A bitter-sweet tale of quiet lives in the small & apparently timeless world of mid-19th century Sicilian nobility Through the eyes of his princely protagonist the author chronicles the details of an aristocratic pastoral society torn apart by revolution death & decay ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Against a dramatic nineteenth-century backdrop of radical Italian Nationalism Luchino Visconti masterful epic The Leopard follows the Sicilian Prince of Salina & his family as they adjust to the social turbulence of revolutionary times Adapted from Tomasi di Lampedusa s esteemed novel of the same name this is a tragicomic depiction of a class eclipsed by history Luchiono Visconti&s masterpiece The Leopard is now available on DVD for the first time Featuring the complete uncut version of the film with fully restored picture & sound this stunning high definition digital transfer from the film s original 70mm negative materials overseen by the film s director of photography Guisppe Rotunno is presented here in it s original widescreen aspect ratio Starring Burt Lancaster Alain Delon & Claudia Cardinale this gorgeous evocation of an era beautifully photographed designed & costumed with a rousing score by Nini Rota glitters with superb set pieces culminating in the climatic 45-minute ballroom section where we can & fell a society in transition ...

'A master of the genre' The Times Britannia has been subdued
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Osebo the leopard has a fine drum a huge drum a magnificent drum All the animals covet Osebo's drum but he won't let anyone else have it not even Nyame the Sky-God So Nyame offers a big reward to the animal that brings him the drum All try
- the monkey the elephant even the python
- & all fail Can a very small tortoise succeed in outwitting the boastful leopard? Jessica Souhami's vibrant collage illustrations full of movement & humor add additional appeal to this delightful story The short rhythmic text is perfect for reading aloud

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Includes: RECENTLY DISCOVERED NEW MATERIALIn the spring of 1860 Fabrizio the charismatic Prince of Salina still rules
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Brother Cadfael sets out to visit the Saint Giles leper colony outside Shrewsbury knowing that a grand wedding is due to take place at the Abbey of Saint Peter & Saint Paul As he arrives at Saint Giles the nuptial party passes the colony's gates He sees the fragile bride looking like a prisoner between her two stern guardians & the groom an arrogant fleshy aristocrat old enough to be her grandfather With his usual astuteness he suspects that this union may be more damned than blessed He is horrifically proved right when a savage murder disrupts the May-December marriage leaving Brother Cadfael with a dark & terrible mystery to solve For the key to the killing
- & a secret
- are hidden among the lepers of Saint Giles & Brother Cadfael's skills must diagnose a sickness not of the body but of a twisted soul

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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
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Philip Larkin's second collection The Less Deceived was published by The Marvell Press in 1955 & now appears for the first time in Faber covers The eye can hardly pick them out From the cold shade they shelter in Till wind distresses tail & mane; Then one crops grass & moves about
- The other seeming to look on
- & stands anonymous again from ' At Grass'

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LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEY'S WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2017SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE 2016SHORTLISTED FOR THE BORD GAIS IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2016 From the writer of one of the most memorable debuts of recent years An eighteen-year-old Irish girl arrives in London to study drama & falls violently in love with an older actor This older man has a disturbing past that the young girl is unprepared for The young girl has a troubling past of her own This is her story & their story The Lesser Bohemians is about sexual passion It is about innocence & the loss of it At once epic & exquisitely intimate it is a celebration of the dark & the light in love ...

WINNER OF THE JAMES TAIT BLACK MEMORIAL PRIZE 2017SHORTLISTED FOR THE GOLDSMITHS PRIZE 2016SHORTLISTED FOR THE BORD GAIS IRISH NOVEL OF THE YEAR 2016SHORTLISTED FOR THE RSL ENCORE AWARD 2017LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILEY'S WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2017LONGLISTED FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DUBLIN LITERARY AWARD The vibrant energy of 1990s London A year of passion & discovery The anxiety & intensity of new love An eighteen-year-old Irish girl arrives in London to study drama & falls violently in love with an older actor While she is naive & thrilled by life in the big city he is haunted by demons & the clamorous relationship that ensues risks undoing them both At once epic & exquisitely intimate The Lesser Bohemians is a celebration of the dark & the light in love ...