Do you know where you came from? Who Do You Think You Are? has been a BBC hit since its first series in 2004 which ignited an extraordinary boom in researching family history in the UK Since then the world of genealogy has transformed & while our sources of information remain the same our ways of accessing them have multiplied & changed beyond recognition In this practical easy-to-use handbook the WDYTYA? team share their experience & expertise essential for anyone who would like to discover their family's history Drawing on celebrity stories to illustrate & inspire & providing hints tips & practical step-by-steps this pocket handbook will bring family history to life for fans of the show & for any amateur sleuths starting out on their own journey of discovery ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play On Blu-ray for the first time ever this digitally remastered edition of Who Framed Roger Rabbit practically jumps off the screen with its brilliant picture rich sound
- & dangerous curves It&s 1947 Hollywood & Eddie Valiant (Bob Hoskins) a down-on-his-luck detective is hired to find proof that Marvin Acme gag factory mogul & owner of Toontown is playing hanky-panky with femme fatale Jessica Rabbit wife of Maroon Cartoon superstar Roger Rabbit When Acme is found murdered all fingers point to Roger who begs the Toon-hating Valiant to find the real evildoer Complete with hours of bonus features
- including three digitally restored Roger Rabbit Shorts this multi-Oscar winner (Best Film Editing Best Sound Effects Editing Best Visual Effects Special Achievement In Animation Direction 1988) is pure magic in Hi-Def Blu-ray Actors Bob Hoskins Christopher Lloyd Joanna Cassidy Charles Fleischer Stubby Kaye Alan Tilvern Richard Le Parmentier Lou Hirsch Betsy Brantley Joel Silver Paul Springer Richard Ridings Edwin Craig Lindsay Holiday & Mike Edmonds Director Robert Zemeckis Certificate PGYear 1988 Screen 1851 Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) Additional Languages French ; German ; Italian ; Castilian Spanish Subtitles English for the hearing impaired ; Danish ; Dutch ; Finnish ; German ; Italian ; Norwegian ; Castilian Spanish ; Swedish ; French Closed Captions Yes Duration 1 hour & 43 minutes (approx)


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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 It&s 1947 Hollywood & Eddie Valiant (Bob Hoskins) a down-on-his-luck detective is hired to find proof that Marvin Acme gag factory mogul & owner of Toontown is playing hanky-panky with femme fatale Jessica Rabbit wife of Maroon Cartoon superstar Roger Rabbit When Acme is found murdered all fingers point to Roger & the sinister power-hungry Judge Doom (Christopher Lloyd) is on a mission to bring Roger to justice Roger begs the Toon-hating Valiant to find the real evildoer & the plot thickens as Eddie uncovers scandal after scandal & realizes the very existence of Toontown is at stake! Who Framed Roger Rabbit is deliciously outrageous fun the whole family will enjoy Actors Bob Hoskins Director Robert Zemeckis Certificate PG
- Parental Guidance recommended Year 1988 Screen Aspect Ratio 1851 Languages Englis
- Dolby Digital 51 Additional Languages Russian Subtitles English ; English for the hearing impaired ; Swedish ; Norwegian ; Danish ; Finnish ; Icelandic ; Russian Region Region 2
- Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players


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This book shows how our lives are shaped not only by the choices we make but by the choices we have From dating school & university applications to the job market understand the most important decisions you'll ever make with insights from a Nobel Prize-winner Who Gets What & Why is a piquantly written mind-expanding exploration of the markets that matter most to many of us If you've ever sought a job or hired someone applied to university or guided your child into a good school asked someone out on a date or been asked out you have participated in a matching market They are everywhere around us & account for some of the biggest technological successes of the decade like Uber & Airbnb Matching markets can even be the gatekeeper of life itself guiding how desperately ill patients receive scarce organs for transplants Alvin E Roth shared the 2012 Nobel Prize in economics for his pioneering research into market design
- the principles that govern all kinds of markets where money isn't the only factor in determining who gets what His book reveals what factors make these markets work well
- or badly
- & shows us all how to recognise a good match & make smarter more confident decisions


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The British system has been radically transformed in recent decades far more than most of us realise As acclaimed political scientist & bestselling author Anthony King shows this transformation lies at the heart of British politics today Imagining
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- that the British political system & Britain's place in the world have not greatly changed our political leaders consistently promise more than they can perform Political & economic power is now widely dispersed both inside & outside the UK but Westminster politicians still talk the language of Attlee & Churchill How exactly has the British system changed? Where does power now lie? In Who Governs Britain? King offers the first assessment in many years of Britain's governing arrangements as a whole providing much needed context for the 2015 general election

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In the wake of the attack on the offices of Charlie Hebdo in Paris on 7 January 2015 millions took to the streets to demonstrate their revulsion expressing a desire to reaffirm the ideals of the French Republic liberte egalite fraternite But who were the millions of demonstrators who were suddenly united under the single cry of Je suis Charlie ? In this probing new book Emmanuel Todd investigates the cartography & sociology of the three to four million who marched in Paris & across France & draws some unsettling conclusions For while they claimed to support liberal republican values the real middle classes who marched on that day of indignant protest also had a quite different programme in mind one that was far removed from their proclaimed ideal Their deep values were in fact more reminiscent of the most depressing aspects of France s national history conservatism selfishness domination & inequality By identifying the anthropological religious economic & political forces that brought France to the edge of the abyss Todd reveals the real dangers posed to all western societies when the interests of privileged middle classes work against marginalised & immigrant groups Should we really continue to mistreat young people force the children of immigrants to live on the outskirts of our cities consign the poorer classes to the remoter parts of the country demonise Islam & allow the growth of an ever more menacing anti-Semitism? While asking uncomfortable questions & offering no easy solutions Todd points to the difficult & uncertain path that might lead to an accommodation with Islam rather than a deepening & divisive confrontation ...

In 1995 on a four hour delayed train from Manchester to London J K Rowling conceived of the idea of a boy wizard named Harry Potter Upon arriving in London she began immediately writing the first book in the saga Rowling's true life rags to riches story is as compelling as the world of Hogwarts that she created This biography details not only Rowling's life & her love of literature but the story behind the creation of a modern classic ...

The multiple-sellout mini-series Newsarama calls a modern noir package that is not to be missed & MTV couldn''t put down! Jon Moore is a mercenary spy on the run protected only by Jake Ellis a man invisible to everyone except Jon Collects Who Is Jake Ellis? 1-5 ...

Stanley Lieber was just seventeen when he got his first job at Timely Comics in 1939 Since then the man now known as Stan Lee has launched a comic book empire made Marvel Comics a household name & created iconic superheroes such as Iron Man Spider-Man & the Fantastic Four Stan Lee is still dreaming up caped crusaders & masked vigilantes in his nineties ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Between 1979 & 1981 29 African-American children were murdered in Atlanta GA leading to a statewide manhunt to find the killer & a considerable outcry from a frightened public This is the true story of these despicable crimes & the dogged detectives who led the investigation ...