Tom Ellie & Whiskers the Cat have to go & live with witchy Aunt Tab when their parents set off on a raft around the world But staying with Aunt Tab turns out to be worse than they first thought
- everything in her house is covered with sticky treacle! Can Tom & Ellie escape or are they stuck? Particularly suitable for struggling reluctant & dyslexic readers aged 8
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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 Winner of seven Academy Awards (1973) including Best Picture The Sting is one of the most popular & critically-acclaimed films of all time Set in the 1930s this intricate comedy caper deals with an ambitious small-time crook (Robert Redford) & veteran con man (Paul Newman) who seek revenge on the vicious crime lord (Robert Shaw) who murdered one of their gang How this group of charlatans puts The Sting on their enemy makes for the greatest double-cross in movie history complete with an amazing surprise finish Actors Paul Newman Robert Redford Robert Shaw & Charles Durning Director George Roy Hill Certificate PGYear 1973 Screen 1851 Languages English Subtitles English for the hearing impaired; Swedish; Danish; Turkish; Norwegian; Finnish Duration 2 hour & 4 minutes (approx) ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play The Sting is one of the most popular & critically acclaimed films of all time Set in the 1930&s this intricate comedy caper deals with an ambitious small time crook (Robert Redford) & a veteran con man (Paul Newman) who seeks revenge on the vicious crime lord (Robert Shaw) who murdered one of their gang How this group of charlatans puts "the sting" on their enemy makes for the greatest double-crosses in movie history complete with an amazing surprise finish Actors Paul Newman Robert Redford Robert Shaw Charles Durning Ray Walston Eileen Brennan Harold Gould Dana Elcar Robert Earl Jones John Heffernan Jack Kehoe Dimitra Arliss James Sloyan Charles Dierkop Lee Paul Ta-Tanisha & Avon Long Director George Roy Hill Certificate PGYear 1973 Screen Widescreen 1851 Anamorphic Languages English
- Dolby Digital (10) Mono Additional Languages French ; Spanish ; German ; Italian Subtitles English for the hearing impaired ; French ; Portuguese ; Danish ; Finnish ; Swedish ; Norwegian ; Dutch ; German ; Polish ; Czech Closed Captions Yes Duration 2 hours & 4 minutes (approx)
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Jon Scieszka introduces some really stupid off-the-wall fairy tales including Chicken Licken' The Princess & the Bowling Ball'; The Really Ugly Duckling' & Jack's Bean Problem' Chosen by children as the Book of the Year for the Federation of Children's Book Groups the book was described by She magazine as The most delightful collection of stories a young cynic could hope to read' ...

A comprehensive step-by-step guide to embroidery with over 225 stitches & techniques plus a range of fresh & modern projects Learn the basic stitches & master 8 different embroidery styles including blackwork crewelwork hardanger pulled thread goldwork & freestyle Every stitch has clear step-by-step instructions & is accompanied by colour diagrams & you can practise your new-found skills with 18 beautiful things to make for yourself & your home from bags & accessories to gifts & home decor ...

' Some books set up house inside your soul Utterly magnificent'
- M R Carey A remote island off the west coast of Ireland St Brigid's
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The Stolen Marriage is a compelling novel from Diane Chamberlain the bestselling author of The Silent Sister Pretending to Dance & The Midwife's Confession In 1944 twenty-three-year-old Tess De Mello abruptly ends her engagement to the love of her life when she marries a mysterious stranger & moves to Hickory North Carolina Hickory is a small town struggling with racial tension & the hardships imposed by World War II Tess's new husband Henry Kraft is a secretive man who often stays out all night hides money from his new wife & shows no interest in making love Tess quickly realizes she's trapped in a strange & loveless marriage with no way out The people of Hickory love & respect Henry & see Tess as an outsider treating her with suspicion & disdain especially after one of the town's prominent citizens dies in a terrible accident & Tess is blamed for the death Tess suspects people are talking about her plotting behind her back & following her as she walks around town What does everyone know about Henry that she does not? Feeling alone & adrift in a hostile town Tess turns to the one person who seems to understand her
- a local medium who gives her hope but seems to know more than he's letting on When a sudden polio epidemic strikes the town taking the lives of some of its children including a boy well known to the Kraft family the townspeople band together to build a polio hospital in less than three days Tess who has a nursing degree bucks Henry's wishes & begins to work at the hospital finding meaning in nursing the young victims Yet at home Henry's actions grow more baffling & alarming by the day As Tess works to save the lives of her patients can she untangle her husband's mysterious behavior & save her own life?
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The Stolen Marriage is a compelling novel from Diane Chamberlain the bestselling author of The Silent Sister Pretending to Dance & The Midwife's Confession In 1944 twenty-three-year-old Tess De Mello abruptly ends her engagement to the love of her life when she marries a mysterious stranger & moves to Hickory North Carolina Hickory is a small town struggling with racial tension & the hardships imposed by World War II Tess's new husband Henry Kraft is a secretive man who often stays out all night hides money from his new wife & shows no interest in making love Tess quickly realizes she's trapped in a strange & loveless marriage with no way out The people of Hickory love & respect Henry & see Tess as an outsider treating her with suspicion & disdain especially after one of the town's prominent citizens dies in a terrible accident & Tess is blamed for the death Tess suspects people are talking about her plotting behind her back & following her as she walks around town What does everyone know about Henry that she does not? Feeling alone & adrift in a hostile town Tess turns to the one person who seems to understand her
- a local medium who gives her hope but seems to know more than he's letting on When a sudden polio epidemic strikes the town taking the lives of some of its children including a boy well known to the Kraft family the townspeople band together to build a polio hospital in less than three days Tess who has a nursing degree bucks Henry's wishes & begins to work at the hospital finding meaning in nursing the young victims Yet at home Henry's actions grow more baffling & alarming by the day As Tess works to save the lives of her patients can she untangle her husband's mysterious behavior & save her own life?
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'PALE TERROR GOES BEFORE HIM DEATH & DEVASTATION FOLLOW!' From the father of American literature four sparkling comic tales of extraordinary animals & parables subverted One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946 Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range & diversity with works from around the world & across the centuries
- including fables decadence heartbreak tall tales satire ghosts battles & elephants
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Marcia Williams brings the Stone Age to life in her much-loved comic strip style Join Marcia Williams on a journey to the Stone Age Meet the people of Clan Woolly as they hunt mammoths & reindeer learn how to make fire invent stone tools & turn wild wolves into tame dogs! Full of facts jokes & colourful comic strips this is the perfect introduction to the Stone Age
- a time before history was even invented!
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