In The Cabaret of Plants Mabey explores the plant species which have challenged our imaginations awoken our wonder & upturned our ideas about history science beauty & belief Picked from every walk of life they encompass crops weeds medicines religious gathering-places & a water lily named after a queen Beginning with pagan cults & creation myths the cultural significance of plants has burst upwards sprouting into forms as diverse as the panacea (the cure-all plant ginseng a single root of which can cost up to 10000) Newton's apple the African 'vegetable elephant' or boabab
- & the mystical night-flowering Amazonian cactus the moonflower Ranging widely across science art & cultural history poetry & personal experience Mabey puts plants centre stage & reveals a true botanical cabaret a world of tricksters shape-shifters & inspired problem-solvers as well as an enthralled audience of romantics eccentric amateur scientists & transgressive artists The Cabaret of Plants celebrates the idea that plants are not simply 'the furniture of the planet' but vital inventive individual beings worthy of respect
- & that to understand this may be the best way of preserving life together on Earth

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Winner of the Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a Novel 2019
- The Cabin at the End of the World adds an inventive
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Seminary student Brett Ethos (Matt Thompson) falls away from the church & his faith only to find out that his bloodline is sought after by a real evil On a trip with friends & an old flame he goes to explore a cabin left to him by the will of his family There; he discovers his true heritage Temptation or redemption becomes his ultimatum His friend&s lives & his own hang in the balance ...

Since its creation in the depths of the Great War in December 1916 the Cabinet Office has retained a uniquely central place in the ever-changing political landscape of the last century While the revolving door of 10 Downing Street admits & ejects its inhabitants every few years the Cabinet Office remains a constant supporting & guiding successive Prime Ministers & their governments regardless of their political leanings all the while keeping the British state safe stable & secure It has been at the centre of everything
- wars intelligence briefings spy scandals disputed elections political crises
- & its eleven Cabinet Secretaries ever at the right hand of their political masters have borne witness to them all The true 'men of secrets' these individuals are granted access to the meetings that determine the course of history trusted with the most classified information the state possesses Written with unparalleled access to documents & personnel by acclaimed political historian commentator & biographer Anthony Seldon this lavishly illustrated history is the definitive inside account of what has really gone on in the last 100 years of British politics

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play The manic madness of Jim Carrey strikes again in this totally wired out of control comedy! Slip the cable guy fifty bucks & you’ll get the movie channels for free – it’s a time honoured urban ritual But when Steven Kovacs (Matthew Broderick) moves into his new apartment he picks the wrong cable guy – this guy doesn’t want fifty bucks; he just wants a friend for life… & he won’t take no for an answer Actors Jim Carrey Eric Roberts Matthew Broderick Leslie Mann George Segal Janeane Garofalo Jack Black Diane Baker Ben Stiller & Andy Dick Director Ben Stiller Certificate 12 years & over Year 1996 Screen Widescreen 2351 Anamorphic ; Fullscreen Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) ; Dolby Digital Surround Additional Languages Spanish ; French Subtitles Korean ; Spanish Closed Captions Yes Duration 1 hour & 32 minutes (approx) Region Region 2
- Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players

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TOP AUTHORS POKE FUN & PAY TRIBUTE TO HP LOVECRAFT&S CTHULHU MYTHOS Knock knock! Who’s there? Cthul Cthul who? Exactly! I&ve come to tickle your funnybone Oh & also to eat your soul In 1928 Weird Tales debuted “ The Call of Cthulhu” by HP Lovecraft & the Cthulhu Mythos was born In the 90 years since dozens of writers have dared play within HPL’s mind-blowing creation—but never with such terrifyingly funny results Now top authors lampoon parody & subvert Lovecraft’s Mythos See Cthulhu cut short his nap at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean to invade North Korea! Watch the Unspeakable Eater of Souls solve crimes on the pulpy streets of Innsmouth! & speaking of largish Elder Gods listen to a plastic Elvis doll dispense folksy advice straight from the heart of the Emperor of Dread! Again Ol’ Tentacle-Face is confronted by frail humans who dare defy the Incarnation of Ultimate Evil—but this time not by brave monster hunters & terrified villagers but by fan fiction writers clueless college students & corporate lawyers (okay we realize it’s hard to know who to root for in that confrontation) Twenty-three mirthful manifestations within the Cthulhu Mythos from best-selling & award-winning authors Neil Gaiman Mike Resnick Esther Friesner Ken Liu Jody Lynn Nye Laura Resnick Nick Mamatas & many more! Guaranteed to leave you howling Because if you look at it just right there’s nothing funnier than a soul writhing in cosmic horror before a tentacled maw of malevolence As HPL himself saith “ From even the greatest of horrors irony is seldom absent” ...

It's never too late to bloom ' The Cactus will be compared to Gail Honeyman's 2017 hit the appealingly eccentric Eleanor Oliphant is Absolutely Fine' The Sunday Times' Wonderfully funny & astute' Red' Funny compelling well-writtenfor fans of Marian Keyes who demand a bit of grit in their comic writing' Emerald Street' Legal battles lapses of logic & the joys & fears of motherhood are explored in this astute funny & moving novel of a woman learning how to let go' Daily Mail' An original engaging & totally believable character'
- Graeme Simsion author of The Rosie Project People aren't sure what to make of Susan Green
- family & colleagues find her prickly & hard to understand but Susan makes perfect sense to herself & that's all she needs At 45 she thinks her life is perfect as long as she avoids her feckless brother Edward
- a safe distance away in Birmingham She has a London flat which is ideal for one; a job that suits her passion for logic; & a personal arrangement providing cultural & other more intimate benefits Yet suddenly faced with the loss of her mother & implausibly with the possibility of becoming a mother herself Susan's greatest fear is being realised she is losing control When she discovers that her mother's will inexplicably favours her brother Susan sets out to prove that Edward & his equally feckless friend Rob somehow coerced this dubious outcome But when problems closer to home become increasingly hard to ignore she finds help in the most unlikely of places This sparkling debut is a breath of fresh air with real heart & a powerful emotional punch In Susan we find a character as exasperating & delightful as The Rosie Project's Don Tillman An uncompromising feminist & a fierce fighter it's a joy to watch her bloom' Gloriousit twists & turns through human nature wonderfully' Kat Brown' If like me you never stopped to think what a child born of The Rosie Project's Don Tillman & Bridget Jones might be like there's one way to find out Read Sarah Haywood's The Cactus Meet Susan Green She doesn't understand how funny she is which is delicious' Julia Claiborne Johnson author of Be Frank with Me


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IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO BLOOMPeople aren't sure what to make of Susan Green
- a prickly independent woman who has everything just
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Disc 11 Desperado 2 I&m Calling You 3 Please Don&t Call Me Crazy 4 Got A Lotta Love 5 Easy Way 6 Downtown 7 Boomerang 8 See It Through 9 I Am The Road 10 Blue As The Ocean ...

Soon to be a Netflix Original starring Reese Witherspoon as control-queen Susan Green who aged 45 falls unexpectedly pregnant & real life in all its messiness shows her it's never too late to bloom 384 pages Haywood Sarah ...