Three fun & engaging stories about creatures under the sea perfect for children learning to read Jellyfish is very wobbly She's too wobbly to skip too wobbly to play hide & seek & too wobbly to swim in cold water But can she be brave when she needs to be? The Reading Ladder series helps children to enjoy learning to read It features well-loved authors classic characters & favourite topics so that children will find something to excite & engage them in every title they pick up It's the first step towards a lasting love of reading Level 1 Reading Ladder titles are perfect for new readers who are beginning to read simple stories with help Short simple sentences Familiar repeated words Big clear type 1
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This picture book takes the reader on a journey all the way through the sea from one shore to another far across the world From a bustling bright coral reef (by day & by night) out into the open sea to swim alongside giant whales & diving down & down to discover what lives in the deepest darkest part of the ocean This book introduces a child to the wonders of the sea & all kinds of sealife The stunning images & lyrical text will leave a lasting impression & can be treasured again & again ...

Brush water over the stylish black & white patterns & underwater scenes & watch the vibrant colours magically appear to reveal sharks sea turtles jellyfish a school of tropical fish & lots more There's a handy flap at the back of the book to stop paint seeping through to the page below ...

Turkey stands at the crossroads of the Middle East--caught between the West & ISIS Syria & Russia & governed by an increasingly forceful leader Acclaimed writer Kaya Genc has been covering his country for the past decade In Under the Shadow he meets activists from both sides of Turkey's political divide Gezi park protestors who fought tear gas & batons to transform their country's future & supporters of Erdogan's conservative vision who are no less passionate in their activism He talks to artists & authors to ask whether the New Turkey is a good place to for them to live & work He interviews censored journalists & conservative writers both angered by what has been going on in their country He meets Turkey's Wall Street types who take to the streets despite the enormity of what they can lose as well as the young Islamic entrepreneurs who drive Turkey's economy While talking to Turkey's angry young people Genc weaves in historical stories visions & mythologies showing how Turkey's progressives & conservatives take their ideological roots from two political movements born in the Ottoman Empire the Young Turks & the Young Ottomans two groups of intellectuals who were united in their determination to make their country more democratic He shows a divided society coming to terms with the 21st Century & in doing so gets to the heart of the compelling conflicts between history & modernity in the Middle East ...

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An inspiring story of a young asylum seeker's struggle to build a new life with his family in Britain told with wit & heart by beloved author Catherine Mac Phail Particularly suitable for struggling reluctant or dyslexic readers aged 8 64 pages 10 Illustrations black & white Mac Phail Catherine ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play An alien entity inhabits the earthly form of a seductive young woman who combs the Scottish highways in search of the human prey it is here to plunder It lures its isolated & forsaken male victims into an otherworldly dimension where they are stripped & consumed But life in all its complexity starts to change the alien It begins to see itself as ‘she’ as human with tragic & terrifying consequences UNDER THE SKIN is about seeing ourselves through alien eyes UNDER THE SKIN starring Scarlett Johansson is Jonathan Glazer’s critically-acclaimed third feature after Sexy Beast & Birth ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play UNDER THE SKIN A film by Carine Adler In her first major role Samantha Morton plays Iris a vulnerable young woman whose life is turned upside down; her mother (Rita Tushingham) has been given only weeks to live & she feels increasingly distant from her happily married & heavily pregnant older sister Rose (Claire Rushbrook) Unable to deal with her grief & jealously Iris ditches her job her flat & her boyfriend & prowls the streets looking for love in all the wrong places Sexy dark & ultimately uplifting Carine Adler&s stylish debut won the Michael Powell Award at the Edinburgh Film Festival & the Critic&s prize at the Toronto International Film Festival ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play An alien entity inhabits the earthly form of a seductive young woman who combs the Scottish highways in search of the human prey it is here to plunder It lures its isolated & forsaken male victims into an otherworldly dimension where they are stripped & consumed But life in all its complexity starts to change the alien It begins to see itself as ‘she’ as human with tragic & terrifying consequences UNDER THE SKIN is about seeing ourselves through alien eyes UNDER THE SKIN starring Scarlett Johansson is Jonathan Glazer’s critically-acclaimed third feature after Sexy Beast & Birth ...

' Has all the hallmarks of a classic summer read' The Times Anna's friends & family think she is living the dream in her beautiful finca under the Spanish sun But the reality is far from perfect The handsome complicated man she was building a life with has left with little more than a note to say goodbye & the future she imagined has crashed around her ears Anna has secretly embarked on an ill-advised affair & lives above the dingy bar she runs in the sleepy beach town of Marea surrounded by British expats as homesick & stuck as she is When Simon a local businessman offers to rent the finca Anna hopes it will pave the way for her escape But there is more to him than meets the eye & when a body washes up on the beach in mysterious circumstances Anna realizes she may be the only one with the power to unravel the truth But how can she prove that Simon is connected & how can she reclaim her house? Anna is prepared to risk everything to get home
- even though she's no longer sure where home really is Urgent gripping & brilliantly observed Under the Sun by Lottie Moggach is an exhilarating novel about heartbreak identity migration & finding a place to call home
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