Twenty years after Stephen Hawking's 9-million-copy selling A Brief History of Time pioneering theoretical physicist Sean Carroll takes our investigation into the nature of time to the next level You can't unscramble an egg & you can't remember the future But what if time doesn't (or didn't!) always go in the same direction? Carroll's paradigm-shifting research suggests that other universes experience time running in the opposite direction to our own Exploring subjects from entropy & quantum mechanics to time travel & the meaning of life Carroll presents a dazzling new view of how we came to exist ...

This time there's a baby on board Dr Lauren Dawson knows her marriage to footloose photographer Tavish Fitzgerald ended for a reason But when Tavish returns home to Sutter Creek for his sister's wedding the sparks between them turn into a blazecan the two exes build a forever family together? ...

For sceptics angels may be no more than metaphors poetic devices to convey at least for those with a religious sensibility an active divine interest in creation But for others angels are absolutely real creatures manifestations of cosmic power with the capacity either to enlighten or annihilate those whose awestruck paths they cross Valery Rees offers the first comprehensive history of these beautiful enigmatic & sometimes dangerous beings whose existence & actions have been charted across the eons of time & civilization Whether exploring the fevered visions of Ezekiel & biblical cherubim; Persian genii; Arab djinn; Islamic archangels; the austere & haunting icons of Andrei Rublev; or Wim Wenders' Wings of Desire & the more benign idea of the watchful guardian angel the author shows that the ubiquity of these celestial messengers reveals something profound if not about God or the devil then about ourselves our perennial preoccupation with the transcendent ...

The scandalous truth She's the Count's new mistress! In this Matches Made in Scandal story Count Aleksei Derevenko hires governess Allison Galbraith for her skills as a herbalist not as a mistress! But when rumours spread Allison is shocked by her wanton reaction to Aleksei His inscrutable icy blue eyes promise white-hot nights of sin! She knows too well how fragile her reputation is but will the price of their passion be worth paying? ...

A lively & fresh interactive introduction to the basic body parts & movements Gorillas elephants camels & other animals invite all young readers to clap stomp wriggle & bend like they do ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Set in London during 1888 this is the story of Inspector Fred Abberline who is on the hunt for Jack The Ripper As Fred gets nearer to uncovering the truth he becomes deeply involved with the case ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play On August 24th 1939 in a small riverside cafe in France six old friends vow to reunite on that day each year however fate has a way of disrupting even the best laid plans With the outbreak of war the friends find their lives running very different courses as their loyalties & nationalities begin to forge their future An action-packed tale of war friendships & family ties ...

As a practising mortician Caitlin Doughty has long been fascinated by our pervasive terror of dead bodies In From Here to Eternity she sets out in search of cultures unburdened by such fears In rural Indonesia she observes a man clean & dress his grandfather's mummified body She meets Bolivian natitas (cigarette-smoking wish-granting human skulls) & discovers the Japanese ritual of kotsuage in which relatives use chopsticks to pluck their loved-ones' bones from cremation ashes With curiosity & morbid humour Doughty introduces us to inspiring death-care innovators participates in powerful death practices almost entirely unknown in the West & explores new spaces for mourning
- including a futuristic glowing-Buddha columbarium in Japan a candlelit Mexican cemetery & America's only open-air pyre In doing so she expands our sense of what it means to treat the dead with 'dignity' & reveals unexpected possibilities for our own death rituals
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Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Director Fred Zinnemann's 1953 Oscar-winning best picture From Here To Eternity is a powerful portrait of a peacetime military camp stationed in Hawaii just before the attack on Pearl Harbour Montgomery Clift is superlative in the major role of Robert Prewitt while Frank Sinatra delivers an electrifying Academy Award-winning (1953 Best Supporting Actor) performance as Clift's buddy Deborah Kerr's love scene in the Hawaiian surf with Burt Lancaster is enshrined as one of the most famous moments in cinema history Actors Burt Lancaster Deborah Kerr Montgomery Clift Frank Sinatra Donna Reed Ernest Borgnine Jack Warden & Merle Travis Director Fred Zinnemann Certificate PGYear 1953 Languages English Duration 1 hour & 54 minutes (approx) ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Director Fred Zinnemann&s 1953 Oscar-winning best picture From Here To Eternity is a powerful portrait of a peacetime military camp stationed in Hawaii just before the attack on Pearl Harbour Montgomery Clift is superlative in the major role of Robert Prewitt while Frank Sinatra delivers an electrifying Academy Award-winning (1953 Best Supporting Actor) performance as Clift&s buddy Deborah Kerr&s love scene in the Hawaiian surf with Burt Lancaster is enshrined as one of the most famous moments in cinema history Actors Burt Lancaster Deborah Kerr Montgomery Clift Frank Sinatra Donna Reed Ernest Borgnine Jack Warden & Merle Travis Director Fred Zinnemann Certificate PGYear 1953 Languages English Duration 1 hour & 54 minutes (approx) ...