In the 1790s Britain underwent what the politician Edmund Burke called &the most important of all revolutionsa revolution in sentiments& Inspired by the French Revolution British radicals concocted new political worlds to enshrine healthier more productive human emotions & relationships The Enlightenment&s wildest hopes crested in the utopian projects of such optimists
- including the young poet Samuel Taylor Coleridge the philosophers William Godwin & Mary Wollstonecraft the physician Thomas Beddoes & the first photographer Thomas Wedgwood
- who sought to reform sex education commerce politics & medicine by freeing desire from repressive constraints But by the middle of the decade the wind had changed The French Revolution descended into bloody Terror & the British government quashed radical political activities In the space of one decade feverish optimism gave way to bleak disappointment & changed the way we think about human need & longing A Revolution of Feeling is a vivid & absorbing account of the dramatic end of the Enlightenment the beginning of an emotional landscape preoccupied by guilt sin failure resignation & repression & the origins of our contemporary approach to feeling & desire Above all it is the story of the human cost of political change of men & women consigned to the &wrong side of history& But although their revolutionary proposals collapsed that failure resulted in its own cultural revolution
- a revolution of feeling
- the aftershocks of which are felt to the present day



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Cycling's vast history is a fascinating mix of gripping sporting moments inspired pursuits & a whole host of heroes hellions & legend-makers A Ride Through the Greatest Cycling Stories brings together the most important memorable & intriguing moments of cycling's illustrious past From the death of the great Fausto Coppi through to the dominance of Sir Bradley Wiggins & the intrepid pursuits of iconic cyclists on the peaks of the Tour de France cycling historian Giles Belbin brings together the most important memorable & intriguing moments of the sport's illustrious past With striking illustrations throughout each inspired by the stories told this is a sporting treasure trove of human virtue vice & cycling trivia ...

& An exceptional historical crime novel& CJ Sansom&A thought-provoking rollercoaster& Ian Rankin SELECTED AS ONE OF WATERSTONES& BEST CRIME BOOKS OF 2017WINNER OF THE CWA ENDEAVOUR HISTORICAL DAGGER 2017SHORTLISTED FOR THE THEAKSTONS OLD PECULIER CRIME NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2018 India 1919 Desperate for a fresh start Captain Sam Wyndham arrives to take up an important post in Calcutta&s police force He is soon called to the scene of a horrifying murder The victim was a senior official & a note in his mouth warns the British to leave India – or else With the stability of the Empire under threat Wyndham & Sergeant & Surrender-not& Banerjee must solve the case quickly But there are some who will do anything to stop them & One of the most exciting debut novels I&ve read in years& Val Mc Dermid& Highly entertainingset in a Calcutta so convincingly evoked that readers will find sweat bursting from their foreheads& Daily Telegraph& This vivid murder mystery moves at breakneck speeds& Sunday Times& Intoxicating utterly captivating& Daily Mail If you enjoyed A Rising Man the second Sam Wyndham mystery A Necessary Evil is available now ...

Peril & strife strike on a double front for Honor Harrington & company After a brutal attack on the Manticoran home system Honor Harrington & the Star Kingdom she serves battle back against a new technologically powerful & utterly nefarious enemy & as if that weren task enough Honor must also face down a centuries-old nemesis in the crumbling but still mighty Solarian League ...

Peril & strife strike on a double front for Honor Harrington & company After a brutal attack on the Manticoran home system Honor Harrington & the Star Kingdom she serves battle back against a new technologically powerful & utterly nefarious enemy & as if that weren&&t task enough Honor must also face down a centuries-old nemesis in the crumbling but still mighty Solarian League! ...

'A MOST UNUSUAL & DELIGHTFUL BOOK DEBORAH INSTALL HAS CREATED A ROBOT TO REMEMBER'
- Alexander Mc Call Smith Funny touching charming
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In today's wired world robots are everywhere from movies in space computer games
- maybe even walking among us This is a look at
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Featuring gorgeous cinematography from Claude Friese-Greene this stirring drama of romance & derring-do features an early film role for debonair Egyptian-born actor Alexandre D& Arcy playing opposite Russian-British star Marguerite Allan Initially released as a silent film with Pathecolor sequences in May 1929 A Romance of Seville was re-released in July 1930 without the stencil colouring but with new titles & a soundtrack showcasing a feature-length medley of colourful Spanish music The Pathecolor version no longer exists but the re-release is presented here in a br&-new transfer from original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio Dolores & Ramon celebrate their arranged betrothal with little enthusiasm Dolores has a lover & Ramon wants his freedom so that he can pursue Pepita Having heard of Ramon&s betrothal Pepita gives her heart to another but when bandits accost her & try to rob her father they give the dashing Ramon just the chance he needs to prove the gallant lover! ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Twelve year-old Romeo & friend Gavin live next door to each other They are best mates with a shared sense of humour that helps them to survive in a landscape of comic losers & broken dreams But their friendship is put to the test by a chance encounter After a stranger saves them from being beaten up the boys are only too happy to help their new hero & pal in his quest to date Romeo&s sister Little do they realise that they are being drawn into a dangerous obsession violence & desperation a world that threatens to tear the two friends apart From acclaimed director Shane Meadows A Room for Romeo Brass is a contemporary coming-of-age story that is as funny as it is frightening Actors Andrew Shim Ben Marshall Paddy Considine Frank Harper & Bob Hoskins Director Shane Meadows Certificate 15 years & over Year 1999 Screen Widescreen 1851 Languages English
- Dolby Digital (10) Mono Subtitles None Duration 1 hour & 27 minutes (approx)
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WINNER OF THE 2016 CWA DAGGER IN THE LIBRARY Halloween night & the dead are closer than ever for Dr Ruth Galloway She is used to long-dead bodies but a fresh corpse in the middle of a museum is a new challenge The fourth beguiling Dr Ruth Galloway mystery'A wonderfully rich mix of ancient & contemporary' Guardian It is Halloween in King's Lynn & forensic archaeologist Dr Ruth Galloway is attending a strange event at the local history museum
- the opening of a coffin containing the bones of a medieval bishop But then Ruth finds the body of the museum's curator lying beside the coffin Soon the museum's wealthy owner lies dead in his stables too These two deaths could be from natural causes but DCI Harry Nelson isn't convinced & it is only a matter of time before Ruth & Nelson cross paths once more When threatening letters come to light events take an even more sinister turn But as Ruth's friends become involved where will her loyalties lie? As her convictions are tested she & Nelson must discover how Aboriginal skulls drug smuggling & the Aboriginal ritual of The Dreaming may hold the answer to these deaths
- & be the key to their own survival

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