'I drew my first breath on the 28th of January 1935 which was quite a good time for a future writer to be born in England' The only child in a lower-middle-class London family David Lodge inherited his artistic genes from his musician father & his Catholic faith from his Irish-Belgian mother 496 pages Lodge David ...

Yeah yeah the usual A crime A corpse A killer Heard it Except this stiff happens to be a Ponsonby scion of a venerable Edinburgh medical clan & the manner of his death speaks of unspeakable things Why is the body displayed like a slice of beef? How come his hands are digitally challenged? & if it's not the corpse what is that awful smell?A post-Thatcherite nightmare of frightening plausibility QUITE UGLY ONE MORNING is a wickedly entertaining & vivacious thriller full of acerbic wit cracking dialogue & villains both reputed & shell-suited ...

THE QUITTER SC Written by Harvey Pekar Art & cover by Dean Haspiel most poignant & satisfying effort to date"
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Qui VR literally puts the incredibly satisfying power of the of real-world archery in your hands Tasked with defending your keep from an ever-advancing enemy you’ll find yourself in a thrilling fight for your very survival! Tasked with defending your people against an army of invading monsters all that stands between life & death is your skill your allies & the powerful equipment you&ll earn along the way With satisfying intuitive archery gameplay that is a great single player game but is truly unique as a Drop-in Drop-out 4 player CO-OP multiplayer Features Best in class bow & arrow physics researched with & modelled after real life counterparts Drop-in Drop-out 4 player CO-OP multiplayer Global weekly leader boards Customizable Armor Change your appearance & abilities to help destroy the encroaching hordes Spectator mode with cinematic camera Fluid Difficulty System to provide challenge for all skill levels Required (not included) Play Station VR Headset Play Station 4 Camera Move Controllers ...

From the author of the bestselling Brain Games for Clever Kids this quiz book will keep clever kids entertained for hours It's jam packed full of quizzes to complete! Conveniently compact for travelling this book is perfect for clever kids who love to truly test their brain power The book has over 600 questions to keep even the cleverest of kids entertained from science & nature to history & geography Jam-packed with 10 different kinds of quiz such as 'true or false' & multiple choice to keep kids on their toes it's impossible to get bored of these brain busters There are three difficulty levels so kids can either work their way to the top or give themselves the ultimate challenge! Other books in the series include 9781780552491 Brain Games For Clever Kids 9781780553078 Wordsearches for Clever Kids 9781780553085 Crosswords for Clever Kids ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Before 300 Before Gladiator Before Ben-Hur There Was Quo Vadis Rome burns Nero fiddles Christianity rises & moviegoers turned out in throngs for this years-in-the-making film colossus boasting eight Oscar nominations (including Best Picture) & featuring 110 speaking parts 30000 participants & a filmed-on-location panoply of marching legions magisterial pageantry & massive spectacle that

Includes:: the martyrdom of Christians thrown to the lions before cheering Coliseum throngs Robert Taylor plays the Legion commander whose love for a Christian slave girl (Deborah Kerr) crosses the divide between Empire & a sect with a higher loyalty Presiding over all is Nero (Peter Ustinov) He is Caesar madman murderer
- an imperial ruler of the spectacular & spectacularly doomed glory that was Rome


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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 Marcus Vinicius meets Lygia in Rome & falls in love But she is Christian & doesn&t want anything to do with him Marcus decides to kidnap her but Ursus her bodyguard catches Marcus After that Lygia falls in love but Marcus must go to meet Nero After the meeting somebody told Marcus that Nero burnt Rome Marcus decides to go back to Rome & find Lygia ...

Inspirational"es & photos of adorable goats 112 pages

Includes:: 55 colour photographs throughout Monteiro

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Fourteen centuries of Islamic thought have produced a legacy of interpretive readings of the Qu'ran written almost entirely by men Now with Qu'ran & Woman Amina Wadud provides a first interpretive reading by a woman a reading which validates the female voice in the Qu'ran & brings it out of the shadows Muslim progressives have long argued that it is not the religion but patriarchal interpretation & implementation of the Qu'ran that have kept women oppressed For many the way to reform is the reexamination & reinterpretation of religious texts Qu'ran & Woman contributes a gender inclusive reading to one of the most fundamental disciplines in Islamic thought Qu'ranic exegesis Wadud breaks down specific texts & key words which have been used to limit women's public & private role even to justify violence toward Muslim women revealing that their original meaning & context defy such interpretations What her analysis clarifies is the lack of gender bias precedence or prejudice in the essential language of the Qur'an Despite much Qu'ranic evidence about the significance of women gender reform in Muslim society has been stubbornly resisted Wadud's reading of the Qu'ran confirms womens equality & constitutes legitimate grounds for contesting the unequal treatment that women have experienced historically & continue to experience legally in Muslim communities The Qu'ran does not prescribe one timeless & unchanging social structure for men & women Wadud argues lucidly affirming that the Qu'ran holds greater possibilities for guiding human society to a more fulfilling & productive mutual collaboration between men & women than as yet attained by Muslims or non-Muslims ...