Paddington Bear has been delighting adults & children alike with his earnest good intentions & humorous misadventures for over fifty years To celebrate his enduring popularity six best-loved classic picture books are brought together in one lavish volume truly to be treasured Paddington Bear had travelled all the way from Darkest Peru when the Brown family first met him on Paddington station Since then their lives have never been quite the same for ordinary things become quite extraordinary when a bear called Paddington is around This sumptuous treasury brings together six of the most popular stories Paddington Paddington at the Zoo Paddington at the Palace Paddington in the Garden Paddington & the Marmalade Maze Paddington the Artist ...

The seventh novel in Bernard Cornwell's number one bestselling series on the making of England & the fate of his great hero Uhtred of Bebbanburg BBC2's major Autumn 2015 TV show THE LAST KINGDOM is based on the first two books in the series Uhtred
- sword of the Saxons bane of the Vikings
- has been declared outcast Peace in Britain has given Uhtred time to cause trouble
- for himself Branded a pagan abomination by the church he sails north For despite suspecting that Viking leader Cnut Longsword will attack the Saxons again Uhtred is heading for Bebbanburg fearing that if he does not act now he will never reclaim his stolen birthright Yet Uhtred's fate is bound to the Saxons To Aethelflaed bright lady of Mercia & to a dead king's dream of England For great battles must still be fought
- & no man is better at that than Uhtred Uhtred of Bebbanburg's mind is as sharp as his sword A thorn in the side of the priests & nobles who shape his fate this Saxon raised by Vikings is torn between the life he loves & those he has sworn to serve



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A fast-paced historical mystery adventure for readers aged 9 years with gorgeous Edwardian period detail Perfect for fans of Chris Riddell's Goth Girl series Enid Blyton & Robin Stevens's Murder Most Unladylike series When a priceless painting is stolen our dauntless heroines Sophie & Lil find themselves faced with forgery trickery & deceit on all sides! Be amazed as the brave duo pit their wits against this perilous puzzle! Marvel at their cunning plan to unmask the villain & prove themselves detectives to be reckoned with
- no matter what dangers lie ahead It's their most perilous adventure yet! Praise for The Clockwork Sparrow'A wonderful book with a glorious heroine & a true spirit of adventure'
- Katherine Rundell author of Rooftoppers A real page-turner it has murders spies & gangs of thieves Thrilling!'
- Indiana aged 10 years Love Readingfor Kids reviewer' Dastardliness on a big scale is uncovered in this well-plotted evocative novel'
- Nicolette Jones The Sunday Times' It's a dashing plot an atmospheric setting & an extensive & imaginative cast Katherine Woodfine handles it all with aplomb'
- Julia Eccleshare Guardian' An incredible read full of mystery wonder & adventure This is now one of my top ten'
- Celeste age 13 years Love Reading 4 Kids reviewer The Painted Dragon is the third book in the Sinclair's Mysteries quartet which is perfect for fans of Goodnight Stories for Rebel Girls & M G Leonard's Beetle Boy The other books are The Clockwork Sparrow & The Jewelled Moth & look out for the thrilling conclusion in The Midnight Peacock coming in October! Katherine Woodfine is a true champion of children's literature Until 2015 she was Arts Project Manager for Booktrust where she project-managed the Children's Laureateship & YALC the UK's first Young Adult Literature Convention curated by Malorie Blackman She is part of the founding team at Down the Rabbit Hole a monthly show for Resonance FM discussing children's literature Katherine blogs at followtheyellowcouk She lives in London





