Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play A remake of the 1937 classic this time as a musical about a Hollywood couple going through bad times Would-be singer Esther Blodgett (Judy Garland) finds herself taken under the wing of fading star Norman Maine (James Mason) when she saves him from making a drunken fool of himself on stage Changing her name to Vicki Lester Esther becomes a star & is soon married to Norman However as Vicki&s star rises so Norman&s falls Harold Arlen Ira Gershwin songs include & The Man That Got Away& Actors Judy Garland James Mason Jack Carson Charles Bickford Tommy Noonan Lucy Marlow Amanda Blake & Irving Bacon Director George Cukor Certificate Universal Suitable for All Year 1954 Languages English Duration 3 hours & 1 minute (approx) ...

Please note this is a region 2 Blu-ray & will require a region 2 or region Free Blu-ray Player in order to play A rock star on the decline John Norman Howard (Kris Kristofferson) has given in to drugs & excessive drinking & his music has suffered as a result Wandering into a club one night John watches singer Esther Hoffman (Barbra Streisand) perform & is smitten The two begin dating & soon John lets Esther take the spotlight during his concerts However even as Esther finds fame & success with her singing John continues his downward spiral Actors Barbra Streisand Kris Kristofferson Gary Busey Oliver Clark Vanetta Fields Directors Frank Pierson Writers Frank Pierson John Gregory Dunne Joan Didion William A Wellman Robert Carson Producers Barbra Streisand Jon Peters Language English Subtitles English Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired English Number of discs 1 ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region Free DVD Player in order to play The fire of Barbra Steisand The magnetism of Kris Kristofferson The reckless world of big-time rock &n& roll All three bring anew passion & timelessness to A Star Is Born one of the screen&s classic love stories (previously filmed in 1937 & 1954) & winner of five Golden Globe Awards including Best Picture Actress & Actor (Musical Comedy) Actors Barbra Streisand Kris Kristofferson Gary Busey Oliver Clark Vanetta Fields Directors Frank Pierson Writers Frank Pierson John Gregory Dunne Joan Didion William A Wellman Robert Carson Producers Barbra Streisand Jon Peters Rufus Sewell Language English Number of discs 1 ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region Free DVD Player in order to play "A Star is Born" stars four-time Oscar nominee Bradley Cooper & multiple award-winning Oscar-nominated music superstar Lady Gaga in her first leading role in a major motion picture Cooper helms the film marking his directorial debut In this new take on the tragic love story he plays seasoned musician Jackson Maine who discovers-and falls in love with-struggling artist Ally (Gaga) She has just about given up on her dream to make it big as a singer until Jack coaxes her into the spotlight But even as Ally&s career takes off the personal side of their relationship is breaking down as Jack fights an ongoing battle with his own internal demons Actors Bradley Cooper Lady Gaga Andrew Dice Clay Dave Chappelle Sam Elliott Directors Bradley Cooper Writers Bradley Cooper Eric Roth Will Fetters Producers Bradley Cooper Ravi D Mehta Bill Gerber Jon Peters Basil Iwanyk Language English Subtitles English Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired English Number of discs 1 ...

Tracklist 1 Intro &8211; Cast 2 Black Eyes &8211; Bradley Cooper 3 Somewhere Over The Rainbow (Dialogue) &8211; Cast 4 Fabulous French (Dialogue) &8211; Cast 5 La Vie En Rose &8211; Lady Gaga 6 I&8217;ll Wait For You (Dialogue) &8211; Cast 7 Maybe It&8217;s Time &8211; Bradley Cooper 8 Parking Lot (Dialogue) &8211; Cast 9 Out of Time &8211; Bradley Cooper 10 Alibi &8211; Bradley Cooper 11 Trust Me (Dialogue) &8211; Cast 12 Shallow &8211; Lady Gaga Bradley Cooper 13 First Stop Arizona (Dialogue) &8211; Cast 14 Music To My Eyes &8211; Lady Gaga Bradley Cooper 15 Diggin&8217; My Grave &8211; Lady Gaga Bradley Cooper 16 I Love You (Dialogue) &8211; Cast 17 Always Remember Us This Way &8211; Lady Gaga 18 Unbelievable (Dialogue) &8211; Cast 19 How Do You Hear It? (Dialogue) &8211; Cast 20 Look What I Found &8211; Lady Gaga 21 Memphis (Dialogue) &8211; Cast 22 Heal Me &8211; Lady Gaga 23 I Don&8217;t Know What Love Is &8211; Lady Gaga Bradley Cooper 24 Vows (Dialogue) &8211; Cast 25 Is That Alright? &8211; Lady Gaga 26 SNL (Dialogue) &8211; Cast 27 Why Did You Do That? &8211; Lady Gaga 28 Hair Body Face &8211; Lady Gaga 29 Scene 98 (Dialogue) &8211; Cast 30 Before I Cry &8211; Lady Gaga 31 Too Far Gone &8211; Bradley Cooper 32 Twelve Notes (Dialogue) &8211; Cast 33 I&8217;ll Never Love Again (Film Version) &8211; Lady Gaga Bradley Cooper 34 I&8217;ll Never Love Again (Extended Version) &8211; Lady Gaga ...

