In this series the young adventurer&s experiences in the trenches of Belgium during WWI form the main backdrop to the storylines as he meets such luminaries as Sigfried Sassoon Charles De Gaulle Albert Schweitzer & the Red Baron
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An interactive pop-up journey all about you & your fascinating brain! Pull tabs spin wheels lift flaps & reveal the GIANT pop-ups to learn all you ever needed to know about how your brain works Find out how fast neurons zip around the body carrying messages & delve into a world of external & internal senses Explore how the brain controls every thought & every movement even when you are asleep & dreaming Neuroscience for beginners & much MUCH more! With colourful graphic illustrations engaging bitesize facts & surprising statistics covering vital curriculum topics you'll never look at your brain the same way again Offering a hands-on approach to a tricky subject this is the perfect interactive learning tool covering topics in key stage 2 Science Find more pop-up journeys in The Adventures of Water & The Adventures of Earth Dan Green has an MA in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University & has written over 35 books for children including the Basher Science series which has sold over 2 million copies around the world He lives in London wwwdangreenbookscom Sean Sims is a talented & successful designer & illustrator whose clients have included the BBC The Guardian The Sunday Times Virgin & Vodafone He lives in Brighton httpsseansimscarbonmadecom ...

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The Aeneid is Virgil's Masterpiece His epic poem recounts the story of Rome's legendary origins from the ashes of Troy & proclaims her destiny of world dominion This optimistic vision is accompanied by an undertow of sadness at the price that must be paid in human suffering to secure Rome's future greatness The tension between the public voice of celebration & the tragic private voice is given full expression both in the doomed love of Dido & Aeneas & in the fateful clash between the Trojan leader & the Italian hero Turnus Hailed by TS Eliot as 'the classic of all Europe' Virgil's Aeneid has enjoyed a unique & enduring influence on European literature art & politics for the past two thousand years ...

Inspired by Homer & the inspiration for Dante & Milton Virgil's The Aeneid is an immortal epic poem of the ancient world that lies at the heart of Western life & culture translated from the Latin with an introduction by David West in Penguin Classics After a century of civil strife in Rome & Italy Virgil wrote The Aeneid to honour the emperor Augustus by praising Aeneas
- Augustus' legendary ancestor As a patriotic epic imitating Homer The Aeneid also set out to provide rome with a literature equal to that of ancient Greece It tells of Aeneas survivor of the sack of Troy & of his seven-year journey
- to Carthage where he tragically fell in love with Queen Dido; then to the underworld in the company of the Sybil of Cumae; & finally to Italy where he founded Rome It is a story of defeat & exile of love & war hailed by Tennyson as 'the stateliest measure ever moulded by the lips of man' David West's acclaimed prose translation is accompanied by an updated introduction Including a new discussion of each of the twelve books of The Aeneid Publius Virgilius Maro (70-19 BC) studied rhetoric & philosophy in Rome where he became a court poet As well as The Aeneid his Eclogues & Georgics earned him the reputation as the finest Latin poet If you enjoyed The Aeneid you might like Homer's The Iliad also available in Penguin Classics' The most truthful translation ever conveying as many nuances & whispers as are possible from the original' The Times' Sweet prose clear & clean & dancing like a mountain stream as here West opens the window & the winds bring life into Virgil's body' Wall Street Journal

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Robert Fagles's award-winning translations of Homer's twin works The Iliad & The Odyssey have sold more than a million copies & become classics in their own right With this stunning modern verse translation Fagles introduces Virgil's Aeneid to a whole new generation of readers & completes the classic triptych at the heart of Western civilisation The Aeneid tells the story of an epic voyage in which Aeneas crosses stormy seas becomes entangled in a tragic love affair with Dido of Cathage descends to the world of the dead
- all the way tormented by the vengeful Juno Queen of the Gods
- & finally reaches Italy where he will fulfil his destiny to found the Roman people A stirring tale of arms & heroism dispossession & defeat & an unsparing portrait of a man caught between love duty & fate The Aeneid brings to life a whole world of human passion nobility & courage Fagles's new translation retains all of the gravitas & humanity of the original as well as its powerful blend of poetry & myth Featuring an illuminating introduction to Virgil's world from noted scholar Bernard Knox this new Aeneid lends a vibrant contemporary voice to the literary achievement of the ancient world

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