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Paperback. English. Anchor. 1998. Fair - Good Reading copy. Paris, 1940. Walter Benjamin has laboured for ten years to complete the work which will secure his reputation as one of the century's seminal thinkers. Finally, when Nazi tanks surround the city, he packs the 1000-page manuscript and sets off for the Spanish border and freedom.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Benjamin Bear does everything in his own funny way, whether it's trying to walk on water, ride a square bicycle or go on an undersea adventure with only a fishbowl for a helmet. In this series of one page, gag filled comic strips, starring a very loopy bear, Philippe Coudray creates a zany world that makes kids think and solve puzzles, drawing all readers into the game. Features Summary Benjamin Bear walks on water, rides a square-wheeled bicycle, and wears a fishbowl helmet under the sea. Told in the form of one-page comic strips, each of Benjamin's adventures is a hilarious gag... Author Philippe Coudray (Visual artist), Philippe Coudray (Author) Publisher Toon Books Release date 20130314 Pages 32 ISBN 1-935179-22-5 ISBN 13 978-1-935179-22-1

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Benjamin Netanyahu is one of the longest serving Prime Ministers of Israel. For much of the world, Netanyahu is a right-wing nationalist zealot; for many Israelis he is a centrist who is too soft on Arabs and backs down too easily in a fight. Love him or loathe him, Netanyahu has been at the very centre of Arab-Israeli politics since 1990, when he became the telegenic Israeli spokesman for CNN's coverage of the Persian Gulf War, arguably ushering in the Americanization of the Israeli media. Netanyahu is famous for his TV skills, but there is so much more to reveal - good and bad - about the man and his place in Israeli, Middle Eastern and world political history. At present there is no major profile of Netanyahu in the English language, so the publication of this book is a landmark of considerable importance, especially as in March 2015 he was re-elected for a further term in office. Using the juncture of the Oslo Accords to take the reader back to Netanyahu's formative years, Neill Lochery, a renowned scholar of Middle Eastern politics and history, chronicles not only the Prime Minister's life but also the issues his career has encompassed, from the rise of militant Islam to the politics of oil; from the transformation of Israeli politics by the 24/7 cable news cycle to the US's changing role in the Middle East. Features Summary Benjamin Netanyahu is one of the longest serving Prime Ministers of Israel. For much of the world, Netanyahu is a right-wing nationalist zealot; for many Israelis he is a centrist who is too soft on Arabs and backs down too easily in a fight... Author Neill Lochery Publisher Featherstone Education Ltd Release date 20160928 Pages 400 ISBN 1-4729-2611-0 ISBN 13 978-1-4729-2611-1

The Tale of Benjamin Bunny   BRAND NEW! LIMITED STOCK! The beloved classic by Beatrix Potter     Peter Rabbit's cousin, Benjamin Bunny, has been a very popular character since this book's first publication in 1904. In this tale we hear all about his and Peter's adventures in Mr McGregor's vegetable garden, and what happens to them when they meet a cat!        Click here to see all my other great books!!

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days This book - the title of which translates directly today as "Liberals and Liberalism" - is the only collection of the important early political writings of Benjamin Disraeli, chief voice of conservatism in nineteenth-century Britain and one of that creed's most impressive theorists and statesmen. Without question ""Whigs and Whiggism"" is indispensable for those seeking to understand the contributions that the most striking, enigmatic figure of nineteenth-century British politics made to conservative doctrine. Features Summary Part of the Conservative Leadership Series, Whigs and Whiggism is indispensable for those seeking to understand nineteenth-century British politics and the contributions of one of its most striking... Author William Hutcheon (Editor), Benjamin Disraeli (Author), Christopher B. Briggs (Author) Publisher Regnery Publishing Release date 20060306 Pages 420 ISBN 0-89526-001-8 ISBN 13 978-0-89526-001-7

Author: A. H. Benjamin and John Bendall-Brunello Publisher: Little Tiger Press  (2002) ISBN-10: 1854307827 ISBN-13: 9781854307828 Condition: As New Binding: Softcover Pages: 26 Dimensions: 27.4 x 22.4 x 0.2 cm +++ by A. H. Benjamin and John Bendall-Brunello +++ Mouse and Mole are the best of friends. They have fun together, and share everything. They trust each other completely, even with their deepest secrets. Then, one day, whilst lying side by side on a hilltop, they see a falling star. "It's my star! I saw it first," says Mole. "No, I saw it first!" shouts Mouse. Their quarrel tears them apart, but as the days roll by they begin to miss each other.

