Packed with brand new interviews with The Great One his parents Mr Mc Mahon Triple H John Cena & more follow the amazing story of The Rock from his early days to his biggest career-spanning bouts against Stone Cold Steve Austin Triple H Mankind Brock Lesnar & more ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & region B Blu-ray It will require a region B Blu-ray player to play the Blu-ray & DVD or a Region 2 DVD player for the DVD TWO stunning RESTORATIONS BY THE BFI NATIONAL ARCHIVE This limited edition box set contains DVD & Blu-ray versions of two of the most breathtaking & awe-inspiring documentaries ever made Herbert Ponting&s The Great White Silence is the official record of Captain Scott&s heroic journey to the South Pole & Captain John Noel&s The Epic of Everest is the official record of Mallory & Irvine&s fateful 1924 expedition Capturing vast & extreme landscapes the beauty & savagery of nature & the endurance of the human spirit these remarkable films have been restored by the BFI National Archive & feature stunning new soundtracks by the acclaimed film composer Simon Fisher Turner Actors George Mallory Andrew Irvine & Capt John Scott Director Captain John Noel & Herbert Ponting Certificate Exempt from Classification Year 1924 Languages English Duration 3 hours & 16 minutes (approx) ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & region B Blu-ray It will require a region B Blu-ray player to play the Blu-ray & DVD or a Region 2 DVD player for the DVD & One of the most remarkable treasures in the national film archive A largely unseen masterpiece&
- The Guardian A film by Captain John Noel The Official record of Mallory & Irvine&s 1924 Expedition The 1924 Everest expedition culminated in the deaths of two of the finest climbers of their generation George Mallory & Andrew Irvine & sparked an ongoing debate over whether or not they did indeed reach the summit Filming in brutally harsh conditions with a specially adapted camera Captain John Noel captured images of breathtaking beauty & considerable historic significance The film is also among the earliest filmed records of life in Tibet & features sequences at Phari Dzong (Pagri) Shekar Dzong (Xegar) & Rongbuk monastery But what resonates so deeply is Noel&s ability to frame the vulnerability isolation & courage of people persevering in one of the world&s harshest landscapes The restoration by the BFI National Archive has transformed the quality of the surviving elements of the film & reintroduced the original coloured tints & tones Revealed by the restoration few images in cinema are as epic
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- as the final shots of a blood red sunset over the Himalayas Features newly commissioned music score by Simon Fisher Turner Actors Andrew Irvine & George Mallory Director JBL Noel Certificate Exempt from Classification Year 1924 Languages English Duration 1 hour & 28 minutes (approx)


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The ancient Sumerian poem The Epic of Gilgamesh is one of the oldest written stories in existence translated with an introduction by Andrew George in Penguin Classics Miraculously preserved on clay tablets dating back as much as four thousand years the poem of Gilgamesh king of Uruk is the world's oldest epic predating Homer by many centuries The story tells of Gilgamesh's adventures with the wild man Enkidu & of his arduous journey to the ends of the earth in quest of the Babylonian Noah & the secret of immortality Alongside its themes of family friendship & the duties of kings The Epic of Gilgamesh is above all about mankind's eternal struggle with the fear of death The Babylonian version has been known for over a century but linguists are still deciphering new fragments in Akkadian & Sumerian Andrew George's gripping translation brilliantly combines these into a fluid narrative & will long rank as the definitive English Gilgamesh If you enjoyed The Epic of Gilgamesh you might like Homer's Iliad also available in Penguin Classics'A masterly new verse translation' The Times' Andrew George has skilfully bridged the gap between a scholarly re-edition & a popular work' London Review of Books ...

