This award-winning story collection summons all the laughter darkness & intensity of contemporary Irish life A pair of fast girls court trouble as they cool their heels on a slow night in a small town Lonesome hillwalkers take to the high reaches in pursuit of a saving embrace A bewildered man steps off a country bus in search of his identity
- & a stiff drink These stories filled with a grand sense of life's absurdity form a remarkably surefooted collection that reads like a modern-day Dubliners
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One of Oprah Magazine's Ten Best Books of 2017A TIME Magazine Best Paperback of 2017 Publishers Weekly's Ten Best Poetry Collections of Spring A Most Anticipated book at Buzzfeed NYLON & Bustle One of i-D's emerging female authors to read in 2017 ' Outstanding collection of poems So much soul So much intelligence in how Parker folds in cultural references & the experiences of black womanhood Every poem will get its hooks into you & of course the poems about Beyonce are the greatest because Beyonce is our queen' Roxane Gay 'I can & have read Morgan Parker's poems over & over She writes history & pleasure & kitsch & abstraction then vanishes like a god in about 13 inches' Eileen Myles' Morgan Parker has a mind like wildfire & these pages are lit I can't recall being this enthralled entertained & made alert by a book in a very long time' Jami Attenberg The only thing more beautiful than Beyonce is God & God is a black woman sipping rose & drawing a lavender bath texting her mom belly-laughing in the therapist's office feeling unloved being on display daring to survive Morgan Parker stands at the intersections of vulnerability & performance of desire & disgust of tragedy & excellence Unrelentingly feminist tender ruthless & sequinned these poems are an altar to the complexities of black American womanhood in an age of non-indictments & deja vu & a time of wars over bodies & power These poems celebrate & mourn They are a chorus chanting You're gonna give us the love we need ...

There Be Dragons is an epic action-adventure romance set during the turmoil of the Spanish Civil War The story traces the lives of two young men childhood friends who become separated by the political upheaval of pre-war Spain to find themselves on opposite sides as war erupts One becomes a priest founding the Opus Dei movement the other chooses war becoming a spy for the fascists As personal & national battles rage the characters& lives collide & their deepest struggles are illuminated through the fateful choices they make Each will struggle to find the power of forgiveness over the forces tearing their lives & friendship apart Actors Charlie Cox Wes Bentley & Dougray Scott Director Roland Joffe Certificate 15 years & over Year 2011 Languages English
- DTS-HD Master Audio (51) Duration 2 hours & 2 minutes (approx)
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There Be Dragons is an epic action-adventure romance set during the turmoil of the Spanish Civil War The story traces the lives of two young men childhood friends who become separated by the political upheaval of pre-war Spain to find themselves on opposite sides as war erupts One becomes a priest founding the Opus Dei movement the other chooses war becoming a spy for the fascists As personal & national battles rage the characters& lives collide & their deepest struggles are illuminated through the fateful choices they make Each will struggle to find the power of forgiveness over the forces tearing their lives & friendship apart Actors Charlie Cox Wes Bentley Dougray Scott Unax Ugalde Olga Kurylenko Pablo Lapadula Golshifteh Farahani Rusty Lemorande Ana Torrent Alfonso Bassave Jordi Mollà Rodrigo Santoro Geraldine Chaplin Alejandro Casaseca & Yaiza Guimare Director Roland Joffe Certificate 15 years & over Year 2011 Languages English Duration 2 hours & 2 minutes (approx) ...

There but for the is the sparkling satirical novel by bestselling Ali Smith' There once was a man who one night between the main course & the sweet at a dinner party went upstairs & locked himself in one of the bedrooms of the house of the people who were giving the dinner party ' As time passes by & the consequences of this stranger's actions ripple outwards touching the owners the guests the neighbours & the whole country so Ali Smith draws us into a beautiful strange place where everyone is so much more than they at first appear There but for the was hailed as one of the best books of 2011 by Jeanette Winterson AS Byatt Patrick Ness Sebastian Barry Boyd Tonkin Erica Wagner & Nick Barley' Dazzlingly inventive' AS Byatt' Whimsically devastating Playful humorous serious profoundly clever & profoundly affecting' Guardian'A real gem' Erica Wagner The Times' Eccentric adventurous intoxicating dazzling This is a novel with serious ambitions that remains huge fun to read' Literary Review' If you liked Smith's earlier fiction you will know that she enjoys setting up a situation before chucking in a literary Molotov cocktail then describing what happens' Sunday Express' Wonderful word-playful compelling' Jeanette Winterson' Smith can make anything happen which is why she is one of our most exciting writers today' Daily Telegraph'I take my hat off to Ali Smith Her writing lifts the soul' Evening Standard ...

Winner of the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2017 Did you ever want to waddle with a colony of penguins? Wriggle with an army of caterpillars? Or march with a troop of monkeys? Legendary illustrator Lane Smith takes us on a colourful adventure through the natural world following a child as he weaves through the jungle dives under the ocean & soars into the sky Along the way he makes friends & causes mischief with a dazzling array of creatures both large & small
- but can he find a tribe of his own? Full of warmth & humour There Is a Tribe of Kids is a sumptuously detailed portrayal of wild childhood to be pored over for hours on end A witty & playful exploration of curiosity discovery & what it means to belong ideal for sharing with children of all ages With a beautiful jacket glinting with gold foil this gorgeous book makes the perfect gift for any occasion
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Winner of the CILIP Kate Greenaway Medal 2017 Did you ever want to waddle with a colony of penguins? Wriggle with an army of caterpillars? Or march with a troop of monkeys? Legendary illustrator Lane Smith takes us on a colourful adventure through the natural world following a child as he weaves through the jungle dives under the ocean & soars into the sky Along the way he makes friends & causes mischief with a dazzling array of creatures both large & small
- but can he find his own kind? Full of warmth & humour There Is a Tribe of Kids is a sumptuously detailed portrayal of wild childhood to be pored over for hours on end A witty & playful exploration of curiosity discovery & what it means to belong ideal for sharing with children of all ages Sprinkled with beautiful gold flecks & specially designed peek-through flaps at the front & back
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Poor old dragon Nobody wants him in their story Not Goldilocks not Hansel & Gretel
- no one But Dragon will not give up! He shall
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In 1986 the legendary fell runner Joss Naylor completed a continuous circuit of all 214 Wainwright fells in the Lake District covering a staggering distance of over 300 miles
- plus many thousands of metres of ascent
- in only seven days & one hour Those in the know thought that this record would never be beaten It is the ultimate British ultramarathon The person taking on this superhuman challenge would have to be willing to push harder & suffer more than ever before There is no Map in Hell tells the story of a man willing to do just that In 2014 Steve Birkinshaw made an attempt at setting a new record With a background of nearly forty years of running elite orienteering races & extreme-distance fell running over the toughest terrain if he couldn't do it surely no one could But the Wainwrights challenge is in a different league aspirants need to complete two marathons & over 5000 metres of ascent every day for a week With a foreword by Joss Naylor There is no Map in Hell recounts Birkinshaw's preparation training & mile-by-mile experience of the extraordinary & sometimes hellish demands he made from his mind & body & the physiological aftermath of such a feat His deep love of the fells phenomenal strength & tenacity are awe inspiring & testimony to athletes & onlookers alike that 'in order to attain the impossible one must attempt the absurd'

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Escaping to Planet B to avoid environmental catastrophe is pure fantasy This book is for anyone who yearns for a realistic alternative to the destructive path the world is on at the moment & wants practical advice on how they can make things better 302 pages Worked examples or Exercises; 2 Tables black & white; 4 Maps; 31 Halftones black & Berners-Lee Mike (Lancaster University) ...