Strictly Come Dancing's Latina bombshell, Lilia, maintains her perfect body without the aid of a gym. Here she shows that simply by dancing regularly, Latin American dancing specifically, you can have a firm, toned body, up your stamina & increase your cardiovascular fitness level. Split into 5 different workouts that are simple & effective, each section targets a different body zone & a lesson in the extraordinary art of Latin dance. ...

Shielded from emotional & physical abuse by layers of fat, Lilian struggles to escape a suffocating existence in the home of her tyrannical Victorian father & her elegant but ineffectual mother. This book traces the progress of her life's journey, & why she made the choices she did. ...

Shortlisted for the Bill Duthie Booksellers' Choice BC Book Prize (2005)
Award-winning journalist Stephen Hume delves into the
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Travelling handyman Homer Smith (Sidney Poitier) encounters a group of nuns led by Mother Maria (Lilia Skala) while driving through the Arizona desert. Newly arrived from Germany & unable to speak much English, the nuns prevail upon Homer to fix the leaky roof of their farmhouse &, despite being unable to pay him any money, persuade him to stay on & build them a chapel. As he works for the nuns, teaching them English in his spare time, Homer discovers a new purpose to his life, but encounters resistance from the local community when he tries to persuade them to help with the building work. Poitier won an Oscar for his performance in the film
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Television drama following the lives of three Catholic sisters, Iris (Catherine Tyldesley), May (Leanne Rowe) & Ruby (Karrie Hayes) as they come of age following the First World War. Episodes comprise: ' The Chit Behind King Billy', ' The Thunderbolt', ' The White Charger', ' The Tallyman', ' The Sea', ' The Release', ' The Serpent' & ' The Reckoning'. ...

Riko turns in a new garment for the emperor's banquet. Unfortunately, the emperor dislikes it, & orders Riko to remake the garment. Riko tells the emperor he doesn't have enough time to make another one. The emperor expresses his outrage, & Riko & Ria-hu, who argue with the emperor, end up executed on the spot. &, Liling-Po happens to see. ...