WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY HELEN DUNMOREAs his tale begins Orlando is a passionate young nobleman whose days are spent in rowdy revelry filled with the colourful delights of Queen Elizabeth's court By the close he will have transformed into a modern 36-year-old woman & three centuries will have passed Orlando will not only witness the making of history from its edge but will find that his unique position as a woman who knows what it is to be a man will give him insight into matters of the heart ...

With an Introduction & Notes by Merry M Pawlowski Professor & Chair Department of English California State University Bakersfield Virginia Woolf's Orlando ' The longest & most charming love letter in literature' playfully constructs the figure of Orlando as the fictional embodiment of Woolf's close friend & lover Vita Sackville-West Spanning three centuries the novel opens as Orlando a young nobleman in Elizabeth's England awaits a visit from the Queen & traces his experience with first love as England under James I lies locked in the embrace of the Great Frost At the midpoint of the novel Orlando now an ambassador in Costantinople awakes to find that he is a woman & the novel indulges in farce & irony to consider the roles of women in the 18th & 19th centuries As the novel ends in 1928 a year consonant with full suffrage for women Orlando now a wife & mother stands poised at the brink of a future that holds new hope & promise for women ...

Based on the novel by Virginia Woolf ORLANDO follows the witty engaging story of the incredibly long-lived aristocratic poet Orlando (Tilda Swinton) whose gender changes in the 18th Century as heshe lives through the Elizabethan era & into the Twentieth Century Praised for his & later her beauty & tortured by love & an obsession with epic poetry that began as a teenager Orlando learns about politics war sex society & birth as a man & again as a woman Director Sally Potter creates a stunning clever commentary on gender & society ...

Tracklist A1 ? Infiniti Game One 544 A2 ? Complex Dreamworld 623 B1 ? Baruka Complications 652 B2 ? Mute Raw 353 C1 ? Ghetto Brothers The Back In Business 526 C2 ? Baruka Syncsearcher 758 D1 ? Fix From The Ghetto Featuring ? B Baxter O Voorn 534 D2 ? Mute Frases 909 ...

Defending Orleans together against an impending invasion is the motto of the Orleans Invasion expansion for Orleans Will the 2-5 players be able to equip the city together to fend off the attackers & thus avert the invasion? This is the goal of the cooperative variant of designed by Inka & Markus Brand for Reiner Stockhausen’s game To achieve this goal the city must be prepared properly the players need to fill the granary reinforce the city walls & secure the outer borders In addition each player has to complete a personal objective as indicated by their character card & as if this was not enough the players must survive several new events arsonists are making trouble & rats have already torn into the cheese supply Though sometimes unexpected support may arrive Apart from the eponymous & central cooperative scenario another 5 new game variants are included in the box " Prosperity" is a classic expansion & was also designed by Inka & Markus Brand " The Duel" is a special scenario for 2 players only in which both opponents must complete 4 objectives The player who completes them fastest wins the duel If both players finished on the same round the player who collected the most valuable goods wins Furthermore the big expansion comes with 3 solo scenarios in which the solo player has to complete certain objectives within a limited number of rounds These scenarios differ in playing time & level of difficulty Apart from the proper strategy the solo player must also have that little bit of luck to draw the right followers from the bag at the right time " Orleans Invasion" is a big expansion pack & the result of many players’ wishes everyone can play their preferred variant or explore their favorite scenario For all " Orleans" fans this is an absolute "must-have" that promises many new challenging game hours in the Loire Valley ...

This Orm Funko POP! Vinyl figure joins the Aquaman range Orm is a new addition to the ever growing Funko POP! Vinyl range Each character stands at around 9cm tall & comes packed in an illustrated window box Collect them all now! ...

An unprecedented homage to modernist architecture from the 1920s up to the present day Ornament Is Crime is a celebration & a thought-provoking reappraisal of modernist architecture The book proposes that modernism need no longer be confined by traditional definitions & can be seen in both the iconic works of the modernist canon by Le Corbusier Mies van der Rohe & Walter Gropius as well as in the work of some of the best contemporary architects of the twenty-first century This book is a visual manifesto & a celebration of the most important architectural movement in modern history ...

Ornamental Driftwood Deer 28cm Standing Driftwood inspired Deer Rustic Feel & Look Attraction piece to a window ledge or mantelpiece Dimensions are 24cm x 12cm x 28cm ...

A charming little driftwood inspired duck ornament complete with a distressed finish Sure to add a hint of nature to any home space Part of a cute range so similar styles are also available ...

Ornamental Driftwood Hedgehog Standing Driftwood inspired Hedgehog Rustic Feel & Look Attraction piece to a window ledge or mantelpiece ...