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Animal Adventures (DVD)
Roseanne Barr, Judi Dench, Jennifer Tilly, Randy Quaid, Charles Dennis, …
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R90
Discovery Miles 900
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Collection of four children's animated features. In 'Home On the
Range' (2004), when an eviction notice goes up at the Little Piece
of Heaven family-run dairy farm, notorious yodelling outlaw cattle
rustler Alameda Slim (voice of Randy Quaid) sees his big chance to
claim it for himself. However, he hasn't counted on three
resourceful dairy cows, old-timer Mrs Calloway (Judi Dench),
tough-talking Maggie (Roseanne Barr) and gentle Grace (Jennifer
Tilly), who enlist the help of the other farm animals to track down
Slim and use the ransom on his head to save their beloved farm. But
the bovine trio have another enemy to contend with - ruthless
bounty hunter Rico (Charles Dennis) is also after the reward for
capturing Slim. 'G-Force' (2009) follows a team of secret agent
guinea pigs who have been trained in espionage techniques and armed
with the latest high-tech spy equipment in order to take on a
covert mission for the US government. The team, known by code name
'G-Force', includes ambitious squad leader Darwin (Sam Rockwell),
fearless weapons expert Blaster (Tracy Morgan) and lithe martial
arts genius Juarez (Penélope Cruz). Also along for the ride is
Darwin's housefly sidekick Mooch and computer whiz Speckles
(Nicolas Cage), a star-nosed mole. Can the gang prevent an evil
billionaire from taking over the world with a dastardly plan
involving household appliances? In 'The Wild' (2006) an odd
assortment of animals from the New York Zoo discover what a jungle
the city can be when one of their own is mistakenly shipped to the
wild. When an adolescent lion (Greg Cipes) is accidentally shipped
from the zoo to Africa, his pals, including Samson the lion (Kiefer
Sutherland), Benny the squirrel (James Belushi), Bridget the
giraffe (Janeane Garofalo), Larry the anaconda (Richard Kind),
Kazar the wildebeest (William Shatner) and Nigel the koala bear
(Eddie Izzard), must put aside their differences to help bring him
back. In 'Beverly Hills Chihuahua' (2008), when pampered Beverly
Hills chihuahua Chloe (Drew Barrymore) gets lost while holidaying
in Mexico, she is forced to rely on the kindness of various dogs
she befriends as she tries to get home before she is captured by a
villainous dognapper. Also in pursuit of Chloe is male chihuahua
Papi (George Lopez), who is in love with her, and evil Doberman
Diablo (Edward James Olmos), who has his eye on her valuable
diamond collar.
The third in Garry Bushell's series based around the year 1979.
This is the amazing story of his eye witnessing the birth of the
new wave of British heavy metal. Featuring his writings 'as it
happened' (mainly for the weekly Sounds). This is a unique insight
into the birth of a genre! Unlike the other two volumes which were
published previously this is the first time these amazing writings
have been collected together in book form. Bands featured Include
Iron Maiden, Saxon, Def Leopard, UFO, Blackmayne, Tank, Oral,
Venom, Rainbow and Motorhead. Also included is Garry's Top 10 New
Wave of British Heavy Metal Albums.
This newest edition of David Waugh and Tony Bushell's Key Geography
provides support for the 2014 KS3 Programme of Study, with a focus
on developing key geographical skills and techniques to prepare
students for Key Stage 4. The Interactions Student Book includes
chapters on China and Plate tectonics. Answers to the activities
can be found in the Interactions Teacher's Handbook.
This newest edition of David Waugh and Tony Bushell's Key Geography
provides the support you need to deliver the 2014 KS3 Programme of
Study. Suitable for all abilities, the student books and new
Kerboodle online resources focus on developing key geographical
skills and techniques to prepare students for Key Stage 4.
Foundations includes chapters on Weather and Climate and Kenya and
Africa. Answers to activities can be found in the Foundations
Teacher's Handbook.
Third film in the Disney animated comedy series following a family
of chihuahuas. Chihuahua Papi (voice of George Lopez) moves into a
luxury hotel in Beverly Hills along with both his dog and human
families. When his smallest puppy, Rosa (Kay Panabaker), feels
insignificant because of her size, Papi encourages her to discover
her hidden strengths.
Paris 1917. For twenty-five years, the legendary Marthe has been
Pierre Bonnard's companion and muse. His new model Renee, lovely
and captivating, thinks it's time her rival stepped aside. But
Marthe won't give up her place in history without a fight. An
artist may have many models but there can be only one muse.
