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Do you know how to escape from a stalking werewolf? Have you always wanted to learn the difference between a hobgoblin & an imp & do you know the secret to avoiding the sharp claws of the ancient Eloko monster? Learn all these brilliant facts & more with this guide to the strange scary & wonderful world of monsters & ancient mythical beings! ...

A beautiful startling & candid memoir about growing up without boundaries in which Ariel Leve recalls with candor & sensitivity the turbulent time she endured as the only child of an unstable poet for a mother & a beloved but largely absent father & explores the consequences of a psychologically harrowing childhood as she seeks refuge from the past & recovers what was lost Ariel Leve grew up in Manhattan with an eccentric mother she describes as "a poet an artist a self-appointed troublemaker & attention seeker" Leve learned to become her own parent taking care of herself & her mother's needs There would be uncontrolled impulsive rages followed with denial disavowed responsibility & then extreme outpourings of affection How does a child learn to feel safe in this topsy-turvy world of conditional love? Leve captures the chaos & lasting impact of a child's life under siege & explores how the coping mechanisms she developed to survive later incapacitated her as an adult There were material comforts but no emotional safety except for summer visits to her father's home in South East Asia-an escape that was terminated after he attempted to gain custody Following the death of a loving caretaker a succession of replacements raised Leve-relationships which resulted in intense attachment & loss It was not until decades later when Leve moved to other side of the world that she could begin to emancipate herself from the past In a relationship with a man who has children caring for them yields clarity of what was missing In telling her haunting story Leve seeks to understand the effects of chronic psychological maltreatment on a child's developing brain & to discover how to build a life for herself that she never dreamed possible An unabbreviated life ...

When it comes to relationships Colin Singleton's type is girls named Katherine & when it comes to girls named Katherine Colin is always getting dumped Nineteen times to be exact On a road trip miles from home this anagram-happy washed-up child prodigy has ten thousand dollars in his pocket a bloodthirsty feral hog on his trail & an overweight Judge Judy
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- but no Katherines Colin is on a mission to prove The Theorem of Underlying Katherine Predictability which he hopes will predict the future of any relationship avenge Dumpees everywhere & finally win him the girl Love friendship & a dead Austro-Hungarian archduke add up to surprising & heart-changing conclusions in this ingeniously layered comic novel about reinventing oneself

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From the bestselling author of Turtles All the Way Down & The Fault in Their Stars a beautiful tale of love loss & not so fool proof mathematic equations When it comes to relationships Colin Singleton&s type is girls named Katherine & when it comes to girls named Katherine Colin is always getting dumped Nineteen times to be exact On a road trip miles from home this anagram-happy washed-up child prodigy has ten thousand dollars in his pocket a bloodthirsty feral hog on his trail & an overweight Judge Judy-loving best friend riding shotgun
- but no Katherines Colin is on a mission to prove The Theorem of Underlying Katherine Predictability which he hopes will predict the future of any relationship avenge Dumpees everywhere & finally win him the girl Love friendship & a dead Austro-Hungarian archduke add up to surprising & heart-changing conclusions in this ingeniously layered comic novel about reinventing oneself
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' Sensational' Clare Mackintosh No 1 bestselling author of I Let You Go' The definition of a page-turner' Sun' Truly scary' Marian Keyes MOTHER WIFE POLITICIAN LIARTHEN How far did she go to conceal the truth? Politician Linda Moscow sacrificed everything to protect her son her beliefs her career her marriage All she wanted was to keep him safe NOW What will she risk to expose the lies? When the voices she silenced come back to haunt her Linda is faced with another impossible choice Only this time it's her life on the line An Act of Silence is about the abuse of power the devastating effects of keeping the truth buried & the lengths a mother will go to save her child' Fiendishly impressive structure; taut evocative prose; gripping plot' Sarah Vaughan author of Anatomy of a Scandal' Brilliant taut psychological thriller Sensitive muscular & it could be true Unputdownable' Julia Crouch author of Her Husband's Lover' Colette Mc Beth is beloved of writers like Paula Hawkins & with this twisty clever novel she's guaranteed to win more fans' Red ...

