With an Introduction & Notes by Dr Keith Carabine University of Kent at Canterbury These three wonderful comic novels drolly record the battle between Lucia & Elisabeth Mapp for social & cultural supremacy in the village of Tilling (based on Rye) Their constant skirmishes ensure that every game of bridge tea or dinner-party church service council meeting or art-exhibition are thrilling encounters that ensure Tilling is always on a very agreeable rack of suspense' Both Elisabeth & Lucia are gross hypocrites snobs & bullies the huge differences in temperament & style ensure the battle is usually unequal Elisabeth is incurably mean-spirited & Lucia suffers from splendid delusions of grandeur & personal prestige Driven by demons of revenge Elisabeth always acts impulsively & therefore every revelation of her meanness allows Lucia the consummate actress to kill her ally with a sickening kindness In his insightful Introduction Keith Carabine shows that these books are excruciatingly funny because Benson like Jane Austen invites the reader to view the world through the self-deluded chronic anger & jaundiced suspicions of Elisabeth & through the self-deluded fabrications & day-dreams of Lucia Carabine also concentrates on the novels' disturbing bitchy camp' humour whenever that horrid thing which Freud calls sex is raised' ...

Massage has a fascinating history dating back 4000 years & evidence of the beneficial effects of massage on animals is not difficult to find; we need only look at animals to understand the importance they place on the use of massage through mutual (allogrooming) or self-grooming Among dogs an individual suffering from a sore or some other form of injury will often have the affected area roughly licked by another pack member This action which resembles rubbing is in effect a form of muscle massage The techniques explained & demonstrated in this valuable book
- which incorporate a 'trouble shooting' guide for problems when working on your dog
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Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play The definite three disc Blu-ray set The Complete Matrix Trilogy features all three films in the trilogy together for the first time ever in stunning high definition with a newly re-mastered picture & sound for The Matrix Also included is the companion piece The Matrix Revisited two new audio commentaries on each film Enter the Matrix video game footage deep-delving featurettes documentaries & much more! The Matrix Perception The Everyday World is Real Reality That World is a hoax an elaborate deception spun by all-powerful machines of artificial intelligence that control us Mind blowing stunts Techno-slamming visuals Megakick action Keanu Reeves & Laurence Fishburne lead the fight to free humankind in The Matrix the cyber thriller that you will watch again & again Written & Directed by the Wachowski brothers (Bound) the story sears the special effects stake out new movie-making territory
- the movie leaves you breathless The Matrix Reloaded Neo & the leaders of the human resistance discover that Sentinels are burrowing their way towards Zion Estimating they have perhaps just 72 hours until an all-out assault Neo must return back into the Matrix & find the keymaker to gain access to the mainframe to ensure human survival The Matrix Revolutions In this final explosive third installment of the Matrix trilogy the city of Zion last bastion of the human race defends itself against the massive invasion of the machines as Neo attempts to fulfill his prophecy as & The One& As the Machine Army wages devastation on Zion its citizens mount an aggressive defense
- but can they stave off the relentless swarm of Sentinels long enough for Neo adrift in a no man&s land between the Matrix & the Machine world to harness the full extent of his powers & end the war? Commentaries by Philosophers
- Dr Cornel West & Ken Wilber Critics
- Todd Mc Carthy John Powers & David Thomson Cast Crew
- Carrie-Anne Moss Zach Staenberg & John Gaeta for THE MATRIXComposer
- Don Davis with Music
- Only Track for THE MATRIXThe Matrix Revisited
- feature-length documentary Behind The Matrix 83 Featurettes with THE MTV MOVIE AWARDS RELOADED & 3-D EVOLUTIONS Stills Gallery THE MUSIC REVISITED 41-Track Audio Selection of Nearly 3 Hours of Music Music Videos Marilyn Manson&s ROCK IS DEAD & POD&s SLEEPING AWAKEENTER THE MATRIX THE GAME Documentary ENTER THE MATRIX View 23 Live-Action Scenes Shot for the Video Game That Plug into the Action of THE MATRIX RELOADEDTheatrical Trailers & TV Spots Actors Keanu Reeves Laurence Fishburne Carrie-Anne Moss Hugo Weaving Joe Pantoliano Monica Bellucci Bruce Spence Anthony Wong Anthony Zerbe Ngai Sing Jada Pinkett Smith & Gloria Foster Director The Wachowski Brothers Certificate 15 years & over Year 1999 ; 2003 Screen Widescreen 2351 Languages English
- Dolby True HD (51) Additional Languages Spanish ; Italian ; French Subtitles English ; Brazilian Portuguese ; Dutch ; French ; Italian ; Latin Spanish ; English for the hard of hearing ; Italian for the hard of hearing Duration 6 hours & 45 minutes (approx)








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The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman
- the Pulitzer prize-winning Holocaust survivor story& The most affecting & successful narrative
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Fully updated with the latest industry standards this 4th Edition of The Complete Nail Technician by Marian Newman is a must-have for every nail technician From the first time student studying towards their Level 2 or 3 qualification to the practising professional seeking to refresh their skills this respected book will appeal to those who want to develop excellence in their chosen profession Written in Newman's accessible & professional style this text provides readers with the benefit of her extensive experience by passing on top tips & advice It is the only nails textbook endorsed by Habia & VTCT & is an essential reference manual for all nail technicians & manicurists ...

