Edited introduced & annotated by Cedric Watts Research Professor of English University of Sussex The Winter's Tale one of Shakespeare's later romantic comedies offers a striking & challenging mixture of tragic & violent events lyrical love-speeches farcical comedy pastoral song & dance & eventually dramatic revelations & reunions Thematically there is a rich orchestration of the contrasts between age & youth corruption & innocence decline & regeneration Both Leontes' murderous jealousy & Perdita's love-relationship with Florizel are eloquently intense In the theatre The Winter's Tale often proves to be diversely entertaining & deeply moving ...

Finalist for the Herralde Novel Prize Two sisters return to the small parish of Tierra de Cha in Galicia after a long absence to the former home of their grandfather from which they fled when they were just children At Tierra de Cha nothing & everything has changed the people the distant little house in the rain the acrid smell of gorse the flowers the crops the customs Yet the return of the sisters disrupts the placid existence of the villagers stirring up memories best left alone When news arrives that the famous American actress Ava Gardner will be shooting a movie in Spain & that lookalikes are wanted the sisters have a chance to make their dreams come true But the past is catching up with the present & the family secrets that led to the Winterlings' return won't stay buried for long ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play In the bombed-out ruins of Ypres in 1916 Captain Fred Roberts & Lieutenant Jack Pearson discovered a printing press They used it to produce The Wipers Times a humorous satirical & subversive trench newspaper which proved hugely popular with soldiers
- though not entirely with their superior officers Braving constant bombardment & bitter fighting The Wipers Times survived the Somme & made it through to the end of the war Roberts & Pearson were highly decorated
- yet were unrecognised in their lifetime The Wipers Times is a story of the extraordinary resilience of the human spirit in the face of overwhelming adversity The Wipers Times stars Ben Chaplin (London Boulevard Me & Orson Welles The New World) Julian Rhind-Tutt (The Hour Green Wing) Michael Palin (Monty Python & the Holy Grail Life Of Brian) Steve Oram (Sightseers Kill List) & Emilia Fox (Silent Witness Merlin) & is directed by Andy de Emmony (Love Bite West Is West The Bletchley Circle) produced by David Parfitt (My Week with Marilyn Parades End Shakespeare In Love) & written by Ian Hislop (A Bunch of Amateurs My Dads The Prime Minister) & Nick Newman shed a tear
- The Telegraph It was a wonderful tale waiting to be retold The Daily mail An extraordinary true story Funny sad & parculiliarly British & told with an affectionate twinkle Lovely The Guardian


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Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play All five seasons of the highly-acclaimed crime drama series which follows drug & murder investigations in Baltimore Told from the point of view of both the police & their targets the series captures a universe of subterfuge & surveillance where easy distinctions between good & evil & crime & punishment are challenged at every turn ...

From David Simon creator & co-writer of HBO&s triple Emmy-winning mini-series The Corner this unvarnished highly realistic HBO series follows a single sprawling drug & murder investigation in Baltimore Told from the point of view of both the police & their targets the series captures a universe of subterfuge & surveillance where easy distinctions between good & evil & crime & punishment are challenged at every turn Episodes comprise & The Target& & The Detail& & The Buys& & Old Cases& & The Pager& & The Wire& & One Arrest& & Lessons& & Game Day& & The Cost& & The Hunt& & Cleaning Up& & & Sentencing& ...

With the fall of the Barksdale empire & the ascent of a new young drug king in Baltimore Mc Nolty Bunk & the rest of the detail continue to "follow the money" up the political ladder amidst a hotly contested mayoral campaign Prez witnesses first-hand the role of inner-city education in the formation of youth as four students Michael Namond Randy & Dukie face dangerous decisions & adolescent angst in a city rife with the temptations of crime & easy money The explosive fourth season of The Wire continues to blur the lines between good & evil & incite the fires of urban unrest Episodes Comprise 1 Boys of Summer 2 Soft Eyes 3 Home Rooms 4 Refugees 5 Alliances 6 Margin Of Error 7 Unto Others 8 Corner Boys 9 Know Your Place 10 Misgivings 11 A New Day 12 That&s Got His Own 13 Final Grades Actors Chris Bauer Frankie Faison Michael Kenneth Williams Dominic West Aidan Gillen Deirdre Lovejoy Seth Gilliam Wood Harris Paul Ben-Victor Jim True-Frost Larry Gilliard Jr Sonja Sohn Chad L Coleman Reg E Cathey & Jamie Hector Certificate 18 years & over Year 2006 Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) Additional Languages French Subtitles English ; French ; Dutch ; Danish ; Finnish ; Greek ; Hungarian ; Norwegian ; Portuguese ; Swedish ; English for the hearing impaired Region Region 2
- Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players

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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 In chronicling a multi-generational family business dealing illegal drugs & the efforts of the Baltimore police to curb their trade this series draws parallels between these organizations & the men & women on either side of the battle Drawing similarities between those people who society champion as respectable & law-abiding & those dismissed as thugs this series sets out to change this viewpoint by showing how criminogenic & unrespectable the articulate political & respected can be especially in American political-economic life & how innocent & decent those from poor poverty-wracked slums can be The distinctions between the corporate world & organised crime are shown to have very little relevance Episodes Comprise 1 More With Less 2 Unconfirmed Reports 3 Not For Attribution 4 Transitions 5 Reaction"es 6 The Dickensian Aspect 7 Took 8 Clarifications 9 Late Editions 10 -30- ...

The Wireshark Field Guide provides hackers pen testers & network administrators with practical guidance on capturing & interactively browsing computer network traffic Wireshark is the world's foremost network protocol analyzer with a rich feature set that

Includes:: deep inspection of hundreds of protocols live capture offline analysis & many other features The Wireshark Field Guide covers the installation configuration & use of this powerful multi-platform tool The book give readers the hands-on skills to be more productive with Wireshark as they drill down into the information contained in real-time network traffic Readers will learn the fundamentals of packet capture & inspection the use of color codes & filters deep analysis including probes & taps & much more The Wireshark Field Guide is an indispensable companion for network technicians operators & engineers

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Here in one volume are the four collected works of one of America's most beloved & best-selling inspirational authors In her classic best-seller The Game of Life Florence Scovel Shinn reveals the timeless message that has helped thousands to solve their problems You can create anything you wan ...

In the Book of Ecclesiastes the main character already rich in material wealth seeks wisdom & looks upon the lessons of his own life Inspired by that search bestselling philosopher Haim Shapira muses on the perennial questions most relevant to our lives 208 pages Shapira Haim ...