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A collection of darkly playful stories based on classic folk & fairy tales (but with a feminist spin) that find the sinister in the familiar & the familiar in the alien From Daniel Mallory Ortberg author of Texts From Jane Eyre 208 pages Ortberg Daniel Mallory ...
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The brand new Wartime drama novel from bestselling author Annie Groves perfect for fans of Christmas on the Mersey & Child of the Mersey Rita Kennedy has finally seen through her good-for-nothing husband Charlie Now he's gone AWOL with his fancy woman & left her at the mercy of the local gossips Her future is full of uncertainty & the only thing that keeps her going is knowing that her children are safe from the Luftwaffe
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'I wanted your soft verges But you gave me the hard shoulder' The Mersey Sound brought poetry down from the shelf & on to the street capturing the mood of the Sixties & speaking to real lives with its irreverent wry freewheeling verses of young love petrol-pump attendants CND leaflets & bus journey capers Bringing together the hugely influential work of Adrian Henri Roger Mc Gough & Brian Patten
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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 It is the 7th century & in Mecca where powerful leaders are in conflict with Mohammad who attacks the many injustices their way of life produces
- slavery drunkeness & cruelty Mohammad claims to have seen a vision of the Angel Gabriel & calls to the people of Mecca to worship one God only After a revelation from God Mohammad agrees to take arms against Mecca & at the Wells of Bedr the inexperienced Moslem troops are victorious However at the Battle of Uhud they are beaten They accept a ten year truce so that they can continue to spread the word of God Mohammad is the prophet The Messenger of God Actors Anthony Quinn & Irene Papas Director Moustapha Akkad Certificate PG Year 1976 Duration 2 hours & 50 minutes (approx)
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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 It is the 7th century & in Mecca where powerful leaders are in conflict with Mohammad who attacks the many injustices their way of life produces slavery drunkeness & cruelty Mohammad claims to have seen a vision of the Angel Gabriel & calls to the people of Mecca to worship one God only After a revelation from God Mohammad agrees to take arms against Mecca & at the Wells of Bedr the inexperienced Moslem troops are victorious However at the Battle of Uhud they are beaten They accept a ten year truce so that they can continue to spread the word of God Mohammad is the prophet The Messenger of God Age Rating PG ...
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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 Multi-award winning The Messenger is a timeless story that examines universal themes of redemption hope & the resilience of the human spirit The first film directed by Oren Moverman a combat veteran of the Israeli army whose earlier screenplays include the Bob Dylan biopic "I&m Not There" (2007) & " Jesus& Son" (1999) The Messenger follows two officers (Ben Foster & Woody Harrelson) faced with the unenviable task of notifying the loved ones of fallen soldiers The two men form an unlikely bond that is threatened when one of the officers finds himself drawn to a young widow (Samantha Morton) setting off an ethical dilemma that plays out in touching & surprising ways The film is a deeply moving tale about the complex & unexpected ways that people reach out to & gain strength from each other offering a unique & inspiring vision that deftly balances strong emotion with humour compassion & empathy The Messenger won the Silver Berlin Bear for Best Screenplay & the Critics Award & Grand Special Prize for Best Film at the Deauville Film Festival whilst Woody Harrelson garnered Best Supporting Actor Academy Award & Golden Globe nominations & won the Best Supporting Male Independent Spirit Award for his portrayal of Captain Tony Stone ...
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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 We all want to believe in life after death & imagine loved ones looking over us But Jack isn&t waiting the dead won&t leave him alone Some might call Jack a troubled soul at odds with the world unable to conform But it&s not that he doesn&t want to live a normal life he can&t They won&t let him ...
