Among the jumble of paperweights plates typewriters & general bric-a-brac in Mr Nakano's thrift store there are treasures to be found Each piece carries its own story of love & loss
- or so it seems to Hitomi when she takes a job there working behind the till Nor are her fellow employees any less curious or weatherworn than the items they sell There's the store's owner Mr Nakano an enigmatic ladies' man with several ex-wives; Sakiko his sensuous unreadable lover; his sister Masayo an artist whose free-spirited creations mask hidden sorrows & finally there's Hitomi's fellow employee Takeo whose abrupt & taciturn manner Hitomi finds to her consternation increasingly disarming A beguiling story of love found amid odds & ends The Nakano Thrift Shop is a heart-warming & utterly charming novel from one of Japan's most celebrated contemporary novelists
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FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY EDITION
- WITH A NEW PREFACE BY THE AUTHORHere is the Naked Ape at his most primal
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In this autobiography Quentin Crisp describes his unhappy childhood & the stresses of adolescence that led him to London There in bedsits & cafes he found a world of brutality & comedy of shortlived jobs & precarious relationships All of which he faced with humour & intelligence ...

A biographical film based on the real life of an Englishman who lived in London Quentin Crisp who introduces the film is an effeminate homosexual a flamboyant & witty exhibitionist whose conversation is as glittering as the lipstick & mascara he used to effect ...

Previously published as Naked Diplomacy Who will be in power in the 21st century? Governments? Big business? Internet titans? & how do we influence the future? Digital technology is changing power at a faster rate than any time in history Distrust & inequality are fuelling political & economic uncertainty The scaffolding built around the global order is fragile & the checks & balances created over centuries to protect liberty are being tested maybe to destruction Tom Fletcher the youngest senior British ambassador for two hundred years considers how we
- as governments businesses individuals
- can survive & thrive in the twenty first century & how we can ensure that technology can make it easier of citizens truly to take back control

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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 An intrepid Los Angeles police lieutenant is determined to foil a plot to assassinate the Queen of England no matter whose toes he h as to step on -- even his own (based on the 1982 series "POLICE SQUAD") ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Filmed on the virtually deserted Setonaikai archipelago in south-east Japan Naked Island was made in the words of its director as a 'cinematic poem' to try & capture the life of human beings struggling like ants against the forces of nature Kaneto Shindo director of Onibaba (MoC 13) & Kuroneko (MoC 14) made the film with his own production company Kinda&2 Eiga Kyokai who were facing financial ruin at the time Using one-tenth of the average budget Shindo took one last impassioned risk to make this film With his small crew they relocated to an inn on the island of Mihari where for two months in early 1964 they would make what they considered to be their last film Actors Masanori Horimoto Nobuko Otowa Shinji Tanaka Taiji Tonoyama Directors Kaneto Shind&244; Writers Kaneto Shind&244; Producers Kaneto Shind&244; Matsuura Eisaku Format Subtitled Language Japanese Subtitles English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Aspect Ratio 169
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Saturnine & quick-tempered the formidable North Sea is often overlooked
- even by those living within a stone's throw of its steel-grey
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Komilla Sutton is a co-founder of the British Association for Vedic Astrology She is renowned as both a practitioner & teacher of the science with students & clients all over the world Readers of her previous books (The Essentials of Vedic Astrology The Lunar Nodes & Personal Panchanga) have long been asking for a book on the nakshatras the lunar mansions
- so here it is Written for students with a strong grasp of vedic astrology it covers nama nakshatras the gunas sexual compatibility & a thorough study of the myths behind each nakshatra There is also an in-depth case history of Steve Jobs
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The Name of God is Mercy Pope Francis' exploration on the universal theme of mercy is a spiritual inspiration to both followers of Christianity & non-Christians around the world Drawing on his own experience as a priest & shepherd Pope Francis discusses mercy a subject of central importance in his religious teaching & testimony & in addition sums up other ideas
- reconciliation the closeness of God
- that comprise the heart of his papacy Written in conversation with Vatican expert & La Stampa journalist Andrea Tornielli The Name of God is Mercy is directed at everyone inside or outside of the Catholic Church seeking meaning in life a road to peace & reconciliation or the healing of physical or spiritual wounds

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