Sensitively edited & with a connecting commentary by editor Mirjam Pressler the abridged edition of The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank gives younger readers their first introduction to the extraordinary diary of an ordinary girl who has long become a household name This abridged edition has a short prologue written by the editor Mirjam Pressler as well as a connecting commentary There are beautiful line drawings family photographs & an Afterword to explain why the Diary ends so abruptly This shorter edition is ideal for younger children who want to read Anne&s diary for themselves but are too young to appreciate the teenage issues that Anne faces during her time in hiding ...

This special educational edition of Anne Frank's unique diary describing her family's plight during the Nazi persecution is accompanied by substantial background material & photographs to help students to contextualise this teenager's account ...

The Diary recorded by Lady Murasaki (c 973-c 1020) author of The Tale of Genji is an intimate picture of her life as tutor & companion to the young Empress Shoshi Told in a series of vignettes it offers revealing glimpses of the Japanese imperial palace
- the auspicious birth of a prince rivalries between the Emperor's consorts with sharp criticism of Murasaki's fellow ladies-in-waiting & drunken courtiers & telling remarks about the timid Empress & her powerful father Michinaga The Diary is also a work of great subtlety & intense personal reflection as Murasaki makes penetrating insights into human psychology
- her pragmatic observations always balanced by an exquisite & pensive melancholy

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Time travelling archaeologist & adventurer River Song returns
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The cult classic that can still change your life Let the dice decide! This is the philosophy that changes the life of bored psychiatrist Luke Rhinehart
- & in some ways changes the world as well Because once you hand over your life to the dice anything can happen Entertaining humorous scary shocking subversive The Dice Man is one of the cult bestsellers of our time
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Charles Dickens classics read by Martin Jarvis This master of character voices brings to vivid life so many of Dickens' memorable characters from Fagin to Scrooge Pip to Magwitch The six abridged novels combine two previous trilogies in one bumper edition comprising David Copperfield Great Expectations Oliver Twist A Tale of Two Cities A Christmas Carol Nicholas Nickleby ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play From the creators of Borat comes the hilarious story of a North African dictator (Oscar nominee & Golden Globe winner Sacha Baron Cohen Borat Bruno Da Ali G Show) who on a visit to New York is stripped of his power & forced to get a real job at a Brooklyn health food store ...

Please note this is a Region Free Blu-ray & will play on all Blu-ray players The creators & star of Borat bring you the jaw-dropping comedy about what happens when the world&s worst dictator comes to America Stuck in New York & stripped of his power Aladeen (Sacha Baron Cohen) is finally forced to live his ultimate nightmarethe American dream Get ready to laugh with the extended cut featuring never-before-seen footage that&s outrageous & shamefully funny Blu-ray Bonus Features Deleted & Extended Scenes
- All in High definition Newsnight Interview Nuclear Dairy Deathbed Flashback Assemble the Generals Meet Clayton Aladeen Steals Food Apple Store Death to Aladeen Restaurant Manhattan Zoo Funeral Parlor A Gift for Zoey Titfight The Birthing The Rooftop A Final Word Larry King Interview
- High Definition Music Video for Your Money&s on the Dresser
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For eighteen years Bruce Bueno de Mesquita & Alastair Smith have been part of a team revolutionizing the study of politics by turning conventional wisdom on its head They start from a single assertion Leaders do whatever keeps them in power They don't care about the national interestor even their subjectsunless they have to This clever & accessible book shows that the difference between tyrants & democrats is just a convenient fiction Governments do not differ in kind but only in the number of essential supporters or backs that need scratching The size of this group determines almost everything about politics what leaders can get away with & the quality of life or misery under them The picture the authors paint is not pretty But it just may be the truth which is a good starting point for anyone seeking to improve human governance ...

The son of a dreaded despot enrolls in an American college quickly making friends all across campus thanks to his hard-partying ways & endless cash flow Efren Ramirez Katrina Bowden Adam West & Curtis Armstrong star ...