Ever since he became a Christian at the age of forty it has been Poirot actor David Suchet's dream to make an audio recording of the whole Bible In between filming the final episodes of Poirot David Suchet spent over 200 hours in the recording studio to create the very first full-length audio version of the NIV Bible spoken by a single British actor This 80-hour recording comes on six MP3 CDs It can be used on any device that displays the MP3 symbol You can transfer the audio files for your personal use onto your computer smartphone MP3 player & other compatible devices It is also available separately as an audio digital download Ebooks of each section of the Bible
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From one of the greatest novelists of the nineteenth century The Complete Novels of Jane Austen collects all of Jane Austen's novels in a single volume published in Penguin Classics Few novelists have conveyed the subtleties & nuances of their own social milieu with the wit & insight of Jane Austen Here in one volume are her seven great novels Sense & Sensibility Pride & Prejudice Mansfield Park Emma Northanger Abbey Persuasion & Lady Susan Through her vivacious & spirited heroines & their circle Austen vividly portrays English middle-class life as the eighteenth century came to a close & the nineteenth century began Each of the novels is a love story & a story about marriage
- marriage for love for financial security for social status But they are not straightforward romances ironic comic & wise they are masterly evocations of the society Jane Austen observed This beautiful volume covers the literary career of one of England's finest prose stylists of any century Jane Austen (1775-1817) was famously modest about her own genius but has become one of English literature's most revered writers Austen began writing at a young age embarking on what is possibly her best-known work Pride & Prejudice at the age of 22 She was the author of Sense & Sensibility Pride & Prejudice Emma Persuasion Mansfield Park & Northanger Abbey If you enjoyed The Complete Novels of Jane Austen you might like Charlotte Bronte's Jane Eyre also available in Penguin Classics' One of my favourite writers' Helen Fielding author of Bridget Jones's Diary' You care about the people living between Austen's pages as intensely as if they were real' Esther Freud author of Hideous Kinky' Jane Austen is a writer who will be with you for a lifetime' Elizabeth Buchan author of Revenge of the Middle Aged Woman
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The perfect gift for any Jane Austen lover for only GBP1999 Each boxset contains seven books together creating a comprehensive collection of Austen's best & much-loved works Beautifully packaged in a ridged matt-laminated slipcase with metallic detailing complete with strikingly attractive bespoke artwork
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- Emma 9781840226966
- Lady Susan & Other Works 9781853260322
- Mansfield Park 9781853260438
- Northanger Abbey 9781853260568
- Persuasion 9781853260001
- Pride & Prejudice 9781853260162
- Sense & Sensibility







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Complete & unabridged this elegantly designed hardcover edition is slip cased & features a ribbon marker & period styling as well as an introduction providing the reader with enlightening information on Austen's life & works Jane Austen revolutionized the literary romance using it as a platform from which to address issues of gender politics & class consciousness among the British middle-class of the late eighteenth century The novels included in the collection
- Sense & Sensibility Pride & Prejudice Mansfield Park Emma Northanger Abbey Persuasion & Lady Susan
- represent all of Austen's complete novels & provide the reader with an entrance into the world she & her memorable characters inhabited With witty unflinching morality Austen portrays English middle-class life as the eighteenth century came to a close & the nineteenth century began Austin's heroines find happiness in many forms each of the novels is a story of love & marriage-marriage for love financial security & for social status In a publishing career that spanned less than ten years her work brought her little personal fame & only a few positive reviews during her lifetime It wasn't until the 1940s that she became widely accepted in academia as a great English writer The second half of the 20th century saw a proliferation of Austen scholarship & the emergence of a fan culture Austen's works continue to influence the course of the novel even as they charm readers today Complete & unabridged this beautiful volume is magnificent Elegantly designed this cloth bound hardcover edition is slip cased & features a ribbon marker & period styling A must have for any Janeite Also included is an original introduction that provides the reader with enlightening information on Jane Austen's life & works

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Jane Austen is without question one of England's most enduring & skilled novelists With her wit social precision & unerring ability to create some of literature's most charismatic & believable heroines she mesmerises her readers as much today as when her novels were first published Whether it is her sharp ironic gaze at the Gothic genre invoked by the adventures of Catherine Morland in Northanger Abbey; the diffident & much put-upon Fanny Price struggling to cope with her emotions in Mansfield Park; her delightfully paced comedy of manners & the machinations of the sisters Elinor & Marianne in Sense & Sensibility; the quiet strength of Anne Elliot in Persuasion succeeding in a world designed to subjugate her very existence; & Emma
- 'a heroine whom no one but myself will like' teased Austen
- yet another irresistible character on fire with imagination & foresight Indeed not unlike her renowned creator Jane Austen is as sure-footed in her steps through society's whirlpools of convention & prosaic mores as she is in her sometimes restrained but ever precise & enduring prose

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