From the grand tour to the global village novelists & poets have made particularly observant travellers Many writers have been prone to wanderlust eager to explore the world & draw inspiration from their travels They recorded their notes in letters journals essays & books In some cases these became celebrated examples of travel writing but there are many more accounts which remain overlooked In The Writer Abroad Lucinda Hawksley takes us on a literary journey around the world through extracts from Arthur Conan Doyle in Australia Joseph Conrad in the Congo Charles Dickens in Italy Henry James in France Mary Wollstonecraft in Sweden & many more ...

From clay tablets to the printing press From the pencil to the internet From the Epic of Gilgamesh to Harry Potter This is the true story of literature -- of how great texts & technologies have shaped cultures & civilizations & altered human history The inventions of paper the printing press & the world wide web are usually considered the major influences on the way we share stories Less well known is the influence of Greek generals Japanese court ladies Spanish adventurers Malian singers & American astronauts & yet all of them played a crucial role in shaping & spreading literature as we know it today The Written World tells the captivating story of the development of literature where stories intersect with writing technologies like clay stone parchment paper printing presses & computers Central to the development of religions political movements & even nations texts spread useful truths & frightening disinformation & have the power to change lives Through vivid storytelling & across a huge sweep of time The Written World offers a new & enticing perspective on human history ...

Cockney gang leader Pearly Gates (Peter Sellers) enters into an unlikely collaboration with Scotland Yard to track down three Australian criminals themselves disguised as policemen who are stealing the gang&s illicitly gained earnings British comedy featuring a host of familiar faces including Bernard Cribbins John Le Mesurier & Lionel Jeffries ...

What if your only child was capable of murder? When a village school building collapses an entire community is left devastated The parents are convinced the sole survivor of the disaster
- a boy named Dog Evans
- is to blame But could a child possibly be responsible? & can the parents' lust for his blood ever be justified?THE WRONG CHILD is the darkest most thought-provoking novel of 2017 perfect for fans of WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT KEVIN by Lionel Shriver & MY ABSOLUTE DARLING by Gabriel Tallent What reviewers are saying about THE WRONG CHILD' God this is dark A study of guilt & grief'
- DAILY MAIL'A thought-provoking read'
- THE SUN' Brilliant but dark as hell'
- METRO' Genuinely gripping'
- THE HERALD' Astonishing'
- PSYCHOLOGIES' So visceral it seeps into your pores'
- DAILY RECORD' Stunning Macabre unsettling & beautifully poetic'
- BRIAN CONAGHAN Costa Award winning author READERS ARE CALLING IT 'UNFORGETTABLE'' Hopefully it will receive the wider audience it so richly deserves'
- Mary P Amazon reviewer' Challenges your notions & ideals of morality'
- Jo Amazon reviewer' Will stick with you long after you finish it!' Laura Amazon reviewer










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Sinterklaas a beaming friendly saint with a white beard was set to mark his arrival in Amsterdam with a parade so celebrated it would be watched live on television throughout the Netherlands Today the crowds would run into three hundred thousand or more & the police presence top four figures The city centre was closed to all traffic as a golden barge bore Sinterklaas down the Amstel river surrounded by a throng of private boats full of families trying to get close' Amsterdam is bursting at the seams with children trying to get a glimpse of their hero & families enjoying the occasion The police are out in force struggling to manage the crowds on one of the busiest days of the year Brigadier Pieter Vos is on duty with his young assistant Laura Bakker when the first grenade hits As Sinterklaas prepares to address the crowds a terrorist outrage grips the heart of the city In the chaos a young girl wearing a pink jacket is kidnapped But the abducted child isn't the daughter of an Amsterdam aristocrat as the terrorists first thought She's the daughter of an impoverished Georgian prostitute friendless & trapped in the web of vice that is Amsterdam's Red Light District As the security forces & the police clash over the ensuing investigation the perpetrator's horrifying demands become clear Vos trapped in a turf war with state intelligence tries to unravel a conspiracy that reaches from the brothels of the city to the hierarchy of the security services & at its heart lies an eight-year-old girl snatched from a loving mother then ferried from one criminal lair to the next her life in the balance as Vos & Laura Bakker struggle to uncover the shocking truth behind her abduction What is the life of one immigrant child worth in the greater political game emerging around them? ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Two lowly office workers are caught up in a deadly criminal conspiracy after discovering a ringing phone at the scene of a horrific car crash Answering this phone turns their world upside down as they realise it is up to them to step up & save the day They are in the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong skills They are THE WRONG MANs Actors Mathew Baynton James Corden Emilia Fox & Benedict Wong Certificate 15 years & over Year 2013 Screen Widescreen 1781 Anamorphic Languages English Duration 2 hours & 56 minutes (approx) ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Having earned their status as hometown heroes in the first series Sam & Phil are blasted back to zero again This time round the two friends find themselves in deeper darker danger than ever before They must make a difficult choice hide in the dark & be forgotten forever or brave it in a world that doesn’t even think they exist Their globetrotting adventures take them across deserts through tunnels inside prisons on board planes & trains as they duck knives dodge bullets & deal with WMDs But the cartels the terrorists & the spooks they encounter have underestimated the boys from Bracknell & their determination to get home for Christmas & reclaim their lives James Corden & Mathew Baynton are joined by returning cast members Dawn French (The Vicar Of Dibley French & Saunders) Rebecca Front (The Thick Of It Grandma’s House) Sarah Solemani (Him & Her Bad Education) & co-writer Tom Basden (W1A Plebs) A stellar international cast join for Series Two including Anastasia Griffi th (Damages) Raoul Trujillo (Apocalypto) John Ross Bowie (Big Bang Theory Curb Your Enthusiasm) Olivier Award winner Bertie Carvel (Matilda Doctor Who Sherlock) & Ray Panthaki (East Enders 28 Days Later Kidulthood) ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-Ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-Ray player in order to play Two lowly office workers are caught up in a deadly criminal conspiracy after discovering a ringing phone at the scene of an horrific car crash Answering this phone turns their world upside down as they realise it is up to them to step up & save the day They are in the wrong place at the wrong time with the wrong skills They are THE WRONG MANs ...

Rendered in vivid watercolour where parquet floors & patterned dresses morph together The Wrong Place revolves around oft-absent Robbie a charismatic lothario of mysterious celebrity who has the run of a city as chaotic as it is resplendent Robbie's sexual energy captivates the attention of men & women alike; his literal & figurative brightness is a startling foil to the dreariness of his childhood friend Francis With a hand as sensitive as it is exuberant Angouleme-winner Brecht Evens's first English graphic novel captures the strange chemistry of social interaction The Wrong Place contrasts life as it is angst-ridden & awkward with life as it can be spontaneous uninhibited & free ...

Neville's Grandma Joan is the grumpiest most horrible old woman there's ever been He'd rather eat left-sock stew than see her & now she's coming to stay for a whole weekend Oh dungle droppings! Even worse a whole family of stinky swampy trolls will be visiting Neville at the same time! ...