Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Steven Spielberg directs this political drama starring Meryl Streep & Tom Hanks Set in 1971 ' Washington Post' publisher Katharine Graham (Streep) faces the difficult decision of whether to publish documents surrounding the American government's communications during the Vietnam War brought to her by military analyst Daniel Ellsberg (Matthew Rhys) Within the papers are the communications of Secretary of Defense Robert Mc Namara (Bruce Greenwood) in which he revealed his belief of the war being unwinnable but stood by his decision to send American men to Southeast Asia & their certain death The cast also

Includes:: Sarah Paulson Bob Odenkirk & Bradley Whitford Actors Meryl Streep Tom Hanks Sarah Paulson Bob Odenkirk Tracy Letts Directors Steven Spielberg Writers Liz Hannah Josh Singer Producers Steven Spielberg Kristie Macosko Krieger Amy Pascal Format PAL Blu-ray Language English Region Region B2 (Read more about DVDBlu-ray formats) Aspect Ratio Unknown Number of discs 1

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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 Steven Spielberg directs Meryl Streep & Tom Hanks in The Post a thrilling drama about the unlikely partnership between The Washington Post's Katharine Graham (Streep) the first female publisher of a major American newspaper & editor Ben Bradlee (Hanks) as they race to catch up with The New York Times to expose a massive cover-up of government secrets that spanned three decades & four US Presidents The two must overcome their differences as they risk their careers
- & their very freedom
- to help bring long-buried truths to light Actors Meryl Streep Tom Hanks Sarah Paulson Bob Odenkirk Tracy Letts Directors Steven Spielberg Writers Liz Hannah Josh Singer Producers Steven Spielberg Kristie Macosko Krieger Amy Pascal Format PALLanguage English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Aspect Ratio Unknown Number of discs 1

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It's the 1930s Christine A young Austrian woman whose family has been impoverished by the war toils away in a provincial post office Out of the blue a telegram arrives from an American aunt she's never known inviting her to spend two weeks in a Grand Hotel in a fashionable Swiss resort She accepts & is swept up into a world of almost inconceivable wealth & unleashed desire where she allows herself to be utterly transformed Then just as abruptly her aunt cuts her loose & she has to return to the post office where
- yes
- nothing will ever be the same

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The essential introduction to the most important texts in post-colonial theory & criticism this second edition has been thoroughly revised & updated to include 121 extracts from key works in the field Leading as well as lesser known figures in the fields of writing theory & criticism contribute to this inspiring body of work that

Includes:: sections on nationalism hybridity diaspora & globalization The Reader's wide-ranging approach reflects the remarkable diversity of work in the discipline along with the vibrancy of anti-imperialist writing both within & without the metropolitan centres Covering more debates topics & critics than any comparable book in its field The Post-Colonial Studies Reader is the ideal starting point for students & issues a potent challenge to the ways in which we think & write about literature & culture

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There is no denying the psychological & physical costs of trauma but suffering a traumatic experience does not necessarily mean you'll develop post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) & have to live with its debilitating long-term symptoms While the process of recovering from trauma is difficult & painful survivors also experience post-traumatic growth (PTG) & with the right approach to healing the same challenges that create PTSD can also set the stage for a psychological rebirth The Post-Traumatic Growth Workbook expands the focus on post-traumatic stress & its related difficulties to include the significant potential for positive growth in the aftermath of trauma With this guide you'll learn more about traumatic experiences & their short- & long-term effects discover where you are in your own process explore vulnerability as an important aspect of post-traumatic strength identify & develop other strengths for coping with-and growing beyond-your trauma & successfully integrate your experience into your personal story Navigating the aftereffects of trauma is a difficult journey but many people report having a new appreciation for life & feeling even more resilient after working through their traumatic event Using this powerful PTG-based workbook you'll find it's possible to come out of your trauma even stronger & wiser ...

If as Walter Benjamin claimed "it is the function of artistic formto make historical content into a philosophical truth" then it is the function of criticism to recover & to complete that truth Never has this been more necessary or more difficult than with respect to contemporary art Contemporary art is a point of condensation of a vast array of social & historical forces economic & political forms & technologies of image production Contemporary art expresses this condition Osborne maintains through its distinctively postconceptual form These essays-extending the scope & arguments of Osborne's Anywhere or Not at All Philosophy of Contemporary Art-move from philosophical consideration of the changing temporal conditions of capitalist modernity via problems of formalism the politics of art & the changing shape of art institutions to interpretation & analysis of particular works by Akram Zataari Xavier Le Roy & Ilya Kabakov & the postconceptual situation of a crisis-ridden New Music ...

' Nobody has ever quite pulled it off the way Cain does not Hemingway & not even Raymond Chandler' Tom Wolfe The torrid story of Frank Chambers the amoral drifter Cora the sullen & brooding wife & Nick Papadakis the amiable but inconvenient husband has become a classic of its kind & established Cain as a major novelist with a spare & vital prose style & a bleak vision of America ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play The Pot Carriers is a comedy-drama based on the play by Mike Watts & is directed by Peter Graham Scott this British classic looks at life in a British prison Rainbow (Paul Massie Orders to Kill) has just been sent into the slammer for a year for ducking it out in a brutal fight over his girlfriend Wendy (Carole Lesley) He knows he is in for a miserable time of it so much so that after being assigned kitchen duty he joins up with the rest of his co-workers in wheeling & dealing the food they can snitch for various sundries stolen from other parts of the prison&s supply chain This racket is well-organized but one day its prime mover is framed & threatened with an extended sentence unless Rainbow can come up with a way to save him Actors Ronald Fraser Paul Massie Carole Lesley Dennis Price Paul Rogers Davy Kaye Eddie Byrne & Campbell Singer Director Peter Graham Scott Certificate PGYear 1962 Languages English Duration 1 hour & 24 minutes (approx) ...

One of the supreme comic writers of the Roman world Plautus (c 254-184 BC) skilfully adapted classic Greek comic models to the manners & customs of his day This collection features a varied selection of his finest plays from the light-hearted comedy Pseudolus in which the lovesick Calidorus & his slave try to liberate his lover from her pimp to the more subversive The Prisoners which raises serious questions about the role of slavery Also included are The Brothers Menaechmus which formed the prototype for Shakespeare's The Comedy of Errors & The Pot of Gold whose old miser Euclio is a glorious study in avarice Throughout Plautus breathes new brilliant life into classic comic types
- including deceitful twins scheming slaves bitter old men & swaggering soldiers
- creating an entertaining critique of Roman life & values

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The Hunger Games goes Princess Diaries in this modern magical teen adventure! When the Princess of Nova accidentally poisons herself with a love potion meant for her crush she falls crown-over-heels in lovewith her own reflection Oops A nationwide hunt is called to find the cure with competitors travelling the world for the rarest ingredients deep in magical forests & frozen tundras facing death at every turn Enter Samantha Kemi
- an ordinary girl with an extraordinary talent Sam's family were once the most respected alchemists in the kingdom but they've fallen on hard times & winning the hunt would save their reputation But can Sam really compete with the dazzling powers of the Zoro Aster megapharma company? Just how close is Sam willing to get to Zain Aster her dashing former classmate & enemy in the meantime? & just to add to the pressure this quest is ALL OVER social media & the world news No big deal then' It's so cool!' Zoe Sugg aka Zoella ' Inventive romantic & downright delightful The Potion Diaries cast its spell on me from page one & is the most fun I've had reading in ages!' Sarah J Maas author of the Throne of Glass series
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