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Deception (DVD)
Hugh Jackman, Ewan McGregor, Michelle Williams, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Maggie Q, …
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R76
Discovery Miles 760
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Thriller starring Hugh Jackman and Ewan McGregor. Jonathan McQuarry
(McGregor) is an accountant who is growing tired of his mundane
life. When his new lawyer friend, Wyatt Bose (Jackman), introduces
him to an underground sex club known as The List, he becomes
besotted by a mysterious woman known as 'S' (Michelle Williams).
However, Jonathan's life is turned upside down when the woman
vanishes and he is named as the prime suspect in her disappearance.
Never before has such a serious subject been written about with
such elegance, wit and humour. Jihad: A Short History is
entertaining popular history in strict chronological order
enlivened throughout with wordplay, comedy, graphic detail and
vivid anecdotes on leading figures. It describes Islam's 1,000-year
assault on the rest of humanity, leading up to the concluding
chapter where military jihad has been abandoned in favour of hijra,
migration. It synthesises in a single readable comprehensive volume
the records of the contemporary chroniclers and the works of later
historians, which mostly treat some tiny aspect of this enormous
subject. None of them led the author to question the main thrust of
his narrative. An understanding of the constant invasions of
Christian Europe by the forces of Islam over a thousand years is
vital to properly make sense of the world in which we now live. The
centrepiece of Jihad: A Short History, both figuratively and
literally, is the defining 1453 siege and fall of Constantinople,
which is described in detail and at length in order to convey the
horror of such assaults. Few westerners know of the catastrophic
Battle of Mohacs, one of the greatest military encounters in the
history of central Europe; or of the Battle of Didgori, in which a
staggering 200,000 men perished in a single day of fighting; and
that the Muslims twice reached Vienna and in 1543 besieged and
plundered Nice. Jihad: A Short History concisely tells of these
forgotten events, and of many more epic confrontations.
Re-Reading The Excursion: Narrative, Response and the Wordsworthian
Dramatic Voice is a groundbreaking study, which transforms
contemporary critical understanding of The Excursion and of the
place of this long poem in the Wordsworthian canon. Sally Bushell
argues that the poem, which has suffered at the hands of critics
for most of the twentieth century, has been unfairly judged
according to a Coleridgean rather than a Wordsworthian definition
of "philosophy"-that it has been read as a didactic work, rather
than one which uses its dramatic form to teach its readers to think
for themselves. She offers a new reading in which The Excursion is
shown to be about providing the readers with moral habits and
mental constructs by which to learn, not simply telling them what
to think. The book begins with a discussion of the reception of the
poem in 1814, considering the responses of Coleridge, Hazlitt,
Francis Jeffrey and Charles Lamb. This historicized discussion is
then balanced by a reading of the poem at the compositional stage,
looking at the emergence from the manuscripts of a Wordsworthian
dramatic voice. The author goes on to argue that the poem's
philosophy is performative-that is, concerned with the way in which
moral ideas can best be communicated, as much as with the ideas
themselves. She then shifts her attention to consider how this
operates in relation to the reader, considering the importance of
context in relation to emotional response. Later, the epitaphic
books are reconsidered in the light of Wordworth's critical
writing; Bushell argues that the significance of the epitaph for
him lies in its values as a poetic form in which the text itself is
released from poetic authority. Finally, the author looks back at
The Prelude from the perspective of The Excursion and shows how the
later poem attempts to value the ordinary, rather than the poetic,
mind. The conclusion reached is that Wordsworth is not just the
"egotistical" poet of The Prelude, interested largely in the
development of his own imaginative powers, but one who goes on to
explore the limits of subjectivity and the importance of different
kinds of imaginative links between individuals.
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Face Down (Paperback)
Garry Bushell
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R278
R230
Discovery Miles 2 300
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Harry Tyler is living an unhappy life as a "dead man" following a
failed MI5 conspiracy to kill him in Ireland. A right wing
journalist in a popular paper is saying all the things his readers
want to hear, laying blame for the country's ills at the doors of
immigration, the welfare state, scroungers, and spongers. But when
the people he targets in his column wind up dead, a serial killer
seems to be taking the law into his own hands. Harry Tyler is
surviving on his wits in the North West of England until fate
conspires to reunite him with villain and nemesis John Baker, known
as Johnny Too, when Too is released from jail early as bait for the
serial killer. The job could bring Harry back in from the cold, or
leave him totally exposed and set up as the fall guy if things go
wrong.The final installment of The Face trilogy is hard, sexy, and
it rattles along like an HS2 freight train.
It's over forty years since The Jam inspired a new generation with
their All Mod Cons album - released in the dying months of 1978.
