Eleanor Duchess of Aquitaine was one of the leading personalities of the Middle Ages & also one of the most controversial She was beautiful intelligent & wilful & in her lifetime there were rumours about her that were not without substance She had been reared in a relaxed & licentious court where the arts of the troubadours flourished & was even said to have presided over the fabled Courts of Love Eleanor married in turn Louis VII of France & Henry II of England & was the mother of Richard the Lionheart & King John She lived to be 82 but it was only in old age that she triumphed over the adversities & tragedies of her earlier years & became virtual ruler of England Eleanor has exerted a fascination over writers & biographers for 800 years but the prevailing myths & legends that attach to her name still tend to obscure the truth By careful research Alison Weir has produced a vivid biography with a fresh & provocative perspective on this extraordinary woman ...

Eleanor of Castile the remarkable woman behind England's greatest medieval king Edward I has been effectively airbrushed from history; yet she had one of the most fascinating lives of any of England's queens Her childhood was spent in the centre of the Spanish reconquest & was dominated by her military hero of a father (St Ferdinand) & her prodigiously clever brother (King Alfonso X the Learned) Married at the age of twelve & a mother at thirteen she gave birth to at least sixteen children most of whom died young She was a prisoner for a year amid a civil war in which her husband's life was in acute danger Devoted to Edward she accompanied him everywhere All in all she was to live for extended periods in five different countries Eleanor was a highly dynamic forceful personality who acted as part of Edward's innermost circle of advisers & successfully accumulated a vast property empire for the English Crown In cultural terms her influence in architecture & design
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- can be discerned to this day while her idealised image still speaks to us from Edward's beautiful memorials to her the Eleanor crosses This book reveals her untold story

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The Sunday Times bestseller Soon to be a major motion picture produced by Reese Witherspoon Funny touching & unpredictable' Jojo Moyes Eleanor Oliphant has learned how to survive
- but not how to live Eleanor Oliphant leads a simple life She wears the same clothes to work every day eats the same meal deal for lunch every day & buys the same two bottles of vodka to drink every weekend Eleanor Oliphant is happy Nothing is missing from her carefully timetabled life Except sometimes everything One simple act of kindness is about to shatter the walls Eleanor has built around herself Now she must learn how to navigate the world that everyone else seems to take for granted
- while searching for the courage to face the dark corners she's avoided all her life Change can be good Change can be bad But surely any change is better than fine? Heartwrenching & wonderful' Nina Stibbe Deft compassionate & moving' Paula Mc Lain I adored it Skilled perceptive Eleanor's world will feel familiar to you from the very first page An outstanding debut!' Joanna Cannon

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The riveting story of the most influential First Lady in American history shows young readers how Roosevelt evolved from a poor little rich girl to a protector & advocate for those without a voice

Includes:: a timeline Index & many historic photographs 208 pages Cooper Ilene

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Tracklist Homeward Bound I Can't Make You Love Me If You Could Read My Mind She Moved Through the Fair Tapestry The Spinning Wheel Who Knows Where the Time Goes? Hushabye Mountain The Wild Mountainside The House Carpenter The Water Is Wide I Find Your Love ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Jimmy is an educated gangster a member of one of Hong Kong&s oldest triads Wo Sing & in line to become its next Chairman Moreover the Chinese authorities recognizing his popularity also see him as the ideal leader with which they will finally be able to negotiate a peaceful co-existence However Jimmy wants to leave the Triad go clean & build his own legitimate business empire The irony that to do this he must first step up & take control is not lost on him & as he embarks on a violent campaign trail an altogether greater power looms to threaten the future of both Wo Sing & Jimmy himself ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play A gripping action thriller set in the secret world of Hong Kong's triad society Directed by legendary Hong Kong director Johnnie To whose film career spans over 25 years ELECTION offers a realistic look at what it means to be a gangster in Hong Kong today The time has come as it does every two years for the senior members of Hong Kong's oldest Triad The Wo Shing Society to elect a new chairman Fierce rivalries emerge between the two eligible candidates Lok respected by the Uncles is the favourite to win But his rival Big D will stop at nothing to win the vote including going against hundreds of years of Triad tradition & influencing the vote with money & violence When Wo Shing's ancient symbol of leadership the Dragon's Head Baton goes missing a ruthless struggle for power erupts & the race to retrieve the Baton threatens to tear Wo Shing in two Can Wo Shing balance their traditional brotherhood ways with the cut-throat modern world of 21st century business? Actors Johnny To Tony Leung Simon Yam Format PALSubtitles English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Aspect Ratio 169
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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 "A parable for the idea that revolutionaries must continually renew themselves" Miklós Jancsó Revolutionary in form as well as content Electra My Love is one of the great Miklós Jancsó&s finest works Set amidst the open plains & grasslands of Hungary & shot in twelve long beautiful intricately choreographed takes by cinematographer János Kende it is a provocative call to arms against any system that rules without justice An expert in the symbolic expression of forbidden political ideas Jancsó here radically reworks the ancient Greek myth as a philosophical reflection on the dialectics of power & oppression Electra (seeking revenge for the murder of her father the former king) attempts to rouse a cowardly & apathetic population against the rule of usurper tyrant Aegisthus Jancsó&s film examines issues of law justice & power; the deliberate distortion of myth & reality reflecting the real horrors that Hungary had endured & was at that time still enduring It s relevance for contemporary society is still potent & clear today SPECIAL EDITION CONTENTS Electra My Love (1974) presented from a brand new 2K restoration of the film by the Hungarian Digital Archive & Film Institute supervised by the film&s cinematographer János Kende Original Hungarian soundtrack in Dual Mono 24-bit LPCM audio The Evolution of the Long Shot (A hosszú snitt alakulásai)
- a short film by cinematographer János Kende Booklet featuring a new essay on the film by Peter Hames New & enhanced English subtitle translation World premiere on Blu-ray
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Tracklist A1 Hangover In Hannover A2 There She Goes Again A3 You Spark My Heart A4 Love is a Funny Feeling A5 Gone Gone Gone B1 Swampmotofrog B2 First The Money Then The Honey B3 Rich Man Poor Man B4 Knocked Out By Tyson B5 One Of The Fallen Angels ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play One of the classic era-defining films of the 80 s finally released on DVD Miles is helpless hopeless & about to blow a fuse He has a problem His computer Edgar has decided to wreck his life He s ruined his credit rating run up his phone bill cancelled his plane reservations locked him out of his house & now he s trying to steal his girlfriend ...