The definitive textbook on EU politics & governance now in its 8th edition has been thoroughly updated throughout to take into account the ongoing developments & evolution of the EU ...

Translated by Constance Garnett Notes & Introductions by David Rampton Department of English University of Ottawa Gogol's works constitute one of Russian literature's supreme achievements yet the nature of their brilliant originality comic genius & complex workings is difficult to summarize precisely The Government Inspector a perennial favourite on stage & screen is considered a national institution in Russia & Gogol's stories present us with one of the most marvellous worlds a writer has ever created His quirky characters
- the lowly official who imagines himself to be the King of Spain the man committed to chase his nose around St Petersburg a whole village paralyzed at the prospect of being visited by an authority from the capital
- are immortal Although Gogol's fiction was commandeered by Russia's progressive critics as the work of an important social commentator he was in many ways an arch-conservative & there is a madcap strain in it that makes him a precursor of Kafka & absurdist drama

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PI Michael Kelly is sitting in his office when he gets an anonymous email offering him nearly a quarter of a million dollars to find Ray Perry the disgraced Illinois governor
- no questions asked Two years ago Perry's case went global when he disappeared from a federal courthouse in Chicago moments after being sentenced to thirty-eight years in prison Everyone including the feds believes that Perry's wife Marie knows where her husband is But as Kelly digs deeper into her past he finds a woman far more intriguing than her husband Her secrets are many & varied; some of them she shared with her husband some she kept to herself & some could get Michael Kelly killed A hard-eyed look at ambition & trust The Governor's Wife is stylish suspense from a modern master
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Guidebook to walking the GR20 through Corsica's high mountains A challenging trail between Calenzana & Conca that

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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 Everything can change in an instant & take a lifetime to unravel After police officer Mac Mc Donald (Michael Joiner) loses his son in an accident years of bitterness & pain erode his love for his family & leave him angry with God & everyone else Can Mac & his new patrol partner Sgt Sam Wright Michael Higgenbottom) somehow join forces to help one another when it&s impossible to look past their differences
- especially the most obvious one? The Grace Card stars Michael Joiner Michael Higgenbottom & Academy Award winner Louis Gossett Jr
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Picked for BBC Radio 2's Book Club Everyone said the Graces were witches They moved through the corridors like sleek fish ripples in their wake Stares followed their backs & their hair They had friends but they were just distractions They were waiting for someone different All I had to do was show them that person was me Like everyone else in her town River is obsessed with the Graces attracted by their glamour & apparent ability to weave magic But are they really what they seem? & are they more dangerous than they let on? This beautifully-written thriller will grip you from its very first page ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play This set features a double helping of films starring the enigmatic Gracie Fields

Includes:: Sally In Our Alley & Looking On The Brightside Actors Gibb Mc Laughlin Gracie Fields Ian Hunter Ben Field Ivor Barnard Directors Maurice Elvey Graham Cutts Basil Dean Writers Miles Malleson Basil Dean Alma Reville Archie Pitt Brock Williams Producers Basil Dean Format PALLanguage English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Number of discs 1

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War music & identity are explored & dissected in this powerful & affecting novel from one of the UK's greatest authors 352 pages Priest Christopher ...

As far as Benjamin Braddock's parents are concerned his future is sewn up Now he has graduated from college he will go to Yale or Harvard get a good job & enjoy a life of money cocktails & pool parties in the suburbs just like them For Benjamin however this isn't quite enough When his parents' friend Mrs Robinson a formidable older woman strips naked in front of him & they begin an affair it seems he might have found a way out That is until her daughter Elaine comes into the picture & things get far more complicated ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Mike Nichols directs this 1960s comedy drama starring Dustin Hoffman Anne Bancroft & Katharine Ross After graduating from college Ben Braddock (Hoffman) returns to his wealthy parents& South Californian home unsure of what he wants to do next Feeling pressurised to get on with his life the young Braddock escapes into an aimless affair with Mrs Robinson (Bancroft) an older married woman & friend of the family The pair meet regularly with neither expecting anything serious from the relationship but this seemingly simple situation becomes complicated when Ben meets & begins dating Elaine (Ross)
- Mrs Robinson&s daughter Featuring a score written by Paul Simon & performed by Simon & Garfunkel the film was nominated for six Oscars & won for Best Director Actor Katharine Ross William Daniels Buck Henry Walter Brooke Lainie Miller Marion Lorne Alice Ghostley Anne Bancroft Dustin Hoffman Richard Dreyfuss Norman Fell Elizabeth Wilson Elisabeth Fraser Jonathan Hole Brian Avery Eddra Gale Murray Hamilton Harry Holcombe Director Mike Nichols Special Features The Graduate at 25 Documentary Original Widescreen Excerpts Interview with Dustin Hoffman Region Region 2 Aspect Ratio 169 Anamorphic Wide Screen Sound Information Dolby Digital Main Language English Certificate 15
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