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When this adaptation of C. S. Lewis’s classic children’s story
opened at the RSC Stratford in November 1998, it received rave
reviews and broke box office records. Four children are evacuated
from London during the Blitz. While exploring the Professor’s
house, they stumble across the gateway to another world, and the
adventure begins. The land of Narnia is under the spell of the
wicked White Witch, and the four very quickly find themselves
caught up in a deadly struggle between good and evil.
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After-images (Paperback)
David J. Constantine, H. Constantine; Translated by Lavinia Greenlaw, Tom Kuhn, Adrian Mitchell
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R309
Discovery Miles 3 090
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Features writing that is, in one sense or another, a reflection or
lingering effect of poets and artists who have gone before.
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Celia (DVD)
Rebecca Smart, Nicholas Eadie, Mary-Anne Fahey, Victoria Langley, Margaret Ricketts, …
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R279
Discovery Miles 2 790
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Out of stock
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Set in 1950s suburban Melbourne, at a time when the Australian
government is ferreting out Communists and controlling the rabbit
population through the introduction of myxomatosis. To 9-year-old
Celia the two policies are somehow connected, while she also does
battle with fictional monsters and her own relatives. A disturbing
exploration of childhood fears and pre-occupations.
Come On Everybody brings together poems from a dozen collections
published by Adrian Mitchell over five decades, from Poems (1964)
to his final collection, Tell Me Lies (2008). His poetry's
simplicity, clarity, passion and humour show his allegiance to a
vital, popular tradition embracing William Blake as well as the
ballads and the blues. His most nakedly political poems - about
war, Vietnam, prisons and racism - became part of the folklore of
the Left, sung and recited at demonstrations and mass rallies. His
childlike questioning was a constant reminder from the 60s onwards
that poetry is first and foremost an assertion of the human spirit.
A pacifist prophet who remained true to his heartfelt beliefs,
Mitchell reported back for over half a century from a world
blighted by war, compromise, double-talk and pragmatism without
losing his innocence, integrity and impish sense of humour. Angela
Carter described him as a 'joyous, acrid and demotic tumbling
lyricist Pied Piper determinedly singing us away from catastrophe'.
Henry Colless, one of the old pioneers. In his mid-teens he set out
as a carrier across the Blue Mountains and then further along the
track to the northwest. He was still a teenager when he helped his
father and his brother establish legendary Come-by-Chance. He was
one of the early settlers in Bourke, and later became one of its
leading lights; and he drove a great mob of cattle across the
corner country to establish the first station at Innamincka. This
is his story. 'The Collesses. Theirs is the story of Australia
itself. Convicts, bushrangers, cattle thieves, pioneers, punters,
graziers, ANZACs; floods and droughts, boom and bust, they lived
right through it all. Their story is every bit as comprehensive as
Dorothea Mackellar's "I love a sunburnt country". They were right
in the thick of our founding cultural history; they helped to make
it, helped make this land. From Bird's Eye Corner to the far corner
country. Henry Colless's line - corner to corner, through the
middle of everything. And it is not a line without trace. George,
William, Henry, they each handed on their sterling character - a
more telling legacy than money can buy.'
In this much longer sequel to his earlier collection of Scots-Irish
Links, Parts 1 & 2, David Dobson sheds more light on a segment
of the 100,000 Scotsmen who were re-settled by the British
government in the Irish Plantation of Ulster during the 17th
century. Drawing upon sources not consulted for the earlier volume,
Mr. Dobson has come up with an additional 2,500 mostly Lowland
Scots who re-settled in Ulster--in most instances prior to 1700. As
with Scots-Irish Links, Parts 1 & 2, university students
predominate among.
The Mammoth Sails Tonight is inspired by the ballad of Sir Patrick
Spens. This thrilling musical takes the reader on a wild voyage of
adventure blending timewarps and mystery. It tells the story of an
unsinkable luxury ship's journey into the unknown world of
Norwegian mythology in this unforgettable event.
"The Mayor of Zalamea, Life's a Dream, The Great Theatre of the
World In The Mayor of Zalamea, commissioned by the Royal National
Theatre, peasants' honour clashes with military discipline. Life's
a Dream is Calderon's most famous philosophical play. The Great
Theatre of the World is an allegorical work that would originally
have been performed in the street to the accompaniment of music and
dancing."
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Umpteen Pockets (Hardcover)
Adrian Mitchell; Illustrated by Tony Ross
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R506
R461
Discovery Miles 4 610
Save R45 (9%)
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Ships in 12 - 17 working days
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Lavish, gift collection of children's poems by the late, eminent
Adrian Mitchell.
Gerda and Kai are best friends, until one day Kai is snatched away
by the Snow Queen and taken to her icy palace. Gerda sets out
across the frozen wastes to find her friend and free him from the
grasp of the wicked Queen. An outstanding adaptation of Hans
Christian Andersen's enchanting classic story of loyalty by the
popular British playwright Adrian Mitchell.
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