Quietly rather movingly Strange was making his plea ' Christ knows why Lewis but Morse will always put himself out for you' As he put the phone down Lewis knew that Strange had been right in the case of the Swedish Maiden the pair of them were in business again They called her the Swedish Maiden
- the beautiful young tourist who disappeared on a hot summer's day somewhere in North Oxford Twelve months later the case remained unsolved
- pending further developments On holiday in Lyme Regis Chief Inspector Morse is startled to read a tantalizing article in The Times about the missing woman An article which lures him back to Wytham Woods near Oxford & straight into the most extraordinary murder investigation of his career

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From the author of Secrets of Nanreath Hall comes this gripping beautifully written historical fiction novel set during World War II-the unforgettable story of a young woman who must leave Singapore & forge a new life in England On the eve of Pearl Harbor impetuous & overindulged Lucy Stanhope the granddaughter of an earl is living a life of pampered luxury in Singapore until one reckless act will change her life forever Exiled to England to stay with an aunt she barely remembers Lucy never dreamed that she would be one of the last people to escape Singapore before war engulfs the entire island & that her parents would disappear in the devastating aftermath Now grief stricken & all alone she must cope with the realities of a grim battle-weary England Then she meets Bill a young evacuee sent to the country to escape the Blitz & in a moment of weakness Lucy agrees to help him find his mother in London The unlikely runaways take off on a seemingly simple journey across the country but her world becomes even more complicated when she is reunited with an invalided soldier she knew in Singapore Now Lucy will be forced to finally confront the choices she has made if she ever hopes to have the future she yearns for ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play The Way Way Back is the coming of age story of 14-year-old Duncan&s summer vacation with his mother Pam her overbearing boyfriend Trent & his daughter Steph Having a rough time fitting in the introverted Duncan finds an unexpected friend in Owen the gregarious manager of the Water Wizz Water Park Through his funny clandestine friendship with Owen Duncan slowly opens up to & begins to finally find his place in the world
- all during a summer he will never forget
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We have lost the ability to deal with death Most of our friends & beloved relations will die in a busy hospital in the care of strangers doctors & nurses they have known at best for a couple of weeks They may not even know they are dying victims of the kindly lie that there is still hope They are unlikely to see even their family doctor in their final hours robbed of their dignity & fed through a tube after a long series of excessive & hopeless medical interventions This is the starting point of Seamus O' Mahoney's thoughtful moving & unforgettable book on the western way of death Dying has never been more public with celebrities writing detailed memoirs of their illness but in private we have done our best to banish all thought of dying & made a good death increasingly difficult to achieve ...

The Way We Live Now is Anthony Trollope's radical exploration of the dangers associated with speculative capitalism edited with an introduction & notes by Frank Kermode in Penguin Classics Augustus Melmotte is a fraudulent foreign financier who preys on dissolute nobility
- using charm to tempt the weak into making foolish investments in his dubious schemes Persuaded to put money into a notional plot to run a railroad from San Francisco to Santa Cruz the capricious gambler Felix Carbury soon becomes one of his victims But as Melmotte climbs higher in society his web of deceit
- which also draws in characters as diverse as his own daughter Marie & Felix's mother the pulp novelist Lady Carbury
- begins to unravel A radical exploration of the dangers associated with speculative capitalism this is a fascinating satire about a society on the verge of moral bankruptcy Frank Kermode's introduction explores the real-life inspiration for Trollope's masterly satire This edition also

Includes:: detailed notes Anthony Trollope (1815-82) had an unhappy childhood characterised by a stark contrast between his family's high social standing & their comparative poverty He wrote his earliest novels while working as a Post Office inspector but did not meet with success until the publication of the first of his ' Barsetshire novels' The Warden (1855) As well as writing over forty novels including such popular works as Can You Forgive Her? (1865) Phineas Finn (1869) He Knew He Was Right (1869) & The Way We Live Now (1875) Trollope is credited with introducing the postbox to England If you enjoyed The Way We Live Now you might like William Makepeace Thackeray's Vanity Fair also available in Penguin Classics' Trollope's masterpiece its examination of how hopes of easy money can corrupt remains relevant today' Observer




