The Flowers of Evil which T S Eliot called the greatest example of modern poetry in any language shocked the literary world of nineteenth century France with its outspoken portrayal of lesbian love its linking sexuality & death its unremitting irony & its unflinching celebration of the seamy side of urban life The volume was seized by the police & Baudelaire & his published were put on trial for offence to public decency Six offending poems were banned in a conviction that was not overturned until 1949 This bold new translation which restores the banned poems to their original places & reveals the full richness & variety of the collection makes available to English speakers a powerful & original version of the world Jonathan Culler's Introduction outlines this vision stressing that Baudelaire is more than just the poet of the modern city Originally to be called ' The Lesbians' The Flowers of Evil contains the most extraordinary body of love poetry The poems also pose the question of the role of evil in our lives of whether there are not external forces working to frustrate human plans & to enlist men & women on appalling or stultifying scenarios not of their own making 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 ...

China 1937 on the brink of collapse Nanking is under siege from the Japanese Imperial Army the streets awash with violence the civilians desperate The protective walls of a western church provide the only haven from the vicious battles outside American John Miller (Academy Award-Winner Christian Bale) caught in the midst of the chaos joins a small group trying escape the violence wrought by the Japanese army Through one act of heroism this group of disparate refugees fight back risking their lives for the sake of others & the nation Inspired by true events THE FLOWERS OF WAR tells the incredible story of an unlikely group standing up against an unimaginable & overwhelming evil ...

A lucky little girl is invited by the flower fairies to join them for their Midsummer festival Gathering around Queen Rose all the flowers & bumblebees & birds tell their enchanting stories while Pea-blossom & the Dew-cups serve refreshments ...

Includes: both of the classic FLY movies In the original THE FLY a scientist experimenting with teleportation accidentally
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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 Titles Comprise The Fly (1958) A brilliant scientist becomes obsessed with perfecting a device that can transmit matter from one location to another Successful in his initial tests he experiments with a human guinea pig
- himself But an ordinary housefly makes the journey with him & when they emerge both creatures have been extraordinarily changed This is the chilling story of a man fighting to retain his humanity & a desperate woman&s attempt to save the man she loves Return of the Fly The boundaries of science are pushed to their every limits in this sequel to the classic ever-popular The Fly Here Philippe the son of the ill-fated scientist naively continues his father&s misguided experiments The victim of his traitorous assistant&s greedy ambitions Philippe finds himself in a terrifying limbo
- he&s grown the head & limbs of a fly! Taking spectacular revenge on his betrayers Philippe must also race against time & find a way to reverse the horrifying mutation Curse of the Fly The conclusion to the terrifying story of the Delambre family in which three descendants of the original teleportation scientist (the son & two grandsons) continue the experiments in an effort to perfect the machine The Fly A remake of the 1958 horror classic about a brilliant scientist who develops a machine that molecularly transports objects in seconds but inadvertently turns him into a fly incredibly agile super strong & driven to insanity by appetites he cannot control The Fly II Martin Brundle son of & The Fly& continues his father&s work on the teleporters for Bartok Industries He is ignorant of his father&s true identity & believes himself to have a growth disease When Martin falls in love with Beth his life changes As he loses his innocence he also learns the full horror Actors Vincent Price Herbert Marshall David Hedison Brett Halsey Brian Donlevy George Baker Carole Gray Jeff Goldblum Geena Davis John Getz Eric Stoltz Daphne Zuniga & Lee Richardson Director Kurt Neumann Edward Bernds Don Sharp Chris Walas & David Cronenberg Certificate 18 years & over Languages English

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Years ago a scientist had a horrific accident when he tried to use his newly invented teleportation device & became a human-fly hybrid Now his almost-human son continues to search for a cure for the mutated genes by Menton 3 Brandon Seifert ...

Double bill featuring two tales of men turning into insects In & The Fly& scientist Seth Brundle (Jeff Goldblum) uses himself as a guinea-pig in his experiments with transmitting matter but is unaware that a fly has got into the machinery He embarks on a relationship with Veronica Quaife (Geena Davis) the journalist covering his project & they are both surprised when his body begins to take on fly-like characteristics In & The Fly 2& Seth is no more but he has left behind a gruesome legacy the teleportation device which transformed him into a human fly & a son Martin who is infected with his father&s insect metabolism Martin grows at a hugely accelerated rate & he is soon a fully-grown man keen to pick up the experiments where Seth left off ...

When everyone has left the house in the morning the bath toys spring into action & head off on exciting adventures in their magical flying bath! From giving a muddy piglet a shower to putting out a fire for a frightened baboon they have water at the ready for any emergency
- but they're always home for the children's bathtime at the end of the day The simple rhyming speech-bubble text is great to read aloud & perfect for developing reading confidence Richly detailed sumptuous artwork completes this irresistible book for young readers The Flying Bath is A playful & adventurous story from Julia Donaldson & David Roberts the creators of Tyrannosaurus Drip The Troll & Jack & the Flumflum Tree
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' Walter Trier's deceptively innocent drawings are as classic as Kastner's words; I never tire of them' Quentin Blake Martin's school is no ordinary school There are snowball fights kidnappings cakes a parachute jump a mysterious man called ' No-Smoking' who lives in a railway carriage & a play about a flying classroom As the Christmas holidays draw near Martin & his friends
- nervous Uli cynical Sebastian Johnny who was rescued by a sea captain & Matthias who is always hungry (particularly after a meal)
- are preparing for the end-of-term festivities But there are surprises sadness & trouble on the way
- & a secret that changes everything The Flying Classroom is a magical thrilling & bittersweet story about friendship fun & being brave when you are at your most scared (It also features a calf called Eduard but you will have to read it to find out why) Erich Kastner writer poet & journalist was born in Dresden in 1899 His first children's book Emil & the Detectives was published in 1929 & has since sold millions of copies around the world & been translated into around 60 languages After the Nazis took power in Germany Kastner's books were burnt & he was excluded from the writers' guild He won many awards including the prestigious Hans Christian Andersen Award in 1960 He died in 1974 Walter Trier was born in Prague in 1880 In 1910 he moved to Berlin where he would later be introduced to Kastner & began his career drawing cartoons for the Berliner Illustrated He also contributed to the satirical weekly Simplicissimus where during the 1920s despite great personal risk he ridiculed Hitler & the Nazi Party in a series of cartoons In 1936 he fled to London where he was involved in producing anti-Nazi leaflets & political propaganda drawings He would go on to have a rich career producing around 150 covers for the humorous magazine Lilliput He died in 1951 in Ontario Canada Anthea Bell is an award-winning translator Having studied English at Oxford University she has had a long & successful career translating works from French German & Danish She is best known for her translations of the much-loved Asterix books Stefan Zweig & WG Sebald


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Tracklist Storm Of Shit Spasms Number Three 456 Clank Murder Machine Muzak Thoughts For Americans Mercury Retrograde Death Ray The Holy Mountain ...