Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Helen Mirren & Anne Bancroft star in this adaptation of Tennessee Williams& love story Faced with a midlife crisis & widowhood after her wealthy husband (Brian Dennehy) dies on a trip to Europe actress Karen Stone (Mirren) travels to Rome where she meets the Contessa (Bancroft) who introduces her to a string of potential male companions However Stone is unprepared for her reaction when she meets the handsome Paolo di Lio (Olivier Martinez) who is several years her junior But she soon begins to suspect that Paolo & the Contessa&s intentions may be more sinister than she first assumed ...

' If any man or woman should ask what I wish this romanceto be called it is the Romance of the Rose in which the whole art of love is contained' Guillaume de Lorris's own introduction to his allegorical account of the progress of a courtly love affair gives no indication of the eventual scale & scope of the work which became the most popular & influential of all medieval romances In the hands of Jean de Meun who continued de Lorris's work it assumed vast proportions & embraced almost every aspect of medieval life from predestination to the right way to deal with premature hair-loss This new translation into modern English based on the French edition by Felix Lecoy is intended as much for the general reader as for students of French & English literature ABOUT THE SERIES For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features including expert introductions by leading authorities helpful notes to clarify the text up-to-date bibliographies for further study & much more ...

This translation first published in Penguin Classics 2018 -- Title page verso 672 pages Guanzhong Luo ...

From the cold depths of Russia to the stifling tropics of South America & Jamaica husb&-&-wife treasure hunting team Sam & Remi Fargo are plunged into yet another ancient & cryptic mystery The discovery of a long-lost airliner A modern-day kidnapping & the return of the most terrifying evil the world has ever seen When a kidnapping captures the attention of treasure-hunting team Sam & Remi Fargo they find themselves on the trail of the legendary Romanov Ransom
- a Russian fortune stolen by the Nazis during World War II Hunting a neo-Nazi faction across Europe North Africa & South America is their greatest quest yet They must prevent the rise of a Fourth Reich or witness the resurgence of the greatest evil of the modern world From the finest adventure writer alive Clive Cussler's dark & thrilling mystery will keep you turning the pages late into the night
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The Romanovs were the most successful dynasty of modern times ruling a sixth of the world's surface How did one family turn a war-ruined principality into the world's greatest empire? & how did they lose it all? This is the intimate story of twenty tsars & tsarinas some touched by genius some by madness but all inspired by holy autocracy & imperial ambition Montefiore's gripping chronicle reveals their secret world of unlimited power & ruthless empire-building overshadowed by palace conspiracy family rivalries sexual decadence & wild extravagance & peopled by a cast of adventurers courtesans revolutionaries & poets Written with dazzling literary flair drawing on new archival research THE ROMANOVS is at once an enthralling chronicle of triumph & tragedy love & death a universal study of power & an essential portrait of the empire that still defines Russia today ...