Martin Luther King Jr was the most powerful & eloquent champion of the poor & oppressed in US history & at the height of his fame in the mid-sixties seemed to offer the real possibility of a new & radical beginning for liberal politics in the USA In 1968 he was assassinated; the movement for social & economic change has never recovered The conviction of James Earl Ray for his murder has never looked even remotely safe & when William Pepper began to investigate the case it was the start of a twenty-five year campaign for justice At a civil trial in 1999 supported by the King family seventy witnesses under oath set out the details of the conspiracy Pepper had unearthed the jury took just one hour to find that Ray was not responsible for the assassination that a wide-ranging conspiracy existed & that government agents were involved An Act of State lays out the extraordinary facts of the King story
- of the huge groundswell of optimism engendered by his charismatic radicalism of how plans for his execution were laid at the very heart of government & the military of the disinformation & media cover-ups that followed every attempt to search out the truth As shocking as it is tragic An Act of State remains the most compelling & authoritative account of how King's challenge to the US establishment led inexorably to his murder
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An Actor Prepares is the most famous acting training book ever to have been written & the work of Stanislavski has inspired generations of actors & trainers This translation was the first to introduce Stanislavski's 'system' to the English speaking world & has stood the test of time in acting classes to this day Stanislavski here deals with the inward preparation an actor must undergo in order to explore a role to the full He introduces the concepts of the 'magic if' units & objectives of emotion memory of the super-objective & many more now famous rehearsal aids Now available in the Bloomsbury Revelations series to mark the 150th anniversary of Stanislavski's birth this is an essential read for actors directors & anyone interested in the art of drama ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play This wildly melodramatic tale of a kabuki female impersonator who exacts a long-delayed revenge on the men who drove his parents to suicide is played out against a backdrop of comic rivalries between thieves in the Tokyo underworld Kazuo Hasegawa plays the dual role of the actor & the thief in a film which celebrates his 300th screen appearance A heady mixture of swooning romanticism & stylised action with a soundtrack that ranges from traditional Japanese music to lush Hollywood strings & cocktail jazz Kon Ichikawa&s & An Actor&s Revenge& is a cinematic tour de force Actors Kazuo Hasegawa Fujiko Yamamoto Ayako Wakao Eiji Funakoshi Narutoshi Hayashi Eijiro Yanagi & Saburo Date Director Kon Ichikawa Certificate PG Year 1962 Screen Widescreen 2351 Anamorphic Languages Japanese
- Dolby Digital (20) Subtitles English Duration 1 hour & 48 minutes (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 This fantastic one-off drama travels back in time to 1963 to see how the beloved Doctor Who was first brought to the screen Actor William Hartnell felt trapped by a succession of hard-man roles Wannabe producer Verity Lambert was frustrated by the TV industry&s glass ceiling Both of them were to find unlikely hope & unexpected challenges in the form of a Saturday tea-time drama time travel & monsters! Allied with a team of brilliant people they went on to create the longest-running science fiction series ever now celebrating its 50th anniversary An Adventure in Space & Time is written by Mark Gatiss executive produced by Mark Gatiss Steven Moffat & Caroline Skinner & directed by Terry Mc Donough David Bradley (Harry Potter Game of Thrones Broadchurch) plays the lead role of William Hartnell while Jessica Raine (Call the Midwife The Woman in Black) co-stars as the first ever producer of Doctor Who Verity Lambert The stellar cast is joined by Sacha Dhawan (Waris Hussein) Lesley Manville (Heather Hartnell) & Brian Cox (Sydney Newman) A must see drama for all Doctor Who & drama fans alike Actors David Bradley Jessica Raine Sacha Dhawan Lesley Manville & Brian Cox Director Terry Mc Donough Certificate PGYear 2013 Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) Additional Languages English Audio Description Subtitles English for the hearing impaired Duration 1 hour & 30 minutes (approx)
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