Flanders June 1917 a British officer & celebrated poet is shot dead killed not by German fire but while recuperating from shell shock well behind the lines A young English soldier is arrested & although he protests his innocence charged with his murder Douglas Kingsley is a conscientious objector previously a detective with the London police now imprisoned for his beliefs He is released & sent to France in order to secure a conviction Forced to conduct his investigations amidst the hell of The Third Battle of Ypres Kingsley soon discovers that both the evidence & the witnesses he needs are quite literally disappearing into the mud that surrounds him Ben Elton's tenth novel is a gut-wrenching historical drama which explores some fundamental questions What is murder? What is justice in the face of unimaginable daily slaughter? & where is the honour in saving a man from the gallows if he is only to be returned to die in a suicidal battle? As the gap between legally-sanctioned & illegal murder becomes evermore blurred Kingsley quickly learns that the first casualty when war comes is truth ...

A beautiful cloth-bound gift edition containing 16 of the best-known New Testament stories retold for children by Enid Blyton one of the world's best-loved storytellers The perfect Christmas gift' Enid Blyton's retelling of Christ's own stories & the meaning of His time on Earth is full of love
- Christ's love for us our love for each other
- & Enid's caring & timeless love for children everywhere'
- from the introduction by Pam Rhodes Enid Blyton has been delighting readers for more than seventy years Find more retold religious stories in Noah's Ark & Other Bible Stories & The Land of Far Beyond Enid's best-loved characters include Noddy the wooden boy Timmy the dog from The Famous Five & the mischievous twins Pat & Isabel O' Sullivan from the much-loved boarding school series St Clare's The stories in this collection previously appeared in magazines & anthologies from the 40s & 60s Illustrated in black & white the collection contains the following stories which are episodes in the life of Christ The First Christmas The Shepherds in the Night The Three Wise Men The Angel's Warning The Little Boy Jesus Twelve Years Old The Twelve Disciples The Nobleman's Son The Loaves & the Fishes The Good Samaritan The Boy Who Left Home The Last Supper The Capture of Jesus The Story of Easter Jesus on the Cross Jesus Rises Again


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Putting together this beautiful Christmas tableau couldn't be easier The stable is the central image with Mary & Joseph watching over the baby Jesus in his manger Above the stable floats an angel & the magical star that heralds the child's birth Outside shepherds wise men sheep & camels are dotted around a Biblical scene of palm trees fields & stone walls Four pages fold out to form the base piece & the inside back cover shows you how to assemble the model in simple steps Soon your Nativity scene will be complete! ...

Druss The Legend Saviour of Skeln Pass Protector of Dros Delnoch The most famous
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From the author of the No 1 bestseller The Silk Roads A New History of the World The First Crusade is one of the best-known & most written-about events in history but in this new book Dr Peter Frankopan asks vital questions that have never been posed before This is the only book to address the history of the First Crusade from the perspective of the east examining the role of the Byzantine Empire & its ruler Emperor Alexios I Komnenos Peter Frankopan's focus on the imperial city of Constantinople & events in Asia Minor is the result of a major reinterpretation of eastern sources which reveal the crucial role of Byzantium in the genesis & execution of the First Crusade Frankopan's revelation of a close cooperation between the pope in Rome & the emperor in Constantinople constitutes an important revision & brand new evidence of the history of the Church This book questions the traditional view that the Catholic & Orthodox churches had broken definitively in 1054 Rather than viewing the Crusades as a conflict between Christianity & Islam the book reveals a complex triangular relationship between the west Byzantium & the Muslim world So The First Crusade constitutes a paradigm shift
- it radically re-shapes our understanding of the aims expectations & long-term implications of the First Crusade & the Crusades as a whole Most importantly it answers why was there a First Crusade?
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In 1994 the Cave of Chauvet-Pont-d' Arc was discovered filled with the oldest known drawings in existence at that time made 30000 years ago In that same cave prehistoric footprints were discovered those of an 8-year-old child & a wolf From these astonishing facts THE FIRST DRAWING was born In this beautiful picture book Caldecott Medal-winning authorillustrator Mordicai Gerstein imagines one possible way drawing was invented The young boy that stars in this story has such a vivid imagination that he sees images everywhere
- clouds stones & smoke look like animals to him His parents however don't share his enthusiasm & wish he would be more down to earth However the boy cannot contain his enthusiasm & one night grabs a smoky stick & "traces" the image he sees on a cave wall Lo & behold the world's first drawing The First Drawing is a story sure to inspire any artist young or old as well as anyone with a dream to do something new & different
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An easter EGGS-travaganza from bestselling authors Adam & Charlotte Guillain with illustrations by rising star Pippa Curnick Poor Easter Chick works so hard to make Easter eggs for everyone but the Easter Bunny always gets all the credit 32 pages Guillain Adam ...

