Packed full of analysis & interpretation historical background discussions & commentaries York Notes will help you get right to the heart of the text you re studying whether it s poetry a play or a novel You ll learn all about the historical context of the piece; find detailed discussions of key passages & characters; learn interesting facts about the text; & discover structures patterns & themes that you may never have known existed In the Advanced Notes specific sections on critical thinking & advice on how to read critically yourself enable you to engage with the text in new & different ways Full glossaries self-test questions & suggested reading lists will help you fully prepare for your exam while internet links & references to film TV theatre & the arts combine to fully immerse you in your chosen text York Notes offer an exciting & accessible key to your text enabling you to develop your ideas & transform your studies! ...

The day the fox came things began to change for Sol Lost alone & far away from home Sol feels a deep connection with the little Arctic fox he discovers down at the Seattle docks
- he too feels lost in the big city Dad is always busy working & Sol misses the grandparents they have left behind So Sol decides to take the little fox back home reuniting his own family in the process
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The first of Lauren St John's heartwarming White Giraffe series featuring the adventures of a young orphan girl & a magical white giraffe in exotic Africa When she is eleven years old Martine is orphaned & sent to live with her grandmother on a game reserve in South Africa Her grandmother seems strangely unwelcoming & Martine has a difficult time settling in at her new school where she is conspicuously an outsider But she has an ally in Tendai
- one of the keepers on the reserve from whom she learns the lore & survival techniques of the bush & in Grace
- who instantly senses there is something special about Martine There are secrets about Sawubona (the reserve) just waiting to be revealed & rumours too about a fabled white giraffe
- a trophy for hunters everywhere One night Martine lonely & feeling slightly rebellious too looks out of her window & see a young albino giraffe
- silver tinged with cinnamon in the moonlight This is the beginning of her mysterious & magical adventures
- her discovery of her gift of healing & a secret valley that she travels to with the giraffe where she'll find clues about her past & future Above all it's is a heart-warming story full of charm & atmosphere & Martine's sheer delight in her giraffe friend & the fantastic landscape which is theirs to explore




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The fourth instalment in Lauren St John's heartwarming White Giraffe series in which Martine must travel to Namibia to save an elephant & the home she has come to love It's the first day of the December school holidays & Martine has lots of fun planned for the next few weeks not least spending time with Jemmy her beloved white giraffe & her best friend Ben But her plans for a peaceful holiday are soon shattered when a sinister man informs Martine & her grandmother that Sabuwona is about to be repossessed The nature reserve & everything in it will no longer belong to them Martine is determined to save the home she's grown to love When Grace has a vision about a unique herd of Namibian elephants she knows she must travel to Namibia to learn their secrets This could be the answer to all their troubles The fourth thrilling African adventure written with all the zest & skill that has endeared so many readers to THE WHITE GIRAFFE DOLPHIN SONG & THE LAST LEOPARD ...

Drawing closely on Bulgakov's personal experiences of the horrors of civil war as a young doctor The White Guard takes place in Kiev 1918 a time of turmoil & suffocating uncertainty as the Bolsheviks Socialists & Germans fight for control of the city It tells the story of the Turbins a once-wealthy Russian family as they are forced to come to terms with revolution & a new regime ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Based on the critically acclaimed award-winning novel by György Dragomán The White King set in a fictitious dictatorship can be described as 1984 meets Empire of the Sun with its startling & all- too-timely exploration of what the world would & could look like Djata is a 12-year-old boy coming to grips with his father&s imprisonment by the totalitarian state he calls home Preyed upon by the secret police & venal dignitaries Djata & his mother are forced to navigate a world of propaganda abuse & vicious gangs making them risk everything to reunite their family The White King stars Jonathan Pryce (Game of Thrones) Agyness Deyn (Sunset Song) Greta Scacchi (War & Peace) & Oacute;lafur Darri & Oacute;lafsson (The BFG) Fiona Shaw (Harry Potter) & in an vocal cameo Olivia Williams (Maps to the Stars) Bonus materials reversible cover Festival Featurette & World Of Homeland ...

