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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‘ Alison Weir&s sound scholarship & storyteller&s gift for rich telling detail constantly engages & enthrals the reader’ The Times The captivating life of Margaret Douglas
- a life of scandal political intrigue & royal romance that spanned five Tudor reigns Royal Tudor blood ran in her veins Some thought Margaret Douglas Countess of Lennox should be queen of England She ranked high at the court of her uncle Henry VIII & was lady of honour to five of his wives Beautiful & tempestuous she created scandal
- twice
- by falling in love with unsuitable men Throughout her life her dynastic ties to two crowns proved hazardous A born political intriguer she was imprisoned in the Tower of London three times once under sentence of death Her husband & son were brutally murdered she warred with two queens & proved instrumental in securing the Stuart succession to the throne of England for her grandson Alison Weir brings Margaret Douglas&s captivating character out of the shadows for the first time


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This is the story of how I became my sister A spine-tingling mystery set in a creepily atmospheric boarding school Ivy must uncover the secrets behind her twin sister Scarlet's disappearance before it's too late When troublesome Scarlet mysteriously disappears from Rookwood School terrifying Miss Fox invites her quiet twin sister Ivy to take her place' Ivy reluctantly agrees in the hopes of finding out what happened to her missing sister For only at Rookwood will Ivy be able to unlock the secrets of Scarlet's disappearance through a scattered trail of diary pages carefully hidden all over the school Can Ivy solve the mystery before Miss Fox suspects? Or before an even greater danger presents itself? The first in a mesmerising new series
- perfect for fans of Holly Webb & Harry Potter & mysteries that demand to be solved!
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Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Directed by Billy Wilder (Double Indemnity Sunset Boulevard Some Like It Hot) this gut-wrenching adaptation of Charles Jackson&s The Lost Weekend horrified its studio was rejected by test audiences & was lobbied by temperance groups yet went on to huge success & became the awards sensation of its year Ray Milland stars as Don Birnam a New York author struggling with many years of alcoholism & writer&s block Trying to keep him on the path to rehabilitation are his straight-laced brother Wick (Philip Terry) & devoted long-time girlfriend Helen (Jane Wyman) When Don absconds from a country excursion he embarks on a four-day binge spiralling towards rock bottom Actors Ray Milland Jane Wyman Phillip Terry Howard Da Silva Doris Dowling Frank Faylen Mary Young Anita Sharp-Bolster Lillian Fontaine Frank Orth & Lewis L Russell Director Billy Wilder Certificate PGYear 1945 Screen 137 Languages English Subtitles English for the hearing impaired Duration 1 hour & 42 minutes (approx) ...

Bea has started to hear & see things that no one else can
- creatures voices visions Then strangers visit Bea & tell her she is
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BAMB Beautiful Book Award 2017 Hay Festival Book of the Year THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER' Fast becoming a cultural phenomenon Adapted as a choral work a theatrical performance stitched into embroidered braille whispered the words through the trees of the National Forest in Derbyshire It will be discovered by a generation of children' Guardian' My top book of the year' Susan Hill Spectator' Gorgeous to look at & to read Give it to a child to bring back the magic of language
- & its scope' Jeanette Winterson Guardian ' The most beautiful & thought-provoking book I've read this year' Frank Cottrell-Boyce Observer From bestselling Landmarks author Robert Macfarlane & acclaimed artist & author Jackie Morris All over the country there are words disappearing from children's lives These are the words of the natural world
- Dandelion Otter Bramble & Acorn all gone The rich landscape of wild imagination & wild play is rapidly fading from our children's minds' Gorgeous' Observer The Lost Words stands against the disappearance of wild childhood It is a joyful celebration of nature words & the natural world they invoke With acrostic spell-poems by award-winning writer Robert Macfarlane & h&-painted illustration by Jackie Morris this enchanting book captures the irreplaceable magic of language & nature for all ages' Robert Macfarlane & Jackie Morris have made a thing of astonishing beauty' Alex Preston Observer

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