In this series of letters to William Townend a fellow-writer & friend since their schooldays at Dulwich College Wodehouse discusses in some detail his literary outlook writing methods & constant hunt for new plots Characteristically modest & lightly humorous in tone the letters are nevertheless revealing of a dedicated practical & scrupulous craftsman whose most brilliant inspirations were grounded in decades of unremitting hard work The letters are introduced & annotated by the editor who provided Wodehouse with the idea for one of his most famous characters Ukridge ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play He lived to find beauty He killed to possess it Jean-Baptiste Grenouille born with no smell develops a superior olfactory sense which he uses to create the world&s finest perfumes His work however takes a dark turn as he searches for the ultimate scent Actors Ben Whishaw Dustin Hoffman Alan Rickman Rachel Hurd Wood Andreas Herrera Simon Chandler David Calder Richard Felix Birgit Minichmayr Reg Wilson Carlos Gramaje Sian Thomas & Michael Smiley Director Tom Tykwer Certificate 15 years & over Year 2006 Screen Widescreen Anamorphic Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) Subtitles English Duration 2 hours & 27 minutes (approx) Region Region 2
- Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players

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A complete introduction to the psychology & science of perfume with instructions on using & layering scent & making your own perfumed sprays oils & bath & body products At a time when advertising bombards us with the hard sell for the latest celebrity perfumes fragrance expert Karen Gilbert shows how to create & blend your very own signature scent Perfume The Art & Craft of Fragrance introduces us to the psychology of smell & explains how fragrance can influence our moods & behaviour & gives a brief overview of perfume through the ages A key chapter teaches you how to train your nose to recognize the five different fragrance families (floral oriental citrus chypre fougere) & how to identify the top middle & base notes of a perfume Once you have understood the basics of how to build a fragrance learn how to layer scents by creating perfume oils sprays & solids plus scented bath & body products & home fragrance sprays from the easy step-by-step recipes Illustrated throughout with charming artworks & photographs Perfume The Art & Craft of Fragrance is the perfect introduction to the art & romance of creating perfume ...

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Patrick Suskind's Perfume is a classic novel of death & sensuality in Paris' In eighteenth-century France there lived a man who was one of the most gifted & abominable personages in an era that knew no lack of gifted & abominable personages His name was Jean-Baptiste Grenouille & if his name has been forgotten today it is certainly not because Grenouille fell short of those more famous blackguards when it came to arrogance misanthropy immorality or more succinctly wickedness but because his gifts & his sole ambition were restricted to a domain that leaves no traces in history to the fleeting realm of scent '' An astonishing tour de force both in concept & execution' Guardian'A fantastic tale of murder & twisted eroticism controlled by a disgusted loathing of humanity Clever stylish absorbing & well worth reading' Literary Review'A meditation on the nature of death desire & decay a remarkable debut' Peter Ackroyd The New York Times Book Review' Unlike anything else one has read A phenomenon Everyone seems to want to get a whiff of this strange perfume which will remain unique in contemporary literature' Figaro' An ingenious & totally absorbing fantasy' Daily Telegraph' Witty stylish & ferociously absorbing' Observer Patrick Suskind was born near Munich in 1949 He studied medieval & modern history at the University of Munich His first play The Double Bass was written in 1980 & became an international success His first novel Perfume became an internationally acclaimed bestseller He is also the author of The Pigeon & Mr Summer's Story & a coauthor of the enormously successful German television series Kir Royal Patrick Suskind lives & writes in Munich ...

Bigfoot ghosts mothman & the chupacabras
- strange & mysterious creatures from folklore & local legend cryptids that stay just
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Two different Monsters from the Southern Hemisphere
- one from Australia & one from Peru
- test The Perhapanauts' strength courage

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Pericles is a four player &sandbox& design that covers the period from 460 BC to 400 BC The players each represent one of two Athenian or Spartan factions The game has a political & a war phase During the war phase the players are US versus THEM During the Political Phase it is ME versus YOU (Athenian faction versus Athenian faction & Spartan king versus Spartan king) The City State (Athens or Sparta) that gains the most Honor wins the war & the faction on the winning side with the most Honor wins the game There are over twenty scenarios that cover portions of the war with playing times from 30 minutes (mini Theater scenario) 45 minutes (6 years of the war) 90 minutes (a decade of war) & then there are the three long scenarios that cover the 1st Peloponnesian War 2nd Peloponnesian War plus the Campaign game There are rules for 3 player 2 player & solitaire play ...

When 11-year-old Caitlin discovers a shrimp-like alien creature on the shores of her island home she takes responsibility for teaching it about the world Mostly this just involved stopping little Perijee from eating everything! Caitlin becomes increasingly close to her alien friend treating him like a brother There's only one problem
- Perijee won't stop growing Then the authorities try to hunt him down & through his fear Perijee disappears & starts causing trouble Caitlin must leave home & travel across the country to try & convince Perijee to stop destroying everything before it's too late
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Agatha Christie's ingenious murder mystery reissued with a striking new cover designed to appeal to the latest generation of Agatha Christie fans & book lovers Nick Buckley was an unusual name for a pretty young woman But then she had led an unusual life First on a treacherous Cornish hillside the brakes on her car failed Then on a coastal path a falling boulder missed her by inches Later an oil painting fell & almost crushed her in bed Upon discovering a bullet-hole in Nick's sun hat Hercule Poirot decides the girl needs his protection At the same time he begins to unravel the mystery of a murder that hasn't been committed Yet ...