Shortlisted for the Walter Scott Prize 2017 County Kerry Ireland 1825 Nora bereft after the sudden death of her beloved husband finds herself alone & caring for her young grandson Micheal Micheal cannot speak & cannot walk & Nora is desperate to know what is wrong with him What happened to the healthy happy grandson she met when her daughter was still alive? Mary arrives in the valley to help Nora just as the whispers are spreading the stories of unexplained misfortunes of illnesses & the rumours that Micheal is a changeling child who is bringing bad luck to the valley Nance's knowledge keeps her apart To the new priest she is a threat but to the valley people she is a wanderer a healer Nance knows how to use the plants & berries of the woodland; she understands the magic in the old ways & she might be able to help Micheal As these three women are drawn together in the hope of restoring Micheal their world of folklore & belief of ritual & stories tightens around them It will lead them down a dangerous path & force them to question everything they have ever known Based on true events & set in a lost world bound by its own laws The Good People is Hannah Kent's startling novel about absolute belief & devoted love Terrifying thrilling & moving in equal measure this long-awaited follow-up to Burial Rites shows an author at the height of her powers ...

What is a good psychopath? & how can thinking like one help you to be the best that you can be? Professor Kevin Dutton has spent a lifetime studying psychopaths He first met SAS hero Andy Mc Nab during a research project What he found surprised him Mc Nab is a diagnosed psychopath but he is a GOOD PSYCHOPATH Unlike a BAD PSYCHOPATH he is able to dial up or down qualities such as ruthlessness fearlessness conscience & empathy to get the very best out of himself
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- in a wide range of situations Drawing on the combination of Andy Mc Nab's wild & various experiences & Professor Kevin Dutton's expertise in analysing them together they have explored the ways in which a good psychopath thinks differently & what that could mean for you What do you really want from life & how can you develop & use qualities such as charm coolness under pressure self-confidence & courage to get it? The Good Psychopath Manifesto gives you a unique & entertaining road-map to self-fulfillment both in your personal life & your career

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Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play In the life of a young CIA agent during the Cold War his dedication to work costs him his innocence his soul & his connection to family particularly his young son Actors Robert De Niro Matt Damon & Angelina Jolie Director Robert De Niro Robert De Niro Certificate 15 years & over Year 2006 Screen Widescreen 2401 Anamorphic Languages English Additional Languages English SDH ; German ; Spanish Japanese ; Brazilian Portuguese ; Cantonese ; Czech ; Korean ; Latin American Spanish ; Thai ; Traditional Mandarin Subtitles English for the hearing impaired Closed Captions Yes Duration 2 hours & 47 minutes (approx) ...

Eczema is the most common skin disorder in the industrialized world followed closely by psoriasis rosacea & acne However conventional medicine still offers no permanent solution to these conditions In this book natural health author Shann Nix Jones tells the incredible story of how she discovered a chemical-free method to help treat these conditions during her struggle to heal her son's eczema & save her husband from a life-threatening MRSA superbug infection Shann's staggering discovery is that eczema is not actually a skin condition
- it's an autoimmune disorder Your skin is simply a map of your gut; in order to heal the skin you must first heal the gut Shann reveals the latest scientific research about the 'microbiome'
- the vast ecosystem of microorganisms that lives inside us In simple easy-to- understand language she explains the gut-skin connection what eczema psoriasis rosacea & acne really are; why they're often accompanied by hay fever asthma IBS & food allergies; & how adopting the kefir-based Good Skin Solution can help to treat both the symptoms & the underlying causes of your skin condition If you or anyone you know are suffering from an on-going skin condition this book could be the lifeline you've been waiting for

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With an Introduction & Notes by Sara Haslam Department of English The Open University The Good Soldier is a masterpiece of twentieth-century fiction an inspiration for many later distinguished writers including Graham Greene Set before the First World War it tells the tale of two wealthy & sophisticated couples one English one American as they travel socialise & take the waters in the spa towns of Europe They are 'playing the game' in style That game has begun to unravel however & with compelling attention to the comic as well as the tragic results the American narrator reveals his growing awareness of the sexual intrigues & emotional betrayals that lie behind its facade ...

