When O-lan a servant girl marries the peasant Wang Lung she toils tirelessly through four pregnancies for their family's survival Reward at first is meagre but there is sustenance in the land
- until the famine comes Half-starved the family joins thousands of peasants to beg on the city streets It seems that all is lost until O-lan's desperate will to survive returns them home with undreamt of wealth But they have betrayed the earth from which true wealth springs & the family's money breeds only mistrust deception
- & heartbreak for the woman who had saved them The Good Earthis a riveting family saga & story of female sacrifice
- a classic of twentieth-century literature


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From the creator & writer of the Emmy Award-winning series Fargo based on the Oscar-winning Coen Brothers film An ordinary boy with an ordinary life stands accused of killing the next president of the United States WHAT HAPPENED? Dr Paul Allen is a well-respected man He lives a happy comfortable life with his second wife & their family Until the night when a knock at the door blows his world apart a hugely popular presidential candidate has been shot & they say the young man who pulled the trigger is Paul's son Daniel the only child from his first failed marriage was always a good kid & Paul is convinced his quiet boy is not capable of murder Overwhelmed by a vortex of feelings Paul embarks on a mission to understand what happened & why Following the trail of his son's journey across America he is forced to re-examine his life as a husband & a parent & every decision he ever made What follows is a powerfully emotional & suspense-filled quest that keeps you guessing to the very end' Monsters don't just become monsters after all' ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region Free DVD Player in order to play WATCH YOUR BACK Trying to maintain sanity in these insane times the attorneys of Reddick Boseman & Lockhart gain a new partner endure a serial threat against lawyers & brave a chaotic new world in Season 2 of The Good Fight Diane (Christine Baranski) goes to extremes to deal with a growing threat her struggling marriage & ever-changing politics Meanwhile Lucca (Cush Jumbo) Maia (Rose Leslie) & the firm expertly navigate a crooked cop conspiracy a high-profile deportation & an audition for the DNC in a potential impeachment case Language English Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired English Number of discs 1 ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play The world went crazy in The Good Fight &8217;s second season & now in Season 3 the resistance does Diane Lockhart (Christine Baranski) tries to ? gure out whether you can resist a crazy administration without going crazy yourself while Adrian Boseman (Delroy Lindo) & Liz Reddick-Lawrence (Audra Mc Donald) struggle with a new post-factual world where the lawyer who tells the best story triumphs over the lawyer with the best facts Meanwhile Lucca Quinn (Cush Jumbo) balances a new baby with a new love & Maia Rindell (Rose Leslie) ? nds a new Mephistopheles in Roland Blum (Michael Sheen) a lawyer who is corruption incarnate Format PALLanguage English Subtitles English Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Number of discs 3 ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play All ten episodes from the first season of the US legal drama starring Christine Baranski as Diane Lockhart a senior partner at a prestigious law firm After a financial scam destroys the reputation of young lawyer Maia Rindell (Rose Leslie) & wipes out Diane&s savings the pair are forced out of their jobs Now unable to take her planned retirement Diane joins a rival company headed up by Adrian Boseman (Delroy Lindo) & takes Maia along with her The episodes are & Inauguration& & First Week& & The Schtup List& & Henceforth Known As Property& & Stoppable Requiem for an Airdate& & Social Media & It&s Discontents& & Not So Grand Jury& & Reddick Vs Boseman& & Self Condemned& & & Chaos& ...

One of mainstream cinema's most tirelessly inventive directors Steven Soderbergh delivers another big-budget stylistic experiment with THE GOOD GERMAN This time around Soderbergh's target is 1940s film noir Set in post-war Berlin the atmospheric thriller is based on the acclaimed novel by Joseph Kanon Frequent Soderbergh collaborator George Clooney plays Jake Geismer an American military journalist who has returned to Berlin for the Potsdam Peace Conference Jakes driver Tully (Tobey Maguire) appears innocent upon first glance but is in fact a major player in the corrupt Berlin underworld Hes also dating Jakes former flame Lena Brandt (Cate Blanchett) whose beauty continues to torment Jake When Tullys cadaver washes ashore one day Jake is shocked to discover that nobody wants to go public with the news As much as hed like to forget about Lena he cant Pretty soon hes risking his life to help her flee the country In shooting THE GOOD GERMAN Soderbergh employed many of the actual filmmaking techniques that were used in the 1940s black-&-white cinematography elaborately constructed sets wide master shots & a sweeping score The result is a film that looks & feels like it was made in a much earlier era yet which contains the graphic language & content of an early 21st-century production ...

