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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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
- Dolby Digital (51) Duration 1 hour & 24 minutes (approx)
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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
- such as ' The Judgement' ' In the Penal Colony' & 'A Country Doctor'
- all presented in a lively & meticulous new translation by Christopher Moncrieff

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' When Gregor Samsa woke one morning from uneasy dreams he found himself transformed into some kind of monstrous vermin' With a bewildering blend of the everyday & the fantastical Kafka thus begins his most famous short story The Metamorphosis A commercial traveller is unexpectedly freed from his dreary job by his inexplicable transformation into an insect which drastically alters his relationship with his family Kafka considered publishing it with two of the stories included here in a volume to be called Punishments The Judgement also concerns family tensions when a power struggle between father & son ends with the father passing an enigmatic judgement on the helpless son The third story In the Penal Colony explores questions of power justice punishment & the meaning of pain in a colonial setting These three stories are flanked by two very different works Meditation the first book Kafka published consists of light whimsical often poignant mood-pictures while in the autobiographical Letter to his Father Kafka analyses his difficult relationship in forensic & devastating detail ABOUT THE SERIES For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study & much more ...

Aristotle's probing inquiry into some of the fundamental problems of philosophy The Metaphysics is one of the classical Greek foundation-stones of western thought translated from the with an introduction by Hugh Lawson-Tancred in Penguin Classics The Metaphysics presents Aristotle's mature rejection of both the Platonic theory that what we perceive is just a pale reflection of reality & the hard-headed view that all processes are ultimately material He argued instead that the reality or substance of things lies in their concrete forms & in so doing he probed some of the deepest questions of philosophy What is existence? How is change possible? & are there certain things that must exist for anything else to exist at all? The seminal notions discussed in The Metaphysics
- of 'substance' & associated concepts of matter & form essence & accident potentiality & actuality
- have had a profound & enduring influence & laid the foundations for one of the central branches of Western philosophy Hugh Lawson-Tancred's lucid translation is accompanied by a stimulating introduction in which he highlights the central themes of one of philosophy's supreme masterpieces Aristotle (384-22 BC) studied at the Academy of Plato for 20 years & then established his own school & research institute ' The Lyceum' His writings which were of extraordinary range profoundly affected the whole course of ancient & medieval philosophy & are still eagerly studied & debated by philosophers today If you enjoyed The Metaphysics you might like Aristotle's The Nicomachean Ethics also available in Penguin Classics

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Mia Holl lives in a state governed by The Method where good health is the highest duty of the citizen Everyone must submit medical data & sleep records to the authorities on a monthly basis & regular exercise is mandatory Mia is young & beautiful a successful scientist who is outwardly obedient but with an intellect that marks her as subversive Convinced that her brother has been wrongfully convicted of a terrible crime Mia comes up against the full force of a regime determined to control every aspect of its citizens' lives ...

This Hackett edition first published in 1981 is an unabridged & unaltered republication of the seventh (1907) edition as published by Macmillan & Company Limited From the forward by John Rawls In the utilitarian tradition Henry Sidgwick (1838-1900) has an important place His fundamental work The Methods of Ethics (first edition 1874 seventh & last edition 1907 here reprinted) is the clearest & most accessible formulation of what we may call 'the classical utilitarian doctorine' This classical doctrine holds that the ultimate moral end of social & individual action is the greatest net sum of the happiness of all sentient beings Happinesss is specified (as positive or negative) by the net balance of pleasure over pain or as Sidgwick preferred to say as the net balance of agreeable over disagreeable consciousness ...