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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 First screened on BBC1 in 2001 The Way We Live Now will surprise those who know Anthony Trollope through the subtleties of his Barsetshire novels This story of ambition centres around Augustus Melmotte an Austrian Jewish financier who takes the London money markets & social scene by storm in his efforts to become an " English country gentleman" His rise & fall is followed with remorseless logic by Trollope & David Yates& direction keeps this in focus against a wealth of sub-plots & character interaction The cast is a strong one with David Suchet&s Melmotte gripping in his recklessness climaxing in the theatrical magnificence of his departure in disgrace from the House of Commons Shirley Henderson is magnetic as his put-upon daughter Marie courted by the cream of society bachelors for her dowry rather than her person Cheryl Campbell gives a good account of the feckless Lady Carbury writing vacuous novels to support her family with Matthew Mac Fadyen relishing the part of her rakish son Felix Paloma Baeza is sympathetic as her daughter Hetta whose on-off relationship with entrepreneur Paul Montague ably taken by Cillian Murphy provides the main love interest Douglas Hodge impresses as the loyal & sincere but insipid Roger Carbury The series consists of four generous episodes each lasting 75 minutes This is an absorbing production of what isn&t the most subtle of Victorian novels but which surely remains among the most relevant --Richard Whitehouse --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title ...

A beautiful romance about fate & finding happiness from the Number One bestseller What if you had a second chance at first lovesusannah & Rob were childhood sweethearts But as with most early love affairs they broke up moved on & now find themselves in very different places & not entirely happy
- who is?A chance meeting between them sends shockwaves through their lives What happens when your first love makes a surprise reappearance? Is fate telling you it's time for a second chance or should you simply walk away & let the past become ancient history? But Susannah & Rob just aren't able to forget the way they were & the world is about to discover the consequences of their reunion' Impossible to finish without tears streaming down your face' Daily Express
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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 Aspiring writer Hubbell Gardiner (Robert Redford) & Jewish political activist Katie Morosky (Barbra Streisand) meet at college in the 1930s Although attracted to each other a romance does not ensue However they meet again during the Second World War beginning an affair which eventually leads to marriage But the relationship comes under strain when Katie begins to feel that Hubbell pursuing his writing career in California is beginning to sell out Marvin Hamlisch won an Oscar for his sweeping score ...

Through his years of intensive work consulting to companies including Procter & Gamble Sony Toyota Microsoft Ford & Ernst & Young with his firm The Energy Project Schwartz has developed a powerful program for changing the way we are working that greatly boosts our engagement & our satisfication with our work & increases our performance In this book he marshalls a wide range of powerful evidence from business research & psychology that shows that the current model of work -- in which people are treated essentially as machines that should be able to perform at top speed for extraordinarily long hours be able to multi-task be always accessible & online withstand often harsh & emotionally punishing treatment & be primarily driven by the need to make profits -- is not only not optimal it is specfically counter-productive because it saps us of our physical emotional mental & spiritual energy In order for us to perform at our best we must make a set of key changes in our work lives -- & in order to develop the full potential of their work force our managers & companies must institute changes that will provide us with the regular physical renewal emotional reward mental focus & stimulation; & sense of purpose & significance that we need ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Senator William J Tadlock (Kirk Douglas) enlists the help of veteran scout Dick Summers (Robert Mitchum) to lead a wagon train of settlers from Missouri to Oregon in this plodding routine western A scared settler accidently shoots an Indian boy who is mistaken for a wolf prompting Summers to order newlywed triggerman Johnny Mack (Michael Witney) to be hanged to avoid an Indian attack The highlight of the film is the expert cinematography Watch for Sally Field in her first big-screen role as the slatternly Mercy Mc Bee ...