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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 The Messengers stars Kristen Stewart (Panic Room) as Jess the daughter of Roy & Denise Solomon played by Dylan Mc Dermott (Wonderland) & Penelope Ann Miller (Along Came a Spider) with John Corbett (Tombstone My Big Fat Greek Wedding) playing field hand John Burwell After two tough years in Chicago the Solomon family retreats to a desolate sunflower farm in North Dakota The calm that farm life brings them is shattered when 16-year-old Jess & her 2-year-old brother Ben begin to see nightmarish apparitions visions that nobody else can see Jess must battle with forces from beyond the grave in a desperate bid to save her family & prove her sanity Actors Dylan Mc Dermott Kristen Stewart Penelope Ann Miller Graham Bell Robert Benz William B Davis John Corbett Michael Daingerfield & Dustin Milligan Director Oxide Pang Chun & Danny Pang Certificate 15 years & over Year 2007 Screen Widescreen 1851 Anamorphic Languages English
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Bringing together a series of ingeniously linked myths & legends Ovid&s deliciously witty & poignant Metamorphoses describes a magical world in which men & women are transformed
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such tales as the legend of Narcissus; the parable of Icarus; & the passion held by the witch-queen Circe for the great Aeneas A compelling adaptation that used imagery familiar to English sixteenth-century society it powerfully influenced Spenser Shakespeare & the character of Elizabethan literature



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When the young salesman Gregor Samsa wakes up one morning transformed into a monstrous insect his shock & incomprehension are coupled with the panic of being late for work & having to reveal his appearance to family & colleagues Although over the following weeks he gradually becomes used to this new existence confined within the bounds of the apartment & his parents & sister adapt to living with a grotesque bug Gregor notices that their attitudes towards him are changing & he feels increasingly alienated One of the masterpieces of twentieth-century world literature ' The Metamorphosis' is accompanied in this volume by a selection of other classic tales & sketches by Kafka
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Please note this is a region B Blu-ray and will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Multi-award winning The Messenger is a timeless story that examines universal themes of redemption hope and the resilience of the human spirit The first film directed by Oren Moverman a combat veteran of the Israeli army whose earlier screenplays include the Bob Dylan biopic I&m Not There (2007) and Jesus& Son (1999)The Messenger follows two officers (Ben Foster and Woody Harrelson) faced with the unenviable task of notifying the loved ones of fallen soldiers The two men form an unlikely bond that is threatened when one of the officers finds himself drawn to a young widow (Samantha Morton) setting off an ethical dilemma that plays out in touching and surprising ways The film is
a deeply moving tale about the complex and unexpected ways that people reach out to and gain strength from each other offering a unique and inspiring vision that deftly balances strong emotion with humour compassion and empathy The Messenger won the Silver Berlin Bear for Best Screenplay and the Critics Award and Grand Special Prize for Best Film at the Deauville Film Festival whilst Woody Harrelson garnered Best Supporting Actor Academy Award and Golden Globe nominations and won the Best Supporting Male Independent Spirit Award for his portrayal of Captain Tony Stone
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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 Multi-award winning The Messenger is a timeless story that examines universal themes of redemption hope & the resilience of the human spirit The first film directed by Oren Moverman a combat veteran of the Israeli army whose earlier screenplays include the Bob Dylan biopic I&m Not There (2007) & Jesus& Son (1999) The Messenger follows two officers (Ben Foster & Woody Harrelson) faced with the unenviable task of notifying the loved ones of fallen soldiers The two men form an unlikely bond that is threatened when one of the officers finds himself drawn to a young widow (Samantha Morton) setting off an ethical dilemma that plays out in touching & surprising ways The film is a deeply moving tale about the complex & unexpected ways that people reach out to & gain strength from each other offering a unique & inspiring vision that deftly balances strong emotion with humour compassion & empathy The Messenger won the Silver Berlin Bear for Best Screenplay & the Critics Award & Grand Special Prize for Best Film at the Deauville Film Festival whilst Woody Harrelson garnered Best Supporting Actor Academy Award & Golden Globe nominations & won the Best Supporting Male Independent Spirit Award for his portrayal of Captain Tony Stone

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