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44 Inch Chest (Blu-ray disc)
John Hurt, Ian McShane, Dave Legeno, Ray Winstone, Tom Wilkinson, …
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British gangster drama penned by the writers of 'Sexy Beast',
featuring an ensemble cast that includes Ray Winstone, John Hurt,
Ian McShane, Joanne Whalley and Tom Wilkinson. Ray Winstone stars
as Colin Diamond, a London gangster who enlists the help of his
friends to kidnap his wife's young French lover (Melvil Poupaud) in
the hope of restoring his damaged ego.
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The Glass Menagerie (Paperback)
Tennessee Williams; Edited by E. Browne; Introduction by Robert B. Ray
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Tennessee Williams's evocation of loneliness and lost love, The
Glass Menagerie is one of his most powerful and moving plays. This
Penguin Modern Classics edition includes a new introduction by
Robert Bray. Abandoned by her husband, Amanda Wingfield comforts
herself with recollections of her earlier, more gracious life in
Blue Mountain when she was pursued by 'gentleman callers'. Her son
Tom, a poet with a job in a warehouse, longs for adventure and
escape from his mother's suffocating embrace, while Laura, her shy
crippled daughter, has her glass menagerie and her memories. Amanda
is desperate to find her daughter a husband, but when the
long-awaited gentleman caller does arrive, Laura's romantic
illusions are crushed. Tennessee Williams (1911-1983) was born in
Columbus, Mississippi. When his father, a travelling salesman,
moved with his family to St Louis some years later, both he and his
sister found it impossible to settle down to city life. He entered
college during the Depression and left after a couple of years to
take a clerical job in a shoe company. He stayed there for two
years, spending the evenings writing. He received a Rockefeller
Fellowship in 1940 for his play Battle of Angels, and he won the
Pulitzer Prize in 1948 and 1955. Among his many other plays Penguin
have published The Glass Menagerie (1944), A Streetcar Named Desire
(1947), The Rose Tattoo (1951), Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1955), Sweet
Bird of Youth (1959), The Night of the Iguana (1961), and Small
Craft Warnings (1972). If you enjoyed The Glass Menagerie, you
might like Cat on a Hot Tin Roof, also available in Penguin Modern
Classics. 'Tennessee Williams will live as long as drama itself'
Peter Shaffer, author of Equus
George Lucas directs this Oscar-winning sci-fi adventure, the first
film of the hugely successful 'Star Wars' franchise. Luke Skywalker
(Mark Hamill), a farm boy from a desert planet who dreams of
becoming a pilot, is drawn into a rebellion when his family buys
two robots that the evil Empire are desperate to get their hands
on. An old Jedi knight, Obi-Wan Kenobi (Alec Guinness), and
smuggler Han Solo (Harrison Ford) are among his companions as he
attempts to save the beautiful Princess Leia (Carrie Fisher) and
aide the rebellion.
Episode 1: The Phantom Menace
Anakin Skywalker, a boy with special powers, is unaware that the journey he is beginning will transform him into the evil Darth Vader. Obi-Wan Kenobi, is a determined young apprentice and Palpatine, well know as the evil Emperor, is an ambitious Senator in the Galactic Republic. It is a time when the Jedi Knights are the guardians of Peace in a turbulent galaxy and a young Queen fights to save her people. In the shadows lurks an evil force waiting for the right moment to strike.
Episode 2: Attack Of The Clones
Anakin Skywalker has grown into an accomplished Jedi apprentice, and he faces his most difficult challenge yet as he must choose between his Jedi duty and forbidden love. Relive the adventure the way it was meant to be seen in spectacular digital clarity, including the climatic Clone War battle and Jedi Master Yoda in the ultimate lightsaber duel. Discover how Episode II unlocks the secrets of the entire Star Wars saga...
Episode 3: Revenge Of The Sith
Torn between loyalty to his mentor, Obi-Wan Kenobi, and the seductive powers of the Sith, Anakin Skywalker ultimately turns his back on the Jedi, thus completing his journey to the dark side and his transformation into Darth Vader. Experience the breathtaking scope of the final chapter in spectacular digital clarity and relive all the epic battles including the final climactic lightsaber duel between Anakin and Obi-Wan.
Age-old African beliefs about a body that is not the physical body;
an ancient Mesopotamian epic with a hidden message about life and
death; old Tibetan and Chinese writings on the importance of
nothingness; tales of those who have come back from a death-like
experience after a heart attack or accident. These, along with what
the major faiths tell us about an existence after death, are the
focus of this book. The author's search in often unexpected places
provides insights into the nature of consciousness after death, the
structure of our being, the meaning of time and space and the
inevitability of suffering as well as of goodness. Through this
book we will be better equipped to come to terms with the deaths of
those dear to us, and also with our own death.
