Who is Enric Marco? An old man from Barcelona who claims to be a Nazi concentration camp survivor & rises to be president of Spain's leading Holocaust survivor movement the Friends of Mauthausen By the time he is unmasked in Austria in 2005 on the eve of the seventieth anniversary of the liberation of the camp he has become a civic hero speaking at hundreds of conferences granting dozens of interviews receiving state honours publishing a successful memoir & even moving Spanish congressmen to tears at a memorial homage to Republicans deported by the Third Reich The case shocked the world & Enric Marco was labelled a great imposter to which he responded I am an impostor but not a fraud A decade later Javier Cercas addresses the enigma of the man his truths & lies & through an investigation that unravels Spain's history in the twentieth century delves with passion & unflinching honesty into that deepest part of human nature
- our infinite capacity for self-deception our need for conformity our lies our insatiable thirst for affection & our opposing needs for fiction & reality The Impostor is an extraordinary novel that not only tells Marco's self-deluding story but also challenges the reader to consider how truthful any of us is in the way we present ourselves in daily life Are we not all asks Cercas the novelists of our own lives? Translated from the Spanish by Frank Wynne
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WINNER OF THE BOLLINGER EVERYMAN WODEHOUSE PRIZE FOR COMIC FICTION 2016SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILEYS WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2016 A BBC RADIO 2 BOOK CLUB PICKWhen lovelorn Annie Mc Dee stumbles across a dirty painting in a junk shop while looking for a present for an unsuitable man she has no idea what she has discovered Soon she finds herself drawn unwillingly into the tumultuous London art world populated by exiled Russian oligarchs avaricious Sheikas desperate auctioneers & unscrupulous dealers all scheming to get their hands on her painting
- a lost eighteenth-century masterpiece called The Improbability of Love' Delving into the painting's past Annie will uncover not just an illustrious list of former owners but some of the darkest secrets of European history
- & in doing so she might just learn to open up to the possibility of falling in love again

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Why is it that incredibly unlikely phenomena actually happen quite regularly & why should we in fact expect such things to happen? Here in this highly original book
- aimed squarely at anyone with an interest in coincidences probability or gambling
- eminent statistician David Hand answers this question by weaving together various strands of probability into a unified explanation which he calls the improbability principle This is a book that will appeal not only to those who love stories about startling coincidences & extraordinarily rare events but also to those who are interested in how a single bold idea links areas as diverse as gambling the weather airline disasters & creative writing as well as the origin of life & even the universe The Improbability Principle will change your perspective on how the world works
- & tell you what the Bible code & Shakespeare have in common how to win the lottery why Apple's song shuffling was made less random to seem more random Oh & why lightning does in fact strike twice


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This work examines education in both theory & practice during the Enlightenment & the French Revolution when educators aimed at nothing less than reforming humanity & creating a new society Originally published in 1985 The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback & hardcover editions The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905 ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play All six episodes from the first series of the comedy drama following the lives & trials of four new sixth-formers With his parents recently divorced private school boy Will Mc Kenzie (Simon Bird) has to move into the sixth form at the local comprehensive After an initial rough patch not helped by dressing like the archetypal geek & carrying a briefecase he makes friends with Simon (Joe Thomas) Neil (Blake Harrison) & Jay (James Buckley) who although they&re slightly more streetwise are just as uncool Desperately trying to raise their kudos they soon embark on a series of embarrassing atttempts to try & woo the opposite sex with varying degrees of success Episodes are & The First Day& & Bunk Off& & Thorpe Park& & Girlfriend& & Caravan Club& & & Xmas Party& ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play The Inbetweeners 2 reunites Jay Neil Simon & Will for another critically acclaimed smash-hit comedy adventure University life is not all it&s cracked up to be Will is finding it difficult to make friends at Bristol & Simon is struggling to cope in his relationship with Lucy When Neil & Simon visit Will for an uneventful weekend they make the decision to travel to Australia to meet up with Jay who is having the time of his life on a mental gap year of sun surf & sex Or so he claims Once in Oz the boys discover Jay&s tales of wild times & super-stardom in Sydney aren&t quite true What a surprise! Will convinces them to embark on a real travelling experience & then the holiday really begins There&s unintentional proposals singing round the camp fire disgrace at a water park & a trip into the outback will they survive? Blu-ray Extras Audio commentary with writers Iain Morris & Damon Beesley Audio commentary with Simon Bird James Buckley Blake Harrison & Joe Thomas Behind the Scenes Featurette Extended Deleted Scenes Blooper Reel East End to the Outback Featurette Age Rating 15 ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play The multi award-winning Inbetweeners return
- in this critically-acclaimed film Will (Simon Bird) Simon (Joe Thomas) Jay (James Buckley) & Neil (Blake Harrison) have finished school forever & are off on their first lads holiday They&re looking forward to two weeks in Malia with no parents no teachers & little chance with the ladies From disastrous holiday accommodation to Simon&s heartache to Neil&s spectacular dancing to Jay falling asleep in an ants nest it&s a real coming-of-age film
- where 4 boys become men or at least try to & with the chance for holiday romance the boys pull out all the stops!

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Please note this is a region B Blu-Ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-Ray player in order to play The multi award-winning Inbetweeners return
- in this critically-acclaimed film Will (Simon Bird) Simon (Joe Thomas) Jay (James Buckley) & Neil (Blake Harrison) have finished school forever & are off on their first lads holiday They&re looking forward to two weeks in Malia with no parents no teachers & little chance with the ladies From disastrous holiday accommodation to Simon&s heartache to Neil&s spectacular dancing to Jay falling asleep in an ants nest it&s a real coming-of-age film
- where 4 boys become men or at least try to & with the chance for holiday romance the boys pull out all the stops! Actors Simon Bird James Buckley Blake Harrison Joe Thomas Emily Head Belinda Stewart-Wilson Cush Jumbo Theo Barklem-Biggs & Tamla Kari Director Ben Palmer Certificate 18 years & over Year 2011 Screen Widescreen Languages English

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The Inbetweeners Series 1-3 boxset follows the often misguided footsteps of four friends Will Simon Neil & Jay as they try to navigate their way through sixth form with their hormones running riot None of our heroes are exceptional all are distinctly average Will is constantly trying to raise their social standing Simon is a hopeless romantic who is obsessed with schoolmate Carli Neil is sometimes so slow it&s more like owning a pet than having a friend & Jay is a borderline sex pest constantly bragging about imaginary sexual experiences Actors Simon Bird Joe Thomas James Buckley & Blake Harrison Certificate 18 years & over Year 2008
- 2010 Languages English Region Region 2
- Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players

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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 The multi award-winning show returns in its third hotly anticipated series The Inbetweeners follows four friends Will Simon Neil & Jay as they try hopelessly to navigate their way through sixth form with their hormones running riot Neither the coolest kids in school nor the ultimate nerds the four &inbetweeners& try their best to improve their social standing & more importantly impress girls with hilarious results From Simon&s wardrobe malfunction whilst taking part in the school fashion show to Will trying to escape being known as the kid who shat himself in the exam to Jay&s trying to avoid his dog&s attentions to Neil&s 18th birthday party nothing goes quite to plan But that&s okay because they have each other No wait that makes it worse Behind The Scenes Out takes & Deleted Scenes Video Diaries Diaries from cast members eg Simon Bird Joe Thomas James Buckley Blake Harrison & Greg Davies Audio Commentaries with Cast & Writers Actors Simon Bird Joe Thomas James Buckley & Blake Harrison Certificate 18 years & over Year 2010 Languages English ...