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A brand-new visual odyssey from Accidentally Wes Anderson, authorised by the legendary filmmaker, taking readers on stunning adventures to every continent and sharing oddly moving human tales along the way.
AWA is back with a new book full of incredible real photos that look plucked from the world of Wes Anderson – sharing dozens of idiosyncratic stories that make each place unique.
You’ll venture to Antarctica through the Drake Passage, make a stop in lesser-known Jincumbilly, Australia (where there are more platypuses than people), travel the backroads of Vermont, and drop into one of the oddest umbrella shops of London.
But no matter where or how the adventure unfolds, it’s nothing without the people who make it memorable. Here, we share the stories of communities and characters who come to life as vividly as the photos themselves.
· You’ll meet the father of American skydiving, who created the officially sanctioned centre of the world – a Californian town with a population of two.
· You’ll visit the ‘post office at the end of the world’ in Tierra del Fuego – and meet the mustachioed letter carrier who, in his free time, runs an anarchist island micronation called Redonda.
· And you’ll travel to a town in the Arctic Circle where cats are not allowed, humans cannot be buried, and a primary attraction is a doomsday vault containing the recipe for the Oreo cookie.
Ellen Cheshire, Jenny Stewart, Lisa Wardle, Mark Ramey, Laura Barbey, Maxine Crampton
Price and format
Price
£9
Format
ebook
This Boost eBook, revised and updated to match the latest WJEC Eduqas A Level Film Studies specification and covering a range of films from the latest list of film texts, provides high-quality content, insight and analysis.
Written by experienced Film Studies authors and teachers, this Student Book provides the core knowledge and exemplification you will need throughout your Film Studies course and will help to prepare you thoroughly for your exams.
Concepts are explored through in-depth case study chapters on 14 films from the specification including: Casablanca, Bonnie and Clyde, La La Land, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Trainspotting, Sightseers, Mustang, Taxi Tehran, Stories We Tell, Sunrise, Buster Keaton shorts, Pulp Fiction, Daisies and Saute ma Ville, as well as references to many other films.
– A dedicated chapter on the Non-Examined Assessment production element of the specification provides practical tips on film production
– Independent Activities provide direction and suggestions for study outside the classroom to broaden knowledge of the genres under study
– Study Tips give advice on skills and highlight best practice when revising for your exams
– Key Definitions introduce and reinforce key terminology and examples of how they should be used are provided
– Exam-style questions enable you to test yourself and help you refine your exam technique
– Sample extracts from student essays with expert commentaries help you to improve your exam technique
The only thing stronger than a witch’s promise is a mother’s vengeance… Sarah loved and trusted no one in her close-knit coven more than her oldest friend, Abigail. Then Abigail’s son was found dead at a house party and Sarah’s daughter, Harper, was accused of murdering him. While the entire village of Sanctuary was consumed by the witch hunt, Sarah and Harper lost everything but their lives.
They fled to the storm-wracked coastal reserve of Bittershore for refuge, but now the past is catching up with them and the secrets they have kept not only from each other, but from the entire world, are set to be unleashed at last…
Big Little Lies meets The Crucible in this fearless portrait of the hatred and hysteria that can so swiftly corrode a community consumed by bigotry – perfect for fans of The Year of the Witching and Her Majesty’s Royal Coven.
The only thing stronger than a witch’s promise is a mother’s vengeance… Sarah loved and trusted no one in her close-knit coven more than her oldest friend, Abigail. Then Abigail’s son was found dead at a house party and Sarah’s daughter, Harper, was accused of murdering him. While the entire village of Sanctuary was consumed by the witch hunt, Sarah and Harper lost everything but their lives.
They fled to the storm-wracked coastal reserve of Bittershore for refuge, but now the past is catching up with them and the secrets they have kept not only from each other, but from the entire world, are set to be unleashed at last…
Big Little Lies meets The Crucible in this fearless portrait of the hatred and hysteria that can so swiftly corrode a community consumed by bigotry – perfect for fans of The Year of the Witching and Her Majesty’s Royal Coven.
The only thing stronger than a witch’s promise is a mother’s vengeance… Sarah loved and trusted no one in her close-knit coven more than her oldest friend, Abigail. Then Abigail’s son was found dead at a house party and Sarah’s daughter, Harper, was accused of murdering him. While the entire village of Sanctuary was consumed by the witch hunt, Sarah and Harper lost everything but their lives.
They fled to the storm-wracked coastal reserve of Bittershore for refuge, but now the past is catching up with them and the secrets they have kept not only from each other, but from the entire world, are set to be unleashed at last…
Big Little Lies meets The Crucible in this fearless portrait of the hatred and hysteria that can so swiftly corrode a community consumed by bigotry – perfect for fans of The Year of the Witching and Her Majesty’s Royal Coven.
