Frank Capra directs this heartwarming Christmas fantasy. George Bailey (James Stewart) has spent his entire life in the small town of Bedford Falls. Despite his yearning to see the world, George has always sacrificed his personal ambitions for the sake of his family & the local community, settling down to marry his childhood sweetheart, Mary (Donna Reed), & raise a family. However, when a huge amount of money goes missing from the savings & loans company he panics & finds himself preparing to commit suicide. However, he is shown the error of this idea by Clarence (Henry Travers), an angel who has been sent to Earth in order to earn his wings. To this end, Clarence shows George just how badly Bedford Falls & its residents would have turned out had he never been born. ...

Collects over 500 of the strangest, the funniest-sounding & delightful words in the English language & traces them back to their often puzzling origins. This title lets you discover why bastards should resent travelling salesmen, why sheets should remain on tenterhooks & why you should never set down a tumbler before finishing your drink. ...

Did you know that an assassin is a hashish-eater & a yokel a country woodpecker? That Dr Mesmer mesmerised patients back to health or that Samuel Pepys enjoyed a good game of handicap? This title collects over 500 of the strangest, & funniest-sounding words in the English language, & traces them back to their often puzzling origins. ...

Musical comedy. Ken Millar (George Cole) & Ray Thompson (Terence Morgan) are two struggling young songwriters dreaming of hitting the big time with their appealing melodies. However no one has any interest in them
- until the songwriting duo meet a pretty French singer, Georgie (Mylene Nicole), who showcases one of their songs.
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Written to fit the new Edexcel

Specification B, this book takes an issues & enquiry-based approach to learning. It

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Reveals that some of our most intuitive notions about time are shockingly wrong, & that the real nature of time discovered by Einstein can be rigorously explained without advanced mathematics. This book is suitable for intellectually curious readers of various kinds, including professional physicists. ...

Presenting case studies on QRM implementation, this book illustrates how QRM can not only reduce lead time but also improve quality, reduce operating costs, & enable companies to gain substantial market share. It explains how factories in advanced nations can use QRM strategy to compete with manufacturers in low-wage countries. ...

Asserts that relativity ought to be an important part of everyone's education
- after all, it is largely about time, a subject
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Remake of Larry Cohen's cult 1970s shocker. Bijou Phillips stars as Lenore Harker, a young woman with everything she ever wanted: a beautiful home, a devoted boyfriend, Frank (James Murray), & a baby on the way. However, events take a gory turn when animals & people start turning up brutally dead shortly after the new baby's birth. Could the baby possibly be responsible for these gruesome murders? ...