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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A flooded world A floating circus Two women in search of a home North lives on a circus boat with her beloved bear keeping a secret that could capsize her life Callanish lives alone in her house in the middle of the ocean tending the graves of those who die at sea As penance for a terrible mistake she has become a gracekeeper A chance meeting between the two draws them magnetically to one another
- & to the promise of a new life But the waters are treacherous & the tide is against them ' The Gracekeepers is enchanting & heart-tugging If you love Margaret Atwood you'll love this' Sunday Telegraph'A wondrous read' Stylist' Clever & original' The Times' Truly magical' Heat
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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 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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Director Mike Nichols's THE GRADUATE is the satirical coming-of-age comedy that became an emotional touchstone for an entire generation In the late 1960s Benjamin Braddock (Dustin Hoffman) a confused college graduate is pulled in myriad directions by family friends & associates just days after receiving his degree Seduced by Mrs Robinson (Anne Bancroft) an older friend of the family Ben carries on an affair with the married woman even as he falls for her daughter Elaine (Katharine Ross) However Ben & Elaine's attempts at romance are threatened by the spiteful rage of Mrs Robinson who proceeds to hastily arrange Elaine's marriage to another boy leading up to one of the most memorable endings in cinema history With its striking photography & clever editing THE GRADUATE established Nichols as a major director The film also made a star out of young Hoffman who gives an understated portrayal of the perplexed Ben--the actor's first role in a Hollywood film which he almost didn't get because he wasn't Waspy enough Outstanding performances by the rest of the cast are highlighted by Bancroft's sexy embittered turn as Mrs Robinson & Ross's endearing presence as the gorgeous yet innocent Elaine The film's impact on popular culture is immeasurable Plastics will live on eternally as depressing but solid career advice & older women will never eye younger men without fear of becoming a Mrs Robinson Buck Henry (who appears briefly in the film) cowrote the influential screenplay based on the novel by Charles Webb & the soundtrack by Simon & Garfunkel remains a movie classic ...