Colour your way through the year with this stunning, diary edition of the bestselling The Moomin Colouring Book. Perfect for ...

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The Moon on a large folded map from Hallwag showing both the visible & the far side at 1:5, 000, 000 with on the reverse an index of craters & other lunar formations, an explanation of the phases, notes on the Apollo space program, etc. On one side are photographs showing the visible & the far side of the moon with the diameter of 66cm at its equator. Numerous craters, seas & other lunar features are named. Each side shows the lines of latitude & longitude at 10 ...

Charles Strickl&, a conventional stockbroker, abandons his wife & children for Paris & Tahiti, to live his life as a painter. Whilst his betrayal of family, duty & honour gives him the freedom to achieve greatness, his decision leads to an obsession which carries severe implications. Inspired by the life of Paul Gauguin, ” The Moon & Sixpence” is at once a satiric caricature of Edwardian conventions & a vivid portrayal of the mentality of a genius. ...

A poignant story of love & redemption, The Moon Field explores the loss of innocence through a war that destroys everything except the bonds of human hearts. No man`s land is a place in the heart: pitted, cratered & empty as the moon... Hidden in a soldier`s tin box are a painting, a pocket watch, & a dance card
- keepsakes of three lives. It is 1914. George Farrell cycles through the tranquil Cumberland fells to deliver a letter, unaware that it will change his life. George has fallen for the rich & beautiful daughter at the Manor House, Miss violet, but when she lets slip the contents of the letter George is heartbroken to find that she is already promised to another man. George escapes his heartbreak by joining the patriotic rush to war, but his past is not so easily avoided. His rite of passage into adulthood leaves him believing that no woman will be able to love the man he has become. A poignant story of love & redemption, The Moon Field explores the loss of innocence in a war that destroys everything except the bonds of the human heart.
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Originally published at the zenith of Nazi Germany`s power, The Moon Is Down explores the effects of invasion on both the conquered & the conquerors. Occupied by enemy troops, a small, peaceable town comes face-to-face with evil imposed from the outside & betrayal from within the close-knit community. As he delves into the motivations & emotions of the enemy, Steinbeck uncovers profound & often unsettling truths both about war & human nature. ...

The Moon on a large folded map from Hallwag showing both the visible & the far side at 1:5, 000, 000 with on the reverse an index of craters & other lunar formations, an explanation of the phases, notes on the Apollo space program, etc. On one side are photographs showing the visible & the far side of the moon with the diameter of 66cm at its equator. Numerous craters, seas & other lunar features are named. Each side shows the lines of latitude & longitude at 10 ...

The Soviet-American race to land the first man on the moon was a technical challenge unlike any other in recent human history. Reginald Turnill, the BBC's Aerospace Correspondent, covered the entire story first-h&, & his reports were heard & seen by millions around the world. With unparalleled access to the politicians, scientists & technicians involved in the race to the moon, Turnill got to know all the early astronauts
- Alan Shepard, John Glenn, Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin
- as they pioneered the techniques that made the moon landings possible. He became a friend of Dr Wernher von Braun, the German rocket pioneer & mastermind behind it all. This eyewitness account of one of the most thrilling adventures of the twentieth Century is written in a lucid style, packed with action & drama, & is a fascinating read for all those interested in the story of the race to the moon.

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A inspirational, heart-warming book about four girls trying to find their place in the world. Siobhan Curham celebrates very different but like-minded friends in this captivating novel. Amber craves excitement & adventure. Instead, she`s being bullied at school for having two dads, & life at home isn`t much better. Inspired by Oscar Wilde, Amber realizes that among the millions of people in London, there must be others who feel the same as she does; other dreamers
- moonlight dreamers. After chance encounters with Maali, Sky & Rose, Amber soon recruits the three girls to the Moonlight Dreamers. It`s high time they started pursuing their dreams, & how better than with the support of friends?
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” The Moonstone” is one of the first true works of detective fiction, in which Wilkie Collins established the groundwork for the genre itself. This ” Penguin Classics” edition is edited with an introduction by Sandra Kemp. ” The Moonstone”, a priceless yellow diamond, is looted from an Indian temple & maliciously bequeathed to Rachel Verinder. On her eighteenth birthday, her friend & suitor Franklin Blake brings the gift to her. That very night, it is stolen again. No one is above suspicion, as the idiosyncratic Sergeant Cuff & the Franklin piece together a puzzling series of events as mystifying as an opium dream & as deceptive as the nearby Shivering S&. The intricate plot & modern technique of multiple narrators made Wilkie Collins` 1868 work a huge success in the Victorian sensation genre. With a reconstruction of the crime, red herrings & a `locked-room` puzzle, ” The Moonstone” was also a major precursor of the modern mystery novel. In her introduction Sandra Kemp explores ” The Moonstone`s” the detective elements of Collins` writing, & reveals how Collins` sensibilities were untypical of his era. Wilkie Collins (1824-1889) was born in London in 1824, the eldest son of the landscape painter William Collins. In 1846 he was entered to read for the bar at Lincoln`s Inn, where he gained the knowledge that was to give him much of the material for his writing. From the early 1850s he was a friend of Charles Dickens, who produced & acted in two melodramas written by Collins, ” The Lighthouse” & ” The Frozen Deep”. Of his novels, Collins is best remembered for ” The Woman in White” (1859), ” No Name” (1862), ” Armadale” (1866) & ” The Moonstone” (1868). If you enjoyed ” The Moonstone” you might like Collins` ” The Woman in White”, also available in ” Penguin Classics”. ” Probably the very finest detective story ever written.” (Dorothy L. Sayers). ” The first, the longest & the best of modern modern English detective novels.” (T.S. Eliot). ...