THE FATHER THING contains the stories written in 1956 just before the publication of Dick's first novel SOLAR LOTTERYThe stories are a mix of the previously uncollected & some of his most famous pieces such as Foster You're Dead a powerful extrapolation of nuclear war hysteria & The Golden Man a very different story about a super-evolved mutant human ...

John Green's witty yet heart-breaking tour de force The multi-million 1 bestseller now a major motion picture starring Shailene Woodley & Ansel Elgort I fell in love the way you fall asleep slowly then all at once Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years Hazel has never been anything but terminal her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten Insightful bold irreverent & raw The Fault in Our Stars is award-winning author John Green's most ambitious & heartbreaking work yet brilliantly exploring the funny thrilling & tragic business of being alive & in love Sunday Times (Culture)'A touching often fiercely funny novel' The Sun on Sunday (Fabulous Magazine)' So good I think it should be compulsory reading for everyone!' Daily Express' John Green brilliantly captures the voices of a young generation while instilling it with the wisdom of a life that has lived too much yet will never live enough Rather than depressing the book is filled with dark humour & is written with a beautiful simplicity that draws the reader in so deeply that it's not just the twist & turns but the gently bends & curves that you feel tugging at your emotions No doubt in the end you will cry but you will also feel that you have discovered a little something about living' Daily Telegraph' The novel written for teenagers but proving even more popular with adults' The Metro
- 2013 Best Fiction The YA crossover hit of the year The love affair of two terminally ill teenagers could be mawkish In fact it's funny clever irreverent & life-affirming The Guardian'A Smart Book' Grazia' So good!' Good Housekeeping' John Green may write for young adults but his intelligent sensitive style means The Fault in Our Starsdefies categorisation as funny as it is heartbreaking we defy you not to fall in love with its main characters Hazel & Augustus' The Tablet'A humourous & poignant love story It's terrifically funny as well as a moving exploration of loss & grief & no it's so much not just for teenage cancer sufferers it's for everyone' Bliss' If you need inspiration when it comes to making the most of a moment this one is for you' Mizz' Exploring the funny thrilling & tragic business of being alive & in love this is a life-affirming tale of two teenagers who are terminally ill Insightful bold irreverent & raw if this doesn't make you cry it'll definitely make you think laugh & maybe even fall in love yourself!' A thought-provoking love story from the New York Times bestselling author of Looking for Alaska An Abundance of Katherines Paper Towns &
- with David Levithan
- Will Grayson Will Grayson John Green has over 23 million Twitter followers & more than 21 million subscribers to Vlogbrothers the You Tube channel he created with his brother Hank The Fault in Our Stars will capture a crossover audience in the same vein as Zadie Smith David Nicholls' One Day & Before I Die by Jenny Downham ' Electric Filled with staccato bursts of humor & tragedy'
- Jodi Picoult 'A novel of life & death & the people caught in between The Fault in Our Stars is John Green at his best You laugh you cry & then you come back for more'
- Markus Zusak author of The Book Thief




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The film tie-in edition of John Green's witty yet heart-breaking tour de force This edition of the multi-million 1 bestseller contains images from the major motion picture starring Shailene Woodley & Ansel Elgort I fell in love the way you fall asleep slowly then all at once Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years Hazel has never been anything but terminal her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group Hazel's story is about to be completely rewritten Insightful bold irreverent & raw The Fault in Our Stars is award-winning author John Green's most ambitious & heartbreaking work yet brilliantly exploring the funny thrilling & tragic business of being alive & in love Sunday Times (Culture) 'A touching often fiercely funny novel' The Sun on Sunday (Fabulous Magazine) ' So good I think it should be compulsory reading for everyone!' Daily Express ' John Green brilliantly captures the voices of a young generation while instilling it with the wisdom of a life that has lived too much yet will never live enough Rather than depressing the book is filled with dark humour & is written with a beautiful simplicity that draws the reader in so deeply that it's not just the twist & turns but the gently bends & curves that you feel tugging at your emotions No doubt in the end you will cry but you will also feel that you have discovered a little something about living' Daily Telegraph ' The novel written for teenagers but proving even more popular with adults' The Metro
- 2013 Best Fiction The YA crossover hit of the year The love affair of two terminally ill teenagers could be mawkish In fact it's funny clever irreverent & life-affirming The Guardian 'A Smart Book' Grazia ' So good!' Good Housekeeping ' John Green may write for young adults but his intelligent sensitive style means The Fault in Our Stars defies categorisation as funny as it is heartbreaking we defy you not to fall in love with its main characters Hazel & Augustus' The Tablet 'A humourous & poignant love story It's terrifically funny as well as a moving exploration of loss & grief & no it's so much not just for teenage cancer sufferers it's for everyone' Bliss ' If you need inspiration when it comes to making the most of a moment this one is for you' Mizz ' Exploring the funny thrilling & tragic business of being alive & in love this is a life-affirming tale of two teenagers who are terminally ill Insightful bold irreverent & raw if this doesn't make you cry it'll definitely make you think laugh & maybe even fall in love yourself!' A thought-provoking love story from the New York Times bestselling author of Looking for Alaska An Abundance of Katherines Paper Towns &
- with David Levithan
- Will Grayson Will Grayson John Green has over 23 million Twitter followers & more than 21 million subscribers to Vlogbrothers the You Tube channel he created with his brother Hank The Fault in Our Stars will capture a crossover audience in the same vein as Zadie Smith David Nicholls' One Day & Before I Die by Jenny Downham ' Electric Filled with staccato bursts of humor & tragedy'
- Jodi Picoult 'A novel of life & death & the people caught in between The Fault in Our Stars is John Green at his best You laugh you cry & then you come back for more'
- Markus Zusak author of The Book Thief




