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 notorious Robin Hood & his band of outlaws steal from the rich creating a fearsome reputation amongst those who dare to travel through the mighty forest of Sherwood But they do not share their spoils with the poor & are unloved by the people who must also pay unfair taxes to the evil Prince John as he plots to steal his brother's crown In this time of chaos & fear it is down to Marion to boldly protect the poor & convince Robin that he must listen to his heart if they are to save the country The Heart of Robin Hood David Farr's spirited new version of the great English legend was premiered by the RSC at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre Stratford-upon-Avon in November 2011 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Cyril Avery is not a real Avery or at least that's what his adoptive parents tell him & he never will be But if he isn't a real Avery then who is he? Born out of wedlock to a teenage girl cast out from her rural Irish community & adopted by a well-to-do if eccentric Dublin couple via the intervention of a hunchbacked Redemptorist nun Cyril is adrift in the world anchored only tenuously by his heartfelt friendship with the infinitely more glamourous & dangerous Julian Woodbead At the mercy of fortune & coincidence he will spend a lifetime coming to know himself & where he came from
- & over his three score years & ten will struggle to discover an identity a home a country & much more In this Boyne's most transcendent work to date we are shown the story of Ireland from the 1940s to today through the eyes of one ordinary man The Heart's Invisible Furies is a novel to make you laugh & cry while reminding us all of the redemptive power of the human spirit
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The Richard & Judy Bookclub pick that readers are falling in love with ' It's been a long time since I read anything so compelling & satisfying At times incredibly funny at others heartrending'
- Sarah Winman author of Tin Man Forced to flee the scandal brewing in her hometown Catherine Goggin finds herself pregnant & alone in search of a new life at just sixteen She knows she has no choice but to believe that the nun she entrusts her child to will find him a better life Cyril Avery is not a real Avery or so his parents are constantly reminding him Adopted as a baby he's never quite felt at home with the family that treats him more as a curious pet than a son But it is all he has ever known & so begins one man's desperate search to find his place in the world Unspooling & unseeing Cyril is a misguided heart-breaking heartbroken fool Buffeted by the harsh winds of circumstance towards the one thing that might save him from himself but when opportunity knocks will he have the courage finally take it?
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A day by day Lent book aimed at the individual reader in which a poem appropriate to the themes of the season is read along with a short reflection from the editor & a couple of questions to ponder The purpose is to use a poetic text as the basis for 'slow reflection' during Lent & Eastertide 'I think this is a brilliant Lent book & one I would use It is a marvellous anthology but it offers so much more critical insight into the poems cultural & theological insight into their spiritual resonances & guidance as to how to read them prayerfully' Angela Tilby ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play The Heartbreak Kid stars Ben Stiller as Eddie an indecisive guy who begins dating the incredibly sexy & seemingly fabulous Lila Upon the urging of his father & best friend Eddie proposes to her after only a week fearing this may be his last chance at love marriage & happiness However while on their honeymoon in sunny Mexico Lila reveals her true beyond-awful nature & Eddie meets Miranda the woman he realizes to be his actual soul mate Eddie must keep his new increasingly horrid wife at bay as he attempts to woo the girl of his dreams Actors Ben Stiller Michelle Monaghan Jerry Stiller Malin Akerman Rob Corddy Carlos Mencia Scott Wilson Leslie Easterbrook & Eva Longoria Director Bobby Farrelly & Peter Farrelly Certificate 15 years & over Year 2007 Screen Widescreen 2351 Anamorphic Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) Subtitles Dutch ; Castilian Spanish ; Norwegian ; Finnish ; Italian ; French ; English ; Hebrew ; Danish ; German ; Swedish Region Region 2
- Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players

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