Death - Vintage Minis
Duck, Death And The Tulip
In a strangely heartwarming story, a duck strikes up an unlikely friendship with Death. “Who are you? Why are you creeping along behind me?” “Good. You’ve finally noticed me,” said Death. “I am Death.” Duck was startled. You couldn’t blame her for that. Death, Duck and the Tulip is the much anticipated translation of Wolf Erlbruch’s latest masterpiece. Death, Duck and the Tulip will in...
Desire - Vintage Minis
You’ve just passed someone on the street who could be the love of your life, the person you’re destined for – what do you do? In Murakami’s world, you tell them a story. The five weird and wonderful tales collected here each unlock the many-tongued language of desire, whether it takes the form of hunger, lust, sudden infatuation or the secret longings of the heart. Selected from Haruki’s Mur...
Swimming - Vintage Minis
Is there anything quite so exhilarating as swimming in wild water? This is a joyful swimming tour of Britain, a frog’s-eye view of the country’s best bathing holes – the rivers, rock pools, lakes, ponds, lochs and sea that define a watery island. Charming, funny, inspiring, an assertion of the native swimmer’s right to roam, a celebration of the magic of water – this book will indeed make you...
Judgement In Death
She stood in Purgatory and studied death. The blood and the gore of it, the ferocity of its glee. It had come to this place with the wilful temper of a child, full of heat and passion and careless brutality.Â’ In an uptown strip joint a cop is found bludgeoned to death. The weaponÂ’s a baseball bat. The motive is a mystery. ItÂ’s a case of serious overkill that pushes Eve Dallas straight into over...
Thomas & Friends Minis Ahoy Me Mateys Pop Up Playset
Thomas & Friends Minis Ahoy Me Mateys Pop Up Playset is perfect for little Thomas fansThe Thomas & Friends Minis Ahoy Me Mateys Pop Up Playset is a lightweight, pop open playset with an exclusive Thomas Mini engine, Porter. The playset has a fun pirate theme, with an action packed obstacle course for Porter to woosh through to the delight of your child. The playset folds down into a cute Th...
Thomas Minis - Twist-n-Turn Stunt Set Megapack
Thomas Minis - Twist-n-Turn Stunt Set Megapack is perfect for little Thomas fansThe Thomas Minis - Twist-n-Turn Stunt Set Megapack lets kids send their Thomas Minis trains through the many twists and turns, but be careful there are some tricky tracks for your trains to navigate like the steep i-beam and the train ramp.Features :The Thomas Minis - Twist-n-Turn Stunt Set Megapack includes exc...
Thomas & Friends Minis Spooktacular Pop Up Playset
Thomas & Friends Minis Spooktacular Pop Up Playset is perfect for little Thomas fansThe Thomas & Friends Minis Spooktacular Pop Up Playset is a lightweight, pop open playset with an exclusive Thomas Mini engine, Spender The playset has a fun spooky theme, with an action packed obstacle course for Spender to woosh through to the delight of your child. The playset folds down into a cute Thoma...
Thomas & Friends Minis Spooktacular Pop Up Playset
Thomas & Friends Minis Spooktacular Pop Up Playset is perfect for little Thomas fansThe Thomas & Friends Minis Spooktacular Pop Up Playset is a lightweight, pop open playset with an exclusive Thomas Mini engine, Spender The playset has a fun spooky theme, with an action packed obstacle course for Spender to woosh through to the delight of your child. The playset folds down into a cute Thoma...
Dance With Death Figurine
Entwined with the angel of death in a grim fandango, a young woman wearing a venetian masque holds his hand and spins into him lovingly, her auburn hair flowing behind her as his wings envelop her. A perfect reminder of the intricate and delicate dance between life and death that ensnares us all, this beautiful gothic figurine is cast in the finest high-quality resin. Bring a piece of Anne StokesÃ...
Thomas Minis - Twist-n-Turn Stunt Set Megapack
Thomas Minis - Twist-n-Turn Stunt Set Megapack is perfect for little Thomas fansThe Thomas Minis - Twist-n-Turn Stunt Set Megapack lets kids send their Thomas Minis trains through the many twists and turns, but be careful there are some tricky tracks for your trains to navigate like the steep i-beam and the train ramp.Features :The Thomas Minis - Twist-n-Turn Stunt Set Megapack includes exc...
