On the same day that his wife gave birth to twins Anthony Doerr received the Rome Prize an award that gave him a year-long stipend & studio in Rome Four Seasons in Rome' charts the repercussions of that day describing Doerr's varied adventures in one of the most enchanting cities in the world & the first year of parenthood He reads Pliny Dante & Keats
- the chroniclers of Rome who came before him
- & visits the piazzas temples & ancient cisterns they describe He attends the vigil of a dying Pope John Paul II & takes his twins to the Pantheon in December to wait for snow to fall through the oculus He & his family are embraced by the butchers grocers & bakers of the neighbourhood whose clamour of stories & idiosyncratic child-rearing advice is as compelling as the city itself This intimate & revelatory book is a celebration of Rome a wondrous look at new parenthood & a fascinating account of the alchemy of writers

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It's midnight! shouted Skelly Sid But what do we all care? How can we think of sleepingwhen there's music in the air ? Four silly skeletons dance off with a skip & a hop & not one of them sees the GREAT BIG DROP! Luckily Auntie June is there to patch them up Even if they end up in a bit of a muddle A rollicking rhythmical story perfect to read aloud made even more zany & hilarious by Sue Hendra's bright bold illustrations Just right for making kids jump
- & then making them laugh
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Bereaved by the death of their parents five sisters live in a seaside villa--growing up together sharing their grief experiences & love Oldest daughter Charlie struggles to care for her sisters in the wake of the accident that took their parents while each of the younger sisters narrates a volume of the series Each girl has her own personality & point of view & reflects some aspect of ourselves back to us Enid age 9 is outgoing with a great sense of humor; Hortense age 11 is shy & likes to be alone; Bettina age 14 is good-hearted but temperamental; Genevieve age 16 is passionate about cooking & boxing This the first volume is narrated by the youngest sister Enid A free spirit she enjoys wandering alone & talking to animals & anything she meets Her best friend Gulliver is like her offbeat & creative When Enid begins hearing ghost-like screams the two friends embark on a scary adventure These sisters are not perfect & they may not always get along but in times of need they can always count on one another Nominated for the Children&s Graphic Novel award at the Angoulême International Comics Festival About the Author Malika Ferdjoukh was born in 1957 in Algeria & has lived in Paris since she was a child While a student at the Sorbonne she often skipped classes in favor of watching American movies at the "cine-club" She writes scripts for television & has published several novels for children including Four Sisters & the multi-volume mysterydetective stories The Rain Club as well as Young Adult novels Broadway Limited & Alfred&s Reel Cati Baur was born in Geneva in 1973 After getting a master&s degree at the Sorbonne she was determined to become a cartoonist An admirer of Claire Bretecher Will Eisner & greatly influenced by the environment in which she worked she started a blog in 2004 in which she shared her daily life with a certain Princess Capiton She published two graphic novels--Holiday & I Quit Smoking--before working with Malika Ferdjoukh on Four Sisters ...

On 17 July 1918 four young women walked down twenty-three steps into the cellar of a house in Ekaterinburg The eldest was twenty-two the youngest only seventeen Together with their parents & their thirteen-year-old brother they were all brutally murdered Their crime to be the daughters of the last Tsar & Tsaritsa of All the Russias In Four Sisters acclaimed biographer Helen Rappaport offers readers the most authoritative account yet of the Grand Duchesses Olga Tatiana Maria & Anastasia Drawing on their own letters & diaries she paints a vivid picture of their lives in the dying days of the Romanov dynasty We see almost for the first time their journey from a childhood of enormous privilege throughout which they led a very sheltered & largely simple life to young womanhood
- their first romantic crushes their hopes & dreams the difficulty of coping with a mother who was a chronic invalid & a haeomophiliac brother & latterly the trauma of the revolution & its terrible consequences Compellingly readable meticulously researched & deeply moving Four Sisters gives these young women a voice & allows their story to resonate for readers almost a century after their death
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Tracklist A1 Hands 541 A2 She Moves She 441 A3 First Thing 113 B1 My Angel Rocks Back & Forth 507 B2 Spirit Fingers 322 C1 Unspoken 931 C2 Chia 032 D1 As Serious As Your Life 448 D2 & They All Look Broken Hearted 509 D3 Slow Jam 518 Live In Copenhagen 30th March 2004 7350 CD-1 She Moves She 1039 CD-2 Everything Is Alright 520 CD-3 Spirit Fingers 737 CD-4 Glue Of The World 841 CD-5 My Angel Rocks Back & Forth 926 CD-6 As Serious As Your Life 1542 CD-7 Hands No More Mosquitos Calamine Tangle 1622 ...