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America Discovered by The Welsh in 1170 AD by Rev. Benjamin F. Bowen, 1876 Published in Philadelphia by J.B.Lippincott & Co, 1876 - 2nd American Edition. (first edition: 1875) 184 pages Hardcover, brown cloth with gold lettering on the spine, brown end paper in front and back, mesh exposed slightly at title page, a few pages loose (but not coming apart), some foxing. First owner's signature, date and an older ownership stamp on first page. Spine presenting some rubbing and a few scratches, top corner of spine is damaged (see pictures). The edges of the cover are rubbed. Tight binding. Good condition giving the age of the book. This 184 pp. book on Prince Madoc or Madog ap Owain gives some unique First Nation American lore here. Out of context the story of the son of Owain Gwynedd is seen as unlikely at best but Prince Madoc's Irish Viking side has Iceland and Newfoundland relations easily overlooked. Highly Collectible and scarce!    Please judge from pictures:       Please note: Payment must be made within three days of auction close.    Please have a look at all my Items here!!  

  Author(s): Benjamin Disraeli  Title:      Coningsby  ISBN: n/a  Publisher: Signet  This Edition: Signet Classics series  Year of Publication: 1962 Place Of Publication: Great Britain First Published: 1844  Binding: paperback Number of pages: 478  Weight: 290g  Condition:   An older copy, though still in good condition     

Noah and Logan are the main characters in five colorful illustrated children's short stories. One - How they clean their room. Two - How they learn to share toys. Three - How they learn to tie their sneakers (shoes). Four - How they care for their pets. Five - How they make new friends at their local playground. by Benjamin K M Kellogg (Author) Shipping Weight: 5.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies) Paperback: 64 pages Publisher: Ex-L-Ence Publishing (February 19, 2018) Language: English ISBN-10: 190913399X ISBN-13: 978-1909133990 Product Dimensions: 7 x 0.2 x 10 inches Shipping Weight: 5.9 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 6 - 13 working days Part of the Bug Club whole school reading programme for Reception, KS1 and KS2 that transforms young readers into life-long readers. Children are instantly engaged by the characters they know and love and want to read more and more. Features Summary Part of the Bug Club whole school reading programme for Reception, KS1 and KS2 that transforms young readers into life-long readers. Children are instantly engaged by the characters they know and love and want to read more and more. Author Benjamin Hulme-Cross Publisher Pearson Education Limited Release date 20130522 Pages 116 ISBN 0-435-14410-3 ISBN 13 978-0-435-14410-4

The Evil That Men Do - Benjamin Bennett     Hardcover With no Dust Jacket I send by Ord inary mail and supply a tracking number.   Because of postage costs it is sometimes better to to order more than one book, as I charge by weight and combine postage it is more cost effective. I combine postage. I also combine postage with Jessies. Please quote Username or order number when making a payment  

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days One of the most important works of cultural theory ever written, Walter Benjamin's groundbreaking essay explores how the age of mass media means audiences can listen to or see a work of art repeatedly - and what the troubling social and political implications of this are. Throughout history, some books have changed the world. They have transformed the way we see ourselves - and each other. They have inspired debate, dissent, war and revolution. They have enlightened, outraged, provoked and comforted. They have enriched lives - and destroyed them. Now Penguin brings you the works of the great thinkers, pioneers, radicals and visionaries whose ideas shook civilization and helped make us who we are. Features Summary Explores how the age of mass media means audiences can listen to or see a work of art repeatedly - and what the troubling social and political implications of this are.. Author Walter Benjamin (Author), J. A Underwood (Translator) Publisher Penguin Books Release date 20080807 Pages 110 ISBN 0-14-103619-2 ISBN 13 978-0-14-103619-9

