Every morning a very large & very snappy crocodile shouts this selfish message ' Stay away from my river! It's MY river! If you come in my river I'll eat you all!' The animals in the forest don't know what to do They are frightened of the crocodile Even the fish tadpoles frogs crabs & crayfish stay out of the water Until one day the creatures are woken by a loud groaning sound which turns out to be the selfish crocodile in a lot of pain & the smallest of them all a little mouse finds a way to solve their snappy dilemma! Astoundingly bright bold illustrations bring to life all the wonderful creatures of the forest in a rainbow of colours The author Faustin Charles is a renowned poet & story-teller His collection of Afro-Caribbean rhymes was published to great success by Puffin This is his first picture book text Bloomsbury Children's Books are also publishing his first poetry collection in October 1998 establishing Faustin as a Bloomsbury author across the board Faustin spends much time in schools & libraries story-telling & is also Library Buyer for Enfield He lives in North London About the Illustrator Mike Terry is most well-known for his wonderful cover illustrations for " Dick King-Smith" including " The Hodgeheg" & " The Sheep-Pig" (the basis for the successful film " Babe") This is his first picture book Mike lives in Hythe Kent ...

The million copy international bestseller critically acclaimed & translated into over 25 languages As influential today as when it was first published The Selfish Gene has become a classic exposition of evolutionary thought Professor Dawkins articulates a gene's eye view of evolution
- a view giving centre stage to these persistent units of information & in which organisms can be seen as vehicles for their replication This imaginative powerful & stylistically brilliant work not only brought the insights of Neo-Darwinism to a wide audience but galvanized the biology community generating much debate & stimulating whole new areas of research Forty years later its insights remain as relevant today as on the day it was published This 40th anniversary edition

Includes:: a new epilogue from the author discussing the continuing relevance of these ideas in evolutionary biology today as well as the original prefaces & foreword & extracts from early reviews Oxford Landmark Science books are 'must-read' classics of modern science writing which have crystallized big ideas & shaped the way we think


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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 Clio Barnard&s second feature which premiered to universal acclaim at Cannes is one of this year&s key British releases Set on the outskirts of Bradford the film follows two young lads Arbor (Conner Chapman) & Swifty (Shaun Thomas) & their dealings with a local scrap dealer Boldly cinematic & featuring astonishing performances from the two leads The Selfish Giant further cements Barnard&s reputation as a visionary filmmaker Actors Conner Chapman Shaun Thomas Sean Gilder & Lorraine Ashbourne Director Clio Barnard Certificate 15 years & over Year 2013 Languages English Duration 1 hour & 31 minutes (approx) ...

Fergus lives with his father by the sea but is lonely He wants a friend more than anything One day Fergus finds treasure on the beach a beautiful fur blanket hidden in the rocks But Fergus doesn't know that his treasure belongs to someone else -- a selkie girl has lost her seal skin & can't go home to the sea without it Will Fergus give his new friend what she needs & risk being lonely again? This is a lovely retelling of the traditional Scottish folk tale of the selkie (a seal who can become human) adapted for a young audience Beautifully written by storyteller & selkie storyteller Janis Mackay the tale is accompanied by stunning illustrations by Ruchi Mhasane The Selkie Girl is one of the first titles released in the new Picture Kelpies Traditional Scottish Tales range of picture books that bring classic Scottish folk & fairy tales to life for young children ...

Ten years ago Fredrik Eklund moved to New York City from his native Sweden with nothing but a worn-out pair of sneakers & a dream to make it big in the city that never sleeps Despite having no experience in real estate & no contacts Fredrik transformed himself into the best seller in the most competitive real estate market on the planet brokering multimillion-dollar deals for celebrities selling out properties all over the city & charming TV audiences as one of the stars of Million Dollar Listing New York In The Sell Fredrik shares his secrets so that anyone can find success doing what they love According to Fredrik even if you don't consider yourself a salesperson you've been in sales your whole life because every day you are selling your most important asset yourself Whenever you influence or persuade someone to give you something in exchange for what you've got
- whether it's a luxury home a great idea at work or your profile on Matchcom
- you are selling & if you know how to sell right you can live your dream Blending personal stories & the expertise he's gained from his meteoric rise The Sell is the modern guide to becoming successful Featuring everything from the importance of intangible factors like personality & charm to tips & tricks for preparing persuading & negotiating The Sell is a vital go-to book for anyone who wants to have an impact in his or her personal & professional life No matter what your background is
- sales rep CEO or kitchen-table entrepreneur
- this book will help you sell yourself or your brand & lead a richer more fulfilling life



