Psychological thriller starring Judi Dench & Cate Blanchett. Barbara Covett (Dench) is a domineering & solitary teacher who rules with an iron fist over her classroom at a decaying state-run secondary school in London. Save for her cat, Portia, Barbara lives alone, without friends or confidantes
- but her world changes when she meets the school's new art teacher, Sheba Hart (Blanchett). Sheba appears to be the kindred spirit & loyal friend Barbara has always been seeking. But when she discovers that Sheba is having an incendiary affair with one of her young students (Andrew Simpson), their budding relationship takes an ominous turn. Now, as Barbara threatens to expose Sheba's terrible secret to both her husband (Bill Nighy) & the world, Barbara's own secrets & dark obsessions come tumbling to the fore, exposing the deceptions at the core of each of the women's lives.
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When the new teacher, Sheba, first arrives, Barbara immediately senses that this woman will be different from the rest of her staff-room colleagues. Before too long, Sheba is involved in an illicit affair with a pupil. Barbara finds the relationship abhorrent, of course, but she is the only adult in whom Sheba can properly confide in. ...

From the first day that the beguiling Sheba Hart joins the staff of St George's, history teacher Barbara Covett is convinced that she has found a kindred spirit. Barbara's loyalty to her new friend is passionate & when Sheba is discovered to be having an illicit affair with one of her pupils, Barbara elects herself as Sheba's chief defender. ...

In a career spanning more than forty years, Derek Birdsall has achieved renown as a leading book designer in Britain. Distils a lifetime's professional experience. Presents & discusses nearly fifty books he has designed, showing 360 spreads & covers, all in full colour & to scale. ...

Cliffs Notes is aimed at students needing to understand a subject with a minimum of fuss. In this case an examination of Emily Brontes story of the brooding love of Heathcliff for Cathy, a woman he cannot have, & the revenge he takes on the families who stand in his way. ...

The meaninglessness & randomness of life was a constant theme in Camus's writing. This story is absurd, yet touches a chord within the reader that surely will resonate for years to come. A man is condemned to beheading because he was indifferent at his mother's funeral. In prison he finds freedom & happiness. ...

Cliffs Notes is aimed at students needing to understand a subject with a minimum of fuss, covering both classic & modern literature. In this case Chaucer's text of pilgrims journeying from London to the shrine of St. Thomas a Becket in Canterbury, set in 14th-century Engl&. ...