Please note this is a region 2 Blu-ray & will require a region 2 or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Michael Caine & Glenda Jackson star in this psychological drama adapted from the novel by Thomas Wiseman Whilst suffering with writer&s block successful novelist Lewis Fielding (Caine) suspects his discontented wife Elizabeth (Jackson) who is holidaying alone in Baden Baden of having an affair Frustrated with her husband&s jealousy & attempts to manipulate her Elizabeth confirms Lewis&s suspicions & embarks on a steamy affair with handsome young German Thomas (Helmut Berger) who claims to be a poet but is in fact a drug dealer Fact & fiction grow evermore entwined when after Elizabeth&s return to England Lewis invites Thomas into his home to ask for his thoughts on the screenplay he is trying to write It isn&t long before Thomas is not only Lewis&s technical advisor but also an integral part of the plot Actors Michael Caine Glenda Jackson Helmut Berger Marcus Richardson Kate Nelligan Directors Joseph Losey Language English Number of discs 1 ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Friends & family convene at a beach house for the wedding of Lila (Paquin) & Tom (Duhamel) But things don&t go swimmingly mainly because of one thing that Lila & her maid of honor Laura (Holmes) have in common
- Tom the groom Laura & Tom were an item before Lila came along & nobody seems able to forget that With very few successful marriages to look up to & friends that she&s not sure she can trust will Lila be able to go through with the wedding? Actors Katie Holmes Josh Duhamel Elijah Wood Anna Paquin Malin & Aring;kerman Adam Brody Dianna Agron Jeremy Strong Rebecca Lawrence & Candice Bergen Director Galt Niederhoffer Certificate 12 years & over Year 2010 Languages English Duration 1 hour & 38 minutes (approx)
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The glamorous capital city of Italy is brought to startling life in The Rome Affair a compelling summer novel by Karen Swan 1974 & Elena Damiani lives a gilded life Born to wealth & a noted beauty no door is closed to her no man can resist her At twenty-six she is already onto her third husband when she meets her love match But he is the one man she can never have & all the beauty & money in the world can't change it 2017 & Francesca Hackett is living la dolce vita in Rome leading tourist groups around the Eternal City & forgetting the ghosts she left behind in London When she finds a stolen designer handbag in her dustbin & returns it she is brought into the orbit of her grand neighbour who lives across the piazza
- famed socialite Viscontessa Elena dei Damiani Pignatelli della Mirandola Though the purse is stolen Elena greets the return of the bag with exultation for it contains an unopened letter written by her husband on his deathbed twelve years earlier Mutually intrigued by each other the two women agree to collaborate on a project with Cesca interviewing Elena for her memoirs As summer unfurls Elena tells her sensational stories leaving Cesca in her thrall But when a priceless diamond ring found in an ancient tunnel below the city streets is ascribed to Elena Cesca begins to suspect a shocking secret at the heart of Elena's life
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For a thousand years Rome was enshrined in myth & legend as the Eternal City No Grand Tour would be complete without a visit to its ruins But from 1870 all that changed A millennium ended as its solitary moonlit ruins became floodlit monuments on traffic islands & its perimeter shifted from the ancient nineteen-kilometre wall with twelve gates to a fifty-kilometre ring road with thirty-three roundabouts & spaghetti junctions The Rome We Have Lost is the first full investigation of this change John Pemble musters popes emperors writers exiles & tourists to weave a rich fabric of Roman experience He tells the story of how why & with what consequences that Rome centre of Europe & the world became a national capital no longer central & unique but marginal & very similar in its problems & its solutions to other modern cities with a heavy burden of 'heritage' This far-reaching book illuminates the historical significance of Rome's transformation & the crisis that Europe is now confronting as it struggles to re-invent without its ancestral centre
- the city that had made Europe what it was & defined what it meant to be European
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play A collection of classic Ronnie Barker shows Titles Comprise Open All Hours (Series 1-4) Arkwright (Ronnie Barker) a stammering tight-fisted corner shop owner from Yorkshire has a special way of running his business with nephew Granville (David Jason) When he buys a large batch of damaged tinned goods with no labels he thinks nothing of passing them off as good stock to his customers Always on the look out for a bargain he spots a broken down ice cream van Before you know it he&s got himself a mobile store But will Nurse Gladys Emmanuel (Lynda Baron) be impressed? Featuring all the episodes from series 1-4 Porridge
- Series 1-3 & Christmas Specials Including all the episodes from series 1-3 & the Christmas specials; Porridge is set within the walls of HMP Slade as Fletcher & Godber take on the prison system Going Straight Winner of two BAFTAs
- this sequel to Porridge sees Norman Stanley Fletcher released from jail having served 3 years 8 months & 4 days Following his release from Slade after numerous spells in prison & at the age of 45 Fletcher tries to stick to the straight & narrow but it isn&t easy! Life in the outside world is just not the same as it used to be Clarence This comedy series written by Ronny Barker & set in 1937 is something of a lost classic Barker plays Clarence Sale short-sighted removals man & suitor of Jane a ladies maid Ostensibly a comedy of manners with moments of slapstick mayhem (he&s as blind as a bat!) Clarence resurrects the title character from an episode of the 1971 ITV series Six Date With Barker Featuring all 6 episodes Seven Of One Written by & starring Ronnie Barker this comedy series was a marvellously successful venture leading to two long-lasting shows; Open All Hours & Porridge Featuring all 7 episodes The Magnificent Evans Set in rural Wales The Magnificent Evans centers around
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- Platagenet Evans a man who could best be described as a egotistical bully with an intolerant attitude towards the slow He is a man of hidden means who also deals in anything saleable under the guise of "antiques" Larger than life & flamboyantly dressed Evans is driven by sordid motives & lust Featuring all 6 episodes



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