Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play 1950s British comedy following two men who compete for the affections of the same woman in a Switzerland skiing resort While holidaying in the Swiss Alps Clive (Nigel Patrick) & Humpy (David Tomlinson) both fall for Mary (Jill Day) They each try different ways to win her over without much success & when they contract chicken pox they find themselves in quarantine under the watchful eye of Humpy&s old nanny Miss Cartwright (Kathleen Harrison) Their situation becomes even more complicated with the arrival of Greek Gaston (Leo Mc Kern) who also sets his sights on Mary ...

In January 1945 the German army is retreating from the Russian advance Germans are fleeing the occupied territories in their thousands in cars & carts & on foot But in a rural East Prussian manor house the wealthy von Globig family seals itself off from the world Protected from the deprivation & chaos around them they make no preparations to leave until a decision to harbour a stranger for the night begins their undoing Finally joining the great trek west the remaining members of the family face at last the catastrophic consequences of the war Profoundly evocative of the period sympathetic yet painfully honest about the motivations of its characters All for Nothing is a devastating portrait of the complicities & denials of the German people as the Third Reich comes to an end ...

Maya Angelou's five volumes of autobiography are a testament to the talents & resilience of this extraordinary writer Loving the world she also knows its cruelty As a black woman she has known discrimination & extreme poverty but also hope joy achievement & celebration In the fifth volume Maya Angelou emigrates to Ghana only to discover that 'you can't go home again' but she comes to a new awareness of love & friendship civil rights & slavery
- & the myth of mother Africa
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Jo Pearson's charming illustrations feature summer & beach life with native flora & fauna setting the scene Bring to life sandcastles picnics boats barbecues puzzles surfboards teacups & ice creams Explore the extraordinary shells beautiful flowers stunning birds fish & amazing sea-life With a variety of images-from complex to simple-this is a joy to colour in for all ages Jo brings a fresh new look to colouring books with her sense of the precious things in life & her intricate artworkallgoodcolouring ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play After the death of their mother Irish youngsters Dara & Eoin are moved to France to stay with their aunt There the boys befriend a local English family & the impressionable Dara falls under the spell of their young daughter Bella But when she begins to pull away Dara&s feelings for her start to get out of hand ...

Andrea is a single childless 39-year-old woman who tries to navigate family sexuality friendships & a career she never wanted but battles with thoughts & desires that few people would want to face up to Told in gut-wrenchingly honest language that shimmers with rage & intimacy All Grown Up poses such questions as
- What if I don&t want to hold your baby?
- Can I date you without ever hearing about your divorce?
- What can I demand of my mother now that I am an adult?
- Is therapy pointless?
- At what point does drinking a lot become a drinking problem?
- Why does everyone keep asking me why I am not married? Powerfully intelligent & wickedly funny All Grown Up delves into the psyche of a flawed but mesmerising character Readers will recognise themselves in Jami Attenberg&s truthful account of what it means to be a 21st century woman though they might not always want to admit it





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& Hilarious courageous & mesmerising& Maria Semple & Think BBC&s Fleabag set in Brooklyn& Stylist &I&m alone I&m a drinker I&m a former artist I&m a shrieker in bed I&m the captain of the sinking ship that is my flesh& Andrea is a single childless 39-year-old woman who tries to navigate family sexuality friendships & a career she never wanted but battles with thoughts & desires that few people would want to face up to Gut-wrenchingly honest & shimmering with rage & intimacy All Grown Up questions what it means to be a 21st century woman
- What if I don&t want to hold your baby?
- Can I date you without ever hearing about your divorce?
- What can I demand of my mother now that I am an adult?
- Is therapy pointless?
- At what point does drinking a lot become a drinking problem?
- Why does everyone keep asking me why I am not married? Powerfully intelligent & wickedly funny All Grown Up delves into the psyche of a flawed but mesmerising character Readers will recognise themselves in Jami Attenberg&s truthful account of womanhood though they might not always want to admit it





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A magisterial history of the greatest & most terrible event in history from one of the finest historians of the Second World War A book which shows the impact of war upon hundreds of millions of people around the world- soldiers sailors & airmen; housewives farm workers & children Reflecting Max Hastings's thirty-five years of research on World War II All Hell Let Loose describes the course of events but focuses chiefly upon human experience which varied immensely from campaign to campaign continent to continent The author emphasises the Russian front where more than 90 of all German soldiers who perished met their fate He argues that while Hitler's army often fought its battles brilliantly well the Nazis conducted their war effort with stunning incompetence' He suggests that the Royal Navy & US Navy were their countries' outstanding fighting services while the industrial contribution of the United States was much more important to allied victory than that of the US Army The book ranges across a vast canvas from the agony of Poland amid the September 1939 Nazi invasion to the 1943 Bengal famine in which at least a million people died under British rule- & British neglect Among many vignettes there are the RAF's legendary raid on the Ruhr dams the horrors of Arctic convoys desert tank combat jungle clashes Some of Hastings's insights & judgements will surprise students of the conflict while there are vivid descriptions of the tragedies & triumphs of a host of ordinary people in uniform & out of it The cliche is profoundly true' he says The world between 1939 & 1945 saw some human beings plumb the depths of baseness while others scaled the heights of courage & nobility' This is everyman's story' an attempt to answer the question What was the Second World War like ?' & also an overview of the big picture Max Hastings employs the technique which has made many of his previous books best-sellers combining top-down analysis & bottom-up testimony to explore the meaning of this vast conflict both for its participants & for posterity ...

From the bestselling author of A Hundred Pieces of Me & One Small Act of Kindness comes a heartwarming bittersweet & uplifting story of missed chances & unexpected opportunities ' Lucy Dillon's books make the world a better place'
- Heat Caitlin's life is a mess Her marriage to a man everyone else thinks is perfect has collapsed along with her self-esteem & breaking free seems the only option Nancy her four-year-old daughter used to talk all the time; in the car at nursery to her brother Joel Then her parents split up Her daddy moves out & Nancy stops speaking Nancy's Auntie Eva recently widowed & feeling alone apart from the companionship of two bewildered pugs is facing a future without her husband or the dreams she gave up for him But when Eva agrees to host her niece & nephew once a fortnight Caitlin & Eva are made to face the different truths about their marriages
- & about what they both really want ' Bittersweet lovely & ultimately redemptitive; the kind of book that makes you want to live your own life better'
- Jojo Moyes' So satisfying & clever & deeply moving'
- Sophie Kinsella



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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play From the director of World War Z & staring Blake Lively When a blind woman&s sight returns she soon discovers the previously unseen & disturbing details about her seemingly perfect marriage & their lives Also staring Jason Clarke & Danny Houston Actors Blake Lively Jason Clarke Ahna O& Reilly Miguel Fernández Xavi Sánchez Directors Marc Forster Writers Marc Forster Sean Conway Producers Marc Forster Craig Baumgarten Jillian Kugler Michael Selby Language English Number of discs 1 ...