Born Jalal ad-Din Mohammed Balkhi in Persia early in the thirteenth century the poet known as Rumi expressed the deepest feelings of the heart through his poetry This volume consists of new translations edited by Deepak Chopra to evoke the rich mood & music of Rumi's love poems Exalted yearning ravishing ecstasy & consuming desire emerge from these poems as powerfully today as they did on their creation more than 700 years ago ' These poems reflect the deepest longings of the human heart as it searches for the divine They celebrate love Each poetic whisper is urgent expressing the desire that penetrates human relationships & inspires intimacy with the self silently nurturing an affinity for the Beloved Both Fereydoun Kia the translator & I hope that you will share the experience of ravishing ecstasy that the poems of Rumi evoked in us In this volume we have sought to capture in English the dreams wishes hopes desires & feelings of a Persian poet who continues to amaze bewilder confound & teach one thousand years after he walked on this earth'
- Deepak Chopra
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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 Heist comedy caper starring Pierce Brosnan Emma Thompson Timothy Spall & Celia Imrie Middle-aged company man Richard Jones (Brosnan) is all set for retirement
- or so he thinks When he arrives at work for his last day & finds that his pension fund has been stolen through the fraudulent workings of Vincent Kruger (Laurent Lafitte) the man who has recently bought over the company he enlists the help of his ex-wife Kate (Thompson) to help get it back The two set off for France with their friends Jerry (Spall) & Penelope (Imrie) who agree to help steal Vincent&s bride-to-be&s diamond necklace which they feel will fully compensate for the lost funds Can they track Vincent down & secure their future? Actors Emma Thompson Pierce Brosnan Tuppence Middleton Timothy Spall Directors Joel Hopkins Run Time 94 minutes
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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 Heist comedy caper starring Pierce Brosnan Emma Thompson Timothy Spall & Celia Imrie Middle-aged company man Richard Jones (Brosnan) is all set for retirement
- or so he thinks When he arrives at work for his last day & finds that his pension fund has been stolen through the fraudulent workings of Vincent Kruger (Laurent Lafitte) the man who has recently bought over the company he enlists the help of his ex-wife Kate (Thompson) to help get it back The two set off for France with their friends Jerry (Spall) & Penelope (Imrie) who agree to help steal Vincent&s bride-to-be&s diamond necklace which they feel will fully compensate for the lost funds Can they track Vincent down & secure their future? Actors Emma Thompson Pierce Brosnan Tuppence Middleton Timothy Spall Directors Joel Hopkins Run Time 94 minutes
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Filled with fun silly cheeky & sensual activities for couples It is a fill-in-yourself book that will help you get the most out of your relationship from when it's flashy new & box-fresh to when it's fully worn in & super comfy Designed to help you achieve maximum relationship awesomeness The Love Scrapbook gives you the chance to enjoy assess & celebrate your relationship while you are in it! From logging your important milestones argument scorecards & ' Which romcom would your relationship be?' to in-jokes design your own love heart sweets & the Meatloaf Test (just what would you do for love?) What's more once finished with the fill-in activities fold down the pages of the book to create a 3D heart shape as a physical memento of your love & relationship ...

THE SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLING AUTHORFull of warmth love fun & laughter The Love Shack is a novel to devour! They've found their dream first home But making it theirs could be a nightmare Dan & Gemma have found their dream first home but the asking price is the stuff of nightmares The only way they'll ever save enough for the deposit is by moving in rent-free with Dan's mum It's a desperate solution but it's only for six months & Gemma's determined to make it work no matter how bad things get But between Dan's mum's kitchen karaoke her constant innuendos irrepressible argumentative streak &
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- her ham & pineapple curries life back at home would test the patience of two saints Which Dan & Gemma most definitely are not Then as they're trying to convince themselves it will all be worth it Gemma's past comes back to haunt her & suddenly the foundations of their entire relationship are shaken to their core What readers are saying One of the few authors that can actually make me laugh out loud I could sit here & fill a review with some of the lines that she comes out with Nothing about The Love Shack feels predictable There's a wonderful ending to a brilliant book one that I very highly recommend' bookaddictshaun Wonderful relatable characters
- had me in stitches A fantastic witty read & definitely my favourite Jane Costello novel' bookreviewbyrea I can't tell you enough what a gorgeous funny touching read this is I raced through the pages fell in love with the characters laughed out loud at their antics kept my fingers crossed for them & felt like a part of the story myself' Agimybookshelf Incredibly entertaining
- I loved reading it' Gilbster



