Maya Angelou's five volumes of autobiography are a testament to the talents & resilience of this extraordinary writer Loving the world she also knows its cruelty As a black woman she has known discrimination & extreme poverty but also hope joy achievement & celebration In the fifth volume Maya Angelou emigrates to Ghana only to discover that 'you can't go home again' but she comes to a new awareness of love & friendship civil rights & slavery
- & the myth of mother Africa
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Jo Pearson's charming illustrations feature summer & beach life with native flora & fauna setting the scene Bring to life sandcastles picnics boats barbecues puzzles surfboards teacups & ice creams Explore the extraordinary shells beautiful flowers stunning birds fish & amazing sea-life With a variety of images-from complex to simple-this is a joy to colour in for all ages Jo brings a fresh new look to colouring books with her sense of the precious things in life & her intricate artworkallgoodcolouring ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play After the death of their mother Irish youngsters Dara & Eoin are moved to France to stay with their aunt There the boys befriend a local English family & the impressionable Dara falls under the spell of their young daughter Bella But when she begins to pull away Dara&s feelings for her start to get out of hand ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Inspired by one of the most notorious unsolved missing person cases in New York history All Good Things is a love story & murder mystery set against the backdrop of a 1980&s real estate dynasty David Marks the heir to his family&s fortune meets working class Katie & they flee the city for a simple life in the country Eventually they are lured back to the city by his father where David mysteriously turns more controlling & violent When Katie disappears without a trace & David&s best friend turns up dead David becomes the main suspect & the family&s dark secrets lead the way to a disturbing truth Actors Ryan Gosling Kirsten Dunst Frank Langella Lily Rabe Philip Baker Hall Michael Esper Diane Venora Nick Offerman Kisten Wiig Stephen Kunken John Cullum Maggie Kiley & Liz Stauber Director Andrew Jarecki Certificate 15 years & over Year 2010 Languages English Duration 1 hour & 37 minutes (approx) ...

Andrea is a single childless 39-year-old woman who tries to navigate family sexuality friendships & a career she never wanted but battles with thoughts & desires that few people would want to face up to Told in gut-wrenchingly honest language that shimmers with rage & intimacy All Grown Up poses such questions as
- What if I don&t want to hold your baby?
- Can I date you without ever hearing about your divorce?
- What can I demand of my mother now that I am an adult?
- Is therapy pointless?
- At what point does drinking a lot become a drinking problem?
- Why does everyone keep asking me why I am not married? Powerfully intelligent & wickedly funny All Grown Up delves into the psyche of a flawed but mesmerising character Readers will recognise themselves in Jami Attenberg&s truthful account of what it means to be a 21st century woman though they might not always want to admit it





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A magisterial history of the greatest & most terrible event in history from one of the finest historians of the Second World War A book which shows the impact of war upon hundreds of millions of people around the world- soldiers sailors & airmen; housewives farm workers & children Reflecting Max Hastings's thirty-five years of research on World War II All Hell Let Loose describes the course of events but focuses chiefly upon human experience which varied immensely from campaign to campaign continent to continent The author emphasises the Russian front where more than 90 of all German soldiers who perished met their fate He argues that while Hitler's army often fought its battles brilliantly well the Nazis conducted their war effort with stunning incompetence' He suggests that the Royal Navy & US Navy were their countries' outstanding fighting services while the industrial contribution of the United States was much more important to allied victory than that of the US Army The book ranges across a vast canvas from the agony of Poland amid the September 1939 Nazi invasion to the 1943 Bengal famine in which at least a million people died under British rule- & British neglect Among many vignettes there are the RAF's legendary raid on the Ruhr dams the horrors of Arctic convoys desert tank combat jungle clashes Some of Hastings's insights & judgements will surprise students of the conflict while there are vivid descriptions of the tragedies & triumphs of a host of ordinary people in uniform & out of it The cliche is profoundly true' he says The world between 1939 & 1945 saw some human beings plumb the depths of baseness while others scaled the heights of courage & nobility' This is everyman's story' an attempt to answer the question What was the Second World War like ?' & also an overview of the big picture Max Hastings employs the technique which has made many of his previous books best-sellers combining top-down analysis & bottom-up testimony to explore the meaning of this vast conflict both for its participants & for posterity ...

