A joint operation between Britain & France in 1916, the Battle of the Somme was an attempt to gain territory & dent Germany's

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A joint operation between Britain & France in 1916, the Battle of the Somme was an attempt to gain territory & dent Germanys military strength. By the end of the action, very little ground had been won: the Allied Forces had made just 12km. For this slight gain, a more than a million lives were lost. There were more than 400, 000 British, 200, 000 French, & 500, 000 German causalities during the fighting. Twelve Days on the Somme is a memoir of the last spell of front-line duty performed by the 2nd Battalion of the West Yorkshire Regiment. Written by Sidney Rogerson, a young officer in B Company, it gives an extraordinarily frank & often moving account of what it was really like to fight through one of most notorious battles of the First World War. Its special message, however, is that, contrary to received assumptions, men could face up to the terrible ordeal such a battle presented with resilience, good humour & without loss of morale. This is a classic work whose reprinting is long overdue. ...

The Twelve Days of Christmas is one of the most popular festive songs, bringing with it an instant evocation of Christmas spirit. & from the solitary partridge to the dozen drummers, the cumulative structure of the song makes it simple for even the y ...

To the uninitiated, tango is just a dance, albeit a dance with an exotic & sensuous allure. To the true tanguero, it is something akin to a religion, attracting the lost, the lonely, & the fanatical with its formal rituals, its sense of belonging, & its intense emotions. Kapka Kassabova first set foot in a tango studio ten years ago &, from that moment, she was hooked. With the pulse of tango thruming through her body & the music filling in her head, she's danced through the night, from Auckland to Edinburgh, from Berlin to Buenos Aires, suffering blisters & heart-break, as well as forging lasting friendships & experiencing all-too-brief moments of dance-floor ecstasy. Here Kapka takes us inside the esoteric night-time world of tango, to tell the story of the dance from its afro roots to its sequined apotheosis in 'show tango', exploring its cultural & emotional pull & enticing us to join her at the milonga. ...

Former ' Monty Python' animator Terry Gilliam directs this gritty sci-fi thriller. In the year 2035 the world has been decimated by a virus which originated back in 1996. Convict James Cole (Bruce Willis) is selected to travel back in time to trace the vir ...

Details: An official tie-in edition of this eloquent & powerful memoir, to accompany Steve Mc Queen's major new film
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Lara has always had an overactive imagination. Now she wonders if she is losing her mind. Normal twenty-something girls just don't get visited by ghosts. But inexplicably, the spirit of Lara's great aunt Sadie
- in the form of a bold, demanding Charleston-dancing girl
- has appeared to make one last request.

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Read by Daniela Denby-Ashe. Lara has always had on overactive imagination. Now she wonders if she is losing her mind. Perfectly normal twenty-something girls just don't get visited by ghosts! But inexplicably, the spirit of Lara's Great Aunt Sadie
- in the form of a bold, demanding, Charleston-dancing girl
- has appeared to make one last request: Lara must track down a missing necklace Sadie simply can't rest without. Lara's got enough problems of her own. Her start-up company is floundering, her best friend & business partner has run off to Goa, & she's just been dumped by the love of her life. But as Lara spends time with Sadie, life becomes more glamorous, & their treasure hunt turns into something intriguing & romantic. Could Sadie's ghost be the answer to Lara's problems
- & can two girls from different times end up learning something special from each other?


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A rapid succession of art movements & different styles reflected the extreme changes in US culture & society, as well as America's position within the international art world. All key movements are discussed, including early American Modernism, the New Negro movement, Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, & Neo-Expressionism. ...

Professor Aronnax, his faithful servant, Conseil, & the Canadian harpooner, Ned L&, begin an extremely hazardous voyage to rid the seas of a little-known & terrifying sea monster. However, the 'monster' turns out to be the giant submarine, Nautilus, commanded by the mysterious Captain Nemo, by whom they are soon held captive. So begins not only one of the great adventure classics by Jules Verne, the ' Father of Science Fiction', but also a truly fantastic voyage from the lost city of Atlantis to the South Pole. ...