Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play At & Consolidated& the office manager (Tomlin) the vice president&s secretary (Parton) & the newest employee (Fonda) become great friends as they share their resentment about their egotistical sexist boss (Dabney Coleman) When they inadvertently get a chance to take revenge they institute a host of popular office procedures in his absence
- even as their scheme spins wildly out of control! Full of witty social commentary this delightful comedy marks Dolly Parton&s first film debut & features the Oscar-nominated hit song she wrote & performed Actors Jane Fonda Lily Tomlin Dolly Parton Dabney Coleman Sterling Hayden Elizabeth Wilson Henry Jones Lawrence Pressman Marian Mercer Ren Woods & Norma Donaldson Director Colin Higgins Certificate 15 years & over Year 1980 Languages English Duration 1 hour & 50 minutes (approx) Region Region 2
- Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players

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The nine worlds of Norse & Anglo-Germanic myth comprise the battleground for this area control game In the game Nine Worlds players struggle to take control of these worlds spending action points to add or remove armies move them between the worlds or banish them to Helheim Control of a world gives access to world powers that players can use to win the game Victory relates to the numbers of armies that players have in the Nine Worlds along with controlling or disputing control of as many worlds as possible Players 3-6 Playing time 60-90 minutes Ages 12 ...

York Notes Advanced offer a fresh & accessible approach to English Literature This market-leading series has been completely updated to meet the needs of today's A-level & undergraduate students Written by established literature experts York Notes Advanced intorduce students to more sophisticated analysis a range of critical perspectives & wider contexts ...

One of a series of fiction titles for schools this is Orwell's classic novel in which every aspect of life is controlled by the State Winston Smith thinks he's alone in remembering an earlier time when men & women lived by instincts & loved with passion but then he meets Julia ...

In Nineteen eighty-four one of the 20th century's great myth-makers takes a cold look at the future Orwell's study of individual struggling
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Renowned urban artist Shepard Fairey's new look for Orwell's classic dystopian tale One of Britain's most popular novels George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is set in a society terrorised by a totalitarian ideology propagated by The Party Winston Smith works for the Ministry of Truth in London chief city of Airstrip One Big Brother stares out from every poster the Thought Police uncover every act of betrayal When Winston finds love with Julia he discovers that life does not have to be dull & deadening & awakens to new possibilities Despite the police helicopters that hover & circle overhead Winston & Julia begin to question the Party; they are drawn towards conspiracy Yet Big Brother will not tolerate dissent
- even in the mind For those with original thoughts they invented Room 101 Nineteen Eighty-Four is George Orwell's terrifying vision of a totalitarian future in which everything & everyone is slave to a tyrannical regime The novel also coined many new words & phrases which regular appear in popular culture such as ' Big Brother' 'thoughtcrime' 'doublethink' & ' Newspeak'
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' Who controls the past controls the future who controls the present controls the past' Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past to suit the needs of the Party Yet he inwardly rebels against the totalitarian world he lives in which demands absolute obedience & controls him through the all-seeing telescreens & the watchful eye of Big Brother symbolic head of the Party In his longing for truth & liberty Smith begins a secret love affair with a fellow-worker Julia but soon discovers the true price of freedom is betrayal George Orwell's dystopian masterpiece Nineteen Eighty-Four is perhaps the most pervasively influential book of the twentieth century ...

First published in 1949 George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four has lost none of the impact with which it first hit readers Winston Smith works for the Ministry of Truth in London chief city of Airstrip One Big Brother stares out from every poster the Thought Police uncover every act of betrayal When Winston finds love with Julia he discovers that life does not have to be dull & deadening & awakens to new possibilities Despite the police helicopters that hover & circle overhead Winston & Julia begin to question the Party; they are drawn towards conspiracy Yet Big Brother will not tolerate dissent
- even in the mind For those with original thoughts they invented Room 101
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This is the essential edition of the essential book of modern times 1984 now annotated for students with an introduction by D J Taylor Ever since its publication in 1949 George Orwell's terrifying vision of a totalitarian regime where Big Brother controls its citizens like 'a boot stamping on a human face' has become a touchstone for human freedom & one of the most widely-read books in the world In this new annotated edition Orwell's biographer D J Taylor elucidates the full meaning of this timeless satire explaining contemporary references in the novel placing it in the context of Orwell's life elaborating on his extraordinary use of language & explaining the terms such as Newspeak Doublethink & Room 101 that have become familiar phrases today ...

One of a series of finest top quality fiction for schools this collection of stories has been selected by English teachers for its appeal to Key Stage 4 students It

Includes:: stories by Kate Chopin Thomas Hardy Elizabeth Gaskell Oscar Wilde Olive Shreiner Charlotte Bronte & others

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