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Part biography & part spiritual reading this book brings to light little-known stories from Mother Teresa's life that will help you to grow in your love of God You will learn her approach to reading Scripture what enabled her to persevere through agonizing nights & the remarkable -- some would say mystical -- events that led her to start the Missionaries of Charity In considering Mother Teresa her private visions & her secret sufferings David Scott has discovered scores of early episodes & chance encounters that point to later larger meanings These remarkable patterns he suggests show that Mother Teresa's life was choreographed from above as if a divine script had been written for her from before her birth In these pages you will meet for the first time the Mother Teresa who challenged the ancient Goddess of Death & became the first saint of our global village You will read as she describes in long-secret letters the dark night of her soul The woman you will meet is one that God himself sent to you as a clear sign that despite pain & suffering in our lives & in our world God's good love will prevail beginning in what she called the slums of our hearts We are all called to holiness & the saints are sent to us as real-life examples of God's love With Mother Teresa as your guide you'll learn how to follow God's call & find holiness in a world marked by the shadow of death & growing indifference to God Indeed you'll learn how to be an everyday missionary of Christ's love in the ordinary activities of your daily life ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Anna Biller directs this comedy horror starring Samantha Robinson Jeffrey Vincent Parise & Laura Waddell which pays homage to the Technicolor thrillers of the 1960s & 70s A young & beautiful witch named Elaine (Robinson) uses her magic to devise spells & craft concoctions which will grant her what she desires a man who loves her Inconveniently however her creations work too well & every man she seduces ends up dead She finally finds the perfect man for her but her willful desire to feel loved may send her over the edge & into a heady brew of passion madness & death Extras 1 Behind the scenes with Writer & Director Anna Biller 2 Interview with Cinematographer M David Mullen 3 Deleted & Alternate Scenes 4 Extended Scenes 5 Samantha Robinson Dance Audition 6 Theatrical Trailer ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Anna Biller directs this comedy horror starring Samantha Robinson Jeffrey Vincent Parise & Laura Waddell which pays homage to the Technicolor thrillers of the 1960s & 70s A young & beautiful witch named Elaine (Robinson) uses her magic to devise spells & craft concoctions which will grant her what she desires a man who loves her Inconveniently however her creations work too well & every man she seduces ends up dead She finally finds the perfect man for her but her willful desire to feel loved may send her over the edge & into a heady brew of passion madness & death Extras 1 Behind the scenes with Writer & Director Anna Biller 2 Interview with Cinematographer M David Mullen 3 Deleted & Alternate Scenes 4 Extended Scenes 5 Samantha Robinson Dance Audition 6 Theatrical Trailer ...

Subtitled An Anglo-American Tragedy Evelyn Waugh's The Loved One is a witty satirical novel on artistic integrity & the British expat community in Hollywood published in Penguin Modern Classics The more startling for the economy of its prose & plot this novel's story set among the manicured lawns & euphemisms of Whispering Glades Memorial Park in Hollywood satirizes the American way of death & offers Waugh's memento mori Following the death of a friend poet & pets' mortician Dennis Barlow finds himself entering into the artificial Hollywood paradise of the Whispering Glades Memorial Park Within its golden gates death American-style is wrapped up & sold like a package holiday There Dennis enters the fragile & bizarre world of Aimee the naive Californian corpse beautician & Mr Joyboy the master of the embalmer's art A dark & savage satire on the Anglo-American cultural divide The Loved One depicts a world where love reputation & death cost a very great deal Evelyn Waugh (1903-66) was born in Hampstead second son of Arthur Waugh publisher & literary critic & brother of Alec Waugh the popular novelist In 1928 he published his first work a life of Dante Gabriel Rossetti & his first novel Decline & Fall which was soon followed by Vile Bodies (1930) A Handful of Dust (1934) & Scoop (1938) In 1942 he published Put Out More Flags & then in 1945 Brideshead Revisited Men at Arms (1952) was the first volume of ' The Sword of Honour' trilogy & won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize; the other volumes Officers & Gentlemen & Unconditional Surrender followed in 1955 & 1961 If you enjoyed The Loved One you might like Waugh's Vile Bodies also available in Penguin Modern Classics' The master of black comedy' Sunday Times' One of the funniest & most significant books of the century' Alice Thomas Ellis Daily Telegraph ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Whatever Lola wants Lola gets & pretty boy unhinged Lola wants you! The coolest Ozploitation horror in ages is director Sean Byrne&s hilariously dark & supremely confident mash-up of Misery Saw & Carrie in the outback Cute young Brent is still traumatized over the car crash death of his beloved father when he&s picked out by classmate Lola to attend her gore-soaked private prom Kidnapped by her devoted nut-job father who will do absolutely anything Lola requests Brent soon finds himself strapped to a chair & being tortured into submission by the deadliest pair since Burke & Hare But as Brent struggles with the horrific advances of Lola & her slavish slobbering dad his girlfriend & high school mates are slowly putting the puzzle pieces of his disappearance together Slick quick & sick Byrne&s stylish twist on teen horror provides fresh jolts graphic gasps & superior scream &n& squeal shocks Actors Xavier Samuel Robin Mc Leavy John Brumpton Victoria Thaine & Jessica Mc Namee Director Sean Byrne Certificate 18 years & over Year 2009 Languages English
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