Shortlisted for the 2014 Costa Novel Awards & the 2015 Folio Prize Nora Webster is the heartbreaking new novel from one of the greatest novelists writing today It is the late 1960s in Ireland Nora Webster is living in a small town looking after her four children trying to rebuild her life after the death of her husband She is fiercely intelligent at times difficult & impatient at times kind but she is trapped by her circumstances & waiting for any chance which will lift her beyond them Slowly through the gift of music & the power of friendship she finds a glimmer of hope & a way of starting again As the dynamic of the family changes she seems both fiercely self-possessed but also a figure of great moral ambiguity making her one of the most memorable heroines in contemporary fiction The portrait that is painted in the years that follow is harrowing piercingly insightful always tender & deeply true Colm Toibin's Nora is a character as resonant as Anna Karenina or Madame Bovary & Nora Webster is a novel that illuminates our own lives in a way that is rare in literature Its humanity & compassion forge an unforgettable reading experience 'A profoundly gifted world writer' Sebastian Barry ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Minor god Yato is down on his luck Fed up with his slacker lifestyle his partner abruptly quits He has no money no worshippers & no shrine to call home But just when things are starting to seem hopeless a bus accident forces him to cross paths with Hiyori Iki a sweet & perky high school girl After the accident Hiyori&s soul has a bad habit of slipping out of her body & after enlisting Yato&s help to get her back to normal she begins to fall into the world of spirits & gods But Hiyori&s not the only one who&s keeping tabs on Yato A god from Yato&s past is back & he&s not interested in a friendly reunion Contains episodes 1-12 Special Features Episode Commentary (6 9) Textless Opening & Closing Trailers Spoken Languages English Japanese English subtitles ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Minor god Yato is down on his luck Fed up with his slacker lifestyle his partner abruptly quits He has no money no worshippers & no shrine to call home But just when things are starting to seem hopeless a bus accident forces him to cross paths with Hiyori Iki a sweet & perky high school girl After the accident Hiyori&s soul has a bad habit of slipping out of her body & after enlisting Yato&s help to get her back to normal she begins to fall into the world of spirits & gods But Hiyori&s not the only one who&s keeping tabs on Yato A god from Yato&s past is back & he&s not interested in a friendly reunion Contains episodes 1-12 Special Features Episode Commentary (6 9) Textless Opening & Closing Trailers Spoken Languages English Japanese English subtitles ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play The adventures of struggling god Yato & his devotee Hiyori continue! Old histories & past grudges are revealed as brewing plots surface & Yato will have to come face to face with his destructive past Contains the complete second series on DVD with both the English dub & the original Japanese track with English subtitles ...

Tracklist A1 Don't Know Why 305 A2 Seven Years 224 A3 Cold Cold Heart 338 A4 Feelin' The Same Way 255 A5 Come Away With Me 318 A6 Shoot The Moon 357 A7 Turn Me On 233 B1 Lonestar 305 B2 I've Got To See You Again 413 B3 Painter Song 241 B4 One Flight Down 303 B5 Nightingale 411 B6 The Long Day Is Over 244 B7 The Nearness Of You 309 ...

Tracklist A1 Sunrise Acoustic Guitar Banjo Banjolin
- Kevin Breit Backing Vocals
- Adam Levy Daru Oda Bass
- Lee Alexander


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1 Wish I Could 2 Sinkin& Soon 3 The Sun Doesn&t Like You 4 Until The End 5 Not My Friend 6 Thinking About You 7 Broken 8 My Dear Country 9 Wake Me Up 10 Be My Somebody 11 Little Room 12 Rosie&s Lullaby 13 Not Too Late ...

I Don&t Know Why Seven Years Cold Cold Heart Feelin& The Same Way Come Away With Me Shoot The Moon Turn Me On Lonestar I&ve Got To See You Again If I Were A Painter One Flight Down Nightingale The Long Day Is Over The Nearness Of You ...

1 Sunrise 2 What Am I To You?3 Those Sweet Words 4 Carnival Town 5 In The Morning 6 Be Here To Love Me 7 Creepin& In 8 Toes 9 Humble Me 10 Above Ground 11 The Long Way Home 12 The Prettiest Thing 13 Don&t Miss You At All ...

Norbit (Eddie Murphy) is a shy fellow raised by Mr Wong (Eddie Murphy again) in a combination orphanage Chinese restaurant in Boiling Springs Tennessee As a child Norbit comes to love Kate a fellow orphan but the soulmates are separated when Kate is adopted Enter Rasputia an aggressive plus-sized 10-year-old who protects him from bullies & demands his romantic loyalty much like her thuggish older brothers demand 'protection' money from all the merchants in Boiling Springs Rasputia & Norbit eventually marry--and the peevish adult Rasputia is played to great comic effect by Eddie Murphy in a fat suit Although Rasputia is controlling unfaithful hideous-looking & always madder than a hornet she & Norbit make a life together albeit one based on inertia fear & complacency The bubble bursts when the now-grown Kate (Thandie Newton) returns to Boiling Springs to buy Mr Wong's orphanage Norbit's love is rekindled & he must find a way to end his loveless marriage save Kate from marrying a crooked philanderer (Cuba Gooding Jr in a rare villainous turn) & prevent Rasputia's brothers from carrying through with a big con job that would destroy the orphanage & Kate's life Eddie Murphy not surprisingly carries the show with broad juvenile humour fat jokes & pratfalls & while he never aims very high he manages to inject some poignancy into Norbit's & Wong's characters even as he plays Rasputia strictly for laughs It's not Shakespeare--it's not even BIG MOMMA'S HOUSE--but the laughs are as big as Rasputia's muumuu ...