Jez Butterworth's hugely acclaimed, prize-winning play - a comic, contemporary vision of life in England's green and pleasant land.On St George's Day, the morning of the local country fair, Johnny 'Rooster' Byron, local waster and Lord of Misrule, is a wanted man. The council officials want to serve him an eviction notice, his son wants to be taken to the fair, a vengeful father wants to give him a serious kicking, and a motley crew of mates wants his ample supply of drugs and alco...

Bestselling picture book title on tape, with music!Plop! goes the drip that drops from the cup.Duck looks down and Duck looks up.‘A leak in the roof, oh! What bad luck.This is a job for FIX-IT DUCK.’So begins the hilarious new adventure of Duck and his friends Sheep, Goat and Frog.Duck decides that not only can he fix his own leaking roof, but that Sheep with his broken window would also benefit from his DIY expertise…Of course, by the tim...

Busy Hen has five little chicks to look after while making sure number six - still an egg - stays warm. The last thing she needs is hairy, scary Fox sniffing about. She is frantic when the other birds warn her that her chicks are in danger, but her five little chicks are a lot braver than she realises!From the author of HUG and DUCK IN THE TRUCK, this rollicking, rhythmic Easter text is rammed with catchy refrains that beg to be shouted out. Children will love the repeated action w...

Wounded, abandoned behind enemy lines, left for dead…Ajax is one of Earth's most elite, a Paladin pilot, and trusted to fly the most advanced starfighters humanity ever produced. His carrier and the rest of the fleet has fallen back, the recent damage from the elven betrayal making it impossible to stay in the fight. But he knows they'll return, and they'll treat this world to the same kind of plasma bombardment that the elves had inflicted on Mother Earth....

When the war started, Jax was filled with hope, a belief that everything was possible . . . now he has only his rage and hatred.Himnel. Narkolt. Gaij. The cities that have stood against him have learned the cost, but now, as Jax is forced to stand alone, to stare into the abyss and see what his own mistakes have brought about, Kronk dares to raise its head and threaten him. They're about to find out why he's called the Godslayer.The gods have a plan—gather ...

Winner of the 2011 Jolt Excellence Award!Getting software released to users is often a painful, risky, and time-consuming process.This groundbreaking new book sets out the principles and technical practices that enablerapid, incremental delivery of high quality, valuable new functionality to users. Throughautomation of the build, deployment, and testing process, and improved collaboration betweendevelopers, testers, and operations, d...

A slick and violent black comedy set in the Soho clubland of the 1950s. The hit debut play from the author of Jerusalem.In the seedy gangster underworld of the rock'n'roll scene, club owners fight for control of Johnny Silver, the latest young sensation.First premiered at the Royal Court in 1995, Jez Butterworth's play Mojo won the Laurence Olivier Award for Best New Comedy and earned Butterworth the George Devine Award and Evening Standard Theatre Award f...

Though the creative community of Reykjavík, Iceland, has earned a well-deserved reputation for its unique artistic output – most notably the popular music that has emerged from the city since the 1980s – Reykjavík’s filmmakers have received less attention than they merit. World Film Locations: Reykjavík corrects this imbalance, shedding new light on the role of cinema in a country that, partly because of its small population, produces more films per capita than any other in the world. The ...

In all the games Matt has played, Dungeons are places to raid, places you dream of conquering, but when the world is stripped of electricity, and the first mana-twisted beasts start to prowl, the games all come to an end . . .Matt's just an ordinary guy, but when he's beaten, robbed, and left for dead, bleeding out at the bottom of a gully, it all has to change as he grasps frantically at his only chance for survival, coming as it does in the form of a glowing, dangerously pulsing ...

The gods left a secret. Jax needs to find it before Oracle's time runs out.Returning to Dravith should have been a victory. Jax has claimed Ashen Heart, reunited with his forces, and finally understands what he's truly fighting—Xenefier, an enemy older than the gods themselves, holding Oracle and their unborn child captive.But understanding the threat and stopping it are two very different things.The gods predecessors knew they might fail in their f...

Jax never goes down without a fight. But in the aftermath of his latest battle, it's not just his secrets hanging in the balance.With the winds dispelled and secrets exposed, Jax has to convince those that survive that the best chance at safety is with the Empire. The best way to prove it? Eliminate the deadliest threats hunting them all.Jax, Oracle, and Sehran have survived the scorching desert and conquered the untamed wilds. Now they face their ...

Jump back into the action in this fifth installment of the Diary of an 8-Bit Warrior graphic novel series.Runt and his crew are back for the fifth adventure in the Diary of an 8-Bit Warrior Graphic Novel series. As they prepare for the epic battle against the evil incarnate of Minecraftia: Herobrine, they know they’ll be stronger together, but first they have to get Sweetpea on their side. Unfortunately, the baby ...