How to get on well with people how to deal with violence how to adjust to losing someone you love? How to live? This question obsessed Renaissance nobleman Michel Eyquem de Montaigne (1533-92) who wrote free-roaming explorations of his thought & experience unlike anything written before Into these essays he put whatever was in his head his tastes in wine & food his childhood memories the way his dog's ears twitched when it was dreaming events in the appalling civil wars raging around him The Essays was an instant bestseller & over four hundred years later readers still come to him in search of companionship wisdom & entertainment
- & in search of themselves This first full biography of Montaigne in English for nearly fifty years relates the story of his life by way of the questions he posed & the answers he explored
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What would you do if a dinosaur turned up on your doorstep? Well that's exactly what happens to the little boy in this brilliantly illustrated witty picture book He must learn exactly how to look after his dinosaur what to feed it for breakfast where to take it for walks & most importantly of all how exactly to deal with its dinosaur-sized poo! ...

11-year-old Rose is autistic & struggles to understand her classmates But when her father gives her a stray dog which she names Rain the dog becomes her best friend her anchor in a confusing world So when Rain goes missing during a storm Rose refuses to stop looking for him A touching story from the bestselling author of The Babysitters Club ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Andie Anderson the how-to girl for Composure Magazine agrees to write a firsthand account of all the things women do to drive away men she has to find a guy make him fall in love with her then get dumpedàall in 10 days But little does she know that her targe t ad agency hottie Benjamin Barry has just made a high-stakes bet with his boss that he can make any girl fall in love with him i n 10 days So while she&s trying to lose him he&s doing whatever it takes to keep her! ...

By the much-loved author of The Journey Home & Dinosaur Farm Everyone knows that once a lemur takes a fancy to you there is not much that can be done about it While being followed by lemurs one day a boy tries hiding up a tree (without luck) disguising himself (without success) & even tries to sail off in a boat to get away from them
- only to discover the lemurs snorkeling behind him Eventuallyafter climbing mountains taking trains & going through the air in a balloon he finally thinks that he has lost them Or has he? In the process he has managed to get himself lost & it is only then that he realizes that the cunning lemurs might just be helpful after all
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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 How To Lose Friends & Alienate People How To Lose Friends & Alienate People Stars Simon Pegg as Sidney Young a disillusioned intellectual who both adores & despises the world of celebrity fame & glamour His alternative magazine Post Modern Review pokes fun at the media obsessed stars & bucks trends & so when Young is offered a job at the diametrically opposed conservative New York based Sharps magazine its something of a shock! It seems Sharps editor Clayton Harding is amused by Young&s disruption of a post-BAFTA party with a pig posing as Babe Thus begins Sidney&s descent into success
- his gradual move from derided outsider to confidante of starlet Sophie Maes
- & a love affair with colleague Alison Olsen that will either make him or break him Ghost Town Deadpan hilarity & quirky charm come alive in Ghost Town starring Britain&s favourite comedian Ricky Gervais (The Office) as social reject Bertram Pincus Emmy award winner & seven times Bafta winner Gervais proves his Hollywood worth in this transatlantic feel good love story about a man a woman & a ghost Pincus is a New York City dentist with horrendous people skills When a routine surgery goes awry Pincus is pronounced dead but is miraculously revived seven minutes later The ill-mannered Manhattanite suffers only one lasting after-effect; the ability to see & speak with the dead Word soon gets out in the spirit community & Pincus is irritated to discover he&s the go-to-guy for every phantom with unfinished business in the city At the forefront of the ghostly mob is recently deceased Frank Herlihy (Greg Kinnear
- Little Miss Sunshine Baby Mama) who is determined to stop the remarriage of his widow Gwen (Tea Leoni
- Spanglish Fun with Dick & Jane) The laughs unfold when the prickly & romantically inexperienced Pincus smitten with Gwen tries to woo her away from her betrothed
- with hysterically awkward results With sharp performances & beautifully dry Gervais execution Ghost Town won&t fail to make viewers laugh out loud With a host of special features including commentary from renowned director David Koepp & &making Ghost Town& this is one DVD that should be in the collection of every Ricky Gervais fan




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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 Danny Huston How To Lose Friends & Alienate People Names may have been changed to protect the innocent--and the not-so innocent--but this comedy adapts Toby Young&s biting memoir about his struggles as a Vanity Fair employee Brilliant Brit Simon Pegg (HOT FUZZ) stars as Young&s alter ego while Jeff Bridges is a Graydon Carter-esque magazine editor ...

Written by Dr Xand van Tulleken who slimmed down from 19 stone How to Lose Weight Well champions a foolproof weightloss method He presents a simple 10-point plan for a healthy diet backed by science
- no gimmicks no expensive supplements no hassle just practical advice personal evidence from the popular How to Lose Weight Well TV show & 70 easy recipes for every day of the week For most people diets fail when cravings & temptation get the better of them but this diet addresses these common traps so that anyone can keep the weight off for the rest of their lives A series of menu plans provides all the help readers might need to fit the recipes into their busy days whether for lunch dinner family meals or snacks
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How to Love is part of a charming series of books from Zen Master Thich Nhat Hanh exploring the essential foundations of mindful meditation & practise How to Love shows that when we feel closer to our loved ones we are also more connected to the world as a whole Nhat Hanh brings his signature clarity compassion & humour to the thorny question of how to love & distils one of our strongest emotions down to four essentials you can only love another when you feel true love for yourself; love is understanding; understanding brings compassion; & deep listening & loving speech are key ways of showing our love ...

Suitable for spiritual seekers who want to experience more love & stability in all forms of relationships This book explores staying anchored in the foundation of self-love as you navigate the natural (and often stormy) cycle of a relationship 208 pages Rinzler Lodro ...