A covert mission A royal demand And a race against time The fourth title in Genevieve Cogman's witty & wonderful The Invisible Library series The Lost Plot is an action-packed literary adventure In a 1920s-esque America Prohibition is in force fedoras flapper dresses & tommy guns are in fashion & intrigue is afoot Intrepid Librarians Irene & Kai find themselves caught in the middle of a dragon vs dragon contest It seems a young librarian has become tangled in this conflict & if they can't extricate him there could be serious political repercussions for the mysterious Library & as the balance of power across mighty factions hangs in the balance this could even trigger war Irene & Kai find themselves trapped in a race against time (and dragons) to procure a rare book They'll face gangsters blackmail & fiendish security systems & if this doesn't end well it could have dire consequences for Irene's job & incidentally for her life ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play & The Lost Prince& is the story of Prince Johnnie the younger son of Queen Mary & King George V who was hidden away to spare an uncomprehending family & public from his severe epileptic fits & autism From writerdirector Stephen Poliakoff this is a moving drama set against the looming First World War featuring stunning costumes idyllic sets & the beguilling atmosphere of immensely significant world events seen simply through a child&s eye Actors Gina Mc Kee Michael Gambon Miranda Richardson & Tom Hollander Director Stephen Poliakoff Certificate Exempt from Classification Languages English Subtitles None listed Duration 3 hours (approx) ...

Dot her best friend Beans & her dog Mc Clusky all love sniffing out a good mystery & together they will solve the case & save the day It's the last week of school term & the children are looking forward to the School summer fair Dotty & best pal Beans will be looking after pet's corner starring Mc Clusky & his two canine pals Geoffrey & the little sausage dog puppy Chipolata But just days before the fair disaster strikes
- Chipolata has gone missing Dotty & Beans get on the case Can they solve the mystery of the missing puppy?
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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 A nostalgic look at Britain&s abandoned railways lost to the public since the 1950s Featuring the following famous routes 1 The Great Central Railway from London to Nottingham 2 The Somerset & Dorset from Bath to Bournemouth 3 The Waverly route in Scotland from Carlisle to Edinburgh ...

The fifth volume of the History of Middle-earth containing the early myths & legends which led to the writing of Tolkien's epic tale of war The Silmarillion At the end of 1937 J R R Tolkien reluctantly set aside his work on the myths & heroic legends of Valinor & Middle-earth & began The Lord of the Rings This fifth volume of The History of Middle-earth completes the examination of his writing up to that time Later forms of The Annals of Valinor & The Annals of Beleriand had been composed The Silmarillion was nearing completion in a greatly amplified form & a new Map had been made The legend of the Downfall of Numenor had entered the work including those central ideas the World Made Round & the Straight Path into the vanished West Closely associated with this was the abandoned time-travel' story The Lost Road linking the world of Numenor & Middle-earth with the legends of many other times & peoples Also included in this volume is the The Lhammas as essay on the complex languages & dialects of Middle-earth & an etymological dictionary' containing an extensive account of Elvish vocabularies ...

A powerful story of abuse neglectand hope from this well-loved writer When a mysterious fire kills her adoptive parents Madeleine's worst fear comes true
- she & her beloved brother Oliver are separated Worse still Maddie is blamed for starting the fire & labelled a difficult child she is sent to a children's home Far from idyllic & buried deep in the countryside the home well conceals the misery of its young occupants Subjected to a harsh regime of abuse & degradation Maddie makes a brave attempt to escape But her brief weeks of freedom are thwarted when she is caught & taken back to River House Maddie clings to her determination to one day be reunited with Oli & it is this which gives her the strength to endure what lies ahead For she knows she can rely only on herself
- there is no one else to keep her safe

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I've lost my marbles When fourteen year-old Angie hears these simple words uttered from her aging grandfather's lips she has no idea that it will send her on a journey into a hidden world of magic born from childhood imagination
- one that bonds each & every one of us to our own unique spark a special talisman with wondrous powers Like many over the years Angie forgot about her spark as her mind grew cluttered with the challenges of life the stresses of school & the tragic loss of her mother Now Angie will need all her strength & courage as she rediscovers this world & the secret danger whispering in the shadows Her grandfather was wrong He didn't lose his marbles They were stolen from him! & if Angie isn't careful she could be next! An adventurous tale of wonder The Lost Spark celebrates the magic of childhood
- the fantasy of imagination the darkness of the unknown & the beauty of friendship that knows no bounds Prepare to enter a world both familiar & new & one that you'll never want to leave

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The Lost Stories is the eleventh thrilling book in John Flanagan's Ranger's Apprentice series
- over eight million sold worldwide
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The Capitol Building Washington DC Harvard symbologist Robert Langdon believes he is here to give a lecture He is wrong Within minutes of his arrival a shocking object is discovered It is a gruesome invitation into an ancient world of hidden wisdom When Langdon's mentor Peter Solomon
- prominent mason & philanthropist
- is kidnapped Langdon realizes that his only hope of saving his friend's life is to accept this mysterious summons It is to take him on a breathless chase through Washington's dark history All that was familiar is changed into a shadowy mythical world in which Masonic secrets & never-before-seen revelations seem to be leading him to a single impossible & inconceivable truth Origin the spellbinding new Robert Langdon thriller from Dan Brown is out now

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Polly & her new ghostly friends William Rex & Magnus wake Li-Mei the Chinese porcelain Fu Dog from the Red Drawing Room The little Pekinese tells them her adventures with Sarah Penhallow
- how they investigated rumours of smugglers & sighted a ghostly Green Lady down at the cove But when Polly looks at the family portrait she realises that there were actually two dogs Eventually Li-Mei reveals that she had a companion Han but she thinks that he drowned down by the cove Together the friends set off to solve the mystery once & for all & discover a secret tunnel Here they come across a broken statue of a dog beneath a rockfall Then they see a vision of a tiny dog running after a group of smugglers only for the tunnel to collapse on him Polly returns to the house with the statue & hides it in a drawer of a lacquer cabinet When she opens it again the cracks have gone
- Li-Mei & Han are reunited at last on the mantelpiece

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