Shortlisted for the 2003 Man Booker Prize Zoe Heller's Notes on a Scandal is a darkly compelling novel that explores the taboo subject of pupilteacher relationships obsession & betrayal From the first day that the beguiling Sheba Hart joins the staff of St George's history teacher Barbara Covett is convinced she has found a kindred spirit Barbara's loyalty to her new friend is passionate & unstinting & when Sheba is discovered having an illicit affair with one of her pupils Barbara quickly elects herself as Sheba's chief defender But all is not as it first seems in this dark story & as Sheba will soon discover a friend can be just as treacherous as any lover' Brilliant nasty gripping' Zadie Smith' Compelling dark sexy' Observer' Superbly gripping One of the most compelling books I've read in ages' Daily Telegraph' Deliciously sinister' Daily Mail Zoe Heller is the author of three novels Everything You Know Notes on a Scandal which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2003 & The Believers The 2006 film adaptation of Notes on a Scandal starring Cate Blanchett & Judi Dench received four Oscar nominations She lives in New York ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Academy Award winners Judi Dench & Cate Blanchett give wickedly entertaining Oscar-nominated performances
- one as a woman consumed by her colleague&s guilty secret the other a victim to her own dark obsessions
- in this sexy stylish thriller Dench mesmerizes as Barbara Covett a teacher who rules over her classroom with an iron fist yet leads a desperate solitary life outside it That is until she meets radiant new art teacher Sheba Hart (Blanchett) Although at first overjoyed with her newfound kindred spirit when Barbara discovers that Sheba is having an affair with a teenage student her jealously & rage spiral out of control

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When Jeanne is accepted on to a Ph D course she is over the moon brimming with excitement & grand plans
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Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Documentary focusing on the audio diaries of British writer & theologian John Hull in which he recorded his experience with blindness Having gone blind in the middle of his career & just before the birth of his first son John Hull decided to keep audio records of his experiences as a way to come to terms with his condition & to record important family events Having studied theology at Cambridge & obtained a Ph D from the University of Birmingham John combined his academic work on theology & education with his new experiences of disability & blindness This included producing articles & books on the topic in which he sought to examine his condition in a Christian context as well as producing real-world solutions to aid the disabled The film combines John&s reflections with reconstructions featuring actors Dan Renton Skinner as John & Simone Kirby as his wife Marilyn to tell the story of how his eyes & eventually his visual memory failed him Special Features Audio Introduction Enhanced Soundtrack Audio Description by Stephan Mangan Audio Description by Louise Fryer Integrated Hard of Hearing Subtitles Also

Includes:: a bonus DVD with a creative subtitled version of the film Featurettes Radio Hull Notes on Notes on Blindness Directing as a Team Lip Synching John & Marilyn

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A vivid present tense account of life in a dysfunctional family told by a perceptive thirteen year old girl with a sense of irony & humour Lou her sister Sarah
- 'for people who have been forced to share living accommodation for the last thirteen & half years we have very little in common'- & her brother Mickey-'he's gay but he doesn't yet know it'-discover that their parents are going to be doing a 'trial separation with a view to permanent' & that their dad is having an affair with a sixth former ' Thinking of my dad as anyone's 'lover' is actually quite gross' Boyfriend' didn't seem the right word for an adult who is fast approaching forty-seven & owns socks that are older than I am' Meet Lou her siblings her mum & dad her nan who does seances her friend Faiths who has six mums & dads (all gay) & Hammy the escaped hamster
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Includes:: all the characteristic activities & interests of a people; Derby Day Henley Regatta

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Tracklist A1 Zero Day 357 A2 Blue Line Baby 430 A3 You Wind Me Up 359 A4 Plastic Migraine 444 A5 Us We Are 334 B6 Hail On Palace Pier 448 B7 I Hate The Flowers 421 B8 The Carpenter's Son 745 B9 (Hope) Is Just Another Word With A Hole In It 548 ...

'I have nothing to declare' Wilde once told an American customs official 'except my genius' A socialite a wit a man who flaunted convention & was unafraid to shock Oscar Wilde was a great writer & a great man This new collection of wit & wisdom demonstrates the brilliance of his vision the audacity of his style Such is the scope of the material it brings to life the Wilde of great feeling as well as the Wilde of great art ...

James Charlton has produced a ringing indictment of disability oppression which he says is rooted in degradation dependency & powerlessness & is experienced in some form by five hundred million persons throughout the world who have physical sensory cognitive or developmental disabilities Nothing About Us Without Us is the first book in the literature on disability to provide a theoretical overview of disability oppression that shows its similarities to & differences from racism sexism & colonialism Charlton's analysis is illuminated by interviews he conducted over a ten-year period with disability rights activists throughout the Third World Europe & the United States Charlton finds an antidote for dependency & powerlessness in the resistance to disability oppression that is emerging worldwide His interviews contain striking stories of self-reliance & empowerment evoking the new consciousness of disability rights activists As a latecomer among the world's liberation movements the disability rights movement will gain visibility & momentum from Charlton's elucidation of its history & its political philosophy of self-determination which is captured in the title of his book Nothing About Us Without Us expresses the conviction of people with disabilities that they know what is best for them Charlton's combination of personal involvement & theoretical awareness assures greater understanding of the disability rights movement ...

' Brilliant observations on the anthropology of power You will laugh aloud & you won't put it down' Daniel Kahneman In this eye-opening exploration of the human weakness for power Daniel Levin takes us on a hilarious journey through the absurd world of our global elites drawing unforgettable sketches of some of the puppets who stand guard & the jugglers & conjurers employed within Most spectacular of all however are the astonishing contortions performed by those closest to the top in order to maintain the illusion of integrity decency & public service Based on the author's first-hand experiences of dealing with governments & political institutions around the world Nothing but a Circus offers a rare glimpse of the conversations that happen behind closed doors observing the appalling lengths that people go to in order to justify their unscrupulous choices from Dubai to Luanda Moscow to Beijing & at the heart of the UN & the US government ...