Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Lies passion & football the perfect honeymoon! Shot against the colourful backdrop of the 2004 European Championships Danny Dyer stars as Mark a newlywed on his way to Portugal for his honeymoon Mark has tickets to all of the England matches can he get away with supporting his country without his wife becoming suspicious? Actors Danny Dyer Gillian Kearney Vinnie Jones George Calil Jonathan Broke & Katie Comer Director Marlowe Fawcett & Richard Nockles Certificate 15 years & over Year 2005 Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) Duration 1 hour & 36 minutes (approx)
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Shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers' Prize & Costa Novel of the Year this international bestseller has become a reading group classic We don't want to tell you too much about this book It is a truly special story & we don't want to spoil it Nevertheless you need to know something so we will just say this It is extremely funny but the African beach scene is horrific The story starts there but the book doesn't And it's what happens afterwards that is most important Once you have read it you'll want to tell everyone about it When you do please don't tell them what happens either The magic is in how it unfolds ...

Shortlisted for The Sunday Times Young Writer of the Year 2015 Ben Fergusson's critically acclaimed debut The Spring of Kasper Meier was the winner of the Betty Trask Prize 2015 & the HWA 2015 Debut Crown Award The Other Hoffmann Sister is a gripping evocative read about two sisters set in pre-WW1 Germany which will appeal to fans of The Essex Serpent by Sarah Perry For Ingrid Hoffmann the story of her sister's disappearance began in their first weeks in Southwest Africa Ingrid Hoffmann has always felt responsible for her sister Margarete & when their family moves to German Southwest Africa in 1902 her anxieties only increase The casual racism that pervades the German community the strange relationship between her parents & Baron von Ketz from whom they bought their land & the tension with the local tribes all culminate in tragedy when Baron von Ketz is savagely murdered Baroness von Ketz & their son Emil flee with the Hoffmanns as the Baron's attackers burn down the family's farm Both families return to Berlin & Ingrid's concerns about Margarete are assuaged when she & Emil von Ketz become engaged on the eve of the First World War But Margarete disappears on her wedding night at the von Ketz's country house The mystery of what happened to her sister haunts Ingrid but as Europe descends into chaos her hope of discovering the truth becomes ever more distant After the war in the midst of the revolution that brings down the Kaiser & wipes out the aristocracy that her family married into Ingrid returns to the von Ketzes' crumbling estate determined to find out what really happened to her sister ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play In this gripping suspense thriller Oscar nominee Liam Neeson (Taken) is a man obsessed with uncovering the truth surrounding the disappearance of his wife (Oscar nominee Laura Linney) After stumbling across clues that take him to the streets of Milan he tracks down his wife&s charismatic lover (Golden Globe nominee Antonio Banderas) & is determined to exact his revenge In a shocking twist he discovers a labyrinth of secrets & a side to his wife that he never knew Trailer Interview with Liam Neeson Interview with Antonio Banderas Interview with Laura Linney Interview with Director Richard Eyre Further interviews with key cast & crew Actors Antonio Banderas Abigail Canton Amanda Drew Romola Garai Kas Graham Laura Linney Liam Neeson Laurence Richardson & Lisa Mc Donald Director Richard Eyre Certificate 15 years & over Year 2008 Screen Widescreen Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) Duration 1 hour & 24 minutes (approx)
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Waterstones Scottish Book of the Year The Other Mrs Walker is the beguiling debut from Mary Paulson-Ellis for fans of Kate Atkinson & Sarah Waters Somehow she'd always known that she would end like this In a small square room in a small square flat In a small square box perhaps Cardboard with a sticker on the outside & a name An old lady dies alone & unheeded in a cold Edinburgh flat on a snowy Christmas night A faded emerald dress hangs in her wardrobe; a spilt glass of whisky pools on the floor A few days later a middle-aged woman arrives back in the city she thought she'd left behind her future uncertain her past in tatters She soon finds herself a job at the Office for Lost People tracking down the families of those who have died neglected & alone But what Margaret Penny cannot yet know is just how entangled her own life will become in the death of one lonely stranger ' One of the strongest debuts of the year' Herald' Full of twists & turns' Independent'A wonderful inventive debut I can't wait to see what this author has up her sleeve next' Fanny Blake Daily Mail ...

