Do words fail you? Never again once you've become the proud owner of The Complete Uxbridge English Dictionary Every word has a meaning but over the years those meanings change Dip into these helpfully illustrated pages & you'll find many of the words you use every day without ever realising that their up-to-date definition is something entirely different Words like 'bunny' (rather like a bun) or 'cherish' (rather like a chair) ' Cardiology' (the study of knitwear) or 'buggery' (the study of insects) ' Venezuala' (a gondola with a harpoon) or ' Norway' (a Geordie exclamation of surprise) 'ivy' (the Roman for "four") or 'faculty' (cockney for "there's no more PG Tips") Thanks to The Complete Uxbridge English Dictionary you can now use familiar everyday words in total confidence fully appraised of their latest meanings Happy wording! ...

Do words fail you? Never again once you've become the proud owner of The Complete Uxbridge English Dictionary Every word has a meaning but over the years those meanings change Dip into these helpfully illustrated pages & you'll find many of the words you use every day without ever realising that their up-to-date definition is something entirely different Words like 'bunny' (rather like a bun) or 'cherish' (rather like a chair) ' Cardiology' (the study of knitwear) or 'buggery' (the study of insects) ' Venezuala' (a gondola with a harpoon) or ' Norway' (a Geordie exclamation of surprise) 'ivy' (the Roman for four) or 'faculty' (cockney for there's no more PG Tips) Thanks to The Complete Uxbridge English Dictionary you can now use familiar everyday words in total confidence fully appraised of their latest meanings Happy wording! ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Complete collection of the documentary series following a team of archaeologists & historians as they recreate life down on the farm 100 years ago Wearing period clothes & using only the tools available at the time Ruth Goodman Peter Ginn & Alex Langlands take a year out of their lives to find out what rural life was really like in the 1880s as they tend pigs & sheep cultivate the land & try to survive without modern-day aids Also included in this collection are the three Christmas special episodes showing the trio as they take on a fresh set of challenges sampling work in the countryside in winter & finding out how the Victorians celebrated Christmas from decorations to what they put on their table ...

One of the weirdest coolest cheesiest most bizarre goriest pre-code comic books printed in its entirety Voodoo features beyond good taste sexy Good Girl art & old school horror art by the master Matt Baker & his associates from the infamous group the Iger Shop! The final volume of a series collecting all 19 issues About the Author Vice magazine has called Yoe the " Indiana Jones of comics historians" Publisher&s Weekly says he&s the "archivist of the ridiculous & the sublime" & calls his work "brilliant" The Onion calls him "the celebrated designer " The Library Journal" a comics guru Boing Boing hails him "a fine cartoonist & a comig book historian of the first water" Yoe was Creative Director Vice President General Manager of Jim Henson&s Muppets & a Creative Director at Nickelodeon & Disney Craig has won an Eisner Award & the Gold Medal from the Society of Illustrators ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Complete collection of the historial reality series with Ruth Goodman Peter Ginn & Alex Langlands As the trio explore what farming life was like in the past they set out to recreate the conditions under which World War II farmers would have worked Will they be able to operate a successful farm using only the tools & equipment available in the 1940s? Also included in this collection is the Christmas special & Wartime Farm Xmas& ...

William Shakespeare (1564-1616) is acknowledged as the greatest dramatist of all time He excels in plot poetry & wit & his talent encompasses the great tragedies of Hamlet King Lear Othello & Macbeth as well as the moving history plays & the comedies such as A Midsummer Night's Dream The Taming of the Shrew & As You Like It with their magical combination of humour ribaldry & tenderness This volume is a reprint of the Shakespeare Head Press edition & it presents all the plays in chronological order in which they were written It also

Includes:: Shakespeare's Sonnets as well as his longer poems Venus & Adonis & The Rape of Lucrece

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William Shakespeare (1564-1616) is acknowledged as the greatest dramatist of all time He excels in plot poetry & wit & his talent encompasses the great tragedies of Hamlet King Lear Othello & Macbeth as well as the moving history plays & the comedies such as A Midsummer Night's Dream The Taming of the Shrew & As You Like It with their magical combination of humour ribaldry & tenderness This volume is a reprint of the Shakespeare Head Press edition & it presents all the plays in chronological order in which they were written It also

Includes:: Shakespeare's Sonnets as well as his longer poems Venus & Adonis & The Rape of Lucrece

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' We have had diaries from other Cabinet Ministers but none I think which have been quite so illuminating It is a fascinating diary It is shorter than Barbara Castle's & although it is rather more accurate than Dick Crossman's itis distinctly funnier'
- Lord Allen of Abbeydale (formerly Permanent Secretary at the Home Office) in The Times' It has an entertainment & educational value which isunique It is uproariously funny & passes the acid test ofbecoming more amusing at every subsequent reading I willgo so far as to claim that in the characters of Jim Hacker and Sir Humphrey Appleby Messrs Lynn & Jay have createdsomething as immortal as PG Wodehouse's Bertie Woosterand Jeeves'
- Brian Walden in The Standard

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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 Complete collection of episodes from the satirical British comedy ' Yes Minister' & its spin-off series ' Yes Prime Minister' The ' Yes Minister' episodes are ' Open Government' ' The Official Visit' ' The Economy Drive' ' Big Brother' ' The Writing On the Wall' ' The Right to Know' ' Jobs for the Boys' ' The Compassionate Society' ' Doing the Honours' ' The Death List' ' The Greasy Pole' ' The Devil You Know' ' The Quality of Life' 'A Question of Loyalty' ' Equal Opportunities' ' The Challenge' ' The Skeleton in the Cupboard' ' The Moral Dimension' ' The Bed of Nails' ' The Whisky Priest' & ' The Middle-Class Rip-Off' The ' Yes Prime Minister' episodes are ' The Grand Design' ' The Ministerial Broadcast' ' The Smoke Screen' ' The Key' 'A Real Partnership' 'A Victory for Democracy' ' The Bishop's Gambit' ' One of Us' ' Man Overboard' ' Official Secrets' 'A Diplomatic Incident' 'A Conflict of Interest' ' Power to the People' ' The Patron of the Arts' ' The National Education Service' & ' The Tangled Web' Actors John Fortune Paul Eddington Nigel Hawthorne Derek Fowlds John Nettleton Directors Stuart Allen Peter Whitmore Sidney Lotterby Writers Antony Jay Jonathan Lynn Producers Stuart Allen Peter Whitmore Sidney Lotterby Number of discs 7 ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play From the minds of Jonathan Lynn & Antony Jay comes the complete box set of all three series of Yes Minister First-class political satire & a worldwide favourite seen in over 80 countries Yes Minister is well-known for being closer to the truth than those in the political arena would like to admit Re-live the exploits of the amiable & honourable Jim Hacker & his permanent Secretary the urbane but evasive Sir Humphrey Appleby as they balance the intricacies of government bureaucracy This four-disc set contains the complete Yes Minister collection from Hacker&s arrival on the political arena as Minister of Administrative Affairs through to the extraordinary events that turned Jim Hacker MP into Jim Hacker PM This contains all three series of this much-loved sitcom in a striking box set plus a score of extras Actors Paul Eddington Nigel Hawthorne Derek Fowlds John Nettleton Diana Hoddinott & Neil Fitzwiliam Director Peter Whitmore Certificate PGYear 1980 Screen Fullscreen 43 Languages English Duration 11 hours (approx) Region Region 2
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