Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play This warm ensemble comedy that delivers all the charm & surprise of Swedish Midsummer! The wonderful Swedish-American cast

Includes:: Luke Perry (Beverley Hills 90210) Lisa Werlinder (Munich The Inheritance) & Olle Sarri (The Ape Together) Sumptuous food steaming saunas & midnight skinny dipping are the tradition on Swedish Midsummer a day when the sun never sets This year friends have gathered at the country house of Emil & Susanne the perfect Swedish couple In attendance are Eva who is looking for something (someone) to take her mind off of her recent split with Patrick Anders & Maria the nude hipsters who are trying for their first child Micke & Katrina who are about to have their first any day & finally Sam the American friend who engages the proceedings with a twinkle & a smile Expectations are exceeded when Emil&s big planned surprise goes awry
- leaving them all turned around for good!


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After Shell's mother dies her obsessively religious father descends into alcoholic mourning & Shell is left to care for her younger brother & sister ...

David Leadbetter's first book in a decade helps golfers around the world finally reach their potential The "A" stands for "alternative" as in a new & different way to swing the club that makes it so much easier to consistently hit good golf shots David has taken his 30-plus years of teaching experience working with players of all abilities including the best who have ever played the game & developed a more efficient & effective way to hit good shots with minimal practice In essence it's a shortcut to good golf The genius behind the A Swing is that golfers will consistently play well after only a short series of seven-minute practice sessions The A Swing doesn't require textbook precision in order to see improvement-just a basic understanding of the technique will synchronize the swing & have golfers repeatedly hitting solid shots The A Swing also easily fixes many of the game's most common faults-including the dreaded slice It's especially beneficial to those who have little time to play or practice the aging golfer & anyone who has struggled to realize their full potential Until now the standard paradigm for teaching the golf swing really hasn't changed But the A Swing was developed on scientific principles & has been biomechanically tested to ensure it's a viable & easier alternative Already adopted by pros & amateurs alike-the results have been transformative ...

This book grew out of the desire & necessity to understand just what went on in writing center tutoring sessions Utilizing previous research
- mostly dissertations that have not been widely read
- the authors analyze the available data using a grounded theory approach With information from over 50 sources the resulting text is not only a resource but illuminates for the first time just what happens in writing center tutoring sessions From their grounded theory analysis the authors identify the

Dimensions impacting a tutoring session such as personal characteristics outside influences communication the emotions & temperament of the interlocutors & the ultimate outcomes An analytic conclusion ties the grounded theory data to other published research & theory



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Shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2013 Ruth discovers a Hello Kitty lunchbox washed up on the shore of her beach home Within it lies a diary that expresses the hopes & dreams of a young girl She suspects it might have arrived on a drift of debris from the 2011 tsunami With every turn of the page she is sucked deeper into an enchanting mystery In a small cafe in Tokyo sixteen-year-old Nao Yasutani is navigating the challenges thrown up by modern life In the face of cyberbullying the mysteries of a 104-year-old Buddhist nun & great-grandmother & the joy & heartbreak of family Nao is trying to find her own place
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- through a diary she hopes will find a reader & friend who finally understands her Weaving across continents & decades & exploring the relationship between reader & writer fact & fiction A Tale for the Time Being is an extraordinary novel about our shared humanity & the search for home

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Put on your captain&s hat & navigate the 3D pirate ship using sand timers in this unique real-time cooperative game As a member of an adventurous pirate crew your goal is to be crowned Admiral of the Black the most feared pirate ship in the Caribbean To earn this title you must complete dangerous scenarios in the shortest possible time frame The most innovative element of the game is that the player uses their own 30-second sand timer as a character to be placed on the ship to perform actions Each time a player places their own sand timer they have to wait for the sand to run out to be able to perform the action needed Each hole in the ship represents an area where you can perform a specific action turning the ship loading cannons shooting enemy ships repairing damage & so forth A Tale of Pirates (previously announced as Admiral of the Black) has ten different scenarios ranging from ordinary pirating activities like looking & shooting to kraken-hunting prison breaks treasure hunts & much more An app for any smartphone or tablet will lead the players along the missions assist with scenario data random events multiple paths upgrades & gamestate-saving for later sessions It also serves as a timer for the individual round as the typical scenario lasts 2-3 rounds each five minutes long The players have to react to events & maneuver the ship to fight enemy gunboats catch rich merchant vessels & avoid other obstacles They must communicate to agree & organize things to do but they have to be quick because time is always ticking A Tale of Pirates is swift playing with simple rules but it&s exciting & involving with great interactions among players Unlike some other real time coop games the stress is present but not dominating The thirty-second delays in addition to the intermittent rounds always allow you to catch your breath!2–4 Players 30 Min Playing Time Age 8 ...

We are a nation that loves its ancient woods & trees We prize our sturdy oaks craggy pines bluebells & primroses badgers & dormice We value the history & heritage of places that have been woodland since before the Norman Conquest But only a generation ago we were all set to wipe them out It was said that in the space of just 30 years nearly half of our ancient woods were destroyed How & why did this happen? & who prevented them all being lost? A Tale of Trees features the voices of those who cut down the woods & those who saved what was left It is a story full of tragedy & heroism ingenuity & blindness & it will inspire the reader to go out & explore more ancient woods & delight in our natural treasures ...

Against the backdrop of growing discontent in Paris Doctor Manette is released from the Bastille after eighteen years of unjust imprisonment & begins a new life in England with his devoted daughter Lucie There the gifted but dissolute lawyer Sydney Carton & the exiled French nobleman Charles Darnay find their lives increasingly intertwined with those of the Manettes Yet soon both men are drawn ineluctably from the peaceful English capital to the horror & bloodshed of the Paris Terror & the looming threat of the guillotine Representing a departure from the social satire of most of his other novels & deemed by Dickens himself to be "the best story I have written" A Tale of Two Cities is a powerful historical novel about the repercussions of epochal events on the personal lives of people on both sides of the Channel ...

This brilliantly coloured tale of the French Revolution is an historical romance set in Paris & London Famous for the character of Sidney Carton who sacrifices himself upon the guillotine& it is a far far better thing I do than I have ever done &- the novel is also a powerful study of crowd psychology & the dark emotions aroused by the Revolution illuminated by Dickens& lively comedy ...

A Tale of Two Cities a story of revolution revenge & sacrifice is one of Charles Dickens& most exciting novels Set against the backdrop of the French Revolution it tells the story of a family threatened by the terrible events of the past Dr Manette wrongly imprisoned in the Bastille for eighteen years is finally released & reunited with his daughter Lucie who despite her French ancestry has been brought up in London Lucie falls in love with Charles Darnay who has abandoned both wealth & title in France because of his political convictions When revolution breaks out in Paris Darnay returns to the city to help an old family servant but is soon arrested because of the crimes committed by his relations Lucie aided by young lawyer Sydney Carton follows him across the Channel thus putting all their lives in danger With an afterword by Sam Gilpin Designed to appeal to the booklover the Macmillan Collector&s Library is a series of beautiful special gift editions of much loved classic titles Macmillan Collector&s Library are books to love & treasure ...