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 ...

This book can't give you a six-pack in seven days or the skin of a supermodel But I can promise that if you make even a few of these adjustments your eating life will alter for the better in ways that you can sustain' This Is Not A Diet Book is a collection of calm practical tips & ideas on healthier happier eating from award-winning food writer Bee Wilson From unsweetening your palate to rethinking the lunchtime sandwich This Is Not A Diet Book gathers together some of the wisest most constructive advice for feeding you & your family ...

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 ...

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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Discover the clever craft behind the beautiful numbers & patterns of maths with this awesome activity book packed with fun drawing challenges based on math tricks & rules Amazing patterns are revealed as you follow the simple activity instructions Kids learn incredible maths facts as they complete the beautiful designs From perfect paper polygons & topological transformation flip books to pizza cutting puzzles & loop-de-loop number spirals discover the art in maths & the maths in art Left-brain & right-brain come together to create fantastic maths art! But remember this is NOT another maths book or is it? ...

A sneaky fish learns a lesson in crime & punishment in the bestselling multiple award-winning sequel to I Want My Hat Back Winner of the Caldecott Medal & Kate Greenaway Medal 2014 From the creator of the bestselling I Want My Hat Back & Sam & Dave Dig a Hole comes the story of a tiny fish who proudly wears a blue hat It fits him perfectly Problem is trouble could be following close behind So it's a good thing that the enormous fish he took it from won't wake up & even if he does it's not as though he'll ever know what happened right? With so many emotions conveyed in just the glint of an eye visual humour swims to the fore in this thrillingly original perfectly-paced cautionary tale ...

A forbidden romance A wounded Marine who thinks he's beyond saving A girl who's determined to prove him wrong Didi Monroe's waited her whole life for the type of romance you see in the movies so when Hollywood heartthrob Zac Ridgemont sweeps her off her feet Didi believes she might finally have met the one While Zac's away filming for the summer Didi begins her internship at a military hospital in California There she meets wounded Marine Noel Walker Frustrated on the outside & broken on the inside Walker's a pain-in-the-ass patient who refuses all help Yet Didi can't help but be drawn to him & though he's strictly out of bounds it soon becomes impossible to ignore the sparks flying between them As the attraction simmers into dangerous territory Didi finds herself falling hard for a man she knows is going to break her heart Because Walker doesn't believe in love or happy ever afters So what possible future can there be? Then tragedy hits shattering both their worlds & Didi is forced to choose between fighting for love or merely falling for the illusion of it From Mila Gray author of the bestselling romance Come Back To Me comes a devastatingly beautiful compelling & sexy story about the meaning of love & the heartbreak of loss ...

A gentle tale for pre-schoolers introducing the concept of sharing in the playground from multi award winning author & poet Michael Rosen 32 pages Rosen Michael ...