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Music
            Sugarbabes - Angels With Dirty Faces

                      S Club Juniors - Together

                      Sigur Ros - (  )

When Sigur Ros released their second long player Agaetis Byrjun back in 1999, they caught everyone on the hop. Anyone expecting Sigur Ros to have abandoned their emotional and majestic approach will think again after hearing the opening bars of their new album, ( ).

                      Frank Sinatra - My Way

Even in the new millennium, the great voices never fade away.
Let the immortal Frank Sinatra put some swing in your thing
on this fabulous remastered collection.                    

Frank Sinatra, Bing Crosby - Christmas With Frank And Bing

                     Frank Sinatra - 20 Classic Tracks

There's no denying that Frank Sinatra was one of the greatest singers of his - or any - age. At the height of his powers, he could have sung a page from the Slough telephone directory and had a Number One hit. Frank's voice had distinct power and majesty, whether he was belting out a swinging dance number or softly crooning a tender ballad.

                   Songbird by Eva Cassidy


                         * Survivor by Destiny's Child

           Spook - S.I.O.S.O.S. Vol. 1

A must for all those HipHop lovers who are into their chill-out tunes. The variety here is sumptuous and a treat to the ears.

            Talvin Singh - Ha

             Rod Stewart - Human

Super Furry Animals - Rings Around the World

Super Furry Animals - Guerrilla  

             "Do Or Die", "Nightvision", "Fire In My Heart"...

Books (Top Non-Fiction)      

           A Sting in the Tale  by James Berryman, Sting 

Steve Marriott: All Too Beautiful...

Published by Helter Skelter, this sympathetic and overdue biography (Authors: Paolo Hewitt & John Hellier) traces Marriott's mercurial career from his upbringing in post-war London to his cocaine-ravaged demise in a fire at his Essex home in 1991, aged 44. Wonderful page-turning book with hearsay and anecdotal material from numerous family, friends and fellow musicians.
    

        Rick Stein's - Seefood Lover's Guide    Fishy delight!    

                                            
                                                   Delia Smith 

Books (Top Fiction)

              Wilbur Smith - Warlock

                The Mike Hammer Collection by Mike Spillane

Mickey Spillane, the all-time best-selling noir originator, is probably one of the most notorious writers in publishing history. Collected here for the first time, and featuring the books' original pulp cover art, are his classic crime novels, back in print after ten years.

                Plainclothes Naked  by Jerry Stahl

                Scarlett Feather by Maeve Binchy

             Sushi for Beginners A novel by Marian Keyes

Marian Keyes' previous bestseller, Last Chance Saloon, featured Irish folk living in London. Sushi For Beginners is set in her hometown, Dublin. Another funny novel about thirtysomething women at the turn of the 21st century.

                 The Barbed-Wire Kiss  by Wallace Stroby

             Zadie Smith - White Teeth

This novel tells the story of three families, one Indian, one white, and one mixed, in north London and Oxford over 40 years from WWII. It deals with friendship, love, war, three cultures and - a brown mouse!

                Smoke  by Donald E. Westlake

A hilarious romp reminiscent of a Dortmunder caper! Westlake once again leads us through a plot that twists and turns to a surprise ending that only Westlake can conjure.

Due to a foiled burglary in a high-tech lab doing research for cigarette manufacturers, Freddie Noon, the thief, is now invisible. He uses his invisibility to escape the doctors and to make big scores in diamond and fur heists, but he soon discovers that being invisible is straining his relationship with Peg, his charming significant other. Meanwhile, a hilariously malevolent tobacco tycoon hatches a plan to subvert the Human Genome Project for the good of the tobacco industry...

Donald E. Westlake was born in Brooklyn in 1933. After serving in the U.S. Air Force he began his writing career with The Mercenaries (1960). He has written dozens of novels over the past forty years, under his own name and a rainbow of pseudonyms. Named a Mystery Writers of America Grand Master in 1993, he lives with his latest wife, the writer Abby Adams, in rural New York State.                                                   

Erotic Fiction
Story of O by Pauline Reage

A Strict Seduction  by Maria del Rey 

Erotic short stories. One of the best Chimera books to date. Great tales. Some of them are very pervy...

DVDs & Videos

          Singing Detective [1986] 3 Discs

Philip E Marlow (Michael Gambon) is plagued by a skin disease which forces him to be hospitalised. Fantasies allow him to assume the role of a 1940's detective as he looks back on his life from his hospital bed. Written by Dennis Potter.
The effect of the musical interludes are both humorous and ironic/sinister.

             Singing Detective  [2003]

Keith Gordon's remake, based on a new, revised script by Dennis Potter.
With Robert Downey Jr., Robin Wright Penn, Jeremy Northam, Katie Holmes, Adrien Brody and Mel Gibson.
"Robert Downey is remarkable" (Time Out) - "Brilliant... An enjoyable movie of rare quality" (Daily Mirror) - "Dark and twisted and a damned entertaining film" (News Of TheWorld)

Woody Allen's  Sweet And Lowdown   2000

            Starring: Sean Penn, Uma Thurman, Samantha Morton, et al.
            Director: Woody Allen 
            Edition Details: DVD (Region 2 encoding)

The story of Emmett Ray, "the second greatest guitar player in the world." A great film with a very special soundtrack.

Woody Allen's  Small Time Crooks    2000

            Starring: Woody Allen, Hugh Grant, Tracy Ullman, et al.
            Director: Woody Allen 
            Edition Details: DVD (Region 2 encoding)

Woody Allen's  Sleeper           1973

           Starring: Woody Allen, Diane Keaton
           Director: Woody Allen
           Edition Details: DVD (Region 2 encoding)

After being frozen for two centuries, Miles Monroe (Woody Allen) wakes to find himself in a crazy, paranoid society where pleasure is the most sought-after item and a rebel group needs his help to destroy the evil Dictator's Nose before scientists can clone it back to power.                                          Cult!

           Saving Private Ryan 

Starring: Tom Hanks, Edward Burns
Director: Steven Spielberg

Edition Details: DVD (Region 2 encoding)

 

When Steven Spielberg was an adolescent, his first home movie was a backyard war film. When he toured Europe with Duel in his 20s, he saw old men crumble in front of headstones at Omaha Beach. That image became the opening scene of Saving Private Ryan.

  

        

        Snatch 2 Disc Set

                     Starring: Brad Pitt, Vinnie Jones, Dennis Farina
                     Director: Guy Ritchie 
                     Edition Details: DVD (Region 2 encoding)

American gangsters in London East End. Fast-paced and sharp sequel to Lock, Stock, And Two Smoking Barrels.

          The Stone Roses     Music 2 Discs

The most invigorating British band since The Smiths and the most complete pop unit since The Beatles, The Stone Roses embodied the blurring of the tribes, spearheading (alongside the grubbier Happy Mondays) the Madchester charge that eventually exploded with the Oasis phenomenon.
These two discs (including the hour-long footage of August 1989's legendary Blackpool Empress Ballroom gig) prove the Roses were irresistible, a band riding the blinding flash of an intense career arc.

                          Oliver Stone Collection [1991] (Video)

Software & Games   

                      The Simpsons: Hit and Run
Platform: Windows 98.Windows 2000.Windows Me.Windows XP

New story and dialogue from The Simpsons' TV writers. All character voices supplied by the show's cast. Over 56 missions in 7 huge levels. Explore Springfield by car or on foot. Hidden pick-ups based on show trivia.
For 1-4 players

                      The Sims: House Party

Sega: Shenmue   

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