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Please note this is a region 2 DVD region B Blu-ray & will require a region 2 or region free DVDBlu-ray player in order to play Hazel & Gus are two teenagers who share an acerbic wit a disdain for the conventional & a love that sweeps them on a journey Their relationship is all the more miraculous given that Hazel&s other constant companion is an oxygen tank Gus jokes about his prosthetic leg & they met & fell in love at a cancer support group Based on the best-selling novel by John Greene ...

A striking black edition of the multi-million 1 bestseller now a major motion picture starring Shailene Woodley & Ansel Elgort "I fell in love the way you fall asleep slowly then all at once" Despite the tumor-shrinking medical miracle that has bought her a few years Hazel has never been anything but terminal her final chapter inscribed upon diagnosis But when a gorgeous plot twist named Augustus Waters suddenly appears at Cancer Kid Support Group Hazel&s story is about to be completely rewritten Insightful bold irreverent & raw The Fault in Our Stars is award-winning author John Green&s most ambitious & heartbreaking work yet brilliantly exploring the funny thrilling & tragic business of being alive & in love ...

A happily-married woman with two children rediscovers a school romance during a high school reunion Unable to experience the joys of passion herself she encourages her best friend to find out what her former sweetheart's really like in bed ...

The second novel in the bestselling Wideacre Trilogy a compulsive drama set in the eighteenth century By Philippa Gregory the author of The Other Boleyn Girl & The Virgin's Lover The Wideacre estate is bankrupt the villagers are living in poverty & Wideacre Hall is a smoke-blackened ruin But in the Dower House two children are being raised in protected innocence Equal claimants to the inheritance of Wideacre rivals for the love of the village they are tied by a secret childhood betrothal but forbidden to marry Only one can be the favoured child Only one can inherit the magical understanding between the land & the Lacey family that can make the Sussex village grow green again Only one can be Beatrice Lacey's true heir Sweeping passionate unique ' The Favoured Child' is the second novel in Philippa Gregory's bestselling trilogy which began with ' Wideacre' & concluded with ' Meridon' ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Early 18th century England is at war with the French Nevertheless duck racing & pineapple eating are thriving A frail Queen Anne (Olivia Colman) occupies the throne & her close friend Lady Sarah (Rachel Weisz) governs the country while tending to Anne&8217;s ill health & mercurial temper When a new servant Abigail (Emma Stone) arrives her charm endears her to Sarah Sarah takes Abigail under her wing & Abigail sees a chance at a return to her aristocratic roots Format Blu-ray Language English Region Region B2 (Read more about DVDBlu-ray formats) Number of discs 1 ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Early 18th century England is at war with the French Nevertheless duck racing & pineapple eating are thriving A frail Queen Anne (Olivia Colman) occupies the throne & her close friend Lady Sarah (Rachel Weisz) governs the country while tending to Anne&8217;s ill health & mercurial temper When a new servant Abigail (Emma Stone) arrives her charm endears her to Sarah Sarah takes Abigail under her wing & Abigail sees a chance at a return to her aristocratic roots Format PALLanguage English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Number of discs 1 ...

This warm & lyrical semi-autobiographical first novel by singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen charts the coming of age of Lawrence Breavman the only son of a Jewish Montreal family Children show scars like medals Lovers use them as secrets to reveal A scar is what happens when the world is made flesh' Lawrence Breavman seeks two things love & beauty Beginning with the innocent games of delicious misadventure with first love Lisa & the absorbing wanders through Montreal with best friend Krantz Breavman's tale is a distant echo of Catcher in the Rye' & Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man'
- injected with 1960s aesthetics & Cohen's unique poetry As Breavman grows into a young man the emerging writer continues his quest for beauty & love finding himself in the arms of Shell & a burgeoning realisation of his own talent for appreciating majesty in the grotesque Semi-autobiographical the angst & beauty of Cohen's voice deftly channel the painful confusion of the journey into adulthood & the friendships wars & lovers that are our guides
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