' Believe me my young friend there is nothing
- absolutely nothing
- half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats'

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The classic story retold for children growing in reading confidence as part of the Usborne Young Reading Programme Mole Ratty Badger & the infamous Mr Toad love nothing more than messing around on the river But when Mr Toad develops an obsession with motor vehicles will his friends be able to help before he loses everything? ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Mark Hall & Chris Taylor co-direct this animated version of Kenneth Grahame&s much-loved children&s tale Badger (voice of Michael Hordern) Rat (Ian Carmichael) & Mole (Richard Pearson) are the woodland & river-dwelling creatures who enjoy a simple settled existence in the English countryside However their brash & egotistical friend Toad (David Jason) is renowned for his passing fads & expensive but short-lived enthusiasms When Toad develops a passion for motor cars his resultant debts force him to sell his ancestral home Toad Hall to the cunning & conniving weasels ...

Experience the timeless story of Toad Rat Mole & Badger in a beautiful new unabridged hardcover designed & illustrated by New York Times Bestselling author & Eisner Award winning creator David Petersen (Mouse Guard) Painstakingly illustrated over three years this exquisite & lavish edition features both color & pen & ink illustrations throughout Begun as a series of letters from Kenneth Grahame to his son The Wind in the Willows is a timeless tale of animal cunning & human camaraderie Since its first publication in 1908 generations of adults & children have cherished this world of gurgling rivers & whispering reeds serving as home to the most lovable creatures in all literature— Rat Mole Badger & the irrepressible Toad of Toad Hall; with his goggles overcoat & love of fast cars Follow these little adventurers through gypsy caravans stolen sports cars & their Wild Wood Experience the timeless story of Toad Rat Mole & Badger in a beautiful new unabridged hardcover designed & illustrated by New York Times Bestselling author & Eisner Award winning creator David Petersen (Mouse Guard) Painstakingly illustrated over three years this exquisite & lavish edition features both color & pen & ink illustrations throughout Begun as a series of letters from Kenneth Grahame to his son The Wind in the Willows is a timeless tale of animal cunning & human camaraderie Since its first publication in 1908 generations of adults & children have cherished this world of gurgling rivers & whispering reeds serving as home to the most lovable creatures in all literature— Rat Mole Badger & the irrepressible Toad of Toad Hall; with his goggles overcoat & love of fast cars Follow these little adventurers through gypsy caravans stolen sports cars & their Wild Wood ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Griff Rhys Jones presents this documentary about Kenneth Grahame&s classic children&s novel & The Wind in the Willows& & in particular the character Mr Toad Griff takes a look at Toad&s personality traits such as his tendancies to act impulsively & form passing obsessions & suggests that Grahame&s troubled son Alastair may have been an inspiration for the character The programme also examines Grahame&s relationship with Alastair who suffered from health problems & committed suicide when he was still just a young man ...

The first book in William Nicholson's award-winning fantasy adventure series perfect for fans of Philip Pullman Mortal Engines & Star Wars Gloriously cinematic & completely enthralling'
- Independent This Modern Classic edition contains special bonus material I hate school! I hate ratings! I won't reach higher! I won't strive harder! I won't make tomorrow better than today! In the walled city state of Aramanth rules are everything When Kestrel Hath dares to rebel the Chief Examiner humiliates her father & sentences the whole family to the harshest punishment Desperate to save them Kestrel learns the secret of the wind singer & she & her twin brother Bowman set out on a terrifying journey to the true source of evil that grips Aramanth ' In terms of imagination & sheer scale it's as ambitious as books get think Star Wars & then some'
- Daily Telegraph Fantasy books for children don't get more spectacular than The Wind Singer William Nicholson's Wind on Fire trilogy has been translated into over 25 languages & won prizes including the Blue Peter Book Award & Smarties Prize Gold Award One of the greatest writers of our time William Nicholson has not only sold millions of children's books worldwide but has also written for the screen & the stage including the Oscar-winning film Gladiator & the BAFTA-winning play Shadowlands

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The second book in William Nicholson's award-winning epic fantasy series Wind on Fire Gloriously cinematic & completely enthralling'
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For readers new to The Dark Tower The Wind Through the Keyhole is a st&-alone novel & a wonderful introduction to the series The Dark Tower is soon to be a major motion picture starring Matthew Mc Conaughey & Idris Elba due in cinemas August 18 2017 The No 1 Sunday Times bestseller The Wind through the Keyhole is a perfect bridge between the fourth & fifth novels in Stephen King's epic masterpiece A story within a story which features both the younger & older gunslinger it is also a wonderful introduction to The Dark Tower series As Roland Deschain & his ka-tet leave the Emerald city a ferocious storm halts their progress along the Path of the Beam While they shelter from the starkblast Roland tells a story about his younger days when he was sent by his father to investigate evidence of a murderous shape-changer At the scene of the crime he had tried to comfort a terrified young boy called Bill Streeter by reciting a story from The Magic Tales of the Eld that his mother used to read to him at bedtime ' The Wind through the Keyhole' 'A person's never too old for stories' he said to Bill ' Man & boy girl & woman we live for them' & stories like these they live for us JOIN THE QUEST FOR THE DARK TOWERTHE DARK TOWER SERIESTHE DARK TOWER I THE GUNSLINGER THE DARK TOWER II THE DRAWING OF THE THREE THE DARK TOWER III THE WASTE LANDS THE DARK TOWER IV WIZARD & GLASS THE DARK TOWER V WOLVES OF THE CALLA THE DARK TOWER VI SONG OF SUSANNAH THE DARK TOWER VII THE DARK TOWERTHE WIND THROUGH THE KEYHOLE A DARK TOWER NOVEL ...

Toru Okada's cat has disappeared His wife is growing more distant every day Then there are the increasingly explicit telephone calls he has recently been receiving As this compelling story unfolds the tidy suburban realities of Okada's vague & blameless life spent cooking reading listening to jazz & opera & drinking beer at the kitchen table are turned inside out & he embarks on a bizarre journey guided (however obscurely) by a succession of characters each with a tale to tell ...

Following a personal tragedy florist Persimmon ' Simmy' Brown has moved to the beautiful region of the Lake District content to lose herself in her work But the peace she has found is shattered when at the wedding of a millionaire's daughter the bride's brother is found dead in the lake As the wedding florist & one of the last people to talk to Mark Baxter alive Simmy gradually becomes involved with the grief-ridden & angry relatives & when events take another sinister turn Simmy becomes a prime witness finding herself at the heart of a murder investigation The chief suspects are all intimidating volatile & secretive
- but which one is a killer?
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