This book offers a unique look at colours & friendship now available in paperback. This very simple text is about two friends Sue & Nick who like different colours but are still good friends. The artwork is stunning with each artist contributing alternate pages in their own inimitable style. The deceptively simple text is perfect for children learning to read. ...

When Henry VI becomes king it is soon clear that he would be better suited to a quiet life than to ruling the country. Richard Duke of York is convinced that he would make a better king & has more right to the crown & he will stop at nothing to claim it. But Margaret of Anjou Henrys new French wife is a formidable woman who is just as determined to keep Henry on the throne. Most powerful of all is the Earl of Warwick the kingmaker & with his support of Richard of York the War of the Roses begins. When Henry VI lapses into madness & eventually meets his mysterious end in the Wakefield Tower Margaret directs all of her ambition towards her young son. Passionate & impulsive she begins scheming for him & in doing so dashes headlong into disaster... ...

From First love to Farewells this book contains the full gamut of emotions inspired by poetrys most popular subject: love. Meet the romantics & the unromantics the obsessed & the fainthearted the tragic & the comic in all their lyrical glory. Antonia Fraser has made a touching canny & diverse selection of poems from the fifteenth century to the present day from ballads to sonnets to modern verse. Included alongside well-known masters like Burns Sir Walter Scott & Robert Louis Stevenson are contemporary poets such as Kathleen Jamie John Burnside & Carol Ann Duffy illuminating the ways of the heart in all its forms. ...

In its eerie likeness to Earth Mars has long captured our imaginations--both as a destination for humankind & as a possible home to extraterrestrial life. It is our twenty-first century New World; its explorers robots shipped 350 million miles from Earth to uncover the distant planet's secrets. Its most recent scout is Curiosity--a one-ton Jeep-sized nuclear-powered space laboratory--which is now roving the Martian surface to determine whether the red planet has ever been physically capable of supporting life. In Red Rover " geochemist Roger Wiens the principal investigator for the Chem Cam laser instrument on the rover & veteran of numerous robotic NASA missions tells the unlikely story of his involvement in sending sophisticated hardware into space culminating in the Curiosity rover's amazing journey to Mars. In so doing Wiens paints the portrait of one of the most exciting scientific stories of our time: the new era of robotic space exploration. Starting with NASA's introduction of the Discovery Program in 1992 scrappier more nimble missions became the order of the day as manned missions were confined to Earth orbit & behemoth projects went extinct. This strategic shift presented huge scientific opportunities but tight budgets meant that success depended more than ever on creative engineering & human ingenuity. Beginning with the Genesis mission that launched his career Wiens describes the competitive DIY spirit of these robotic enterprises from conception to construction from launch to heart-stopping crashes & smooth landings. An inspiring account of the real-life challenges of space exploration " Red Rover" vividly narrates what goes into answering the question: is there life elsewhere in the universe?" ...

Red Rover Red Rover Bring a Blue Bone Over! Run around to collect the most bones- a great way to learn colours shapes numbers & letters. Get ready to romp as you help everyones favourite electronic talking dog find his bones with different letters shapes numbers & colours! But watch out just when you think you know where they are that silly pup will mix em up! Whoever collects the most bones is top dog! Requires 3 AA batteries (not included). Suitable for 3+ years. ...

The world's most famous travelling reporter flies out to Khemed to investigate a case of arms smuggling & the involvement of an old friend. There's a rebellion in Khemed & the Emir's life is in danger! He has entrusted his mischievous son to Captain Haddock's care but when an old friend of Tintin's is caught smuggling arms to the Khemed rebels they must jump straight on a plane to find out what on earth is going on... Join the most iconic character in comics as he embark on an extraordinary adventure spanning historical & political events & thrilling mysteries. Still selling over 100 000 copies every year in the UK & having been adapted for the silver screen by Steven Spielberg & Peter Jackson in 2011 The Adventures of Tintin continue to charm more than 80 years after they first found their way into publication. Since then an estimated 230 million copies have been sold proving that comic books have the same power to entertain children & adults in the 21st century as they did in the early 20th. ...

Escaping from the attentions of the Bondsmagi Locke Lamora the estwhile Thorn of Camorr & Jean Tannen have fled their home city. Taking ship they arrive in the city state of Tal Varrar where they are soon planning their most spectacular heist yet; they will take the luxurious gaming house The Sinspire for all of its countless riches. No-one has ever taken even a single coin from the Sinspire that wasnt won on the tables or in the other games of chance on offer there. But as ever the path of true crime rarely runs smooth & Locke & Jean soon find themselves co-opted into an attempt to bring the pirate fleet of the notorious Zamira Drakasha to justice. Fine work for thieves who dont know one end of galley from another. & all the while the Bondsmagi are plotting their very necessary revenge against the one man who believes e has humiliated them & lived; Locke Lamora. ...

Young David Feernley is determined to escape the drudgery of his life as a Yorkshire farmh&. Setting off for the coast his aim is to join the whaling fleet at Whitby to earn his living on the stormy & icy Arctic seas. Although he has few sailing skills a Captain soon recognises his worth
- for David is strong & unafraid of danger. David is followed to the small fishing town by Ruth his childhood sweetheart her heart set on marriage. Passionate & proud she is sure to be a worthy wife. Yet David is drawn to another's betrothed: the pretty gentle Jenny. & it is Jenny's bright red shawl that David searches for on the cliff-tops on his return from the long months at sea...
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Since its release in 1948 The Red Shoes" has come to be regarded not only as a British classic & as perhaps the most widely loved of all of Michael Powell & Emeric Pressburger collaborations but as a highlight of world cinema. Its fantastic
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- mixture of dance music colour & light has inspired audiences across the decades. The first comprehensive study of the film that marks the pinnacle of the directors remarkable relationship Connellys book offers fresh insights into this intriguing & beguiling work & into the characters at the heart of the story: the Svengali-like impresario & his obsession the ingenue dancer embodied by the brilliant Moira Shearer. According to many accounts the most successful British film ever made it is fitting that " The Red Shoes" should be celebrated in 2005 the centenary of Powells birth."

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Ever wondered how to predict the weather just by looking at the sky? Or wanted to attract butterflies to your garden? Is there a knack to building the perfect bonfire? & how exactly do you race a ferret? In this world of traffic tailbacks supermarket shopping & 24-hour internet access its easy to feel disconnected from the beauty & rhythms of the natural world. If you have ever gazed in awe at stars in the nights sky tried to catch a perfect snowflake or longed for the comfort of a roaring log fire then this is the book for you. From spotting Britains five kinds of owl to gardening by the phases of the moon & from curing a cold to brewing your own ale Red Sky at Night" is packed with instructions & lists ancient customs & old wives tales making it an indispensable guide to countryside lore." ...