This collection provides a deep engagement with the political
implication of Black Lives Matter. This book covers a broad range
of topics using a variety of methods and epistemological
approaches. In the twenty-first century, the killings of Black
Americans have sparked a movement to end the brutality against
Black bodies. In 2013, #BlackLivesMatter would become a
movement-building project led by Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors,
and Opal Tometi. This movement began after the acquittal of George
Zimmerman, who murdered 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. The movement
has continued to fight for racial justice and has experienced a
resurgence following the 2020 slayings of Ahmaud Arbery, George
Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Sean Reed, Tony McDade, and David McAtee
among others. The continued protests raise questions about how we
can end this vicious cycle and lead Blacks to a state of normalcy
in the United States. In other words, how can we make any advances
made by Black Lives Matter stick? The chapters in this book were
originally published in the journal Politics, Groups, and
Identities.
This highly technical work is at the leading edge of spatial
analysis. It covers the Global Monitoring for Environment and
Security (GMES) initiative in the international context of access
to environmental data. This book identifies the data policy issues,
such as intellectual property rights, privacy, licensing and
archiving policies, that affect environmental monitoring
organisations, statistical institutes, mapping agencies, institutes
for natural resources and Earth observation. It recommends courses
of action to improve information services in GMES and assesses the
impact of data policy on access to and cost-efficient use of
information services in GMES.
This title will be essential reading for government institutions
such as mapping organisations, space agencies, environmental
departments, military and defence departments; it will also be
useful to students of environmental policies and industries
involved in mapping, cartography, aerial surveys and the space
industry.
This collection provides a deep engagement with the political
implication of Black Lives Matter. This book covers a broad range
of topics using a variety of methods and epistemological
approaches. In the twenty-first century, the killings of Black
Americans have sparked a movement to end the brutality against
Black bodies. In 2013, #BlackLivesMatter would become a
movement-building project led by Alicia Garza, Patrisse Cullors,
and Opal Tometi. This movement began after the acquittal of George
Zimmerman, who murdered 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. The movement
has continued to fight for racial justice and has experienced a
resurgence following the 2020 slayings of Ahmaud Arbery, George
Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Sean Reed, Tony McDade, and David McAtee
among others. The continued protests raise questions about how we
can end this vicious cycle and lead Blacks to a state of normalcy
in the United States. In other words, how can we make any advances
made by Black Lives Matter stick? The chapters in this book were
originally published in the journal Politics, Groups, and
Identities.
This record-breaking global blockbuster was the first new
instalment in the Star Wars serial for 16 years, and recounts the
events which occured a generation before the original Star Wars
film: 'Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope' (1977). Jedi Knight
Qui-Gon Jinn (Liam Neeson) and his apprentice Obi-Wan Kenobi (Ewan
McGregor) have embarked upon a diplomatic mission to the planet
Naboo, intending to open discussions between the planet's leaders
and the heads of the Trade Federation. But when they are ambushed
by Federation robots, they quickly realise that the negotiations
are merely a decoy for a hostile invasion organised by the evil
Sith master. Joining forces with Jar Jar Binks (Ahmed Best) and the
Naboo Queen Amidala (Natalie Portman), the Jedis manage to escape
from Naboo and journey to the trade planet of Tatooine, where
Qui-Gon meets a young slave boy named Anakin (Jake Lloyd), whom he
identifies as a potentially powerful Jedi.
Part of the Babel series, this guide offers 150 original reviews of
books available in English by leading Jewish writers. The book
includes accessible, informative material on the European Jewish
writers - Proust, Kafka, Primo Levi; the Yiddish author Shalom
Aleichem; Londoner Israel Zangwill; American Jewish writers like
Saul Bellow, Bernard Malamud, Cynthia Ozick and Philip Roth; as
well as the Brazilian Clarice Lispector, the Canadian Mordecai
Richler, Israelis Amos Oz and nobel-winner S.Y. Agnon and 60 other
international authors. Featuring new and old Jewish classics, the
text includes an author database and a listing of fiction
translated from Yiddish and Hebrew into English
When her husband's ill health forces them to move into an assisted
living facility, Anne M. Wyatt-Brown suddenly finds herself
surrounded by elderly residents. In this lively and provocative
collection, other distinguished gerontologists reflect on Anne's
moving account of her transition to becoming a member of a vibrant
and sociable community that offers care-giving support, while
encouraging her to pursue her own interests, including exercising,
reviewing articles for scholarly journals, serving on committees,
and singing. By redefining notions of care and community, undoing
the stigmas of aging, and valuing the psychological factors
involved in accepting assistance, this volume provides a bold new
framework for thinking about aging, continuing care, making the big
move to a retirement community, and living with vitality in the new
environment.
