Across the globe women are embracing their entrepreneurial spirits & starting creative businesses In the Company of Women profiles over 100 of these influential & creative women from all ages races backgrounds & industries Chock full of practical inspirational advice for those looking to forge their own paths these interviews detail the keys to success (for example going with your gut; maintaining meaningful & lasting relationships) highlight the important of everyday rituals (meditating; creating a daily to-do list) & dispense advice for the next generation of women entrepreneurs & makers (stay true to what you believe in; have patience) The book is rounded out with hundreds of lush original photographs of the women in their work space ...

' That is how it works in the City Every time you think you know the answer to a question you discover that the question makes no sense ' This is the story of Anna Blume & her journey to find her lost brother William in the unnamed City Like the City itself however it is a journey that is doomed & so all that is left is Anna's unwritten account of what happened Paul Auster takes us to an unspecified & devastated world in which the self disappears amidst the horrors that surround us But this is not just an imaginary futuristic world like the settings of Kafka stories it is one that echoes our own & in doing so addresses some of our darker legacies In the Country of Last Things is a tense psychological take on the dystopian novel It continues Auster's deep exploration of his central themes the modern city the mysteries of storytelling & the elusive & unstable nature of truth ...

Nine-year-old Suleiman is just awakening to the wider world beyond the games on the hot pavement outside his home & beyond the loving embrace of his parents He becomes the man of the house when his father goes away on business but then he sees his father standing in the market square in a pair of dark glasses Suddenly the wider world becomes a frightening place where parents lie & questions go unanswered Suleiman turns to his mother who under the cover of night entrusts him with the secret story of her childhood ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Frannie (Meg Ryan) is a lonely but determined woman living alone in Manhattan who becomes involved in a murder investigation following the gruesome slaying of a young woman in her neighbourhood It soon appears that she may know more about the murderer than she thinks after witnessing what could have been the prelude to the crime Drawn to the homicide detective investigating the case she discovers the dark side of passion when she embarks on a risky & turbulent affair with him But as the death toll rises each victim getting closer to Frannie she begins to wonder if her new lover is hiding a deadly secret ...

A rainy night in London Shots are fired into a car which swerves on to the pavement ploughing into a bus stop It seems that a chilling gang initiation has cost an innocent victim their life But the reality is far more sinister One life is wiped out & three more are changed forever the young man whose finger was on the trigger; an ageing gangster planning a deadly revenge & the pregnant woman who struggles desperately to uncover the truth Two weeks away from giving birth how will she deal with a world where death is an occupational hazard? In a city where violence can be random or meticulously planned where teenage gangs clash with career criminals & where loyalty is paid for in blood anything is possible Secrets are uncovered as fast as bodies & the story's final twist is as breathtakingly surprising as they come ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play From the BAFTA winning writer of Exile & The Driver Based on In the Dark & Time of Death by bestselling novelist Mark Billingham A strong-willed detective in her mid-thirties Helen Weeks (My Anna Buring Ripper Street) is drawn into the two most testing & personal cases of her career
- just as she begins her journey towards motherhood Helen is never fazed by a challenge but her tough exterior conceals a complex inner conflict When the husband of an estranged school friend is accused of abduction Helen must return to her home town & confront her painful past & when a brutal tragedy drags her into Manchester&s dark criminal underbelly she is forced to question even her closest relationships Even if you love someone can you ever really know them Special Features PENNING IN THE DARKLEADING IN THE DARKBEHIND IN THE DARK
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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 Set half in gossipy shallow suburbia & half in the mystical eerie woods the film explores the nature of depression & delusion whilst maintaining a chilling edge 15-year old Marie & 6-year old Shaun are neighbours Whilst Shaun goes on hunting trips with his father Filthy a secret den in the hill has become Marie&s refuge from a world she is finding increasingly difficult to cope with One night while Marie is babysitting for Filthy Shaun suddenly dies in her care As Filthy&s grief threatens to overwhelm him Marie becomes aware of another presence It follows her from the hill into the city & it won&t leave her alone It wants something from her Is it the spirit of Sean? Or her unresolved past creeping into her present & distorting her perception of reality? ...

Boldly combining the highly personal with the brilliantly scholarly IN THE DARK ROOM explores the question of how memory works emotionally & culturally It is narrated through the prism of the author's experience of losing both his parents his mother when he was sixteen his father when he was on the cusp of adulthood & of trying after a breakdown some years later to piece things together Drawing on the lessons of centuries of literature philosophy & visual art Dillon interprets the relics of his parents & of his childhood in a singularly original & arresting piece of writing reissued for the first time since its original publication in 2005 & including a new foreword from prize-winning biographer Frances Wilson ...

When Rose Brown's husband is killed at Dunkirk in 1940 she feels as though she's lost a part of herself Rose can't imagine the future without Ray but she's certain he would have wanted her to start again She decides to volunteer as a postwoman in West London & when she courageously rescues a young boy from a bombed-out house & takes him home she finds a new sense of purpose Traumatised from losing his mother in the ruins seven-year-old Alfie is also rebellious & withdrawn However he touches the hearts of Rose's family & with kindness patience & love they eventually win his trust But then a handsome stranger Johnny Beech turns up on the doorstep looking for his son & everything changes ...

In the Darkness of the Night takes the reader through the sounds that a young child hears whilst curled up in bed waiting to fall asleep From the familiar reassuring noises of the family & the home including muffled voices & humming pipes Next we move out into the garden with the snuffling & screeching of foxes & then suddenly what's that? Zoom! A car speeds by & a distant siren sounds Then the illustrations expand to the city beyond as we see those who work throughout the night such as cleaners or nurses & finally as the sun rises the early morning sounds begin with the birdsong clatter of dustbins & letterboxes as the city wakes up again Emily Rand takes us on a gentle journey through the night looking at all the sounds & activity that happen whilst you're tucked up warm in your bed! ...