I wish we had never met I wish we could meet once more' Years ago Shoya Ishida led his peers in tormenting a hearing-impaired classmate Shoko Nishimiya When she transfers schools Shoya finds he has gone from bully to bullied & is left completely alone Now Shoya struggles to redeem himself in Shoko's eyes & to face the classmates who turned on him He learns sign language to apologise to Shoko for his behaviour & so begins a relationship that will change his & Shoko's lives forever' ...

Years ago Shoya Ishida led his peers in tormenting a hearing-impaired classmate Shoko Nishimiya When she transfers schools Shoya finds he has gone from bully to bullied & is left completely alone Now Shoya struggles to redeem himself in Shoko's eyes & to face the classmates who turned on him He learns sign language to apologise to Shoko for his behaviour & so begins a relationship that will change his & Shoko's lives forever ...

Years ago Shoya met Shoko a girl who can't hear His youthful boredom bred cruelty & he stole away what should have been her happy childhood years Now as a high schooler his own despair has driven him to understand how wrong he was When he meets Shoko once again that despair turns to hope But is it really possible to make up for the happiness he stole away?--Page 4 of cover 192 pages 1 Illustrations unspecified ...

A Simple Favour is a twisting free-fall ride filled with betrayal reversal secrets & revelations love & loyalty Darcey Bell ratchets up the tension in a taut unsettling & completely absorbing thriller that holds you in its grip until the final page It starts with a simple favour
- an ordinary kindness mothers do for one another When her best friend Emily asks Stephanie to pick up her son from school she happily says yes Their children are classmates & best friends & five-year-olds love being together
- just like she & Emily As a widow & stay-at-home blogger mum living in suburban Connecticut Stephanie was lonely until she met Emily a glamorous & successful PR executive The trouble is that Emily doesn't come back No matter what the police say Stephanie knows that she would never leave her son Terrified she reaches out to her fellow mummy bloggers And she also reaches out to Emily's husband
- just to offer her support What Stephanie hasn't shared are the secrets buried in a murky past


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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play A SIMPLE FAVOUR a stylish post-modern film noir directed by Paul Feig centres around Stephanie (Anna Kendrick) a mommy blogger who seeks to uncover the truth behind her best friend Emily&s (Blake Lively) sudden disappearance from their small town Stephanie is joined by Emily&s husband Sean (Henry Golding) in this thriller filled with twists & betrayals secrets & revelations love & loyalty murder & revenge Director
- Paul Feig Stars
- Blake Lively Anna Kendrick Henry Golding Rupert Friend Genre
- Thriller


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' She decided she would teach him to speak & he was very soon able to say ' Pretty boy!' ' Your servant sir!' & ' Hail Mary!'' With pathos & humour Flaubert imagines the unexamined life of a servant girl Introducing Little Black Classics 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range & diversity of Penguin Classics with books from around the world & across many centuries They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California & the Russian steppe Here are stories lyrical & savage; poems epic & intimate; essays satirical & inspirational; & ideas that have shaped the lives of millions Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880) Flaubert's works available in Penguin Classics are Madame Bovary Sentimental Education Three Tales & Salammbo ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Seven-year-old Anabel (Mara Wilson) wishes for a fairy godmother after the death of her mother but doesn&t expect anything like Murray (Martin Short) the world&s first male angelic guardian Instead of guaranteeing Anabel&s dad a part in a new Broadway musical Murray manages to turn him into a statue The problems really begin with the arrival of Claudia (Kathleen Turner) a former fairy who has turned to the dark side & stolen all the other godmothers& wands All she needs now to become all-powerful is Murray&s wand ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Your wish is his command sort of &A Simple Wish& tells the sweet-natured story of Murray a bumbling fairy godfather who has good intentions but not much else Technically Murray is a fairy godmother--the only male member of the North American Fairy Godmother Association After barely passing his godmother&s exam he is sent to New York City to watch after Anabel a young girl who wishes that her father Oliver will land a part in a Broadway musical so that the family won&t have to move to Nebraska But when the district&s previous godmother a nefarious spellcaster named Claudia arrives with her wacky sidekick Boots her plans to cripple Murray & Anabel&s magical association & monopolize the wish market wreak havoc on the already unstable Murray It&s up to Murray & Anabel to pool their resources & get rid of Claudia & Boots once & for all Director Michael Ritchie turns the fairytale knob up a notch with &A Simple Wish& also taking the time to poke fun at Broadway musicals Featuring spectacular special effects & an extremely engaging performance by Wilson this is a children&s fable with a fresh twist Actors Martin Short Mara Wilson Kathleen Turner Robert Pastorelli Amanda Plummer Teri Garr Ruby Dee Francis Capra & Jonathan Hadary Director Michael Ritchie Certificate Universal Suitable for All Year 1997 Screen Widescreen 2401 Languages English
- DTS-HD Master Audio (51) Additional Languages French ; Italian ; German ; Spanish ; Japanese ; Latin American Spanish ; Brazilian Portuguese Subtitles English for the hearing impaired ; Italian ; German ; Spanish ; Japanese ; Brazilian Portuguese ; Danish ; Dutch ; Finnish ; Greek ; Korean ; Latin American Spanish ; Norwegian ; Portuguese ; Swedish ; Traditional Mandarin Closed Captions Yes Duration 1 hour & 29 minutes (approx)
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Celebrated as a masterpiece from its first publication A Single Man is the story of George an English professor in suburban California left heartbroken after the death of his lover Jim With devastating clarity & humour Christopher Isherwood shows George&s determination to carry on evoking the unexpected pleasures of life as well as the soul&s ability to triumph over loneliness & alienation ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Set in Los Angeles in 1962 at the height of the Cuban missile crisis A Single Man is the story of George Falconer a 52 year old British college professor (Colin Firth) who is struggling to find the meaning to his life after the death of his long term partner Jim (Matthew Goode) George dwells on the past & cannot see his future as we follow him through a single day where a series of events & encounters ultimately leads him to decide if there is meaning to life after Jim George is consoled by his closest friend Charley (Julianne Moore) a 48 year old beauty who is wrestling with her own questions about the future A young student of George&s Kenny (Nicholas Hoult) who is coming to terms with his true nature stalks George as he feels in him a kindred spirit A Single Man is a romantic tale of love interrupted the isolation that is an inherent part of the human condition & ultimately the importance of the seemingly smaller moments in life Winner of the BAFTA Award for Leading Actor
- Colin Firth
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