Grounded in a divination system that dates back centuries The Good Tarot has a psychic architecture that's more simple & modern rooted in contemporary positive psychology Its heart is in the expression of the highest good for all The 78 cards in the deck are read as archetypal aspects of the human experience that we may encounter within ourselves with others or in the world The suits in The Good Tarot are the four elements with Air standing in for the traditional Swords Water replacing Cups Earth for Pentacles & for Wands Fire A crucial difference from traditional decks is that the cards' messages are all written as affirmations in the present tense rather than forecasts instructions or warnings Instead of being told what to do those who use the cards can integrate their energy immediately & personally ' Everyone wants guidance during times of uncertainty a light shining in the dark' Colette writes ' The Good Tarot is especially helpful when you feel lost want confirmation about a direction you're heading in are concerned about the results of choices you've made or seek greater understanding of your circumstances It's about recognizing the many forms of truth & seeing the light that accompanies the shadow so you can help the light increase its brilliance' ...

A group of squatters rebel against Mrs Thatcher & erupt into violence in this politicised novel from the author of The Golden Notebook' In a London squat a band of bourgeois revolutionaries are united by a loathing of the waste & cruelty they see around them These maladjusted malcontents try desperately to become involved in terrorist activities far beyond their level of competence Only Alice seems capable of organising anything Motherly practical & determined she is also easily exploited by the group & ideal fodder for a more dangerous & potent cause Eventually their naive radical fantasies turn into a chaos of real destruction but the aftermath is not as exciting as they had hoped Nonetheless while they may not have changed the world their lives will never be the same again ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play The Good The Bad & The Ugly written by Age-Scarpelli Luciano Vincenzoni & Sergio Leone is the third & last western in Clint Eastwood&s spaghetti trilogy Director Sergio Leone substitutes for the upright puritan Protestant ethos so familiar in Hollywood westerns a seedy cynical standpoint towards death & mortality as a team of brutal bandits battle to unearth a fortune buried beneath an unmarked grave Joining Clint clearly " The Good" is the irredeemably " Bad" Lee & the resolutely " Ugly" Eli Wallach The complete plot of bloodshed & betrayal winds its way through the American Civil War filmed to resemble the French battlefields of World War One to end in the climatic Dance Of Death Arguably the quintessential Italian Western this 1966 film boasts a fine Ennio Morricone score featuring a main theme that reached No 1 in the world&s pop charts Actors Clint Eastwood Lee Van Cleef Eli Wallach Aldo Giuffre Mario Brega Luigi Pistilli Rada Rassimov & Enzo Petito Director Sergio Leone Certificate 18 years & over Year 1966 Screen Widescreen 2351 Anamorphic Languages English
- Dolby Digital (10) Mono Subtitles English ; Dutch ; English for the Hard of Hearing Duration 2 hours & 34 minutes (approx)
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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 Three outlaws One map No prisoners Set in the 1930&s Manchurian desert where lawlessness rules three Korean men fatefully meet each other on a train Do-Won (Jung Woo-sung) is a bounty hunter who tracks down dangerous criminals Chang- yi (Lee Byung-hun) is the leader of a group of tough-as- nails bandits Tae-goo (Song Kang-ho) is a train robber with nine lives The three strangers engage in a chase across Manchuria to take possession of a map Tae-goo discovers while robbing the train Also on the hunt for the mysterious map are the Japanese army & Asian bandits In this unpredictable escalating battle for the map who will stand as the winner in the end? ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play When her husband was arrested in a political corruption scandal Alicia Florrick (Primetime Emmy Award winner Julianna Margulies) dutifully played the part of The Good Wife But when she returns to the work force she becomes so much more a powerful attorney working mother clandestine lover & even a contender for the state’s attorney’s office & now every episode from the first six seasons of the lauded series is available in this gripping box set Bonus Features Deleted scenes ...