In addition to his great prowess as a composer Vaughan Williams was a man of strong character & unflagging energy who lived a long full life. He was at the centre of musical events in England for sixty years a period which for sustained musical achievement is probably unequalled in the history of this country. Ursula Vaughan Williamss intimate & detailed biography of her husband used much material not hitherto available to scholars to produce a balanced & judicious portrait. It is now made newly available as a Clarendon Paperback. ...

Meet Raa Raa the noisy lion who loves going on noisy adventures with his little jungle friends! Today in the Jingly Jangle Jungle Raa Raa wants to learn new & noisy things! But when he discovers he can't swing like his monkey friend Ooo Ooo or toot like his elephant friend Huffty he gets very upset. Will his friends help him learn that being a Raa Raa is very special too? This delightful storybook is based on the amazing new animated pre-school show which encourages youngsters to play with the sounds around them to develop their communication skills. ...

Topsy is reading Zebby a nap time story but Raa Raa is being far too noisy. Can Raa Raa find some quiet sounds for Topsys story to help Zebby fall asleep? This cute book features Raa Raa the Noisy Lion & all his friends & is ideal for parents to share with toddler fans of the CBeebies show at bedtime or storytime. ...

Meet Raa Raa the noisy lion who loves going on noisy adventures with his little jungle friends! Help Raa Raa sing along with his friends in this fun noisy rhyming book. Tap your feet to a jungle beat you'll want to hear again & again! This delightful book is based on the amazing new animated pre-school show which encourages youngsters to play with the sounds around them to develop their communication skills. ...

Meet Raa Raa the noisy lion who loves going on noisy adventures with his little jungle friends! This delightful little library introduces youngsters to the wonderful stars of the noisy new series
- Raa Raa Zebby Huffty Topsy Ooo Ooo & Crocky. Featuring six beautiful mini board books in a slipcase
- this title is perfect for presents pocket money & party bags! This delightful storybook is based on the amazing new animated pre-school show which encourages youngsters to play with the sounds around them to develop their communication skills.

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Perfect for day trips & short breaks the OS Landranger Map series covers Great Britain with 204 detailed maps. Each map provides all the information you need to get to know your local area &

Includes:: places of interest tourist information picnic areas & camp sites plus Rights of Way information for England & Wales.

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Brutally honest beautifully written THE RABBIS DAUGHTER is the compulsive story of a woman trying to find love & struggling to make peace with her faith her parents & ultimately herself. Reva Mann was a wild child. Granddaughter of the Chief Rabbi of Israel & daughter of a highly respected London Rabbi she rebelled strongly & so began a desperate search to discover who she was. In a whirlwind of sex & drugs Reva strove to leave her strict family life behind her & find her own path. When years later Reva decides she wants to return to her Jewish faith she leaves London & enters a womans yeshiva in Jerusalem. Driven by a strong yearning to return to a higher level of spirituality she is determined to find a strictly orthodox holy man to marry & have children. So Reva begins a new life wanting to suppress her former desires & needs & to find her way to God. In this honest & often shocking memoir Reva presents to us the secret world of ultra Orthodox Judaism. Fascinating insights into modern day matchmakers ritual baths sexual codes of conduct & Jewish practice are depicted & Revas journey is brought to life in stunning detail. ...

The first book in his award-winning Rabbit" series John Updike's " Rabbit Run" contains an afterword by the author in " Penguin Modern Classics". It's 1959 & Harry ' Rabbit' Angstrom one time high school sports superstar is going nowhere. At twenty-six he is trapped in a second-rate existence
- stuck with a fragile alcoholic wife a house full of overflowing ashtrays & discarded glasses a young son & a futile job. With no way to fix things he resolves to flee from his family & his home in Pennsylvania beginning a thous&-mile journey that he hopes will free him from his mediocre life. Because as he knows only too well 'after you've been first-rate at something no matter what it kind of takes the kick out of being second-rate'. John Updike (1932-2009) was born in Shillington Pennsylvania. He graduated from Harvard College in 1954 & spent a year at Oxford England at the Ruskin School of Drawing & Fine Art. From 1955 to 1957 he was a member of staff at " The New Yorker". Updike was the author of twenty-one novels as well as numerous collections of short stories poems & criticism & is one of only three authors to win more than one Pulitzer Prize. His most famous works are the Harry ' Rabbit' Angstrom series all of which are published in " Penguin Modern Classics": " Rabbit Run" (1960) " Rabbit Redux" (1971) " Rabbit is Rich" (1981) & " Rabbit at Rest" (1990). If you enjoyed " Rabbit Run" you might like Don De Lillo's " Americana" also available in " Penguin Modern Classics". " It is sexy in bad taste violent & basically cynical. & good luck to it". (Angus Wilson " Observer"). " That special polish that brilliance; Updike is among the best". (Malcolm Bradbury). " Brilliant & poignant... By his compassion clarity of insight & crystal-bright rose [ Updike] makes Rabbit's sorrow his & our own". (" Washington Post")."
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Hop along to Fibonacci's Field & follow Lonely & Chalk Rabbit through a calendar year as they try to handle different seasonal challenges each month from the freezing cold of February to the wet of April & the heat of July all while coping with their rapidly expanding brood. This extraordinary book is packed with funny details & novelty elements including a baby rabbit record book a rabbit newspaper & a surprise pop-up ending. ...

Its 1969 & the times are changing. America is about to land a man on the moon the Vietnamese war is in full swing & racial tension is on the rise. Things just arent as simple as they used to be
- at least not for Rabbit Angstrom. His wife has left him with his teenage son his job is under threat & his mother is dying. Suddenly into his confused life
- & home
- comes Jill an eighteen-year-old runaway who becomes his lover. But when she invites her friend to stay a young black radical named Skeeter the pairs fragile harmony soon begins to fail.


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