In a remote corner of a Latin American rainforest Father Thomas a Catholic priest comes across a badly wounded soldier & takes him to his church in an Indian village The Indians whose traditional way of life is under threat from outsiders are wary of this latest new arrival Venustiano the proud young head of the village is determined to protect his people but feels powerless against the forces around him
- & can trust nobody not even Father Thomas But his immediate problem is the bloodthirsty jaguar prowling around the village for Venustiano is the only Indian with a gun & he means to use it
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Mma Ramotswe who became engaged to Mr JLB Matekoni at the end of the first book is still engaged She wonders when a day for the wedding will be named but she is anxious to avoid putting too much pressure on her fiance For indeed he has other things on his mind
- notably a frightening request made from him by Mma Potokwani pushy matron of the Orphan Farm Mma Ramotswe herself has weighty matters on her mind She has been approached by a wealthy lady
- whose fortune comes from successful hair-braiding salons
- & has been asked to check up on several suitors Are these men just interested in her money? This may be difficult to find out but Mma Ramotswe is of course a very intuitive lady


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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Dole queue Job Club domestic discord
- the world is falling apart for six unemployed Sheffield steelworkers But one of them has had enough Determined to beat the system Gaz (Carlyle) hatches a plan that will make him & his friends serious rich
- & quickly! He convinces them that a strip routine will bring in the punters especially when that act reveals the ultimate
- the Full Monty! As our local heroes prepare for the big night word gets round that a very special act is about to storm the clubs of steel city Director Peter Cattaneo combines black comedy roaring hilarity & all the absurdity heartache & pathos of six men trying to keep body soul & dignity together Well just about! The most successful British film of all time The Full Monty also boasts a superb soundtrack with hits by Hot Chocolate & Tom Jones This is British drama at its funniest!


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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 THE FULL MONTY
- Six unemployed
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Bob Howard is an IT specialist & field agent for the Laundry the branch of Her Majesty's secret service that deals with occult threats Overworked & underpaid Bob is used to his two jobs overflowing from a strict nine to five & since his wife Mo has a very similar job description he understands that work will sometimes follow her home too But when 'work' involves zombie assassins & minions of a mad god's cult he realises things are spinning out of control When a top-secret dossier goes missing & his boss Angleton is implicated Bob must contend with suspiciously helpful Russian intelligence operatives & an unscrupulous apocalyptic cult before confronting the decades-old secret that lies at the heart of the Laundry what is so important about the missing Fuller Memorandum? & why are all the people who know dying ? ...

Beloved cartoonist Robert Fun has earned a devoted following for his circular daily comic strip celebrating the wholesome American family by drawing inspiration from his real home life but the Fun Family bears some dark secrets As their idyllic world collapses & the kids are forced to pick up the pieces will their family circle become a broken mirror or a portal to a nightmare world? In his debut graphic novel Benjamin Frisch presents a surreal deconstruction of childhood adulthood & good old American obsession ...

Packed with examples from classic & contemporary films The Fundamentals of Animation presents each stage of the animation production process in an engaging visual style whilst providing an historical & critical context for four core disciplines drawncel; 2D3D stop-motion; computer generated; & experimental animation With insightful commentary from leading animators Wells & Moore also introduce you to the many different career paths open to aspiring animators from storyboard artist or character designer to VFX artist or writer & director They also provide you with key tips on producing engaging portfolios & show reels
- Illustrated with over 300 images including preliminary sketches frame-by-frame analyses & shots of animators at work
- Now explores the animated documentary genre & the role of visual effects & gaming in contemporary animation
- Features more than 20 interviews with a range of international practitioners including Pete Docter Director Monsters Inc (2001) Up (2009) & Inside Out (2015) Featured Artists Sarah Cox Arthur Cox Lluis Danti Media Molecule Pete Docter Pixar Paul Driessen Eric Fogel Cathal Gaffney Brown Bag Films Adam Goddard Philip Hunt STUDIO AKAThe Brothers Mc Leod Bill Plympton Ellen Poon Industrial Light & Magic Barry Purves Joanna Quinn Chris Randall Second Home Studios Maureen Selwood Koji Yamamura


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The Fundamentals of Political Science Research provides an introduction to the scientific study of politics It offers the basic tools necessary for readers to become both critical consumers & beginning producers of scientific research on politics Professors Kellstedt & Whitten present an integrated approach to research design & empirical analyses in which researchers can develop & test causal theories The authors use examples from political science research that students will find interesting & inspiring & that will help them understand key concepts The book makes technical material accessible to students who might otherwise be intimidated by mathematical examples This revised second edition refines discussions from the first edition with a new chapter on how to write an original research project The second edition also contains an additional forty exercises & adds definitions for terms discussed in each chapter ...

When a skeleton is discovered on a Devon smallholding DS Wesley Peterson a keen amateur archaeologist is intrigued by the possibility that it is a Viking corpse buried in keeping with ancient traditions But he has a rather more urgent crime to solve- the disappearance of a Danish tourist Wesley finds disturbing evidence that the attractive Dane has been abducted His boss Gerry Heffernan believes that Ingeborg's disappearance is linked to a spate of brutal robberies & that she witnessed something she shouldn't have But is her disappearance linked to far older events? For it seems that this may not have been Ingeborg's first visit to this far from quiet West Country backwater Kate Ellis's wonderfully addictive series of West Country set crime novels feature Wesley Peterson one of Devon's first black detectives ...

Juice Master to the stars & number 1 best-selling author Jason Vale has squeezed over 100 funky 'n' fresh juice & smoothie recipes into this latest book There's something for Gym Bunnies & a Kids Corner as well as a Dr Juice section covering various health conditions & giving specific juices & smoothies for high blood pressure asthma hay fever psoriasis arthritis diabetes digestion & many more Warm up your juicer dust off your blender & brace your taste buds for the most mouth-wateringly tantalizing fruit & veggie fusions ever created This book

Includes:: a special ' Celebrity Juice' section with juice & smoothie concoctions from Katie Price Beverley Knight & other 'celebrity juicers'

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