' Those husbands that I had Three of them were good & two were bad The three that I call "good" were rich & old' One of the most bawdy entertaining & popular stories from The Canterbury Tales Introducing Little Black Classics 80 books for Penguin's 80th birthday Little Black Classics celebrate the huge range & diversity of Penguin Classics with books from around the world & across many centuries They take us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California & the Russian steppe Here are stories lyrical & savage; poems epic & intimate; essays satirical & inspirational; & ideas that have shaped the lives of millions Geoffrey Chaucer (c 1343-1400) Chaucer's works available in Penguin Classics are The Canterbury Tales Love Visions & Troilus & Criseyde ...

The classic respected series in a stunning new design This edition of The Wife of Bath's Prologue & Tale from the highly-respected ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Join the Wiggles for more fun & adventure! Certificate Universal Suitable for All Languages English Region Region 2
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More fun & sing-a-long songs with the Wiggles! Join Greg Anthony Murray & Jeff as they sing & dance in the hottest variety show in town! Captain Feathersword Henry the Octopus Wags the Dog & Dorothy the Dinosaur are all there to wiggle along as they meet a fireman a dentist an airline pilot & more! ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play This lively romantic comedy stars Golden Globe winner Nancy Kwan as a girl who s determined to establish a notorious past with which to face a respectable future! Made in 1963 & featuring an array of British comedy talent including Terry-Thomas Victor Spinetti & music-hall veterans Bud Flanagan & Gladys Morgan The Wild Affair is presented here in a br&-new transfer from the original film elements in its as-exhibited theatrical aspect ratio As her wedding day approaches secretary Marjorie begins to panic Afraid that she will sink into the obscurity of marriage without ever having proved herself as a free-spirited woman she sees the office party as her last chance to flirt with intent She sets off to work wearing a frilly plunging dress & as the day wears on garners a number of interesting offers & propositions both from her lecherous boss Godfrey & a tall dark handsome stranger ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play In this wild & outrageous computer-animated comedy-adventure an odd assortment of animals from the New York Zoo
- including a lion a giraffe an anaconda a koala & a squirrel
- discover what a jungle the city can be when one of their own is mistakenly shipped to the wild & they embark on a dangerous mission to rescue him The film boasts an impressive vocal ensemble
- Kiefer Sutherland (as the respected lion leader Samson) Greg Cipes (as Samson&s son Ryan) Jim Belushi (as Benny the street savvy squirrel & Samson&s best friend) Janeane Garofalo (as a quick-witted giraffe) Richard Kind (as a dim-witted anaconda) William Shatner (as a wicked wildebeest) & Eddie more » Izzard (as Nigel an acerbic koala)
- along with cutting edge animation & a story filled with hilarious situations Deleted Scenes w Optional Commentary Benny&s Weird Dream Back At The Zoo Bridget & Larry Doomed Back On The Boat Thumbman Bollywood Zoo Sequence Fisheagle Sequence Wildebeests Spot Our Gang Tame Animals In The Wild" Real Wild Child" Music Video by Everlife Eddie Izzard Unleased Meet Colin Rock Hyrax



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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 WILD BLUE YONDER is the story of astronauts lost in space the secret Roswell object re-examined & BRAD DOURIF as alien telling us all about his home planet -the Wild Blue Yonder- where the atmosphere is composed of liquid helium & the sky frozen Using unique beautiful & unseen footagewith access to the five astronauts responsible for the Galileo-mission & with haunting specially composed music Herzog has created a spectacular vision of imagery sound music & human emotion all part of his science-fantasy Extras Requiem in Space 26 min film showing how Herzog devised the music for The Wild Blue Yonder ...

Let a little wildness in Adventure is closer than you think A lavishly illustrated celebration of the wonders that await in the outside world; the perfect gift for fans of Norwegian Wood The Dangerous Book for Boys & The Almanac Fly through the air on your homemade tree swing feel the rush of water as you speed down your slip 'n' slide taste the delicious smokiness of your campfire-cooked meal & learn more about the natural world Unleash your inner child as you run jump craft cook & wander your way through THE WILD BOOKWhether you want to add a dash of adventure to your daily life take a break from screen time sleep under the stars or simply make something by hand this book will inspire you to rediscover the outdoors & feel truly alive It's full of fun & easy practical activities that will reawaken your sense of wonder & open up the world around you ...

As a counterpoint to the heroic horde of THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN the ageing gunmen of Sam Peckinpah's masterpiece break the very laws of honour which bind them in this bloody & meditative tale of the American West widely considered to be the self-conscious nail in the coffin of the genre William Holden Robert Ryan & Ernest Borgnine star as the leaders of a grizzled crew of Texan bandits who ride to Mexico where one by one they are unceremoniously slaughtered by a Mexican revolutionary The western a genre steeped in legend & the concept of loyalty was a dying breed when Sam Peckinpah unleashed this amoral & violent opus Along with BONNIE & CLYDE it ushered in a new breed of Hollywood film depicting a harsh reality where lines between right & wrong became blurred Peckinpah brilliantly used ageing Western stars such as Ryan & Holden to convey this passing of the cinematic torch The film brought issues of violence & morality in movies to the forefront of American film criticism Instead of appreciating the film as a critique of brutal violence many critics responded by rejecting what they saw as a superfluous spectacle of dead bodies ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Nine men who came too late & stayed too long! This Original Director&s Cut restores it to a complete pristine condition unseen since its July 1969 theatrical debut The image is letterboxed the colour renewed the stereo soundtrack remixed & reintegrated
- all to blood-&-thunder effect Watch William Holden Earnet Borgnine Robert Ryan Warren Oates & more great stars saddle up for the roles of a lifetime This DVD also features (on Side B) the home video debut of The Wild Bunch An Album in Montage the Academy Award nominated 1996 documentary by Paul Seydor & Nick Redman It

Includes:: long-unseen footage of the on-set shooting & reminiscences by principals connected with the film The year is 1913 just one year short of World War 1 Disguised as US soldiers a gang rides into a Texas border town Silently they enter & rob the railroad company but an ambush lies in wait When the gang emerges the company&s hired gunmen open fire Men women & children are caught in the crossfire The gang escape to their hideout in the desert where they find that the loot they fought so hard is worthless With the railroad company hard on their heels the gang lead by Pike head for the apparent safety of the Mexican revolutionaries & representatives of the ruling Government As a result of these separate meetings Pike & his gang are forced to re-examine the principles that had until then ruled their lives Actors William Holden Ernest Borgnine Robert Ryan Warren Oates Ben Johnson Strother Martin Jaime Sanchez LQ Jones Bo Hopkins Dub Taylor Emilio Fernandez Paul Harper Albert Dekker & Edmond O& Brien Director Sam Peckinpah Certificate 18 years & over Year 1969 Screen Widescreen 2351 Anamorphic Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) Subtitles English ; Arabic ; English for the heard of hearing Duration 2 hours 18 minutes (approx)



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