NOW A SMASH-HIT CHANNEL 4 TV SERIESThe Republic of Gilead offers Offred only one function to breed If she deviates she will like dissenters be hanged at the wall or sent out to die slowly of radiation sickness But even a repressive state cannot obliterate desire
- neither Offred's nor that of the two men on which her future hangs Brilliantly conceived & executed this powerful evocation of twenty-first century America gives full rein to Margaret Atwood's devastating irony wit & astute perception
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NOW A SMASH-HIT CHANNEL 4 TV SERIESOffred is a Handmaid in the Republic of Gilead She has only one function to breed If she deviates she will like dissenters be hanged at the wall or sent out to die slowly of radiation sickness But even a repressive state cannot obliterate desire
- neither Offred's nor that of the two men on which her future hangs Brilliantly conceived & executed this powerful evocation of twenty-first century America explores a world in which oppression of women & repression of the truth have become justified ' Compulsively readable' Daily Telegraph
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NOW A SMASH-HIT CHANNEL 4 TV SERIES' It isn't running away they're afraid of We wouldn't get far It's those other escapes the ones you can open in yourself given a cutting edge' Offred is a Handmaid She has only one function to breed If she refuses to play her part she will like all dissenters be hanged at the wall or sent out to die slowly of radiation sickness She may walk daily to the market & utter demure words to other Handmaid's but her role is fixed her freedom a forgotten concept Offred remembers her old life
- love family a job access to the news It has all been taken away But even a repressive state cannot obliterate desire

Includes:: exclusive content In The ' Backstory' you can read Margaret Atwood's account of how she came to write this landmark dystopian novel' Compulsively readable' Daily Telegraph


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An enhanced exam section expert guidance on approaching exam questions writing high-quality responses & using critical interpretations plus practice tasks & annotated sample answer extracts Key skills covered focused tasks to develop your analysis & understanding plus regular study tips revision questions & progress checks to track your learning The most in-depth analysis detailed text summaries & extract analysis to in-depth discussion of characters themes language contexts & criticism all helping you to succeed ...

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Mukesh Agarwal sits alone in the Black Eagle pub unaware that a riot is brewing or that Billy his youngest son is still out on his bike A mile away in the family home in Church Street Anila one of the three Agarwal girls is reading Smash Hits & listening to Radio One as she sprawls across the bottom bunk oblivious to the monumental tragedy that is about to hit her family It is 1981 & Handsworth is teetering on the brink of collapse Factories are closing unemployment is high the National Front are marching & the neglected inner cities are ablaze as riots breakout across Thatcher's fractured Britain The Agarwals are facing their own nightmares but family pop music protest unexpected friendships & a community that refuses to disappear all contribute to easing their personal pain & that of Handsworth itself THE HANDSWORTH TIMES is a story of loss & transition & pulling together because ultimately there is such a thing as society ...

A house deep in the countryside where the remains of seven unidentified women have just been discovered A cop ready to risk everything in the hunt for their killers A man who has seen the murders & is now on the run in fear of his life So begins the race to track down this witness before the killers do For Ray Mason & PI Tina Boyd the road ahead is a dangerous one with bodies & betrayal at every turn ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play A gunslinger is to be hanged but something goes wrong with the execution & he survives Given a second chance at life he becomes something of a force for good helping a widowed rancher save her land from a ruthless land baron Written by Andrew Fenady & Ken Trevey Directed by Michael Caffey Steve Forrest
- James Devlin Dean Jagger
- Josiah Lowe Will Geer
- Nameless Sharon Acker
- Carrie Gault Brendon Boone
- Billy Irons Rafael Campos
- Father Alvaro Barbara Luna
- Soledad Villegas DVD 5 PAL Colour 12 74min Actors Steve Forrest 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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A twisting turning thriller from the author of With Malice Two girls one fatal reading because the truth always lies in the cards Skye's mother believes she has 'the gift'
- the ability to see the future Skye however can only see the opportunity to make money
- & happily fleeces her gullible classmates into handing over their cash to hear their futures through Skye's well-worn tarot cards But it's all for a good cause right? Skye needs to save her hard-earned cash to go to New York with her best mate Drew Then the local mayor's daughter Paige disappears
- & Skye has a tip off about her whereabouts Skye is uncomfortable about the source & masks the tip off as a vision But things get wildly out of control when Paige is found murdered & Skye is a prime suspect


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A NO 1 INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLEROVER 18 MILLION COPIES SOLDWINNER OF THE GLASS KEY AWARDJussi Adler-Olsen returns with the newest book in his acclaimed Department Q series In the middle of a hard-won morning nap in the basement of police headquarters Carl Morck head of Department Q receives a call from a colleague working on the Danish island of Bornholm Carl is dismissive at first but then he receives some shocking news Carl then has no choice but to lead Department Q into the tragic cold case of a vivacious seventeen-year-old girl who vanished from school only to be found dead hanging high up in a tree The investigation will take them from the remote island of Bornholm to a hidden cult where Carl & his assistants must stop a string of new murders by a skilled manipulator who refuses to let anything-or anyone-get in the way For fans of Tim Weaver & Jo Nesbo ...