Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Oscar Wilde&s The Importance Of Being Earnest revolves around the clever scheming of two friends Algernon Moncrieff (Rupert Everett) & Jack Worthing (Colin Firth) both of whom lead double lives in order to increase their opportunities for pleasure Jack who lives in the country comes to London as often as he can to look after his wicked invented brother Earnest while Algernon creates an invalid friend called Bunbury whose constant illnesses allow him to escape family pressures in London The pairs& deception leads to complications in their romantic lives when they are discovered by Cecily (Reese Witherspoon) Jack&s ward whom Algernon is pursuing & Gwendolyn (Frances O& Connor) Algernon&s cousin whom Jack adores Looming over everything & everyone is Gwendolyn&s mother Lady Bracknell (Judi Dench) a tyrannical figure with plots of her own to hatch The pursuit of love sex money & social position lead all the characters into a series of hilarious entanglements Actors Rupert Everett Colin Firth Frances O& Connor Reese Witherspoon Judi Dench Tom Wilkinson Anna Massey Edward Fox & Charles Kay Director Oliver Parker Certificate Universal Suitable for All Year 2002 Screen Widescreen 2351 Anamorphic Languages English
- Dolby Digital (20) Subtitles English Duration 1 hour & 34 minutes (approx) Region Region 2
- Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players

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Adventure Time fans will have been waiting for these! Adventure Time POP! have sold very well for the past couple of years & now Pendelton Ward&s other animation creation ...

Indian communities have existed in the Gulf emirate of Dubai for more than a century Since the 1970s workers from South Asia have flooded into the emirate enabling Dubai's huge construction boom They now compose its largest noncitizen population Though many migrant families are middle-class & second- third- or even fourth-generation residents Indians cannot become legal citizens of the United Arab Emirates Instead they are all classified as temporary guest workers In Impossible Citizens Neha Vora draws on her ethnographic research in Dubai's Indian-dominated downtown to explore how Indians live suspended in a state of permanent temporariness While their legal status defines them as perpetual outsiders Indians are integral to the Emirati nation-state & its economy At the same time Indians-even those who have established thriving diasporic neighborhoods in the emirate-disavow any interest in formally belonging to Dubai & instead consider India their home Vora shows how these multiple & conflicting logics of citizenship & belonging contribute to new understandings of contemporary citizenship migration & national identity ones that differ from liberal democratic models & that highlight how Indians rather than Emiratis are the quintessential-yet impossible-citizens of Dubai ...

The follow-up from Erich von Daniken to his global bestseller Chariots of the Gods which answers the questions Why do flying machines & astronauts appear in the artworks & sacred texts of all ancient cultures? What is the meaning of the immense earth drawings impossible to view from the ground that can be found all over the globe? How could prehistoric cultures have engraved diorite & other hard rock with such incredible precision without the use of modern tools? In this mind-bending new book Erich von Daniken draws on his latest research to update his astounding theory that the inhabitants of other planets have kept in contact with humankind since the earliest times Assess for yourself the stunning visual evidence presented in some 200 photographs Examine previously unpublished testimony from expert informants Discover new research undertaken by von Daniken after the opening up of previously inaccessible regions such as the jungle city Buritaca 200 in Colombia ...

In this beautifully produced volume young readers are given the opportunity to study masterpieces of Impressionist work in great detail From Monet's Impression Sunrise which is attributed to starting the movement to Seurat's pointillist masterpiece A Sunday on La Grande Jatte each painting is reproduced on its own page with descriptive texts biographical details of the artist & entertaining facts Along the way readers will learn the historic context of these paintings as well as a variety of artistic terms The book also offers playful suggestions for creating Impressionist art at home or school as well as ideas that will help young readers appreciate why the Impressionist style was at once revolutionary & timeless ...

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A dazzling tour of evolution in action that sheds light on one of the greatest debates in science The natural world is full of fascinating instances of convergence phenomena like eyes & wings & tree-climbing lizards that have evolved independently multiple times Convergence suggests that evolution is predictable & if we could replay the tape of life we would get the same outcome But there are also many examples of contingency cases where the tiniest change
- a random mutation or an ancient butterfly sneeze
- caused evolution to take a completely different course So are we humans & all the plants & animals in the world today inevitabilities or evolutionary freaks? What role does chance play in evolution? & what could it tell us about life on other planets? In Improbable Destinies renowned researcher Jonathan Losos reveals what the latest breakthroughs in evolutionary biology tell us about one of the greatest ongoing debates in science Evolution can occur far more rapidly than Darwin expected which has opened the door to something that was previously thought impossible experimental studies of evolution in nature Drawing on his own work with anole lizards on the Caribbean islands as well as studies of guppies foxes field mice & others being conducted around the world Losos reveals just how rapid & predictable evolution can be By charting the discoveries of the scientists who are rewriting our understanding of evolutionary biology Improbable Destinies will change the way we think & talk about evolution

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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 Better known in her own day than even Charles Dickens George Sand was the most celebrated writer of the early nineteenth century & possibly its most notorious Bohemian Fredric Chopin was one of the greatest musicians of his age who gained a legendary reputation throughout Europe as both a pianist & a composer Impromptu is the comic & tender tale of how Sand & Chopin meet How pursued by Sand Chopin resists her advances & how despite the best & most mischievous efforts of those around them they eventually fall in love ...

Do you want to be a better roleplayer or GM? Do you want to encourage spontaneous creativity in your gaming group? Do you want to create dynamic compelling characters? If the answer to any of these questions is “yes” Improv for Gamers is for you! Based on the popular workshop series this book provides a selection of fun & easy improv exercises designed to take your tabletop or live-action gaming group to a new level Pick & choose exercises to develop a particular skill or run through a variety of them at random! No improv experience required Improv for Gamers will help you develop the following skills Smoothly building on the information provided by other participants in the game Using one small starting point to build a multi-faceted character Building authentic relationships between characters Interacting with invisible objects in a way that is believable Knowing when & how to end a scene & share the spotlight ...

Does your handwriting reflect the image you want to project? The way you write mirrors your mood & character It is one of the main ways in which you communicate with the world & the clarity & technique of your writing will be interpreted by others in many ways This practical & informative book will help you to improve your handwriting & find a mature attractive & individual style It is specifically written for adults & uses self-diagnosis to identify problems & provides exercises for improving your script In a digital age where writing by hand remains a vital skill this book covers everything from holding a pen & retraining bad habits to the difficulties that left handers face & problems that may be caused by medical conditions It shows how to write quickly & clearly when desired & beautifully when desired Experiment with the way you write & choose the style that suits you best enabling you to write quickly & legibly when it really matters ...