Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Directed by Billy Wilder (Double Indemnity Sunset Boulevard Some Like It Hot) this gut-wrenching adaptation of Charles Jackson&s The Lost Weekend horrified its studio was rejected by test audiences & was lobbied by temperance groups yet went on to huge success & became the awards sensation of its year Ray Milland stars as Don Birnam a New York author struggling with many years of alcoholism & writer&s block Trying to keep him on the path to rehabilitation are his straight-laced brother Wick (Philip Terry) & devoted long-time girlfriend Helen (Jane Wyman) When Don absconds from a country excursion he embarks on a four-day binge spiralling towards rock bottom Actors Ray Milland Jane Wyman Phillip Terry Howard Da Silva Doris Dowling Frank Faylen Mary Young Anita Sharp-Bolster Lillian Fontaine Frank Orth & Lewis L Russell Director Billy Wilder Certificate PGYear 1945 Screen 137 Languages English Subtitles English for the hearing impaired Duration 1 hour & 42 minutes (approx) ...

Bea has started to hear & see things that no one else can
- creatures voices visions Then strangers visit Bea & tell her she is
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BAMB Beautiful Book Award 2017 Hay Festival Book of the Year THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLER' Fast becoming a cultural phenomenon Adapted as a choral work a theatrical performance stitched into embroidered braille whispered the words through the trees of the National Forest in Derbyshire It will be discovered by a generation of children' Guardian' My top book of the year' Susan Hill Spectator' Gorgeous to look at & to read Give it to a child to bring back the magic of language
- & its scope' Jeanette Winterson Guardian ' The most beautiful & thought-provoking book I've read this year' Frank Cottrell-Boyce Observer From bestselling Landmarks author Robert Macfarlane & acclaimed artist & author Jackie Morris All over the country there are words disappearing from children's lives These are the words of the natural world
- Dandelion Otter Bramble & Acorn all gone The rich landscape of wild imagination & wild play is rapidly fading from our children's minds' Gorgeous' Observer The Lost Words stands against the disappearance of wild childhood It is a joyful celebration of nature words & the natural world they invoke With acrostic spell-poems by award-winning writer Robert Macfarlane & h&-painted illustration by Jackie Morris this enchanting book captures the irreplaceable magic of language & nature for all ages' Robert Macfarlane & Jackie Morris have made a thing of astonishing beauty' Alex Preston Observer

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The Lost Words is a card game based on the stunning book by best-selling author Robert Macfarlane & acclaimed Illustrator of ...

Unearthed in a collection of pre-WWII newspaper printing plates the mid-1930s comic strips Uncle Otto & Harry Karry represent the earliest known cartooning of the great comics & sequential art pioneer Will Eisner In these never-before-seen strips you see the young Eisner’s imagination expanding as he experiments with the possibilities of serialized storytelling & works through his numerous influences Contextualized with an exhaustive introduction by Denis Kitchen these comics document the genesis of one of the most iconic & brilliant cartoonists of all time ...

Before seeing Jurassic World this June read the sequel to the multimillion copy No 1 bestselling thriller that inspired the first major motion picture Jurassic Park It is now six years since the secret disaster at Jurassic Park six years since the extraordinary dream of science & imagination came to a crashing end
- the dinosaurs destroyed the park dismantled the island indefinitely closed to the public But there are rumours that something survived & when a team go to investigate they are determined not to give it a chance to escape Michael Cricton takes the terrifying events of Jurassic Park even further in this unstoppably readable adventure sequel told by a master storyteller
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When the reporter Edward Malone is sent to interview the formidable Professor Challenger about his accounts of strange prehistoric beasts on a remote plateau in South America he expects to be given short shrift by the researcher notorious for man handling nosy enquirers But Challenger impressed by the young journalist's thirst for adventure invites Malone along on his next expedition plunging him into a mysterious & dangerous world populated by dinosaurs & murderous ape men Having already written seminal works of detective fiction Arthur Conan Doyle became a pioneer of early science fiction with The Lost World This classic novel helped establish the genre & has inspired since its first publication in 1912 countless stories novels & films ...

With a new Introduction by Cedric Watts MA Ph D Research Professor of English University of Sussex These lively varied & thought-provoking science-fiction stories (from the era of Jules Verne & H G Wells) are linked by their imposing central character the pugnaciously adventurous & outrageous Professor Challenger The Lost World (forebear of Jurassic Park) vividly depicts a perilous region in which the explorers confront creatures from the prehistoric era The Poison Belt presents an eerie doomsday scenario while The Disintegration Machine satirically comments on scientific cynicism In When the World Screamed the planet responds violently to an experimental incursion The strangest item is The Land of Mist which seeks to reconcile science with spiritualism This memorable collection provides imaginative entertainment entrancing escapism & bold provocation ...

Edward Malone goes on an adventure with Professor Challenger Professor Summerlee & Lord Roxton He wants to impress Gladys They set off to find the Lost World They go in search of dinosaurs Professor Summerlee wants to prove that the Lost World doesn't exist & that Professor Challenger is a liar The others want to show the world that dinosaurs are still alive deep in the Amazon rainforest Foxton Readers are a series of carefully graded books aimed at ESL EAL learners of beginner to advanced levels They are based on a comprehensive grammar & vocabulary framework to match each ability level & to ensure each learner progresses They are not only suitable for ESL EAL learners but can also be used with native speakers of primary school age ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play In 1924 pioneering filmmaker Claude Friese-Greene embarked on an intrepid road trip from Land s End to John O& Groats He recorded his journey on film using an experimental colour process; the result was a remarkable travelogue called The Open Road Reviewers hailed the film as an amazing success at which audiences would &gasp with wonder& for at a time when cinemagoers saw their world only in black & white Claude&s remarkable films were shot in colour Eighty years after Claude&s original trip the BBC and the British Film Institute have recreated the journey & in this three-part series Dan Cruickshank retraces Claude&s route through the heart of Britain Drawing fully on Claude&s original footage which has been meticulously restored by the BFI this wonderful series affords contemporary audiences a vibrant glimpse at life in the 1920s & a chance to examine not only how much has changed but also all that has remained the same since that time On our route through scenic West Country into Wales up the West coast to Scotland & on to John O& Groats we hear from a cast of characters
- not only relatives & friends of those who appear in Claude&s footage but those who featured in the films as children & who describe the moving experience of encountering themselves within this beautiful footage
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