A showstopping luxury gift book to cherish for years to come The Moomins The World of Moominvalley is the ultimate guide for ...

Charles Strickland a conventional stockbroker abandons his wife & children for Paris & Tahiti to live his life as a painter Whilst his betrayal of family duty & honour gives him the freedom to achieve greatness his decision leads to an obsession which carries severe implications Inspired by the life of Paul Gauguin The Moon & Sixpence is at once a satiric caricature of Edwardian conventions & a vivid portrayal of the mentality of a genius ...

Luna is an open penal colony & the regime is a harsh one Not surprisingly revolution against the hated authority is planned But the key figures in the revolt are an unlikely crew Manuel Garcia O' Kelly an engaging jack of all trades the beautiful Wyoming Knott
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In 2075 the Moon is no longer a penal colony But it is still a prison Life isn't easy for the political dissidents & convicts who live in the scattered colonies that make up lunar civilisation Everything is regulated strictly efficiently & cheaply by a central supercomputer HOLMES IV When humble technician Mannie O' Kelly-Davis discovers that HOLMES IV has quietly achieved consciousness (and developed a sense of humour) the choice is clear either report the problem to the authorities or become friends & perhaps overthrow the government while they're at it The Moon is a Harsh Mistress has been called Robert A Heinlein's crowning achievement His best-known novels include Starship Troopers Mistress & Stranger in a Strange Land ...

Originally published at the zenith of Nazi Germany's power The Moon Is Down explores the effects of invasion on both the conquered & the conquerors Occupied by enemy troops a small peaceable town comes face-to-face with evil imposed from the outside & betrayal from within the close-knit community As he delves into the motivations & emotions of the enemy Steinbeck uncovers profound & often unsettling truths both about war & human nature ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Filming of a live performance by the Liaoning Ballet Troupe of a Chinese ballet telling the tragic story of two star-crossed lovers A-Bing & Yue Er who are forced apart when a local landlord takes Yue Er as his concubine Desperate Yue Er throws herself into the lake leaving A-Bing so heartbroken that he becomes blind ...

The Moon Sister is the fifth instalment in the internationally bestselling The Seven Sisters series by Lucinda Riley 752 pages Riley Lucinda ...

&b>&i> The Moon Sister&i> is the latest installment in the internationally bestselling Seven Sisters series by Lucinda Riley&b> Riley Lucinda ...

Bringing the spirit & beauty of Yeats&s writing to a whole new young audience! This sumptuously illustrated book complements the carefully selected works of WB Yeats which include poems stories a letter from childhood & an account of his daughter Anne&s memories of childhood Including unpublished work this gorgeous book draws on Yeats&s preoccupation with magic fairy lore place family & childhood A mystical & magical tone that pervades the collection will enthral younger readers ...

One of the bestselling memoirs of all time David Niven's The Moon's a Balloon is an account of one of the most remarkable lives Hollywood has ever seen Beginning with the tragic early loss of his aristocratic father then regaling us with tales of school army & wartime hi-jinx Niven shows how even as an unknown young man he knew how to live the good life But it is his astonishing stories of life in Hollywood & his accounts of working & partying with the legends of the silver screen
- Lawrence Oliver Vivien Leigh Cary Grant Elizabeth Taylor James Stewart Lauren Bacall Marlene Dietrich Noel Coward & dozens of others while making some of the most acclaimed films of the last century
- which turn David Niven's memoir into an outright masterpiece An intimate gossipy heartfelt & above all charming account of life inside Hollywood's dream factory The Moon is a Balloon is a classic to be read & enjoyed time & again

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