Native Nostalgia In this, his first book, Jacob Dlamini writes about growing up in Katlehong in Gauteng, in the tradition of Orhan Pamuk's and Walter Benjamin's accounts of their childhoods in Istanbul and Berlin respectively. Using fragments from his own childhood, he examines the nostalgia that many black people feel for the past their lives under apartheid. In arguing that people do not stop being moral agents just because they are politically oppressed or discriminated against, the author seeks to recover the moral content of black life under apartheid. This book is about nostalgia, an affliction of the heart that began life as a passing ailment but became an incurable modern condition. The book uses the life of a young black South African who spent his childhood under apartheid to ask the following question: What does it mean to remember a (black) life lived under apartheid with fondness and longing? The nostalgia examined here should not be understood the same way that the archetypal black pensioner trotted out by newspapers at each general election in South Africa says: "Things were better under apartheid." No, apartheid had no virtue. But the author insists that we confront facile accounts of black life under apartheid that paint the 46 years in which the system existed as one vast moral desert, as if blacks produced no art, literature, music, bore no morally upstanding children or, at the very least, children who knew the difference between right and wrong even if those children did not grow up to make the "right" moral choices in their lives. This is not to say there was no poverty, crime or moral degradation. There was, of course. But none of this determined the shape of black life in its totality. This is not to suggest that all black families were happy the same way. Each family was, of course, unhappy in its own way. The differences between black families extended beyond questions of domestic bliss or strife. There were class, ethnic and gender differences aplenty. It behoves any history worthy of the name to take these differences seriously, which could be as small as the type of lawn one had in one's yard, the type of furniture in each bedroom, or the type of fencing one had around the yard whether the concrete slabs colloquially called "stop nonsense" or a wire mesh fence. The author is interested also in the role of the senses in a person's experience of nostalgia. He uses fragments drawn randomly from the past to look at his childhood in Katlehong as a lived experience of the senses. He tries to imagine how one might relay the history of Katlehong in terms of the senses of smell, hearing, taste, touch and sight. He uses his sensory experience of Katlehong, for example, to examine the place of radio in the life of an urban black family in apartheid South Africa. Here he does not simply wish to relay the auditory experience of listening to the radio but to look, rather, at how the very instrument that was supposed to be the government's propaganda tool actually had the opposite effect, awakening in him a political consciousness that saw him adopt a politics at odds with the political gradualism and religious conservatism of his mother. Again, he looks at how black schools, intended by government to be a great downward leveller of black ambition, inadvertently served to heighten class consciousness within black society, often pitting the local elite against the mass of the great black unwashed. Finally, he studies how local political identities were formed in relation to both a national black identity and a much broader black diasporic identity. About the Author Jacob Dlamini is one of South Africa's bright young intellectuals. A PhD student at Yale, he has written for a number of magazines and newspapers such as the Sunday Times. Author Jacob Dlamini ISBN 9781770097551 Format Paperback Pages 169p. _

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days When best friends Tai and Mila are reunited after a summer apart, their friendship threatens to combust from the pressure of secrets, middle school, and the looming dance auditions for a new talented-and-gifted program. Fans of Renee Watson's Piecing Me Together will love this memorable story about a complex friendship between two very different African American girls-and the importance of speaking up. Jamila Phillips and Tai Johnson have been inseparable since they were toddlers, having grown up across the street from each other in Pirates Cove, a low-income housing project. As summer comes to an end, Tai can't wait for Mila to return from spending a month with her aunt in the suburbs. But both girls are grappling with secrets, and when Mila returns she's more focused on her upcoming dance auditions than hanging out with Tai. Paula Chase explores complex issues that affect many young teens, and So Done offers a powerful message about speaking up. Full of ballet, basketball, family, and daily life in Pirates Cove, this memorable novel is for fans of Ali Benjamin's The Thing About Jellyfish and Jason Reynolds's Ghost. Features Summary When best friends Tai and Mila are reunited after a summer apart, their friendship threatens to combust. In her middle-grade debut, Chase delivers a memorable story about a complex friendship between two very different African-American girls and the importance of speaking up. Author Paula Chase Publisher Greenwillow Books Release date 20180813 Pages 304 ISBN 0-06-269178-3 ISBN 13 978-0-06-269178-1

