From Number One bestselling picture book duo David Walliams & Tony Ross comes this bear-illiantly funny adventure for children of 3 & up This book & CD edition comes with audio hilariously read by the author himself Warning very silly sound-effects included! At the top of the world surrounded by snow & ice lives a very cheeky polar bear cub who loves to go BOO! But this little bear cub doesn't always know when to stop Presenting a mischievous new picture book packed with snow & surprises from two standout talents! ...

' Another guaranteed bestseller from this remarkable artist'
- DAILY MAIL Set in New Orleans with a new cast of animal musicians
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The Beara & Sheep's Head Peninsulas in the southwest of Ireland are both unspoilt & hold some of Ireland's most beautiful scenery These routes range from short hikes to longer treks coastal & inland something to suit everyone's interest Stroll the woodland & mountain trails of Gougane Barra or take on Hungry Hill for a more challenging hillwalk with lots more in between There is no better way to explore this landscape than on foot For a complete list of walking guides available from The Collins Press see wwwcollinspressie ...

Cursed by an enchantress because he has no love within his heart a prince is transformed into a terrible beast This figurine depicts The Beast in all his finery & resembles his outfit in the classic Beauty & The Beast 1991 film The figurine is made from resin Each piece is hand painted & slight colour variations are to be expected which makes each piece unique Supplied in branded gift box Not a toy or children&s product Intended for adults only Disney Showcase figurine Handmade & hand painted Classic Disney characters Made from resin Branded Gift box ...

One day a few years ago 300 migrants were kidnapped between the remote desert towns of Altar Mexico & Sasabe Arizona A local priest got 120 released many with broken ankles & other marks of abuse but the rest vanished Oscar Martinez a young writer from El Salvador was in Altar soon after the abduction & his account of the migrant disappearances is only one of the harrowing stories he garnered from two years spent traveling up & down the migrant trail from Central America & across the US border More than a quarter of a million Central Americans make this increasingly dangerous journey each year & each year as many as 20000 of them are kidnapped Martinez writes in powerful unforgettable prose about clinging to the tops of freight trains; finding respite work & hardship in shelters & brothels; & riding shotgun with the border patrol Illustrated with stunning full-color photographs The Beast is the first book to shed light on the harsh new reality of the migrant trail in the age of the narcotraficantes ...

The Beast is an animal You'd better lock the Gate Or when it's dark It comes for you Then it will be too late Alys was the only one to see the soul eaters when they came to her village The others were sleeping They never woke up Now an orphan Alys knows the full danger of the soul eaters She's heard the nursery rhymes the chidren sing about the twin sisters who feed on souls She's seen people disappear into the fforest & never come back So why then does she find herself mysteriously drawn to the fforest? Is she what everyone around her says she is? A witch? Alys soon finds herself on a journey that will take her to the very heart of the fforest There she must decide where true evil lies & face the thing they call The Beast A fairy tale with a difference shivery dark & deeply satisfying ' Read it if you loved The Handmaid's Tale'
- Entertainment Weekly
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The bard looks up at the three figures who now surround him It is here that the bard is ordered to retell the tale that has got him in so much trouble & set a contract on his life & so to the next instalment in the astonishing tale of Podkin One-Ear But as they flee into the forest depths it seems they have been betrayed 320 pages Larwood Kieran ...

There is no detective like DI Rebus
- brilliant irascible & endlessly frustrating both to his friends & his long-suffering bosses
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Tom is an aspiring musician who plays seedy bars in the backstreets of Paris The one thing tearing him away from his music is the example set by his father
- a sleazy life of crime which Tom seems set to follow But when he meets by chance a friend of his concert pianist mother s his musical ambitions are rekindled & he strives to make a better life for himself Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play
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Director Jacques Audiard & screenwriter Tonino Benacquista who shared a 2002 Cesar Award for Best Original Screenplay for ' Read My Lips' team up again in ' The Beat That My Heart Skipped' a gritty psychological drama set in the dark dank streets of Paris The film is based on James Toback's cult favourite ' Fingers' in which Harvey Keitel played a tortured soul trapped between his love of the piano & his involvement with the mob In this remake Romain Duris stars as Tom a ne'er-do-well who works with two scheming real estate men Fabrice (Jonathan Zaccai) & Sami (Gilles Cohen) who have little or no morals When Tom sees his mother's old agent he decides to return to the piano practising Bach's Toccata in E Minor for an important audition that he envisions could be a life-changing event He hires a Vietnamese woman Miao-Lin (Linh-Dan Pham) as his teacher even though they speak different languages While struggling to regain his mastery of the piano
- which he gave up after his virtuoso mother's tragic death
- he is called upon by his partners to participate in shady deals & even help one of them cheat on his wife (Aure Atika) He also has a troublesome relationship with his father (Niels Arestrup) who asks Tom to collect money he is owed putting him in dangerous situations ' The Beat That My Heart Skipped' is an intelligent involving film told in long takes with a handheld camera to heighten the emotional impact of scene after scene

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