Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Rob Marshall directs this big-budget musical based on the classic Fellini film 8 12 Set in early 1960s Venice the film follows famous film director Guido Contini (Daniel Day-Lewis) as he struggles to complete his latest project on the eve of his 40th birthday Meanwhile he must also juggle the various colourful women in his life his wife Luisa (Marion Cotillard) his mistress Carla (Penelope Cruz) his muse Claudia (Nicole Kidman) his producer Liliane (Judi Dench) his mother (Sophia Loren) & even a prostitute who resurfaces from the depths of his past (Stacy Ferguson) Kate Hudson co-stars as the American journalist who interviews him about his life & work ...

Why do human beings believe in divinities? Why do some seek eternal life while others seek escape from recurring lives? Why do the beliefs & behaviors we typically call "religious" so deeply affect the human personality & so subtly weave their way through human society? Revised & updated in this third edition Nine Theories of Religion considers how these fundamental questions have engaged the most important thinkers of the modern era Accessible systematic & succinct it considers the Victorian anthropology of E B Tylor & J G Frazer the "reductionist" social science of Sigmund Freud Emile Durkheim & Karl Marx the non-reductionist approaches of Max Weber William James & Mircea Eliade & the alternative paradigms that have arisen from the work of E E Evans-Pritchard & Clifford Geertz The third edition features a new chapter on William James Each chapter offers biographical background theoretical exposition conceptual analysis & critical assessment Ideal as a supplementary text in introductory religion courses or as the main text in theory & method in religious studies or in sociology of religion courses Nine Theories of Religion Third Edition offers an illuminating treatment of this controversial & fascinating subject It can be used as a st&-alone text or with the author's companion reader Introducing Religion Readings from the Classic Theorists ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play At & Consolidated& the office manager (Tomlin) the vice president&s secretary (Parton) & the newest employee (Fonda) become great friends as they share their resentment about their egotistical sexist boss (Dabney Coleman) When they inadvertently get a chance to take revenge they institute a host of popular office procedures in his absence
- even as their scheme spins wildly out of control! Full of witty social commentary this delightful comedy marks Dolly Parton&s first film debut & features the Oscar-nominated hit song she wrote & performed Actors Jane Fonda Lily Tomlin Dolly Parton Dabney Coleman Sterling Hayden Elizabeth Wilson Henry Jones Lawrence Pressman Marian Mercer Ren Woods & Norma Donaldson Director Colin Higgins Certificate 15 years & over Year 1980 Languages English Duration 1 hour & 50 minutes (approx) Region Region 2
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The nine worlds of Norse & Anglo-Germanic myth comprise the battleground for this area control game In the game Nine Worlds players struggle to take control of these worlds spending action points to add or remove armies move them between the worlds or banish them to Helheim Control of a world gives access to world powers that players can use to win the game Victory relates to the numbers of armies that players have in the Nine Worlds along with controlling or disputing control of as many worlds as possible Players 3-6 Playing time 60-90 minutes Ages 12 ...

York Notes Advanced offer a fresh & accessible approach to English Literature This market-leading series has been completely updated to meet the needs of today's A-level & undergraduate students Written by established literature experts York Notes Advanced intorduce students to more sophisticated analysis a range of critical perspectives & wider contexts ...

In Nineteen eighty-four one of the 20th century's great myth-makers takes a cold look at the future Orwell's study of individual struggling
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' Who controls the past controls the future who controls the present controls the past' Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past to suit the needs of the Party Yet he inwardly rebels against the totalitarian world he lives in which demands absolute obedience & controls him through the all-seeing telescreens & the watchful eye of Big Brother symbolic head of the Party In his longing for truth & liberty Smith begins a secret love affair with a fellow-worker Julia but soon discovers the true price of freedom is betrayal George Orwell's dystopian masterpiece Nineteen Eighty-Four is perhaps the most pervasively influential book of the twentieth century ...

Renowned urban artist Shepard Fairey's new look for Orwell's classic dystopian tale One of Britain's most popular novels George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four is set in a society terrorised by a totalitarian ideology propagated by The Party Winston Smith works for the Ministry of Truth in London chief city of Airstrip One Big Brother stares out from every poster the Thought Police uncover every act of betrayal When Winston finds love with Julia he discovers that life does not have to be dull & deadening & awakens to new possibilities Despite the police helicopters that hover & circle overhead Winston & Julia begin to question the Party; they are drawn towards conspiracy Yet Big Brother will not tolerate dissent
- even in the mind For those with original thoughts they invented Room 101 Nineteen Eighty-Four is George Orwell's terrifying vision of a totalitarian future in which everything & everyone is slave to a tyrannical regime The novel also coined many new words & phrases which regular appear in popular culture such as ' Big Brother' 'thoughtcrime' 'doublethink' & ' Newspeak'
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' Who controls the past controls the future who controls the present controls the past' Hidden away in the Record Department of the sprawling Ministry of Truth Winston Smith skilfully rewrites the past to suit the needs of the Party Yet he inwardly rebels against the totalitarian world he lives in which demands absolute obedience & controls him through the all-seeing telescreens & the watchful eye of Big Brother symbolic head of the Party In his longing for truth & liberty Smith begins a secret love affair with a fellow-worker Julia but soon discovers the true price of freedom is betrayal George Orwell's dystopian masterpiece Nineteen Eighty-Four is perhaps the most pervasively influential book of the twentieth century ...

First published in 1949 George Orwell's Nineteen Eighty-Four has lost none of the impact with which it first hit readers Winston Smith works for the Ministry of Truth in London chief city of Airstrip One Big Brother stares out from every poster the Thought Police uncover every act of betrayal When Winston finds love with Julia he discovers that life does not have to be dull & deadening & awakens to new possibilities Despite the police helicopters that hover & circle overhead Winston & Julia begin to question the Party; they are drawn towards conspiracy Yet Big Brother will not tolerate dissent
- even in the mind For those with original thoughts they invented Room 101
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