We watch television for hours at a time but the television set is never itself the object of our attention We forget the tv is in our room as we engage with images from afar How do we account for such an everyday piece of furniture? This book focuses on the tv set's contradictory presence both as a material object & as a receiver of images Chris Horrocks traces the prehistory of television as a fantastic vision in nineteenth-century culture & charts its emergence through the fears & desires that society projected onto this alien presence in the living room He follows television's journey from its strange roots in spiritualism imperialism & Victorian experiments with electromagnetism through its contested 'invention' by heroic figures such as Baird & Farnsworth to its arrival as an essential consumer product Along the way the tv acquired a significance & role that advertising literature & cinema amplified The tv appears in culture as a sinister object capable of controlling thought monitoring its audience & causing mental & physical harm The design of the television console & cabinet imbued it with signs of status & good taste & more radical designs drew on the space race & avant-garde design The set has even become a radical medium in the work of artists Wolf Vostell & Nam June Paik Yet the television as a classic object began to disappear once the cathode ray tube became obsolete & flat-screen versions merged with the wall The Joy of Sets brings this most elusive object into critical & historical focus for the first time ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region Free DVD Player in order to play Six short films including the directorial debut of Romola Garai (The Hour) as well as films starring Academy Award Winner Dame Judi Dench (The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel) Tom Hiddleston (The Avengers) Peter Mullan (War Horse) Luke Treadaway (Attack the Block) & creator of the character Garth Marenghi Matthew Holness Actors Judi Dench Tom Hiddleston Peter Mullan Directors Douglas Hart Will Jewell Dan Sully Romola Garai Chris Foggin Language English Number of discs 1 ...

Being a parent can be one of the sources of our greatest joys It is also
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A Place Called Space Here I Am Love Stops Here You Were a Runaway Running Back to You I've Waited for So Long Charlotte A Simple Design The Sun Will Never Set On Our Love ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Robert Downey Jr stars as a successful attorney who returns to his childhood home for his mother&s funeral only to discover that his estranged father (Oscar winner Robert Duvall) is suspected of murder Arrogant & conceited Hank (Downey Jr) has no choice but to put his life on hold to deal with his stern newly widowed father -- the town&s judge who is accused of deliberately running someone down Now determined to find the truth the big city lawyer must reconnect with the family he left behind years ago Also starring an acclaimed ensemble cast including Oscar winner Billy Bob Thornton (Sling Blade) Oscar nominee Vera Farmiga (Up in the Air) & more ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play David Dobkin directs this comedy drama starring Robert Duvall & Robert Downey Jr as an estranged father & son Hotshot lawyer Henry & Hank& Palmer (Downey Jr) receives the devastating news that his mother has died He returns to his home town in Indiana for her funeral meaning he must also come face-to-face with his father Judge Joseph & Joe& Palmer (Duvall) with whom he has a troubled relationship The situation becomes even more difficult when Hank learns that his father is to be put on trial for murder Hank searches for answers while defending the judge in court against prosecutor Dwight Dickham (Billy Bob Thornton) Through the course of the trial father & son reconnect but can Hank win the case & prevent Joe from going to prison? The cast also

Includes:: Vera Farmiga Vincent D& Onofrio David Krumholtz & Leighton Meester

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Beginning with the year that Manet exhibited his ground-breaking Dejeuner Sur L' Herbe & ending in 1974 with the first ' Impressionist' exhibition the author plunges into Parisian life during a ten-year period full of social & political ferment with his usual narrative brilliance 464 pages 8pp colour plates; app 30 integrated bw illustrations King Ross ...

The Judith Blacklock Encyclopedia of Flower Design is the essential 'how to' manual for everyone interested in flowers & floral art Whether flowers are a passion a pleasure or a business this book is essential reading Covering classic contemporary & cutting-edge design the beginner will build knowledge & competence & quickly get started in the art The experienced arranger will find the book a most valuable reference with inspiration from across the world Richly illustrated with over 500 colour photographs & 200 line drawings this book will inspire you throughout the year with seasonal design ideas; shows you exciting ways to arrange flowers in a vase successfully; gives you advice & inspiration on wedding flowers; explains why some designs work & why others do not; & provides a useful reference of many of the flowers & foliage that are available Packed with tips information & step by step advice this book is an indispensable guide whatever the season occasion or budget Judith Blacklock is a best selling author & an accomplished designer She is the Principal of the Judith Blacklock Flower School in London ...

There was a story Jahir used to tell me About how the first humans were born with wings Can you imagine what that would be like? To fly anywhere in the world without worrying about having the right papers? Mico has left his family his home his future Setting out in search of a better life he instead finds himself navigating one of the world's most inhospitable environments
- the Jungle For Mico just one of many 'unaccompanied children' the Calais refugee camp has a wildness a brutality all of its own A melting pot of characters cultures & stories the Jungle often seems like its own strange world But despite his ambitions to escape Mico is unable to buy his way out from the ' Ghost Men'
- the dangerous men with magic who can cross borders unnoticed Alone desperate & running out of options the idea of jumping onto a speeding train to the UK begins to feel worryingly appealing But when Leila arrives at the camp one day everything starts to change Outspoken gutsy & fearless she shows Mico that hope & friendship can grow in the most unusual places & maybe just maybe they'll show you the way out as well

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Juan Cabrillo faces a global deadly threat in Clive Cussler's The Jungle Juan Cabrillo & the crew of the Oregon are up against their smartest foe yet
- but in their midst there is a traitor After losing their contract with the US government because of a daring raid too far Cabrillo & his crew of mercenaries with a conscience are earning money the hard way doing dirty dangerous little jobs in the world's trouble spots Now they've accepted a mission deep to find a missing adventurer deep in the jungles of Myanmar But it is not long before Cabrillo & his team realise that they have been set up Cabrillo
- betrayed tortured & played for a fool
- is angry that he's been used as a pawn in someone's deadly scheme But with the US nuclear launch codes up for grabs & a madman bent on using them to hold millions of lives to ransom he hasn't time to worry about revenge He's got to save the world first The number-one bestseller Clive Cussler author of the thrilling Dirk Pitt novels Treasure of Khan & Trojan Odyssey & co-author Jack Du Brul tell a gripping story of adventure treachery & betrayal in the eighth Oregon Files novel The Jungle is preceded by Corsair & The Silent Sea Praise for Clive Cussler' Frightening & full of suspense unquestionably entertaining' Daily Express' All-action narrow escapes & the kind of unrelenting plot tension that has won Cussler hundreds of millions of fans worldwide' Observer


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