For most people in England today the church is simply the empty building at the end of theroad visited for the first time if at all when dead It offers its sacraments to a population that lives without rites of passage & which regards the National Health Service rather than the National Church as its true spiritual guardian In Our Church Scruton argues that the Anglican Church is the forlorn trustee of an architectural & artistic inheritance that remains one of the treasures of European civilization He contends that it is a still point in the centre of English culture & that its defining texts the King James Bible & the Book of Common Prayer are the sources from which much of our national identity derives At once an elegy to a vanishing world & a clarion call to recognize Anglicanism's continuing relevance Our Church is a graceful & persuasive book ...

Written by one of Poland's leading playwrights Tadeusz Slobodzianek Based on a tragic historic event that happened in the town of Jedwabne Poland in 1941 Our Class chronicles the lives of ten classmates from their childhood in the 1920s to the beginning of the new millennium Translated by Ryan Craig 96 pages Craig Ryan ...

This book is the most comprehensive & up-to-date analysis of public ownership in the United States arguing that it is more widespread popular & efficient than is commonly understood -- 256 pages Hanna Thomas M ...

Our universe seems strangely biophilic or hospitable to life Is this happenstance providence or coincidence? According to cosmologist Martin Rees the answer depends on the answer to another question the one posed by Einstein's famous remark What interests me most is whether God could have made the world differently This highly engaging book explores the fascinating consequences of the answer being yes Rees explores the notion that our universe is just a part of a vast multiverse or ensemble of universes in which most of the other universes are lifeless What we call the laws of nature would then be no more than local bylaws imposed in the aftermath of our own Big Bang In this scenario our cosmic habitat would be a special possibly unique universe where the prevailing laws of physics allowed life to emerge Rees begins by exploring the nature of our solar system & examining a range of related issues such as whether our universe is or isn't infinite He asks for example How likely is life? How credible is the Big Bang theory? Rees then peers into the long-range cosmic future before tracing the causal chain backward to the beginning He concludes by trying to untangle the paradoxical notion that our entire universe stretching 10 billion light-years in all directions emerged from an infinitesimal speck As Rees argues we may already have intimations of other universes But the fate of the multiverse concept depends on the still-unknown bedrock nature of space & time on scales a trillion trillion times smaller than atoms in the realm governed by the quantum physics of gravity Expanding our comprehension of the cosmos Our Cosmic Habitat will be read & enjoyed by all those--scientists & nonscientists alike--who are as fascinated by the universe we inhabit as is the author himself ...

Australia 1789 A young married lieutenant is directing rehearsals of the first play ever to be staged in that country With only two copies of the text a cast of convicts & one leading lady who may be about to be hanged conditions are hardly ideal Winner of the Laurence Olivier Play of the Year Award in 1988 & many other major awards Our Country's Good premiered at the Royal Court Theatre London in 1988 & opened on Broadway in 1991 ' Rarely has the redemptive transcendental power of theatre been argued with such eloquence & passion' Georgina Brown Independent Methuen Student Editions are expertly annotated texts of a wide range of plays from the modern & classic repertoires As well as the complete text of the play itself the volume contains a chronology of the playwright's life & work; an introduction giving the background to the play; a discussion of the various interpretations; & notes on individual words & phrases in the text ...

Key features of this text How to study the text Author & historical background General & detailed summaries Commentary on themes structure characters language & style Glossaries Test questions & issues to consider Essay writing advice Cultural connections Literary terms Illustrations Colour design ...

Mrs Kay's ' Progress Class' are unleashed for a day's coach trip to Conway Castle in Wales
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The Heinemann Plays series offers contemporary drama & classic plays in durable classroom editions Many have large casts & an equal mix of boy & girl parts The television play Our Day Out asks what can a group of back-street kids from Liverpool expect from life beyond a rare day out? ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Remy (Vincent Cassel Black Swan) & Patrick (Olivier Barthelemy Mesrine Public Enemy No 1) are ostracised redheaded strangers who bond over their hatred of society The sociopathic Remy manipulates Patrick into going on a road trip from France to Ireland where Remy dreams he will assume the mantle of a redheaded messiah They wreck havoc along the way This is the first feature film by Romain Gavras director of MIA’s controversial “ Born Free” music video The striking & moody visuals are complimented by a score by electro artist Sebasti An Special Features Music videos by Romain Gavras Making of ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Remy (Vincent Cassel Black Swan La Haine Ocean&8217;s 13) & Patrick (Olivier Barthelemy Mesrine Public Enemy No 1) are ostracised redheaded strangers who bond over their hatred of society The sociopathic Remy manipulates Patrick into going on a roadtrip from France to Ireland where Remy dreams he will assume the mantle of a redheaded messiah They wreak havoc along the way This is the first feature film by Romain Gavras director of MIA&8217;s controversial &8220; Born Free” music video The striking & moody visuals are complimented by a score by electro artist Sebasti An Actors Vincent Cassel Olivier Barthelemy Justine Lerooy Directors Romain Gavras Format PALLanguage French Subtitles English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Number of discs 1 ...