On the heels of the runaway bestsellers This is New York & This is Paris Universe is pleased to reissue another title from M Sasek's beloved & nostalgic children's travel series Like the other Sasek classics This is Venice is a facsimile edition of his original book from the 1960s & is still timely & current in every way The brilliant vibrant illustrations have been meticulously preserved remaining true to his vision more than 40 years later & where applicable facts have been updated for the twenty-first century appearing on a This is Today page at the back of the book The stylish charming illustrations coupled with Sasek's witty playful narrative makes for a perfect souvenir that will delight both children & their parents many of whom will remember this book from their childhood This is Venice first published in 1961 presents indelible impressions of romantic watery Venice where under a brilliant blue sky Sasek the gondolier navigates the winding canals to visit such famous & glorious landmarks as the Palazzo Grassi Piazza San Marco Doges Palace & the Accademia di Belle Arti ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play As part of the first wave in the War on Terror First Lieutenant Mike Scotti (awarded the Navy & Marine Corps Achievement Medal with Combat "V") served on the front lines during the 21 day advance to Baghdad His experiences in Afghanistan as well as Iraq put him face to face with the sobering realities of war on a daily basis Severe Clear offers an unflinching look at life on the battlefield through the eyes of someone who was there ...

From CWA Gold & Steel Dagger winner Mick Herron comes a shocking twisted novel of psychological suspense about one woman's attempt to be better than ordinary 256 pages Herron Mick ...

Artists This Is Where Label Hallow Ground Format Vinyl 12 Album Running Time Vinyl 12 Album Tracks 1 22-72 453 1-604 34-5 ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Jason Bateman stars in this adaptation of Jonathan Tropper&s novel surrounding a dysfunctional family reunion following a funeral Tina Fey Jane Fonda Kathryn Hahn & GIRLS& Adam Driver co-star with Shawn Levy handling directing duties ...

His father is dying He's stuck in the middle of a gang war And he has to solve a case with no clues Welcome to the world of Inspector John Carlyle Work goes on the backburner for Inspector Carlyle as he tries to manage his father's final days But when the drug dealer providing the old man's pain relief ends up dead London's least conventional copper finds himself in the middle of a vicious East London turf war Meantime he is supposed to be dealing with the case of a young woman found badly beaten in an alleyway With no idea who she is & no clues as to her attacker he has to get help from some unlikely sources ...

This is the first book to offer a comprehensive explanation of how humans experience music & to unravel the mystery of our perennial love affair with it Using musical examples from Bach to the Beatles Levitin reveals the role of music in human evolution shows how our musical preferences begin to form even before we are born & explains why music can offer such an emotional experience Music is an obsession at the heart of human nature even more fundamental to our species than language In This Is Your Brain On Music Levitin offers nothing less than a new way to understand it & its role in human life ...

In a desperate attempt to save their civilisation benevolent aliens kidnap an Earth scientist & enlist his help When they reach their embattled planet they discover that they have arrived too late & set about making plans to colonise Earth ...

Tender sad funny & riveting this is an astonishing collection of work by one of Britain's finest contemporary writers A man builds a tree house by a river in anticipation of the coming flood A sugar-beet crashes through a young woman's windscreen A boy sets fire to a barn These aren't the sort of things you imagine happening to someone like you But sometimes they do Set in the flat & threatened fenland landscape where the sky is dominant & the sea lurks just beyond the horizon these delicate dangerous & sometimes deeply funny stories tell of things buried & unearthed of familiar places made strange & of lives where much is hidden much is at risk & tender moments are hard-won ...

Tracklist A1 Immigration Song Bass Backing Vocals
- Maxine Fleming Lyrics By
- P Jefferies Music By
- G Jefferies M Fleming


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