Catherine and her mum Ann have decided to live their dream, by opening a bookshop on Ireland’s west coast. But at Christmas, when disaster strikes, it looks like they’ll have to close for the year’s most important shopping week. They’ve been working so hard they’ve barely had time to get to know their neighbours, but builder Fury O’Shea and his dog The Divil, who come to the rescue, open their eyes to the stunning Finfarran peninsula, and what it really means to live a dream.
Fury has his own troubles though. The forest his family has maintained for generations is being sold off and, feeling old and tired, he hasn’t had the strength to resist. But nothing’s going to stop him making his annual gifts of Christmas trees to his neighbours and, seeing devastation in the bookshop, he gives the largest tree to Catherine. Setting aside his own disaster, he undertakes to repair the damage while keeping the bookshop open by constantly moving the tree to hide the chaos.
The tree becomes the focus of a celebrity cookbook signing, a visit from Santa, late-night shopping, and charity carol singing. The bookshop is the background for family tensions, revelations, and reconciliations – and for Catherine’s tentative relationship with Donal, a volunteer in Lissbeg Library. And, ultimately, Fury’s forest becomes the magical setting for a romance which by Christmas Day will transform his life and those of star-crossed couple Adam and Lia who, up to now, have been chasing dreams in all the wrong places.
Catherine and her mum Ann have decided to live their dream, by opening a bookshop on Ireland’s west coast. But at Christmas, when disaster strikes, it looks like they’ll have to close for the year’s most important shopping week. They’ve been working so hard they’ve barely had time to get to know their neighbours, but builder Fury O’Shea and his dog The Divil, who come to the rescue, open their eyes to the stunning Finfarran peninsula, and what it really means to live a dream.
Fury has his own troubles though. The forest his family has maintained for generations is being sold off and, feeling old and tired, he hasn’t had the strength to resist. But nothing’s going to stop him making his annual gifts of Christmas trees to his neighbours and, seeing devastation in the bookshop, he gives the largest tree to Catherine. Setting aside his own disaster, he undertakes to repair the damage while keeping the bookshop open by constantly moving the tree to hide the chaos.
The tree becomes the focus of a celebrity cookbook signing, a visit from Santa, late-night shopping, and charity carol singing. The bookshop is the background for family tensions, revelations, and reconciliations – and for Catherine’s tentative relationship with Donal, a volunteer in Lissbeg Library. And, ultimately, Fury’s forest becomes the magical setting for a romance which by Christmas Day will transform his life and those of star-crossed couple Adam and Lia who, up to now, have been chasing dreams in all the wrong places.
‘Powerful, haunting and truly terrifying’ CHRIS WHITAKER, author of We Begin at the End ‘Beautifully written and epically scary’ ROSIE ANDREWS, author of The Leviathan ‘Carly Reagon is one to watch’ C. J. COOKE, author of A Haunting in the Arctic DISCOVER THE GHOST STORY THAT WON’T LET YOU GO . . .
Kyle can barely remember his grandfather. So when they inherit his old house – a damp, secluded tower on the edge of a Welsh mountain village – Kyle and his wife, Lydia, feel they are moving into the home of a stranger.
From the start, Lydia hates the house: the disturbing paintings in the attic, the hostility of the locals, the peculiar light that pours through the kitchen window. Kyle thinks Lydia needs a break from London, from the nightmares and the panic attacks. But over the coming weeks, Lydia’s sense of dread only becomes more insistent, whilst Kyle is drawn to the house in ways he cannot explain.
Yet as winter approaches, cutting them off, the house must become their refuge. For outside, on the mountain, something is calling to them.
Something that has waited decades, and wants to be let in.
_______
PRAISE FOR CARLY REAGON ‘A book that feels like it’s watching you as you read it’ CARI THOMAS
‘Be prepared for some seriously good twists’ NATASHA PULLEY
‘Brilliantly echoes the likes of Susan Hill’ SUSAN STOKES-CHAPMAN
‘Carly Reagon makes writing scares look easy‘ REBECCA F. JOHN ‘Will keep you up long after the witching hour’ REBECCA NETLEY
‘Powerful, haunting and truly terrifying’ CHRIS WHITAKER, author of We Begin at the End ‘Beautifully written and epically scary’ ROSIE ANDREWS, author of The Leviathan ‘Carly Reagon is one to watch’ C. J. COOKE, author of A Haunting in the Arctic DISCOVER THE GHOST STORY THAT WON’T LET YOU GO . . .
Kyle can barely remember his grandfather. So when they inherit his old house – a damp, secluded tower on the edge of a Welsh mountain village – Kyle and his wife, Lydia, feel they are moving into the home of a stranger.
From the start, Lydia hates the house: the disturbing paintings in the attic, the hostility of the locals, the peculiar light that pours through the kitchen window. Kyle thinks Lydia needs a break from London, from the nightmares and the panic attacks. But over the coming weeks, Lydia’s sense of dread only becomes more insistent, whilst Kyle is drawn to the house in ways he cannot explain.
