Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Documentary focusing on Irish rock band Thin Lizzy The programme contains interview clips of the group discussing their career as well as live performances of tracks including & Jailbreak& & The Sun Goes Down& & & The Boys Are Back in Town& ...

One of the defining rock groups of the 20th Century Thin Lizzy began life in Dublin in 1969 when childhood friends Phil Lynott & Brian Downey were approached by two former members of Van Morrison's band ' Them' Eric Wrixon (keyboards) & Eric Bell (guitar) Now for the first time their story is told by guitarist Scott Gorham & rock journalist Harry Doherty The band's story is told by the people who were involved directly including former guitarists road crew management family & friends Their origins in Dublin as a three piece with the Whiskey in the Jar single & a string of unsuccessful but highly creative albums The move to London to chase the dream of being a major rock band The chaotic arrival & departures of various members including Eric Bell (who left the band mid concert) Irish guitarist Gary Moore Brian Robertson & co-author Scott Gorham How the albums Jailbreak & Boys Are Back in Town took the band to the top of the charts just as they were to become bankrupt

Includes:: stories of the band on the road the drink & drugs & how the years of partying drug-taking & non stop touring eventually took its toll on not only the band members but on their families The death of front man Phil Lynott & their legacy following his death

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Terrence Malick returns to Hollywood after a two-decade hiatus with this adaptation of the classic WWII novel by James Jones The story follows the efforts of an army platoon to capture the Japanese-controlled island of Guadalcanal in the Pacific Ocean which will have a major effect on the outcome of the war The members of C-for-Charlie Company are all fighting for different reasons Some to achieve glory some to fight for democracy & some simply to remain alive They spend the quieter moments reflecting upon their existence searching for meaning amid the senselessness of war Malick&s reputation as one of cinema&s most brilliant directors based on his masterworks BADLANDS & DAYS OF HEAVEN enabled him to pull together one of the largest ensemble all-star casts in Hollywood history The result is a sprawling epic that carries itself like a poem read in a dream a feeling that is greatly enhanced by John Toll&s floating camerawork & Hans Zimmer&s haunting score Rather than concentrating solely on the violence & destruction of war Malick uses the situation to address philosophical questions such as man versus nature war versus peace & good versus evil THE THIN RED LINE proves that after a 20-year layoff Malick hasn&t lost a step ...

Tracklist A1 Sur Face Written By
- Mats Gustafsson B1 Decision In Paradise Written By
- Frank Lowe B2 Vicky Di Written By
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Thing 1 & Thing 2 the mischievous pair from the classic children's tale Cat in the Hat stand cheerful on the edge of chaos in this fun-filled design from the imagination of Dr Seuss & the artistry of Jim Shore ...

From the No 1 bestselling author of What If?
- the man who created xkcd & explained the laws of science with cartoons
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Through rallies & marches in polite drawing rooms & freezing prison cells & the poverty-stricken slums of the East End three courageous young women join the fight for the vote Evelyn is seventeen & though she is rich & clever she may never be allowed to follow her older brother to university Enraged that she is expected to marry her childhood sweetheart rather than be educated she joins the Suffragettes & vows to pay the ultimate price for women's freedom May is fifteen & already sworn to the cause though she & her fellow Suffragists refuse violence When she meets Nell a girl who's grown up in hardship she sees a kindred spirit Together & in love the two girls start to dream of a world where all kinds of women have their place But the fight for freedom will challenge Evelyn May & Nell more than they ever could believe As war looms just how much are they willing to sacrifice? ...

'as the Labour candidate I prepared for every possible question on the local radio Election Phone-In & he campaigned for a new non-selective inner-city state school then realised this meant he had to send his kids to a non-selective inner-city state school 368 pages O' Farrell John ...

Okonowo is the greatest warrior alive His fame has spread like a bushfire in West Africa & he is one of the most powerful men of his clan But he also has a fiery temper Determined not to be like his father he refuses to show weakness to anyone
- even if the only way he can master his feelings is with his fists When outsiders threaten the traditions of his clan Okonowo takes violent action Will the great man's dangerous pride eventually destroy him?
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A compelling story of one man's battle to protect his community against the forces of change the Penguin Classics edition of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart is introduced by Biyi Bandele Okonkwo is the greatest wrestler & warrior alive & his fame spreads throughout West Africa like a bush-fire But when he accidentally kills a clansman things begin to fall apart Then Okonkwo returns from exile to find missionaries & colonial governors have arrived in the village With his world thrown radically off-balance he can only hurtle towards tragedy First published in 1958 Chinua Achebe's stark coolly ironic novel reshaped both African & world literature & has sold over ten million copies in forty-five languages This arresting parable of a proud but powerless man witnessing the ruin of his people begins Achebe's landmark trilogy of works chronicling the fate of one African community continued in Arrow of God & No Longer at Ease Chinua Achebe (b 1930) was raised in the large village of Ogidi in Eastern Nigeria & graduated from University College Ibadan The author of more than twenty books
- novels short stories essays & collections of poetry
- Achebe received numerous honours from around the world including honourary doctorates from more than thirty colleges & universities He was also the recipient of Nigeria's highest award for intellectual achievement the Nigerian National Merit Award In 2007 he won the Man Booker International Prize for Fiction He died in 2013 If you enjoyed Things Fall Apart you might like Joseph Conrad's Heart of Darkness also available in Penguin Classics'A great book that bespeaks a great brave kind human spirit' John Updike' His courage & generosity are made manifest in the work' Toni Morrison' The writer in whose company the prison walls fell down' Nelson Mandela

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