From the corner of a darkened room Joy Stone watches herself As memories of the deaths of her lover & mother surface unbidden life for Joy narrows
- to negotiating each day each encounter each second; to finding the trick to keep living Told with shattering clarity & wry wit this is a Scottish classic fit for our time
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Over the past 30 years the world has seen great social improvements Technology has been developing at an enormous pace & is helping to solve our most pressing social & environmental challenges Yet despite this success our current model of development is still deeply problematic Natural disasters triggered by climate change have doubled since the 1980s violence & armed conflict now cost more than 13 percent of GDP social inequality & youth unemployment is worsening around the world & climate change threatens the global population with tremendous environmental as well as social problems Using the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals as a framework this book sets out how business & capital now have a real opportunity to help resolve these problems With clear & plentiful examples & cases of how businesses are making a difference relevant facts & figures to support the cases & inspiring & instructional information on how businesses can create sustainable value this highly readable book is a must-read for businesses (large & small) that wish to genuinely support the delivery of the SDGs The Paris Climate Agreement & the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) drive change & offer a narrative & an opportunity to all to speak in one language on sustainability They provide us with a clear set of targets for 2030 Through following the SDGs opportunities abound for business & capital to unlock markets which offer endless potential for profit while at the same time working towards the Sustainable Development Goals This book illustrates for business how to make the much-needed Trillion Dollar Shift ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Available together for the first time BAFTA winning series The Trip & second series The Trip to Italy Beautiful scenery exquisite gourmet cuisine & inspired free-flowing improvised comedy from two of the finest comic actors around Steve Coogan & Rob Brydon enjoy two hilarious tours one of the North of England & one of Italy ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Paul (Peter Fonda Easy Rider) is a TV commercial director whose wife Sally (Susan Strasberg Psych-Out) has left him Plunged into a personality crisis he asks his friend John (Bruce Dern Silent Running) a self-styled guru & advocate of LSD to guide him on his first trip They go to a party at their friend Max&s (Dennis Hopper Easy Rider) score some acid & return to John&s to let the drug take its course There Paul is plunged into a mind-altering realm of extreme beauty & sheer terror the like of which he has never known before Written by acclaimed actor Jack Nicholson (The Shining) & directed by legendary producer Roger Corman (Masque of the Red Death) this seminal slice of cinematic psychedelia was banned for an astonishing 36 years but is now available on Blu-ray for the very first time SPECIAL FEATURES High Definition transfer Audio commentary with director Roger Corman Original prologue (with optional director commentary) Alternative ending (with optional director commentary) Tune In Trip Out (2003) documentary featuring interview with the cast & crew of The Trip Allen Daviau ASC on Psychedelic Film Effects (2003) interview with the celebrated cinematographer Psychedelic Light Box (Film effects montage) Poster & stills gallery Original theatrical trailer 1967 79 minutes 1851 colour 1080p 24fps English Ho H subtitle ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Steve Coogan & Rob Brydon reunite with their COCK & BULL STORY director Michael Winterbottom for this fictional series based around their own personas In THE TRIP Coogan is charged with the task of writing a food supplement for a Sunday paper Though he intended to turn his tour of eateries in Britain&s north into a jolly with his American girlfriend he soon has to alter plans when she leaves him & returns to the US Reluctantly Coogan turns to Brydon & the pair set off on an existential quest & comedy is never far behind ...

Lola's keeping a secret from her past
- it's the reason she escaped to the other side of the world but when she travels back to
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Why were so many authors of the greatest works of literature consumed by alcoholism? In The Trip to Echo Spring Olivia Laing takes a journey across America examining the links between creativity & drink in the overlapping work & lives of six extraordinary men F Scott Fitzgerald Ernest Hemingway Tennessee Williams John Berryman John Cheever & Raymond Carver From Hemingway's Key West to Williams's New Orleans Laing pieces together a topographical map of alcoholism & strips away the tangle of mythology to reveal the terrible price creativity can exert ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play From acclaimed director Michael Winterbottom comes the follow up to the BAFTA winning first series The Trip Four years after they ate their way round the North of England Brydon & Coogan take their own Grand Tour around Italy following in the footsteps of Byron & Shelley The Trip to Italy reunites two men for more delectable food sharp-elbowed rivalry & plenty of laughs ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Inspirational drama from director Randa Haines based on the true story of Ron Clark (played by Matthew Perry) Ron makes the decision to leave his small hometown to teach in one of Harlem&s toughest schools where he makes a difference to the lives of his problematic students With his passion for teaching & his creative educational techniques he helps the kids realise their full potential instilling courage & hope where it never before existed Actors Matthew Perry Judith Buchan Griffin Cork Jerry Callaghan James Dugan Patricia Benedict CJ Jackman-Zigante Pete Seadon Melissa De Sousa & Ernie Hudson Director Randa Haines Certificate 12 years & over Year 2006 Languages English Duration 1 hour & 27 minutes (approx) ...

The Dwarves are back! Germany's Number One bestselling author returns to his best-loved series After decades of occupation by the alfar the dark elves have been defeated & peace has finally been declared But the nations still distrust each other & when a child is found in the Grey Mountains who speaks the language of the alfar the dwarves believe this little girl heralds a new threat & they will be right
- just not in the way they thought Under the orders of Ireheart now High King of the dwarves a small delegation is sent to search for Tungdil Goldhand the true High King who many believe dead Against all odds Tungdil has survived his mission to the terrifying realm of Phondrason But is he truly the legendary hero of the dwarves or an impostor at the heart of a deeper conspiracy? And does he realise that the fiends from Phondrason themselves aren't far behind ? The action never lets up in this next exciting story in the saga of the dwarves & the alfar!' The Dwarves is a well-constructed classic fantasy story that I greatly enjoyed'
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