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) ...

SPCK's prison fiction series not only encourages individuals in their reading but also in their rehabilitation Stories explore the need for love & redemption that are at the heart of the Christian message while not being overtly religious Believable characters & situations encouraging self-reflection & dealing with issues of choice personal responsibility & positive relationships Discussion points at the end of each short chapter make the books ideal to be used in reading groups Josh has it all ticking along nicely He might even have the lovely Lisa But Lisa starts asking questions that don't have any answers & soon the police are asking too ...

An anthology of first-person essays which tackle rape assault & harassment head-on edited & with an introduction by bestselling author Roxane Gay 368 pages Gay Roxane ...

For readers of Nora Ephron Tina Fey & David Sedaris this hilarious poignant & extremely frank collection of personal essays confirms Lena Dunham
- the acclaimed creator producer & star of HBO's Girls'
- as one of the brightest & most original writers working today If I could take what I've learned & make one menial job easier for you or prevent you from having the kind of sex where you feel you must keep your sneakers on in case you want to run away during the act then every misstep of mine was worthwhile I'm already predicting my future shame at thinking I had anything to offer you but also my future glory in having stopped you from trying an expensive juice cleanse or thinking that it was your fault when the person you are dating suddenly backs away intimidated by the clarity of your personal mission here on earth No I am not a sexpert a psychologist or a dietician I am not a mother of three or the owner of a successful hosiery franchise But I am a girl with a keen interest in having it all & what follows are hopeful dispatches from the frontlines of that struggle

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A moving thought-provoking & surprisingly humorous book which is both a description of a journey to death & a celebration of the act of living Based on Clare Wise's blog which she started when she was first diagnosed with cancer in 2013 Not That Kind of Love charts the highs & lows of the last three years of Clare's life The end result is not a book that fills you with despair & anguish On the contrary Not That Kind of Love should be read by everybody for its candour & for its warmth & spirit Clare is an astonishingly dynamic witty & fun personality & her positivity & energy exude from every page As she becomes too weak to type her brother
- the actor Greg Wise
- takes over & the book morphs into a beautiful meditation on life & the necessity of talking about death With echoes of Atul Gawande's Being Mortal & Cathy Rentzenbrink's The Last Act of Love it is a very special read that rejoices in the extraordinary & often underestimated sibling bond & the importance of making the most of the ordinary pleasures life has to offer As Greg Wise writes in the book ' Celebrate the small things the small moments If you find yourself with matching socks as you leave the house in the morning that is a cause for celebration If the rest of the day is spent finding the cure for cancer or brokering world peace then that's a bonus'

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Not the End of the World is Kate Atkinson's first collection of short stories Playful & profound they explore the world we think we know whilst offering a vision of another world which lurks just beneath the surface of our consciousness a world where the myths we have banished from our lives are startlingly present & where imagination has the power to transform reality From Charlene & Trudi obsessively making lists while bombs explode softly in the streets outside to gormless Eddie maniacal cataloguer of fish & Meredith Zane who may just have discovered the secret to eternal life each of these stories shows that when the worlds of material existence & imagination collide anything is possible ...