Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Jean Renoir once said of Ernst Lubitsch (Ninotchka The Shop Around the Corner & To Be or Not to Be) " He invented the modern Hollywood" & none of the director&s films has had greater influence or impact than Trouble in Paradise With his first comedy of the sound era Lubitsch created one of cinema&s supreme visions of shimmering romance & worldly sophistication When career thief Gaston Monescu (Herbert Marshall) meets glamorous pickpocket Lily (Miriam Hopkins) their love soon takes on a professional dimension as they initiate a plot to rob beautiful perfume magnate Mariette Colet (Kay Francis) But as Gaston gets ever closer to his intended prey his romantic confusion as well as the threat that his past will catch up with him throws their plan into jeopardy A breathtakingly nimble & elegant examination of the perils of mixing "business" with pleasure this gloriously adult & witty comedy features a peerless screenplay by Samson Raphaelson effervescent performances by its stars (including Charlie Ruggles & Edward Everett Horton) & exquisite direction by the legendary Lubitsch Actors Miriam Hopkins Kay Francis Herbert Marshall Charles Ruggles Edward Everett Horton C Aubrey Smith Robert Greig Leonid Kinskey & George Humbert Director Ernst Lubitsch Certificate Universal Suitable for All Year 1932 Screen 1371 Languages English Subtitles English for the hearing impaired Duration 1 hour & 22 minutes (approx) ...

&I need a man good-looking enough to pick up a dame who has a sense of class but he&s got to be tough enough to swap punches with a power shovel& In the first of the four cases in Trouble is My Business Los Angeles PI Philip Marlowe is offered a job that leaves a bad taste in the mouth smearing a girl who&s &got her hooks into a rich man&s pup& Before too long Marlowe&s up to his neck in corpses & cops & he&s taken pity on the girl There&s nothing like making trouble out of your business The four novellas collected here are quintessential Raymond Chandler slick crystal-clear writing that pins the reader to the seat & won&t let go until the last page is turned & Age does not wither Chandler&s prose& Literary Review& Chandler&s prose flies off the pages like a burst from a Tommy gun Chandler was perhaps the finest exponent of the fledgling genre now known as pulp fiction& Scottish Field& One of the greatest crime writers who set the standards others still try to attain& Sunday Times& Nobody can write like Chandler on his home turf not even Faulkner An original A great artist& Boston Review& Raymond Chandler invented a new way of talking about America & America has never looked the same to us since& Paul Auster ...

From much loved author Chris Higgins & acclaimed illustrator Emily Mac Kenzie comes a charming new young fiction series about friendship Bella has just moved into a new house It's old & dark & she's sure there's a ghost in the attic! But things look up when she meets her new next-door neighbour Magda Magda is lots of fun! She's bubbly & full of imagination & can even turn cartwheels! Soon they are best friends But Magda is also trouble! She breaks Bella's mum's best tea set wrecks Bella's room & covers the whole living room in soot & somehow makes sure Bella gets the blame for everything Bella is going to have watch out because there's Trouble Next Door! ...

Trouble This little witch really is a nasty one Standing upright & clutching her walking stick she looks ahead wincing in disgust The witch wears long blue robes & a beige witches hat In her hand she holds a crystal ball foreseeing a dark future for all those her cross her Cast in the finest resin before being hand painted this unsightly statuette is perfect in any witching collection ...

Francis Saxover & Diana Brackley two scientists investigating a rare lichen discover it has a remarkable property it retards the aging process Francis realising the implications for the world of an ever-youthful wealthy elite wants to keep it secret but Diana sees an opportunity to overturn the male status quo by using the lichen to inspire a feminist revolution As each scientist wrestles with the implications & practicalities of exploiting the discovery the world comes ever closer to learning the truth Trouble With Lichen is a scintillating story of the power wielded by science in our lives & asks how much trust should we place in those we appoint to be its guardians? ...

