I felt bereft for having finished it' Milly Johnson' Could not put it down' Don't miss Lucy Dillon's heartwarming new novel Unexpected Lessons in Love
- available now in paperback & ebook 464 pages Dillon Lucy
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In the valley of Fruitless mountain a young girl named Minli lives in a ramshackle hut with her parents While her father regales her with old folktales of the Jade Dragon & the Old Man in the Moon Minli's mother chides him for filling her head with stories But inspired by these stories Minli spends one of her precious copper pennies on a beautiful goldfish which is said to be able to change the fortune of the owner Her mother reprimands her for the silly purchase but it pays off when the goldfish talks & offers to show her the path to fortune & wealth! Minli is eventually joined by a dragon who can't fly & together they set out to find the Old Man of the Moon to ask him to fulfill their dreams Fantasy crossed with Chinese folklore with timeless elements of the classic The Wizard of Oz mixed in Where the Mountain Meets the Moon is a wonderous story of adventure devotion & friendship Grace Lin has once again written a charming engaging book for young readers ...

From New York Times bestselling author Amy Tan a memoir on her life as a writer her childhood & the symbiotic relationship between fiction & emotional memory In Where the Past Begins bestselling author of The Joy Luck Club & The Valley of Amazement Amy Tan is at her most intimate in revealing the truths & inspirations that underlie her extraordinary fiction By delving into vivid memories of her traumatic childhood confessions of self-doubt in her journals & heartbreaking letters to & from her mother she gathers together evidence of all that made it both unlikely & inevitable that she would become a writer Through spontaneous storytelling she shows how a fluid fictional state of mind unleashed near-forgotten memories that became the emotional nucleus of her novels Tan explores shocking truths uncovered by family memorabilia
- the real reason behind an IQ test she took at age six why her parents lied about their education mysteries surrounding her maternal grandmother
- & for the first time publicly writes about her complex relationship with her father who died when she was fifteen Written with candour & characteristic humour Where the Past Begins takes readers into the idiosyncratic workings of her writer's mind a journey that explores memory imagination & truth

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Two children must risk everything to escape their fate & find the impossible A brave thought-provoking adventure by award-winning author Sita Brahmachari ...

An ancient Icelandic saga leads to murder in this ingenious new crime series from international bestseller Michael Ridpath Michael Ridpath is on the war path trouncing the Scandinavians on their home turf This is international thriller writing at its best fine characters page turning suspense & a great fresh location PETER JAMES 416 pages Ridpath Michael (Author) ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play WHERE THE SIDEWEALK ENDS A film by Otto Preminger Dana Andrews stars as Mark Dixon a corrupt cop in this gritty noir thriller shot on the rain-slicked streets of New York Already in trouble for his brutal methods alienated from his colleagues he pursues a gang leader with vindictive zeal & accidentally kills a possible murder suspect His guilt deepens when he falls in love with the dead man&s wife (played with beguiling beauty by Gene Tierney) & her father an innocent cab driver finds himself accused of the murder Dixon finds ultimate redemption at a price Otto Preminger brings a welcome sympathy & complexity to every character on-screen from the nervous police informer through to the cocky mobster (Gary Merrill) the exasperated police chief (Karl Malden) & Dixon himself burdened with self-hatred as the son of a thief Joseph La Shelle&s photography lends a seedy glamour to the run-down lodging houses cheap cafes & night-time exteriors DVD extras include Director&s Biography Screenwriter&s Biography & original theatrical trailer ...

The bestselling ebook sensation ' Atmospheric engaging & sublimely satisfying' Veronica Henry How far must you run to leave the past behind you? It is 1919 & the end of the war has not brought peace for Emeline Vane Lost in grief she is suddenly alone at the heart of a depleted family She can no longer cope & as everything seems to be slipping beyond her control in a moment of desperation she boards a train & runs away Fifty years later a young solicitor on his first case finds Emeline's diary What Bill Perch finds in the tattered pages of neat script goes against everything he has been told He begins to trace an anguished story of love & betrayal that will send him on a journey to discover the truth I closed my eyes as I tried to pick apart every flavour because nothing had ever tasted so good before It was love & it could not be hidden What really happened to Emeline all those years ago?
Includes: a sumptuous recipe inspired by the author's research for the book
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The day Mum didn't get dressed & went on strike Dad called her 'a Wild Thing' & Mum said ' Cook your own dinner' & stomped off upstairs to have a bath In this hilarious touching homage to Maurice Sendak's Where the Wild Things Are a worn-out mum finds herself floating across time & space to the place where the Wild Mums are Dazzled by her party tricks they crown her Queen of the Wild Mums & try to entice her to join their conga But Mum has just remembered who she loves best of all Lovingly illustrated by the award-winning Sholto Walker this little book is the perfect gift for baby showers new mums
- or any mum who's ever wanted to go on strike
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Read-along with the story in this book & CD edition! One night Max puts on his wolf suit & makes mischief of one kind & another so his mother calls him ' Wild Thing' & sends him to bed without his supper That night a forest begins to grow in Max's room & an ocean rushes by with a boat to take Max to the place where the wild things are Max tames the wild things & crowns himself as their king & then the wild rumpus begins But when Max has sent the monsters to bed & everything is quiet he starts to feel lonely & realises it is time to sail home to the place where someone loves him best of all ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Let the wild rumpus start! Nine-year-old Max runs away from home & sails across the sea to become king of the land Where the Wild Things Are King Max rules a wondrous realm of gigantic fuzzy monsters
- but being king may not be as carefree as it looks! Filmmaker Spike Jonze (Being John Malkovich) directs a magical visually astonishing film version of Maurice Sendak's celebrated children's classic starring an amazing cast of screen veterans & featuring young Max Records in a fierce & sensitive performance as Max Actors Forest Whitaker Catherine Keener Paul Dano James Gandolfini Catherine O' Hara Lauren Ambrose Tom Noonan Alice Parkinson Max Records Michael Berry Jr Robby D Bruce Steve Mouzakis Angus Sampson Nick Farnell & John Leary Director Spike Jonze Certificate PGYear 2009 Screen Widescreen Languages English Duration 1 hour & 41 minutes (approx)
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