When King Henry VII negotiates peace with Scotland his daughters hand in marriage to James IV is the ultimate prize. A true princess Margaret Tudor leaves her beloved England & accepts her fate unquestioningly. But to her surprise she falls madly in love with the fearsome Scottish King & as Queen of Scotland for a while she is happy. But neither the marriage nor the peace are to last. When James IV is defeated in battle by Margarets own brother the widowed Queen is torn between fleeing to her home & staying to protect her sons future as the new King of Scots. It seems that once again her destiny is not to be her own... ...

Helps you create your own fun Sodor scenes. This sticker book features locations & characters from the popular CGI" series. It lets you build scenes of Tidmouth Sheds the Steamworks the Dieselworks & the Sodor Search & Rescue Centre with the fun engine stickers." ...

Edward the Hero
- Edward would love to be a hero just like busy noisy Gordon. But can such a kind gentle engine ever be a real
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TOTALLY THOMAS! is more than just a story book. Push any of your own toy trains along the enormous pull-out play mat race around the Island of Sodor with the Big Race game get busy with all the puzzles & activities & then settle down to read the exciting story. It's TOTALLY THOMAS! ...

This range features the cream of pre-school characters: Bob Thomas Lazy Town Barbie Postman Pat & Rupert Bear. The books are packed full of wipe-clean activities & games to keep the reader entertained for hours! Use wipe-clean pens to add images & details & give the characters a look all of your own then wipe the special shiny pages clean & start again with another activity! ...

The Thomas Annual 2013" is packed full of stories & activities about Thomas & his many engine crane bus boat plane & helicopter friends! There are lots of fun activities to do which include things to find count & colour as well as Fact Files of their favourite characters. It also features some creative makes so they can use simple materials to make their very own Fat Controller Jeremy the Jet Fat Controllers top hat & some tasty engine cakes!" ...

Recreate your favourite scenes from Blue Mountain Mystery the new movie starring Thomas the Tank Engine & his friends on Sodor! Enhance the mystery in this fun-packed activity book as you solve puzzles & add some colour to Thomas & his friends
- including Luke the br&-new engine with an old old secret.. .
Includes: 4 pages of full-colour stickers to use in the book
- or anywhere you like!


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With stories games activities & stickers! The popular little blue engine is back
- & he has some br&-new friends! Fans of Thomas
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Thomas Ades is feted from Los Angeles to London from New York to Berlin as the musician who has done more than any other living composer to connect contemporary music with wider audiences. His operas orchestral pieces & chamber works have already stood the test of repeated performances productions & continued critical acclaim. But this celebrated composer conductor & pianist is notoriously secretive about his creative process about what lies behind his compositional impulse. The poetry technique & biography that fuel his most successful & shattering works such as his operas Powder Her Face" & " The Tempest" or his orchestral works " Asyla" & " Tevot" have remained hidden & unexplained. Until now. In conversation with Tom Service
- the writer with whom he has had the closest relationship in his career
- Ades opens up for the first time about how he creates his music where it comes from & what it means. In these provocative & challenging interviews Ades connects his music with influences from a huge historical & cultural spectrum
- from Sephardic Jewish folk music to 80s electronica from the films of Luis Bunuel & pre-Columbian art to the soundtracks of Al-Qaeda training videos
- & offers a unique insight into the crucible of his composition."



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Pierce Brosnan narrates this brand new feature-length Thomas & Friends" story. When Thomas discovers the long-lost town of Great Waterton The Fat Controller says it will be restored to mark Sodor Day. New engine Stanley arrives to help with the restoration but Thomas feels his position as the number 1 engine is under threat & plays a trick on him. When the plan backfires Thomas finds himself lost down a mine braving raging rapids & leaping the gap of a broken bridge. This all-action adventure will keep Thomas fans on the edge of their seats!" ...