With this incredible 85 cm diameter Solar System Mobile you can explore the wonders of the universe from the comfort of your own bedroom! This Remote Controlled, motorised mobile has nine planets that actually orbit the sun; the sun also lights up & casts its glow on the detailed coloured planets. Take a tour of our solar system with a little booklet featuring fascinating facts & colour pictures about each planet. The remote control also doubles up as a light pointer, which you can use to locate each planet & to make comets & meteors streak through the night sky. Each mobile kit

Includes:: nine full colour detailed planets, remote control with built-in light pointer & comet maker. The mobile can be fitted very simply to a ceiling using the enclosed hardware, & as it is battery operated so there is no need to worry about connecting to the mains! This is a fantastic educational addition to any room which doubles as a beautiful soft night light. Please note this product is battery operated 3x AA plus 2x AAA, not included.

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A powerful story of revolution, love & intense rivalry set in 1870 during the four-month siege of Paris. 1870. All over Paris the lights are going out. The Prussians are encircling the city & Europe's capital of decadent pleasure & luxury is becoming a prison, its citizens caught between defiance & despair. Desperate times lie ahead as the worst winter for decades sets in & starvation looms. One man seems to shine like a beacon in the shadows. Jean-Jacques Allix promises to be the leader the people need, to save the city itself. Painter Hannah Pardy, his young English lover, believes in him utterly; taking up arms for his cause, she is drawn into the heart of the battle for Paris. But as the darkness & panic spreads it is harder & harder to see things as they really are, & Hannah struggles to separate love from self-interest & revolutionaries from traitors. Faced with impossible decisions, Hannah must confront the devastating reality of her beloved Paris to establish what truly matters to her
- & what she will do to protect it.
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A powerful story of revolution, love & intense rivalry set in 1870 during the four-month siege of Paris. 1870. All over Paris the lights are going out. The Prussians are encircling the city & Europe`s capital of decadent pleasure & luxury is becoming a prison, its citizens caught between defiance & despair. Desperate times lie ahead as the worst winter for decades sets in & starvation looms. One man seems to shine like a beacon in the shadows. Jean-Jacques Allix promises to be the leader the people need, to save the city itself. Painter Hannah Pardy, his young English lover, believes in him utterly; taking up arms for his cause, she is drawn into the heart of the battle for Paris. But as the darkness & panic spreads it is harder & harder to see things as they really are, & Hannah struggles to separate love from self-interest & revolutionaries from traitors. Faced with impossible decisions, Hannah must confront the devastating reality of her beloved Paris to establish what truly matters to her
- & what she will do to protect it.
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Set off on a journey around the world with this follow up to the bestselling Illuminature & Illumanatomy. Use your three-colour lens to explore the continents: use your green lens to see the landscape, the red lens to see plants & animals, & the blue lens to see cultural highlights & famous buildings. Packed with facts & stunning illustrations, this is an atlas like no other from Milan-based design duo Carnovsky. ...

Explore ten of the world`s most diverse environments & reveal their hidden secrets with a magic, three-coloured lens that illuminates each page in a kaleidoscope of colour. Discover the dark & mysterious creatures of the night, whose super-sensory powers allow them to live & survive in the shadows, then switch the lens to step into daylight, where the heat of the sun supercharges the secret lives of creatures big & small. Finally, use the third lens to reveal the luscious plant life of every habitat as you travel through a jungle, a reef, grasslands, woodland & uncover a world that never sleeps with Milan-based design-duo, Carnovsky. ...

It begins with a body. One anonymous winter day, the corpse of Crispin Salvador is pulled from the Hudson River. Gone is the controversial giant of Asian literature. & missing is the only manuscript of his final book, an expose of the corrupt roots of the ruling Filipino families, meant to restore his once dazzling reputation. His student, Miguel, is suspicious of the suicide verdict. He investigates: first sifting through the dead man`s work for clues, then journeying from New York to Manila, seeking out family, colleagues, & anyone who might hold pieces of the puzzle. But when Miguel assembles the fragments of his mentor`s past, this ambitious & rewarding novel expands into far wider contexts
- political, social, historical, literary. As patterns emerge, the mystery of a death deepens into the greater mysteries of life
- & the reader makes increasingly significant discoveries of their own, until the startling revelation of the final page.

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A historical & cultural atlas of ancient Egypt, illustrated with full-colour maps, photographs & artwork. The landscape & climate of Egypt had a fundamental influence on the development of ancient Egyptian culture, civilization & thought. The river Nile became a vital transport artery
- the hieroglyph for 'travelling north/south' was a boat. The annual Nile flood made agriculture possible in this otherwise desert country & formed the basis of Egypt's wealth & power. The strong daytime sun & brilliant night-time stars of Egypt's skies became powerful elements in Egyptian religion, as did the birds & animals living in the Nile Valley. This accessible & authoritative book demonstrates the vital links between geography, history & culture, & describes how we know so much today about life in this fascinating ancient l&. Large, clear colour maps show the different areas of Egypt from the Delta in the north to Nubia in the south. Accompanying text, artwork & photographs make clear the contrasting landscapes of desert, delta & river valley, & show how much has changed but also how much has remained the same for people living in Egypt over the last five thousand years. Sites of particular historical significance are described & investigated. Plans & drawings showing selected sites & monuments & how they were built. Focus panels look at the rich evidence from these sites that give us such a good picture of life in ancient Egypt
- written records on papyrus, buildings & sculpture, artefacts, architectural remains, tombs & pyramids
- & feature important individuals, pharaohs, queens & deities who were connected with them.


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Soar with the Firebird, dance with the Nutcracker Prince & thrill at the drama of Romeo & Juliet in this beautifully illustrated collection of ballet stories. A delightful gift to enchant & inspire any ballet lover, with twelve stories specially retold for readers today.

Includes:: links to websites with video clips & more about the ballets.

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This illustrated Chinese history book takes the reader on a visual journey of the most brilliant & significant segments of Chinese civilization over the course of five thousand years. As a cradle of human civilization, China has maintained its cohesion & cultural identity for thousands of years. With China`s historical evolution as a backdrop, Each section focuses on the outstanding achievements of the period it covers & clearly sets out the long-established & profound cultural development of the Chinese nation. ...

An ill-matched band of strangers sets off on a pilgrimage from London to Canterbury. To amuse themselves along the way, they hold a storytelling competition
- but the tales soon turn from ripping yarns to slanging matches. Geoffrey Chaucer`s outrageous comic tales from the 14th century are retold for children of today in this luxury, illustrated gift edition.
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