The Penguin English Library Edition of Evelina by Frances Burney'O Sir how much uneasiness must I suffer to counterbalance one short morning of happiness!' In this comic & sharply incisive satire of excess & affectations beautiful young Evelina falls victim to the rakish advances of Sir Clement Willoughby on her entrance to the world of fashionable London Colliding with the manners & customs of a society she doesn't understand she finds herself without hope that she should ever deserve the attention of the man she loves Frances Burney's first novel brilliantly sends up eighteenth-century society
- & its opinions of women
- while enticingly depicting its delights The Penguin English Library
- 100 editions of the best fiction in English from the eighteenth century & the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War


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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Desmond Doyle is heart broken as his wife leaves him on the eve of Christmas night alone to take care of their children With his unemployment he is in a tight situation Actors Pierce Brosnan Julianna Margulies Aidan Quinn Sophie Vavasseur Niall Beagan Directors Bruce Beresford Writers Paul Pender Producers Beau St Clair Cynthia A Palormo Eberhard Kayser Kevan Barker Kieran Corrigan Format PALLanguage English Subtitles English Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Aspect Ratio 169
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Such is the far-reaching influence of the modern mystic Evelyn Underhill that she is commemorated liturgically by the Church of England on 15 June Her best-known book Mysticism was widely read in the first half of the twentieth century & her work continues to have great impact on the theology of contemporary spiritual writers such as Richard Rohr Between 1924 & 1938 Evelyn Underhill compiled two personal prayer books for use when conducting spiritual retreats at Pleshey (the retreat house for the diocese of Chelmsford) The prayers were carefully selected & include"es from a variety of theologians & writers in Christian spirituality as well as her own very rich metaphorical & theologically deep prayers This volume makes these collections available for the first time ...

' Brisk lively & wonderfully entertaining' John Banville' Excellent read this book' Literary Review' The best single-volume life of the author available' Irish Times The much mythologised author of Decline & Fall A Handful of Dust & Brideshead Revisited was hailed by Graham Greene as 'the greatest novelist of my generation' yet reckoned by Hilaire Belloc to have been possessed by the devil Evelyn Waugh's literary reputation has continued to rise since Greene's assessment in 1966 Fifty years after his death Philip Eade draws on extensive unpublished sources to paint a fresh & compelling portrait of this endlessly fascinating man telling the full story of his dramatic colourful & frequently bizarre life ...

Hands in his pockets Rebus turned to face Cafferty They were old men now similar builds similar backgrounds Sat together in a pub the casual onlooker might mistake them for pals who&d known one another since school But their history told a different story Retirement doesn&t suit John Rebus He wasn&t made for hobbies holidays or home improvements Being a cop is in his blood So when DI Siobhan Clarke asks for his help on a case Rebus doesn&t need long to consider his options Clarke&s been investigating the death of a senior lawyer whose body was found along with a threatening note On the other side of Edinburgh Big Ger Cafferty
- Rebus&s long-time nemesis
- has received an identical note & a bullet through his window Now it&s up to Clarke & Rebus to connect the dots & stop a killer Meanwhile DI Malcolm Fox joins forces with a covert team from Glasgow who are tailing a notorious crime family There&s something they want & they&ll stop at nothing to get it It&s a game of dog eat dog
- in the city as in the wild EVEN DOGS IN THE WILD brings back Ian Rankin&s greatest characters in a story exploring the darkest corners of our instincts & desires


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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 Two young women terrorized by a group of small town psychos seek revenge on their tormentors ...

One of the mysteries of Christianity is why Christians rarely admit that so much of it is a mystery' God people faith the universe the whole of creation Award-winning comedian Milton Jones considers the biggest questions using the smallest number of words With short sharp surreal one-liners & an eye for what really matters he may bring you closer to the answers than some of the longer sermons you've heard in church

Includes:: Milton's own cartoons!

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There are many many more things that nobody knows! Why do we have five fingers? Do animals have a sense of humour? Did the universe have a beginning? What causes dejà vu? Why do cats purr? How fast did dinosaurs move? In Even More Things That Nobody Knows William Hartston once again explores the limits of human knowledge revealing 501 further mysteries in subjects as diverse as cosmology mathematics animal behaviour medical science music art language & literature From the trivial to the profound this is an enthralling & enlightening investigation into the things we just don&t know & which lurk tantalizingly beyond the bounds of our understanding ...

A fascinating & unputdownable exploration of the limits of human knowledge of our planet its history & culture & the universe beyond from the author of The Things that Nobody Knows There are many many more things that nobody knows Why do we have five fingers? Do animals have a sense of humour? Did the universe have a beginning? What causes dejà vu? Why do cats purr? How fast did dinosaurs move? From the trivial to the profound William Hartston reveals 501 further gaps in our knowledge of our planet its history & culture & the universe beyond
- never has ignorance been so enlightening & entertaining
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Would you believe ? A pilot gets sucked out of his plane & survives as does everyone else on board A young American woman goes to Paris to find herself & finds her long-lost family instead A misunderstood word on a bus causes a 15-mile-long traffic jam Even More True Stories Third Edition by Sandra Heyer continues the True Stories tradition with sixteen new or updated human-interest stories adapted from news sources around the world The universal appeal of these real believe-it-or-not tales ensures a motivating reading experience for intermediate-level students of English It's a book they won't want to put down Features Maximum story length is 1 14 pages Revised exercises for vocabulary development reading comprehension discussion & writing help students develop language proficiency New or updated Challenge pages with authentic reading selections motivate students to read on their own A new To the Teacher section provides background information & teaching tips to help teachers make the reading class more interactive The True Stories series

Includes:: True Stories Behind the Songs More True Stories Behind the Songs Very Easy True Stories All New Very Easy True Stories Easy True Stories Second Edition All New Easy True Stories True Stories in the News Third Edition More True Stories Third Edition Even More True Stories Third Edition Beyond True Stories

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