Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play With an impoverished world plunged into a Cold War with a new enemy Britain&s Ministry of Defence is on the brink of developing a game-changing weapon Lead scientist Vincent Mc Carthy (Toby Stephens) provides the answer with his creation The Machine
- an android with unrivalled physical & processing skills When a programming glitch causes an early prototype to destroy his lab Mc Carthy enlists artificial intelligence expert Ava (Caity Lotz) to help him harness the full potential of a truly conscious fighting machine
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' You talk as if a god had made the Machine cried the other I believe that you pray to it when you are unhappy Men made it do not forget that'EM Forster is best known for his exquisite novels but these two affecting short stories brilliantly combine the fantastical with the allegorical In ' The Machine Stops' humanity has isolated itself beneath the ground enmeshed in automated comforts & in ' The Celestial Omnibus' a young boy takes a trip his parents believe impossible This book contains The Machine Stops & A Celestial Omnibus ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play A little guilt goes a long way Having not slept for a year lathe operator Trevor Reznick (Christian Bale
- The Dark Knight The Prestige Batman Begins) is dying of insomnia Why he can&t sleep he can&t remember His every waking minute has become an unrelenting nightmare of confusion paranoia guilt anxiety & terror; each of which is part of an escalating series of clues that will lead him to the source of his mysterious affliction Method actor Christian Bale who favours total immersion in the roles he plays lost an astonishing 63 pounds from his already lean frame in order to convey the shockingly gaunt physique of the main character Exhausting in his preparation close to the point of permanent physical damage Bale is the centrepoint of this extraordinary film Actors Christian Bale Jennifer Jason Leigh Michael Ironside Anna Massey Aitana Sanchez-Gijon & John Sharian Director Brad Anderson Certificate 15 years & over Year 2004 Languages English Duration 1 hour & 39 minutes (approx)
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Scotland's National dish is the source of endless jokes & horror stories yet continues to provoke curiosity around the world With an ancient history & an eight-verse tribute penned by Robert Burns haggis is a Scottish cultural icon So how did it come to acquire its bad boy image & earn such mixed reviews ranging from the devotion of its fans to the deep revulsion of the uninitiated? In this informative & light-hearted book Jo Macsween of the famous family of Edinburgh haggis makers expertly guides you through the myths & magic to a new realm of haggis appreciation that transcends neeps tatties & Burns Night Featuring fifty mouth-watering recipes Jo rewrites the rules & demonstrates that haggis is a versatile ingredient that can be savoured at all times of day & throughout the year She even dares to challenge the long-standing association of haggis with whisky & recommends a new coterie of drinking companions ...

The Mad Hatter is a figure for Disney Infinity 30 Edition Mad Hatter's animated version appeared in Disney INFINITY as a costume Mad Hatter is the third figure in Disney INFINITY based on a character played by Johnny Depp The first was Captain Jack Sparrow & the second was Tonto ...

An astonishing insight into living with dissociative fugue & an inspiring tale for our times 200 pages Groome Imogen ...

EIGHTEEN WEEKS ON THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER LIST Teen dance prodigy breakout Dance Moms star & judge on So You Think you Can Dance The Next Generation Maddie Ziegler presents her uplifting coming-of-age memoir about following her dreams & working very hard to achieve success in both the dance world & in life Maddie Ziegler had hoped to become a star
- she just didn't know how soon that day would come At just eight years old she was cast on the hit reality TV show Dance Moms & quickly won the hearts of fans everywhere with her natural talent & determination Soon she was catching eyes all over
- including those of pop superstar Sia who handpicked her to star in the incredibly popular music video ' Chandelier' The rest as they say is history In this inspirational memoir Maddie explains the hard work she put in to her rise to stardom & how she keeps her balance along the way
- starring in music videos going on tour & becoming an actress in The Book of Henry with Naomi Watts & Jacob Tremblay She also answers her fans' burning questions with wise advice she's learned on her journey With honesty charm & humour Maddie offers her unique perspective on making her way in the world as a young teenager reflecting on the lessons she's learned
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' Do you see your son standing over there in the antechamber? Well I am going to shoot him' The story of the great & mad Cambyses King of Persia told by part-historian part-mythmaker Herodotus of Halicarnassus Introducing Little Black Classics 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range & diversity of Penguin Classics with books from around the world & across many centuries They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California & the Russian steppe Here are stories lyrical & savage; poems epic & intimate; essays satirical & inspirational; & ideas that have shaped the lives of millions Herodotus (c 484-425 BCE) Herodotus's The Histories is also available in Penguin Classics ...

The Madonna of the Pool is a collection of short stories which explore the triumphs compromises & quiet disappointments of everyday life Drawing on a wide array of characters Helen Stancey shows how small events insignificant to some can resonate deeply in the lives of others 144 pages Stancey Helen ...

An analysis of Victorial women writers this pathbreaking book of feminist literary criticism is now reissued with a substantial new introduction by Sandra Gilbert & Susan Gubar that reveals the origins of their revolutionary realization in the 1970s that the personal was the political the sexual was the textual The classic argument for a women's literary tradition-Scott Heller Chronicle of Higher Education The authors force us to take a new look at the grandes dames of English literature & the result is that they will never seem quite the same again-Le Anne Schreiber New York Times Book Review Imperative reading-Carolyn G Heilbrun Washington Post Book World A masterpiece-Carolyn See Los Angeles Times Book Review The Madwoman in the Attic The Woman Writer & the Nineteenth-Century originally published in 1979 has long since become a classic one of the most important works of literary criticism of the 20th century This new edition contains an introduction titled ' The Madwoman in the Academy' that is quite simply a delight to read warmly witty provocative informative & illuminating-Joyce Carol Oates Princeton University A groundbreaking study of women writers The book brought the concerns of feminism to the study of female writers & presented the case for the existence of a distinctly feminine imagination-Martin Arnold The New York Times The authors are brilliant academics but they wear their erudition lightly It remains imperative reading for those who want to understand better the grandes dames of English literature & is still one of the most powerful pieces of writing from a feminist point of view Argumentative polemical witty & thought-provoking this is a book which will make the reader return to the original texts -Yorkshire Post (Leeds) A feminist classic & still one of the best books on the female Victorian writers-Judith Shulevitz New York Times Book Review ...