SHORTLISTED FOR THE SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE 2012THE SUNDAY TIMES 3 BESTSELLERThe genre-defining book by acclaimed nature writer Robert Macfarlane travel Britain's ancient paths & discover the secrets of this beautiful underappreciated landscape Following the tracks holloways drove-roads & sea paths that form part of a vast ancient network of routes criss-crossing the British Isles & beyond Robert Macfarlane discovers a lost world
- a landscape of the feet & the mind of pilgrimage & ritual of stories & ghosts; above all of the places & journeys which inspire & inhabit our imaginations' Really do love it He has a rare physical intelligence & affords total immersion in place elements & the passage of time wonderful' Antony Gormley'A marvellous marriage of scholarship imagination & evocation of place I always feel exhilarated after reading Macfarlane' Penelope Lively' Macfarlane immerses himself in regions we may have thought familiar resurrecting them newly potent & sometimes beautifully strange In a moving achievement he returns our heritage to us' Colin Thubron' Every Robert Mac Farlane book offers beautiful writing bold journeys With its global reach & mysterious Sebaldian structure this is Mac Farlane's most important book yet' David Rothenberg author of Survival of the Beautiful & Thousand Mile Song' Luminous possessing a seemingly paradoxical combination of the dream-like & the hyper-vigilant The Old Ways is as with all of Macfarlane's work a magnificent read Each sentence can carry astonishing discovery' Rick Bass US novelist & nature writer' The Old Ways confirms Robert Macfarlane's reputation as one of the most eloquent & observant of contemporary writers about nature' Scotland on Sunday' Sublime writing sets the imagination tingling Macfarlane's way of writing is free exploratory rambling & haphazard but resourceful individual following his own whims & laying an irresistible trail for readers to follow' Sunday Times' Macfarlane relishes wild as well as old places He writes about both beautifully I love to read Macfarlane' John Sutherland Financial Times' Read this & it will be impossible to take an unremarkable walk again' Metro
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This is a new title in the fantastic First Reading series aimed at children who are beginning to read Based on the classic nursery rhyme this is the story of an old woman's search for a larger home But just where do you buy a boot big enough for twenty children? This key series was developed in conjunction with reading expert Allison Kelly from the University of Surrey Every title has clear & compelling text that allows children to build their burgeoning reading skills & is accompanied by charming & highly appealing illustrations ...

A delightful adaptation of a traditional tale with a Scottish twist! With a story by Rumer Godden one of the UK's most acclaimed authors & charming artwork by best-selling illustrator Mairi Hedderwick creator of Katie Morag 32 pages colour illustrations Godden Rumer ...

Olga da Polga has left the pet shop to start a new life with her owners Her home is now a large & airy hutch & it's not long before she meets Noel the cat Fangio the hedgehog & Graham the tortoise Her garden companions soon discover that Olga loves an audience & from the moment she arrives she tells them stories about her wild & exciting adventures Although they are not always sure whether to believe everything Olga says one thing is certain
- since Olga moved in life is never dull! Whether she's Olga the explorer Olga the prizewinner or Olga the storyteller she is always Olga da Polga! Written by the beloved Michael Bond with wonderful colour illustrations by Catherine Rayner & a dazzling design this is a gift edition for young readers to treasure
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Praise for Lucinda Riley ' Thoroughly addictive storytelling with a moving emotional heart' Dinah Jefferies author of The Tea Planter's Wife This title is also published as Helena's Secret The Olive Tree is the number one international bestseller from Lucinda Riley author of the bestselling Seven Sisters series A magical house A momentous summer It has been twenty-four years since a young Helena spent a magical holiday in Cyprus where she fell in love for the first time When the now crumbling house ' Pandora' is left to her by her godfather she returns to spend the summer there with her family Yet as soon as Helena arrives at Pandora she knows that its idyllic beauty masks a web of secrets that she has kept from William her husband & Alex her son At the difficult age of thirteen Alex is torn between protecting his beloved mother & growing up & equally desperate to learn the truth about his real father When by chance Helena meets her childhood sweetheart a chain of events is set in motion that threatens to make her past & present collide Both Helena & Alex know that life will never be the same once Pandora's secrets have been revealed ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play James Hazeldine Louise Jameson & John Carlisle star as three parapsychologists working for a top secret British government department in this top-rated BBC science fiction series with definite touches of The X-Files The set

Includes:: all ten episodes as well as a host of special features

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The Omega Men are back in an all-new series! They’ve murdered White Lantern Kyle Rayner & now the universe wants them to pay! Who are these intergalactic criminals-and is there more to their actions than meets the eye? The entire acclaimed 12-issue series is collected here! ...

Remake of Richard Donner&s 1976 horror classic Katherine (Julia Stiles) & Robert (Liev Schreiber) Thorn are as loving parents as any young boy could ask for but as fate would have it their new son Damien is far from the typical child Now as the mysterious boy&s growth begins to share frightening parallels with the Biblical passages detailing the rise of the Antichrist & the lives of all who seek to reveal his true nature are cut gruesomely short Robert & Katherine are forced to face the horrifying prospect that their child has been sent from Satan to hasten the fall of modern civilisation ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play US Ambassador Robert Thorn (Gregory Peck) is persuaded to substitute a newborn baby whose mother has died in childbirth for his own stillborn son By the age of five the child Damien seems to be exerting a malevolent influence on the Thorn household suffering a violent fit when he is taken to church & causing his nanny to hang herself Thorn searches for an answer to his son&s behaviour & meets maverick priest Father Brennan (Patrick Troughton) who tries to convince him that Damien is in fact the Antichrist & must be stopped at all costs The Ambassador at first dismisses this as the crazy rantings of a religious maniac but subsequent events suggest that maybe the priest had a point ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Robert Thorn is a senior American diplomat whose wife Katherine endures a difficult delivery where their newborn child has died Thorn knows the news will devastate Katherine who had suffered two previous miscarriages The hospital priest presents Thorn with another child born that night whose mother died in childbirth The priest compels Thorn to take the infant boy as his own; Katherine will never know the truth & their son which they name Damien will be raised as their flesh & blood As the child turns five unsettling events begin to occur Damien&s nanny hangs herself at the youngster&s birthday party; a strange priest brings dire warnings to Thorn; a children&s trip to the zoo results in a panicked frenzy; Damien becomes hysterical during a drive to church; & blurred movements in a series of photographs portend shocking deaths Enter Mrs Baylock Damien&s new nanny who seems to have a preordained devotion to the child Then tragedy strikes closer to home But only later does Thorn comprehend the truth Damien is no ordinary child; he is the long-prophesized Anti-Christ Now Thorn must make the ultimate sacrifice to prevent the unspeakable terror that awaits the world A re-make of the 1976 classic Actors Liev Schreiber Julia Stiles Marshall Cupp Seamus Davey-Fitzpatrick David Thewlis Mia Farrow Pete Postlethwaite & Michael Gambon Director John Moore Certificate 15 years & over Year 2006 Screen Widescreen 1851 Anamorphic Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) ; DTSSubtitles English Duration 1 hour & 50 minutes (approx)
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