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 Wind Off the Small Isles is beloved author Mary Stewart's long-lost novella now available in paperback for the first time in 40 years & perfect for fans of Anya Seton Daphne du Maurier & Santa Montefiore 1879 Lanzarote A wealthy young woman elopes with an impoverished fisherman leaving her family distraught 1968 Perdita West secretary to a famous author visits Lanzarote on a research trip & begins to fall in love with the unusual beautiful little island When while snorkelling a landslide traps Perdita in an underwater cave her efforts to save herself will reveal what happened to the ill-fated couple who fell in love at this very spot almost a century ago This paperback edition also

Includes:: the recently rediscovered short story ' The Lost One' first published in Woman's Journal in 1960 & set against the backdrop of unfenced country & dark winding valleys at night

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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 ...

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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A moving Yorkshire saga The Windfell Family Secrets is the much anticipated follow up to Diane Allen's The Mistress of Windfell Manor Twenty-one years have passed since Charlotte Booth fought to keep Ferndale Mill & her home at Windfell Manor following her traumatic first marriage Now highly regarded in local society & happily married to her childhood sweetheart Archie Atkinson she seeks only the best for their children Isabelle & Danny But history has a habit of repeating itself when Danny's head is turned by a local girl of ill repute despite his promise of marriage to the far more respectable Harriet Armstrong Meanwhile the beautiful & secretive Isabelle shares all the traits of her biological father the notorious Joseph Dawson & when she announces that she is to marry John Sidgwick the owner of High Mill in Skipton her mother quickly warns her against him An ex-drinking mate of her late father who faces bankruptcy Charlotte fears his interest in Isabelle is founded more upon self-preservation than any notions of love What she doesn't realize is how far he's willing to go to protect his future ...

It was only through Amelia Gentleman's tenacious investigative & campaigning journalism that it emerged that thousands were in Paulette's position In The Windrush Betrayal Gentleman tells the story of the scandal & exposes deeply disturbing truths about modern Britain ...

Herman Wouk's sweeping epic of World War II which begins with THE WINDS OF WAR & continues in WAR & REMEMBRANCE stands as the crowning achievement of one of America's most celebrated storytellers Like no other books about the war Wouk's spellbinding narrative captures the tide of global events
- the drama the romance the heroism & the tragedy of World War II
- as it immerses us in the lives of a single American family drawn into the very centre of the maelstrom

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Anderson Lake is a company man Agri Gen's calorie representative in Thailand Under cover as a factory manager he combs Bangkok's street markets in search of foodstuffs long thought to be extinct There he meets the windup girl
- the beautiful & enigmatic Emiko
- now abandoned to the slums She is one of the New People bred to suit the whims of the rich Engineered as slaves soldiers & toys they are the new underclass in a chilling near future where oil has run out calorie companies dominate nations & bio-engineered plagues run rampant across the globe And as Lake becomes increasingly obsessed with Emiko conspiracies breed in the heat & political tensions threaten to spiral out of control Businessmen & ministry officials wealthy foreigners & landless refugees all have their own agendas But no one anticipates the devastating influence of the Windup Girl

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