A history spanning 600 years
- an epic story of a dynasty that started as a small group of cavalry mercenaries to become the absolute
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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 Based on Tom Clancy&s novel " The Sum of All Fears" this espionage thriller tracks a sinister plot to draw the United States & Rus sia into World War III When the Russian president suddenly dies world tension escalates & young CIA analyst Jack Ryan must unco ver who is behind the conspiracy ...

How the leisure class has been replaced by a new elite & how their consumer habits affect us all In today's world the leisure class has been replaced by a new elite Highly educated & defined by cultural capital rather than income bracket these individuals earnestly buy organic carry NPR tote bags & breast-feed their babies They care about discreet inconspicuous consumption--like eating free-range chicken & heirloom tomatoes wearing organic cotton shirts & TOMS shoes & listening to the Serial podcast They use their purchasing power to hire nannies & housekeepers to cultivate their children's growth & to practice yoga & Pilates In The Sum of Small Things Elizabeth Currid-Halkett dubs this segment of society "the aspirational class" & discusses how through deft decisions about education health parenting & retirement the aspirational class reproduces wealth & upward mobility deepening the ever-wider class divide Exploring the rise of the aspirational class Currid-Halkett considers how much has changed since the 1899 publication of Thorstein Veblen's Theory of the Leisure Class In that inflammatory classic which coined the phrase "conspicuous consumption" Veblen described upper-class frivolities men who used walking sticks for show & women who bought silver flatware despite the effectiveness of cheaper aluminum utensils Now Currid-Halkett argues the power of material goods as symbols of social position has diminished due to their accessibility As a result the aspirational class has altered its consumer habits away from overt materialism to more subtle expenditures that reveal status & knowledge & these transformations influence how we all make choices With a rich narrative & extensive interviews & research The Sum of Small Things illustrates how cultural capital leads to lifestyle shifts & what this forecasts not just for the aspirational class but for everyone ...

It is late summer in East Sussex 1914 Amidst the season's splendour fiercely independent Beatrice Nash arrives in the coastal town of Rye to fill a teaching position at the local grammar school There she is taken under the wing of formidable matriarch Agatha Kent who along with her charming nephews tries her best to welcome Beatrice to a place that remains stubbornly resistant to the idea of female teachers But just as Beatrice comes alive to the beauty of the Sussex landscape & the colourful characters that populate Rye the perfect summer is about to end For the unimaginable is coming
- & soon the limits of progress & the old ways will be tested as this small town goes to war
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An elderly artist & her six-year-old gr&-daughter while away a summer together on a tiny island in the gulf of Finland As the two learn to adjust to each other's fears whims & yearnings a fierce yet understated love emerges
- one that encompasses not only the summer inhabitants but the very island itself Written in a clear unsentimental style full of brusque humour & wisdom The Summer Book is a profoundly life-affirming story Tove Janssoncaptured much of her own life & spirit in the book which was her favourite of her adult novels This new edition with a Foreword by Esther Freud sees the return of a European literary gem
- fresh authentic & deeply humane

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The Summer I Turned Pretty by Jenny Han is the first in this gorgeous series if you want to lose yourself on the beach this is the book for you! Everything that happened this past summer & every summer before it has all led up to this To now Every year Isabel spends a perfect summer at her family friends' house There's the swimming pool at night the private stretch of sandy beach & the two boys Unavailable aloof Conrad
- who she's been in love with forever
- & friendly relaxed Jeremiah the only one who's ever really paid her any attention But this year something is different They seem to have noticed her for the first time It's going to be an amazing summer
- & one she'll never forget ' This book has what every girl wants in a summer'
- Sarah Dessen' Impossible to put down & I read it in one afternoon'
- goodreadscom Jenny Han was born in Richmond Virginia & studied at the University of North Carolina She lives in New York working part-time as a children's librarian alongside her writing Find out more at wwwdearjennyhancom




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The bestselling The Summer I Turned Pretty series is now available is one gorgeous new edition with exclusive material inside! She has only ever loved two boys Isabel spends every summer at the beach But this summer is different This is the summer she turns pretty
- the year two brothers will notice her for the first time Conrad
- unavailable aloof
- who she's been in love with forever Jeremiah
- friendly relaxed
- the only one who's ever really paid her any attention Friendship is no longer enough From first kisses to first loves seasons pass promises are made & hearts are broken Now Isabel must make the most difficult decision of all Experience first love's butterflies with The Summer I Turned Pretty Collection
- for the first time all three books together in one Who will you choose? Contains exclusive extra material inside including Conrad's letters to Isabel The complete series

Includes:: The Summer I Turned Pretty It's Not Summer Without You & We'll Always Have Summer' This book is what every girl wants in a summer'
- Sarah Dessen About the author Jenny Han is the New York Time Bestselling author of The Summer I Turned Pretty series A former children's bookseller & school librarian she earned her master's degree in creative writing for children at the New School She lives in Brooklyn








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If you could change the past would you? Get ready to believe in Impossible Things with the brand new book from international bestseller Rowan Coleman How far would you go to save the person you love? Luna is about to do everything she can to save her mother's life Even if it means sacrificing her own ' It feels like a long time since I loved a book as much I was CAPTIVATED!' MARIAN KEYES'A lovely magical time-bending read' MATT HAIGA beautiful lush novel about family courage sacrifice & love in all its guises from the Sunday Times bestselling author of THE MEMORY BOOK ...

' Wonderfully romantic full of mystery & magic I fell in love with Ballykiltara!'
- Cathy Bramley You'll find a warm welcome in
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17th Century Russia remains very much a patriarchal society For the headstrong & wilful Katia daughter of Baron Alexei Sergeyevich Ulenka life in the terem (a palace sanctuary where the virtue of girls is safeguarded) is unbearable when all she wants to do is experience the freedom of riding a horse But ride a horse she does Dressed as a servant girl Katia meets & goes riding with the darkly intriguing German stable boy Wiley But Wiley is headstrong too & soon is challenged by the aristocratic Feodor Katia's cousin After three secret meetings Katia & Wiley start to fall in love but such a union could never be in a world where rich girls are seen as commodities to be used for advancement through marriage To give himself any kind of chance with Katia Wiley joins the dragoons with Pavel Katia's brother & then begins the years of physical emotional & intentional separation ...