Maud Berridge (1845-1907) was the wife of a Master Mariner & she travelled with him on at least five occasions (1869 1880 1882 1883 1886) sailing to Melbourne with emigrants & cargo The first occasion was 1869 just after they were married when Henry was Captain of the Walmer Castle & they returned via New Zealand instead of travelling east & around Cape Horn However most of Henry & Maud's voyages were undertaken in the three-masted clipper superb sailing from Gravesend at the start of summer & leaving Melbourne for home at the end of the year (the southern summer best for heading east with the trade winds & rounding Cape Horn) Record times taken from London to Melbourne under Captain Henry were 79 days (1878) 76 days (1881) & a final time of 74 days (1886) In 1880 Maud & Henry took their two sons (aged six & eight) with them In 1883 they sailed on from Melbourne to Newcastle in New South Wales to take on a load of coal then on through the Windward Isles to San Francisco (51 days) Here they stayed for two months exploring SF & surrounds unloaded the coal & took on a load of wheat (in large bags) at Port Costa They then sailed down the west coast of the Americas around Cape Horn & on to Queenstown in County Cork (134 days) The whole voyage took 14 months There are also some photographs of Henry Maud & the crew taken in San Francisco & a photo from the State Library of Victoria showing the superb at dock in Melbourne Maud wrote diaries of these voyages of which one in particular that of the 1883 voyage comprise some 50 000 words The book will tell Maud EURTMs story through her own words & through a number of relevant contemporary documents & will paint a picture of the life of a captain EURTMs wife in the Victorian era as well as aspects of society in Britain the US & Australia at the time Her enthusiasm for new experiences shines through her writing ...

REVISED & UPDAT ED WITH NEW RESEARCH INTO EQ & PERSONAL & CAREER SUCCESS What is the formula for success at your job? As a spouse? A parent? A Little League baseball coach or behind the bench of a minor hockey team? What does it take to get ahead? To separate yourself from the competition? To lead a less stressful & happier existence? To be fulfilled in personal & professional pursuits? What is the most important dynamic of your makeup? Is it your A) intelligence"ient? or B) emotional"ient? If you picked A you are partly correct Your intelligence"ient can be a predictor of things such as academic achievement But your IQ is fixed & unchangeable The real key to personal & professional growth is your emotional intelligence"ient which you can nurture & develop by learning more about EQ from the international bestseller The EQ Edge Authors Steven J Stein & Howard E Book show you how the dynamic of emotional intelligence works By understanding EQ you can build more meaningful relationships boost your confidence & optimism & respond to challenges with enthusiasm-all of which are essential ingredients of success The EQ Edge offers fascinating-and sometimes surprising-insights into what it takes to be a top law-enforcement officer lawyer school principal student doctor dentist or CEO You will learn what the top EQ factors are across many different kinds of jobs from business managers & customer service representatives to HR professionals & public servants The EQ Edge will help you determine which personnel are the right fit for job opportunities & who among your staff are the most promising leaders & drivers of your business & because all of us have other roles-parent spouse caregiver to aging parents neighbor friend-The EQ Edge also describes how everyone can be more successful in these relationships Finally a practical & usable guide to what emotional intelligence is all about This book peels the onion on what EQ really is & teaches the reader to assess their own EQ & how to increase it This is the holy grail for career success Michael Feiner Professor Columbia Graduate School of Business & author of The Feiner Points of Leadership ...

The Equal Opportunities Revolution explains why bosses took equal opportunities on board just as they were tearing up union rights at work It asks why greater rights led to greater inequality & why advances in race & sex equality ran alongside social inequality It shows how the equal opportunities revolution became the general model for workplace relations in the decades that followed & how it did not challenge but rather perfected the liberalisation of labour law The right won the economic war the left won the culture war
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Edward Woodward stars as Robert Mc Call ex-spy turned do-gooder who is known to friend & foe alike as 'THE EQUALISER' because of his tireless efforts in the cause of fair play

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Edward Woodward stars as Robert Mc Call ex-spy turned do-gooder who is known to friend & foe alike as ' The Equaliser' because of his tireless efforts in the cause of fair play This title features the episodes from series three ...

The Equality Effect is almost magical In more equal countries human beings are generally happier & healthier there is less crime more creativity & higher educational attainment Danny Dorling delivers all evidence that is now so overwhelming that it should be changing politics & society all over the world For the past four decades many countries including the US & the UK have chosen the path to greater inequality on the assumption that there is no alternative Yet even under globalization other nations continue to take a different road The time will come when The Equality Effect will be as readily accepted as women voting or former colonies gaining independence--and it will come very soon From one of the world's top social scientists comes a compelling argument for public policy to prioritize equality fully-evidenced with statistics & sprinkled with black & white illustrations Most importantly he demonstrates where greater equality is currently to be found & how we can set The Equality Effect in motion everywhere Danny Dorling is a social geographer & the Halford Mackinder Professor of Geography at the University of Oxford His work concerns issues of housing health employment education & poverty He has written extensively about the widening gap between rich & poor & his work regularly appears in the media He is author The No-Nonsense Guide to Equality; The Atlas of the Real World; Unequal Health; Inequality & the 1 & Injustice Why social inequalities persist His views are often sought by policy makers ...