An important new book by one of the Britain's great liberal thinkers Hearts & Minds is part memoir part political history & part history of ideas In it former Cabinet minister Oliver Letwin explains how the central ideas & policies of the modern Conservative party came into being how they have played out over the period from Mrs Thatcher to Mrs May & what needs to happen next in order to make the country a better place to live Far from being a sugar-coated version of events Letwin tells a story that he hopes will persuade readers that politicians are capable of recognising their mistakes & learning from them
- & will show that social & economic liberalism if correctly conceived are capable of addressing the issues that confront us today The book also describes Letwin's own journey from a remarkable childhood with American academic parents via Margaret Thatcher's policy unit into the very centre of first the Conservative-Liberal Democrat coalition & then the Cameron government where as Minister for Government Policy & then Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster every piece of government policy crossed his desk It

Includes:: Letwin's personal reflections on two devastating electoral events the EU referendum & the general election of June 2017


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FEATURED ON BBC RADIO 4 'START THE WEEK' Set against the colourful background of the entire campaign for women to win the vote Hearts & Minds tells the remarkable & inspiring story of the suffragists' march on London 1913 the last long summer before the war The country is gripped by suffragette fever These impassioned crusaders have their admirers; some agree with their aims if not their forceful methods while others are aghast at the thought of giving any female a vote Meanwhile hundreds of women are stepping out on to the streets of Britain They are the suffragists non-militant campaigners for the vote on an astonishing six-week protest march they call the Great Pilgrimage Rich & poor young & old they defy convention risking jobs family relationships & even their lives to persuade the country to listen to them This is a story of ordinary people effecting extraordinary change By turns dangerous exhausting & exhilarating the Great Pilgrimage transformed the personal & political lives of women in Britain for ever Jane Robinson has drawn from diaries letters & unpublished accounts to tell the inside story of the march against the colourful background of the entire suffrage campaign Fresh & original full of vivid detail & moments of high drama Hearts & Minds is both funny & incredibly moving important & wonderfully entertaining ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play In the late seventies celebrated director Francis Ford Coppola & his cast & crew ventured into the dense jungles of the Philippines to begin work on what would eventually become his masterpiece Apocalypse Now But the journey from page to screen soon spiralled into a hellish life-threatening nightmare that echoed the film&s narrative Plagued with adversity one of the most influential films ever made had one of the most notorious shoots in cinema history that few survived unscathed Compiled from rare on set footage filmed by Coppola&s wife Eleanor & interviews with the cast Hearts Of Darkness is the ultimate feature-length documentary capturing the explosive events that lead to Apocalypse Now becoming an acknowledged classic ...

The Hearts of Iron series has become renowned for being the biggest most detailed & complete strategic game series on World War 2 ever made Hearts of Iron 3 will follow that tradition closely while focusing on satisfying veteran players through a multitude of brand new features & systems including a huge map with more than 10000 provinces Play as any nation from 1936 to 1948 more than 150 countries to choose from Control the oceans with aircraft carriers submarines & battleships & use your air force to defend your skies support your naval & ground forces & to bomb your enemies Thousands of historically accurate real-world military commanders & politicians Realistic military command AI with unprecedented levels of interaction In-depth diplomatic & political system Historical accuracy combined with an unparalleled level of freedom of choice More than 10000 land provinces makes the game five times more detailed than Heart Of Iron 2 & the most detailed depiction of World War 2 ever made Customise your divisions in detail with more than 20 types of brigades New economic system makes it possible to buy weapons from abroad Mobilisation & reserves gives the option of surprise attacks Blitzkrieg made real Government-in-exile makes it possible to continue to struggle from abroad with underground movements & uprisings against the oppressing power Strategic warfare system makes it more important to defend the skies & oceans against foreign attacks
- leaving cities open to enemy bombing will now be devastating A completely new intelligence system with several types of intelligence sources makes it possible to get information about enemy reserves & troop movements Assign troops to "theatres" on the map to fight two-front wars more successfully The new AI system & more detailed map will allow for more strategic decisions Flexible technology system with hundreds of categories where major powers get their own unique attributes Minimum Requirements Windows 2000 XP Vista 24 G Hz Intel Pentium IV AMD 3500 (Quad Core) or equivalent 2GB RAM2GB HDD Spacen Vidia Ge Force 8800 ATi Radeon X1900 or equivalent Sound Card Direct X 90
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Follow Penelope (and her heart!) as she&s swept off on a perilous journey & learns what is truly precious ...

An orphan with no voice but an extraordinary musical gift A man of music who discovers her gift Heartsong is a spellbinding tale about the healing power of music set against the mystery & beauty of Venice" Destined to be a future classic" Manchester Evening News" This is a spectacular book a quiet heart-soaring triumph" Big Issue"A very special present for music-loving readers" The Times Abandoned at the orphanage in Venice as a baby Laura has never spoken Her life is transformed when the composer Vivaldi unlocks her passion for music The seasons turn dark turns to light & miracles happen Carnegie award-winning author Kevin Crossley-Holland makes every word a master stroke This short novel is exquisitely illustrated by acclaimed artist Jane Ray Her work is inspired by Vivaldi's Four Seasons & the real girls & boys who lived & laughed & worked in the Venetian orphanage ...

Heartsone is C J Sansom's fifith spellbinding mystery inthe Shardlake series Summer 1545 England is at war Henry VIII's invasion of France has gone badly wrong & a massive French fleet is preparing to sail across the Channel As the English fleet gathers at Portsmouth the country raises the largest militia army it has ever seen The King has debased the currency to pay for the war & England is in the grip of soaring inflation & economic crisis Meanwhile Matthew Shardlake is given an intriguing legal case by an old servant of Queen Catherine Parr Asked to investigate claims of monstrous wrongs committed against a young ward of the court which have already involved one mysterious death Shardlake & his assistant Barak journey to Portsmouth Once arrived Shardlake & Barak find themselves in a city preparing to become a war zone; & Shardlake takes the opportunity to also investigate the mysterious past of Ellen Fettiplace a young woman incarcerated in the Bedlam The emerging mysteries around the young ward & the events that destroyed Ellen's family nineteen years before involve Shardlake in reunions both with an old friend & an old enemy close to the throne Events will converge on board one of the King's great warships primed for battle in Portsmouth harbour ...

An exploration of love loss & secrets Set in contemporary Ireland the story is intertwined with one set in 1940's In both past & present it seems that everybody has something to hide When Phoebe's married lover dies in a car accident she dare not openly express her grief for fear of their affair being found out Heart broken she leaves her life in England to search out the old boathouse bequeathed to her by her Irish grandmother Enthralled by the stunning scenery of the West Coast of Ireland she soon finds herself swept up by life in the nearby village of Carraigmore When she discovers a collection of her grandmother's old diaries hidden beneath the boat house floorboards she becomes immersed in a story of family scandal repressed sexuality & a passionate affair between her grandmother & a young Irish artist As Phoebe tries to piece together the truth about her grandmother's past she begins to realise that the repercussions of what happened all those years before have shaped not only her own life but the lives of those in the small community around her With many questions unanswered Phoebe sets out to find out more but it seems that no one in Carraigmore is quite telling her the truth ...

Boy meets boy Boys become friends Boys fall in love An LGBTQ graphic novel about life love & everything that happens in between
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