With their stomachs churning on the jewels they have swallowed the courtesan Fiammetta & her companion dwarf Bucino escape the sack of Rome It's 1527 They head for the shimmering decadent city of Venice Sarah Dunant's epic novel of sixteenth-century Renaissance Italy is a story about the sins of pleasure & the pleasures of sin an intoxicating mix of fact & fiction & a dazzling portait of one of the worlds greatest cities at its most potent moment in history ...

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 ...

She lost her sight but she can still see the truth Jenny Aaron was once part of an elite police unit tracking Germany's most dangerous criminals She was the best Until it all went wrong A disastrous mission saw her abandon a wounded colleague & then lose her sight forever Now five years later she has learnt to navigate a darkened world But she's still haunted by her betrayal Why did she run? Then she receives a call from the unit They need her back A prison psychologist has been brutally murdered & the killer will only speak to one person ...

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 ...