Danny Goldberg is probably one of the purest most reasonableguides you could ask for to 1967' Ex-Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham Weaves together rollicking rousing wonderfully colourful anddisparate narratives to remind us how the energies & aspirations of thecounterculture were intertwined with protest & reform mesmerising' The Nation It wasthe year that saw the release of the Beatles' Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band & of debut albums from the Doors the Grateful Dead Jimi Hendrix and Janis Joplin The year of the Summer of Love & LSD; the Monterey Pop Festivaland Black Power; Muhammad Ali's conviction for draft avoidance & Martin Luther King Jr's public opposition to war in Vietnam On its 50th anniversary music business veteran Danny Goldberg analyses 1967 looking not only at the political influences butalso the spiritual musical & psychedelic movements that defined the eraproviding a unique perspective on how & why its legacy lives on today Exhaustively researched & informed byinterviews including Allen Ginsberg Timothy Leary & Gil Scott-Heron In Search of the Lost Chord is the synthesis of a fascinating andcomplicated period in our social & countercultural history that was about somuch more than sex drugs & rock n roll ...

In Search of the Romans is a lively & informative introduction to ancient Rome Making extensive use of ancient sources & copiously illustrated with photographs drawings maps & plans it introduces six key areas of the Roman world history religion society entertainment Pompeii & Herculaneum Each chapter can be read independently although there are many cross-references & links between them There are also useful Appendices on the city of Rome Roman politics currency values clothing & the calendar Review questions throughout the book challenge students to read further & reflect on some of the most important social political & cultural issues of ancient Rome as well as comparing them with those of their own society In Search of the Romans is essential reading for teachers & students of Classical Civilisation ...

At 17 she hopes to finally find out the truth about where she came from so she can discover who she truly is Told in two perspectives Marilyn's in the late 90s & Angie's today IN SEARCH OF US is a sweeping inter-generational story about mothers & daughters love & loss holding on & letting go 400 pages Dellaira Ava ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Ethan Embry & Michael Gladis star as Kevin & Bruce best friends & co-owners of a failing home security company in a town with no crime As a last ditch effort to drum up some business they start robbing the neighbours to instil fear & create a need for their services Bullets fly when they unwittingly rob the wrong guy Cary Elwes who turns in a killer performance as a suburban drug lord with a penchant for kitchen gadgets Clea Du Vall & Adam Arkin co-star in this action-packed comedy featuring a host of hilarious turns from Ed Begley Jr Vinnie Jones & Ving Rhames Actors Adam Arkin Clea Duvall Cary Elwes Michael Gladis Vinnie Jones Directors Adam Beamer Format PALLanguage English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Number of discs 1 ...

' An enthralling page-turner Anyone whose life has been touched by illness will be transfixed by this deeply moving tale' Rachel Clarke author of Your Life in My Hands' Urgent & supremely eloquent In Shock is a book to set alongside the likes of Being Mortal by Atul Gawande Direct Red by Gabriel Weston & of course Paul Kalanithi's When Breath Becomes Air' Caroline Sanderson At seven months pregnant intensive care doctor Rana Awdish suffered a catastrophic medical event haemorrhaging nearly all of her blood volume & losing her unborn first child She spent months fighting for her life in her own hospital enduring a series of organ failures & multiple major surgeries Every step of the way Awdish was faced with something even more unexpected & shocking than her battle to survive her fellow doctors' inability to see & acknowledge the pain of loss & human suffering the result of a self-protective barrier hard-wired in medical training In Shock is Rana Awdish's searing account of her extraordinary journey from doctor to patient during which she sees for the first time the dysfunction of her profession's disconnection from patients & the flaws in her own past practice as a doctor Shatteringly personal yet wholly universal it is both a brave roadmap for anyone navigating illness & a call to arms for doctors to see each patient not as a diagnosis but as a human being ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play ‘ Tis the season to be jolly? Not for Alf Garnett His daughter prefers the company of her Scouse husband his mates all abandon the pub for their families & he’s left with Marigold & a cheese sandwich Happy Christmas! There’s not much that gets Alf’s goat more than Christmas – that is if you ignore immigrants the unions the Labour Party Scousers or the price of beer – & every festive season finds him delivering some of his greatest rants For a lonely OAP whose pension won’t stretch much further than a pint of mild & some pipe tobacco it’s time to put on the waterworks wring what he can out of friends relations & do-gooders – & spend it down the pub These Christmas specials broadcast between 1985 & 1990 find Alf in great miserable form & include his last Christmas with Else; his short lived career as a store Santa; his Christmas in hospital for a hip replacement & a disastrous wedding day that leaves Mrs Hollingbery in a less than festive mood… ...

Alfred Garnett favourite small-minded bigot returns for the second series that marked a spin-off from the hugely popular TILL DEATH US DO PART Contains all the episodes from the show's third series ...

Alfred Garnetteveryone's favourite small-minded bigot returns for the second series that marked a spin-off from the hugely popular TILL DEATH US DO PART Contains all the episodes from the show's fourth series ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Alf Garnet returns as the grumpiest pensioner in Thatcherite Britain As insulting & absurdly prejudiced as ever Warren Mitchell stars as the pig-headed bigot we all love to hate The fifth series of the Til Death Us Do Part sequel finds Alf Garnett in full flow Pensions poll tax power costs & the price of a pint are all on his list as life in the 1990s begins to bite With Mrs Hollingbery taking a part time job down the road Alf&s even missing out on his hot dinners So he&s been forced to get a job
- filling in for a window cleaner & walking people&s dogs & after having to deal with jury service the possibility of revenge from the criminal fraternity & the ever present animosity of Fred Johnson it&s little surprise that Alf turns revolutionary when confronted with a jobsworth bus driver Finally Alf & Mrs Hollingbery are planning to tie the knot The promise of regular meals & a clean house are enough to get Alf up the aisle but will Mrs Hollingbery be quite so keen when she realises just how tight-fisted the old git can be? Actors Warren Mitchell Carmel Mc Sharry Eamonn Walker Arthur English Una Stubbs Ken Campbell & Eileen Kennally Certificate 12 years & over Year 1990 Screen Fullscreen 1331 Languages English Subtitles English for the hearing impaired Closed Captions Yes Duration 5 hours (approx)
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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 All six episodes from the second series of Johnny Speight&s sequel to the classic 1960s comedy & Till Death Us Do Part& featuring old big-mouth himself Alf Garnett (Warren Mitchell) Times have changed for Alf with Else (Dandy Nichols) having died he has had to get used to life as a widower finally having to look after himself & cook his own meals unless he can get his landlady from upstairs Mrs Hollingbery (Carmel Mc Sharry) to do it for him ...