The ambitious two & a half hour drama filmed & transmitted live stars the spectacular Kara Tointon (Mr Selfridge East Enders) as former nun Maria who becomes the governess for a large family who live in the shadow of their domineering & repressed widower father Captain Georg von Trapp (Julian Ovenden Downton Abbey) Along with the required discipline Maria brings love music & excitement into the children&s lives & also eventually begins to have an effect on their father But just when things are looking up the rise of Nazism & the looming threat of war darkens all of their futures ...

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- Rodgers & Hammerstein´s The Sound Of Music Julie Andrews lights up the screen as Maria the spirited young woman who leaves the convent to become governess to the seven children of Captain von Trapp an autocratic widower whose strict household rules leave no room for music or merriment Winner of five Academy Awards including Best Picture this timeless classic features some of the world´s best-loved songs Introduction by Julie Andrews Commentary by Robert Wise Commentary by Julie Andrews & Christopher Plummer Sing-Along option Actors Julie Andrews Christopher Plummer Eleanor Parker Richard Haydn Peggy Wood Charmian Carr Daniel Truhitte Angela Cartwright & Marni Nixon Director Robert Wise Certificate Universal Suitable for All Year 1965 Screen Widescreen 169 Anamorphic Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) Subtitles English for the hearing impaired Duration 2 hours & 54 minutes (approx)

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FROM THE WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2014 In the winter of 1954 in a construction camp in the remote Tasmanian highlands when Sonja Buloh was three years old & her father was drinking too much her mother disappeared into a blizzard never to return Thirty-five years later Sonja returns to the place of her childhood to visit her drunkard father The shadows of the past begin to intrude ever more forcefully into the present changing forever his living death & her ordered life ...

Ogata Shingo is growing old & his memory is failing him At night he hears only the sound of death in the distant rumble from the mountain The relationships which have previously defined his life
- with his son his wife & his attractive daughter-in-law
- are dissolving & Shingo is caught between love & destruction Lyrical & precise The Sound of the Mountain explores in immaculately crafted prose the changing roles of love & the truth we face in ageing

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Track List Disc 1 1 Earthquake (Feat Dominique Young Unique) (Original Vs Vato Gonzalez & Jaguar Skills Remix)
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Three children are spending their summer on a wild Scottish island Fraser is desperate for adventure; Hayley is fed up she's even there; while Dunny spends his days staring out to sea He hasn't said a word in years But everything changes with the discovery of two bodies on the beach a whale & a man Fraser & Hayley see a mystery-adventure to be solved but Dunny is inconsolable & in the end it will take someone who listens to the sea to put it right ...

The Sounds of Language is an introductory guide to the linguistic study of speech sounds which provides uniquely balanced coverage of both phonology & phonetics Features exercises & problem sets as well as supporting online resources at wwwwileycomgozsiga including additional discussion questions & exercises as well as links to further resources such as sound files video files & useful websites Creates opportunities for students to practice data analysis & hypothesis testing Integrates data on sociolinguistic variation first language acquisition & second language learning Explores diverse topics ranging from the practical such as how to make good digital recordings make a palatogram solve a phonemeallophone problem or read a spectrogram; to the theoretical including the role of markedness in linguistic theory the necessity of abstraction features & formal notation issues in speech perception as distinct from hearing & modelling sociolinguistic & other variations Organized specifically to fit the needs of undergraduate students of phonetics & phonology & is structured in a way which enables instructors to use the text both for a single semester phonetics & phonology course or for a two-course sequence ...

THE SOURCE is set in a small village somewhere between North Africa & the Middle East For as long as anyone can remember the women of the community have fetched water from a mountaintop spring in the blazing sun Leila a young new bride urges the other women to go on love strike no more sex until the men run water to the village ...

A discerning account of simmering conflict in the South China Sea & why the world can't afford to be indifferent China's rise has upset the global balance of power & the first place to feel the strain is Beijing's back yard the South China Sea For decades tensions have smoldered in the region but today the threat of a direct confrontation among superpowers grows ever more likely This important book is the first to make clear sense of the South Sea disputes Bill Hayton a journalist with extensive experience in the region examines the high stakes involved for rival nations that include Vietnam India Taiwan the Philippines & China as well as the United States Russia & others Hayton also lays out the daunting obstacles that stand in the way of peaceful resolution Through lively stories of individuals who have shaped current conflicts-businessmen scientists shippers archaeologists soldiers diplomats & more-Hayton makes understandable the complex history & contemporary reality of the South China Sea He underscores its crucial importance as the passageway for half the world's merchant shipping & one-third of its oil & gas Whoever controls these waters controls the access between Europe the Middle East South Asia & the Pacific The author critiques various claims & positions (that China has historic claim to the Sea for example) overturns conventional wisdoms (such as America's overblown fears of China's nationalism & military resurgence) & outlines what the future may hold for this clamorous region of international rivalry ...

The South Downs Way National Trail is a 100 mile (160km) walk between Eastbourne & Winchester staying within the glorious South Downs National Park for its entire length Presented here in 12 stages of up to 12 miles (19km) the route is described in both east-west & west-east A waymarked trail with very few stiles it can be walked at any time of year & makes a good introduction to long-distance walking Step-by-step route descriptions are illustrated with extracts from OS 150000 mapping for every stage & a separate conveniently sized booklet with 125000 maps for the entire route is included The guide provides detailed practical information on getting to the trail & facilities & accommodation en route The South Downs Way offers easy walking on ancient & historical tracks & showcases the beautiful countryside of the South Downs taking in wooded areas delightful river valleys & pretty villages Highlights include Beachy Head the mysterious Long Man of Wilmington Clayton Windmills & the ancient cathedral city of Winchester ...