Machen's weird tales of the creepy & fantastic finally come to Penguin Classics With an introduction from ST Joshi editor of American Supernatural Tales The White People & Other Weird Stories is the perfect introduction to the father of weird fiction The title story The White People is an exercise in the bizarre leaving the reader disoriented & on edge From the first page Machen turns even fundamental truths upside-down as his character Ambrose explains there have been those who have sounded the very depths of sin who all their lives have never done an 'ill deed' setting the stage for a tale entirely without logic ...

The haunting story of the mother of the Tudors Elizabeth of York wife to Henry VII Beautiful eldest daughter of Edward IV & Elizabeth Woodville
- the White Queen
- the young princess Elizabeth faces a conflict of loyalties between the red rose & the white Forced into marriage with Henry VII she must reconcile her slowly growing love for him with her loyalty to the House of York & choose between her mother's rebellion & her husband's tyranny Then she has to meet the Pretender whose claim denies the House of Tudor itself

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Internationally bestselling author Philippa Gregory brings the tumult & intrigue of The Wars of the Roses to vivid life through the women of the House of Lancaster & the House of York beginning with the story of Elizabeth Woodville the White Queen A woman who won the love of a king & ascended to royalty by virtue of her beauty Elizabeth fought tenaciously for the success of her family -- her daughter who would one day unite the warring dynasties & her two sons whose eventual fate has confounded historians for centuries the Princes in the Tower An active player in the power struggles that surrounded her she made hard & courageous choices always trying to protect those whom she loved Informed by impeccable research & framed by her inimitable storytelling skills Philippa Gregory gives an unforgettable voice to an extraordinary woman at the heart of a devastating conflict ...

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 Philippa Gregory&s best selling The Cousin&s War series The White Queen is a stunningly rich tale of love & loss seduction & deception betrayal & murder vibrantly woven through the stories of three different yet equally driven women
- Elizabeth Woodville Margaret Beaufort & Anne Neville The year is 1464 & England has been at war for nine years battling over who is the rightful King of England This is a war between two sides of the same family The House of York & The House of Lancaster in the War of the Roses The House of York&s young & devilishly handsome Edward IV (Max Irons
- Red Riding Hood) is crowned King of England with the help of the master manipulator Lord Warwick The Kingmaker (James Frain
- True Blood The Tudors) But when Edward falls in love & secretly marries a beautiful young widow the commoner Elizabeth Woodville played by newcomer Rebecca Ferguson Warwick&s plan for control over the English throne comes crashing down around him Frustrated by the new Queen&s influence he will stop at nothing to maintain his grip on the crown The most beautiful woman in the land Elizabeth Woodville marries for the love of her King with the help of her mother Jacquetta (Academy & Tony award nominee Janet Mc Teer) a self proclaimed sorceress Elizabeth&s most fierce adversary is the staunchly loyal Lancastrian Margaret Beaufort (Amanda Hale
- The Crimson Petal & The White)
- a damaged & highly religious woman who would willingly lay down her life to see her young son Henry Tudor take the throne & then there is Anne Neville (introducing Faye Marsay) Lord Warwick the Kingmaker&s daughter
- a pawn in her father&s battle for control; who finds her strength & ambition when she takes control of her destiny & marries Edward&s younger brother Richard Duke of Gloucester (Aneurin Bernard
- Ironclad) The White Queen is based on Philippa Gregory&s The White Queen The Red Queen & The Kingmaker&s Daughter & is set against the backdrop of the turbulent War of the Roses
- the real life inspiration for George R R Martin&s Game of Thrones Actors Max Irons James Frain David Oakes Juliet Aubrey Eleanor Tomlinson Frances Tomelty Michael Maloney Caroline Goodall Tom Mckay Ben Lamb Robert Pugh Veerle Baetens Nick Hendrix Lizzy Mc Innerny & Leo Bill Director James Kent Certificate 15 years & over Year 2013 Screen 1781 Anamorphic Languages English







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