The word love is most often defined as a noun yetwe would all love better if we used it as a verb writes bell hooks as she comes out fighting & on fire in All About Love Here at her most provocative & intensely personal the renowned scholar cultural critic & feminist skewers our view of love as romance In its place she offers a proactive new ethic for a people & a society bereft with lovelessness As bell hooks uses her incisive mind & razor-sharp pen to explore the question What is love? her answers strike at both the mind & heart In thirteen concise chapters hooks examines her own search for emotional connection & society's failure to provide a model for learning to love Razing the cultural paradigm that the ideal love is infused with sex & desire she provides a new path to love that is sacred redemptive & healing for the individuals & for a nation The Utne Reader declared bell hooks one of the 100 Visionaries Who Can Change Your Life All About Love is a powerful affirmation of just how profoundly she can ...

Simple inclusive questions encourage children to think about themselves their family friends & their life From favourite hobbies to dreams for the future children will enjoy taking a written snapshot of their life that they can look back on in the future A perfect fill-in-&-keep first record to celebrate diverse children everywhere ...

In this book children can find out all about how their body's grow & what it needs It explores why people are different sizes & how & when children learn new skills All About Me explores topics that are important to young children as they grow up The text & pictures provide lots of talking points while questions help children to relate information to themselves & discover their similarities & differences ...

One family three sisters GRACE the oldest straight-A student AUDREY the youngest future Olympic swimming champion & MIA the mess in the middle Mia is wild & daring great with hair & selfies & the undisputed leader of her friends
- not attributes appreciated by her parents or teachers When Grace makes a shock announcement Mia hopes that her now-not-so-perfect sister will get into the trouble she deserves But instead it is Mia whose life spirals out of control
- boozing boys & bad behaviour
- & she starts to realise that her attempts to make it All About Mia might put at risk the very things she loves the most


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Mia Campbell-Richardson 16 is ballsy gorgeous & kind of a disaster Unlike her brilliant sisters academic Grace (19) & champion swimmer Audrey (13) middle child Mia has no idea what she wants to do with her life & is convinced of her status as the black sheep of the family Struggling at school & unable to deal with her parents easy acceptance of perfect sister Grace&s fall from grace
- Mia goes into a tailspin misguidedly seducing a man in his 40s & putting herself at risk on several occasions by drinking herself into oblivion It is only the disappearance of her quiet & loving baby sister that is eventually able to bring Mia & Grace back together & help Mia see at last that she doesn&t need it all to be about Mia to be happy
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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 From acclaimed Spanish director Pedro Almodovar a stunning valentine to femininity in all its disguises motherhood in all its glory & to classic Hollywood melodramas & their diva actresses A birthday treat turns into heart-rending tragedy for single mother Manuela (Cecilia Roth) when her teenage son is killed in a car accident after a performance of &A Streetcar Named Desire& starring his favourite actress Huma Roja (Marisa Paredes) Determined to exorcise her overwhelming guilt Manuela goes to Barcelona to finally tell his father about the son he never knew he had There the reason why she has kept the identity of her forbidden lover a secret for so long is revealed He is a transvestite named Lola who is dying from an AIDS related illness However in confronting her own past Manuela forges a new future with Lola&s transsexual best friend Agrado (Antonia San Juan) church social worker Sister Rosa (Penelope Cruz) & Huma when her play comes to town But even as the women from different fringes of society form a bond further heartbreak misfortune & ultimate joy lies in store for each Considered by critics world wide to be the finest movie Almodovar has directed in his entire glittering career & featuring glorious acting from the cream of Spanish cinema All About My Mother combines warmth love tears & humour as it builds to an unforgettable emotional crescendo Actors Cecilia Roth Marisa Paredes Penelope Cruz & Candela Pena Director Pedro Almodovar Certificate 15 years & over Year 1999 Screen Widescreen 2351 Languages Spanish
- Dolby Digital (51) Subtitles English Duration 1 hour 37 minutes (approx)
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Meet Peter Rabbit in this gorgeous bunny-shaped board book perfect for little hands Join him on his busy day of hopping & jumping in the woods before settling down in his cosy bed ...

Richard Hammond explains All About Physics in this popular award-winning series from the discoveries of ancient Greece to Einstein via Galileo & Newton Physics doesn&t just happen in a lab
- it happens in the kitchen in your bath in a car! Join a thrilling high-energy journey through time space & beyond & find out about the physical forces that make our world what it is Find out how science affects everything from roller-coasters to fighter pilots Crammed with fascinating physics facts & interactive experiments A totally cool look at physics!
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All About Politics with a foreword by Andrew Marr covers all the big ideas & powerful people in politics enabling your child to join the debate & get their voice heard All About Politics is a straight-talking guide to how politics really work All the political structures & ideas are covered from ancient Greek philosophy to modern governments Find out how different systems & beliefs have developed the ways in which laws are made what happens behind the scenes in parliament & how you can get involved Plus it clearly explains those tricky words & definitions with bright graphics & clever illustrations that kids will love From famous leaders to great speeches revolutions to age-old traditions your child will discover all about the really big political issues in the world today ...

A fascinating introduction to the world of religion Why are we here? What happens after we die? All About Religion unpacks the big questions about life God morality & science vs religion With a foreword by TV & radio personality Aled Jones All about Religion presents faith & religion in a totally unbiased way allowing children to better understand some of the challenging questions we face today Tracing the history of religion around the world & charting key events & theories this book helps us to understand the motivation behind beliefs & why some people do or don't have faith Tricky concepts are explained & broken down into manageable chunks with clear curriculum-based information All about Religion promotes understanding tolerance & respect for people whatever they believe ...