En DVD med de klassiske historier Rapunzel og Goldilocks and the Three Bears. DVD'en indeholder to animationer beregnet for børn. Forsiden viser et billede af Rapunzel med hendes lange, gule hår, og bag på er en kort beskrivelse af de to historier. Dette er en promoveringskopi fra Daily Mail og Castle Home Video. Historierne er fortalt af Geoffrey Matthews, instrueret af Timothy Forder og produceret af Mary Swindale. Det samlede kørselstidspunkt er ca. 55 minutter.
Thirty years have passed since eleven-year-old Paul Tracy watched his troubled father, Warren, a pitcher for the New York Mets, clash with his childhood hero, the Cubs' golden-boy Joe Castle, in a contest from which no winners emerged. Now the news that his father is dying brings the memory of that day flooding back. Deciding that it's time to face up to what really happened on that baseball field in 1973, father and son make their way to Calico Rock, Arkansas, where either redemption or rejection awaits them. Titel: Calico Joe Genre: Fiction Forlag: Hodder & Stoughton Sammendrag: Thirty years have passed since eleven-year-old Paul Tracy watched his troubled father, Warren, a pitcher for the New York Mets, clash with his childhood hero, the Cubs’ golden-boy, Joe Castle, in a contest from which no winners emerged. Now the news that his father is dying brings the memory of that day floodin
Millie har i 800 år været et spøgelse, men bliver nu gjort levende igen som ung kvinde i Xanth. For at sikre hendes fremtid og kærlighed må en særlig eliksir hentes fra fortiden. Jonathan rejser 800 år tilbage i tiden, hvor Castle Roogna er centrum for magiske konflikter. Her møder han yngre versioner af kendte figurer, magiske væsener og krigere. Sammen forsøger de at sikre slottets og Xanths skæbne, så Millie kan få et liv og en elsket i nutiden. Romanen blander eventyr, tidsrejse, magi og humor i det velkendte Xanth-univers. Type: Pocket Fantasyromanen "Castle Roogna" af Piers Anthony foregår i det magiske land Xanth og er en del af Xanth-serien. Bogen følger Millie, som har været et spøgelse i 800 år, men nu er blevet gjort levende igen som ung kvinde. For at hun kan få et normalt liv og kærlighed, må en særlig eliksir findes i fortiden. Jonathan, en ung mand fra Xanth, rejser tilbag
Skuespillere: Helen Mirren Instruktør: Stephen Frears Studie: Sandrew Metronome Resumé: Efter nyheden om verdens mest populære kvinde, Prinsesse Dianas død, rammer et chokeret og tvivlende britisk folk, trækker Dronning Elizabeth II sig tilbage bag murene på Balmoral Castle med sin familie - ude af stand til at forstå folkets reaktion på tragedien. Tony Blair, den populære og nyvalgte premierminister, ser folkets behov for trøst og støtte fra landets ledere meget håndgribelige. Og da folkets udbrud bliver stærkere end nogensinde, må Blair finde en måde at genskabe forbindelsen mellem Dronningen og det britiske folk.
Now a major motion picture starring Glenn Close in her Golden Globe–winning role! One of bestselling author Meg Wolitzer’s most beloved books—an “acerbically funny” (Entertainment Weekly) and “intelligent…portrait of deception” (The New York Times). The Wife is the story of the long and stormy marriage between a world-famous novelist, Joe Castleman, and his wife Joan, and the secret they’ve kept for decades. The novel opens just as Joe is about to receive a prestigious international award, The Helsinki Prize, to honor his career as one of America’s preeminent novelists. Joan, who has spent forty years subjugating her own literary talents to fan the flames of his career, finally decides to stop. Important and ambitious, The Wife is a sharp-eyed and compulsively readable story about a woman forced to confront the sacrifices she’s made in order to achieve the life she thought she wanted. “A
Forfattere: Paul Joannides, Michelangelo Buonarroti Sprog: Engelsk Antal sider: 224 Udgivelsesår: 1996 The drawings featured in this volume are from the Royal Collection at Windsor Castle. Eighteen sheets are supreme examples of Michelangelo's draftsmanship; fifty are by his contemporaries and successors - including Raphael, Sebastiano del Piombo, Perino del Vaga, Pordenone, and Annibale Carracci - and demonstrate Michelangelo's impact on their technique, style, and imagery. Among the other artists represented are Alessandro Allori, Bartolommeo Ammanati, Baccio. Titel: Michelangelo and His Influence Forfatter: Paul Joannides Genre: Kunst Forlag: National Gallery of Art Type: Paperback
Complemented by easy-to use, reliable maps, helpful recommendations, authoritative background information and up-to-date coverage of things to see and do, these popular travel guides cover in detail countries and regions around the world for travelers of every budget, along with extensive itineraries, maps with cross-referencing to the text, "Top 10" and "Top 5" lists and other practical features. Original. Sammendrag: Nobody knows Japan like Lonely Planet. With more maps and language content than any other guidebook, this 11th edition unveils the very best of shopping in Tokyo, skiing in the Japan Alps, soaking in idyllic onsen (hot springs), trekking to Kansai’s feudal castles, slurping soba at Kyushu food stalls, and so much more. Type: Paperback
Skuespillere: Helen Mirren Instruktør: Stephen Frears Film om hvordan den britiske kongefamilie reagerer på prinsesse Dianas død. Studie: Sandrew Metronome Resumé: Da nyheden om prinsesse Dianas død kommer, står dronning Elizabeth II og det britiske kongehus overfor en britisk befolkning, der er chokeret og tvivlende. Dronningen trækker sig tilbage på Balmoral Castle, hvor hun har svært ved at forstå reaktionen fra folket. Tony Blair, den nye premierminister, forsøger at sikre forbindelsen mellem kongehuset og folkets følelser.
