WITH A NEW INTRODUCTION BY ANDREY KURKOVA rich successful Moscow professor befriends a stray dog & attempts a scientific first by transplanting into it the testicles & pituitary gland of a recently deceased man A distinctly worryingly human animal is now on the loose & the professor's hitherto respectable life becomes a nightmare beyond endurance An absurd & superbly comic story this classic novel can also be read as a fierce parable of the Russian Revolution ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Frankie Martin (Frankie Vaughan) is an out-of-work sailor who encounters Bud a tramp who gives him a shilling & promises that if he can make &163;100 honestly he will be given &163;1000 Frankie's quest for Bud's money leads him to a job with shady riverboat casino operator Tony Carlisle (Tony Britton) Here he meets the beautiful Julie (Anne Heywood) but Frankie's enthusiasm for his work leads to the sack from Tony's dodgy establishment Frankie goes from job to job but his singing career & romance with Julie are blossoming With the encouragement of Julie & the help of amusing impresario Johnnie (Tony Newley) will Frankie make a success of his singing career & take Bud's wager? Actors Frankie Vaughan Anne Heywood Format PALLanguage English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Number of discs 1 ...

Moving beyond the process of change Why is change so hard? Because in order to make any transformation successful you must change more than just the structure & operations of an organization--you need to change people's behavior & that is never easy The Heart of Change is your guide to helping people think & feel differently in order to meet your shared goals According to bestselling author & renowned leadership expert John Kotter & coauthor Dan Cohen this focus on connecting with people's emotions is what will spark the behavior change & actions that lead to success Now freshly designed The Heart of Change is the engaging & essential complement to Kotter's worldwide bestseller Leading Change Building off of Kotter's revolutionary eight-step process this book vividly illustrates how large-scale change can work With real-life stories of people in organizations the authors show how teams & individuals get motivated & activated to overcome obstacles to change--and produce spectacular results Kotter & Cohen argue that change initiatives often fail because leaders rely too exclusively on data & analysis to get buy-in from their teams instead of creatively showing or doing something that appeals to their emotions & inspires them to spring into action They call this the see-feel-change dynamic & it is crucial for the success of any true organizational transformation Refreshingly clear & eminently practical The Heart of Change is required reading for anyone facing the challenges inherent in leading change ...

Expansion pack for Mice & Mystics fantasy fighting game Beautiful glow-worm shimmer shimmer! Shine your light brightly through pain so glum Follow love&s arrow along the thum Ne&er mind life&s sorrows lest you succumb For dear friend would you become? Oh glow-worm getting dimmer dimmer Prince Collin & his friends defeated Vanestra & thought evil had been banished from the castle forever But deep within those scorched & shadow-haunted halls something is moving that should not be A malicious presence has taken root & it has hatched a scheme that will ensnare the Prince & his friends & will forever change the course of history for the mouse-town of Barksburg The storybook in Mice & Mystics Heart of Glorm picks up right after the events of Sorrow & Remembrance letting you & your friends continue the story of Prince Collin Maginos Tilda Nez Filch & Lily Included in this expansion are new plastic figures cards & counters as well as a new series of chapters sure to test your mettle! & joining the heroes is Nere a wild mystic who brings her powerful magic & knowledge of alchemy to the battle Expansion set for the base game Mice & Mystics Sorrow & Remembrance Continue the story of Prince Collin Maginos Tilda Nez Filch & Lily Adventure expansion game 1-4 players Ages 7 ...

In Thaddeus O' Sullivan's THE HEART OF ME Madeleine (Olivia Williams) & Dinah (Helena Bonham Carter) are sisters with little in common except for their bloodlines & the man that they both love Madeleine & her husband Rickie (Paul Bettany) appear to be the perfect couple They have an exquisite home a loving son & are obviously well bred & well off When Madeleine's bohemian sister Dinah returns to pre-World War II London for their father's funeral she finds herself drawn to her brother-in-law The attraction is mutual & while Madeleine tries to marry her sister off to a fine gentleman Dinah & Rickie begin a torrid love affair with heartbreaking consequences The costumes & sets of the film evoke both the grandeur of London society in the 1930s & the war-ravaged city it became in the 1940s Bonham Carter brings a childlike wonder to Dinah a free spirit with unbridled passion for life Williams' Madeleine meanwhile is almost bittersweet; she seems to envy Dinah's freedom yet would never let down her own guard or upset her pristine world As Rickie Bettany is a perfect British gentleman who suddenly finds himself a bundle of raw emotion ...

The Heart of the Dales is the fifth volume in Gervase Phinn's bestselling Dales series A teacher was reprimanding a child who had drawn a very wobbly line freehand across his exercise book' Don't you know what the word "straight" means?' the teacher asked crossly'' Yes miss' came the reply ' "without water"' Awkward teachers pompous school governors & fearsome lollipop ladies occasionally make Gervase Phinn's hectic job as a school inspector more than difficult But for Gervase the main challenge remains the frankly spoken children The new school year doesn't get off to a good start after a teacher suggests that Gervase has let him & his school down Called up in front of his new boss the formidable Miss de la Mare Gervase fears he is going to be in hot water To add to his woes he is given another 'little job' by the Chief Education Officer which inevitably means liaising with the infuriating & interfering Mrs Savage! Meanwhile away from the pressures of school Gervase's life with his wife Christine & their baby son is blissful
- until noises in the attic start to disturb their nights The Heart of the Dales is Gervase Phinn at his story-telling best' Gervase Phinn's memoirs have made him a hero in school staff-rooms' Daily Telegraph Gervase Phinn is an author & educator from Rotherham who after teaching for fourteen years in a variety of schools moved to North Yorkshire to be a school inspector He has written autobiographies novels plays collections of poetry & stories as well as a number of books about education He holds five fellowships honorary doctorates from Hull Leicester & Sheffield Hallam universities & is a patron of a number of children's charities & organizations He is married with four adult children His books include The Other Side of the Dale Over Hill & Dale Head Over Heels in the Dales The Heart of the Dales Up & Down in the Dales & Trouble at the Little Village School
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Was Laurencia ' Bambi' Bembenek a calculating killer a killer who murdered her ex-husbands wife gunning her down in cold blood? Or was Laurencia ' Bambi' Bembenek an attractive & clever police officer who fell victim to envy & prejudice? THE HEART OF THE LIE reveals the sensational murder trial of Bembenek whose subsequent daring prison break earned her international fame The film reveals this dramatic tale of a cop turned criminal turned celebrity ...

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY JAMES WOOD Scobie a police officer serving in a wartime West African state is distrusted being scrupulously honest & immune to bribery But then he falls in love & in doing so he is forced to betray everything he believes in with drastic & tragic consequences ...

This lovely glasses case is a new product from licensed artist Lisa Parker Featuring the popular design ' The Heart of the ...

The world was nearly destroyed but now knows hope again At the end of Memory Sorrow & Thorn Ineluki the Storm King an undead spirit of horrifying demonic power came within moments of stopping Time itself & obliterating humankind He was defeated by a coalition of mortal men & women joined by his own deathless descendants the Sithi In the wake of the Storm King's fall Ineluki's loyal minions the Norns retreat north to Nakkiga an ancient citadel which holds a priceless artefact known as The Heart of What Was Lost They are pursued by the army of Duke Isgrimnur who is determined to wipe out the Norns for all time The two armies will soon clash in a battle so strange & deadly so wracked with dark enchant-ment that it threatens to destroy not just one side but quite possibly all ...