This is a beautiful vibrant story with rich colours & words that sing right off the page. This is the first picture book featuring Anna Hibiscus & she is very happy in it! So happy in fact that she cant quite decide what to do with herself!! So she turns to her grandparents her aunties her cousins Chocolate Angel & Benz her uncle Tunde & her father who each offer her a way to express her boundless joy. But being around the people she loves so much only makes her happiness grow & grow; she is SO happy she is going to EXPLODE! It is her mother who finally helps her to channel her brimming happiness. Sitting in her mango tree Anna sings an amazing song. Amazing is Africa. Amazing is Anna Hibiscus. Anna Hibiscus world is brought to full colour for the first time in her very own picture book. This is a delightful story set against a bustling African community in the midst of a huge happy family. ...

Anna Karenin seems to have everything
- beauty wealth popularity & an adored son. But she feels that her life is empty until the
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Anna Karenina is one of the most loved & memorable heroines of literature. Her overwhelming charm dominates a novel of unparalleled richness & density. Tolstoy considered this book to be his first real attempt at a novel form & it addresses the very nature of society at all levels
- of destiny death human relationships & the irreconcilable contradictions of existence. It ends tragically & there is much that evokes despair yet set beside this is an abounding joy in life's many ephemeral pleasures & a profusion of comic relief.
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Now the subject of a major new film adaptation from director Joe Wright (Atonement" " Pride & Prejudice") Leo Tolstoy's " Anna Karenina" is translated by award-winning duo Richard Pevear & Larissa Volokhonsky in " Penguin Classics". Starring Keira Knightley ("A Dangerous Method") as Anna Karenina Jude Law (" Sherlock Holmes") as her husband Alexei Aaron Johnson (" Nowhere Boy") as Count Vronsky & also starring Matthew Mc Fadyen Andrea Riseborough & Kelly Macdonald this dazzling production of " Anna Karenina" is adapted for the screen by legendary playwright Tom Stoppard. Anna Karenina seems to have everything
- beauty wealth popularity & an adored son. But she feels that her life is empty until the moment she encounters the impetuous officer Count Vronsky. Their subsequent affair scandalizes society & family alike & soon brings jealousy & bitterness in its wake. Contrasting with this tale of love & self-destruction is the vividly observed story of Konstantin Levin a man striving to find contentment & meaning to his life
- & also a self-portrait of Tolstoy himself. Acclaimed as the definitive English version of Tolstoy's masterpiece this edition contains an introduction by Richard Pevear & a preface by John Bayley. Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) spent his youth in wasteful idleness until 1851 when he travelled to the Caucasus & joined the army fighting in the Crimean war. After marrying in 1862 Tolstoy settled down managing his estates & writing two of his best-known novels " War & Peace" (1869) & " Anna Karenina" (1878). "A Confession" (1879-82) marked a spiritual crisis in his life & in 1901 he was excommunicated by the Russian Holy Synod. " William Faulkner it's said was once asked to name the three best novels ever. He replied: " Anna Karenina Anna Karenina Anna Karenina". If you don't recall why rush to buy a fine new translation by Richard Pevear & Larissa Volokhonsky". (Boyd Tonkin " Independent")."

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This title presents the sweeping love story of two people who defy the conventions of their age to follow the dictates of their hearts. Trapped in a stifling marriage Anna Karenina is swept off her feet by the dashing Count Vronsky. When the truth about their passionate liaison comes out Annas husband is more concerned with keeping up appearances than anything else but at last he seeks a reluctant divorce. Rejected by society the two lovers flee to Italy where Anna finds herself isolated from all except the man she loves & who loves her. But can they live by love alone? In this novel of astonishing scope & grandeur Leo Tolstoy the great master of Russian literature charts the course of the human heart. ...

Tolstoys story of one womans fate is brought powerfully to life in this BBC Radio full-cast dramatisation starring Teresa Gallagher & Toby Stephens. Anna Karenina enjoys a privileged & aristrocratic lifestyle as the wife of influential government official Alexy Karenin. Yet their ten-year marriage is devoid of tenderness & when Anna falls in love with the handsome Count Vronsky they embark upon a deep & passionate affair... Reflecting the social conditions of the era in which it was written Tolstoys masterpiece sets a doomed love story against a harsh & unforgiving backdrop. ...

Anna Karenina is a novel of unparalleled richness & complexity set against the backdrop of Russian high society. Tolstoy charts the course of the doomed love affair between Anna a beautiful married woman & Count Vronsky a wealthy army officer who pursues Anna after becoming infatuated with her at a ball. Although she initially resists his charms Anna eventually succumbs falling passionately in love & setting in motion a chain of events that lead to her downfall. In this extraordinary novel Tolstoy seamlessly weaves together the lives of dozens of characters while evoking a love so strong that those who experience it are prepared to die for it. ...

Against a brilliantly observed background of life in the Staffordshire Potteries Anna Of The Five Towns" is both a novel about a gossipy myopic savage community & at its heart a young girl dominated by her miserly father. Bennett's portrait of Anna as a spirited subtle complex modern woman makes this book as absorbing & moving today as when it was first written." ...

10 new recipes in this updated edition of Anna Richardson's BODY BLITZ. Get ready for summer! Anna Richardson was a self-confessed serial dieter. You name it she tried the diet. & failed. Perhaps there was some weight loss to begin with but the pounds would always creep back on & maybe a few more besides. & then something incredible happened. Anna discovered the simple secret to sustained weight loss. Using five food rules she lost two stone & kept the pounds & inches off. ANNA RICHARDSON'S BODY BLITZ DIET is Anna's easy-to-follow plan that guarantees up to 7lbs weight loss in fourteen days. This new edition of her best selling diet book

Includes:: 10 brand new summer recipes. Follow the SUMMER BODY BLITZ DIET & you'll get your confidence
- & waistline
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Annabel Karmel is known & trusted by millions of parents for her unrivalled advice on feeding babies & children. In association with Great Ormond Street Hospital she puts her wide expertise & knowledge to use in a broader parenting arena providing a comprehensive planner for you & your baby. Divided into clear easy-to-find sections for pregnancy 0-3 months 4-6 months 7-9 months & 10-12 months Complete First Year Planner provides your optimum diet for pregnancy & ensures a healthy happy stress-free first year for you & your baby. With clear charts & tip boxes throughout this is the book no parent can be without; packed with essential at-a-glance planners indispensable advice on feeding & superb recipes crucial information on the practicalities effective techniques to deal with crying & sleeping & easy methods to encourage your childs development. ...