Gordy La Sure's passionate about film He eats film he drinks film & sometimes he'll even watch a film But most of all he loves talking to people about film whether a comely student with low confidence & a father complex a Studio 'development' exec who doesn't trust his own judgement or the countless people Gordy La Sure's encountered in his capacity as the web moderator on an Excessive Sweating Discussion Forum Gordy La Sure's alwaystalking about films & how they'd be a shit ton better if only people would pull their asses out of their ears & listen to Gordy La Sure The voyage of this book can be categorised as an attempt to understand How In Hell Film Works Why are some films bad & some films terrible? How come just a handful of films (Titanic Porky's Dirty Harry) are any good at all? Gordy'll tell you How & Why & he'll give you a slug of Wherefore on the side & he doesn't shoot from the hip; he shoots from the gut ...

FINANCIAL TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 & Extraordinary & original& Raymond Briggs& Sometimes it feels like I might be the only person awake in the whole country People might find that a lonely thought Not me& As the rest of the world sleeps the Gritterman goes out to work Through the wind & the snow Through the blue-black hours when time slips away he grits the paths & the pavements & the roads For him a life without gritting is no life at all A song for the unsung hero this is a story about stoicism dignity & a man leaving behind the work that he loves It is accompanied by the author&s own illustrations Listen to or download The Gritterman&s companion album featuring 10 new tracks by Orlando Weeks Available now on all digital & streaming platforms ...

The Grizzled is a cooperative game about survival in the trenches during the first World War where players win or lose together Each round the current team leader will choose how many cards every player draws Then going around the table players must either play a card in their hand or back out of the mission Each card represents either threats to the team (such as mortar shells & weather conditions) or negative personality traits (such as frightened or obsessive) At the end of the round more cards are added to the draw deck The game ends only if the players can deplete the draw deck as well as their hands without letting time run out If one threat shows up too many times the team fails the mission The team must play their threats correctly in order to gain any progress However most of the information in a players hand remains secret throughout the game Planning teamwork & a little luck are the tools you&ll need to win this cooperative game for two to five players Players 2-5 Suggested ages 10 Playing time 30 minutes ...

On Augu&115;t 2 1914 the young men of a &115;mall French village gathered in the town &115;quare in &115;tunned &115;ilence to contemplate the General Mobilization order pla&115;tered to the door of the town hall &83;oon they will leave everything they know to head to boot camp for training & then to war Will their friend&115;hip be &115;trong enough to &115;urvive it? In The Grizzled Armi&115;tice Edition player&115; take on the role of &115;oldier&115; facing the Trial&115; & Hard Knock&115; of the fir&115;t World War They work cooperatively acro&115;&115; a campaign where they confront the major event&115; of the war From the introduction &115;cenario of Boot Camp through the nine different Mi&115;&115;ion&115; everything that happen&115; carrie&115; forward & affect&115; the next &115;tep&115; of the game Player&115; will need to make good deci&115;ion&115; & &115;upport each other if they hope to make it to the end of the war alive Contain&115;6 Grizzled Prepainted Miniature&115;1 Recruit Miniature 211 Card&115;40 Token&115;13 Divided Tab&115; ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Comedy chronicling the misadventures & emotional turmoil of a groom-to-be (Edward Burns) & his four groomsmen over the course of the week leading up to the wedding day Struggling to come to terms with some of life&s biggest issues such as fatherhood relationships & growing up the five 30-somethings sense that their extended adolescence might finally be coming to an end ...

At a critical time in Canada's history the Group of Seven revolutionized the country's appreciation of itself by celebrating Canada as a wild & beautiful land These paintings of the wilderness evoke the same response in viewers today as they did when first exhibited Now in paperback The Group of Seven & Tom Thomson is even more affordable than the celebrated original hardback edition This award-winning bestseller

Includes:: many never-before reproduced paintings & presents the most complete & extensive collection of these artists' works ever published The 400 paintings & drawings reveal the remarkable genius of all 10 painters who at some point were part of the movement Tom Thomson who died before the Group was established was always present in the public mind Included are works by Frank Carmichael; Frank Johnston; AJ Casson; Arthur Lismer; Le Moine Fitz Gerald; AY Jackson; JEH Mac Donald; Lawren Harris; Tom Thomson; Edwin Holgate; FH Varley The artwork is organized by the various regions of Canada with additional sections on the war years & still-life paintings Introductory essays provide a context for a greater understanding & appreciation of Canada's most celebrated artists

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The Growing Pains of Adrian Mole is the second book in Sue Townsend's brilliantly funny Adrian Mole series Sunday July 18th My father announced at breakfast that he is going to have a vasectomy I pushed my sausages away untouched In this second instalment of teenager Adrian Mole's diaries the Mole family is in crisis & the country is beating the drum of war While his parents have reconciled after both embarked on disastrous affairs Adrian is shocked to learn of his mother's pregnancy & even though at the mercy of his rampant hormones & the fickle whims of the divine Pandora a victim of a broken home & his own tortured (though unrecognised) genius Adrian continues valiantly to chronicle the pains & pleasures of a misspent adolescence Bestselling author Sue Townsend has been Britain's favourite comic writer for over three decades' Funny moving & a poke in the eye for adult morality' Sunday Express ' Written with great verve & showing an uncanny understanding of the young Sue Townsend holds the balance between innocence & precocity & the result is both hilarious & salutary' Daily Telegraph ' Life's no fun for an adolescent intellectual For the reader it's a hoot' New Statesman Sue Townsend is one of Britain's favourite comic authors Her hugely successful novels include eight Adrian Mole books The Public Confessions of a Middle-Aged Woman (Aged 5534) Number Ten Ghost Children The Queen & I Queen Camilla & The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year all of which are highly-acclaimed bestsellers Sue passed away in 2014 & is survived by her husband four children ten grandchildren & millions of avid readers ...

The new heartwarming novel from David M Barnett for fans of THE LIDO ELEANOR OLIPHANT & THE KEEPER OF LOST THINGS 304 pages Barnett David M ...

Now anyone can have a baby With Full Life's safe & affordable healthcare plan why risk a natural birth? Just choose the colour of your pouch & its accessories Without the pouch Eva might not have been born & yet she has sacrificed her career & maybe even her relationship campaigning against Full Life's biotech baby pouches Despite her efforts everyone prefers a world where women are liberated from danger & constraint & all can share the joy of childbearing Perhaps Full Life has helped transform society for the better? But just as Eva decides to accept this she discovers that something strange is happening at Full Life Piotr hasn't seen Eva in years Not since their life together dissolved in tragedy But Piotr's a journalist who has also uncovered something sinister about Full Life What drove him & Eva apart may just bring them back together as they search for the truth behind Full Life's closed doors & face a truth of their own A beautiful story about family loss & what our future might hold The Growing Season is an original & powerful novel by a rising talent ...

Now anyone can have a baby With Full Life's safe & affordable healthcare plan the brave new world is here Without the pouch Eva might not have been born & yet she has sacrificed her career & maybe even her relationship campaigning against Full Life's biotech baby pouches Despite her efforts everyone prefers a world where women are liberated from danger & constraint & all can share the joy of childbearing Perhaps Full Life has helped transform society for the better? But just as Eva decides to accept this she discovers that something strange is happening at Full Life Piotr hasn't seen Eva in years Not since their life together dissolved in tragedy But Piotr's a journalist who has also uncovered something sinister about Full Life What drove him & Eva apart may just bring them back together as they search for the truth behind Full Life's closed doors & face a truth of their own A beautiful story about family loss & what our future might hold The Growing Season is an original & powerful novel by a rising talent ...