Late Century Dream looks at a number of underground regional scenes in the US through the fertile years of the 1980s & 90s encompassing many different genres under the DIY banner The book's six key texts each revolve around a key city andor creative hub of groups These include a definitive alternative take on grunge-era Seattle largely circumnavigating the populist Sub Pop hegemony; the early cop-baiting punk rock weirdo skronk & post-psychedelic rock of Austin Texas; a varied oral account of the art school-derived post-punk scene in Athens Georgia; a personal account of an immersion in the college rock hotbed of Chapel Hill North Carolina; an in-depth look at Phoenix Arizona's rich history of left-field alternative & punk; & a geographically de-centralised primer on Chicago s Drag City Records Illustrated with a wealth of archival & unseen promo live & 'zine imagery from bands including The Accused The Gits Butthole Surfers JFA REM Big Boys & Meat Puppets Late Century Dream gives an alternative insight into the lasting legacies carved out by bands for whom making it big was rarely an aim Alongside extended appendices of new interviews & oral material the book provides an insightful social history featuring newly commissioned texts from Noel Gardner Pavel Godfrey Brian Howe Jimmy Martin Kevin Mc Caighy & Louis Pattison who have collectively contributed to various music publications & websites of note including The Quietus BBC Music The Guardian Pitchfork Independent Weekly Paste & Edge Mag ...

Stranger Shores a collection of JM Coetzee's essays from 1986 to 1999 was followed by Inner Workings which contained those from 2000 to 2005 Late Essays gathers together Coetzee's literary essays since 2006 The subjects covered range from Daniel Defoe in the early eighteenth century to Coetzee's contemporary Philip Roth Coetzee has had a long-standing interest in German literature & here he engages with the work of Goethe Hoelderlin Kleist & Walser There are four fascinating essays on fellow Nobel laureate Samuel Beckett & he looks at the work of three Australian writers Patrick White Les Murray & Gerald Murnane There are essays too on Tolstoy's great novella The Death of Ivan Ilyich on Flaubert's masterpiece Madame Bovary & on the Argentine modernist Antonio Di Benedetto JM Coetzee a great novelist himself is a wise & insightful guide to these works of international literature that span three centuries ...

Being a grown up can get tiresome so let&s have some fun with it! Explain strictly adult words & try to keep your tram ahead of the opponents & raise the stakes by writing your own words to be explained during the game Race against time to score as high as you can but don&t mention the unmentionables- the actual word you&re trying to explain! Late Night Alias is full of adult themes & hilarious content that might make even a sailor blush Ages 18 Players 4 Playing time 30 minutes ...

The tenth title in the new " Usborne Very First Reading" series designed for younger children to introduce them to reading together with their parents Parents & children take turns to read from the page (the text clearly marked for who should be reading) & as the books progress in the series the adults read less & less & the child more & more There are puzzles at the end to check the child's understanding of the text & guidance notes for the parents Beautiful illustrations help to motivate beginner readers ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Legendary talk-show host Katherine Newbury (Emma Thompson) is a pioneer in her field The only woman ever to have a long-running program on late night she keeps her writers&8217; room on a short leash
- & all male But when her ratings plummet & she is accused of being a &8220;woman who hates women” Katherine puts gender equality on her to-do list & impulsively hires Molly Patel (Mindy Kaling) a chemical plant efficiency expert from suburban Pennsylvania as the first & only female on her writing staff Format PALLanguage English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Number of discs 1
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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 Late September takes place over a 24 hour period & follows the course & aftermath of a birthday celebration arranged by a middle-aged woman for her husband to whom she has been married for nearly 40 years As the day & night progress old rifts new relationships & secrets emerge amongst friends & the underlying tensions in the marriage can no longer be contained This age group the post war generation now approaching old age has not received much attention in film & here their lives their hopes & fears for the future are portrayed with a total lack of sentimentality but also with great warmth humour & empathy The problems these friends face are specific but universal & recognisable to us all The question of whether it is better to live alone or to live with someone you feel lonely with is never answered but is reflected in different ways within the reality of the individual characters as it is played out with intensity & honesty in a beautiful Kent house & garden in the shadows of late September Actors Anna Mottram Bob Goody Charlotte Palmer Richard Vanstone Jan Chappell Emma Williams Sam Woodward Douglas Finch & Seonaid Goody Director Jon Sanders Certificate 15 years & over Year 2012 Languages English Duration 1 hour & 27 minutes (approx) ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & region B Blu-ray It will require a region B Blu-ray player to play the Blu-ray & DVD or a Region 2 DVD player for the DVD Continuing his exploration of the Japanese family & it&s permutations & variations LATE SPRING is Yasujiro Ozu&s fragile tale of a young woman slightly older than marrying age in traditional Japanese society who lives a tranquil life with her widowed father The father begins to worry that his beloved daughter may never leave him & thus spoil her chances for a happy life After she refuses a proposed husband the father tricks her by pretending to remarry The daughter eventually marries in order to leave her father alone with his new wife & the father who in reality had no intention of marrying is left alone Actors Chishû Ryû Setsuko Hara Yumeji Tsukioka Haruko Sugimura Hohi Aoki Jun Usami & Kuniko Miyake Director Yasujiro Ozu Certificate Universal Suitable for All Year 1949 Languages Japanese Subtitles English Duration 1 hour & 48 minutes (approx) ...

