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Advantages: Free trial, large choice, post included,new realeases
Disadvantages: see review

...I like movies and I like freebies, so when you get offered both in one swoop you?re bound to accept! I used my two week free trial with this company and remained with them for a couple of monthsbefore moving on to try many other companies free trials (and winning a new DVD player on Tesco DVD rental site on their free trial offer). I then had an email from DVDs 365 asking me to go back, and offering me a free DVD if I did so. I had just left Tesco (with my new DVD player) so I chose to go back with them. ∆◊◊ THE SERVICE THEY OFFER ∆◊◊ Basically it?s like going to a video shop and hiring films on DVD, except you don?t pay for each film you chose ? rather a monthly fee for which you can watch as many movies as you can fit in, for us this is usually around 8 a month (2 a week usually weekends...

dabmim 15.11.2004 · Read review
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Surprising Picture Quality - Panasonic DVD-S54

Advantages: Incredible picture quality when compared to my old non-upscaling player with a scart lead
Disadvantages: Sometimes disc drive can be really noisy when DVD's initially load.

...At first I wasn't convinced by up-scaling DVD player technology but was persuaded after reading an article in "What Hi-Fi? Sound and Vision" magazine. Unable to afford a Blu-Ray player my sister and I bought the Panasonic DVD-S54 to match our parents brand new Panasonic TX-32LZD80 LCD television as their Christmas 2008 present. Admittedly it was a slightly selfish purchase as we both live at home and wanted to watch DVDs on the big new TV ourselves! We bought the player from the electrical retailer Comet for about £100 just before Christmas so there were no discounts applied. On Christmas day when opened we found a relatively small box tightly packed with the player in polystyrene packaging. All the components such as cables, remote and manuals were well presented in their own protective plastic bags, to keep them protected. The player...

bobbacon985 12.02.2009 · Read review
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Dominique Van Roost

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An Epic venture into the soul of humanity

Advantages: A touching Realistic account of a slum
Disadvantages: None

...Author: Dominique Lapierre No of Pages : 514 About the Author ~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dominique Lapierre is a French Author born in La Rochelle, France, studied and graduated from Lafayette College, Pennsylvania. He spent 14 years as an international reporter with the news magazine Paris Match.His wife Dominique Conchon-Lapierre ( they were married in 1980) is his partner in the City of Joy Foundation (registered in France under the official name of Action pour les enfants des lépreux de Calcutta), which is a purely volunteer-driven association. The couple lives in the south of France. The other books written by Lapierre include ' Is Paris Burning? ' and 'Is Newyork Burning' They have one daughter, Alexandra, who also is a writer. ( from wikipedia) About the book ' City of Joy ' ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This book was written based...

kiran8 17.01.2009 · Read review
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Review of City of Joy - Dominique Lapierre

A Life Worth Living?

Advantages: beautifully written
Disadvantages: none

...What is your worst fear? Mine is to suffer some kind of illness or disability that makes me unable to live an independent life and be trapped within a useless body. I suffer from bouts of sleep paralysis during times of stress, put simply my mind wakes up and my body does not. When that first happened it was terrifying, I would fight with all my strength to try and open my eyes or move my legs but my body would not respond, the whole time being aware of what is going on around me; now I am simply able to tell myself it is sleep paralysis and go back to sleep again. When I wake up in the morning I am always relieved to be able to get up and face the day but the fear is there that one day I will end up permanently in a similar state. Jean-Dominique Bauby suffered a stroke on the 8th of December 1995 while out driving with his young son...

wigglylittleworm 22.07.2009 · Read review
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Review of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - Jean-Dominique Bauby

YAMAHA DVD-S 557 this is THE DVD player of all time.

Advantages: Brilliant DVD player, perfect quality
Disadvantages: cant think of any

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plainpaul 22.02.2009 · Read review
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In The Blink Of An Eye

Advantages: Extraordinary subject and elegantly written; A modern classic
Disadvantages: Short - but by necessity

...In December 1995, French journalist and editor-in-chief of Elle magazine Jean-Dominique Bauby seemed to have it all. He was a happy and healthy father of two with a successful career and many friends, a man known for his wit, style and love of life. However, on an outing with his young son not long before Christmas, he was suddenly taken ill and needed to be rushed into hospital with breathing difficulties, where he soon lost consciousness. After 20 days in a coma, Bauby awoke to find that he had suffered a catastrophic stroke in his brain stem, which had left his mind fully functioning but trapped in a body he could no longer control, depriving him of movement and speech. This rare condition, appropriately known as "locked-in syndrome", left him with conscious control over his left eye, but unable to move any other muscles in his body...

Collingwood21 07.10.2008 · Read review
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Review of The Diving-bell and the Butterfly - Jean-Dominique Bauby

A Celebration of Life

Advantages: A wonderful and rare insight into life from someone who knew its true meaning
Disadvantages: It's a sad book.....

...Jean Dominique-Bauby, the editor-in-chief of the French magazine Elle, was just 43 on the 8th of December 1995 when his life changed completely. Following a stoke, leaving him with damage to his brain stem, Bauby was left with a condition known as 'locked in syndrome'. Locked-in-syndrome is a thankfully incredibly rare condition which leaves the sufferer unable to move any part of his or her body, excepting the eyelids and unable to speak, whilst retaining all mental capacity. This is the world in which Bauby awoke after a 20-day coma following his stroke. It is a horrifying thought. Jean Dominique-Bauby wrote The Diving-bell and the Butterfly after about 18 months into his life as a sufferer of locked-in-syndrome. He dictated the book to his nurse using just one eyelid. This nurse, to whom the book is dedicated, devised...

nickyturnill 13.02.2007 · Read review
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Review of The Diving Bell and the Butterfly - Jean-Dominique Bauby

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Advantages: Heart-wrenching, beautifully written
Disadvantages: disjointed at times

...The true story behind this novella is what drew me to reading it. Then, I did not know who Jean-Dominique Bauby was or, for that matter, what "locked- in syndrome" was. Not only does this book tell its reader a great deal about the author through the first person narration, but also via the obituary placed at the end of Bauby's emotive story. You come to learn Bauby's deepest fears, regrets, hopes and loves from this novella and everything you feel for him is cemented when you read the obituary. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is not your typical autobiography. It doesn't start with mundane and insignificant details of the author's childhood, followed by his struggle to rise to fame. In fact, it starts with his dreams, his darkest fears. As a reader, we are instantly drawn in to the hidden corners of Bauby's mind. He has no secrets...

chellbian 06.05.2009 · Read review
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FREE DVDS

Advantages: up to date dvds, four weeks free hire with 3 dvds at a time,
Disadvantages: see review

...My recent quest for FREE DVD hire I visited and many DVD web sites that offered a free trial. Now call me tight (no that wasn?t an invite), but I like bargains and freebies and am not ashamed to say so. My quest took me to enough sites to hire DVDs for about four months so far (with plenty to come too). My latest free DVD site also happens to be the best I have tried for several reasons (see rest of op); the site in question is Blockbuster.co.uk. Other sites that I have had free rentals from and then cancelled have all been similar, two weeks free trial with two DVD?s per time ? which in effect gives you about four free DVD?s. With Blockbuster?s things are different slightly ? which add a great deal of benefit to us the customer. Firstly, you get FOUR whole weeks free rental, which equates to at double the length of time most...

dabmim 18.06.2004 · Read review
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