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days In the moving and compelling debut novel from Benjamin Zephaniah, a young man's life is completely changed when his face is badly scarred in a car accident. Martin seems to have it all. He's cool, funny, and he's the undisputed leader of the Gang of Three, who roam their East London estate during the holidays looking for fun. But one night after the Gang leave a late night rap club, Martin accepts a ride from Pete, a Raider's Posse gang member. Too late, he realises that the car is stolen, and that the police are after them. What happens next will change Martin's life and looks, and show him the true meaning of strength, courage, discrimination and friendship Features Summary In the moving and compelling debut novel from Benjamin Zephaniah, a young man's life is completely changed when his face is badly scarred in a car accident... Author Benjamin Zephaniah Publisher Bloomsbury Children's Books Release date 20180111 Pages 208 ISBN 1-4088-9498-X ISBN 13 978-1-4088-9498-9

War of Words: Memoir of a South African Journalist by Benjamin Pogrund When Benjamin Pogrund, one of South Africa's most distinguished journalists, first began his career as a young reporter in the 1950s, "There had been little reason at that stage to believe that anything revolutionary was about to start." As the "African affairs reporter," and then deputy editor, it was Pogrund who first brought the words of black leaders like Robert Sobukwe and Nelson Mandela to the pages of South Africa's leading newspaper, the Rand Daily Mail. This was the period of apartheid in South Africa and for most of the next thirty years, the Rand Daily Mail was the country's liberal white voice against the tyranny of the Afrikaner Nationalist government. A riveting memoir and a complex commentary on apartheid and freedom of the press, War of Words offers an insider's perspective on one of the most turbulent, and arguably one of the most significant, periods in modern history.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 4 - 8 working days It's peculiar how no-words can be better than words. How silence can say more than noise, or a person's absence can occupy even more space than their presence did. Suzy is twelve when her best friend, Franny, drowns one summer at the beach. It takes two days for the news to reach Suzy, and it's not something that she can accept: Franny has always been a strong swimmer, from the day they met in swim class when they were just five. How can someone all of a sudden, just no longer be there? Suzy realizes that they must have got it wrong: Franny didn't just drown - she was stung by a poisonous jellyfish. This makes a lot more sense to Suzy's logical mind than a random drowning - cause: a jellyfish sting; effect: death. Suzy's journey to acceptance is quiet - she resolves to either say something important, or say nothing at all. But it's also bursting with bittersweet humour, heart-breaking honesty, big ideas and small details. The Thing About Jellyfish is an astonishing debut novel from Ali Benjamin, and is perfect for fans of Wonder, Counting By 7s and My Sister Lives on the Mantelpiece. Features Summary It's peculiar how no-words can be better than words. How silence can say more than noise, or a person's absence can occupy even more space than their presence did... Author Ali Benjamin Publisher Macmillan Children's Books Release date 20161022 Pages 352 ISBN 1-4472-9125-5 ISBN 13 978-1-4472-9125-1

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days As a part of DC Universe Rebirth, son of Batman Damian Wayne joins the Teen Titans! The Teen Titans are further apart than ever before...until Damian Wayne recruits Starfire, Raven, Beast Boy and the new Kid Flash to join him in a fight against his own grandfather, Ra's al Ghul! But true leadership is more than just calling the shots--is Robin really up to the task? Or will the Teen Titans dismiss this diminutive dictator? The team will have to figure this out fast, as a great evil from Damian's past is lurking around the corner, ready to strike at the team's newest leader and destroy the new Teen Titans before they even begin! The newest era of one of DC's greatest super-teams begins here in TEEN TITANS VOL. 1! Written by Benjamin Percy (GREEN ARROW) with spectacular art by newcomer Jonboy Meyers. Collects issues #1-6 and TEEN TITANS: REBIRTH #1. Features Summary As a part of DC Universe Rebirth, son of Batman Damian Wayne joins the Teen Titans The Teen Titans are further apart than ever before...until Damian Wayne recruits Starfire... Author Benjamin Percy (Author), Jonboy Meyers (Visual artist) Publisher DC Comics Release date 20170620 Pages 168 ISBN 1-4012-7077-8 ISBN 13 978-1-4012-7077-3

