' The greatest Scottish novelist of modern times' Ian Rankin In this first novel by Muriel Spark
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The Coming of Bill (1920) is the nearest Wodehouse ever came to a serious novel although the influence of the musical comedies he was writing at the time is never far away 320 pages Wodehouse P G ...

If you want God & long for union with him yet sometimes wonder what that means or whether it can mean anything at all you are already walking with the God who comeslf you have ever had an obscure intuition that the truth of things is somehow better greater more wonderful than you deserve or desirethat there is a mercy beyond anything you could ever suspect you are already drawn into the central mystery of salvation Your hope is not a mocking dream; God creates in human hearts a huge desire & a sense of need because he wants to fill them with the gift of himself' So begins this much acclaimed modern spiritual classic in which Maria Boulding explores the self-giving nature of God & the many ways that he comes to us in the events of our lives in others & in prayer Its central message is that God comes to the empty & the needy Whether our need is material or spiritual here is a book of immense hope comfort & promise Maria Boulding is a Benedictine nun of Stanbrook Abbey in Worcestershire & in recent years has been living as a hermit ...

' Stories are something you carry with you something to last your entire life to be passed on to your children & their children for evermore' Duncan Williamson Duncan Williamson came from a family of Travelling People who told stories around the campfire for entertainment & for teaching As a child Duncan learnt the ways of the world through stories ' My father's knowledge told us how to live in this world as natural human beings -- not to be greedy not to be foolish not to be daft or selfish -- by stories' In this collection he passes on some of these wonderful children's folk & fairy tales For over sixty years Duncan travelled around Scotland -- on foot then in a horse & cart & later an old van -- collecting tales which not only come from the Travelling People but from the crofters farmers & shepherds he met along the way This collection

Includes:: tales about cunning foxes & storytelling cats hunchbacked ogres & beautiful unicorns helpful broonies & mysterious fairies rich kings & fearsome warriors as well as those about ordinary folk trying to make their way in the world The stories have been written down as faithfully as possible to Duncan's unique storytelling voice full of colour humour & life

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The Command of the Ocean describes with unprecedented authority & scholarship the rise of Britain to naval greatness & the central place of the Navy & naval activity in the life of the nation & government It describes not just battles voyages & cruises but how the Navy was manned how it was supplied with timber hemp & iron how its men (and sometimes women) were fed & above all how it was financed & directed It was during the century & a half covered by this book that the successful organizing of these last three
- victualling money & management
- took the Navy to the heart of the British state It is the great achievement of the book to show how completely integrated & mutually dependent Britain & the Navy then became

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The Commissar of the title played by Nonna Mordyukova is a Soviet functionary wielding power over a remote Jewish village Neither she nor the villagers care for the status quo but over a period of several weeks both come to accept the situation & to establish a detente ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play From acclaimed director Alan Parker comes the award-winning film that took the world by storm Jimmy Rabbitte (Robert Arkins) knows he's the world's greatest band manager now he just needs a band Auditioning everyone he can find Jimmy gathers ten of the most talented least experienced musicians from the rough streets of working-class Dublin with a plan to launch the greatest Irish Soul band in the world It's a joyful mixture of great characters super dialogue & wonderful music (The Sun) foul-mouthed fast-talking & very funny (Time Out) with a soundtrack from soul paradise (Daily Telegraph) One of the greatest films in the last 50 years (BBC Movie Connections) Ladies & Gentlemen please put your working class hands together for the saviours of soul Actors Robert Arkins Johnny Murphy Andrew Strong Kenneth Mc Cluskey Glen Hansard Directors Alan Parker Format PALLanguage English Subtitles English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Number of discs 1 ...

Discover Virginia Woolf's informative & erudite critical essays on some of the key novelists & dramatists of the canon
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WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY DAVID AARONOVITCHThe Communist Manifesto was first published in London by two young men in their late twenties in 1848 Its impact reverberated across the globe & throughout the next century & it has come to be recognised as one of the most important political texts ever written Maintaining that the history of all societies is a history of class struggle the manifesto proclaims that communism is the only route to equality & is a call to action aimed at the proletariat It is an essential read for anyone seeking to understand our modern political landscape ...

Throughout history some books have changed the world They have transformed the way we see ourselves
- & each other They have inspired
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