Seventeen-year-old Tess talks to Jonah every day; through texts tweets & emails So when she discovers Jonah has committed suicide her world implodes Feeling heartbroken & traumatized Tess unexpectedly finds herself at her estranged father's house wondering how well she really knew Jonah Now having dropped out of high school struggling with questions about life & loss Tess & her father come together to try & find the answers ...

This is a book that should never fall into the hands of children
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From the bestselling author of The Ministry of Utmost Happiness An extraordinary secret meeting between four brilliant political activists Booker Prize-winner Arundhati Roy NSA whistle-blower Edward Snowden Pentagon Papers insider Daniel Ellsberg & acclaimed actor John Cusack' What sort of love is this love that we have for countries? What sort of country is it that will ever live up to our dreams? What sort of dreams were these that have been broken?' In 2014 four people met in secret in a hotel room in Moscow Each was a leading global advocate for government transparency & accountability they had come together to talk Over the course of two days Arundhati Roy Edward Snowden John Cusack & Daniel Ellsburg shared ideas & beliefs
- about the Vietnam War & the Pentagon Papers the NSA & the ongoing crises in the Middle East the American government & the nature of activism Co-authored by Roy & Cusack & interleaving verbatim conversations with narrated recollections this Penguin Special captures an historic moment Interrogating the geopolitical forces that shape our world it is both political & personal activist & humanist
- irreverent funny & absolutely urgent In Things That Can & Cannot Be Said Arundhati Roy & John Cusack issue a powerful rallying cry a call to resistance against America's ongoing malign hegemony

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Help your baby discover all about things that go with touch & feel textures Stroke tickle & touch the textures together with your baby & help them discover all about things that go Let their little hands roam & feel how shiny the tractors are & how dusty the diggers feel They'll learn as you play Twinkly bumpy scaly silky sandy sticky & shiny textures in a chunky package perfect for encouraging tiny fingers to explore & tiny minds to develop ...

From bicycles boats scooters & skates to helicopters & hot air balloons Things That Go is a large board book with beautiful illustrations by Neiko Ng jam-packed with all kinds of vehicles! There are seven themed scenes town building site park farm rescue sea up & away
- with sturdy tabs for young children to find their favourite pages Children can then explore the big scenes find the vehicles & read the name labels in the panels With a naughty French bulldog to spot on each scene as well there is plenty here for parents & young children to talk about & return to again Also available Wild Animals
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How does one young man survive the deaths of his entire family & manage to make something worthwhile of his life? In Things The Grandchildren Should Know Mark Oliver Everett tells the story of what it's like to grow up the insecure son of a genius in a wacky Virginia Ice Storm-like family Left to run wild with his sister his father off in some parallel universe of his own invention Everett's upbringing was 'ridiculous sometimes tragic & always unsteady' But somehow he manages to not only survive his crazy upbringing & ensuing tragedies; he makes something of his life striking out on a journey to find himself by channelling his experiences into his eventually critically acclaimed music with the Eels But it's not an easy path Told with surprising candour Things The Grandchildren Should Know is an inspiring & remarkable story full of hope humour & wry wisdom ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play A smart sexy & poignantly accurate comedy drama about a group of twenty-something friends desperately resisting the inevitable
- adulthood & responsibility Since playing football as young boys the group now realise that some things in life have to be done before&s it&s too late Cass the top scorer on & off the pitch is now amazed to find himself thinking of settling down & having a family Adam still hasn&t told his best mates his greatest secret Dylan is trying to get his perfect girl while Billy is trying to keep his Johhny wants to keep the team together & Colin well he just wants a threesome! Actors Donna Alexander Scott Chisholm Charlie Cox Emilia Fox George Innes Bruce Mackinnon Keira Jane Malik Jimi Mistry Roger Morlidge Danny Nussbaum Shaun Parkes Billie Piper Dougray Scott Adam Redmayne & Nina Young Director Simon Shore Certificate 15 years & over Year 2004 Languages English Duration 1 hour & 37 minutes (approx)
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Adam Stevenson (Mike Stasko) is having a quarter life crisis He quits his mundane office job in the city & escapes to his childhood home in the suburbs to reevaluate his life strategy Met with little concern by his distracted babyboom parents Adam quickly settles into the lazy comforts of his backyard yearning for a summer of solitude & introspection However a chance encounter reunites him with Mac (Daniel Wilson) an eccentric acquaintance from high school & the perfect catalyst for Adam&s rebirth Together the underachieving duo set out to complete a Things to Do list a collection of bizarre aspirations plucked from the gaps of an incomplete adolescence Somewhere between skydiving kissing a high school crush & blowing up report cards Adam & Mac begin to reconcile the lost innocence of their youth with the reality of growing up ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Andy Garcia stars as ex-gangster Jimmy the Saint who is offered one last job by mob boss Christopher Walken When it goes wrong however Jimmy & his chums are marked for death & Jimmy only has 48 hours to try to put things to rights & save their lives Gabrielle Anwar stars as Garcia&s love interest ...

Hundreds of inventive & imaginative suggestions covering everything from personal relationships to career & lifestyle advice A must-have list of indispensible ideas delivered in short fresh snippets Beautifully illustrated throughout
- an ideal gift for anyone in their 40s Pocket-size full-colour format make this a great impulse buy 256 pages Hall Rebecca
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