Yet as winter approaches, cutting them off, the house must become their refuge. For outside, on the mountain, something is calling to them.
Something that has waited decades, and wants to be let in.
_______
PRAISE FOR CARLY REAGON ‘A book that feels like it’s watching you as you read it’ CARI THOMAS
‘Be prepared for some seriously good twists’ NATASHA PULLEY
‘Brilliantly echoes the likes of Susan Hill’ SUSAN STOKES-CHAPMAN
‘Carly Reagon makes writing scares look easy‘ REBECCA F. JOHN ‘Will keep you up long after the witching hour’ REBECCA NETLEY
‘Powerful, haunting and truly terrifying’ CHRIS WHITAKER, author of We Begin at the End ‘Beautifully written and epically scary’ ROSIE ANDREWS, author of The Leviathan ‘Carly Reagon is one to watch’ C. J. COOKE, author of A Haunting in the Arctic DISCOVER THE GHOST STORY THAT WON’T LET YOU GO . . .
Kyle can barely remember his grandfather. So when they inherit his old house – a damp, secluded tower on the edge of a Welsh mountain village – Kyle and his wife, Lydia, feel they are moving into the home of a stranger.
From the start, Lydia hates the house: the disturbing paintings in the attic, the hostility of the locals, the peculiar light that pours through the kitchen window. Kyle thinks Lydia needs a break from London, from the nightmares and the panic attacks. But over the coming weeks, Lydia’s sense of dread only becomes more insistent, whilst Kyle is drawn to the house in ways he cannot explain.
Yet as winter approaches, cutting them off, the house must become their refuge. For outside, on the mountain, something is calling to them.
Something that has waited decades, and wants to be let in.
_______
PRAISE FOR CARLY REAGON ‘A book that feels like it’s watching you as you read it’ CARI THOMAS
‘Be prepared for some seriously good twists’ NATASHA PULLEY
‘Brilliantly echoes the likes of Susan Hill’ SUSAN STOKES-CHAPMAN
‘Carly Reagon makes writing scares look easy‘ REBECCA F. JOHN ‘Will keep you up long after the witching hour’ REBECCA NETLEY
A new fantasy series of super rich magical dynasties and warring heirs – from the author of the million-copy-selling Alex Verus series. For readers of contemporary fantasy who enjoy the methods and magicians of dark academia…
Life is never, ever dull in Agatha Raisin’s sleepy Cotswolds village!
Agatha Raisin’s private detective agency is working flat out on a series of burglaries which take a violent turn when a friend of Agatha’s is murdered during a raid on his antiques shop. Although determined to nail the villains, Agatha still makes time to help Sir Charles Fraith prepare to stage a massive, hugely glamorous event in the grounds of his ancestral home, Barfield House.
When Agatha begins to receive death threats and narrowly avoids being abducted by kidnappers, she takes advantage of a previously arranged trip to Majorca to lie low for a while. There she meets her partner, former police officer John Glass, who is now working as a dance instructor on a cruise liner. Their relationship founders over John’s apparent closeness to his stage dance partner, Louise. Putting her love life on hold, Agatha heads home, having worked out who has been threatening her life.
Can Agatha track down the would-be killer, nail her friend’s murderers and rescue her romance with John? Everything comes to a climax at the Barfield Extravaganza when on top of everything else, Agatha also manages to solve a 400-year-old Cotswold murder mystery!
Life is never, ever dull in Agatha Raisin’s sleepy Cotswolds village!
Agatha Raisin’s private detective agency is working flat out on a series of burglaries which take a violent turn when a friend of Agatha’s is murdered during a raid on his antiques shop. Although determined to nail the villains, Agatha still makes time to help Sir Charles Fraith prepare to stage a massive, hugely glamorous event in the grounds of his ancestral home, Barfield House.
When Agatha begins to receive death threats and narrowly avoids being abducted by kidnappers, she takes advantage of a previously arranged trip to Majorca to lie low for a while. There she meets her partner, former police officer John Glass, who is now working as a dance instructor on a cruise liner. Their relationship founders over John’s apparent closeness to his stage dance partner, Louise. Putting her love life on hold, Agatha heads home, having worked out who has been threatening her life.
Can Agatha track down the would-be killer, nail her friend’s murderers and rescue her romance with John? Everything comes to a climax at the Barfield Extravaganza when on top of everything else, Agatha also manages to solve a 400-year-old Cotswold murder mystery!
Life is never, ever dull in Agatha Raisin’s sleepy Cotswolds village!
Agatha Raisin’s private detective agency is working flat out on a series of burglaries which take a violent turn when a friend of Agatha’s is murdered during a raid on his antiques shop. Although determined to nail the villains, Agatha still makes time to help Sir Charles Fraith prepare to stage a massive, hugely glamorous event in the grounds of his ancestral home, Barfield House.