Longlisted for the DSC Prize for South Asian Literature What happens when we attempt to exchange the life we are given for something better? 288 pages Mukherjee Neel ...

A Sunday Times bestseller Shortlisted for the 2013 Samuel Johnson Prize Dave Goulson has always been obsessed with wildlife from his childhood menagerie of exotic pets & dabbling in experimental taxidermy to his groundbreaking research into the mysterious ways of the bumblebee & his mission to protect our rarest bees Once commonly found in the marshes of Kent the short-haired bumblebee is now extinct in the UK but still exists in the wilds of New Zealand descended from a few queen bees shipped over in the nineteenth century A Sting in the Tale tells the story of Goulson's passionate drive to reintroduce it to its native land & contains groundbreaking research into these curious creatures history's relationship with the bumblebee the disastrous effects intensive farming has had on our bee populations & the potential dangers if we are to continue down this path ...

The Birds & the Bees series was designed for Vintage Classics by Timorous Beasties the Scottish studio famous for their designs inspired by the natural world As a small boy Dave Goulson was obsessed with wildlife
- from his childhood menagerie of exotic pets to his ill-fated experiments with taxidermy But it was the bumblebee that fascinated him the most Once commonly found in the marshes of Kent the short-haired bumblebee was driven to extinction in Britain by intensive farming practices With ground-breaking research into these curious creatures A Sting in the Tale tells the story of Goulson's passionate drive to reintroduce them to their native land SHORTLISTED FOR THE 2013 SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE
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A raw & powerful memoir of Jaycee Lee Dugard's own story of being kidnapped as an 11-year-old & held captive for over 18 years On 10 June 1991 eleven-year-old Jaycee Dugard was abducted from a school bus stop within sight of her home in Tahoe California It was the last her family & friends saw of her for over eighteen years On 26 August 2009 Dugard her daughters & Phillip Craig Garrido appeared in the office of her kidnapper's parole officer in California Their unusual behaviour sparked an investigation that led to the positive identification of Jaycee Lee Dugard living in a tent behind Garrido's home During her time in captivity at the age of fourteen & seventeen she gave birth to two daughters both fathered by Garrido Dugard's memoir is written by the 30-year-old herself & covers the period from the time of her abduction in 1991 up until the present In her stark utterly honest & unflinching narrative Jaycee opens up about what she experienced including how she feels now a year after being found Garrido & his wife Nancy have since pleaded guilty to their crimes ...

CBBC Book of the Month June 2017 Perfect for fans of David Walliams Roald Dahl & Liz Pichon this is a hilarious & warm-hearted story about family friends & wrestling by multi-award-shortlisted author Phil Earle illustrated by award-winning artist Sara Ogilvie This is the story of Jake Biggs & his dad George George spends all week knocking down buildings & all weekend knocking down wrestlers! He's the Demolition Man & Jake couldn't be prouder But when Jake hears about a pro-wrestling competition in the USA & persuades his beloved dad to apply things don't quite turn out the way he expected Phil Earle's first novel for younger readers of 9-11 DEMOLITION DAD is DANNY THE CHAMPION OF THE WORLD in Spandex a book bursting with humour & heart Perfect for Father's Day this June! ...