When your world comes crashing down around youwho can you turn to? Nothing is more important to Kazuki Hoshino than his normal everyday life But his friends are accusing him of committing offenses he doesn&t remember & his closest relationships are crumbling one by one Soon the life he knows will vanish forever If a box is involved as he suspects Maria is his most valuable allybut how will he keep from losing her too? About the Author Eiji Mikage is the author of The Empty Box & the Zeroth Maria ...

Can you do what it takes to survive? This time Kazuki & Maria find themselves trapped in a game of deception & betrayal with four other students from their school Despite being pitted against each other the two once again work together in an effort to break the Box&s hold But as the stakes rise & the game grows increasingly twisted it becomes clear that this is no ordinary wish-and that the owner may be impossible to convince What kind of person could have created such a Box? About the Author Eiji Mikage is the author of The Empty Box & the Zeroth Maria ...

Kazuki & Maria are still trapped in the vicious world of " Kingdom Royale" a game where murder seems to be the only path to victory Kazuki swears he will find a way out of this particularly cruel Box but first he must discover the truth behind it ...

Adapted from a series of four lectures originally delivered as the first of the Granada Northern Lectures Peter Brook's The Empty Space is an exploration of four aspects of theatre ' Deadly Holy Rough & Immediate' published in Penguin Modern Classics'I can take any empty space & call it a bare stage' In The Empty Space groundbreaking director Peter Brook draws on a life in love with the stage to explore the issues facing any theatrical performance Here he describes important developments in theatre from the last century as well as smaller scale events from productions by Stanislavsky to the rise of Method Acting from Brecht's revolutionary alienation technique to the free form Happenings of the 1960s & from the different styles of such great Shakespearean actors as John Gielgud & Paul Scofield to a joyous impromptu performance in the burnt-out shell of the Hamburg Opera just after the war Passionate unconventional & fascinating his book shows how theatre defies rules builds & shatters illusions & creates lasting memories for its audiences Peter Stephen Paul Brook CH CBE (b 1925) is a highly influential British theatrical producer & director During the 1950s he worked on many productions in Britain Europe & the USA & in 1962 returned to Stratford-upon-Avon to join the newly established Royal Shakespeare Company Throughout the next the 1960's he directed many ground breaking productions for the RSC before in 1970 forming The International Centre for Theatre Research in Paris If you enjoyed The Empty Space you might like John Berger's Ways of Seeing also available in Penguin Modern Classics'A brilliant book should be read by the many besides the passionate few to whom it will be required reading' Daily Telegraph ...

The eighth novel in Bernard Cornwell's epic & bestselling series on the making of England & the fate of his great hero Uhtred of Bebbanburg BBC2's major Autumn 2015 TV show THE LAST KINGDOM is based on the first two books in the series In the battle for power there can be only one ruler The ruler of Mercia is dying leaving no apparent heir His wife is a born leader but no woman has ever ruled over an English kingdom & she is without her greatest warrior & champion Uhtred of Bebbanburg An empty throne leaves the kingdom exposed to rival West Saxons & to the Vikings who are on a bloody rampage once more A hero is needed a hero who has been in battle all his life who can destroy the double threat to Mercia A hero who will ultimately decide the fate of a nation SPECIFICATIONS testing NULL ...

A discreet advertisement in ' The Times' addressed to ' Those who Apppreciate Wisteria & Sunshine' is the impetus for a revelatory month for four very different women High above the bay on the Italian Riviera stands San Salvatore a mediaeval castle Beckoned to this haven are Mrs Wilkins Mrs Arbuthnot Mrs Fisher & Lady Caroline Dester each quietly craving a respite Lulled by the Mediterranean spirit they gradually shed their skins & discover a harmony each of them has longed for but never known First published in 1922 & reminscient of ' Elizabeth & her German Garden' this delightful novel is imbued with the descriptive power & light-hearted irreverence for which Elizabeth von Arnin is renowned ...

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY BRENDA BOWENMrs Wilkins & Mrs Arbuthnot cowed & neglected by their husbands make a daring plan they will have a holiday Leaving a drab & rainy London one April & arriving on the shores of the Mediterranean they discover a flower-filled paradise of beauty warmth & leisure Joined by the beautiful Lady Caroline & domineering Mrs Fisher also in flight from the burdens of their daily lives the four women proceed to transform themselves & their prospects ...

' If we were in a book it would be an enchanted castle
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When Jerry Jimmy & Cathy discover a tunnel that leads to a castle they pretend that it is enchanted But when they discover a Sleeping Princess at the centre of a maze astonishing things begin to happen Amongst a horde of jewels they discover a ring that grants wishes But wishes granted are not always wishes wanted so the children find themselves grappling with invisibility dinosaurs a ghost & the fearsome Ugli-Wuglies before it is all resolved This edition of The Enchanted Castle has forty-seven evocative illustrations by HR Millar ...

The Enchanted Castle tells the story of Jerry Jimmy & Cathy three children who discover a magical castle occupied by an invisible princess & enter a world full of magic & adventure Specially written for children whose reading ability is beginning to grow as part of the Usborne Young Reading Programme ...