Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play This Is Jinsy takes you to a fictional island where its 791 residents are watched over by 1067 tessellators
- Jinsy&s surveillance system From their vantage point in the Tower Arbiter Maven & his long-suffering assistant Sporall attempt to run the island in strict adherence to Jinsy law & its unseen overlord The Great He (Jinsy Praise Him!) From the cult of the Cupboard to the legend of the Namewormfrom the Wedding Lottery to the myth of the Kelpmanthe island of Jinsy is populated by a host of colourful characters played by some of Britain&s top performers including Harry Hill David Tennant Catherine Tate Jane Horrocks Jennifer Saunders Simon Callow Marcia Warren Kevin Eldon Don Warrington Nigel Planer Peter Serafinowicz Brian Murphy & KT Tunstall
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' Judah grabs hold of London & shakes out its secrets' The Economist This is London in the eyes of its beggars bankers coppers gangsters carers witch-doctors & sex workers This is London in the voices of Arabs Afghans Nigerians Poles Romanians & Russians This is London as you've never seen it before' An eye-opening investigation into the hidden immigrant life of the city' Sunday Times' Full of nuggets of unexpected information about the lives of others It recalls the journalism of Orwell' Financial Times ...

With a minimum of words & a maximum of illustrations & This Is London& captures the magic of this capital city ...

Belgian artist Rene Magritte's life is infused with bizarre moments a surreal journey oscillating between fact & fiction that he always conducted as the straight-faced bowler-hatted man He would shape his own life story to be its own surreal work of art This book tells his story 80 pages Allmer Patricia ...

A TELEGRAPH & ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE YEARSHORTLISTED FOR THE GORDON BURN PRIZE ROUGH TRADE BOOK OF THE MONTHLRB BOOK OF THE WEEKCAUGHT BY THE RIVER BOOK OF THE MONTHRoss Raymond & Johnny Mc Laughlin are two fanboys dedicated to the Airdrie post-punk scene of the early '80s
- the glory years
- when anything & everything seemed possible Looking back on that time
- the people the bands the underground legends
- they piece together a story which has at its core Memorial Device the greatest band you've never heard of Featuring a cast of misfits artists drop-outs small-town visionaries & musicians This Is Memorial Device is a dark witty novel depicting a moment where art & the demands it makes are as serious as life itself



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These guides are colouring & creative activity books travel notebooks & city guides in one Each book contains beautiful illustrations of the city for you to colour in or finish inspirational to-do lists & fun facts about the city But it also leaves plenty of space for your own stories drawings pictures tickets notes & tips With this journal you create your own city guide full of memories & tips about your trip to London to cherish as a keepsake of your trip to the city & to inspire friends to go there too ...

Sophie doesn't want a story time filled with cute kittens & birthday parties she wants rocket-launching helicopters & a giant robot dinosaur! Clever funny & heart-racingly exciting this is a book to inspire & delight every little girl & boy And one thing's for sure Bedtime will never be the same again ...

You will discover that this book can be A secret message
- tear out a page write a note on it for a stranger & leave it in a public
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This is Not a Book About Charles Darwin takes the reader on a writer's journey through the Darwin-Wedgwood-Galton clan as seen through the lens of Emma's struggle Along the way her wry witty & honest memoir becomes a brave book about failure
- & above all a book about writing & how stories are told 272 pages 43 black & white illustrations Darwin Emma
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The Palestine Festival of Literature was established in 2008 Bringing together writers from all corners of the globe it aims to help Palestinians break the cultural siege imposed by the Israeli military occupation to strengthen their artistic links with the rest of the world & to reaffirm in the words of Edward Said the power of culture over the culture of power' Celebrating the tenth anniversary of Pal Fest This Is Not a Border is a collection of essays poems & stories from some of the world's most distinguished artists responding to their experiences at this unique festival Both heartbreaking & hopeful their gathered work is a testament to the power of literature to promote solidarity & courage in the most desperate of situations Contributors Susan Abulhawa Suad Amiry Victoria Brittain Jehan Bseiso Teju Cole Molly Crabapple Selma Dabbagh Mahmoud Darwish Najwan Darwish Geoff Dyer Yasmin El-Rifae Adam Foulds Ru Freeman Omar Robert Hamilton Suheir Hammad Nathalie Handal Mohammed Hanif Jeremy Harding Rachel Holmes John Horner Remi Kanazi Brigid Keenan Mercedes Kemp Omar El-Khairy Nancy Kricorian Sabrina Mahfouz Jamal Mahjoub Henning Mankell Claire Messud China Mieville Pankaj Mishra Deborah Moggach Muiz Maath Musleh Michael Palin Ed Pavlic Atef Abu Saif Kamila Shamsie Raja Shehadeh Gillian Slovo Ahdaf Soueif Linda Spalding Will Sutcliffe Alice Walker With messages from China Achebe Michael Ondaatje & J M Coetzee ...