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 ...

A sequel to the acclaimed This Is Not A Bedtime Story by rising stars Will Mabbitt & Fred Blunt Sophie doesn't want a fairy tale about drippy princesses & pompous princes she wants the princess to do the rescuing with a ferocious fighting transformer! Together Sophie & her dad revolutionise story time for a second time in this clever funny & heart-ravingly exciting picture book sure to inspire & delight every little girl & boy Storytime will never be the same again ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play This clandestine documentary shot partially on an iPhone & smuggled into France in a cake for a last-minute submission to Cannes depicts the day-to-day life of acclaimed director Jafar Panahi (Offside The Circle) during his house arrest in his Tehran apartment While appealing his sentence
- six years in prison & a 20 year ban from filmmaking
- Panahi is seen talking to his family & lawyer on the phone discussing his plight with Mirtahmasb & reflecting on the meaning of the art of filmmaking Actors Jafar Panahi & Mojtaba Mirtahmasb Director Mojtaba Mirtahmasb & Jafar Panahi Certificate Exempt from Classification Year 2010 Languages Persian Subtitles English Duration 1 hour & 15 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 Tense & violent rural thriller set on the moors in the north of England Spike (Michael Colgan) & Heaton (Kenny Glenaan) are two mismatched loners travelling together When the disturbed Spike accidentally commits a violent crime Heaton decides that his only option is to help the younger man escape across the moors before a gang of enraged farmers can capture him Together the two men are chased to the brink of exhaustion but when Heaton is injured & is unable to go on Spike has to decide whether he will stand by his friend in turn or run for safety ...

Discover how maths can be artistic & art can be mathematical with this awesome activity book full of fun drawing challenges with a mathematical basis Amazing patterns with a mathematical essence will be revealed as you follow the simple activity instructions Learn incredible maths facts as you draw the beautiful designs From simple geometric patterns to fascinating fractal art to awesome anamorphic art & cool celtic knots discover the beauty in maths & the maths in beauty Left-brain & right-brain come together to create fantastic maths art! ...

What has happened to America & what's become of the American dream? Behind the self-confident image of world's most influential country we now see a nation tearing itself apart its people angry & afraid The United States may arguably be the world's only superpower but its internal tensions are a symptom of suffering & deep division a condition only exacerbated by the election of President Donald Trump In this important & resonant book expatriate journalist Alan Friedman returns to America after thirty years living in Europe & conducts a deep survey of emotions in America's heartlands Set against the backdrop of the 2016 presidential election campaign & the subsequent inauguration of President Trump Friedman tells a vivid story of terrible inequality
- from the excesses of Wall Street to the grinding poverty of Mississippi
- & examines the issues from racism & gun control to Obamacare that have polarised a nation It examines the real America through the mouths of its citizens & combines this with a detailed portrait of the new President & his team making use of the author's own interviews & meetings with Trump & with Russia's President Putin in order to analyse the root causes of America's condition & explore the real risks of a Trump presidency for America & the world Dark & provocative This Is Not America may just be the most important book of the year

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