' Love this book makes me want to live on a vineyard in the South of France!' Lisa Zupan Producer of PS I Love You Escape to France with LATE SUMMER IN THE VINEYARD
- Jo Thomas's irresistible follow-up to THE OYSTER CATCHER & THE OLIVE BRANCH 'A fabulous French feast of fun' Milly Johnson Emmy Bridges has always looked out for others Now it's time to put down roots of her own Working for a wine-maker in France is the opportunity of a lifetime for Emmy Even if she doesn't know a thing about wine
- beyond what's on offer at the local supermarket There's plenty to get to grips with in the rustic town of Petit Frere Emmy's new work friends need more than a little winning over Then there's her infuriatingly brash tutor Isaac & the enigmatic Madame Beaumont tucked away in her vineyard of secrets But Emmy will soon realise that in life
- just as in wine-making
- the best things happen when you let go & trust your instincts Particularly when there's romance in the air Readers love Jo Thomas's feel-good fiction ' Sheer romcom brilliance!' Heat'A heart-warming tale Perfect escapism' Marie Claire' This book is scrumptious! I couldn't stop reading' Katie Fforde'A full-bodied tale with hints of humour & romance which can be enjoyed at any time of year' Sun' What a gorgeous book! Reading it felt like the best kind of holiday' Lucy Diamond'A warm-hearted sparkling gem I loved it!' Miranda Dickinson' Sunny & funnyas warm as a south-facing vineyard It made me want to rush to France tout suite!' Veronica Henry' Captures the essence of France from the vineyards & chateaux to the glorious sunshine & of course the wine' Cathy Bramley Jo Thomas's magical new novel THE HONEY FARM ON THE HILL is out now!



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' He was a man of fairly firm fibre but there was something in this sudden uncontrollable shriek of horror which chilled his blood & pringled in his skin Coming in such a place & at such an hour it brought a thousand fantastic possibilities into his head' The Victorian fin de siecle the era of Decadence The Yellow Book the New Woman the scandalous Oscar Wilde the Empire on which the sun never set This heady brew was caught nowhere better than in the revival of the Gothic tale in the late Victorian age where the undead walked & evil curses foul murder doomed inheritance & sexual menace played on the stretched nerves of the new mass readerships This anthology collects together some of the most famous examples of the Gothic tale in the 1890s with stories by Arthur Conan Doyle Vernon Lee Henry James & Arthur Machen as well as some lesser known yet superbly chilling tales from the era The introduction explores the many reasons for the Gothic revival & how it spoke to the anxieties of the moment ABOUT THE SERIES For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study & much more ...

THE classic work about improving creativity from world-renowned writer & philosopher Edward de Bono In schools we are taught to meet problems head-on what Edward de Bono calls 'vertical thinking' This works well in simple situations
- but we are at a loss when this approach fails What then? Lateral thinking is all about freeing up your imagination Through a series of special techniques in groups or working alone Edward de Bono shows how to stimulate the mind in new & exciting ways Soon you will be looking at problems from a variety of angles & offering up solutions that are as ingenious as they are effective You will become much more productive & a formidable thinker in your own right' If more bankers & traders had read Lateral Thinking & applied the ideas of Edward de Bono to their own narrow definitions of risk reward & human expectations I suspect we would be in much better shape than we are'
- Sir Richard Branson

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