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days The first full account of the government-sanctioned genocide of California Indians under United States rule Between 1846 and 1873, California's Indian population plunged from perhaps 150,000 to 30,000. Benjamin Madley is the first historian to uncover the full extent of the slaughter, the involvement of state and federal officials, the taxpayer dollars that supported the violence, indigenous resistance, who did the killing, and why the killings ended. This deeply researched book is a comprehensive and chilling history of an American genocide. Madley describes pre-contact California and precursors to the genocide before explaining how the Gold Rush stirred vigilante violence against California Indians. He narrates the rise of a state-sanctioned killing machine and the broad societal, judicial, and political support for genocide. Many participated: vigilantes, volunteer state militiamen, U.S. Army soldiers, U.S. congressmen, California governors, and others. The state and federal governments spent at least $1,700,000 on campaigns against California Indians. Besides evaluating government officials' culpability, Madley considers why the slaughter constituted genocide and how other possible genocides within and beyond the Americas might be investigated using the methods presented in this groundbreaking book. Features Summary The first full account of the government-sanctioned genocide of California Indians under United States rule Between 1846 and 1873, California's Indian population plunged from perhaps 150... Author Benjamin Madley Publisher Yale University Press Release date 20170618 Pages 712 ISBN 0-300-23069-9 ISBN 13 978-0-300-23069-7

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days It's an unforgettable field trip! In this follow-up to A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to School...,Henry is late to a museum where his class is spending the day. But he has a plan: He'll just catch up in one of the exhibits. That's not possible in these halls! With volcanoes erupting, dinosaurs charging, and secret stairwells lurking, reuniting with his classmates becomes a quest of outrageous proportions. From I Didn't Do My Homework Because..., A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to School..., and The Truth About My Unbelievable Summer...author/illustrator team Davide Cali and Benjamin Chaud comes an unbelievably artful adventure! Features Summary It's an unforgettable field trip! In this follow-up to A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to School...,Henry is late to a museum where his class is spending the day... Author Davide Cali (Author), Benjamin Chaud (Author) Publisher Chronicle Books Release date 20170304 Pages 44 ISBN 1-4521-5593-3 ISBN 13 978-1-4521-5593-7

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days The definitive, internationally bestselling biography of Albert Einstein. Now the basis of Genius, the ten-part National Geographic series on the life of Albert Einstein, starring the Oscar, Emmy, and Tony Award--winning actor Geoffrey Rush as Einstein. How did his mind work? What made him a genius? Isaacson's biography shows how Einstein's scientific imagination sprang from the rebellious nature of his personality. His fascinating story is a testament to the connection between creativity and freedom. Einstein explores how an imaginative, impertinent patent clerk--a struggling father in a difficult marriage who couldn't get a teaching job or a doctorate--became the mind reader of the creator of the cosmos, the locksmith of the mysteries of the atom, and the universe. His success came from questioning conventional wisdom and marveling at mysteries that struck others as mundane. This led him to embrace a morality and politics based on respect for free minds, free spirits, and free individuals. Einstein, the classic #1 New York Times bestseller, is a brilliantly acclaimed account of the most influential scientist of the twentieth century, "an illuminating delight" (The New York Times). The basis for the National Geographic series Genius, by the author of The Innovators, Steve Jobs, and Benjamin Franklin, this is the definitive biography of Albert Einstein. Features Summary From Isaacson, the bestselling author of "Benjamin Franklin," comes the first full biography of Albert Einstein since all his papers have become available--a fully realized portrait of a premier icon of his era. Author Walter Isaacson Publisher Simon & Schuster Release date 20170411 Pages 675 ISBN 1-5011-7138-0 ISBN 13 978-1-5011-7138-3

