' If a man is to write A Panegyrick he may keep vices out of sight; but if he professes to write A Life he must represent it really as it was' In the last of his major writings Samuel Johnson looked back over the previous two centuries of English Literature in order to describe the personalities as well as the achievements of the leading English poets The major Lives
- of Milton Dryden Swift & Pope
- are memorable cameos of the life of writing in which Johnson is as attentive to human frailty as to literary prowess The shorter Lives preserve some of Johnson's most piercing critical judgements Unsentimental opinionated "able The Lives of the Poets continues to influence the reputations of the writers concerned It is one of the greatest works of English criticism but also one of the most humanly diverting This selection of the Lives of ten of the most important poets draws its text from Roger Lonsdale's authoritative complete edition 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

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Responding to a critical need for greater perspectives on transgender life in the United States Genny Beemyn & Susan (Sue) Rankin apply their extensive expertise to a groundbreaking survey--one of the largest ever conducted in the US--on gender development & identity-making among transsexual women transsexual men crossdressers & genderqueer individuals With nearly 3500 participants the survey is remarkably diverse & with more than 400 follow-up interviews the data offers limitless opportunities for research & interpretation Beemyn & Rankin track the formation of gender identity across individuals & groups beginning in childhood & marking the touchstones that led participants to identify as transgender They explore when & how participants noted a feeling of difference because of their gender the issues that caused them to feel uncertain about their gender identities the factors that encouraged them to embrace a transgender identity & the steps they have taken to meet other transgender individuals Beemyn & Rankin's findings expose the kinds of discrimination & harassment experienced by participants in the US & the psychological toll of living in secrecy & fear They discover that despite increasing recognition by the public of transgender individuals & a growing rights movement these populations continue to face bias violence & social & economic disenfranchisement Grounded in empirical data yet rich with human testimony The Lives of Transgender People adds uncommon depth to the literature on this subject & introduces fresh pathways for future research ...

The turbulent Tudor age never fails to capture the imagination But what was it actually like to be a woman during this period? This was a time when death in infancy or during childbirth was rife; when marriage was usually a legal contract not a matter for love & the education of women was minimal at best Yet the Tudor century was also dominated by powerful & characterful women in a way that no era had been before Elizabeth Norton explores the seven ages of the Tudor woman from childhood to old age through the diverging examples of women such as Elizabeth Tudor Henry VIII's sister who died in infancy; Cecily Burbage Elizabeth's wet nurse; Mary Howard widowed but influential at court; Elizabeth Boleyn mother of a controversial queen; & Elizabeth Barton a peasant girl who would be lauded as a prophetess Their stories are interwoven with studies of topics ranging from Tudor toys to contraception to witchcraft painting a portrait of the lives of queens & serving maids nuns & harlots widows & chaperones ...

The stunning new novel from Christine Dwyer Hickey bestselling author of Last Train from Liguria' One of Ireland's most lauded ...

One of the most brilliant timeslip novels ever written The Lives She Left Behind will appeal to fans of The Time Traveller's Wife & Life After Life- & of course Ferney In a Somerset village a teenage boy confronts a teacher with a story he should know nothing about The boy's impossible knowledge uncovers memories Michael Martin has done his utmost to forget
- & soon propels him into danger As Martin confronts his past once more three girls arrive in the village of Pen Selwood one of them drawn by an ancient instinct to find a man called Ferney Her actions reignite a love story an instinct that cannot be broken irrespective of the hurt & danger it brings to those around them A passionate love story that spans the centuries fall under the spell of Ferney & Gally's enduring romance
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It''s hard enough to be The Living Corpse
- the flies the hunger for human brains & the unending task of holding off the hordes
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Timothy Dalton plays James Bond for the first time in this instalment of the 007 franchise The action this time sees Bond running around various exotic places in pursuit of a couple of seedy dealers in arms drugs & diamonds Actors Timothy Dalton Maryam d& Abo Jeroen Krabbe Joe Don Baker Art Malik Directors John Glen Producers Albert R Broccoli Michael G Wilson Format PAL Language English Subtitles English Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe) Aspect Ratio 169
- 2351 Number of discs 2 Classification PG Studio MGM Entertainment DVD Release Date 20 Oct 2008 Run Time 126 minutes
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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 Dark brooding & haunting The Living Dead Girl is one of director Jean Rollin s most successful & powerful films Centring on two childhood friends (Françoise Blancard Marino Pierro) one of whom Catherine (Blanchard) dies & is brought partially back to life by the accidental spill of toxic chemicals which effectively zombify her & leave her with an overwhelming need for blood & human flesh Surprisingly moving & emotional in places The Living Dead Girl mixes extreme gore nudity & exploitative violence with an almost fairytale poignancy as Catherine struggles against the forces that are compelling her to kill in order to live Shown here fully uncut & newly remastered from the original negative ...

When well-meaning Jason discovers a disembodied finger that appears to be "alive" it quickly becomes the sole focus of his life He names the digit " Wendy" learns to communicate with it via "tap code" & discovers that the one thing Wendy wants more than anything else is a living breathing human body to attach to Just how far will Jason go to satisfy his ambulatory appendage? ...

In this masterpiece of nature writing Nan Shepherd describes her journeys into the Cairngorm mountains of Scotland There she encounters a world that can be breathtakingly beautiful at times & shockingly harsh at others Her intense poetic prose explores & records the rocks rivers creatures & hidden aspects of this remarkable landscape Shepherd spent a lifetime in search of the 'essential nature' of the Cairngorms; her quest led her to write this classic meditation on the magnificence of mountains & on our imaginative relationship with the wild world around us Composed during the Second World War the manuscript of The Living Mountain lay untouched for more than thirty years before it was finally published ...