The Routledge Queer Studies Reader provides a comprehensive resource for students & scholars working in this vibrant & interdisciplinary field The book traces the emergence & development of Queer Studies as a field of scholarship presenting key critical essays alongside more recent criticism that explores new directions The collection is edited by leading scholars in the field & presents individual introductory notes that situate each work within its historical disciplinary & theoretical contexts essays grouped by key subject areas including Genealogies Sex Temporalities Kinship Affect Bodies & Borders writings by major figures including Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick Judith Butler David M Halperin Jose Esteban Munoz Elizabeth Grosz David Eng Judith Halberstam & Sara Ahmed The Routledge Queer Studies Reader is a field-defining volume & presents an illuminating guide for established scholars & also those new to Queer Studies ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Ten years after a global economic collapse cold-blooded drifter Eric (Guy Pearce) traverses the scorched Australian outback on a mission to track down the men who took everything he had After losing their trail he soon crosses paths with Rey (Robert Pattinson) a badly wounded member of the gang who was left for dead by his own brother Vulnerable & naïve Rey joins Eric as his unwitting accomplice & together they cross this new world to exact revenge on those who took everything from him ...

Aphra Behn was the first female professional writer in England & The Rover her most popular play is set in Naples during the misrule of carnival time The Rover explores issues of love trickery & deception forced marriage male power fidelity & the excesses of sexual passion 176 pages Behn Aphra ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Guy Pearce & Robert Pattinson star in this bleak drama directed by David Michôd Ten years after an economic collapse has made life tough in the Australian outback Eric (Pearce) travels from place to place in his car which is his only remaining possession & struggles to make ends meet When a group of wandering thieves steal his car after their own truck gets damaged & leave an injured member behind Eric sets off to track them down In his pursuit he meets up with Rey (Pattinson) the abandoned member of the group who he believes will have an idea of the gang&s whereabouts Can Eric hunt them down & regain the only thing he has left? ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Four disc set including A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflection Upon Existtence You the Living Songs from the Second Floor A Swedish Love Story ...

Soon after the Second world War wartime allies became Cold War adversaries & by 1950 the perceived threat of a Soviet strike on Western Europe or Britain dominated military planning For the next forty years the Royal Air Force was in the front-line of the Cold War In Britain & Germany light bomber crews exercised in preparation for a future conflict while interceptor pilots stood by ready to counter incursions by Soviet aircraft Between 1956 & 1969 the elite crews of the iconic V-Force of nuclear bombers trained to perform the ultimate mission striking targets deep in the heart of Russia Protecting British interests overseas personnel at stations across the Middle East & Far East were regularly engaged in supporting operations during the many colonial conflicts which occurred throughout the 1950s & 1960s Undertaking these duties were new British-designed aircraft introduced to squadrons from the early-1950s The names of these extraordinary aircraft which included the Hunter Lightning Vulcan & Canberra became synonymous with the Cold War In this book Ian Proctor uses over 150 highly evocative colour images from a single remarkable Air Ministry collection to portray the RAF & its personnel between 1950 & 1970 He provides a selected insight into service life the aircraft recruitment & training & the operations & exercises undertaken by the RAF during a twenty year period of the Cold War ...

It's a beautiful day & the Royal Family are sunning themselves in the Palace Gardens The royal babies' grandad is even having a bit of a snooze
- what bliss! When all of a sudden --BEEP BEEP! BEEP BEEP! It's the Big Red Bus & it's come to take the Royal Family on a tour of London! With so much to see the city is their oyster with the Royal Family hopping off at the Natural History Museum London Zoo the London Eye & Tower Bridge They even ride a water taxi to Greenwich before it's finally time for
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- a spot of shopping! The Royal Baby's Big Red Bus Tour of London is the next installment in the brilliantly bonkers & fabulously funny Royal Baby series that's perfect for fans of London the Royal Family & crackingly good stories


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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 The King&s Speech After the death of his father King George V (Michael Gambon) & the scandalous abdication of King Edward VIII (Guy Pearce) Bertie (Colin Firth) who has suffered from a debilitating speech impediment all his life is suddenly crowned King George VI of England With his country on the brink of war & in desperate need of a leader his wife Elizabeth (Helena Bonham Carter) the future Queen Mother arranges for her husband to see an eccentric speech therapist Lionel Logue (Geoffrey Rush) After a rough start the two delve into an unorthodox course of treatment & eventually form an unbreakable bond With the support of Logue his family his government & Winston Churchill (Timothy Spall) the King will overcome his stammer & deliver a radio-address that inspires his people & unites them in battle The Queen In the wake of the death of Princess Diana in 1997 Queen Elizabeth II (the outstanding Helen Mirren) must come to terms with a nation in mourning a new government under pressure to deliver an outpouring of grief & a Royal family in turmoil Dame Helen Mirren&s stunning performance as the Queen rightly earnt her the gong for Best Actress at the 2007 Oscars Young Victoria From Academy Award winners Graham King & Martin Scorsese comes the story of Queen Victoria&s early rise to power From an object of a royal power-struggle in to her romantic courtship & legendary marriage to Prince Albert Emily Blunt gives a stunning performance as the young Victoria Actors Colin Firth Helena Bonham Carter Derek Jacobi Helen Mirren Michael Sheen James Cromwell Sylvia Syms Rupert Friend Miranda Richardson Mark Strong Paul Bettany Emily Blunt Thomas Kretschmann & Jim Broadbent Director Tom Hooper Stephen Frears & Jean-Marc Vallee Certificate 12 years & over Year 2006 ; 2009 ; 2010 Screen Widescreen Languages English
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Frank Fizzle wishes his father would have just a single original idea Instead Jasper Fizzle sees himself as the new " Royal Historian of OZ" as he insists on writing new OZ stories When the failed writer discovers that Oz really exists he makes an error in judgment that brands him a criminal in two worlds Frank may be doomed to pay for the "sins of the father" at the hands of the axe-wielding Tin-Man & the ghost of the Wicked Witch Can Frank save the day & redeem the Fizzle family name or will the drizzly ghost of the Wicked Witch of the West destroy them all? This trade paperback collects all five issues of the Royal Historian of OZ series with plenty of extras & an introduction by Eric Shanower ...

To understand the European royal line of succession there are certain principles that must be observed This useful book shows the family trees from 802 AD to the present day & will explain why each monarch inherited Look out for more Pitkin Guides on the very best of British history heritage & travel ...