What Britain refined America defined Assembled by two key figures at the heart of the movement & told through the voices o musicians artists iconoclastic reporters & entrepreneurial groupies PLEASE KILL ME is the full decadent story of the American punk scene through the early years of Andy Warhol's Factory to the New York underground of Max's Kansas City & later its heyday at CBGB's spiritual home to the Ramones Talking Heads Television & Blondie PLEASE KILL ME goes backstage & behind apartment doors to chronicle the sex drugs & power struggles that were the very fabric of the American punk community to the time before piercing & tattoos became commonplace & when every concert new band & fashion statement marked an absolute first From Iggy Pop & Lou Reed to the Clash & the Sex Pistols (the first time around) Mc Neil & Mc Cain document a time of glorious self-destruction & perverse innocence
- possibly the last time so many will so much fun in the pursuit of excess
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Combining a unique setting with universal themes PLEASE LOOK AFTER MOTHER is a beautifully rendered novel about sacrifice guilt & the ties of family love PLEASE LOOK AFTER MOTHER is the story of So-nyo a wife & mother who has lived a life of sacrifice & compromise In the past she suffered a stroke leaving her vulnerable & often confused Now travelling from the Korean countryside to the Seoul of her grown-up children So-nyo is separated from her husband when the doors close on a packed train As her children & husband search the streets they recall So-nyo's life & all they have left unsaid Through their piercing voices we begin to discover the desires heartaches & secrets she harboured within & as the mystery of her disappearance unravels we uncover a larger mystery that of all mothers & children how affection exasperation hope & guilt add up to love Compassionate redemptive & beautifully written PLEASE LOOK AFTER MOTHER will reconnect you to the story of your own family & to the forgotten sacrifices that lie at its heart ...

Learn to say 'please' with the grumpiest of pandas! The bestselling picture book by award-winning author & illustrator Steve Antony Panda has a tray of doughnuts Animal after animal tells him the one they want but it's only when Lemur says 'please' politely that Panda will give any out!' An ideal book for kids to learn about the importance of good manners' Sun ' There's a new pre-school politeness tsar in town' The Times Steve Antony has won the Oscar's First Book Price for The Queen's Hat Please Mr Panda has taken the publishing world by storm selling 150000 copies since it was first published ...

Learn to say 'please' with the grumpiest of pandas! The bestselling picture book now available as a cased board book for the youngest of readers Panda has a tray of doughnuts Animal after animal tells him the one they want but it's only when Lemur says 'please' politely that Panda will give any out!' An ideal book for kids to learn about the importance of good manners' Sun ' There's a new pre-school politeness tsar in town' The Times Steve Antony has won the Oscar's First Book Price for The Queen's Hat Please Mr Panda has taken the publishing world by storm selling over 300000 copies since it was first published ...

Happy 30th birthday Please Mrs Butler! This witty collection of school poems by Allan Ahlberg re-jacketed for its 30th anniversary & for a whole new generation of school children to fall in love with is full of typical classroom events that will be recognized & enjoyed by everyone From never-ending projects reading tests quarreling making-up excuses & ' Please Sir it isn't fair' Fritz Wegner's line drawings beautifully complement the hilarious & poignant verses Please Mrs Butler was voted the most important twentieth-century children's poetry book in a Books for Keeps poll ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play A big-screen version of the popular 1970s sitcom starring John Alderton as the put apon teacher The plot centres on a chaotic trip to the country for the unruly class of 5C who taunt a rival school visit a pub & start huge food fights Cilla Black sings & La La La Lu& ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play British comedy at its best Please Sir is fondly remembered by an entire generation of TV viewers Starring John Alderton as the idealistic teacher Bernard Hedges who is put in charge of the worst class ever come back to school & relive the hilarity with Please Sir! Actors John Alderton Derek Guyler Noel Howlett Joan Sanderson Richard Davies & Erik Chitty Certificate 12 years & over Year 1968
- 1972 Screen Fullscreen 43 Languages English Duration 25 Hours & 15 Minutes (approx)
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In Please Take Me Home Clare Campbell takes us on a journey with the nation's rescue cats from being treated as pests throughout history to being the pet of choice today For a long time stray cats in Britain were seen as a nuisance & hunted down as vermin Having invited this wild independent creature into our homes humans did not extend their welcome for long Over time thousands of cats were subsequently abandoned & left to live on the margins of survival There were however the kind few who sought to help But these good spirited people were often scorned even derided as 'mad' A Princess of Wales was even told to stop helping lost cats in order to avoid a royal scandal; the story was kept a secret of state for years It would take over a century for strays to become the beloved rescue cats of today with some now gaining celebrity status such as Downing Street's Larry or Street Cat Bob Please Take Me Home is a fascinating & insightful history through the ages of the struggle for cats to exist in domesticity alongside mankind ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play A titillating British farce partly inspired by Peyton Place Please Turn Over was based on the long-running West End play Book of the Month by Basil Thomas The orderly suburban life of a 1950s English town is turned on its head when the teenage daughter (Julia Lockwood Heidi) of one of the residents writes a steamy bestseller featuring characters obviously based on the local population They begin to see themselves & their neighbours in a surprising new light As the girl&s fame escalates her friends & family enter the realm of notoriety which turns out not to be so bad after all From the Carry-On writer-director team of Norman Hudis & Gerald Thomas Leslie Phillips stands out amongst an estimable British cast including Joan Sims Charles Hawtrey & Lionel Jeffries as the wonderfully named Dr Henry Manners Actors Ted Ray Jean Kent Leslie Phillips Joan Sims Julia Lockwood & Tim Seely Director Gerald Thomas Certificate 12 years & over Year 1959 Languages English Duration 1 hour & 27 minutes (approx) ...

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