Contains poems that reflect the voices of poverty & those caught in war, the living & the dead, the voices of real & invented people, dream voices & stolen narratives. This collection

Includes:: poems about moments when nuns ice skate & Monty Python meets his mother, when Bud is silenced by poverty & its relentless grip.

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Hypochondriac, neurotic, & a habitual worrier, Ariel Leve has always looked on the blighted side of life. She counts it a good day if she manages to get out of bed. If someone should ask: what's the worst that can happen? She has a ready-made list & lives in permanent fear of what's to come. ...

Charlie Lang (Nicolas Cage) is an honest but poor cop who becomes an instant celebrity when he wins the lottery, & gives half of it to Yvonne (Bridget Fonda), a waitress to whom he had promised a share of the fortune should his number come up that day. This beneficent act is not appreciated by Lang's avaricious wife, Muriel (Rosie Perez), who becomes increasingly estranged from her husband as her new-found riches lead her to ever dizzier social heights. Meanwhile, the more selfless Charlie & Yvonne find themselves being drawn closer & closer together. ...

Aubrey Powell directs this documentary made to mark the 40-year anniversary of the discovery of HIV/AIDS. The film follows the struggle of those infected with the disease around the world, those who help the people most at risk & the extraordinary efforts of the people who strive to spread the word of prevention to generations & cultures across the globe. ...

Collected first season of the 2006 Rose D' Or winner for best sitcom, The IT Crowd. Jen is newly hired 'relationship manager' of the dingy basement-based IT department of the conversely immaculate Reynholm Industries. Her underlings, Moss & Roy, quickly realize she is somewhat lacking in the techno-smarts claimed on her CV. Finally, after years of being looked down on by everyone in the building, the nerdy pair have their own object of contempt. Jen, it soon transpires is not only willing to lie on her resume but live in person too & will stop at nothing to further her own interests. ...

All twelve episodes of the award winning sitcom set in a company's I.T. department. In series 1, Jen is newly hired 'relationship manager' of the dingy basement-based IT department of the conversely immaculate Reynholm Industries. Her underlings, Moss & Roy, quickly realize she is somewhat lacking in the techno-smarts claimed on her CV. Finally, after years of being looked down on by everyone in the building, the nerdy pair have their own object of contempt. Jen, it soon transpires is not only willing to lie on her resume but live in person too & will stop at nothing to further her own interests. In series 2, Denholm (Chris Morris), the boss of Reynholm Industries, dies, leaving his son Douglas (Matt Berry) in charge, while Moss (Richard Ayoade) joins a German cookery class in an attempt to fill his boring life. Episodes comprise: ' Yesterday's Jam', ' Calamity Jen', ' Fifty-Fifty', ' The Red Door', ' The Haunting Of Bill Crouse', ' Aunt Irma Visits', ' The Work Outing', ' Return Of The Golden Child', ' Moss & The German' ...

All 18 episodes from the first three seasons of the award-winning Channel 4 sitcom set in the dingy subterranean IT department of the otherwise sparklingly modern Reynholm Industries. Episodes are: ' Yesterday's Jam', ' Calamity Jen', '50: 50', ' The Red Door', ' The Haunting of Bill Crouse', ' Aunt Irma Visits', ' The Work Outing', ' Return of the Golden Child', ' Moss & the German', ' The Dinner Party', ' Smoke & Mirrors', ' Men Without Women', ' From Hell', ' Are We Not Men?', ' Tramps Like Us', ' Speech', ' Friendface' & ' Calendar Geeks'. ...