Stanley Hooker joined the Bristol Aeroplane Company in 1949 & tugged a rather reluctant company into the jet age determined to give real competition to Rolls-Royce So successful was he that in 1966 Rolls-Royce decided the best thing to do was to spend 636 million pounds & buy its rival By this time there was scarcely a single modern British aero-engine for which Hooker had not been responsible ...

From the artist of The Li'l Depressed Boy & Amber Benson's Among the Ghosts comes a haunting retail hell story like you've never encountered before! A young artist takes a job at a department store in order to make ends meet little does he know that he may meet his end! In this gothic story for fans of Black Swan Blankets & The Devil Wears Prada can the artist withstand competitive pressure treachery & high fashion while still keeping his soul? What do you get when you put an artist in a department store selling nice clothes all the while wondering why being so clearly in retail hell doesn't stop him from having a modicum of ambition to move up the fashion food chain? Grace (The L'il Depressed Boy) draws upon his experience in retail to craft a graphic novel that gives us a window into the life of an artist who is forced to take a job he doesn't really want in order to pay the bills What make the story so moving are both the celebration of fashion Grace's character gives us & the introspection of the artist as he looks back on the relationships that have served to define him While making connections to The Devil Wears Prada is natural the protagonist's reliance on his partner's understanding & support gets him through the retail ordeal Grace's attention to form & his skill with visual hyperbole (as in for example the saleswoman he depicts as a Skrull) are perfectly suited to the narrative A sophisticated graphic novel that amply displays Grace's talent for visual storytelling (Oct) ...

' One of the most memorable heart-stopping autobiographies I have ever read' STEPHEN FRYWINNER OF THE SLIGHTLY FOXED BEST FIRST BIOGRAPHY PRIZE 2015THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERATTITUDE MAGAZINE'S BOOK OF THE YEARA beloved star of stage & screen Alan Cumming's life & career have been shaped by a complex & dark family past
- full of troubled memories kept buried away But then an unexpected phone call from his long-estranged father brought the pain of the past hurtling back into the present & unravelled everything he thought he knew about himself Not My Father's Son is the story of his journey of discovery both a memoir of his childhood in Scotland & an investigation into his family history which would change him forever' Equal parts memoir whodunnit & manual for living beautifully written honest I was completely sucked in' NEIL GAIMAN
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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 Based on Ray Cooney s record-breaking stage farce Not Now Darling follows the misadventures of insatiable womaniser Gilbert Bodley (Leslie Phillips) the boss of an exclusive West End fur salon In order to give his mistress Janie (Julie Ege Up Pompeii!) an expensive mink coat without upsetting her jealous husband Gilbert agrees to sell it to her cheap However things don t go to plan & the tricky transaction creates a hilarious & chaotic chain of events Co-directed by David Croft (Are You Being Served?) this quick-witted British comedy also features rib-tickling performances from Carry On stars Barbara Windsor Joan Sims & Peter Butterworth ...

Bernard's got a problem He's found a monster in the back garden but his mum & dad are just too busy to notice So Bernard tries to befriend the monster & that doesn't go quite to plan Loved by children monsters & adults for thirty five years David Mc Kee's iconic picture book is celebrated in this special anniversary paperback that

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A riveting & entertaining memoir of life behind the scenes as Britain's ambassador to the US & South Africa with revealing portraits of some of the giants of international politics over the last forty years 272 pages Renwick Robin ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Before the censor&s axe Before the critics& attacks Before the Brazilian wax Not Quite Hollywood is the wild wonderful untold story of &OZPLOITATION& films It irreverently documents an era when Australian cinema got its gear off & showed the world a full-frontal explosion of sex violence horror & foot-to-the-floor full bore action! ...

Sunday Times Bestseller Theresa is desperate for a change Forced into early retirement tired of babysitting her bossy daughter's obnoxious children she sells her house & moves to a picture-perfect town just outside Nice Once the hideaway of artists & writers Bellevue-Sur-Mer is now home to the odd movie star & as Theresa discovers a close-knit set of expats Settling to the gentle rhythm of the seaside Theresa embraces her new-found friendships & freedom But life is never as simple as it seems & when skeletons fall out of several closets Theresa starts to wonder if life on the French Riviera is quite as nice as it first appeared ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play From the director of Captain America The First Avenger & The Wolfman comes a psychological thriller about an unsuspecting office worker Tom Miller (Max Minghella The Social Network) who becomes trapped in his office building with a demented killer (JJ Feild Captain America The First Avenger) As Tom rushes to protect those employees working late he soon discovers that his legal firm has been hiding sinister secrets that could put thousands of lives at risk From the producer of Paranormal Activity & Insidious comes a terrifying psychological thriller where an ordinary office becomes a twisted killing ground Actors Max Minghella JJ Field Eloise Mumford Christian Clemenson & Michael Gladis Director Joe Johnston Certificate 15 years & over Year 2013 Screen Widescreen 1851 Languages English
- DTS-HD Master Audio (51) Additional Languages French ; Italian ; German ; Spanish ; Japanese ; Hindi Subtitles English for the hearing impaired ; French ; Italian ; German ; Spanish ; Japanese ; Danish ; Dutch ; Finnish ; Icelandic ; Norwegian ; Portuguese ; Swedish ; Arabic ; Hindi Duration 1 hour & 14 minutes (approx)
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play From the director of Captain America The First Avenger & The Wolfman comes a psychological thriller about an unsuspecting office worker Tom Miller (Max Minghella The Social Network) who becomes trapped in his office building with a demented killer (JJ Feild Captain America The First Avenger) As Tom rushes to protect those employees working late he soon discovers that his legal firm has been hiding sinister secrets that could put thousands of lives at risk From the producer of Paranormal Activity & Insidious comes a terrifying psychological thriller where an ordinary office becomes a twisted killing ground Actors Max Minghella JJ Field Eloise Mumford Christian Clemenson & Michael Gladis Director Joe Johnston Certificate 15 years & over Year 2013 Screen Widescreen 1851 Anamorphic Languages English Additional Languages French ; German ; Italian ; Spanish ; Hindi ; Turkish Subtitles English for the hearing impaired ; French ; Italian ; Spanish ; German ; Arabic ; Danish ; Dutch ; Finnish ; Icelandic ; Norwegian ; Portuguese ; Swedish ; Turkish ; Hindi Duration 1 hour & 14 minutes (approx) ...