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Triangle Of Sadness (DVD)
Charlbi Dean, Harris Dickinson, Dolly de Leon, Woody Harrelson
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R138
Discovery Miles 1 380
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Ships in 10 - 20 working days
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In this wickedly funny Palme d’Or winner, social hierarchy is turned upside down, revealing the tawdry relationship between power and beauty.
Celebrity model couple, Carl and Yaya, are invited on a luxury cruise for the uber-rich, helmed by an unhinged boat captain. What first appeared instagrammable ends catastrophically, leaving the survivors stranded on a desert island and fighting for survival.
3 Academy Award nominations for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Screenplay.
Winner of the Bancroft Prize""
"The New York Times Book Review," Editor's Choice
American Heritage, Best of 2009
In this vivid new biography of Abigail Adams, the most illustrious
woman of the founding era, Bancroft Award-winning historian Woody
Holton offers a sweeping reinterpretation of Adams's life story and
of women's roles in the creation of the republic.
Using previously overlooked documents from numerous archives,
Abigail Adams shows that the wife of the second president of the
United States was far more charismatic and influential than
historians have realized. One of the finest writers of her age,
Adams passionately campaigned for women's education, denounced sex
discrimination, and matched wits not only with her brilliant
husband, John, but with Thomas Jefferson and George Washington.
When male Patriots ignored her famous appeal to "Remember the
Ladies," she accomplished her own personal declaration of
independence: Defying centuries of legislation that assigned
married women's property to their husbands, she amassed a fortune
in her own name.
Adams's life story encapsulates the history of the founding era,
for she defined herself in relation to the people she loved or
hated (she was never neutral), a cast of characters that included
her mother and sisters; Benjamin Franklin and James Lovell, her
husband's bawdy congressional colleagues; Phoebe Abdee, her
father's former slave; her financially naive husband; and her son
John Quincy.
At once epic and intimate, Abigail Adams, sheds light on a
complicated, fascinating woman, one of the most beloved figures of
American history.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Unlike some other reproductions of classic texts (1) We have not
used OCR(Optical Character Recognition), as this leads to bad
quality books with introduced typos. (2) In books where there are
images such as portraits, maps, sketches etc We have endeavoured to
keep the quality of these images, so they represent accurately the
original artefact. Although occasionally there may be certain
imperfections with these old texts, we feel they deserve to be made
available for future generations to enjoy.
Finished in 1947, House of Earth is Woody Guthrie's only fully
realized novel--a powerful portrait of Dust Bowl America, filled
with the homespun lyricism and authenticity that have made his
songs a part of our national consciousness.
Tike and Ella May Hamlin struggle to plant roots in the arid
land of the Texas Panhandle. The husband and wife live in a
precarious wooden farm shack, but Tike yearns for a sturdy house
that will protect them from the treacherous elements. Thanks to a
five-cent government pamphlet, Tike has the know-how to build a
simple adobe dwelling, a structure made from the land
itself--fireproof, windproof, Dust Bowl-proof. A house of
earth.
Though they are one with the farm and with each other, the land
on which Tike and Ella May live and work is not theirs. Due to
larger forces beyond their control--including ranching
conglomerates and banks--their adobe house remains painfully out of
reach.
A story of rural realism, and in many ways a companion piece to
Guthrie's folk anthem "This Land Is Your Land," House of Earth is a
searing portrait of hardship and hope set against a ravaged
landscape.
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They Hate Each Other
Amanda Woody
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R280
R224
Discovery Miles 2 240
Save R56 (20%)
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Ships in 5 - 10 working days
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Jonah and Dylan get along like oil and water. Until a fake dating ploy gives them new perspective, and they realize that “falling for your enemy” isn’t as impossible as it seems.
There are plenty of words Jonah Collins could use to describe Dylan Ramírez. “Arrogant,” “spoiled,” and “golden boy” to name a few. Likewise, Dylan thinks he has Jonah accurately labeled as an attention-seeking asshat who never shuts his filthy mouth. Their friends are convinced Jonah’s and Dylan’s disdain for one another is just thinly veiled lust—a rumor that surges like wildfire when the two wake up in one bed after homecoming.
Mutually horrified, Dylan and Jonah agree to use the faux pas to their advantage by fake dating. If they can stay convincing long enough to end their “relationship” in a massive staged fight, they can prove their incompatibility to their friends once and for all. But the more time they spend together, the more their plan begins to fall apart—and the closer they come to seeing each other clearly for the first time.
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Wade's Story (Hardcover)
Martin L Altman Woodie
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R855
R726
Discovery Miles 7 260
Save R129 (15%)
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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When 14 year-old Dale Bonham's eccentric Uncle Ike buys her an
unusual bottle at a garage sale, she is less than impressed. But
Dale soon learns its terrifying secret after the bottle is
accidentally broken and she is confronted with its prisoner, the
malevolent and powerful Genie Lord Shrikescream. Together with her
brother Dwayne, best friend Jill, and Uncle Ike, Dale finds herself
caught in a deadly duel between Shrikescream and his archrival Lord
Marcuros. At stake is the hand of the beautiful yet venomous
Princess Allurie, heir to the Genie throne. A dangerous and
seemingly impossible quest lies before Dale and her friends. In
only three days, they must find Excalibur, the sword of the
legendary King Arthur for Shrikescream, so he may present it to the
princess as a wedding gift. If the quest fails, Shrikescream
promises the destruction of earth at his own hands. Given a star
sapphire alarm clock by Shrikescream to guide them on their quest,
Dale and her friends are transported to a nightmare future where
the vicious alien Mor-Drett have conquered earth, and the remnant
of humanity battles against hopeless odds for their lives. Dale and
her friends must not only survive the Mor-drett, but also
man-eating dinosaurs, poisonous fog, and worst of all, the wrath of
Lord Marcuros, who tries to sabotage their quest. Along the way,
three strange companions join in the search for the sword: a brazen
Pooka named Nibs, his loyal friend William, and T'Shren Lightfoot,
prince of an alien world and fugitive from the Mor-Drett. Dale
Bonham has never been one to surrender or compromise her beliefs.
But against such adversity, how can she and her friends survive and
ensure that life as she knows it will go on?
During the last two decades of the twentieth century, China built a
manufacturing juggernaut that propelled the offshoring phenomenon
and led to the loss of millions of US manufacturing jobs. To
compete with the onslaught of cheap imported products, many US
companies began cutting corners. They sacrificed quality, which
drove even more people to buy foreign-made goods. Michael McKeldon
Woody, formerly an executive at a domestic pen manufacturer,
learned the hard way that these competitors were relentless, and
eventually acquiesced to the inevitability of offshoring. But in
2006 he stumbled upon a US textile business, Trans-Tex LLC, which
gave him the opportunity to pursue a rematch with his old nemesis,
China.
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