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Based on the much-loved film, fly away on a magical journey to the
enchanting land of the Snowman - now celebrating its 40th
anniversary! After the snow settles on a cold winter's day, a
little boy builds a Snowman. Later that night, under the glittering
stars, the Snowman comes to life! Together they fly through the
night sky on a breathtaking and magical journey, until the sun
comes up and it's time to go home... This edition of the classic
tale from Raymond Briggs features stunningly rendered new artwork
based on the 1982 film, alongside beautifully written story
narration. The Snowman is the perfect festive read for ALL the
family! For little ones: The Snowman board book For younger
children: The Snowman classic wordless picture book with no words
For readers aged 7+: The Snowman - re-imagined by Michael Morpurgo
Scott Adkins and Dolph Lundgren star in this action thriller
directed by Eric Styles. When a mysterious river monster in China
attacks and kills several people, scientist Travis Preston (Adkins)
travels out to investigate. When he arrives in the small fishing
village he discovers, to his dismay, notorious hunter Harker
(Lundgren) is also searching for the creature but with very
different methods. If Travis can find the monster first he intends
to capture it and study its existence; if Harker finds it he
intends to kill it. Who will get there first?
Three classic films starring comedy duo Stan Laurel and Oliver
Hardy. In 'The Dancing Masters' (1943), Stan (Laurel) and Ollie
(Hardy) are owners of a dance school, but are evicted for
non-payment of rent. To raise money, Ollie tries an insurance scam
which involves inflicting injuries on Stan, but the inept pair soon
find themselves mixed up with local gangsters. Watch out for
appearances by long-running Marx Brothers' foil Margaret Dumont and
a youthful Robert Mitchum. In 'A-haunting We Will Go' (1942),
Laurel and Hardy unknowingly offer to help a bunch of crooks
smuggle a wanted man past the police in a coffin. Unfortunately,
the casket gets mixed up with one used by a stage musician, leading
to a comic chase. Finally, in 'The Bullfighters' (1945), Stan and
Ollie are two detectives looking for a female criminal in Mexico.
Stan gets mistaken for a famous matador and is forced to show his
prowess in the bullring.
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The Karamazov Brothers (Paperback)
Fyodor Dostoevsky; Translated by Constance Garnett; Introduction by A.D.P. Briggs; Series edited by Keith Carabine
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Translated by Constance Garnett, with an Introduction by A. D. P.
Briggs. As Fyodor Karamazov awaits an amorous encounter, he is
violently done to death. The three sons of the old debauchee are
forced to confront their own guilt or complicity. Who will own to
parricide? The reckless and passionate Dmitri? The corrosive
intellectual Ivan? Surely not the chaste novice monk Alyosha? The
search reveals the divisions which rack the brothers, yet
paradoxically unite them. Around the writhings of this one
dysfunctional family Dostoevsky weaves a dense network of social,
psychological and philosophical relationships. At the same time he
shows - from the opening 'scandal' scene in the monastery to a
personal appearance by an eccentric Devil - that his dramatic
skills have lost nothing of their edge. The Karamazov Brothers,
completed a few months before Dostoevsky's death in 1881, remains
for many the high point of his genius as novelist and chronicler of
the modern malaise. It cast a long shadow over D. H. Lawrence,
Thomas Mann, Albert Camus, and other giants of twentieth-century
European literature.
A Legend Reborn The world's most infamous hunter, Nikolas Rokoff,
is sent into the jungle to steal a rare prize from Tarzan's camp.
But Tarzan and his friends Jane and Robbie will stop at nothing to
track him down-crossing the wild rainforest and hostile African
savannah on a daring rescue mission. At the same time, Jane tries
to learn more about Tarzan's past, and must decide whether
reuniting him with his lost family is the right thing to do. And
Robbie is torn by a plan that would keep the secrets of his own
past safe, but might get rid of Tarzan for good. Lured to the city,
Tarzan is forced to confront his greatest enemy. But time is
running out-and no one can be trusted. "I fell in love with Edgar
Rice Burroughs' Tarzan when I was 11 years old, and was jealous
when he married that silly Jane. I would have been even more
jealous of the Jane in Tarzan: The Greystoke Legacy. She is not
silly at all And what a stroke of brilliance to transform Tarzan
into an eco-warrior. The Lord of the Jungle is with us still."
-Jane Goodall PhD, DBE "Not only has Andy Briggs produced another
thrilling adventure story that young readers will adore, it is also
possibly even better than its predecessor." -The Book Zone (for
Boys) Andy Briggs is a screenwriter, graphic novelist, and author.
He has written for movie projects such as Judge Dredd, Freddy vs.
Jason, and Aquaman. He also collaborated with Spider-Man creator
Stan Lee and legendary producer Robert Evans on the screenplay for
Foreverman. Briggs struck an eight-book deal with Oxford University
Press for two series: Hero.com and Villain.net. His graphic novels
include Kong: King of Skull Island, Ritual, and Dinocorps. He has
recently rebooted the classic character Tarzan with his novels
Tarzan: The Greystoke Legacy and Tarzan: The Jungle Warrior. Edgar
Rice Burroughs (September 1, 1875-March 19, 1950) was an American
author best known for creating the jungle hero Tarzan and the Mars
adventurer John Carter. Tarzan first appeared in the story Tarzan
of the Apes, published in the pulp classic All-Story Magazine in
October 1912. The character returned in twenty-five sequels by
Burroughs, a handful of authorized works, and innumerable works in
other media. One of the world's best-known literary characters,
Tarzan has been portrayed in more than eighty movies and television
shows, by more than twenty-seven actors. The first film, Tarzan of
the Apes (1918), was one of the first movies to earn one million
dollars.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
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