If you are a dreamer come in If you are a dreamer A wisher a liar A hope-er a pray-er A magic bean buyer Come in for where the sidewalk ends Shel Silverstein's world begins You'll meet a boy who turns into a TV set & a girl who eats a whale The Unicorn & the Bloath live there & so does Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout who will not take the garbage out It is a place where you wash your shadow & plant diamond gardens a place where shoes fly sisters are auctioned off & crocodiles go to the dentist Shel Silverstein's masterful collection of poems & drawings is at once outrageously funny & profound ...

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
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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 ...

When Max puts on his wolf suit & makes mischief his mother calls him ' Wild Thing' & sends him to bed without any supper Alone in his room Max enters a magical world & sets sail across the sea to the place where the wild things are The wild things roar their terrible roars & gnash their terrible teeth & roll their terrible eyes & show their terrible claws But Max tames the wild things & is made their king Will he ever want to go home? ...

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 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Maverick auteur Spike Jonze (& Being John Malkovich&) brings Maurice Sendak&s classic children&s book to life in this mesmerising live action fantasy featuring the vocal talents of James Gandolfini Catherine O& Hara & Forest Whitaker Order your copy today & 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
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Maurice Sendak&s classic book Where the Wild Things Are comes to the big screen in an adventure tale for every generation Directed by innovative filmmaker Spike Jonze Where the Wild Things Are follows the adventure of Max a mischievous young boy who is sent to his room after rebelling against his mother However Max&s imagination is free to roam & it soon transports him to a thriving forest bordering a vast sea Delighted Max sets sail for the land of the Wild Things where mischief reigns & Max rules ...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE STANFORD DOLMAN TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR AWARDA Financial Times Book of the Year A Spectator Book of the Year A Daily Telegraph Book of the Year' Travel writing in excelsis' -Jan Morris author of Venice'A thrilling & gorgeous tale packed with meteorological wonder' -Amy Liptrot author of The Outrun Nick Hunt sets off on an unlikely quest to follow four of Europe's winds across the continent His wind-walks begin on Cross Fell the highest point of the Pennines as he chases the roaring Helm
- the only named wind in Britain In southern Europe he follows the Bora
- a bitter northerly that blows from Trieste through Slovenia & down the Croatian coast His hunt for the 'snow-eating' Foehn becomes a meandering journey of exhilaration & despair through the Alpine valleys of Switzerland & his final walk traces an ancient pilgrims' path in the south of France on the trail of the Mistral
- the 'wind of madness' which animated & tormented Vincent Van Gogh These are journeys into wild wind but also into wild landscapes & the people who inhabit them
- a cast of meteorologists storm chasers mountain men eccentric wind enthusiasts sailors & shepherds Soon Nick finds himself borne along by the very forces he is pursuing through rain blizzards howling gales & back through time itself For where the wild winds are there are also myths & legends history & hearsay science & superstition
- & occasionally remote mountain cabins packed with pickles cured meats & homemade alcohol Where the Wild Winds Are is a beautiful unconventional travelogue that makes the invisible visible




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