Twenty major German cities have a total of twenty-four theatres specializing at a high level of sophistication in presenting light comedy They have their own typical ambience principles of artistic management & casting There are playwrights actors directors & designers who work almost exclusively in the genre called boulevard comedy developing highly specialised approaches to their work In almost all cases the predominantly privately run boulevard comedy theatres in Germany have been able to attract larger audiences than municipal or state theatres in the same cities The book provides a description & an analysis of this phenomenon which is unique to Germany Chapters focus on an analysis of ambience artistic managers artistic policies & artistic structures on major characteristics of the plays presented on the stages of German boulevard comedy theatres on aspects of translation & the cultural transfer of comedy & laughter & on aspects of production & reception dealing in turn with actors directors media coverage & audiences ...

The language of cycling is vibrant sophisticated often impenetrable & extremely French Find yourself confused nodding along when a rouleur relates how le biscuit was effrite (crumbled)? How today they're feeling Angers (past caring)? Fear no more for Boulting's Velosaurus will illuminate enlighten & frankly mislead In his Velosaurus ITV Tour de France commentator & cycling writer Ned Boulting provides the ultimate lexicon of nonsense terminology surrounding the esteemed Tour de France Featuring essential vocabulary like Alpe (an Alp) panache (riding with doomed flamboyance conscious of the need to renew one's contract) moutarde (any race that ends begins or passes through the city of Dijon) & maillot (a jumper obviously) Boulting's Velosaurus is the ideal companion to all things peloton for linguistically-challenged fans of non-automotive two-wheeled sport ...

The Boulton-Paul Defiant was the only &8216;turret fighter&8217; to enter service with the RAF The Defiant used the philosophy that a fighter aircraft armed solely with a turret bristling with machine guns would be able to enter a bomber stream causing havoc & the turret would also enable it to defend itself from enemy fighters During its first few engagements during the Battle of Britain in 1940 enemy pilots were taken by surprise & the Defiant fared well but soon the Luftwaffe pilots worked out its weaknesses especially the lack of forward firing guns & the Defiant was soon relegated to night fighting duties were it fared better ...

The Boulton-Paul Defiant was the only &8216;turret fighter&8217; to enter service with the RAF The Defiant used the philosophy that a fighter aircraft armed solely with a turret bristling with machine guns would be able to enter a bomber stream causing havoc & the turret would also enable it to defend itself from enemy fighters During its first few engagements during the Battle of Britain in 1940 enemy pilots were taken by surprise & the Defiant fared well but soon the Luftwaffe pilots worked out its weaknesses especially the lack of forward firing guns & the Defiant was soon relegated to night fighting duties were it fared better Please note box & model

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Waiting for a delayed flight at the airport ad-executive Buddy Amaral (Ben Affleck) meets & swaps tickets with a fellow passenger named Greg (Tony Goldwyn) who is desperate to return home to his family in time for the Christmas holiday When the plane crashes & Greg is killed Buddy is unable to shake his sense of guilt & decides to visit Greg&s widow Abby (Gwyneth Paltrow) The pair begin dating but it is not until another passenger arrives in town offering to show Abby some video footage taken just before the crash that she realises Buddy had once known her husband ...

Essential reading following an astounding summer of sport; if you've ever wondered what makes a champion Bounce has the answer What are the real secrets of sporting success & what lessons do they offer about life? Why doesn't Tiger Woods choke? Why are the best figure skaters those that have fallen over the most & why has one small street in Reading produced more top table tennis players than the rest of the country put together Two-time Olympian & sports writer & broadcaster Matthew Syed draws on the latest in neuroscience & psychology to uncover the secrets of our top athletes & introduces us to an extraordinary cast of characters including the East German athlete who became a man & her husband
- & the three Hungarian sisters who are all chess grandmasters Bounce is crammed with fascinating stories & statistics Looking at controversial questions such as whether talent is more important than practice drugs in sport (and life) & whether black people really are faster runners the mind-bending Bounce is a must-read for the hardened sports nut or brand new convert
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Tracklist A1 Crucial Moments A2 1989 A3 Favorite Everything B1 Here's To Us B2 4th Avenue Sunrise B3 Home ...

Break-proof smash-proof crack-proof super-spoof bouncing rubber egg for endless tricks & pranks Leave it in amongst real eggs to upset the cook throw it around to create alarm & consternation Simple but effective like all the best gags Life-size life-like rubber egg
- perhaps your rubber chicken laid it? Egg bouncy ball Realistic shape colour & size Egg 55cm tall
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play American crime thriller written & directed by The Wachowski Brothers Caesar (Joe Pantoliano) is a money launderer for the Mob who has just come into possession of 2 million in cash His moll violet (Jennifer Tilly) begins a relationship with their new neighbour ex-con Corky (Gina Gershon) & the two women plot to relieve violet&s boyfriend of the money
- by playing on his distrust of fellow mobster Johnnie (Christopher Meloni) the son of Mafia boss Gina Marzzone (Richard Sarafian Jr)
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Alex Verus can see the future But he never thought he'd see this day Manoeuvred by forces beyond his control the probability mage has made a terrible choice he's agreed to work for his old master once more Richard Drakh the sadistic dark mage Alex escaped as an apprentice has him in his clutches again & this time he won't let go so easily ...