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Learning My Lines (CD)
Ray Brooks; Read by Ray Brooks
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R301
Discovery Miles 3 010
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As a young, up and coming electrical engineer living in England,
Ray Brooks had everything he could want a high paying job, late
nights, and fast cars. All he was missing in his life was the
meaning. A series of events brought him to Japan, where he met a
man who played the shakuhachi, an ancient Japanese flute. That
fortuitous interaction motivated Brooks to embark on a journey to
learn this very difficult instrument. Through playing the
shakuhachi, he began to understand the Zen discipline that is a
crucial aspect of Japanese culture. This understanding greatly
changed his outlook on life, putting him in touch with his
authentic self. Blowing Zen s humor and its irresistible story of
cultures converging lets the underlying message come through
without preachiness: life is about finding your true calling, not
just what brings you superficial joy. Brooks spontaneous approach
to the collaboration of art, mind, body, and spirit is inspiring
and instructive. This uplifting memoir has been entrancing readers
since its release in 2000, and it is now being re-released with a
new chapter and lots of photographs. This is the expanded and
revised edition with photos.
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Ken Loach at the BBC (DVD)
Tony Selby, Paul Copley, Pamela Brighton, Nikolas Simmonds, Carol White, …
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R448
Discovery Miles 4 480
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Collection of TV dramas by the acclaimed British film maker Ken
Loach. 'The Big Flame' (1967) and 'Rank and File' (1971) are
trademark Loach dramas, detailing with sympathy the plight of
workers caught up in industrial disputes at the Liverpool docks and
the Pilkington glassworks, respectively. 'Three Clear Sundays'
(1965) tells the story of Danny (Tony Selby), a young man facing up
to the death penalty after an attempt to help reduce the sentence
of two other prison inmates goes badly wrong. 'Days of Hope' (1975)
is an epic four-part series starring Paul Copley, Pamela Brighton
and Nikolas Simmonds as members of a working class family whose
fortunes are depicted from the end of WWI to what they perceive as
their betrayal in the General Strike of 1926. 'The End of Arthur's
Marriage' (1965) offers something of a departure from Loach's
conventional films, an adaptation of a musical scripted by
Christopher Logue. 'In Two Minds' (1967) stars Anna Cropper and
examines the plight of those suffering from schizophrenia. 'Up the
Junction' (1965) raised the issue of abortion, at the time illegal,
and played a major role in shaping public debate on the issue. Its
influence in this regard was possibly only surpassed by Loach's
most famous TV drama 'Cathy Come Home' (1966), which follows the
struggles of young bride Cathy (Carol White) as she struggles to
keep a roof over herself and her children in a housing system that
seems constantly to be working against her. 'The Price of Coal'
(1977) is a two-part drama set in a Yorkshire mining village which
contrasts the humour of the working men (many played by actual
comedians, including Duggie Brown) with the dangerous conditions in
which they are forced to earn a living.
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