From the bestselling author of A Hundred Pieces of Me & One Small Act of Kindness comes a heartwarming bittersweet & uplifting story of missed chances & unexpected opportunities ' Lucy Dillon's books make the world a better place'
- Heat Caitlin's life is a mess Her marriage to a man everyone else thinks is perfect has collapsed along with her self-esteem & breaking free seems the only option Nancy her four-year-old daughter used to talk all the time; in the car at nursery to her brother Joel Then her parents split up Her daddy moves out & Nancy stops speaking Nancy's Auntie Eva recently widowed & feeling alone apart from the companionship of two bewildered pugs is facing a future without her husband or the dreams she gave up for him But when Eva agrees to host her niece & nephew once a fortnight Caitlin & Eva are made to face the different truths about their marriages
- & about what they both really want ' Bittersweet lovely & ultimately redemptitive; the kind of book that makes you want to live your own life better'
- Jojo Moyes' So satisfying & clever & deeply moving'
- Sophie Kinsella



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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play From the director of World War Z & staring Blake Lively When a blind woman&s sight returns she soon discovers the previously unseen & disturbing details about her seemingly perfect marriage & their lives Also staring Jason Clarke & Danny Houston Actors Blake Lively Jason Clarke Ahna O& Reilly Miguel Fernández Xavi Sánchez Directors Marc Forster Writers Marc Forster Sean Conway Producers Marc Forster Craig Baumgarten Jillian Kugler Michael Selby Language English Number of discs 1 ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play All I Want For Christmas If teenaged Ethan & his younger sister Hallie put every toy in Macy&s on their Christmas list it still wouldn&t include what they want most They want a miracle
- they want their divorced parents back together With lots of humour heart & yuletide sparkle All I Want For Christmas is all you could want in a family film treat Ethan Randall (Dutch) & Thora Birch (Patriot Games) play siblings who come up with a hilarious plan to reunite their parents (Harley Jane Kozak & Jamey Sheridan) Movie legend Lauren Bacall plays the sympathetic grandmother who assists the kids & Leslie Nielsen (The Naked Gun films) appears as Santa Claus Running Time 92 mins approx Surviving Christmas It&s madness mischief & mayhem when rich executive Drew Latham (Ben Affleck) decides to rent himself a family for the holidays Tired of spending Christmas alone Drew makes the Valcos (James Gandolfini Christina Applegate & Catherine O& Hara) an offer they should have refused Now their annoying guest & his outrageous demands are turning their Noel into a nightmare in this hilarious slapstick comedy that puts the fun in family dysfunction Running Time 87 mins approx Scrooged Discover this hilarious spin on Dickens& classic "A Christmas Carol" Bill Murray is television executive Frank Cross the meanest most selfish man on Earth He will stop at nothing to increase his network&s ratings even if it means that his staff works on Christmas Eve It will take three spirits
- the ghosts of Christmas Past Present & Future
- to show Frank that he needs to change With an all-star cast including Karen Allen John Forsythe Carol Kane Alfre Woodard & Robert Mitchum & a memorable musical score from Danny Elfman Scrooged will have your entire family rediscovering the true meaning of Christmas Running Time 97 mins approx


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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 All I Want For Christmas If teenaged Ethan & his younger sister Hallie put every toy in Macy&s on their Christmas list it still wouldn&t include what they want most They want a miracle--they want their divorced parents back together With lots of humour heart & yuletide sparkle All I Want For Christmas is all you could want in a family film treat Ethan Randall (Dutch) & Thora Birch (Patriot Games) play siblings who come up with a hilarious plan to reunite their parents (Harley Jane Kozak & Jamey Sheridan) Movie legend Lauren Bacall plays the sympathetic grandmother who assists the kids & Leslie Nielsen (The Naked Gun films) appears as Santa Claus Running Time 92 mins approx Surviving Christmas It&s madness mischief & mayhem when rich executive Drew Latham (Ben Affleck) decides to rent himself a family for the holidays Tired of spending Christmas alone Drew makes the Valcos (James Gandolfini Christina Applegate & Catherine O& Hara) an offer they should have refused Now their annoying guest & his outrageous demands are turning their Noel into a nightmare in this hilarious slapstick comedy that puts the fun in family dysfunction Running Time 87 mins approx ...