Luxury anniversary edition of this glorious novel set in seventeenth-century London & the fairy world from a CARNEGIE & COSTA-winning author 320 pages Gardner Sally ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Ken Loach directs this drama that follows a 59-year-old joiner as he tries to navigate the British benefits system In the North-East of England widower Daniel Blake (Dave Johns) is forced to stop working when he is taken ill with heart disease & so applies for Employment & Support Allowance from the Government But his life is further thrown into disarray when his benefits are suddenly taken away from him & he is forced to jump through the many hoops of the bureaucratic system to get them back During this time he meets the similarly-troubled single mother Katie (Hayley Squires) whose financial problems mean she is being forced out of her home in London along with her two kids Dylan & Daisy (Dylan Mc Kiernan & Briana Shann) The film was nominated for five BAFTAs including Best Film Best Director (Loach) Best Original Screenplay & Best Supporting Actress (Squires) & won the award for Outstanding British Film of the Year Directors Ken Loach Format Blu-ray Language English Region Region B2 (Read more about DVDBlu-ray formats) Number of discs 1 ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Ken Loach directs this drama that follows a 59-year-old joiner as he tries to navigate the British benefits system In the North-East of England widower Daniel Blake (Dave Johns) is forced to stop working when he is taken ill with heart disease & so applies for Employment & Support Allowance from the Government But his life is further thrown into disarray when his benefits are suddenly taken away from him & he is forced to jump through the many hoops of the bureaucratic system to get them back During this time he meets the similarly-troubled single mother Katie (Hayley Squires) whose financial problems mean she is being forced out of her home in London along with her two kids Dylan & Daisy (Dylan Mc Kiernan & Briana Shann) The film was nominated for five BAFTAs including Best Film Best Director (Loach) Best Original Screenplay & Best Supporting Actress (Squires) & won the award for Outstanding British Film of the Year Directors Ken Loach Language English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Number of discs 1 ...

Humans are mammals Most of us appreciate that at some level But what does it mean for us to have more in common with a horse & an elephant than we do with a parrot snake or frog? After a misdirected football left new father Liam Drew clutching a uniquely mammalian part of his anatomy he decided to find out more Considering himself as a mammal first & a human second Liam delves into ancient biological history to understand what it means to be mammalian In his humorous & engaging style Liam explores the different characteristics that distinguish mammals from other types of animals He charts the evolution of milk warm blood & burgeoning brains & examines the emergence of sophisticated teeth exquisite ears & elaborate reproductive biology plus a host of other mammalian innovations Entwined are tales of zoological peculiarities & reflections on how being a mammal has shaped the author's life I Mammal is a history of mammals & their ancestors & of how science came to grasp mammalian evolution & in celebrating our mammalian-ness Liam Drew binds us a little more tightly to the five & a half thousand other species of mammal on this planet & reveals the deep roots of many traits humans hold dear ...

& The Maybot is rebooted as strong & humble Stumble for short& & Kim Jong-May awkward & incredulous as journalist asks question& & Supreme leader produces pure TV Valium on The One Show& Throughout 2017 John Crace the Guardian&s parliamentary sketch writer has watched Theresa May&s efforts to remain strong & stable
- & indeed Prime Minister He coined the term & Maybot& for her malfunctioning public appearances & now in this edited collection of his unremittingly witty sketches he tells the full story of Theresa May&s turbulent first year in No 10 As waspishly hilarious as Craig Brown&s diaries in Private Eye I Maybot is essential & hysterically funny reading for anyone trying to make sense of a political annus horribilis
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Journalist presenter broadcaster husband father vigorous all-rounder Alan Partridge Star of action blockbuster Alpha Papa; a man with a fascinating past & an amazing future Gregarious & popular yet Alan's never happier than when relaxing in his own five-bedroom south-built house with three acres of land & access to a private stream But who is this mysterious enigma? Alan Gordon Partridge is the best
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- radio presenter in the region Born into a changing world of rationing Teddy Boys apes in space & the launch of ITV Alan's broadcasting career began as chief DJ of Radio Smile at St Luke's Hospital in Norwich After replacing Peter Flint as the presenter of Scout About he entered the top 8 of BBC sports presenters But Alan's big break came with his primetime BBC chat show Knowing Me Knowing You Sadly the show battled against poor scheduling having been put up against News at Ten then in its heyday Due to declining ratings a single catastrophic hitch (the killing of a guest on air) & the dumbing down of network TV Alan's show was cancelled Not to be dissuaded he embraced this opportunity to wind up his production company leave London & fulfil a lifelong ambition to return to his roots in local radio Now single Alan is an intensely private man but he opens up for the second time in this candid entertaining often deeply emotional
- & of course compelling
- memoir written entirely in his own words (Alan quickly dispelled the idea of using a ghost writer With a grade B English Language O-Level he knew he was up to the task) He speaks touchingly about his tragic Toblerone addiction & the painful moment when unsold copies of his first autobiography Bouncing Back were pulped like word porridge' He reveals all about his relationship with his ex-Ukrainian girlfriend Sonja with whom he had sex at least twice a day & the truth about the thick people who make key decisions at the BBC A literary tour de force I Partridge We Need to Talk About Alan charts the incredible journey of one of our greatest broadcasters



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Voyager Classics
- timeless masterworks of science fiction & fantasy The classic collection of robot stories from the master of
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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 Special effects-laden sci-fi action thriller starring Will Smith set in a near-future in which robots have become a vital component of human beings& everyday lives Although the technology of the robots has become more & more advanced they are all pre-programmed to always obey humans & under no circumstances to harm them So when robot scientist Dr Alfred Lanning (James Cromwell) is murdered & a humanoid robot is implicated the authorities are extremely worried if the robots can overcome the basic moral principle of their existence what&s to stop them taking over the world? Robot-hating Chicago Police Detective John Spooner (Smith) is assigned to investigate this alarming case ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Special effects-laden sci-fi action thriller starring Will Smith set in a near-future in which robots have become a vital component of human beings& everyday lives Although the technology of the robots has become more & more advanced they are all pre-programmed to always obey humans & under no circumstances to harm them So when robot scientist Dr Alfred Lanning (James Cromwell) is murdered & a humanoid robot is implicated the authorities are extremely worried if the robots can overcome the basic moral principle of their existence what&s to stop them taking over the world? Robot-hating Chicago Police Detective John Spooner (Smith) is assigned to investigate this alarming case ...

I Spy is an exciting contest of disguised intentions political manipulation & spy games spanning an espionage-wracked pre-war Europe Deceive your opponents as an agent secretly working for a European power recruiting key assets buying off politicians & instigating sabotage against foreign capitals However you will need the reluctant (or unwitting) support of your opponents to position your homeland for European domination so tread carefully & do not reveal your true identity Game Overview At the start of the game you receive an Alignment Token which tells you which one of the competing European nations you secretly work for The rest of the game unfolds over the course of 14 rounds with each player (spy) performing 3 Actions per round These actions include moving around the map acquiring resources in the form of Supply Tokens improving your abilities by recruiting Assets manipulating the otherwise-random Politicians to your advantage or even directly harassing opposing spies But any action you take will directly affect at least one Nation in the form of gains or losses in Influence points Your mission during the game is to generate Influence for your own Nation while at the same time preventing your opponents’ Nations from gaining too much––if you can deduce which Nations they are! Influence is tallied & compared during Scoring Phases which take place at set intervals throughout the game In a Scoring Phase each Nation receives Power points based on how much Influence it has accumulated so far At the end of the game players reveal their Alignment Tokens & the player whose Nation has the most Power is the winner Players 2-4 Suggested Ages 12 Playing time 90 minutes ...