Gordon Comstock loathes dull middle-class respectability & worship of money He gives up a 'good job' in advertising to work part-time in a bookshop giving him more time to write But he slides instead into a self-induced poverty that destroys his creativity & his spirit Only Rosemary ever-faithful Rosemary has the strength to challenge his commitment to his chosen way of life Through the character of Gordon Comstock Orwell reveals his own disaffection with the society he once himself renounced Enlivened with vivid autobiographical detail George Orwell's Keep the Aspidistra Flying is a tragically witty account of the struggle to escape from a materialistic existence with an introduction by Peter Davison in Penguin Modern Classics ...

Gordon Comstock loathes dull middle-class respectability & worship of money He gives up a 'good job' in advertising to work part-time in a bookshop giving him more time to write But he slides instead into a self-induced poverty that destroys his creativity & his spirit Only Rosemary ever-faithful Rosemary has the strength to challenge his commitment to his chosen way of life Through the character of Gordon Comstock Orwell reveals his own disaffection with the society he once himself renounced Enlivened with vivid autobiographical detail George Orwell's Keep the Aspidistra Flying is a tragically witty account of the struggle to escape from a materialistic existence with an introduction by Peter Davison in Penguin Modern Classics ...

The year is 1915 & the war is raging on The war was not 'over by Christmas' after all & as 1915 begins the Hunters begin to settle into wartime life Diana the eldest Hunter daughter sees her fiance off to the Front but doesn't expect such coldness from her future mother-in-law David's battalion is almost ready to be sent to the Front but how will Beattie's fragile peace of mind endure? Below stairs Ethel the under housemaid is tired of having her beaux go off to war so she deliberately sets her sights on a man who works on the railway believing he won't be allowed to volunteer Eric turns out to be decent honest & he genuinely cares about Ethel
- is this the man who could give her a new life? The Hunters their servants & their neighbours soon realise that war is not just for the soldiers but it's for everyone to win & every new atrocity that is reported bolsters British determination this is a war that must be won at all costs Keep the Home Fires Burning is the second book in the War at Home series by Cynthia Harrod-Eagles author of the much-loved Morland Dynasty novels Set against the real events of 1915 this is an evocative authentic & wonderfully depicted drama featuring the Hunter family & their servants
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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 It&s 1997 & filmmaker Erik Rothman (Lindhardt) meets closeted lawyer Paul Lucy (Booth) through an anonymous phone sex line What starts as casual sex becomes a more permanent relationship as they start to build a life together whilst each continues to privately battle their own compulsions & addictions Their greatest challenge is down to Paul&s increasing drug use which threatens to pull them apart & over the years destroy the relationship A film about sex friendship intimacy & most of all love Keep The Lights On takes an honest look at the nature of relationships in our times Ira Sachs director of 40 Shades of Blue & Married Life returns with his Teddy Award winning gay drama set in New York City Keep The Lights On Starring Danish actor Thure Lindhardt (Angel & Demons Into The Wild) & Zachary Booth (Dark Horse Damages) & featuring stunning music from the late Arthur Russell Actors Thure Lindhardt Zachary Booth Julianne Nicholson & Paprika Steen Director Ira Sachs Certificate 18 years & over Languages English Duration 1 hour & 41 minutes (approx) Region Region 2
- Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players
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When the body of a red-haired young man is washed up on the shore of the beautiful Isle of Mull Detective Superintendent Lorimer's tranquil holiday away from the gritty streets of Glasgow is rudely interrupted The body has been bound with twine in a ghoulishly unnatural position & strongly reminds Lorimer of another murder a twenty year old Glasgow case that he failed to solve as a newly fledged detective constable & which has haunted him ever since As local cop DI Stevie Crozier takes charge of the island murder investigation Lorimer tries to avoid stepping on her toes But as the similarities between the young man's death & his cold case grow more obvious Lorimer realises that there could be a serial killer on the loose after all these years As the action switches dramatically between the Mull murder & the Glasgow cold case twenty years earlier Lorimer tries desperately to catch a cold-hearted killer Has someone got away with murder for decades? ...

George tries to find his inheritance which is hidden in one of the chairs his late aunt has left him ...

The extraordinary debut novel by Carnegie Medal-winning author Mal Peet about football magic & self-discovery The award-winning first novel from Carnegie Medal-winning Mal Peet introduces legendary sports journalist Paul Faustino & the haunting tale of the world's greatest goalkeeper the man they call El Gato"the Cat" As Paul interviews El Gato the World Cup stands on the table between them In the hours that follow El Gato tells his incredible story
- how he a poor logger's son learns to become a World Cup-winning goalkeeper so good he is almost unbeatable & the most remarkable part of this story is the man who teaches him the mysterious Keeper who haunts a football pitch at the heart of the claustrophobic rainforest
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Book one in this new fantasy adventure series Keeper of the Realms'I've just had a flesh-eating giant tearing around my house & now I'm in this strange land I don't know anything about!'CHARLIE KEEPER has been forced from her home by a bloodthirsty & terrifying stranger But in escaping she discovers her house holds the gateway to the REALM OF BELLANIA
- a place of myth magic & an evil Lord with a very bad attitude NOW its fate rests squarely upon Charlie's shoulders But before she can untangle the mystery that will save Bellania she needs the answer to a life-changing secret her guardian the dastardly Mr Crow has been keeping from her Just who is Charlie Keeper?
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