Screen icon & multiple Academy Award winner Clint Eastwood (Gran Torino Million Dollar Baby) returns in front of the camera once more for this heartfelt sports dramedy about an aging major league baseball scout on the cusp of retirement Confronting his own mortality & his failing eyesight he sets out on an unforgettable road trip to Atlanta to scout a hot high school batting prospect Along the way he tries to mend his troubled relationship with his alienated lawyer daughter Directed by Eastwood’s longtime producing partner Robert Lorenz this diamond in the rough dramedy represents another moving return to form for the legendary Eastwood ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Academy Award winner Clint Eastwood (" Million Dollar Baby" " Unforgiven") Oscar nominee Amy Adams (" The Fighter" " Doubt" " Junebug") & Justin Timberlake (" The Social Network" " Friends with Benefits") star in " Trouble with the Curve" which marks the feature film directorial debut of Eastwood&s longtime producing partner Robert Lorenz Gus Lobel (Clint Eastwood) has been one of the best scouts in baseball for decades but despite his efforts to hide it age is starting to catch up with him Nevertheless Gus-who can tell a pitch just by the crack of the bat-refuses to be benched for what could be the final innings of his career He may not have a choice The front office of the Atlanta Braves is starting to question his judgment especially with the country&s hottest batting phenom on deck for the draft The one person who might be able to help is also the one person Gus would never ask his daughter Mickey (Amy Adams) an associate at a high-powered Atlanta law firm whose drive & ambition has put her on the fast track to becoming partner Mickey has never been close to her father who was ill-equipped to be a single parent after the death of his wife Even now in the rare moments they share he is too easily distracted by what Mickey assumes is his first love the game Against her better judgment & over Gus&s objections Mickey joins him on his latest scouting trip to North Carolina jeopardizing her own career to save his Forced to spend time together for the first time in years each makes new discoveries-revealing long-held truths about their past & present that could change their future Actors Clint Eastwood Chelcie Ross & Raymond Anthony Thomas Director Robert Lorenz Certificate 12 years & over Year 2012 Screen 2401 Anamorphic Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) Additional Languages French ; Italian ; English Audio Description Subtitles English for the hearing impaired ; Italian for the hearing impaired ; Dutch ; English ; French ; Italian Closed Captions Yes Duration 1 hour & 47 minutes (approx)
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Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play For decades Gus Lobel (Clint Eastwood) has been one of baseball&s best scouts -- but now his age is catching up with him Still he refuses to be benched even though his bosses are questioning his judgment Tasked with checking out the country&s hottest batting prospect Gus is forced to accept help from his daughter Mickey (Amy Adams) Though they haven&t spent time together in years father & daughter make new discoveries about their shared past which could change their future ...

In three years I will be able to vote & I will still have less power than I did at the moment that I saw that email which was such a tiny thing but look what happened Fifteen-year-old Alena never really knew her political activist mother who died when she was a baby She has grown up with her older half-brother Danny & his boyfriend Nick in the east end of London Now the area is threatened by a bomber who has been leaving explosive devices in supermarkets It is only a matter of time before a bomb goes off Against this increasingly fearful backdrop Alena seeks to discover more about her past while Danny takes a job working for a controversial politician As her family life implodes & the threat to Londoners mounts Alena starts getting into trouble Then she does something truly rebellious A searing heartbreaking coming-of-age tale for fans of Lisa Williamson Jenny Downham & Sarah Crossan ...

THE FINANCIAL TIMES BUSINESS BOOK OF THE MONTH THE GRIPPING TALE OF THE EARLY FRONTIER DAYS OF SILICON VALLEY FROM ACCLAIMED HISTORIAN LESLIE BERLIN ' The book is compelling as it maps out the building of the Valley the challenges its early tech pioneers faced as well as highlighting those who reached dizzying success only to suffer as the dot com bubble burst' Financial Times Kaleidoscopic ambitious & brilliant the book draws on a dazzling cast of characters to chart the rise of the five industries that have come to define technology today & collectively to remake the world' Eric Schmidt former CEO of Google & Executive Chairman of Alphabet Inc Leslie Berlin's previous work has been acclaimed by the New York Times 'so engagingly narrated that you don't realize how much business & technology you are learning along the way' Between 1968 & 1976 five landmark industries that shaped the modern world were launched within 30 miles of each other personal computing video games biotechnology modern venture capital & advanced semi-conductor logic The dominant players in many of those industries
- firms like Apple & Intel
- had also been launched at the same time During those early days of Silicon Valley the first ARPANET transmission (now known as the Internet) came into a Stanford lab universities began licensing innovations to businesses & the Silicon Valley tech community began to develop their lobbying clout Now for the first time the stories of the men & women who changed the world during these pivotal years are brought to life in rich detail by respected Silicon Valley historian Leslie Berlin Berlin shines a light on the wild frontier days of Silicon Valley where the old rules were broken revealing how the modern tech world was built & empires were forged Troublemakers is a compelling story of the upstarts of Silicon Valley that will appeal to fans of HBO's Silicon Valley & Walter Isaacson's biography of Steve Jobs Further praise for Troublemakers Leslie Berlin combines the keen observations of an historian with gorgeous writing & riveting storytelling to write the landmark book on the Valley The interwoven lives of wonderfully iconoclastic characters bring the formative years of the Valley to life with sheer brilliance Troublemakers is a must-read for anyone hoping to understand America's tech capital' Julia Flynn Siler New York Times bestselling author of The House of Mondavi Leslie Berlin has done it again Following on her richly informative biography of Intel co-founder Robert Noyce The Man Behind the Microchip Berlin now brings us a definitive account of Silicon Valley's breakthrough years in the 1970s Troublemakers recounts the fascinating careers of seven little-known but enormously impactful players who shaped the Valley's unique high-tech ecosystem As entertaining as it is authoritative Troublemakers is required reading for anyone seeking to understand how the tech revolution took root in the San Francisco Bay Area & eventually transformed the entire planet's way of life' David M Kennedy Donald J Mc Lachlan Professor of History Emeritus at Stanford University winner of the Pulitzer Prize

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