Reach Out I&ll Be There Standing In The Shadows Of Love Bernadette Ask The Lonely Baby I Need Your Loving Without The One You Love (Life&s Not Worthwhile) It&s The Same Old Song Loving You Is Sweeter Than Ever I Can&t Help Myself (Sugar Pie Honey Bunch) Something About You I Got A Feeling Walk Away Renee Still Water (Love) It&s The Way Nature Planned It It&s All In The Game You Keep Running Away Seven Rooms Of Gloom Shake Me Wake Me (When It&s Over) ...

The theme of the great Shakespearean tragedies is the fall from grace of a great man due to a flaw in his nature Whether it is the ruthless ambition of Macbeth or the folly of Lear the irresolution of Hamlet or the suspicion of Othello the cause of the tragedy
- even when it is the murder of a king
- is trifling compared to the calamity that it unleashes Despite his flawed nature however the tragic hero has a nobility that emphasizes the greatness of man From this paradox the audience is brought to a greater understanding of
- & sympathy with
- suffering The four tragedies in this collection are accompanied by notes & an introduction to each text making this edition of particular value to students & theatre-goers



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At eleven o' clock one night in 1997 four hungry damaged young children arrive on foster carers Trisha & Mike Merry's doorstep Two social workers dropped them off with nothing but the ragged clothes they were wearing & no information The children were covered in bruises two had black eyes one had a broken arm & they were all scratching themselves Starved seriously neglected & abused in every way four young siblings have been repeatedly overlooked by everyone who should have cared The eldest scavenges for food by night & is exhausted from trying to protect his sisters his baby brother & himself from serious parental neglect & the perilous attentions of frequent paedophile visitors From the start these four children challenge Trisha & Mike to extremes Despite all their experience over many years they wonder if they have met their match Yet from that very first night this couple's unbounded love & care & their unbelievable determination surmount all the obstacles that follow The shocking truth about the children's home lives is beyond anything Trish & Mike have experienced yet through their formidable efforts their unshakeable belief in the children & their (almost) unfailing sense of humour they are able to turn around four young lives from tragedy to hope ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play This hugely popular comedy established Hugh Grant as Hollywood&s favourite bumbling Brit & garnered Oscar nominations for Best Picture & Richard Curtis& screenplay Shy Londoner Charles (Grant) meets American Carrie (Andie Mac Dowell) at a friend&s wedding & enjoys a one-night stand with her The next time they meet again at a wedding Carrie is accompanied by a rich fiance leaving Charles heartbroken Nevermind with another wedding on the horizon there is still time for him to pitch his woo & win the love of his transatlantic sweetheart The film spawned not only a hit single for Wet Wet Wet with & Love Is All Around& but also a best-selling poetry anthology inspired by an on-screen reading of WH Auden&s & Funeral Blues& ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play This hugely popular comedy established Hugh Grant as Hollywood&s favourite bumbling Brit & garnered Oscar nominations for Best Picture & Richard Curtis& screenplay Shy Londoner Charles (Grant) meets American Carrie (Andie Mac Dowell) at a friend&s wedding & enjoys a one-night stand with her The next time they meet again at a wedding Carrie is accompanied by a rich fiance leaving Charles heartbroken Nevermind with another wedding on the horizon there is still time for him to pitch his woo & win the love of his transatlantic sweetheart The film spawned not only a hit single for Wet Wet Wet with & Love Is All Around& but also a best-selling poetry anthology inspired by an on-screen reading of WH Auden&s & Funeral Blues& Actors Hugh Grant Andie Mac Dowell James Fleet Simon Callow John Hannah Directors Mike Newell Writers Richard Curtis Producers Duncan Kenworthy Eric Fellner Richard Curtis Tim Bevan Language English Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired English Number of discs 1 ...