' The story of a disease that plunged its victims into a prison of viscous time & the drug that catapulted them out of it' Guardian Hailed as a medical classic & the subject of a major feature film as well as radio & stage plays & various TV documentaries Awakenings by Oliver Sacks is the extraordinary account of a group of twenty patients Rendered catatonic by the sleeping-sickness epidemic that swept the world just after the First World War all twenty had spent forty years in hospital motionless & speechless; aware of the world around them but exhibiting no interest in it
- until Dr Sacks administered the then-new drug L-DOPA which caused them temporarily to awake from their decades-long slumber
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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 Dr Malcolm Sayer (Robin Williams) is a shy neurologist & keen lover of earthworms & botany who accidentally wins a job at the New York Bainbridge Hospital looking after catatonics He discovers through sheer patience hard work & experimentation that the patients may be revivable with one patient (Robert De Niro) responding to treatment after thirty years& &sleep& ...

De Mello's spiritual classic remains at the top of the Fount bestsellers more than five years after its original publication ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Away From Her is the lyrical screenplay adaptation of celebrated author Alice Munro&s short story " The Bear Came Over the Mountain" A beautifully moving love story that deals with memory & the circuitous unnamable paths of a long marriage Married for almost 50 years Grant (Gordon Pinsent) & Fiona&s (Julie Christie) commitment to each other appears unwavering & their everyday life is full of tenderness & humor This serenity is broken only by the occasional carefully restrained reference to the past giving a sense that this marriage may not always have been such a fairy tale This tendency of Fiona&s to make such references along with her increasingly evident memory loss creates a tension that is usually brushed off casually by both of them As the lapses become more obvious & dramatic it is no longer possible for either of them to ignore the fact that Fiona is suffering from Alzheimer&s disease Actors Julie Christie Michael Murphy Gordon Pinsent Olympia Dukakis Kristen Thomson Wendy Crewson Alberta Watson Thomas Hauff & Katie Boland Director Sarah Polley Certificate 15 years & over Year 2007 Languages English Duration 1 hour & 46 minutes (approx) ...

<DIV><B> Let the Bible bb's share the real meaning of Christmas with your little one in this adorable storybook adaptation of the classic carol Away in a Manger<B><DIV> 32 pages Scholastic ...

Phryne Fisher
- dangerous passionate kind clever & seductive She drinks cocktails dances the tango is the companion of wharfies
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When Carty meets Elvis at a Bunnymen gig they fall headlong into a volatile friendship that each of them aches for but neither can control Violent sexy & funny Awaydays is a blade-sharp rites-of-passage that buzzes with the post-punk energy of its late-70&s Liverpool setting Based on the classic novel by Kevin Sampson & pulsating to a soundtrack of Joy Division The Cure Magazine Echo & The Bunnymen & Ultravox Awaydays examines identity fate the nature of male longings & their need to belong It is the first major feature film to be set during & evocatively portray the first dawning of the football casual fashion cult Quadropheniameets Control; Trainspotting meets Stand By Me Awaydays is all of these
- A Catcher In The Rye with switchblades Actors Stephen Graham Nicky Belle Liam Boyle Oliver Lee Holly Grainger Lee Battle Sean Ward Michael Ryan Ian Puleston-Davies Sacha Parkinson Samantha Mc Carthy & Dean Smith Director Pat Holden Certificate 18 years & over Year 2009 Languages English
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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 When Carty meets Elvis at a Bunnymen gig they fall headlong into a volatile friendship that each of them aches for but neither can control Violent sexy & funny Awaydays is a blade-sharp rites-of-passage that buzzes with the post-punk energy of its late-70&s Liverpool setting ...

Tracklist A-I Cyfraith Natur A-II Perversity Of Joy A-III Brigid The Dark Brigid The Light Vocals Gaeilge ? Greg Elliott A-IV Englyn For Blodeuwedd A-V Hawthorn Rod A-VI In The Heart Of The Corpseknot Vocals ? b 9 In Vi D B-VII Morrigan B-VIII The Death Of Reynard Vocals ? Jerome Reuter B-IX The Hollow In The Stone B-X Ravenna B-XI I Am Stretched On Your Grave Words By ? Traditional Words By Arrangement ? Katrin X B-XII The Sickle & The Setting Sun B-XIII Cyfraith Dyn CD-I Cyfraith Natur 222 CD-II Perversity Of Joy 218 CD-III Brigid The Dark Brigid The Light Vocals Gaeilge ? Greg Elliott 329 CD-IV Englyn For Blodeuwedd 123 CD-V Hawthorn Rod 449 CD-VI In The Heart Of The Corpseknot Vocals ? b 9 In Vi D 300 CD-VII Morrigan 500 CD-VIII The Death Of Reynard Vocals ? Jerome Reuter 447 CD-IX The Hollow In The Stone 304 CD-X Ravenna 313 CD-XI I Am Stretched On Your Grave Words By ? Traditional Words By Arrangement ? Katrin X 355 CD-XII The Sickle & The Setting Sun 317 CD-XIII Cyfraith Dyn 146 ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Animated adventures with favourite characters
- BOB THE BUILDER THOMAS THE TANK ENGINE & FIREMAN SAM
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