Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Eccentric Sidney Stratton (Alec Guiness) is a laboratory cleaner in a textile factory who invents a material that will neither wear out nor become dirty Initially hailed as a great discovery Sidney&s astonishing invention is suffocated by the management when they realise that if it never wears out people will only ever have to purchase one suit of clothing ...

Filth (Failed In London Try Hong Kong) is a successful lawyer when he marries Elisabeth in Hong Kong soon after the War Reserved immaculate & courteous Filth finds it hard to demonstrate his emotions But Elisabeth is different
- a free spirit She was brought up in the Japanese Internment Camps which killed both her parents but left her with a lust for survival & an affinity with the Far East No wonder she is attracted to Filth's hated rival at the Bar
- the brash forceful Veneering Veneering has a Chinese wife & an adored son
- & no difficulty whatsoever in demonstrating his emotions How Elisabeth turns into Betty & whether she remains loyal to stolid Filth or is swept up by caddish Veneering makes for a page-turning plot in a perfect novel which is full of surprises & revelations as well as the humour & eccentricites for which Jane Gardam's writing is famous


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Wodehouse's well-known gift for satisfying plots & comic surprises is evident on every page but there are also signs of his debt to earlier writers in the realistic tradition 368 pages Wodehouse P G ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Richard Attenborough stars as a scientist haunted by his past in this 1950s drama from director Don Chaffey Trying to escape his guilt after accidentally killing his fiancee&s brother Peter Watson (Attenborough) changes his name & takes a rooms in a delapidated boarding house There his mental health rapidly deteriorates & his fellow lodgers call the police after his erratic behaviour causes concern But when Watson begins brandishing a gun & a police sergeant is injured matters quicky come to a head ...

This is the first biography in twenty years of James Clerk Maxwell one of the greatest scientists of our time & yet a man relatively unknown to the wider public Approaching science with a freshness unbound by convention or previous expectations he produced some of the most original scientific thinking of the nineteenth century
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At the age of only 36 Sir Mark Sykes was signatory to the Sykes-Picot agreement one of the most reviled treaties of modern times A century later Christopher Sykes' lively biography of his grandfather reassesses his life & work & the political instability & violence in the Middle East attributed to it The Sykes-Picot agreement was drawn by the eponymous British & French diplomats in 1916 to determine the divideof the collapsing empire in the event of an allied victory in World War I Excluding Arab involvement it negated theirearlier guarantee of independence made by the British -and controversy has raged around it ever since But who was Mark Sykes? A century on Christopher Simon Sykes reveals new facetsof a misremembered diplomatic giant Using previouslyundisclosed family letters & cartoons by his grandfatherhe delivers a comprehensive & humbling account of the man behind one of the most impactful policies in the Middle East ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Noirish drama revealing the true story of a Jewish lawyer who challenged Hitler & paid with his life Starring Ian Hart as Adolf Hitler & Ed Stoppard as the audacious lawyer Hans Litten This feature length drama also stars Bill Paterson Sarah Smart Anton Lesser Ronan Vibert & Ruth Mc Cabe In the spring of 1931 with Germany on the brink of economic collapse the audacious Hans Litten put Adolf Hitler on the witness stand of a Berlin court At great personal risk the young lawyer aimed to expose the true character of Hitler to the German public & thereby halt the phenomenal rise of the Nazi Party In a humiliating & hostile cross-examination Hitler was forced to account for his violent methods his apparent contempt for the law & his stated desire to destroy German democracy Hitler survived the ordeal but it was a close encounter which he never forgot ...

The inspiring story of one young man's record-breaking solo cycle journey around the world On 15 February 2008 Mark Beaumont pedalled through the Arc de Triomphe in Paris 194 days & 17 hours previously he had begun his attempt to circumnavigate the world in record time Mark smashed the Guinness World Record by an astonishing 81 days He had travelled more than 18000 miles on his own through some of the harshest conditions one man & his bicycle can endure camping wild at night & suffering from constant ailments The Man Who Cycled the World is the story not just of that amazing achievement but of the events that turned Mark Beaumont into the man he is today From the early years of his free-spirited childhood in the Scottish countryside to present day he has been equally determined not to settle for an average existence but to break free & follow his dreams Mark Beaumont grew up in the foothills of the Scottish Highlands When he was twelve he cycled across Scotland then a few years later completed the 1000 mile solo ride across Britain from John O' Groats to Land's End His next long-distance ride took him the length of Italy a journey of 1336 miles helping to raise GBP50000 for charity After graduating from Glasgow University & having also qualified as a professional ski instructor he decided against a conventional career & devoted himself full-time to raising money for his endurance adventures Visit his website at wwwmarkbeaumontonlinecom ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Nicolas Roeg’s iconic science fiction odyssey The Man Who Fell to Earth has been stunningly restored in 4k to mark the 40th anniversary of this cult classic Featuring a startling & era defining lead performance from David Bowie in his debut feature role & based on the cult novel by Walter Tevis The Man Who Fell to Earth endures as not only a bitingly caustic indictment of the modern world but also a poignant commentary on the loneliness of the outsider Thomas Jerome Newton (David Bowie) is a humanoid alien who comes to Earth from a distant planet on a mission to take water back to his home planet in the midst of a catastrophic drought Using the advanced technology of his home planet to patent many inventions on Earth Newton acquires incredible wealth as the head of a technology-based conglomerate (aided by leading patent attorney Oliver Farnsworth Buck Henry The Graduate) that he intends to use to finance the construction of a space vehicle to ship water back to his planet Newton embarks on a relationship with hotel maid Mary-Lou (Candy Clark American Graffiti) & makes progress with the construction of his vehicle but soon finds his true identify at risk via his roguish colleague & confident Dr Nathan Bryce (Rip Torn Men in Black) who threatens not only his relationship with Mary-Lou but his freedom & chances of ever returning home Extras New interview with costume designer May Routh featuring original costume sketches New interview with stills photographer David James featuring behind the scenes stills New interview with fan Sam Taylor-Johnson New interview with producer Michael Deeley New The Lost Soundtracks featurette featuring interviews with Paul Buckmaster & author Chris Campion Interview with Candy Clark Interview with writer Paul Mayersberg Interview with cinematographer Tony Richmond Interview with Nic Roeg Trailers TV spots Watching the Alien featurette ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play British cinema icon Stanley Baker cult favourite actor Peter Cushing & controversial actordirector Mai Zetterling feature among an impressive line-up for this British espionage thriller set in post-War Europe The Man Who Finally Died is presented here in a br&-new transfer from the original film elements In London jazz musician Joe Newman receives a startling telephone call the caller is his German father believed to have been killed in action twenty years ago! At the same time a funeral is taking place in a quiet Bavarian town; the coffin bears the name of Kurt Deutsch Joe&s father When he goes to Bavaria to investigate Joe is sure that certain facts are being withheld But his search for the truth proves more disturbing than he could have imagined Actors Stanley Baker Peter Cushing Mai Zetterling Eric Portman & Nigel Green Director Quentin Lawrence Certificate PGYear 1962 Languages English Duration 1 hour & 36 minutes (approx) ...