' Top pick of this year's celeb memoirs' Daily Mail To describe Open the Cage Murphy as action-packed is a massive understatement The book takes us on a roller coaster ride through a decade of Paul O' Grady's life & is stuffed to the gunwales with hilarious stories extreme situations & outrageous one-liners At the end of Paul's previous volume of autobiography Still Standing his brilliant comic creation Lily Savage stood on the brink of fame Here Lily embraces success as to the manner born & world domination beckons! Along the way the stories come thick & fast Paul is involved in a plane crash gets caught up in the LA riots & has a close encounter with Madonna He takes us with him to a gay-themed weekend in Butlin's in Skegness on a rowdy tour with Prisoner Cell Block H
- the Musical & into the depths of the Australian rainforest where he befriends a rare bird that can disembowel a man with a single kick The dramatis personae include a family of dolphins Charlton Heston & the ghost of Joan of Arc
- & there's a starring role for a certain remarkable dog Buster Elvis Savage But whether he's writing about star-studded Hollywood parties the devastating loss of close friends to AIDS or late night shenanigans at the end of Blackpool Pier Paul's wit & humanity never desert him Open the Cage Murphy is a genuine delight
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Since its US debut a quarter-century ago this brilliant text has set a new standard for historical scholarship of Latin America It is also an outstanding political economy a social & cultural narrative of the highest quality & perhaps the finest description of primitive capital accumulation since Marx Rather than chronology geography or political successions Eduardo Galeano has organized the various facets of Latin American history according to the patterns of five centuries of exploitation Thus he is concerned with gold & silver cacao & cotton rubber & coffee fruit hides & wool petroleum iron nickel manganese copper aluminum ore nitrates & tin These are the veins which he traces through the body of the entire continent up to the Rio Grande & throughout the Caribbean & all the way to their open ends where they empty into the coffers of wealth in the United States & Europe Weaving fact & imagery into a rich tapestry Galeano fuses scientific analysis with the passions of a plundered & suffering people An immense gathering of materials is framed with a vigorous style that never falters in its command of themes All readers interested in great historical economic political & social writing will find a singular analytical achievement & an overwhelming narrative that makes history speak unforgettably ...

What would you do if you were settling down for a quiet bedtime story & you realised that a crocodile had fallen into your storybook & was
- not to put too fine a point on it
- furious? Would you slam that book shut & cram it in the bookshelf for evermore or would you be brave enough to peek? This very grumpy crocodile has ended up in totally the wrong book so he proceeds to eat his way out in this fantastic debut picture book He tries to escape a storybook that is all wrong for him but is great fun for the reader!

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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 This nail-biting low-budget natural thriller directed by independent filmmaker Chris Kentis tells the simple tale of a married couple Susan (Blanchard Ryan) & Daniel (Daniel Travis) who go on a diving trip while on holiday together Both are experienced divers & break away from the rest of the group to explore Their dream holiday becomes a nightmare when the careless diving boat crew accidentally leave without them stranding them with only basic scuba diving equipment in shark-infested waters As time passes & their anxiety increases the personal troubles inherent in the couple&s relationship begin to surface while the sharks draw ever closer ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Nick&s dream falls apart when he wins a date with his favourite star Jill Goddard & she refuses to honour the contest But when Chord her so-called campaign manager offers Nick the ability to secretly watch Jill s every move via computer he cannot let the opportunity go Soon he will discover his decision has put him & Jill in grave danger ...

Full of honest & practical advice from Gemma Cairney & a whole host of trained professionals & real people Open Your Heart is a best friend in a book From heartbreak & heartache to body image & everything in between this book will help you learn to love your body your friends & your family & tell you what to do if things go wrong
Includes: chapters on Family Friendship Bullying Love Heartbreak Death grief & loss Periods Body image Exercise Food Sex Gender & sexuality Sexual healthand more!
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Open A Toolkit for How Magic & Messed Up Life Can Be is full of honest advice about the big bad & beautiful things that growing up is all about from mental health to families to first love & everything in between Gemma Cairney is an important advocate for young people & between her life experiences & her personal insight from her time as Radio 1's resident agony aunt on The Surgery she is perfectly placed to offer hope & a huge comforting cuddle to young people questioning what life's all about or dealing with hard times Along with practical help & advice from a range of experts & gorgeous illustrations this bright & colourful book also has a ribbon marker & plenty of space for readers to personalize & make it their own making Open a treasured resource to return to whenever advice is needed ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & region B Blu-ray It will require a region B Blu-ray player to play the Blu-ray & DVD or a Region 2 DVD player for the DVD Broadway actress Myrtle Gordon (Gena Rowlands) rehearses for her latest play about a woman in denial at the onset of her autumn years When Myrtle witnesses the accidental death of an adoring young fan it leads to a crisis of confidence in both her professional & her personal life which threatens to undermine the whole production Featuring a startling & compelling performance by Gena Rowlands which won her the Silver Bear for Best Actress in 1978 Opening Night is arguably one of John Cassavetes& most self-reflexive works & offers an insightful & intriguing evocation of the theatrical experience from both sides of the proscenium ...

A century can be understood in many ways
- in terms of its inventions its crimes or its art In Opening Skinner's Box Lauren Slater
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Ideal for outsiders volunteers & others helping out with prisoners Opening the Doors contains wise advice based on years of experience It places imprisonment in a Christian context & captures the essence of why some people end up in prison 156 pages 160 colour photos & illustrations Gill Paul ...