Year of the Locust captures in page-turning detail the end of the Ottoman world & a pivotal moment in Palestinian history In the diaries of Ihsan Hasan al-Turjman (1893-1917) the first ordinary recruit to describe World War I from the Arab side we follow the misadventures of an Ottoman soldier stationed in Jerusalem There he occupied himself by dreaming about his future & using family connections to avoid being sent to the Suez His diaries draw a unique picture of daily life in the besieged city bringing into sharp focus its communitarian alleys & obliterated neighborhoods the ongoing political debates & most vividly the voices from its streets
- soldiers peddlers prostitutes & vagabonds Salim Tamari's indispensable introduction places the diary in its local regional & imperial contexts while deftly revising conventional wisdom on the disintegration of the Ottoman Empire
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Classical music for everyone
- an inspirational piece of music for every day of the year celebrating composers from the medieval
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From the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of March' & People of the Book' A young woman's struggle to save her family & her soul during the extraordinary year of 1666 when plague suddenly struck a small Derbyshire village In 1666 plague swept through London driving the King & his court to Oxford & Samuel Pepys to Greenwich in an attempt to escape contagion The north of England remained untouched until in a small community of leadminers & hill farmers a bolt of cloth arrived from the capital The tailor who cut the cloth had no way of knowing that the damp fabric carried with it bubonic infection So begins the Year of Wonders in which a Pennine village of 350 souls confronts a scourge beyond remedy or understanding Desperate the villagers turn to sorcery herb lore & murderous witch-hunting Then led by a young & charismatic preacher they elect to isolate themselves in a fatal quarantine The story is told through the eyes of Anna Frith who at only 18 must contend with the death of her family the disintegration of her society & the lure of a dangerous & illicit attraction Geraldine Brooks's novel explores love & learning fear & fanaticism & the struggle of 17th century science & religion to deal with a seemingly diabolical pestilence Year of Wonders' is also an eloquent memorial to the real-life Derbyshire villagers who chose to suffer alone during England's last great plague ...

With one drop of blood the old world is gone for ever & in its place something extraordinary begins They call it The Doom
- a deadly
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With one drop of blood the old world is gone for ever & in its place something extraordinary begins They call it The Doom
- a deadly
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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 History was made by these guys? Zed (Jack Black) & Oh (Michael Cera) are cavemen who stumble out of the mountains into an epic journey of biblical proportions One&s a bumbling hunter the other&s a gentle gatherer; together they become unlikely participants in history&s most pivotal moments Directed & co-written by comedy legend Harold Ramis (Groundhog Day Caddyshack Analyze This) Year One is rude crude wildly absurd deliciously tasteless & laugh-out-loud funny! Actors Jack Black Michael Cera Olivia Wilde June Diane Raphael David Cross Juno Temple Oliver Platt Hank Azaria Vinnie Jones & Paul Rudd Director Harold Ramis Certificate PGYear 2009 Screen Widescreen 1851 Anamorphic Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) Subtitles English (UK) ; Hindi Closed Captions Yes Duration 3 hours & 8 minutes (approx)
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Track Listings 1 Sanctify 2 Hallelujah 3 All For You 4 Karma 5 Hypnotised 6 Rendezvous 7 If You're Over Me 8 Preacher 9 Lucky Escape 10 Palo Santo 11 Here (Interlude) 12 Howl 13 Don't Panic 14 Up In Flames ...

Tracklist Sunrise Wait For The Summer S080 Germs Ph Weir No Need To Worry Forgiveness Wait For The Wintertime Worms Waves Bonus Track Bonus Track ...

Tracklist 1 Good Evening DC 2 Fingers Never Bleed 3 Henrietta 4 2080 5 Longevity 6 ONE 7 Reagan's Skeleton 8 Madder Red 9 Demon Road 10 Wait For The Summer 11 Ambling Alp 12 Blue Paper 13 Tightrope 14 Devil & The Deed 15 Folk Hero Shtick ...

Tracklist A1 Prabhati (Based On The Raga Gunkali) A2 Raga Puriya Kalyan A3 Swara-Kakali (Based On The Raga Tilang) B1 Sonata No 3 In A Minor Op 25 (In The Popular Roumanian Style) ...