But the Mod revival was far more than just a one-band phenomenon
inspired by the arrival of the film version of The Who's
Quadrophenia. A succession of groups including The Purple Hearts,
The Jolt, The Chords and Secret Affair amongst many others added to
Weller's powerful songs with great tunes. It was a movement that
had been growing organically for more than a year and was a fitting
answer to the increasingly grim post-punk scene with hits such as:
'David Watts', 'The Modern World', 'Down in the Tube Station at
Midnight', 'Eton Rifles', 'That's Entertainment', 'Going
Underground'...
Comedy, in the 'screwball' style of the 1930s, directed by and
starring George Clooney. Set in the 1920s, the film stars Clooney
as Dodge Connolly, a brazen yet charming American Football captain
who is determined to guide his team to glory. However, his plans
suffer a major blow when the players lose their sponsor and the
future of the entire league is subsequently thrown into doubt. But
when Dodge convinces college football star Carter Rutherford (John
Krasinski) to join the team, he hopes that the struggling new sport
will finally capture the nation's attention. Carter is a war hero
who single-handedly forced a group of German soldiers to surrender
in the First World War. His good looks and incredible speed on the
field make him seem almost too good to be true, and reporter Lexie
Littleton (Renee Zellweger) sets out to prove just that.
Back in 1979, pop was getting dull again. Everyone said it was time
for a new dance. No-one expected it to come from Coventry. The
Two-Tone revolution, led by the Specials, took the pop world by
surprise with their infectious mix of Ska rhythms and punk
attitude. Madness and The Selecter followed close on their heels.
Within a matter of moments the 2-tone bands had stolen our hearts
and conquered the charts with a non-stop procession of
unforgettable hits; 'Gangsters', 'A Message To You Rudy', Too Much
Too Young', 'The Prince', 'One Step Beyond', 'My Girl', 'Too Much
Pressure'... And the bands kept coming - Bad Manners, The Beat, The
Bodysnatchers. Even Judge Dread came back. Garry Bushell, who wrote
the original Dance Craze magazine, was the first rock writer to see
the Specials live, the first to interview madness and the first to
watch the bands attempt to export their magic to the USA.
The complex relationship between heritage places and people, in the
broadest sense, can be considered dialogic, a communicative act
that has implications for both sides of the 'conversation'. This is
the starting point for Heritage and Tourism . However, the
'dialogue' between visitors and heritage sites is complex.
'Visitors' have, for many decades, become synonymous with
'tourists' and the tourism industry and so the dialogic
relationship between heritage place and tourists has produced a
powerful critique of this often contested relationship. Further, at
the heart of the dialogic relationship between heritage places and
people is the individual experience of heritage where generalities
give way to particularities of geography, place and culture, where
anxieties about the past and the future mark heritage places as
sites of contestation, sites of silences, sites rendered political
and ideological, sites powerfully intertwined with representation,
sites of the imaginary and the imagined. Under the aegis of the
term 'dialogues' the heritage/tourism interaction is reconsidered
in ways that encourage reflection about the various communicative
acts between heritage places and their visitors and the ways these
are currently theorized, so as to either step beyond - where
possible - the ontological distinctions between heritage places and
tourists or to re-imagine the dialogue or both. Heritage and
Tourism is thus an important contribution to understanding the
complex relationship between heritage and tourism.
New essays examine 20th-c. Austrian literature in relation to
history, politics, and popular culture. 20th-century Austrian
literature boasts many outstanding writers: Schnitzler, Musil,
Rilke, Kraus, Celan, Canetti, Bernhard, Jelinek. These and others
feature in broader accounts of German literature, but it is
desirable to see how the Austrian literary scene -- and Austrian
society itself -- shaped their writing. This volume thus surveys
Austrian writers of drama, prose fiction, and lyric poetry; relates
them to the distinctive history of modern Austria,a democratic
republic that was overtaken by civil war and authoritarian rule,
absorbed into Nazi Germany, and re-established as a neutral state;
and examines their response to controversial events such as the
collusion with Nazism, the Waldheim affair, and the rise of Haider
and the extreme right. In addition to confronting controversy in
the relations between literature, history, and politics, the volume
examines popular culture in line with current trends. Contributors:
Judith Beniston, Janet Stewart, Andrew Barker, Murray Hall, Anthony
Bushell, Dagmar Lorenz, Juliane Vogel, Jonathan Long, Joseph
McVeigh, Allyson Fiddler. Katrin Kohl is Lecturer in German and a
Fellow of Jesus College, and Ritchie Robertson is Taylor Professor
of German and a Fellow of The Queen's College, both at the
University of Oxford.
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