WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY PAUL THEROUXSomerset Maugham's success as a writer enabled him to indulge his adventurous love of travel & he recorded the sights & sounds of his wide-ranging journeys with an urbane wry style all his own The Gentleman in the Parlour is an account of the author's trip through what was then Burma & Siam ending in Haiphong Vietnam Whether by river to Mandalay on horse through the mountains & forests of the Shan States to Bangkok or onwards by sea Maugham's vivid descriptions bring a lost world to life ...

There's never been a tougher time to be a gentleman In addition to the general vulgarity of the modern world he has to contend with all manner of things the dramas of social media the practicalities of being metrosexual & still taken seriously at work & juggling finances in these cash strapped times Or does he? Who is this man who is seen slipping with ease between the office & the smartest parties dressed in the most elegant clothes oozing charisma & cool? Why he is a man of style & taste Alfred Tong shares his insider tips with every aspiring gentleman from what to wear & how to keep your clothes looking in top shape to which jobs to chase after & how to plan the perfect romantic evening all without breaking the bank This new edition features a revised cover by Jack Hughes who has also stylishly illustrated the interior pages of the book This is the essential companion for the modern gentleman ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Geoff Hamilton is renowned as a gardening legend The much-loved gardener was the longest serving presenter of Gardeners& World & was one of the first to start advocating organic methods of gardening Coinciding with the 40th anniversary of Gardener&s World this DVD collection unites three of his most popular series
- The Cottage Garden The Paradise Garden & The Ornamental Kitchen Garden In The Cottage Garden Hamilton shows how easy & economical cottage gardening can be In his pursuit to uncover the history of the cottage garden Hamilton travels the country examining the methods developed by gardeners over the years In his last ever series The Paradise Garden Hamilton reveals his hints & tips for creating & planting a secluded garden; a perfect escape from the hustle & bustle of modern life The six-part series shows how to use scent & colours in the garden as well as looking at water features & how to lure desirable wildlife into your outdoor paradise The Ornamental Kitchen Garden is an engaging series giving practical advice on constructing a modern kitchen garden without compromising its looks The Ornamental Kitchen Garden provides essential insight on plant selection & locations planting schedules harvesting times soil type drainage crop rotation & composting Actors Geoff Hamilton Certificate Exempt from Classification Screen Fullscreen 43 Languages English
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What makes a nation happy? Is one country's sense of happiness the same as another's? In the last two decades psychologists & economists have learned a lot about who's happy & who isn't The Dutch are the Romanians aren't & Americans are somewhere in between After years of going to the world's least happy countries Eric Weiner a veteran foreign correspondent decided to travel & evaluate each country's different sense of happiness & discover the nation that seemed happiest of all He discovers the relationship between money & happiness in tiny & extremely wealthy Qatar (and it's not a good one) He goes to Thailand & finds that not thinking is a contented way of life He goes to the tiny Himalayan kingdom of Bhutan & discovers they have an official policy of Gross National Happiness! He asks himself why the British don't do happiness? In Weiner's quest to find the world's happiest places he eats rotten Icelandic shark meditates in Bangalore visits strip clubs in Bangkok & drinks himself into a stupor in Reykjavik Full of inspired moments The Geography of Bliss accomplishes a feat few travel books dare & even fewer achieve to make you happier ...

This text covers the geological history of Britain from over 2000 million years ago to the present day An introductory chapter covers basic geological principles followed by chapters describing the rocks minerals & fossils of each period The book is written for the lay person interested in the great variety of Britain's rocks & landscapes but also

Includes:: a wealth of information for students at all levels

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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 Titles Comprise Bell Bottom George (1944) Get Cracking (1943)I Didn&t Do It (1945) Much Too Shy (1942) George In Civvy Street (1946) He Snoops To Conquer (1945) South American George (1941) ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play The true story of an argentine family who lived with Josef Mengele without knowing his true identity 1960 a travelling Doctor strikes up a relationship with a local Argentine family in particular their daughter Lilith a lonely 12-year-old girl who unknowingly becomes close friends with one of the world s most terrifying Nazi war criminals Josef Mengele AKA The Angel Of Death who is on the run for his crimes in Auschwitz Previously release as Wakolda ...

The German Girl sweeps from Berlin at the brink of WWII to Cuba on the cusp of revolution to New York in the wake of September 11th before reaching its deeply moving conclusion in the tumult of present-day Havana Based on a true story this wonderful novel gives voice to the joys & sorrows of generations of exiles forever seeking a place called home Before everything changed Hannah Rosenthallived a charmed life But now the streets of Berlin are draped in swastikas & Hannah is no longer welcome in the places she once considered home A glimmer of hope appears in the shape of the St Louis a transatlantic liner that promises Jews safe passage to Cuba The Rosenthals sell everything to fund visas & tickets At first the liner feels like luxury but as they travel the circumstances of war change & it soon becomes their prison Seven decades later in New York on her twelfth birthday Anna Rosen receives a package from Hannah the great-aunt she never met but who raised her deceased father Anna & her mother immediately travel to Cuba to meet this elderly relative & for the first time Hannah tells them the untold story of her voyage on the St Louis The German Girltells a horrific story in profoundly human terms & one ends up totally gripped & absorbed in the history' Julia Neuberger author of On Being Jewish ...

WINNER OF THE 2016 PEN HESSELL-TILTMAN PRIZE The Second World War was a German war like no other The Nazi regime having started the conflict turned it into the most horrific war in European history resorting to genocidal methods well before building the first gas chambers Over its course the Third Reich expended & exhausted all its moral & physical reserves leading to total defeat in 1945 Yet 70 years on
- despite whole libraries of books about the war's origins course & atrocities
- we still do not know what Germans thought they were fighting for & how they experienced & sustained the war until the bitter end When war broke out in September 1939 it was deeply unpopular in Germany Yet without the active participation & commitment of the German people it could not have continued for almost six years What then was the war Germans thought they were fighting? How did the changing course of the conflict
- the victories of the Blitzkrieg the first defeats in the east the bombing of Germany's cities
- change their views & expectations? & when did Germans first realise that they were fighting a genocidal war? Drawing on a wealth of first-hand testimony The German War is the first foray for many decades into how the German people experienced the Second World War Told from the perspective of those who lived through it
- soldiers schoolteachers & housewives; Nazis Christians & Jews
- its masterful historical narrative sheds fresh & disturbing light on the beliefs hopes & fears of a people who embarked on continued & fought to the end a brutal war of conquest & genocide





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Taking inspiration from Jacqueline Wilson's brilliant characters fire your imagination & get your creative juices flowing with this boredom-busting activity journal beautifully illustrated by Nick Sharratt & complete with space to record your ideas every day Have a go at writing a tall tale like Tracy Beaker drawing a sea creature with Ella from The Longest Whale Song & much more in this the perfect gift for every Jacqueline Wilson fan! ...