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Outrageous hilarious & profound' Simon Schama Financial Times The longer you stare at Beatty's pages the smarter you'll get' Guardian The most badass first 100 pages of an American novel I've read' New York Times A biting satire about a young man's isolated upbringing & the race trial that sends him to the Supreme Court The Sellout showcases a comic genius at the top of his game Born in Dickens on the southern outskirts of Los Angeles the narrator of The Sellout spent his childhood as the subject in his father's racially charged psychological studies He is told that his father's work will lead to a memoir that will solve their financial woes But when his father is killed in a drive-by shooting he discovers there never was a memoir All that's left is a bill for a drive-through funeral What's more Dickens has literally been wiped off the map to save California from further embarrassment Fuelled by despair the narrator sets out to right this wrong with the most outrageous action conceivable reinstating slavery & segregating the local high school which lands him in the Supreme Court In his trademark absurdist style which has the uncanny ability to make readers want to both laugh & cry The Sellout is an outrageous & outrageously entertaining indictment of our time ...

Shortlisted for the BAAL Book Prize 2017 Emoji have gone from being virtually unknown to being a central topic in internet communication What is behind the rise & rise of these winky faces clinking glasses & smiling poos? Given the sheer variety of verbal communication on the internet & English's still-controversial role as lingua mundi for the web these icons have emerged as a compensatory universal language The Semiotics of Emoji looks at what is officially the world's fastest-growing form of communication Emoji the colourful symbols & glyphs that represent everything from frowning disapproval to red-faced shame are fast becoming embedded into digital communication Controlled by a centralized body & regulated across the web emoji seems to be a language but is it? The rapid adoption of emoji in such a short span of time makes it a rich study in exploring the functions of language Professor Marcel Danesi an internationally-known expert in semiotics branding & communication answers the pertinent questions Are emoji making us dumber? Can they ultimately replace language? Will people grow up emoji literate as well as digitally native? Can there be such a thing as a Universal Visual Language? Read this book for the answers ...

The Senate of Canada is the upper house of its parliamentary system It is an appointed legislative chamber that has been frequently derided for its apparent lack of effective activity its failure to represent Canada's federal system & the perceived lack of accountability among its members Reform of the Senate persists as one of the most contentious issues in the country Typical reform proposals begin with the assumption that it must become an elected body that primarily represents Canada's provinces & can serve as an effective check on the federal government & the House of Commons This book challenges those assumptions through a thorough analysis that places the Senate within the context of other parliamentary upper houses It presents a hypothetical constitutional amendment & a proposal for non-constitutional reform that are based upon alternative models derived from that broader context The book ultimately recommends a Senate that remains unelected but with a more expansive appointment process that more appropriately reflects the optimal role of a parliamentary upper house as well as the diversity regional aspirations & political principles of Canadian democracy ...

A vodka-soaked tragicomedy of bribes backhanders & a certain ex-president of Russia going catastrophically awry Former Russian president Vladimir P is going senile marooned in a world of memories from his years in power To get him out of the way he has been exiled to his luxury dacha where he is served by a coterie of bickering house staff Only Sheremetev the guileless nurse charged with Vladimir's round-the-clock care is unaware that everyone else is busily using every means at their disposal to skim money from their employer's inexhaustible riches But when the nurse suddenly needs to find cash for a bribe or see his nephew rot in jail the dacha's chef lets him in on the secret world of 'commissions' going on all around him Yet surely Sheremetev wouldn't think to steal from his ailing patient? & surely in the upstanding modern Russia that Vladimir P created no one would actually let him ...

Do you call your partner darling because you forgot their real name years ago? Restore your brain to its tack-like sharpness with the exercises in this wickedly funny book If you refer to your dearest friend as ' Thingy' or have to keep changing your pet's name because you can never remember your online banking password you need The Senior Moments Activity Book! Packed with questions tests & exercises against which to pit your wits the book is divided into sections on a diverse range of subjects
- from maths to history science & nature to the arts food & drink to geography Furthermore each section is tailored to your specific capabilities whether you think you have more faculties than Harvard or think you might be losing your marbles or fear you're so far gone that your only future is likely to be an appearance on reality TV Embrace your senior self & have a good laugh on the way!
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