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days 'Boundlessly moving' Observer 'Immersive and impressive' The Sunday Times 'Benjamin writes with verve and charm' Guardian The NEW YORK TIMES Top Ten Bestseller It's 1969, and holed up in a grimy tenement building in New York's Lower East Side is a travelling psychic who claims to be able to tell anyone the date they will die. The four Gold children, too young for what they're about to hear, sneak out to learn their fortunes. Such prophecies could be dismissed as trickery and nonsense, yet the Golds bury theirs deep. Over the years that follow they attempt to ignore, embrace, cheat and defy the 'knowledge' given to them that day - but it will shape the course of their lives forever. 'Such is her dazzling sureness of touch that you wonder if here is a writer who is truly capable of anything' Daily Mail Features Summary If you knew the date you were going to die, then how would you live your life? Do not miss this New York Times bestselling, critically acclaimed novel. Author Chloe Benjamin Publisher Tinder Press Release date 20180308 Pages 416 ISBN 1-4722-4498-2 ISBN 13 978-1-4722-4498-7

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Mr. Tod wanted to eat Peter Rabbit, Lily, and Benjamin. They needed Squirrel Nutkin's help!Ladybird Readers is a graded reading series of traditional tales, popular characters, modern stories, and non-fiction, written for young learners of English as a foreign or second language.Beautifully illustrated and carefully written, the series combines the best of Ladybird content with the structured language progression that will help children develop their reading, writing, speaking, listening and critical thinking skills.The four levels of Readers and Activity Books follow the CEFR framework and include language activities that provide preparation for the Cambridge English: Young Learners (YLE) Starters, Movers and Flyers exams.Peter Rabbit Goes tot he Treehouse, a Level 2 Activity Book, is A1 in the CEFR framework and supports YLE Movers exams. The activities encourage children to practice short sentences containing a maximum of two clauses, introducing the past tense and some simple adverbs. Features Summary Mr. Tod wanted to eat Peter Rabbit, Lily, and Benjamin. They needed Squirrel Nutkin's help!Ladybird Readers is a graded reading series of traditional tales... Publisher Ladybird Books Release date 20160707 Pages 16 ISBN 0-241-25457-4 ISBN 13 978-0-241-25457-8

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Features Summary for SATB (with divisions) and piano Benjamin Harlan's spirited arrangement of the French carol Angels we have heard on high has an energetic drive, a sparkling piano part... Author Benjamin Harlan Publisher Oxford UniversityPress Release date 20180524 Pages 12 ISBN 0-19-352434-1 ISBN 13 978-0-19-352434-7

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days 'The emperor's mistress had been murdered, and the world had been taken hold of and turned upon its head' Prague, 1599. Christian Stern, a young doctor, has just arrived in the city. On his first evening, he finds a young woman's body half-buried in the snow. The dead woman is none other than the emperor's mistress, and there's no shortage of suspects. Stern is employed by the emperor himself to investigate the murder. In the search to find the culprit, Stern finds himself drawn into the shadowy world of the emperor's court - unspoken affairs, letters written in code, and bitter rivalries. But there's no turning back now... Features Summary 'The emperor's mistress had been murdered, and the world had been taken hold of and turned upon its head' Prague, 1599. Christian Stern, a young doctor... Author Benjamin Black Publisher Penguin Books Release date 20180607 Pages 336 ISBN 0-241-19738-4 ISBN 13 978-0-241-19738-7

