When & how did the universe begin? Why are we here? Is the apparent 'grand design' of our universe evidence for a benevolent creator who set things in motion? Or does science offer another explanation? In The Grand Design the most recent scientific thinking about the mysteries of the universe is presented in language marked by both brilliance & simplicity Model dependent realism the multiverse the top-down theory of cosmology & the unified M-theory
- all are revealed here This is the first major work in nearly a decade by one of the world's greatest thinkers A succinct startling & lavishly illustrated guide to discoveries that are altering our understanding & threatening some of our most cherished belief systems The Grand Design is a book that will inform
- & provoke
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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 An early success for acclaimed screenwriter Russell T Davies this peak-time drama series explores the &upstairs-downstairs& lives of the management staff & guests of a luxury Manchester hotel in the 1920s Starring Susan Hampshire Tim Healy & Mark Mc Gann The Grand&s compelling storylines often encompass the darker side of inter-war life as poverty & exploitation covert prostitution & unenlightened attitudes loom large life is not all it seems behind the hotel&s elegant facade New Year&s Eve 1918 Owners John & Sarah Bannerman celebrate the re-opening of their refurbished hotel & the return of demobbed son Stephen But their joy is marred by a crisis that could lose them the hotel & one that can only be resolved with the financial muscle of John&s brother Marcus Amoral & ruthless to the point of sadism with a barely concealed interest in Sarah Marcus now holds a key stake in the business making sibling rivalry & conflict inevitable This complete set contains all eighteen episodes from both series ...

Product Description Martial arts drama written produced & directed by Kar Wai Wong Wing Chun grandmaster Ip Man (Tony Chiu Wai Leung) travelled from Foshan in China to Hong Kong after the Sino-Japanese War where he progressed within his martial art & took on his rival Gong Yutian (Qingxiang Wang) With Gong retiring & ready to announce his successor Ip Man set up a school & started teaching his beloved art in order to find a suitable heir Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Martial arts drama written produced & directed by Kar Wai Wong Wing Chun grandmaster Ip Man (Tony Chiu Wai Leung) travelled from Foshan in China to Hong Kong after the Sino-Japanese War where he progressed within his martial art & took on his rival Gong Yutian (Qingxiang Wang) With Gong retiring & ready to announce his successor Ip Man set up a school & started teaching his beloved art in order to find a suitable heir ...

A shabby chic style & The grandparents nest where the flock gathers& design wooden wall plaque with a gingham patterned bow ...

Tracklist So it begins Outside looking in Buyer beware There's always one Someone else Where does the Sadness come from?I suppose so The Performance of a Lifetime Commodities ...

Lyrical dark comic or iconoclastic the Irish short story has always punched well above its weight Anne Enright has brought together a dazzling collection of Irish stories by authors born in the twentieth century
- from Mary Lavin & Frank O' Connor to Claire Keegan & Kevin Barry With a pithy & passionate introduction by Enright The Granta Book of the Irish Short Story traces this great tradition through decades of social change & shows the pleasure Irish writers continue to take in the short-story form Deft & often devastating the short story dodges the rolling mythologies of of Irish life to produce truths that are delightful & real Also

Includes:: stories by Maeve Brennan Roddy Doyle Mary Lavin Colum Mc Cann William Trevor John Mc Gahern Colm Toibin Claire Keegan & Kevin Barry


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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 French horror from cult director Jean Rollin starring Marie-George Pascal & Felix Marten When a young woman finds herself stranded in a remote village she discovers that the population has become infected by a deadly zombie virus spread by the pesticides used on the vineyards Actors Marie-George Pascal Felix Marten Serge Marquand Mirella Rancelot Patrice Valota Directors Jean Rollin Writers Jean Rollin Christian Meunier Producers Claude Guedj Format PALLanguage French Subtitles English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Number of discs 1 ...

' To the red country & part of the gray country of Oklahoma the last rains came gently & they did not cut the scarred earth' Drought & economic depression are driving thousands from Oklahoma As their land becomes just another strip in the dust bowl the Joads a family of sharecroppers decide they have no choice but to follow They head west towards California where they hope to find work & a future for their family But while the journey to this promised land will take its inevitable toll there remains uncertainty about what awaits their arrival Winner of the Pulitzer Prize The Grapes of Wrath is an epic human drama with a stunning new cover by renowned artist Bijou Karman ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play John Ford&s adaptation of John Steinbeck&s classic novel follows the traumatic journey made by the Joads a dispossesed Oklahoma family who head towards California to begin a new life When Tom Joad (Henry Fonda) returns home after being released from prison he discovers the farmlands have been destroyed by dust storms Seeking a better future he leaves with his mother (Jane Darwell) & the rest of the family for California Their journey is far from easy however & there is no guarantee the &promised land& will provide the life they are hoping for ...