Shortlisted for the Man Booker International Prize 2017 Nobody can leave an island An island is a cosmos in a nutshell where the stars slumber in the grass beneath the snow But occasionally someone tries Ingrid Barrøy is born on an island that bears her name
- a holdfast for a single family their livestock their crops their hopes & dreams Her father dreams of building a quay that will connect them to the mainland but closer ties to the wider world come at a price Her mother has her own dreams
- more children a smaller island a different life
- & there is one question Ingrid must never ask her Island life is hard a living scratched from the dirt or trawled from the sea so when Ingrid comes of age she is sent to the mainland to work for one of the wealthy families on the coast But Norway too is waking up to a wider world a modern world that is capricious & can be cruel Tragedy strikes & Ingrid must fight to protect the home she thought she had left behind Translated from the Norwegian by Don Bartlett & Don Shaw


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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 Be sure the story is something you cannot resist Richard Rodgers once advised Meredith Wilson After considering 100 projects for a successor to The Music Man Wilson found one that was irresistible & unsinkable Debbie Reynolds plays the title role inviting all to Belly Up to the Bar Boys for the whoop-&-holler film of Willson&s 1960 Broadway hit Reynolds won a 1964 Best Actress Oscar nomination as the backwoods heroine who survives the Titanic & the snobbery of Denver society Screen-debuting Harve Presnell reprises his stage role of Johnny who has a heartful-&-a-half of love for Molly Johnny wasn&t alone Astronauts Gus Grissom & John Young so admired the movie they named their Gemini 3 spacecraft Molly Brown ...

Who are you? When you start to explore this question you find out how elusive it really is Are you a physical body? A collection of experiences & memories? A partner to relationships? Each time you consider aspects of yourself you realize that there is much more to you than any of these can define In this book spiritual teacher Michael Singer explores the question of who we are & arrives at the conclusion that our identity is to be found in our consciousness the fact of our ability to observe ourselves & the world around us By tapping into traditions of meditation & mindfulness Singer shows how the development of consciousness can enable us all to dwell in the present moment & let go of painful thoughts & memories that keep us from achieving happiness & self-realization Divided into five parts the book offers a frank & friendly discussion of consciousness & how we can develop it In part one he examines the notion of self & the inner dialogue that all of us live with Part two examines the experience of energy as it flows through us & works to show readers how to open their hearts to the energy of experience that permeates their lives Ways to overcome tendencies to close down to the rest of the world are the subject of part three Enlightenment & the embrace of universal consciousness are the subject of part four & finally in part five Singer returns to daily life & the pursuit of unconditional happiness Throughout the book maintains a light & engaging tone free from heavy dogma & prescriptive religious references The easy exercises that figure in each chapter help readers experience the ideas that Singer presents ...

Have you ever wondered where Father Christmas came from? & how he ended up with a factory at the North Pole full of elves to help him make toys? A beautifully illustrated & timeless story about how a toymaker & his wife became Mother & Father Christmas for children all over the world ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Every episode of the groundbreaking crime drama is now available in this one-of-a-kind collection Relive the hard-hitting adventures of iconic lawman Eliot Ness (Robert Stack in his Emmy-award winning role) & his team of fearless federal agents as they take on the deadliest criminals of their day
- Al Capone Lucky Luciano & even Nazi soldiers! The Untouchables The Complete Series

Includes:: 119 unforgettable episodes


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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 critics & public agree Brian De Palma&s The Untouchables is a must-see masterpiece
- a glorious fierce larger-than-life depiction of the mob warlord who ruled Prohibition-era Chicago & the law enforcer who vowed to bring him down This classic confrontation between good & evil stars Kevin Costner as federal agent Eliot Ness Robert De Niro as gangland kingpin Al Capone & Sean Connery as Malone the cop who teaches Ness how to beat the mob shoot fast & shoot first Actors Kevin Costner Robert De Niro Sean Connery Billy Drago Charles Martin Smith Andy Garcia Jack Kehoe Richard Bradford Patricia Clarkson Vito D& Ambrosio Steven Goldstein Peter Aylward & Brad Sullivan Director Brian De Palma Certificate 15 years & over Year 1987 Screen 169 Anamorphic Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) Additional Languages German ; Czech ; Hungarian Subtitles English for the hearing impaired ; German ; Swedish ; Danish ; Norwegian ; Finnish ; Bulgarian ; Icelandic ; Hungarian ; Turkish ; Arabic ; Romanian ; Polish ; Czech Duration 1 Hour & 55 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 theatrical feature is based on the popular TV series about the campaign of US Prohibition Bureau agent Eliot Ness to smash th e beer & booze empire of Al Capone in 1920s Chicago Sean Connery won an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Age Rating 15 ...

Zoe loves dogs but hasn't had one of her own since her beloved Honey died Then Zoe spies Scout a gorgeous Bernese Mountain puppy in the park after school Scout belongs to four-year-old Jack & his family who are new to the neighbourhood Zoe offers to walk Scout in the park as she's worried the large lively puppy isn't getting enough exercise or attention Gradually she falls in love with Scout
- but she knows that Scout belongs to Jack even if his family don't have the time to give Scout the care he needs How can she help Scout when he isn't her dog to help?
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THE TIMES TELEGRAPH GUARDIAN OBSERVER & ECONOMIST BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2017'A must read'
- Margaret Atwood' Extraordinary it would
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In this eighth volume of the critically-acclaimed new series from the Eisner-nominated creative team Mike Carey & Peter Gross Tommy ventures into the land of the dead to find & rescue Lizzie But the journey through Hades pits Tommy against all kinds of enemies of undead But none of these encounters prepare him for his meeting with the king
- or for the responsibilities he has to take on for some very familiar damned souls Collects 42-49 of The Unwritten
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