' She decided she would teach him to speak & he was very soon able to say ' Pretty boy!' ' Your servant sir!' & ' Hail Mary!'' With pathos & humour Flaubert imagines the unexamined life of a servant girl Introducing Little Black Classics 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range & diversity of Penguin Classics with books from around the world & across many centuries They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California & the Russian steppe Here are stories lyrical & savage; poems epic & intimate; essays satirical & inspirational; & ideas that have shaped the lives of millions Gustave Flaubert (1821-1880) Flaubert's works available in Penguin Classics are Madame Bovary Sentimental Education Three Tales & Salammbo ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Seven-year-old Anabel (Mara Wilson) wishes for a fairy godmother after the death of her mother but doesn&t expect anything like Murray (Martin Short) the world&s first male angelic guardian Instead of guaranteeing Anabel&s dad a part in a new Broadway musical Murray manages to turn him into a statue The problems really begin with the arrival of Claudia (Kathleen Turner) a former fairy who has turned to the dark side & stolen all the other godmothers& wands All she needs now to become all-powerful is Murray&s wand ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Your wish is his command sort of &A Simple Wish& tells the sweet-natured story of Murray a bumbling fairy godfather who has good intentions but not much else Technically Murray is a fairy godmother--the only male member of the North American Fairy Godmother Association After barely passing his godmother&s exam he is sent to New York City to watch after Anabel a young girl who wishes that her father Oliver will land a part in a Broadway musical so that the family won&t have to move to Nebraska But when the district&s previous godmother a nefarious spellcaster named Claudia arrives with her wacky sidekick Boots her plans to cripple Murray & Anabel&s magical association & monopolize the wish market wreak havoc on the already unstable Murray It&s up to Murray & Anabel to pool their resources & get rid of Claudia & Boots once & for all Director Michael Ritchie turns the fairytale knob up a notch with &A Simple Wish& also taking the time to poke fun at Broadway musicals Featuring spectacular special effects & an extremely engaging performance by Wilson this is a children&s fable with a fresh twist Actors Martin Short Mara Wilson Kathleen Turner Robert Pastorelli Amanda Plummer Teri Garr Ruby Dee Francis Capra & Jonathan Hadary Director Michael Ritchie Certificate Universal Suitable for All Year 1997 Screen Widescreen 2401 Languages English
- DTS-HD Master Audio (51) Additional Languages French ; Italian ; German ; Spanish ; Japanese ; Latin American Spanish ; Brazilian Portuguese Subtitles English for the hearing impaired ; Italian ; German ; Spanish ; Japanese ; Brazilian Portuguese ; Danish ; Dutch ; Finnish ; Greek ; Korean ; Latin American Spanish ; Norwegian ; Portuguese ; Swedish ; Traditional Mandarin Closed Captions Yes Duration 1 hour & 29 minutes (approx)
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Celebrated as a masterpiece from its first publication A Single Man is the story of George an English professor in suburban California left heartbroken after the death of his lover Jim With devastating clarity & humour Christopher Isherwood shows George&s determination to carry on evoking the unexpected pleasures of life as well as the soul&s ability to triumph over loneliness & alienation ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Set in Los Angeles in 1962 at the height of the Cuban missile crisis A Single Man is the story of George Falconer a 52 year old British college professor (Colin Firth) who is struggling to find the meaning to his life after the death of his long term partner Jim (Matthew Goode) George dwells on the past & cannot see his future as we follow him through a single day where a series of events & encounters ultimately leads him to decide if there is meaning to life after Jim George is consoled by his closest friend Charley (Julianne Moore) a 48 year old beauty who is wrestling with her own questions about the future A young student of George&s Kenny (Nicholas Hoult) who is coming to terms with his true nature stalks George as he feels in him a kindred spirit A Single Man is a romantic tale of love interrupted the isolation that is an inherent part of the human condition & ultimately the importance of the seemingly smaller moments in life Winner of the BAFTA Award for Leading Actor
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From the slums of Cape Town to the palaces of Algiers through Pygmy villages where pineapples grow wild to the Gulf of Guinea where the sea blazes with oil flares across two continents & fourteen countries
- this epic journey is nothing to swallows they do it twice a year But for Horatio Clare writer & birdwatcher it is the expedition of a lifetime Along the way he discovers old empires & modern tribes a witch-doctor's recipe for stewed swallow explains how to travel without money or a passport & describes a terrifying incident involving three Spanish soldiers & a tiny orange dog By trains motorbikes canoes one camel & three ships Clare follows the swallows from reed beds in South Africa where millions roost in February to a barn in Wales where a pair nest in May
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Itsuki Hashima is a novelist who&s hopelessly enamored with the idea of little sisters & is constantly surrounded by colorful characters A world class genius & love-guru who&s beauty almost seems a waste on her A girl who&s constantly troubled by her friendships love interests & can&t even find refuge in her dreams A ridiculously talented illustrator Each of them have as many problems & worries as the next & they never have a dull day together as they play games travel & work together From the same author of the famous I Don&t Have Many Friends Yomi Hirasaka! About the Author Kantoku is the illustrator of A Sister&s All You Need Yomi Hiraska is the author of A Sister&s All You Need & I Don&t Have Many Friends ...

Itsuki Hashima&s spirits are high after learning one of his many little-sister-filled series is getting both an anime & a manga adaptation! However the manga artist he&ll be working with has a shocking secret About the Author Kantoku is the illustrator of A Sister&s All You Need Yomi Hiraska is the author of A Sister&s All You Need & I Don&t Have Many Friends ...

North London November 1913 The storm clouds of war gather overhead while one brave girl fights to save her family After her mother dies Livvie Bone knows it's down to her to support her family & protect her younger siblings from their drunken father But life in Wood Green in 1913 is hard & full of danger & one night she needs protection herself When the mysterious Joe Hunter steps in to help her Livvie can't help but be drawn to him in spite of his unsavoury reputation Then Livvie is offered the chance to work at the Barratt's Sweet Factory Suddenly she has a chance to better herself
- & to offer her family a way out Livvie's fragile beauty hides a formidable strength of character & it doesn't take long for the factory manager Lucas to notice her He is a man of the world a sophisticated compelling character & he can open doors to the kind of life Livvie has only dreamed of But time is running out for war is approaching sweeping everything & everyone up in its remorseless path What will Livvie choose
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They'd give up everything to dance on stage but could they lose each other? London's East End 1934 Eighteen-year-old twins Marie & Vesta Haskins work at the local shoe factory to bring in a few pennies for the family but they've never given up on their dream of treading the boards in the West End When a brand new East End club opens its doors the girls audition for the show & are over the moon to land two nights a week with their cabaret act But little do they realise that the villainous Scoresby brothers are using the club as a front for a very different line of business Seeing what is going on behind the smoke & lights of the stage sensible Marie vows to leave her job at the club before it is too late but headstrong Vesta has fallen for the Scoresby's handsome right-hand man Teddy & unwittingly leads her whole family into the Scoresby's clutches Will Marie be able to save her family from disaster? Or will Vesta's determination to become a star tear the Haskins family apart? ...