A delightful midi-edition of the bestselling picture book The Christmas Eve Tree, including a stunning pop-up
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After four months of intense fighting, the war in Flanders between German & British soldiers fell silent on Christmas Eve 1914. The soldiers started singing instead of shooting. On Christmas Day they came out of their trenches & met in No Man`s L&. Some chased rabbits. Some played football. This true story is about two footballers & soldiers, one Saxon & one Scot, who were in units that played a match in a field between the French villages Houplines & Frelinghien. Scotsman Jimmy Coyle had played professional football before the war. Saxon Albert Schmidt played in the third team for his local club. On Christmas afternoon they each got the chance to defeat their opponents without weapons. Pehr Thermaenius has tracked both Jimmy`s & Albert`s stories through military archives; from mobilization in August to the hard frozen mud in that field in Flanders that became a football field on Christmas Day. The story of the football match is a light in the darkness as the world remembers the tragic waste of a hundred years ago. ...

A stunning 20th anniversary edition of a Kate Greenaway winning Christmas classic, this is the poignant tale of Jonathan Toomey. ...

Down at the front, on a cold winter`s night in 1914, amidst the worst war the world had ever seen, an inexplicable silence spread from man to man. Belief was in the air. Then the soldiers ceased fire & the magic of Christmas took hold.. . Carol Ann Duffy`s brilliant new poem celebrates the miraculous truce between the trenches, when enemy shook hands with enemy, shared songs, swapped gifts, even played football, & peace found a place in No Man`s L&. ...

Down at the Front, on a cold winter`s night in 1914, amidst the worst war the world had ever seen, an inexplicable silence spread from man to man. Belief was in the air. Then the soldiers ceased fire & the magic of Christmas took hold.. . Carol Ann Duffy`s brilliant new poem celebrates the miraculous truce between the trenches, when enemy shook hands with enemy, shared songs, swapped gifts, even played football, & peace found a place in No Man`s L&. ...

This inspired collection of short stories is based on the original illustrations of Chris Van Allburg in his esteemed & mysterious The Mysteries of Harris Burdick, & features many remarkable, best-selling authors in the worlds of both adult & children's literature: Sherman Alexie, M.T. Anderson, Kate Di Camillo, Cory Doctorow, Jules Feiffer, Stephen King, Tabitha King, Lois Lowry, Gregory Maguire, Walter Dean Myers, Linda Sue Park, Louis Sachar, Jon Scieszka, Lemony Snicket, & Chris Van Allsburg himself. Van Allsburg's Harris Burdick illustrations have evoked such wonderment & imagination since Harris Burdick's original publication in 1984; many have speculated or have woven their own stories to go with his images. More than ever, the illustrations send off their eerie call for text & continue to compel & pick at the reader's brain for a backstory
- a threaded tale behind the image. In this book, we've collected some of the best storytellers to spin them.
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` He writes with gusto...the result is a book that is never boring, genuinely clever.. .this book sizzles.` The Times ` The must-read biography of the year.` Evening Standard ` The point of the Churchill Factor is that one man can make all the difference.` Marking the fiftieth anniversary of Winston Churchill`s death, Boris Johnson explores what makes up the ` Churchill Factor`
- the singular brilliance of one of the most important leaders of the twentieth century. Taking on the myths & misconceptions along with the outsized reality, he portrays
- with characteristic wit & passion-a man of multiple contradictions, contagious bravery, breath-taking eloquence, matchless strategizing, & deep humanity. Fearless on the battlefield, Churchill had to be ordered by the King to stay out of action on D-Day; he pioneered aerial bombing, yet hated the destruction of war & scorned politicians who had not experienced its horrors. He was a celebrated journalist, a great orator & won the Nobel Prize for Literature. He was famous for his ability to combine wining & dining with many late nights of crucial wartime decision-making. His open-mindedness made him a pioneer in health care, education, & social welfare, though he remained incorrigibly politically incorrect. Most of all, as Boris Johnson says, ` Churchill is the resounding human rebuttal to all who think history is the story of vast & impersonal economic forces`. THE CHURCHILL FACTOR is a book to be enjoyed not only by anyone interested in history: it is essential reading for anyone who wants to know what makes a great leader.

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From Afghanistan to Zimbabwe, ” The CIA World Factbook 2013” offers complete & up-to-date information on the world`s nations. This comprehensive guide is packed with detailed information on the politics, populations, military expenditures, & economics of 2013. Also included are appendixes with useful abbreviations, international environmental agreements, international organizations & groups, weight & measure conversions, & more. ...

` The reason Homer Wells kept his name was that he came back to St Cloud`s so many times, after so many failed foster homes, that the orphanage was forced to acknowledge Homer`s intention to make St Cloud`s his home.` Homer Wells` odyssey begins among the apple orchards of rural Maine. As the oldest unadopted child at St Cloud`s orphanage, he strikes up a profound & unusual friendship with Wilbur Larch, the orphanage`s founder
- a man of rare compassion & an addiction to ether. What he learns from Wilbur takes him from his early apprenticeship in the orphanage surgery, to an adult life running a cider-making factory & a strange relationship with the wife of his closest friend...
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Fast, thrilling, compulsively addictive
- The Circle is Dave Eggers` timely novel about our obsession with the internet. When
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