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days Best-selling and Pulitzer Prize winning historian Rick Atkinson's new book is a masterly history of the American War of Independence. With its start-to-finish battle narratives, the book captures the experience of the war and the profound emotional depths on display from the beginning. History at its most compelling. In June 1773, King George III attended a grand celebration of his reign over the greatest, richest empire since ancient Rome. Less than two years later, Britain's bright future turned dark: after a series of provocations, the king's soldiers took up arms against his rebellious colonies in America. The war would last eight years, and though at least one in ten of the Americans who fought for independence would die for that cause, the prize was valuable beyond measure: freedom from oppression and the creation of a new republic. Rick Atkinson, author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning An Army at Dawn and two other superb books about the Second World War has long been admired for his unparalleled ability to write deeply researched, stunningly vivid narrative history. In this new book, he tells the story of the first twenty-one months of America's violent effort to forge a new nation. From the battles at Lexington and Concord in spring 1775 to those at Trenton and Princeton in winter 1776-77, American militiamen and then the ragged Continental Army take on the world's most formidable fighting force and struggle to avoid annihilation. It is a gripping saga alive with astonishing characters: Henry Knox, the former bookseller with an uncanny understanding of artillery; Nathanael Greene, the blue-eyed bumpkin who becomes one of America's greatest battle captains; Benjamin Franklin, the self-made man who proves himself the nation's wiliest diplomat; George Washington, the commander in chief who learns the difficult art of leadership when the war seems all but lost. Full of riveting details and untold stories, The British Are Coming is a tale of heroes and knaves, of sacrifice and blunder, of redemption and profound suffering. Rick Atkinson has given stirring new life to the first act of America's creation drama. Features Summary Best-selling and Pulitzer Prize winning historian Rick Atkinson's new book is a masterly history of the American War of Independence. With its start-to-finish battle narratives... Author Rick Atkinson Publisher William Collins Publishing Release date 20190516 Pages 800 ISBN 0-00-830329-0 ISBN 13 978-0-00-830329-7

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 12 working days A film tie-in edition to 20th Century Fox's film adaptation of the heart-warming international bestseller starring Scarlett Johansson and Matt Damon and directed by Oscar-winning director Cameron Crowe. An amazing true story that has inspired the major Hollywood motion picture this Christmas, to be repackaged for release alongside the film. We Bought a Zoo is about one young family, a broken down zoo, and the wild animals that changed their lives forever. When Ben [played by Damon] and his wife Katherine [played by Johansson] sold their small flat in Primrose Hill, upped sticks with their children and invested their savings into a dilapidated zoo on the edge of Dartmoor, they were prepared for a challenge and a momentous change in all their lives. With over 200 exotic animals to care for - including an African lion, a wolf pack, a Brazilian tapir and a jaguar - Ben's hands, and those of his wife, children and tiny team of keepers, were full. What they weren't prepared for was Katherine's devastating second brain cancer diagnosis. Ben found himself juggling the daunting responsibilities of managing the park's staff and finances, while holding the bailiffs at bay and caring for his wife. A moving and entertaining story of courage and a family's attempts to rebuild a zoo, and carry on after Katherine's tragic death. Features Summary A film tie-in edition to 20th Century Fox's film adaptation of the heart-warming international bestseller starring Scarlett Johansson and Matt Damon and directed by Oscar-winning director Cameron Crowe.. Author Benjamin Mee Publisher HarperCollins Publishers Release date 20111212 Pages 313 ISBN 0-00-743182-1 ISBN 13 978-0-00-743182-3

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days A full-color storybook with a shiny cover, game cards, and over 50 stickers based on the hit film coming to theaters in fall 2017! Despite his family's baffling generations-old ban on music, Miguel (voice of newcomer Anthony Gonzalez) dreams of becoming an accomplished musician like his idol, Ernesto de la Cruz (voice of Benjamin Bratt). Desperate to prove his talent, Miguel finds himself in the stunning and colorful Land of the Dead following a mysterious chain of events. Along the way, he meets charming trickster Hector (voice of Gael Garcia Bernal), and together, they set off on an extraordinary journey to unlock the real story behind Miguel's family history. Directed by Lee Unkrich (Toy Story 3), co-directed by Adrian Molina (story artist Monsters University), and produced by Darla K. Anderson (Toy Story 3), Disney/Pixar's Coco opens in U.S. theaters on November 22, 2017. Children ages 3 to 7 will love this full-color storybook with a shiny cover, game cards, and over 50 stickers based on the film. Features Summary A full-color storybook with a shiny cover, game cards, and over 50 stickers based on the hit film coming to theaters in fall 2017! Despite his family's baffling generations-old ban on music... Author Rh Disney Publisher Random House Disney Release date 20171009 ISBN 0-7364-3766-5 ISBN 13 978-0-7364-3766-0