In The Children of Jocasta Natalie Haynes takes a fresh perspective on an ancient story reimagining in gripping prose how the Oedipus & Antigone stories would look if the oft-overlooked female characters took centre stage Retelling the myth to reveal a new side of an ancient story My siblings & I have grown up in a cursed house children of cursed parents Jocasta is just fifteen when she is told that she must marry the King of Thebes an old man she has never met Her life has never been her own & nor will it be unless she outlives her strange absent husband Ismene is the same age when she is attacked in the palace she calls home Since the day of her parents' tragic deaths a decade earlier she has always longed to feel safe with the family she still has But with a single act of violence all that is about to change With the turn of these two events a tragedy is set in motion But not as you know it ...

The nurses of Lovely Lane
- Dana Victoria Pammy & Beth
- are now in their second year & are about to face some truly harrowing

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Award-winning PD James one of the masters of British crime fiction plots this atmospheric & disturbing novel in the year 2021 Children of Men is a brilliant mystery possessing all of the qualities which distinguish PD James as a novelist Under the despotic rule of Xan Lyppiatt the Warden of England the old are despairing & the young cruel Theo Faren a cousin of the Warden lives a solitary life in this ominous atmosphere That is until a chance encounter with a young woman leads him into contact with a group of dissenters Suddenly his life is changed irrevocably as he faces agonising choices which could affect the future of mankind PD James is the world's pre-eminent crime writer most famous for her Adam Dalgliesh mysteries & for her bestselling titles Death Comes to Pemberley & The Murder Room Children of Men was adapted into a hit film in 2006 directed by Alfonso Cuaron the film starred Clive Owen Michael Caine & Julianne Moore ...

In the middle of the countryside there are three farms all in a row Everybody calls them Noisy Village because the children who live there are very noisy indeed! Join the adventures of Lisa & her friends where walking home from school turns into a pirate party looking for treasure a trip to the local shoemaker becomes a mission to save one lonely dog from his grumpy owner & a fishing trip ends with a night under the stars A charming collection of stories from one of the world's best-loved children's authors ...

A hauntingly beautiful wartime story with a ghostly twist
- this is set to become a modern classic It's the Second World War &
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Tracklist Little Boy Mary Wyoming Kindness Of Strangers Anna The Lumberjack Song Adoption Day Nearby Room Lost Love Special King SOS JFKThe Chinese Song Going Home ...

This book lets you travel back in time & find out about the first weapons & their uses
- including stone clubs flint axes wooden
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A beautifully illustrated edition of the Bible created especially for children From the peak of Mount Sinai to the shores of the Sea of Galilee
- Old & New Testament stories are brought to life with photographs & maps to put the stories in context Perfect for sharing with your child or grandchild or for them to read & discover the Bible on their own
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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 The Railway Children Three Edwardian children travel with their mother to live by a railway in Yorkshire when their father is wrongly imprisoned as a spy Based on the novel by Edith Nesbit (Dir Lionel Jeffries 1971) Swallows & Amazons Six young children experience a holiday in the Lake District during the peaceful summer of 1929 Based on the novel by Arthur Ransome (Dir Claude Whatham 1974) The Railway Children Three Edwardian children travel with their mother to live by a railway in Yorkshire when their father is wrongly imprisoned as a spy Based on the novel by Edith Nesbit (Dir Lionel Jeffries 1971) Swallows & Amazons Six young children experience a holiday in the Lake District during the peaceful summer of 1929 Based on the novel by Arthur Ransome (Dir Claude Whatham 1974) Actors Dinah Sheridan Bernard Cribbins William Mervyn Iain Cuthbertson Jenny Agutter Sally Thomsett Gary F Warren Virginia Mc Kenna Ronald Fraser Simon West Suzanna Hamilton Sophie Neville & Mike Pratt Director Lionel Jeffries & Claude Whatham Certificate Universal Suitable for All Year 1971 ; 1974 Languages English ...

Tracklist Kaleidoscope World Satin Doll Frantic Drift Rolling Moon Bite Flame Thrower Pink Frostviolet Girl This Is The Way Never Never Go Don't Even Know Her Name Bee Bah Bee Bah Bee Boe Whole Weird World Dream By Dream Doledrums Hidden Bay I Love My Leather Jacket The Great Escape Oncoming Day (Early Version) Dan Destiny & The Silver Dawn (Unplugged) Martyn's Doctor Told Me I'll Only See You Alone Again Green Eyed Owl (Live) Smile From A Dead Dead Face (Live) ...