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Egypt 1912 Amelia Peabody & her dashing archaeologist husband Radcliffe Emerson are once again in danger as they search for a priceless stolen bust of legendary Queen Nefertiti Arriving in Cairo for another thrilling excavation season Amelia is relaxing in her elegant hotel suite when a man with knife protruding from his back staggers into her chamber & utters a single word -' Murder'
- before collapsing on the floor dead It soon becomes apparent that someone has saved Amelia from a would-be assassin-someone who is keeping a careful eye on the intrepid archaeologist & there can be only one answer the brilliant master of disguise Sethos For Amelia this excavation season will prove to be unforgettable; one where a brilliant criminal will offer his final challenge & perhaps be unmasked at last' Think Miss Marple with early feminist gloss crossed with Indiana Jones' The Guardian
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Kitty Fane is the beautiful but shallow wife of Walter a bacteriologist stationed in Hong Kong Unsatisfied by her marriage she starts an affair with charming attractive & exciting Charles Townsend But when Walter discovers her deception he exacts a strange & terrible vengeance Kitty must accompany him to his new posting in remote mainland China where a cholera epidemic rages First published to a storm of protest The Painted Veil is a classic story of a woman's spiritual awakening ...

What makes the Book of Kells such an extraordinary example of illuminated manuscript? Why is Durer's self-portrait so iconic? How did Turner's Rain Steam Speed turn the art world on its head? What's so great about Jasper John's Flag? & who was Whistler's mother anyway? Art history is filled with paintings that shocked intrigued enraged & mystified their audiences
- paintings that exemplified the period in which they were created & forever changed the way we think Here one hundred examples of these icons of art are presented in beautiful high-quality reproductions Each double-page spread features lavish illustrations & details as well as engaging texts that explain why the painting belongs in the pantheon of world-changing art Published in association with the Stadel Museum Frankfurt
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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 Pajamas love singing & labor union vs management conflicts create the colorful basis of The Pajama Game based on the Broadway musical Chock-full of musical numbers & romantic subplots the real story is the seven-&-a-half-cents-per-hour raise the pajama factory workers are demanding to keep their salaries comparable with other garment workers& pay Sid (John Raitt) the new superintendent of the factory pushes both himself & the workers hard in order to prove himself to the owner but a visit by the union grievances committee in the form of lovely but tough Babe (Doris Day) brings out his softer romantic side Despite their love Babe warns Sid that the union-management turmoil will cause problems for them too & Sid has to juggle his job his heart & his conscience to find a solution that will solve everything ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play The Palace
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Translated by Barbara Bray from the French version of the Albanian by Jusuf Vrioni At the heart of the Sultan's vast empire stands the mysterious Palace of Dreams Inside the dreams of every citizen are collected sorted & interpreted in order to identify the 'master-dreams' that will provide the clues to the Empire's destiny & that of its Monarch An entire nation's consciousness is thus meticulously laid bare & at the mercy of its government The Palace of Dreams is Kadare's macabre vision of tyranny & oppression & was banned upon publication in Albania in 1981 ...

' For Christmas I would like all of Philip Kerr's Berlin Noir novels' Sam Mendes Guardian' Blends high-powered storytelling with a rich piece of historical re-creation' Independent ' Kerr makes his star turns
- Heydrich Himmler et al
- eerily believable' Times ' Powerful period flavour; a gruff subversive hero; Kerr delivers the good' Literary Review' Echoes of Raymond Chandlervivid & well-researched' Evening Standard The second in Philip Kerr's iconic ' Berlin Noir' trilogy The Pale Criminal sees detective Bernie Gunther return to hunt one of the most evil killers in human history Bernie Gunther is back on the mean streets of Berlin with his new partner Bruno Stahlecker another ex-police officer But on a seemingly straightforward stakeout Bruno is killed & Bernie suddenly finds himself tapped for a much bigger job A serial sex murderer is killing Aryan teenage girls in Berlin
- & what's worse he's making utter fools of the police Gunther is forced to accept a temporary post in Obergruppenfuehrer Reinhard Heydrich's state Security Service with a team of men underneath him tasked purely with hunting the killer But can he trust his team any more than he can trust his superiors? An unflinching fast-paced thriller exploring the grisly excesses of Nazi subculture The Pale Criminal will be loved by fans of Robert Harris & Frederick Forsythe


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