When Agatha begins to receive death threats and narrowly avoids being abducted by kidnappers, she takes advantage of a previously arranged trip to Majorca to lie low for a while. There she meets her partner, former police officer John Glass, who is now working as a dance instructor on a cruise liner. Their relationship founders over John’s apparent closeness to his stage dance partner, Louise. Putting her love life on hold, Agatha heads home, having worked out who has been threatening her life.
Can Agatha track down the would-be killer, nail her friend’s murderers and rescue her romance with John? Everything comes to a climax at the Barfield Extravaganza when on top of everything else, Agatha also manages to solve a 400-year-old Cotswold murder mystery!
♥️ ‘ . . . an absolute delight . . . these are the perfect reads for a night by the fire’ ♥️ Scotsman
War is hovering on the horizon, and Dandy Gilver wants nothing more than to keep her friends and family close. But then a call in the night places her oldest friend Daisy at the centre of a murder investigation. With her friend’s future on the line, Dandy and her fellow sleuth Alec Osbourne must race to prove her innocence.
But when they reach the idyllic Scottish village of Dirleton, residents confirm a woman was seen at the crime scene – an ancient stone called the louping stane, still spattered with the victim’s blood. And the longer the detectives spend in the village the more they question Daisy’s involvement. They’re not getting the answers they need, but are they asking the right questions? . . .
A desperate thief. An impossible heist. Survive . . . or shatter.
‘TWISTS AND TURNS THAT WILL LEAVE YOU REELING’ HANNAH KANER, #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Godkiller
An action-packed, epic heist fantasy from the author of Mindwalker, perfect for fans of Six of Crows, Master of One and Bone Crier’s Dawn. No matter where she goes, Cemmy’s life is under threat. The Church would see her killed for having any magic. The Council of Shades wants her dead for not having enough.
So when her mother falls ill, Cemmy has no choice but to turn thief. And when she’s offered a job that could solve all their problems, it’s impossible to resist.
The catch? Cemmy will have to work with Chase – beautiful, dangerous, and full of secrets – to steal a powerful relic the Church has hidden within a deadly realm of shadows.
If she succeeds, Cemmy will finally be safe. But if she’s caught, she risks igniting a spark that could destroy the city – and everyone inside . . .
‘Explosive, vibrant and unmissable fantasy . . . The magical heist fantasy you’ve been looking for’ TASHA SURI
A desperate thief. An impossible heist. Survive . . . or shatter.
‘TWISTS AND TURNS THAT WILL LEAVE YOU REELING’ HANNAH KANER, #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Godkiller
An action-packed, epic heist fantasy from the author of Mindwalker, perfect for fans of Six of Crows, Master of One and Bone Crier’s Dawn. No matter where she goes, Cemmy’s life is under threat. The Church would see her killed for having any magic. The Council of Shades wants her dead for not having enough.
So when her mother falls ill, Cemmy has no choice but to turn thief. And when she’s offered a job that could solve all their problems, it’s impossible to resist.
The catch? Cemmy will have to work with Chase – beautiful, dangerous, and full of secrets – to steal a powerful relic the Church has hidden within a deadly realm of shadows.
If she succeeds, Cemmy will finally be safe. But if she’s caught, she risks igniting a spark that could destroy the city – and everyone inside . . .
‘Explosive, vibrant and unmissable fantasy . . . The magical heist fantasy you’ve been looking for’ TASHA SURI
A desperate thief. An impossible heist. Survive . . . or shatter.
‘TWISTS AND TURNS THAT WILL LEAVE YOU REELING’ HANNAH KANER, #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of Godkiller
An action-packed, epic heist fantasy from the author of Mindwalker, perfect for fans of Six of Crows, Master of One and Bone Crier’s Dawn. No matter where she goes, Cemmy’s life is under threat. The Church would see her killed for having any magic. The Council of Shades wants her dead for not having enough.
So when her mother falls ill, Cemmy has no choice but to turn thief. And when she’s offered a job that could solve all their problems, it’s impossible to resist.
The catch? Cemmy will have to work with Chase – beautiful, dangerous, and full of secrets – to steal a powerful relic the Church has hidden within a deadly realm of shadows.
If she succeeds, Cemmy will finally be safe. But if she’s caught, she risks igniting a spark that could destroy the city – and everyone inside . . .
‘Explosive, vibrant and unmissable fantasy . . . The magical heist fantasy you’ve been looking for’ TASHA SURI
The Christmas poos are on the loose! Can you find them hiding in this festive search and find? Look for them in a winter wonderland, snow castle, and in a toy shop.
This seasonal search and find from the bestselling creator of ‘Where’s the Poo?’ is the perfect Christmas gift.
