How does one young man survive the deaths of his entire family & manage to make something worthwhile of his life? In Things The Grandchildren Should Know Mark Oliver Everett tells the story of what it's like to grow up the insecure son of a genius in a wacky Virginia Ice Storm-like family Left to run wild with his sister his father off in some parallel universe of his own invention Everett's upbringing was 'ridiculous sometimes tragic & always unsteady' But somehow he manages to not only survive his crazy upbringing & ensuing tragedies; he makes something of his life striking out on a journey to find himself by channelling his experiences into his eventually critically acclaimed music with the Eels But it's not an easy path Told with surprising candour Things The Grandchildren Should Know is an inspiring & remarkable story full of hope humour & wry wisdom ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play A smart sexy & poignantly accurate comedy drama about a group of twenty-something friends desperately resisting the inevitable
- adulthood & responsibility Since playing football as young boys the group now realise that some things in life have to be done before&s it&s too late Cass the top scorer on & off the pitch is now amazed to find himself thinking of settling down & having a family Adam still hasn&t told his best mates his greatest secret Dylan is trying to get his perfect girl while Billy is trying to keep his Johhny wants to keep the team together & Colin well he just wants a threesome! Actors Donna Alexander Scott Chisholm Charlie Cox Emilia Fox George Innes Bruce Mackinnon Keira Jane Malik Jimi Mistry Roger Morlidge Danny Nussbaum Shaun Parkes Billie Piper Dougray Scott Adam Redmayne & Nina Young Director Simon Shore Certificate 15 years & over Year 2004 Languages English Duration 1 hour & 37 minutes (approx)
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Adam Stevenson (Mike Stasko) is having a quarter life crisis He quits his mundane office job in the city & escapes to his childhood home in the suburbs to reevaluate his life strategy Met with little concern by his distracted babyboom parents Adam quickly settles into the lazy comforts of his backyard yearning for a summer of solitude & introspection However a chance encounter reunites him with Mac (Daniel Wilson) an eccentric acquaintance from high school & the perfect catalyst for Adam&s rebirth Together the underachieving duo set out to complete a Things to Do list a collection of bizarre aspirations plucked from the gaps of an incomplete adolescence Somewhere between skydiving kissing a high school crush & blowing up report cards Adam & Mac begin to reconcile the lost innocence of their youth with the reality of growing up ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Andy Garcia stars as ex-gangster Jimmy the Saint who is offered one last job by mob boss Christopher Walken When it goes wrong however Jimmy & his chums are marked for death & Jimmy only has 48 hours to try to put things to rights & save their lives Gabrielle Anwar stars as Garcia&s love interest ...

Hundreds of inventive & imaginative suggestions covering everything from personal relationships to career & lifestyle advice A must-have list of indispensible ideas delivered in short fresh snippets Beautifully illustrated throughout
- an ideal gift for anyone in their 40s Pocket-size full-colour format make this a great impulse buy 256 pages Hall Rebecca
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A pocket guide to one of the most famous cities in the world featuring fifty of London's best-known landmarks each fully illustrated & accompanied by a detailed description interesting facts other things to spot nearby & the nearest Underground stations Add the stickers to the pages as you spot each building or place ...

SHORTLISTED FOR THE COSTA FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2015SHORTLISTED FOR THE GUARDIAN FIRST BOOK AWARD 2015LONGLISTED FOR THE DESMOND ELLIOTT PRIZE 2016' Unsettling deeply moving & very very readable I loved it' NATHAN FILER The Shock of the Fall'A striking & highly enjoyable debut' SOPHIE HANNAHYasmin would give anything to have a friend & do anything to keep one The first time I saw you you were standing at the far end of the playing field You were looking down at your brown straggly dog but then you looked up your mouth going slack as your eyes clocked her Alice Taylor I was no different I used to catch myself gazing at the back of her head in class at her silky fair hair swaying between her shoulder blades If you'd glanced just once across the field you'd have seen me standing in the middle on my own looking straight at you & you'd have gone back through the trees to the path quick tugging your dog after you You'd have known you'd given yourself away even if only to me But you didn't You only had eyes for Alice ...

Deep in an Iranian suburb made rich by the booming oil industry Clarice Ayvazian lives a comfortable life surrounded by the gentle bickering of her children & her gossiping friends & relatives Happy being at the heart of her family she devotes herself to their every need But when an enigmatic Armenian family move in across the street something begins to gnaw at Clarice's contentment a feeling that there may be more to life
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- than this Dizzy with the sweltering heat & simmering emotions Clarice begins to feel herself come alive to possibilities previously unimaginable Set in Iran prior to the Islamic revolution Zoya Pirzad's award-winning novel crafts an intimate portrait of family life
- its joys & its compromises
- & how we find a happiness that endures For fans of Anne Tyler Things We Left Unsaid is a humourous & pointed insight into the hopes & aspirations of Iranians in the years that led to the Islamic Revolution



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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play A recent widow invites her husband&s troubled best friend to live with her & her two children As he gradually turns his life arou nd he helps the family cope & confront their loss ...

Things You Find in a Poet's Beard is a collection of poems that have been shouted at children at schools bookshops & festivals across the country by Mr AF Harrold & illustrated by Chris Ridell Things You Find in a Poet's Beard is printed using Dyslexie font
- the typeface for readers with dyslexia 108 pages 20 colour illustrations Harrold A F
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