Historically the urban festival served as an occasion for affirming
shared convictions and identities in the life of the city. Whether
religious or civic in nature, these events provided tangible
expressions of social, cultural, political, and religious cohesion,
often reaffirming a particular shared ethos within diverse urban
landscapes. Architecture has long served as a key aspect of this
process exhibiting continuity in the flux of these representations
through the parading of elaborate ceremonial floats, the
construction of temporary buildings, the 'dressing' of existing
urban space, the alternative occupations of the everyday, and the
construction of new buildings and spaces which then become a part
of the background fabric of the city. This book examines how
festivals can be used as a lens to examine the relationship between
city and citizen and questions whether this is fixed through time,
or has been transformed as a response to changes in the modern
urban condition. Architecture, Festival and the City looks at the
multilayered nature of a diverse selection of festivals and the way
they incorporate both orderly (authoritative) and disorderly
(subversive) components. The aim is to reveal how the civic nature
of urban space is utilised through festival to represent ideas of
belonging and identity. Recent political and social gatherings also
raise questions about the relationship of these events to 'ritual'
and whether traditional practices can serve as meaningful
references in the twenty-first century.
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Rude Boy (DVD)
Mick Jones, Lizard Brown, Hicky Etienne, John Green, Joe Strummer, …
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R215
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Originally released in the cinema as a portrait of early 1980s
Britain, this fictionalized documentary about The Clash was
disowned by the band after it was made and declared 'disgusting' by
The Daily Mail. It is partly a study of the band and partly a story
about a fictional fan, Ray Gange, who attends the band's concerts
and becomes involved in the oppositional political culture of the
day, joining in political demonstrations and attending the 'Rock
Against Racism' tour. Over the course of the film, Ray follow the
band to a number of different gigs and sees them perform such songs
as 'White Riot', 'Tommy Gun' and 'London's Burning'.
Historically the urban festival served as an occasion for affirming
shared convictions and identities in the life of the city. Whether
religious or civic in nature, these events provided tangible
expressions of social, cultural, political, and religious cohesion,
often reaffirming a particular shared ethos within diverse urban
landscapes. Architecture has long served as a key aspect of this
process exhibiting continuity in the flux of these representations
through the parading of elaborate ceremonial floats, the
construction of temporary buildings, the 'dressing' of existing
urban space, the alternative occupations of the everyday, and the
construction of new buildings and spaces which then become a part
of the background fabric of the city. This book examines how
festivals can be used as a lens to examine the relationship between
city and citizen and questions whether this is fixed through time,
or has been transformed as a response to changes in the modern
urban condition. Architecture, Festival and the City looks at the
multilayered nature of a diverse selection of festivals and the way
they incorporate both orderly (authoritative) and disorderly
(subversive) components. The aim is to reveal how the civic nature
of urban space is utilised through festival to represent ideas of
belonging and identity. Recent political and social gatherings also
raise questions about the relationship of these events to 'ritual'
and whether traditional practices can serve as meaningful
references in the twenty-first century.
A young adult anthology featuring fictional stories of everyday
resistance. You might be the kind of person who stands up to online
trolls.Or who marches to protest injustice.Perhaps you are
#DisabledAndCute and dancing around your living room, alive and
proud.Or perhaps you are the trans mentor that you wish you had
when you were younger.Maybe you call out false allies, or stand up
to loved ones. Maybe you speak your truth and drop the mic, or
maybe you take it with you when you leave.This anthology features
fictional stories--in poems, prose, and art--that reflect a slice
of the varied and limitless ways that readers like you resist every
day. Take the Mic's powerful collection of stories features work by
literary luminaries and emerging talent alike, including
Newbery-winner Jason Reynolds, New York Times bestseller Samira
Ahmed, anthologist and contributor Bethany C. Morrow, Darcie Little
Badger, Keah Brown, Laura Silverman, L.D. Lewis, Sofia Quintero,
Ray Stoeve, Yamile Mendez, and Connie Sun, with cover and interior
art by Richie Pope.
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Rude Boy (Blu-ray disc)
Mick Jones, Inch Gordon, Terry McQuade, John Green, Ray Gange, …
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Originally released in the cinema as a portrait of early 1980s
Britain, this fictionalized documentary about The Clash was
disowned by the band after it was made and declared 'disgusting' by
The Daily Mail. It is partly a study of the band and partly a story
about a fictional fan, Ray Gange, who attends the band's concerts
and becomes involved in the oppositional political culture of the
day, joining in political demonstrations and attending the 'Rock
Against Racism' tour. Over the course of the film, Ray follow the
band to a number of different gigs and sees them perform such songs
as 'White Riot', 'Tommy Gun' and 'London's Burning'.
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