Is Italy a united country or a loose affiliation of warring states? Is Italian football a sport or an ill-disguised protraction of ancient enmities? Tim Parks goes on the road to follow the fortunes of Hellas Verona football club to pay a different kind of visit to some of the world's most beautiful cities This is a highly personal account of one man's relationship with a country its people & its national sport A book that combines the pleasures of travel writing with a profound analysis of one country's mad mad way of keeping itself entertained ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Detective Andreas (Nikolaj Coster-Waldau) seemingly perfect life is thrown into disarray when he is called out to a domestic dispute between a junkie couple to find their infant son neglected & crying in a closet With red tape stopping Andreas from intervening to protect the child the usually collected policeman finds himself powerless & shaken to the core Slowly losing his grip on right & wrong he decides to take justice from outside the law & in to his own hands in an attempt to save the child from a life of destitution & an early grave ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play The discovery of a deep family secret & and a passionate story as seen through the eyes of Francois an only child who invents an imaginary brother & imagines his parents& past The day he reaches 15 a family friend reveals an upsetting truth to the young Francois but one that will make him stronger Actors Cecile De France Patrick Bruel Ludivine Sagnier Julie Depardieu Mathieu Amalric Nathalie Boutefeu Yves Verhoeven Yves Jacques Sam Garbarski & Orlando Nicoletti Director Claude Miller Certificate 15 years & over Year 2007 Duration 2 hours & 26 minutes (approx) ...

BY THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHORWill opening the door lead to love & happy endings? Romance humour & happy-ever-after endings the delicious romantic new novel from the Sunday Times number one bestselling author of A Vintage Wedding & A Summer at Sea & Modern-day Austen Great fun& Red& Top-drawer romantic escapism& Daily Mail& Deliciously enjoyable& Red& Warm brilliant & full of love& Heat Lorna & her friend Philly work together in the grounds of a beautiful manor house in the Cotswolds But even though they are surrounded by family & friends the door to true love remains resolutely closed Could their discovery of a secret garden mean this is about to change? ...

We live our lives immersed in name brand products It's hard to drive down the street without seeing a plethora of chain restaurants car dealerships branded clothing they're all around us What most of us don't know is that the origins of many of the most well-known & beloved brands in the world are shrouded in controversy drug use & sometimes even addled with blatant racism A Secret History of Brands cuts through the rumours & urban legends & paints a picture of the true dark history of famous brands like Coca-Cola Hugo Boss Adidas Ford Bayer Chanel & BMW among others Explore the mystery of the cocaine content of Coca-Cola the Hitler-Henry Ford connection & why Bayer is famous for Asprin but began their journey with Heroin & how Kellogg's Corn Flakes were crafted to deter sexual arousal Thoroughly researched Mc Nabb details first-hand conducted interviews alongside fairly weighed research to present the decisive view of brands histories that you haven't heard of yet ...

A funny moving love story about facing fears hand in hand
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&A Sense of Home is about making your house a private sanctuary a wonderful feel-good book that offers inspiring advice on creating a home that represents "you"& Sunday Times& Homes should nurture & nourish us be a private sanctuary a deeply personal place where friends & family gather & celebrate My hope is that this book can guide you to create the space you love
- along with great tastes that make eating there a comfort & a pleasure& Helen James From leading Irish designer & food blogger Helen James comes a beautiful book for all who enjoy making their house a home Room by room Helen shares her distinctive design sensibility inspired by the natural world as she considers the spaces where we spend so much of our time
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- with essential design principles natural beauty products gardening plans & more A Sense of Home is stunningly illustrated throughout A sumptuous journey that is as pleasurable to browse as it is to put into practice
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1 Howard L Myers during his brief but impressive career was published in all the leading science fiction magazines in the 1960s & 1970s This book is a treasure trove of some of the best writing of that period 2 The Creatures of Man a previous collection of Myers’ stories was praised by Library Bookwatch as “ a 1960s classic All the stories are choice reads”3 Advertising in Locus more 4 Featured book on Baencom &
- ; In a post-apocalyptic world telepaths are common but young Starn had no trace of telepathic ability & was persecuted by those who had the talent—until he discovered he possessed an even more unusual ability &
- ; A criminal mastermind has been captured by the Space Patrol & a Patrol ship is carrying him to a prison planet Escape seems impossible but he has a secret weapon It’s only water—but water with a very unusual property &
- ; In the afterlife it turns out that one’s existence is dependent on being remembered by the living As you are forgotten you shrink How do you avoid this? Why hire an unearthly public relations firm of course These stories & more including two full-length novels fill a large volume of entertaining space adventure & humorous fantasy Inventive by a writer noted for original ideas developed with a sardonic wit About the Author Howard L Myers was a prolific writer of science fiction publishing short fiction in all the leading SF magazines as well as the novel Cloud Chamber His stories also were reprinted in many anthologies His promising career was cut short when he died at the age of 41


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Most organizational change initiatives fail spectacularly (at worst) or deliver lukewarm results (at best) In his international bestseller Leading Change John Kotter revealed why change is so hard & provided an actionable eight-step process for implementing successful transformations The book became the change bible for managers worldwide Now in A Sense of Urgency Kotter shines the spotlight on the crucial first step in his framework creating a sense of urgency by getting people to actually see & feel the need for change Why focus on urgency? Without it any change effort is doomed Kotter reveals the insidious nature of complacency in all its forms & guises In this exciting new book Kotter explains How to go beyond "the business case" for change to overcome the fear & anger that can suppress urgency Ways to ensure that your actions & behaviors -- not just your words -- communicate the need for change How to keep fanning the flames of urgency even after your transformation effort has scored some early successes Written in Kotter's signature no-nonsense style this concise & authoritative guide helps you set the stage for leading a successful transformation in your company ...

AS HEARD ON BBC RADIO 4 'A GOOD READ' 'A novel that made such a deep impression on me at sixteen that I can still conjure the atmosphere in my fifties of yearning infatuation mingled indistinguishably with envy & remorse' Lionel Shriver An American coming-of-age tale during a period when the entire country was losing its innocence to the second world war Set at a boys' boarding school in New England during the early years of World War II A Separate Peace is a harrowing & luminous parable of the dark side of adolescence Gene is a lonely introverted intellectual Phineas is a handsome taunting daredevil athlete What happens between the two friends one summer like the war itself banishes the innocence of these boys & their world ...