' Let our novelists read Mr Baldwin & tremble There is a whirlwind loose in the land' Sunday Times When Another Country appeared in 1962 it caused a literary sensation James Baldwin's masterly story of desire hatred & violence opens with the unforgettable character of Rufus Scott a scavenging Harlem jazz musician adrift in New York Self-destructive bad & brilliant he draws us into a Bohemian underworld pulsing with heat music & sex where desperate & dangerous characters betray love & test each other to the limit' In Another Country Baldwin created the essential American drama of the century' Colm Toibin' An almost unbearable tumultuous blood-pounding experience' Washington Post' Brilliantly & fiercely told' The New York Times ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Another Country tells the story of Guy Bennett (Rupert Everett) & Tommy Judd (Colin Firth) teenage friends at an elite English public school during the summer of 1931 Clever hedonistic & gay Bennett is in his penultimate year of school & the future looks bright He is convinced he will rise to the heights of his chosen career in the diplomatic service by eventually being appointed Ambassador in Paris His best friend Judd committed to Lenin&s &brave new world& despises such bourgeois aspirations Homosexuality honesty & hypocrisy are the main themes in this coming-of-age film based on the award winning play by Julian Mitchell Actors Rupert Everett Colin Firth Michael Jenn Robert Addie Rupert Wainwright Tristan Oliver Cary Elwes Frederick Alexander Adrian Ross Magenty Geoffrey Bateman Philip Dupuy Guy Henry Jeffrey Wickham John Line & Gideon Boulting Director Marek Kanievska Certificate 15 years & over Year 1984 Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) Subtitles English For The Hearing Impaired Duration 1 hour & 25 minutes (approx) Region Region 2
- Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players

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SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE THE JHALAK PRIZE THE CWA GOLD DAGGER FOR NON-FICTION & THE BREAD & ROSES AWARD Saturday 23rd November 2013 It was just another day in America & as befits an unremarkable day ten children & teens were killed by gunfire Far from being considered newsworthy these everyday fatalities are simply a banal fact The youngest was nine; the oldest nineteen None made the news There was no outrage at their passing It was simply a day like any other day Gary Younge picked it at random searched for the families of these children & here tells their stories Another Day in the Death of America explores the way these children lived & lost their short lives offering a searing portrait of the vulnerability of youth in contemporary America ...

' This is a very personal book about being alone & lost' In 1975 Kapuscinski's employers sent him to Angola to cover the civil war that had broken out after independence For months he watched as Luanda & then the rest of the country collapsed into a civil war that was in the author's words 'sloppy dogged & cruel' In his account Kapuscinski demonstrates an extraordinary capacity to describe & to explain the individual meaning of grand political abstractions ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play In Another Earth Rhoda Williams (Marling) a bright young woman accepted into MIT&s astrophysics program aspires to explore the cosmos A brilliant composer John Burroughs (Mapother) has just reached the pinnacle of his profession & is about to have a second child On the eve of the discovery of a duplicate Earth tragedy strikes & the lives of these strangers become irrevocably intertwined Actors William Mapother Brit Marling Jordan Baker Flint Beverage Robin Taylor Joseph A Bove Natalie Carter Diane Ciesla Jeff Clyburn Bruce Colbert Matthew-Lee Erlbach Ari Gold Jeffrey Goldenberg Ana Kayne & Meggan Lennon Director Mike Cahill Certificate 12 years & over Year 2011 Languages English ...

A new memoir from Sunday Times & New York Times bestselling author Cathy Glass Eight-year-old Aimee was on the child protection register at birth Her five older siblings were taken into care many years ago So no one can understand why she was left at home to suffer for so long It seems Aimee was forgotten The social services are looking for a very experienced foster carer to look after Aimee & when she reads the referral Cathy understands why Despite her reservations Cathy agrees to Aimee on
- there is something about her that reminds Cathy of Jodie (the subject of Damaged' & the most disturbed child Cathy has cared for) & reading the report instantly tugs at her heart strings When she arrives Aimee is angry & she has every right to be She has spent the first eight years of her life living with her drug-dependent mother in a flat that the social worker described as not fit for human habitation' Aimee is so grateful as she snuggles into her bed at Cathy's house on the first night that it brings Cathy to tears Aimee's aggressive mother is constantly causing trouble at contact & makes sweeping allegations against Cathy & her family in front of her daughter as well It is a trying time for Cathy & it makes it difficult for Aimee to settle But as Aimee begins to trust Cathy she starts to open up & the more Cathy learns about Aimee's life before she came into care the more horrified she becomes It's clear that Aimee should have been rescued much sooner & as her journey seems to be coming to a happy end Cathy can't help but reflect on all the other forgotten children' that are still suffering
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Another Man's Shoes is a gripping first-hand account of a Norwegian scientist's escape from German custody during the Second World War after his arrest for spying Written just after the war Sven Somme vividly describes his 200-mile trek across the mountains pursued by German soldiers in a bid to reach Sweden & freedom in 1944 Sixty years later his daughter Ellie set out on foot with her sister to retrace their father's flight from Nazi-occupied Norway meeting some of the people who helped him along the way She recounts the emotional moment when a pair of her father's shoes exchanged for mountain boots were returned to her by one family who sheltered him along the way & pays special tribute to her uncle Iacob who was also arrested & later executed ...

A gun-toting preacher a rebel army led by a madman & entire villages slaughtered just because they were in the way In Another Man's War follow Sam Childer's remarkable transformation from violent thug to a man of faith & his ongoing battle to save children in one of the world's most lawless areas" Another Man's War is about true terrorism against more than 200000 children in northern Uganda & Southern Sudan Sam Childers-a fighter & a preacher (some call him a mercenary)-tirelessly leads a small militia into the jungle daring to fight against a vicious army outnumbering him one thousand to one One man can make a huge difference Sam Childers certainly does" ? Peter Fonda actorfilmmaker best known as star of Easy Rider" The Reverend Sam Childers has been a very close friend to the government of South Sudan for many years & is a trusted friend" ? President Salva Kiir Mayardit of South Sudan" The Reverend Sam Childers is a long time devoted friend to our government & his courageous work is supported by us" ? President Yoweri Museveni of Uganda" Sam Childers is one of those rare men who is willing to do literally whatever it takes to promote the message of Jesus Christ & save children from the tyranny of evil men" ? John Rich lead singer & songwriter Big & Rich ...

A small town A missing schoolgirl A terrible secret & one girl's fight to survive Sixteen-year-old Claudette Flint is coming home from hospital after an escalating depression left her unable to cope She may seem unchanged on the outside; but everything's different The same could be said about her seaside hometown A local teenager Sarah has disappeared Sarah had a bad reputation round town; but now she's vanished the close-knit community seems to be unspooling As the police investigate & the press digs around for dirt small town scandals start to surface What nobody knows yet is that Claudette & Sarah had a secret friendship & that the last secret Sarah shared may be the key to the truth After weeks of focusing solely on herself Claudette realizes she is not the only part of the world that needs fixing
- & that if she can piece together the fragments of Sarah's story then maybe she can piece herself back together too Another Place is a novel about lost girls recovered life
- & the meaning of home

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A Sunday Times top ten bestseller An exploration of suburbia from music icon Tracey Thorn; singer-songwriter & bestselling author of Bedsit Disco Queen 224 pages Thorn Tracey ...