' The following year Qin unified all under Heaven & the title of August Emperor was immediately adopted' The short-lived Qin dynasty unified China in 221 BC & created an imperial legacy that lasted until 1911 The extraordinary story of the First Emperor founder of the dynasty is told in the Historical Records of Sima Qian the Grand Historiographer & the most famous Chinese historian He describes the Emperor's birth & the assassination attempt on his life as well as the political & often brutal events that led to the founding of the dynasty & its aftermath Sima Qian recounts the building of the Great Wall the 'burning of the books' & the construction of the First Emperor's magnificent tomb a tomb now world famous since the discovery of the terracotta warriors in 1974 Sima Qian's love of anecdote ensures that his history is never dull & Raymond Dawson's fluent translation captures his lively & vivid style Chronicling recent archaeological developments & questioning Sima Qian's biases K E Brashier's preface highlights the importance of the Grand Historiographer's account & Dawson's translation in the twenty-first century ABOUT THE SERIES For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study & much more ...

Featured in the Richard & Judy Book Club Featured in the Waterstones Book Club Featured on BBC Radio 2 Book Club Harry August is on his deathbed Again No matter what he does or the decisions he makes when death comes Harry always returns to where he began a child with all the knowledge of a life he has already lived a dozen times before Nothing ever changes Until now As Harry nears the end of his eleventh life a little girl appears at his bedside 'I nearly missed you Doctor August' she says 'I need to send a message' This is the story of what Harry does next & what he did before & how he tries to save a past he cannot change & a future he cannot allow Praise for Claire North' North's talent shines out' Sunday Times' Little short of a masterpiece' Independent' Poignant & intensely gripping' Guardian' Well-paced brilliant & balanced' New York Times' Extraordinary wildly impressive' Lucy Hughes-Hallett BBC Radio 4' Utterly readable utterly believable & compelling one of the fiction highlights of the decade' Judy Finnigan Richard & Judy Book Club Also by Claire North Novels Touch The Sudden Appearance of Hope (winner of the World Fantasy Award 2017) The End of the Day (shortlisted for the Sunday Times PFD Young Writer of the Year Award 2017) Digital novellas The Serpent Gameshouse Novella 1 The Thief Gameshouse Novella 2 The Master Gameshouse Novella 3 ...

An educator must stand up for the rights of an unusual student in this drama from director Justin Chadwick which is based on a true story In 2002 the government of Kenya announces that free education will be available to the nation's children for the first time & as principal Jane Obinchu (Naomie Harris) enrolls hundreds of new first grade students in her ramshackle school she's greeted by one prospective student who stands out -- N'gan'ga Maruge (Oliver Litondo) who is eighty-four years old Maruge is illiterate & wants the chance to improve himself before it's too late; Obinchu initially turns him away but Maruge isn't easily dissuaded & after he keeps returning to the school Obinchu agrees to let him enroll When word gets out that an octogenarian farmer is attending Obinchu's school as a first grader many in the community are puzzled & outraged & the news media picks up on the story turning it into a nationwide controversy But Maruge stands firm & as others learn his remarkable story -- he was a rebel soldier who fought for Kenya's freedom during the colonial era -- his need to educate himself no longer seems like the eccentric whim of an old man ...