Thomas & Friends Minis Ahoy Me Mateys Pop Up Playset
Thomas & Friends Minis Ahoy Me Mateys Pop Up Playset is perfect for little Thomas fansThe Thomas & Friends Minis Ahoy Me Mateys Pop Up Playset is a lightweight, pop open playset with an exclusive Thomas Mini engine, Porter. The playset has a fun pirate theme, with an action packed obstacle course for Porter to woosh through to the delight of your child. The playset folds down into a cute Th...
Dance With Death Figurine
Entwined with the angel of death in a grim fandango, a young woman wearing a venetian masque holds his hand and spins into him lovingly, her auburn hair flowing behind her as his wings envelop her. A perfect reminder of the intricate and delicate dance between life and death that ensnares us all, this beautiful gothic figurine is cast in the finest high-quality resin. Bring a piece of Anne StokesÃ...
Mort - Discworld: The Death Collection
It is known as the Discworld. It is a flat planet, supported on the backs of four elephants, who in turn stand on the back of the great turtle AÂ’Tuin as it swims majestically through space. And it is quite possibly the funniest place in all of creationÂ… Death comes to us all. When he came to Mort, he offered him a job. After being assured that being dead was not compulsory, Mort accepted. Howe...
Staring at the Sun - Overcoming the Terror of Death
Written in Irv Yalom’s inimitable story-telling style, Staring at the Sun is a profoundly encouraging approach to the universal issue of mortality. In this magisterial opus, capping a lifetime of work and personal experience, Dr. Yalom helps us recognize that the fear of death is at the heart of much of our anxiety. Such recognition is often catalyzed by an “awakening experience”-a dream, or ...
The Death and Life of Australian Soccer
In The Death and Life of Australian Soccer, Joe Gorman chronicles the rise and fall of AustraliaÂ’s first national football competition. Drawing on archival research and numerous interviews, he reveals the sportÂ’s vibrant multicultural history, while also taking an unflinching look at the issues that plague the game. Timely and fascinating, The Death and Life of Australian Soccer is no ordinary ...
Nobuyoshi Araki; Self Life Death
Nobuyoshi Araki is arguably JapanÂ’s greatest living photographer, and certainly its most controversial. The more than 300 books he has published over the last four decades attest to his inexhaustible creative energy, while his work, which often challenges social taboos surrounding sex and death, has drawn critical attention both at home and abroad. This new abridged edition of PhaidonÂ’s highly a...
Is Daddy Coming Back in a Minute? - Explaining (sudden) death in words very young children can understand
When we were on a No Girls Allowed! holiday, my daddyÂ’s heart stopped beating and I had to find help all by myself. He was very badly broken. Not even the ambulance people could help himÂ… This honest, sensitive and beautifully illustrated picture book is designed to help explain the concept of death to children aged 3+. Written in AlexÂ’s own words, it is based on the real-life conversations th...
The Five Invitations - Discovering What Death Can Teach Us About Living Fully
“As a physician and a neurosurgeon,m I have learned that those who have truly lived are those who understand death as an integral part of life.” James R. Doty M.D. Professor of Neurosurgery, Stanford University Frank Ostaseski has helped thousands of people face death. His book, The Five Invitations, based on his 35 years as a Buddhist end-of-life carer, is an exhilarating reflection on what th...
Summer - Vintage Minis
How do you remember the summers of your childhood? For Laurie Lee they were flower-crested, heady, endless days. Here is an evocation of summer like no other – a remote valley filled with the scent of hay, jazzing wasps, blackberries plucked and gobbled, and games played until the last drop of dusk. Lee’s joyful and stirring writing captures the very essence of England’s golden season. Selecte...
Calm - Vintage Minis
How do we find calm in our frantic modern world? Tim Parks – lifelong sceptic of all things spiritual – finds himself on a Buddhist meditation retreat trying to answer this very question. With brutal honesty and dry wit, he recounts his journey from disbelief to something approaching inner peace and tackles one of the great mysteries of our time – how to survive in this modern age. Selected fr...
Friendship - Vintage Minis
What is the secret to true friendship? Is it really love’s quieter relation or something stronger and more profound? And where does the line between the two lie? Rose Tremain looks at two unlikely lifelong friendships, which – though tested – prove unbreakable. Thought-provoking and life-affirming, this is at once an examination and a celebration of friendship in all its glorious complexity. S...