' Pain is bad right? In this fascinating book Brock Bastian will convince you otherwise Drawing on both vivid everyday examples & surprising laboratory findings he shows how pain suffering & struggle give us pleasure make us kinder focus our thoughts & give our life meaning Bastian is a brilliant researcher & deep thinker & THE OTHER SIDE OF HAPPINESS is a delight to read' Paul Bloom author of AGAINST EMPATHY' Brock Bastian skilfully shatters the zeitgeist of positive thinking showing how struggle & suffering are vital elements of a life well lived' Adam Grant author of ORIGINALS & OBTION B with Sheryl Sandberg' If you're tired of all the simple minded books telling you to just cheer up & be happy this is the book for you!' Roy F Baumeister author of WILLPOWER REDISCOVERING THEGREATEST HUMAN STRENGTH ' Explains why hardship sometimes yields richer lives that are laden with meaning deep social connections & unexpected bliss A beautifully written & important book that should be required reading for anyone who's ever wondered why well-being so oftenflourishes in unexpected places' Adam Alter author of DRUNK TANK PINK In today's culture happiness has become the new marker of success while hardships are viewed as personal weaknesses or problems to be fixed We increasingly try to eradicate pain through medication & by insulating ourselves from risk & offence despite being the safest generation to have ever lived Yet in his research renowned social psychologist Brock Bastian has found that suffering & sadness are neither antithetical to happiness nor incidental to it they are a necessary ingredient for emotional well-being Drawing on psychology neuroscience & internationally acclaimed findings from Bastian's own lab The Other Side of Happiness encourages us to take a more fearless approach to living The most thrilling moments of our lives are often balanced on a knife edge between pleasure & pain whether it is finding your true love holding your new-born for the first time finishing a marathon or even plunging into an icy sea This is because pain & the threat of loss quite literally increase our capacity for happiness as Bastian reveals making us stronger more resilient more connected to other people & more attuned to what truly matters Pain even makes us more mindful since in our darkest moments we are especially focused & aware of the world around us Our addiction to positivity & the pursuit of pleasure is actually making us miserable Brock Bastian shows that without some pain we have no real way to achieve & appreciate the kind of happiness that is true & transcendent ...

History is more than facts & figures people & places wars & politics deaths & disasters Stories are never fixed in stone; they continue to morph & evolve with every retelling Author Simon Maier casts himself in the role of a hotelier who has worked in different cities around the world over the last 60 years Wry witty & sharp history is told through a refreshing point of view As the narrator chronicles key events of the 20th & 21st centuries he provides details of the atmosphere & recounts tales from people on the ground along with sketches of the mood & beliefs of the time Such details infuse the biggest & most important occasions of modern times with insight precision & warmth This book is a fascinating mix of fact & fiction; of what did happen & what might have happened History is scattered with many great changes; some planned most sudden; some shocking others happy We see the front view of the occasion the announcement the television footage the moment in lights We see the stage that is put before us
- but what about behind the scenes? What insights can we find on the other side of history?
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The French Riviera 1956 A world-weary Bernie Gunther is working under a false name as a hotel concierge His attempts to keep his nose clean go horribly awry when a wartime acquaintance sucks him into a blackmail plot involving one of the most famous British writers of the 20th century & the notorious Cambridge Spies Bernie is missing his old detective life when his past walks through the door in the shape of Harold Hennig a former captain in the Nazi security service
- the man who in 1945 was responsible for the deaths of thousands among them a woman Bernie loved Hennig now enjoys a lucrative career as a blackmailer Hennig's target on the Cote d' Azur is a famous resident with a dark past & plenty to hide
- the writer Somerset Maugham A shared love of bridge draws Bernie to Maugham's magnificent villa where Maugham tells him of the existence of a very compromising photograph Taken in 1937 it shows Maugham among a group of naked men beside a swimming pool
- one of whom is the infamous spy & homosexual Guy Burgess who with Donald Maclean has recently defected to Moscow Hennig has the photograph & is demanding 50000 for its release Bernie is reluctant to become Maugham's agent but his former life has made him as vulnerable to blackmail as Maugham himself Not only that
- he has a massive score to settle with Hennig



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If we had a keen vision & feeling of all ordinary human life it would be like hearing the grass grow & the squirrel's heart beat & we should die of that roar which lies on the other side of silence' George Eliot Middlemarch Having spent her life trying to patch up the souls of others psychiatrist Linda Gask came to realise that being an expert in depression didn't confer any immunity from it
- she had to learn take care of herself too Artfully crafted & told with warmth & honesty this is the story of Linda's journey interwoven with insights into her patients' diverse experiences of depression -inextricably linked with problems in the past & the present such as vulnerability fear loss loneliness dependence & grief She sets out to convey in a new & original way how it truly feels to experience this devastating illness what psychotherapy is about & the role of medication- & provides hope for those who suffer from depression & their loved ones whilst busting the stigma of mental illness
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Sometimes the game of love requires a little cheating Emilio Martinez-Lazaro&s Madrid musical comedy sex love lies bed-hopping & mistaken identities! Actors Ernesto Alterio Paz Vega Guillermo Toledo & Natalia Verbeke Director Emilio Martinez-Lazaro Certificate 15 years & over Year 2002 Screen Widescreen 169 Anamorphic Languages Spanish
- Dolby Digital (20) Stereo Subtitles English Duration 1 hour & 44 minutes (approx) Region Region 2
- Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players

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