Wondrous story

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Features Summary A wondrous story of adventure and friendship. Woman in the Wilderness meets Wild. Author Tory Bilski Publisher Murdoch Books Release date 20190808 Pages 256 ISBN 1-911632-45-0 ISBN 13 978-1-911632-45-0

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 8 - 15 working days Every minute was magical, every single thing it did was fascinating and everything it didn't do was equally wondrous, and to be sat there, with a Kestrel, a real live Kestrel, my own real live Kestrel on my wrist! I felt like I'd climbed through a hole in heaven's fence. An introverted, unusual young boy, isolated by his obsessions and a loner at school, Chris Packham only felt at ease in the fields and woods around his suburban home. But when he stole a young Kestrel from its nest, he was about to embark on a friendship that would teach him what it meant to love, and that would change him forever. In his rich, lyrical and emotionally exposing memoir, Chris brings to life his childhood in the 70s, from his bedroom bursting with fox skulls, birds' eggs and sweaty jam jars, to his feral adventures. But pervading his story is the search for freedom, meaning and acceptance in a world that didn't understand him. Beautifully wrought, this coming-of-age memoir will be unlike any you've ever read. Features Summary Every minute was magical, every single thing it did was fascinating and everything it didn't do was equally wondrous, and to be sat there, with a Kestrel... Author Chris Packham Publisher Ebury Press Release date 20170503 Pages 384 ISBN 1-78503-350-6 ISBN 13 978-1-78503-350-6

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days On the coldest night of 1975, Robbie Fitzgerald is late, sprinting through the snowy streets of a working-class British town. With a Van Morrison meets Robert Johnson singing voice, the young crooner is on the verge of his big break--the legendary producer Dickie Vaughn is going to be in the house for his show. Both his own dreams and those of his young family are on the line, while on the other side of town, in a rough neighborhood, his son and young wife, Susheela, wait for him, which is all too often the case. And when Susheela falls victim to an outrageous bias crime, the balance of the lives of all four Fitzgeralds--Susheela, Robbie, their son, Vincent, and unborn daughter, Ellie, will reverberate with this snowy night's incident. Over thirteen years of struggle, aspiration, achievement, misunderstandings, near misses, and compromised or lost dreams, Helen Walsh plunges us into the lives and loves, indeed the fabric, of the Fitzgeralds. An absorbing story of the awkwardness of youth and the necessary acceptance and maturity that comes with age, Walsh has created a wondrous family saga that will remain with you long after the final page. Features Summary Chronicling 13 years of struggle, aspiration, achievement, misunderstandings, near misses, and compromised or lost dreams of the Fitzgerald family, Walsh delivers an absorbing story of the awkwardness of youth and the necessary acceptance and maturity that comes with age.. Author Helen Walsh Publisher Canongate U.S. Release date 20080901 Pages 359 ISBN 1-84767-179-9 ISBN 13 978-1-84767-179-0

  The most celebrated of all the Disney classics, Cinderella, is also known as one of Walt Disney's all-time favorite films. Cinderella has enchanted generations with its spellbinding story, charming music, and endearing characters that live in your heart forever. The beloved fairy tale becomes pure Disney magic as beautiful Cinderella shares her dreams of romance and a better life with the lovable mice Gus and Jaq. When Cinderella's cruel stepmother prevents her from attending the Royal Ball, the delightful Fairy Godmother appears! With a wave of her wondrous wand and a bouncy "Bibbidi-Bobbidi-Boo, " the Fairy Godmother transforms a simple pumpkin into a magical coach - and Cinderella's rags into a gorgeous gown. At the ball, Cinderella falls in love with Prince Charming, but must flee before the stroke of midnight breaks the spell! With the new Disney Cinderella live-action movie being released in March 2015, fans will fall in love with Cinderella all over again! This Cinderella Cinestory captures the magic of the classic movie, and is a must-have for every Disney fan!

