A gripping World War II adventure from War Horse author & former Children`s Laureate, Michael Morpurgo. Jo did not stop until he`d shut the door behind him & even then his heart could not stop pounding in his ears. Jo finds out that Jewish children are being smuggled away from the Nazis over the mountains near his village. All goes to plan until German soldiers start patrolling the mountains, & Jo realises the children are trapped. Jo`EURO (t)s slightest mistake could have devastating consequences.. . Shortlisted for the Carnegie Medal & Guardian Fiction award In the tradition of Goodnight Mr Tom, Carrie`s War, The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas & perfect for fans of The Bone Sparrow, Waiting for Anya is a novel that takes children to the heart of a tumultuous period in history. It will provide a wider context for kids who have studied the Holocaust & The Diary of Anne Frank. Other Michael Morpurgo titles you may enjoy: The Eagle in the Snow Listen to the Moon A Twist of Gold Private Peaceful ------ Former Children`s Laureate Michael Morpurgo needs no introduction. He is one of the most successful children`s authors in the country, loved by children, teachers & parents alike. Michael has written more than forty books for children including the global hit War Horse, which was made into a Hollywood film by Steven Spielberg in 2011. Several of his other stories have been adapted for screen & stage, including My Friend Walter, Why the Whales Came & Kensuke`s Kingdom. Michael has won the Whitbread Award, the Smarties Award, the Circle of Gold Award, the Children`s Book Award & has been short-listed for the Carnegie Medal four times. He started the charity Farms for City Children in 1976 with his wife, Clare, aimed at relieving the ”poverty of experience” many young children feel in inner city & urban areas. Michael is also a patron of over a dozen other charities. Living in Devon, listening to Mozart & working with children have provided Michael with the ideas & incentive to write his stories. He spends half his life mucking out sheds with the children, feeding sheep or milking cows; the other half he spends dreaming up & writing stories for children.” For me, the greater part of writing is daydreaming, dreaming the dream of my story until it hatches out
- the writing down of it I always find hard. But I love finishing it, then holding the book in my hand & sharing my dream with my readers.” Michael received an OBE in December 2006 for his services to literature.
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A gorgeously written, ENGLISH PATIENT-style novel about the real-life romance between the war photographers Robert Capa & Gerda Taro during the Spanish Civil War. Already optioned to be the next film by Michael Mann (PUBLIC ENEMIES, THE INSIDER, MANHUNTER, COLLATERAL). Love, war & photography marked their lives. They were young, anti-Fascist, good-looking, & nonconformist. They had everything in life, & they put everything at risk. They created their own legend & remained faithful to it until the very end...A young German woman named Gerta Pohorylle & a young Hungarian man named Endre Friedmann meet in Paris in 1935. Both Communists, Jewish, exiled, & photographers, they decide to change their names in order to sell their work more easily, & so they become Gerda Taro & Robert Capa. With these new identities, they travel to Spain & begin to document the Spanish Civil War. Two years later, tragedy will befall them
- but until then, theirs is a romance for the ages. Based on the true story of these legendary figures & set to be the next film by award-winning director Michael Mann WAITING FOR ROBERT CAPA is a moving tribute to all journalists & photographers who lose their lives to show us the world`s daily transformations.
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Vienna, 1913. Lysander Rief, a young English actor, sits in the waiting room of the city`s preeminent psychiatrist as he anxiously ponders the particularly intimate nature of his neurosis. When the enigmatic, intensely beautiful Hettie Bull walks in, Lysander is immediately drawn to her, unaware of how destructive the consequences of their subsequent affair will be. One year later, home in London, Lysander finds himself entangled in the dangerous web of wartime intelligence
- a world of sex, scandal & spies that is slowly, steadily, permeating every corner of his life...
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In the Republic of Georgia, the Communists are long gone, replaced by something much more confusing, that`s for sure. There are no jobs in the cities. & when there are jobs, employees aren`t compensated. & when they are compensated, it`s because the jobs are not strictly scrupulous. When Slims discovers an application for an American small business internship programme sponsored by Hillary Clinton, he knows that he has found his calling. Slims` dreams of bringing opportunity & the American dream to his homel&, even as his friends & relatives embrace decadence & a staggering array of unsavoury business practices. But when he finally gets to America he sees what reform & progress look like up close. & suddenly, his loud, bickering family & his anguished, joyful country no longer seem so grim. ...

Ahmadou Kourouma`s remarkable novel is narrated by Bingo, a West African sora
- storyteller & king`s fool. Over the course of
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Wakefield North in 1890 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. The map covers the northern part of Wakefield & features include the Cathedral, Borough Market, St Andrew`s church, Westgate station, Prison (left blank for security reasons), St Johns Ward, Northgate Ward, West Riding Lunatic Asylum, St John`s Grove, East Moor, Westfield Grove, Newton, St John`s Mill, Wrenthorpe Colliery with railway line, Clark Hall, etc. On the reverse is an extensive selection of street directory entries, including Borough Market, Butcher Row, Northgate, Old Market Place, Stanley Road, Westgate & Wood Street. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

Wakefield South in 1890 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. The map covers the southern part of Wakefield, stretching from George Street southward to Sparable Lane. Several railways cross the map with Kirkgate station & engine shed. Features include the River Calder with piers, Aire & Calder Navigation, Calder Mills, Providence Terrace, malthouses, Rutland Mills, Old Bridge Brewery, Fall Ings, Calder Vale, Grove Iron Works, New Wells, Primrose Hill, chemical works, Belle Vue, St Catherine`s church, Wakefield Trinity football ground, cemetery, cattle market, part of Westgate, Eagle Brewery. Part of Thornes village is in the south-western quarter, including St James church, Bishop Blaize Inn, Lowe Hill, etc. An extensive selection of street directory entries is on the reverse, including George Street, Ings Road, Kirkgate, Southgate & Thornes Road. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

Wakefield Street Atlas at 1:15, 840 / 4 to a mile, in an indexed, glove box size paperback format, with national grid referencing. Street atlas covers Wakefield, Castleford, Knottingley, Pontefract, Featherstone, Hemsworth, Horbury, Normanton, Ossett, South Kirkby & Tingley, with an enlargement of Wakefield town centre at 1:7, 920 / 8 ...

Wakefield West in 1905 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. In this title: the map the western edge of Wakefield, stretching from Thornes Park & Westgate Common westward to Roundwood Colliery. Features include tramway, Westgate Common Mills, St Michael's church, Thornes House (at eastern margin), Lupset Hall (on southern margin), Whinney Moor Colliery, Manor Haigh Moor Colliery, Westgate Colliery & Brickworks, Flanshaw Hall, Snapethorpe Hall, Roundwood Colliery. On the reverse is an extract from the 1933 edition showing the Dewsbury Road area at a later stage, when part of the Lupset estate had been built. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25 ...

Wakefield West in 1905 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. The map covers the western edge of Wakefield, stretching from Thornes Park & Westgate Common westward to Roundwood Colliery. Features include tramway, Westgate Common Mills, St Michael`s church, Thornes House (at eastern margin), Lupset Hall (on southern margin), Whinney Moor Colliery, Manor Haigh Moor Colliery, Westgate Colliery & Brickworks, Flanshaw Hall, Snapethorpe Hall, Roundwood Colliery, etc. On the reverse is an extract from the 1933 edition showing the Dewsbury Road area at a later stage, when part of the Lupset estate had been built. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...