Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play A young man who hasn&t a bean in the world turns fate around to find fame fortune love & success in this light dramatisation of the Arnold Bennett novel starring Alec Guiness ...

Rise & Shine Sick & Tired After All Carnival Daddy&s Car Lovefool Been It (Radio Edit) Losers War My Favourite Game Erase Rewind Hanging Around Higher For What It&s Worth You&re The Storm Live & Learn Communication I Need Some Fine Wine & You You Need To Be Nicer Don&t Blame Your Daughter (Diamonds) Godspell Bonus Track Burning Down The House ...

When Alton's ageing blind uncle asks him to attend bridge games with him he agrees After all it's better than a crappy summer job in the local shopping mall & Alton's mother thinks it might secure their way to a good inheritance sometime in the future But like all apparently casual choices in any of Louis Sachar's wonderful books this choice soon turns out to be a lot more complex than Alton could ever have imagined As his relationship with his uncle develops & he meets the very attractive Toni deeply buried secrets are uncovered & a romance that spans decades is finally brought to conclusion Alton's mother is in for a surprise! ...

So wait said Cosmo If we go in that door we might exit on the other side of the galaxy?'I don't know I said But we currently live in a tub in a black hole so what do we have to lose? When eleven-year-old space mad Stella Rodriguez shows up at NASA to request that her recording be included in Carl Sagan's Golden Record something unexpected happens A black hole follows her home & sets out to live in her house as a pet The black hole swallows everything he touches which is challenging to say the least
- but also turns out to be a convenient way to get rid of those items that Stella doesn't want around Soon theugly sweaters her aunt has made for her all disappear within the black hole as does the smelly class hamster she's taking care of & most important all the reminders of her dead father that are just too painful to have around It's not until Stella her younger brother Cosmo the family puppy & even the bathroom tub all get swallowed up by the black hole that Stella realizes she has been letting her own grief consume her & that's not the only thing she realizes as she attempts to get back home From the author of Confessions of an Imaginary Friendcomes an astonishingly original & funny adventure with a great big heart Praise for Confessions of an Imaginary Friend Cuevas's novel brimming with metaphors gorgeous imagery & beautiful turns of phrase considers the fate of devoted but invisible companions Have tissues on hand for the bittersweet ending' Publishers Weekly starred review Alternately amusing & philosophical this quirky read will get kids thinking about love loss & life' Booklist
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region Free DVD Player in order to play Animated children&s feature about the bears with the mission to care for others Tenderheart Bear (voiced by David Lodge) Wonderheart Bear (Michaela Dean) Harmony Bear (Nayo Wallace) & Funshine Bear (Michael Sinterniklaas) along with the rest of the gang set out to ride the colourful rainbow to the town of Care-a-lot where they go on magical adventures to help bears in need Language English Number of discs 1 ...

' An invaluable resource for all carers' Johnnie Walker MBE joint patron Carers UK 240 pages Matthews Jane ...

Becoming a carer can be a physically & emotionally exhausting task & although there is help available many carers do not have the time to look for it or know who to contact This indispensable guide aims to be a one-stop-shop for the huge percentage of the population who now or later find themselves in a caring role whether that involves shopping for a housebound neighbour or giving up work to care full-time for a disabled child or confused parent This book will also help carers care for themselves It looks at the difficult feelings that go hand in hand with caring including how relationships are affected There's guidance on what to do when a carer stops coping & how to prepare emotionally & practically for the time when caring comes to an end There is also an extensive resource section that arms carers with all the phone numbers addresses & websites they need Contents Foreword; Introduction; 1 Becoming a carer; 2 Finding your way through the care maze; 3 The carer assessment; 4 Working with the professionals; 5 Money matters; 6 More on money; 7 Working careers; 8 Caring at home; 9 Healthy minds & healthy bodies; 10 How relationships are affected; 11 So how are you feeling?; 12 Sharing the caring role; 13 Getting support for you; 14 Reviewing where you are; 15 Residential care; 16 Beyond caring; Resources; Acknowledgements; Index ...

It was with this play that Harold Pinter had his first major success & its production history since it was first performed in 1960 has established the work as a landmark in twentieth-century drama The obsessive caretaker Davies whose papers are in Sidcup is a classic comic creation & his uneasy relationship with the enigmatic Aston & Mick established the author's individuality with an international audience ...

Winner of the John Llewellyn Rhys Prize England is in a state of environmental & economic crisis Under the repressive regime of The Authority citizens have been herded into urban centres & all women of child-bearing age fitted with contraceptive devices A woman known as ' Sister' leaves her oppressive marriage to join an isolated group of women in a remote northern farm at Carhullan where she intends to become a rebel fighter But can she follow their notion of freedom & what it means to fight for it? ...

'A cracker Utterly convincing' Philip Pullman The Disappearance of Tom Pile When bright lights are spotted above a tiny village in Dorset the locals suspect German bombers Jack Carmody believes otherwise He is part of a secret government department set up to explore the supernatural & the unexplained Then a boy
- Tom Pile
- is discovered alone & scared Tom went missing forty years ago The Miraculous Return of Annick Garel One year later two French fishermen see strange lights over the channel
- & discover the body of a girl still alive Annick Garel drowned in a storm thirty years ago Both children have powers that could change the course of the Second World War Both sides in that war want their secrets These are two extraordinary stories These are the Casebooks of Jack Carmody


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