Scratch the surface of any family hard enough & you'll draw blood No one can believe it when straight A student Romy Field finds herself at the centre of a scandal least of all her mother Ailsa
- who is also the head of her new school Ailsa is quick to hold Romy's new boyfriend & his parents responsible for what has happened But as mother & daughter reveal their very different version of events a much darker truth emerges It soon becomes apparent that Romy isn't the only member of her family harbouring secrets & her disgrace becomes the catalyst for the unravelling of all those around her It takes a split second to make a decision that can alter the course of your life And a lifetime to undo the consequences Bestselling author Fiona Neill is back with The Good Girl
- a dark compelling & controversial novel of one family's darkest secrets Praise for Fiona Neill' The Good Girl raises all kinds of contemporary issues with wit & sensitivity' Times' Neill writes with verve honesty & breathtaking insight Utterly unputdownable' Helen Walsh author of The Lemon Grove' Neill's characters are so cleverly depicted you feel as if you've met at least one of them before' Vogue' Packed with observations of wince-making accuracy' The Times' Sometimes touching sometimes shocking this cautionary coming-of-age tale is a thought-provoking one' Daily Mail' The Good Girl is vivid & insightful & Neill has a trained eye for the pressures & poignancies of modern family life' Guardian' Clever grown-up & totally gripping' Lisa Jewell'A topical tense & addictive read' Good Housekeeping' Neill takes a light scalpel to online disaster in this exceptional dual-narrative' Grazia' Two families become embroiled in each other's lives & long buried secrets are unravelled Contemporary issues are tackled here with both humour & realism making for an engrossing read' My Weekly' Cracking' Prima ' The Slummy Mummy columnist is back
- this time somewhat incongruously with a psychological thriller The Good Girl looks set to be the next Gone Girl with its dark compelling exploration of family secrets It tells the story of the relationship of two teenagers & their families when a chain of events leads to a scandal that affects them all A confronting look at the way that one moment of malice on social media can spiral out of control' Seven Books to Read House Seven


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They're good girls but no one's perfect Mackenzie Ava Julie Parker & Caitlin are five senior high-school girls who seem to have it all Top grades beautiful looks music scholarships sports captaincies even the boys of their dreams But there's just one small flaw in their apparently perfect facade They're wanted for a murder they didn't commit Sure they talked about killing rich bully Nolan Hotchkiss but they didn't go through with it It's just a coincidence that Nolan died in exactly the way they planned right? Except Nolan wasn't the only one they fantasised about hurting in film class that day & now someone seems to have found their list & is carrying out their very particular revenges in their name Who is really behind these killings? Who can they truly trust? & who will be the next to die? ...

Delicious recipes & the ultimate wellbeing plan for a healthy gut in 6 weeks'A better gut means better health It really is that simple & it works at every level of the body as friendly microbes affect not only the digestion of our food but also brain health mood emotions energy levels ageing weight loss & so much more Understanding this can give us the blueprint for a longer happier healthier life' Liz Earle MBE is one of the world's most respected & trusted authorities on wellbeing Following on from her popular 6-week guide Skin Liz now reveals a br&-new plan to detox cleanse & nourish the digestive system to improve your inner health & outer beauty Packed with the latest science & beautifully illustrated throughout The Good Gut Guide provides practical advice on pre- & probiotics fermented foods & how best to address your individual needs & goals
- whether these be specific to life stage a long-standing health issue or weight loss An expert in feel-good food & eating well to look your best Liz also shares 80 nutritious recipes
- including many suitable for vegetarians
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A gloriously illustrated celebration of men who have changed the world with kindness & compassion 128 pages Kemp Rob ...