Raymond Carver who became a master-storyteller of his generation & was hailed in Europe as 'the American Chekhov' wrote of himself "I began as a poet My first publication was a poem So I suppose on my tombstone I'd be very pleased if they put ' Poet & short-story writer
- & occasional essayist' in that order" This complete edition allows readers to experience the range & overwhelming power of Carver's poetry for the first time It brings together in the order of their American publication the poems of Fires (1985) Where Water Comes Together with Other Water (1986) Ultramarine (1988) A New Path to the Waterfall (1989) & No Heroics Please (1991) For readers who know Carver's middle period only through his selected poems In a Marine Light (1988) it

Includes:: the windfall of 51 poems not previously published in Britain All of Us is edited by Professor William L Stull of the University of Hartford & introduced with an essay on Raymond Carver's methods of composition by his widow the poet Tess Gallagher


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Esme eldest child control-freak perfect wife In fact her husband has run off with his dentist & their teenage daughter is live-tweeting the entire mess to her 3000 followers Liv middle child fiance stealer squatter Holed up in her ex-husband&s apartment with her acupuncturist & a bottle of whiskey Ru youngest child writer runaway Hopes to find inspiration for her second novel whilst fleeing her fiance One-by-one the siblings return to the family home where a box of old letters awaits them containing the answer to the mystery they have all lived with until now who was their father & why the hell did he disappear? ...

The Radio 2 Book Club Choice When Tom loses the love of his life time travel seems like the only answer what could possibly go wrong? Elan Mastai's breakthrough novel brings a whole new dimension to a classic love story' Sharp funny writing in a mind-bending time-travelling junket of a novel' Daily Mail So the thing is I come from the world we were supposed to have That means nothing to you obviously because you live here in the crappy world we do have But it never should've turned out like this & it's all my fault
- well me & to a lesser extent my father And yeah I guess a little bit Penelope In both worlds she's the love of my life But only a single version of her can exist I have one impossible chance to fix history's greatest mistake & save this broken world Except it means saving one Penelope & losing the other forever
- & I have absolutely no idea which to choose Praise for All Our Wrong Todays' Witty original funny charming
- a great story!' Joe Haddow BBC Radio 2 Book Club' This lovely new novel is It's a Wonderful Life meets The Jetsons Tom who lives in an alternate 2016 where all the sci-fi fantasies of the 1950s are a reality suddenly finds himself stranded in our 2016 where he rediscovers his family friends & self' BUZZFEED' Imagine a world where 2016 was glorious no Bowie Brexit Bake-Off Bannon That's where All Our Wrong Todays begins Ambitious funny wry & philosophical it's not surprising that author Mastai started off his life as a screenwriter (All Our Wrong Todays has already been picked up by uber-producer Amy Pascal) because this a book that has the grand scope of sweeping cinema peppered throughout' Emerald Street'A thrilling tale of time travel & alternate timelines with a refreshingly optimistic view of humanity's future' Andy Weir author of international bestseller The Martian' All Our Wrong Todays is elaborately constructed & incredibly emotionally intelligent; it's a story with super high stakes that genuinely makes you feel every part of Tom's awful predicament' Sci Fi Now'A novel about time travel has no right to be this engaging A novel this engaging has no right to be this smart & a novel this smart has no right to be this funny Or insightful Or immersive Basically this novel has no right to exist' Jonathan Tropper New York Times bestselling author of This Is Where I Leave You & One Last Thing Before I Go' Elan Mastai has conjured up a witty & freewheeling time-traveling romance that packs an emotional wallop All Our Wrong Todays is a page-turning delight' Maria Semple author of Today Will Be Different & Where'd You Go Bernadette


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SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE 2017 1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER The best political book of the year' Andrew Marr A superb work ...

Mr Blue Sky Evil Woman Don&t Bring Me Down Sweet Talkin& Woman Shine A Little Love Turn To Stone The Diary Horace Wimp Confusion Hold On Tight Livin& Thing Telephone Line All Over The World Wild West Hero Showdown Ma-Ma-Ma Belle Xanadu Rockaria! Strange Music Alright Rock &N& Roll Is King ...

By cutting the desired shapes from paper basting the paper to the back of your fabric & then h&-sewing the pieces together you'll ensure perfectly matched points every time This complete course in English paper piecing takes you far beyond traditional hexagons with step-by-step photos showing you how to connect triangles octagons diamonds jewels triangles tumblers pentagons & curved shapes It even provides dozens of ideas for incorporating the pattern designs into clothing pillows quilts & home decor items! ...

' There is a whistling sound behind us Shells pass overhead & explode in a sheet of flame a hundred meters away' 64 pages Remarque Erich Maria ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-Ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-Ray player in order to play Unlike most "message" films which date themselves almost immediately Lewis Milestone&s low-key unpolished & deeply-felt screen adaptation of the Erich Maria Remarque anti-war novel has lost little of its original impact Years after its release it was still being banned in countries mobilising for war The plot follows a group of young German recruits in World War I through their passage from idealism to disillusionment As the central character Paul Baumer (Lew Ayres) declares " We live in the trenches & we fight We try not to be killed
- that&s all" All Quiet On The Western Front is an anthology of now famous scenes Ayres trapped in a shell crater with a man he has killed; the first meeting of the recruits & the veterans; infantrymen being mowed down to machine-gun visual rhythms; a moonlight swim with French farm girls; Ayres& pacifist speech to his astonished schoolmates; & the final shot of the soldier&s hand reaching for the butterfly Actors Louis Wolheim John Wray & Slim Summerville Director Lewis Milestone Certificate 12 years & over Year 1930 Screen 1331 Languages English
- DTS-HD Master Audio Mono Additional Languages French ; German ; Italian Subtitles English for the hearing impaired; French; Italian; German; Spanish; Japanese Closed Captions Yes Duration 2 hour & 13 minutes (approx)

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One by one the boys begin to fall In 1914 a room full of German schoolboys fresh-faced & idealistic are goaded by their schoolmaster to troop off to the 'glorious war' With the fire & patriotism of youth they sign up What follows is the moving story of a young 'unknown soldier' experiencing the horror & disillusionment of life in the trenches ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play A devastating story of war & a generation destroyed In 1914 a group of German schoolboys idealistic & inflamed with youthful patriotism set off to fight in the "glorious" war During their brutal basic training disenchantment begins Then boarding a train for the front they see the wounded being rushed back to the hospitals & they begin to grasp the grim reality of war On their first night in action they come under heavy attack In the trenches they begin to fall Their youth is stripped away by the violence & the boys become as sullen as veterans When Paul shoots a Frenchman & watches him die he realizes the futility of war Wounded he returns home to a different world a place where he cannot fit in Sent back into battle he meets destiny on a day when the German High Command states simply " All Quiet on the Western Front" Winner of 2 Oscars in 1930 for Best Picture & Best Director Actors Louis Wolheim Lew Ayres John Wray Arnold Lucy Ben Alexander & Russell Gleason Director Lewis Milestone Certificate PGYear 1930 Screen Fullscreen 43 Languages English
- Dolby Digital (20) Mono Subtitles English for the hearing impaired Duration 2 hours & 8 minutes (approx)
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