' Shoot all the Bluejays you want if you can hit 'em but remember it's a sin to kill a Mockingbird'A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel
- a black man charged with the rape of a white girl Through the young eyes of Scout & Jem Finch Harper Lee explores with exuberant humour the irrationality of adult attitudes to race & class in the Deep South of the thirties The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice violence & hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina of one man's struggle for justice But the weight of history will only tolerate so much-
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' Shoot all the bluejays you want if you can hit 'em but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird' Meet Scout the narrator of this book Her story is one of Deep South summers fights at school & playing in the street The spooky house of her mysterious neighbour Boo Radley sags dark & forbidding nearby Her brother Jem & her friend Dill want to make Boo come outside Her story is about justice When Scout's father a lawyer agrees to defend a black man against an accusation by a white girl he must battle the prejudice of the whole town It's about imagination
- not just the kind you need for childhood games Because you never really know a man until you stand in his shoes & walk around in them Vintage Children's Classics is a twenty-first century classics list aimed at 8-12 year olds & the adults in their lives Discover timeless favourites from The Jungle Book & Alice's Adventures in Wonderland to modern classics such as The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas & The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time
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' Shoot all the bluejays you want if you can hit 'em but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird'A lawyer's advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel
- a black man charged with the rape of a white girl Through the young eyes of Scout & Jem Finch Harper Lee explores with exuberant humour the irrationality of adult attitudes to race & class in the Deep South of the 1930s The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice violence & hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina of one man's struggle for justice But the weight of history will only tolerate so much To Kill a Mockingbird is a coming-of-age story an anti-racist novel a historical drama of the Great Depression & a sublime example of the Southern writing tradition
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' Shoot all the bluejays you want if you can hit 'em but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird' Atticus Finch gives this advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of this classic novel
- a black man charged with attacking a white girl Through the eyes of Scout & Jem Finch Lee explores the issues of race & class in the Deep South of the 1930s with compassion & humour She also creates one of the great heroes of literature in their father whose lone struggle for justice pricks the conscience of a town steeped in prejudice & hypocrisy
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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 Experience one of the most significant milestones in film history like never before with To Kill A Mockingbird 50th Anniversary Edition Screen legend Gregory Peck stars as courageous Southern lawyer Atticus Finch
- the Academy Award winning performance hailed by the American Film Institute as the Greatest Movie Hero of All Time Based on Harper Lee&s Pulitzer Prize winning novel about innocence strength & conviction & nominated for 8 Academy Awards this beloved classic is now digitally remastered & fully restored for optimum picture & sound quality & boasts hours of unforgettable bonus features Watch it & remember why "it&s a sin to kill a mockingbird" Actors Gregory Peck Mary Badham Phillip Alford Robert Duvall John Megna Frank Overton Rosemary Murphy Ruth White Brock Peters Estelle Evans Paul Fix Collin Wilcox Paxton James Anderson Alice Ghostley & Richard Hale Director Robert Mulligan Certificate 12 years & over Year 1962 Screen 1851 Languages English
- DTS-HD Master Audio (51) Additional Languages French ; Italian ; German ; Spanish ; Japanese Subtitles English for the hearing impaired ; French ; Italian ; German ; Spanish ; Japanese ; Portuguese ; Cantonese ; Danish ; Dutch ; Finnish ; Icelandic ; Mandarin (Traditional) ; Norwegian ; Swedish Closed Captions Yes Duration 2 hours & 9 minutes (approx)

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' Shoot all the Bluejays you want if you can hit 'em but remember it's a sin to kill a Mockingbird' Lawyer Atticus Finch gives this advice to his children as he defends the real mockingbird of Harper Lee's classic novel
- a black man charged with the rape of a white girl Through the young eyes of Scout & Jem Finch Harper Lee explores with exuberant humour the irrationality of adult attitudes to race & class in the Deep South of the 1930s The conscience of a town steeped in prejudice violence & hypocrisy is pricked by the stamina of one man's struggle for justice But the weight of history will only tolerate so much A benchmark of classic American literature To Kill A Mockingbird approaches the highly sensitive topic of racism in 1930s America with humour warmth & compassion making it widely recognised as one of the best books of the twentieth century & in American literature
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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 Alabama in the 1930s The children Scout (Mary Badham) & Jem (Phillip Alford) play in the street while their lawyer father Atticus Finch (Gregory Peck) defends a black man accused of raping a young white woman The controversial nature of the trial taking place in the racist culture of the Deep South leads the local townsfolk to turn against Finch & sees his family become the victim of a series of terror attacks Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel by Harper Lee & To Kill a Mockingbird& won Oscars for Peck & screenwriter Horton Foote Actors Gregory Peck Robert Duvall Mary Badham Phillip Alford Directors Robert Mulligan Language English Subtitles English French Portuguese Danish Finnish Swedish Norwegian German Dutch Czech Polish Turkish Hungarian Bulgarian Dubbed German Italian French Spanish English Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired None Number of discs 1 ...

When an essay is due & dreaded exams loom here's the lit-crit help students need to succeed! Spark Notes Literature Guides make studying smarter better & faster They provide chapter-by-chapter analysis explanations of key themes motifs & symbols a review quiz & essay topics Lively & accessible Spark Notes is perfect for late-night studying & paper writing ...

Maggie Costello uncovers an assassination plot to kill the tyrannical new president A blockbuster thriller from No 1 Sunday Times bestselling author Sam Bourne The unthinkable has happened The United States has elected a volatile demagogue as president backed by his ruthless chief strategist Crawford Mac' Mc Namara When a war of words with the North Korean regime spirals out of control & the President comes perilously close to launching a nuclear attack it's clear someone has to act or the world will be reduced to ashes Soon Maggie Costello a seasoned Washington operator & stubbornly principled discovers an inside plot to kill the President
- & faces the ultimate moral dilemma Should she save the President & leave the free world at the mercy of an increasingly crazed would-be tyrant
- or commit treason against her Commander in Chief & risk plunging the country into a civil war?

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To Life! Eco Art in Pursuit of a Sustainable Planet documents the burgeoning eco art movement from A to Z presenting a panorama of artistic responses to environmental concerns from Ant Farm's anti-consumer antics in the 1970s to Marina Zurkow's 2007 animation that anticipates the havoc wreaked upon the planet by global warming This text is the first international survey of twentieth & twenty-first-century artists who are transforming the global challenges facing humanity & the Earth's diverse living systems Their pioneering explorations are situated at today's cultural scientific economic spiritual & ethical frontiers The text guides students of art design environmental studies & interdisciplinary studies to integrate environmental awareness responsibility & activism into their professional & personal lives ...