Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play One of the true classics of the noir psychological thriller In a Lonely Place is one of Humphrey Bogart&s finest performances He is almost unbearably intense as Dixon Steele a screenwriter with high standards & a hair trigger temper who finds himself under suspicion when Mildred a hat-check girl he knows is found murdered Immediately he gets an alibi from a neighbour Laurel & equally quickly he recognises that this is a woman who meets his standards the question is as suspicion of his involvement in Mildred&s death continues can he make himself meet hers? This is a wonderful study in trust & suspicion & the limits of love; Bogart&s performance is impressive simply because he is prepared to go well over the limits of our sympathy in the name of emotional truth The scene where he explains imaginatively to a cop & his wife how the murder might have happened is a spine-chilling creepy portrait of amoral artistic brilliance Gloria Grahame is equally fine as the woman who lets herself love him for a while ...

Can a giraffe fit in a phone booth? Does a sofa fit in a shopping cart? It all depends on how you size it up in this game of creative thinking & outrageous scenarios Try to win a set of cards by fitting smaller things into bigger things
- There's some juice in a pickle in a supermarket in a parking lot Play the fourth word card to claim the set unless one of your opponents can trump with a larger word The player with the most sets at the end is the BIG winner! In a Pickle is a great game to get the creative juices flowing See how outrageous you can get with the scenarios you create At the same time challenge yourself (and your opponents) to think outside the norm & picture scenes that might otherwise seem preposterous The more you play the more you will see that there's more inside a word than you might expect! In a Pickle is suitable for 2-6 players aged ten & up with playing time of around 25 minutes As part of the Game wright Port-A-Party range you may also enjoy Think &8216;N Sync &8211; The Great Minds Think Alike Game PDQ &8211; The Pretty Darn Quick Word Game Over Under &8211; The Game of Guesstimates That&8217;s It &8211; Just the Right Party Game Fitz It &8211; If the Word Fits Play It The What&8217;s in a Word Game Can a giraffe fit in a phone booth? Does a sofa fit in a shopping cart? Try to win a set of cards by fitting smaller things into bigger things Part of the Game wright Port-A-Party range Suitable for 2-6 players aged ten & up with a playing time of around 25 minutes
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Sid is sad because his dad is in a pit but he comes up with a cunning plan to get him out & play a trick on the man that put him there at the same time! This hilarious story about two mammoths is humorously illustrated by Woody Fox Pink 1A
- A simple story with a familiar setting Text type Fiction Focus phonemes s a t i p n m d The story map on pages 14-15 helps children recap the important events of the narrative & provide a wealth of speaking & listening opportunities
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In a Summer Season is one of Elizabeth Taylor's finest novels in which in a moving & powerful climax she reveals love to be the thing it is beautiful often funny & sometimes tragic' You taste of rain' he said kissing her ' People say I married her for her money' he thought contentedly & for the moment was full of the self-respect that loving her had given him Kate Heron is a wealthy charming widow who marries much to the disapproval of friends & neighbours a man ten years her junior the attractive feckless Dermot Then comes the return of Kate's old friend Charles
- intelligent kind & now widowed with his beautiful young daughter Kate watches happily as their two families are drawn together finding his presence reassuringly familiar but slowly she becomes aware of subtle undercurrents that begin to disturb the calm surface of their friendship Before long even she cannot ignore the gathering storm
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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 Comedy directed by & starring Lake Bell who also won Best Screenplay at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival for her work on the movie Carol (Bell) works as a voice coach & though her clients often include Hollywood stars trying to perfect an accent for their next role she very much lives in the shadow of her father Sam (Fred Melamed) who lends his vocal talents to the trailers of some of the biggest movies around With the help of her friend Louis (Demetri Martin) Carol believes she has a chance to break into the boy&s club of movie trailer voiceovers but can she overcome the challenge presented by the eccentric Gustav (Ken Marino) & of course her father to win the trailer contract for a series of blockbuster movies? Eva Longoria & Cameron Diaz are among those to make cameo appearances ...

Inspired by Jesus' prayer his disciples asked him Lord teach us to pray' (Luke 111) This book gives many time-honoured answers to that request There is a wealth here of fresh ways to pray such as using nature & dreams as inspiration & getting in touch with one's emotions Key topics such as distractions dryness & doubt as well as joy & finding God in all things are covered The Church's tradition from the Our Father to the Eucharist the saints & pilgrimages is offered as a resource for the individual God meets you where you are & the fact that you are holding this book in your hand means you are already open to that encounter' From the Introduction ...

Johnny is a young Irish actor who decides to try for a new life in America He moves with his wife Sarah & two young daughters to New York City & sets out to find work Things don't quite as well as he hoped & he & Sarah are forced to take badly paid jobs to make ends meet ...

Ben knows he's taking on a lot offering to do the first hundred lengths of the swimathon himself but he's desperate to impress Jack & Harry But as he swims
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- Jack realises that his 'friends' aren't going to show Now he either has to forfeit or swim another hundred lengths! But support & encouragement come from an unlikely quarter & Ben pushes his way to victory Particularly suitable for struggling reluctant & dyslexic readers aged 7

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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 Documentary following Madonna during her 1990 & Blonde Ambition& tour Features footage covering the material girl&s relationships with her dancers & backing singers her boyfriend Warren Beatty & her family & friends

Includes:: appearances from Pedro Almodovar Antonio Banderas Sandra Bernhard & Kevin Costner

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From what the Ancient Greeks might have talked about in bed to women's health & the intricacies of Greek marriage Paul Chrystal shines a much-needed light on sex & sexuality in ancient Greece one of the world's most influential civilizations This is a balanced comprehensive & well-researched analysis of the many aspects of sexual desire & activity in the various Greek societies
- from the Minoan civilisation Athens & the other city states to Sparta & Hellenistic Greece It examines attitudes to & the practice of sex in Greek mythology literature & real life; in love marriage & adultery; in religion & philosophy; in the visual arts; of sexual medicine & erotic magic; & the vocabulary of sex A wealth of primary sources are called upon to provide evidence of the antics of the ancient Greeks
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