A wonderful 150th-anniversary edition of Lewis Carroll's timeless classic, illustrated by Helen Oxenbury in this beautiful award-winning interpretation. For a century and a half Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll's classic story of logic and lunacy, has delighted young and old alike. Gorgeously illustrated, this award-winning rendition is full of warmth and humour. The whole approach is contemporary and accessible: Alice herself is a child of today - casually dressed, personable, spirited. In Helen Oxenbury's hands, the topsy-turvy world of Wonderland is a wondrous place indeed! Format:Paperback

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 15 working days Celebrated poet David Kirby says that when he was a boy he wanted to run away and join the circus but never found one he liked, so he invented his own. Many of the poems in his dazzling new collection, Talking about Movies with Jesus, suggest his personal carnival is still a work in progress. Much like a traveling circus, Kirby's poems are defined equally by their transient nature and by their destination. The poem "The Phantom Empire" -- which features Gene Autry repeatedly having to escape from a fictional city 20,000 feet underground in order to make it back home in time to voice his afternoon radio show -- suggests that Kirby has discovered the journey to what one is after is often more entertaining than getting it. Yet, in frenetic musings on Bo Diddley, a certain First Lady ("Skinny-Dipping with Pat Nixon"), Kirk Douglas, and Gerald Stern, Kirby notes the importance of arrival. Earnest conversations with cultural icons from Little Richard to Jesus reveal to the poet, as a character in his own story, that art, whether a song or poem or scripture, is all we here on earth know of heaven and all we need to know. Kirby's latest work is at once the caravan, the carnival, and the crowd merging together to form a wondrous collection. Features Summary Celebrated poet David Kirby says that when he was a boy he wanted to run away and join the circus but never found one he liked, so he invented his own... Author David Kirby Publisher Louisiana State University Press Release date 20110202 Pages 70 ISBN 0-8071-3772-3 ISBN 13 978-0-8071-3772-7

Eco returns to the Middle Ages with Baudolino - a wondrous, provocative, beguiling tale of history, myth, and invention. It is April, 1204, and Constantinople, the splendid capital of the Byzantine Empire, is being sacked and burned by the knights of the fourth Crusade. Amid the carnage and confusion, one Baudolino saves a Byzantine historian and high court official from certain death at the hands of the crusading warriors, and proceeds to tell his own fantastical story. Born a simple peasant in northern Italy, Baudolino has two major gifts - a talent for learning foreign languages and skill in telling lies. One day, when still a boy, he met a foreign commander in the woods, charming him with his quick wit and lively mind. The commander - who proves to be the emperor Frederick Barbarossa - adopts Baudolino and sends him to the university in Paris, where he makes a number of fearless, adventurous friends. Spurred on by myths and their own reveries, this merry band sets out in search of Prester John, a legendary priest-king who was said to rule over a vast kingdom in the East - a phantasmagorical land of strange creatures with eyes on their shoulders and mouths on their stomachs, of eunuchs, unicorns, and lovely maidens. As always with Eco, this abundant novel includes dazzling digressions, outrageous tricks, pages of extraordinary feeling and poetry, and vicarious reflections on our postmodern age. Baudolino is an utterly marvellous tale by the inimitable author of THE NAME OF THE ROSE.

This item is sold brand new. It is ordered on demand from our supplier and is usually dispatched within 7 - 11 working days Sparkle and dazzle wherever you go. You're more amazing than you know! Do you believe in magic? With Joyce Wan, the sky's the limit in this delightful, encouraging storybook featuring a lovable unicorn and an even more loving message of hope, persistence, and heart. And at the end of the story you can't help but snuggle up with your own magical unicorn to remind them that "Baby, I believe in you!" A wondrous celebration of the magical spark in every child from today's preeminent board and picture book creator! Features Summary A sparkly ode to believing in yourself and perservance -- with a unicorn twist -- from bestselling creator Joyce Wan! Author Joyce Wan Publisher Scholastic US Release date 20181226 Pages 14 ISBN 1-338-33410-7 ISBN 13 978-1-338-33410-4