Robert Powell stars as the Aviator with Garrett Moore as the Little Prince & Bernard Cribbins as the King in this BBC Radio 4 full-cast dramatisation of Antoine de Saint-Exupery's popular fable This poignant dramatisation of the French classic was translated & dramatised by Bonnie Greer When he crashes in the Sahara Desert the Aviator believes he is all alone
- until he meets an unusual space traveller a boy with golden hair who calls himself The Little Prince As the Aviator repairs his plane the Little Prince tells him fantastical tales about his amazing interplanetary journey On his home planet asteroid B-612 he fell in love with a beautiful rose but left her to explore the universe In the course of his travels he has met people including a King a drunkard & a lamplighter as well as a snake & a wise fox
- but now he must return home & be reunited with his rose A classic story about love friendship & loss The Little Prince is one of the most read books in the world The wonder & excitement of much-loved children's classics lives on in BBC Radio's acclaimed full-cast dramatisations complete with evocative music & sound effects Duration 1 hour approx

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The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched they are felt with the heart After crash-landing in the Sahara Desert a pilot encounters a little prince who is visiting Earth from his own planet Their strange & moving meeting illuminates for the aviator many of life's universal truths as he comes to learn what it means to be human from a child who is not Antoine de Saint-Exupery's delightful The Little Prince has been translated into over 180 languages & sold over 80 million copies This Macmillan Collector's Library edition features a specially commissioned translation by Ros & Chloe Schwarz as well as the charming original illustrations by Saint-Exupery himself coloured by Barbara Frith one of England's leading colourists It's a book that will enchant both children & adults alike Designed to appeal to the booklover the Macmillan Collector's Library is a series of beautiful special gift editions of much loved classic titles Macmillan Collector's Library are books to love & treasure ...

A pilot stranded in the desert awakes one morning to see standing before him the most extraordinary little fellow Please asks the stranger draw me a sheep & the pilot realizes that when life's events are too difficult to understand there is no choice but to succumb to their mysteries He pulls out pencil & paper Thus begins this wise & enchanting fable that in teaching the secret of what is really important in life has changed the world forever for its readers Often seen as a symbol of childhood innocence Antoine de Saint-Exupery's best-selling book The Little Prince is cherished by children & adults alike across the globe Ideal for children aged 7 & up This beautiful edition contains the definitive translation & all the original illustrations The Little Prince joins the ranks of A Little Princess The Secret Garden & Peter Pan as a genuine children's classic of the twentieth century Antoine De Saint-Exupery was born in 1900 in Lyon In 1921 he began his training as a pilot By 1926 he had became one of the pioneers of international postal flight In 1945 he embarked on a record-breaking attempt to fly from Paris to Saigon Nineteen hours into the flight his plane crashed in the Sahara desert He survived the crash but spent three days battling dehydration limited food & hallucinations On the fourth day the was rescued In part this experience was the inspiration for ' The Little Prince' He continued to fly until World War II during which he took self-imposed exile On 31 July 1944 he disappeared over the Mediterranean while flying a reconnaissance mission ...

Translated by Irene Testot-Ferry The Little Prince is a classic tale of equal appeal to children & adults On one level it is the story of an airman's discovery in the desert of a small boy from another planet
- the Little Prince of the title
- & his stories of intergalactic travel while on the other hand it is a thought-provoking allegory of the human condition First published in 1943 the year before the author's death in action this translation contains Saint-Exupery's delightful illustrations

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" The most beautiful things in the world cannot be seen or touched they are felt with the heart" After crash-landing in the Sahara Desert a pilot encounters a little prince who is visiting Earth from his own planet Their strange & moving meeting illuminates for the aviator many of life&s universal truths as he comes to learn what it means to be human from a child who is not Antoine de Saint-Exupery&s delightful The Little Prince has been translated into over 180 languages & sold over 80 million copies This Macmillan Collector&s Library edition features a specially commissioned translation by Ros & Chloe Schwarz as well as the charming original black & white illustrations by Saint-Exupery himself It&s a book that will enchant both children & adults alike Designed to appeal to the booklover the Macmillan Collector&s Library is a series of beautiful special gift editions of much loved classic titles Macmillan Collector&s Library are books to love & treasure ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play They’re all here! Spanky Alfalfa Buckwheat Darla Stymie Porky Petey the dog & all the Rascals star in this hilarious motion picture hit The Little Rascals directed by Penelope Spheeris (Wayne’s World The Beverly Hillbillies) brings a whole new generation of Rascals to today’s audiences Recapturing the sense of innocent fun & unabashed pandemonium that has made the original series a classic & favourite for decades their new adventures begin at an emergency meeting of the “ He-Man Womun Haters Club” Alfalfa has fallen in love with Darla theatening the very existence of their boys-only club Further trouble ensues when their clubhouse is destroyed & their prized go-cart “ The Blur” is stolen by the neighbourhood bullies How can they win the big race & its prize trophy? Adding to their woes is the new boy in town Waldo who’s refined rich & also wooing Darla Through mischief & mayhem tricks & ingenuity the Rascals will learn the value of true friendship & even an appreciation of girls ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play They&re all here! Spanky Alfalfa Buckwheat Darla Stymie Porky Petey the dog as all rascals star in this hilarious double movie pack! Through mischief & mayhem tricks & ingenuity the rascals will learn the value of true friendship & even an appreciation of girls Actors Travis Telford Kevin Jamal Woods Juliette Brewer Bug Hall Brittany Ashton Holmes Jet Jurgensmeyer Drew Justice Jenny Ortega Eden Wood & Connor Berry Director Penelope Spheeris & Alex Zamm Certificate Universal Suitable for All Year 1994 ; 2014 Languages English Additional Languages German ; Italian ; Spanish ; Dutch ; Russian ; Turkish Subtitles English for the hearing impaired ; German ; Italian ; Spanish ; Dutch ; Russian ; French ; Arabic ; Danish ; Finnish ; Icelandic ; Norwegian ; Portuguese ; Swedish ; Turkish ; Hindi Duration 2 hour & 53 minutes (approx) ...

Whichever side of the Labour Party you're on you could probably use a good laugh right now So rejoice comrades for we have the solution Packed with devastating wit this priceless compendium has all the finest jokes scenes & anecdotes to see you through a long hard political winter The Little Red Book of Corbyn Jokes
- putting the 'ha' into the hard left A socialist lion walked into a bar The barman said ' What's the big Clause Four?' My wife said to me ' For my anniversary I want you to get me something expensive' so I registered her as a supporter of the Labour Party Why did the chicken cross the road? Neoliberalism
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When a man who calls himself a faith healer arrives in a small west-coast Irish village the community is soon under the spell of this charismatic stranger from the Balkans One woman in particular Fidelma Mc Bride becomes enthralled in a fatal attraction that leads to unimaginable consequences ...

Each title in this series is a classic story or fable retold with simple text to delight & inspire any child who is just beginning to read ...