Mariella Frostrup
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Physical Desc
xiii, 290 pages ; 24 cm.
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English
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In a guide designed to equip readers with the know-how to handle symptoms starting from perimenopause onward, renowned journalists present stories from women around the world at various ages and stages of their menopause journey.
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1 videodisc (approximately 78 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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In a place like no other on the planet, the dramatic and desolate Lake Natron in northern Tanzania, viewers will witness a spectacle unlike anything they've seen before, as a million crimson-winged flamingos arrive to continue the circle of life. Focusing on the adventures of a single chick set against a backdrop of never-before-filmed landscapes, it is a visually stunning journey into the life and struggles of the mysterious and inspiring flamingo....
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Coupling volume 4
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English
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Patrick is sporting a new — and very gay — haircut. Steve is appalled to find that Susan is recording something on the VCR. In an advanced state of shock and horror, he remains uncertain as to whether she's spotted his porno tape — Lesbian Spank Inferno. Jane is astonished to hear that Steve told Susan he loved her, something he failed to say to her throughout the five years of their relationship...
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Coupling volume 5
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English
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Jane's boyfriend doesn't have sex. Steve doesn't have eyes in his bottom. A quiet night in with Julia leads Jeff to a Nudity Hoovering problem. Steve is troubled by a freckle on his bottom and reaches for the Book of Death (The Medical Health Encyclopedia). Sally and Patrick have become new partner-hating best friends and possibly mole-buddies. And if all that wasn't enough, it's time for them all to meet James, Jane's religious broadcaster boyfriend...
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Coupling volume 2
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English
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Steve has been having problems with being witty and eloquent on the phone to Susan. Susan invites him 'round for supper at her place. As Jeff expounds on "the sock gap" and offers advice on foreplay and his theory on celebrity marriages, he has no idea Susan can overhear everything. Meanwhile, Patrick invites Sally on a date to a motor show. Elsewhere, to everyone's surprise, Jane materializes with Howard, a particularly good-looking young man.
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Coupling volume 6
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English
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Steve and Susan have been together for a year. And in the field of human relationships, what is the most frightening thing that can come through your door? A wedding invitation! At the breakfast table Susan is harassed and absorbed in her work. Tonight is the first anniversary of their first date, and there it is, the putting-thoughts-in-your-long- term-girlfriend's-head bomb, ticking away right in Steve's hand.
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Coupling volume 1
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English
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Steve and his best friend, Jeff, head for the wine bar where Steve has decided he is going to dump his longstanding girlfriend once and for all. Meanwhile Susan and her best friend, Sally, are heading towards the same destination with equal determination. Is this the evening when 'he' is going to propose? But all is not as it seems.
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Coupling volume 8
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English
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Jeff is in the cramped store cupboard searching the shelves. His new boss Julia enters. He's struck by her amazing 'top of the range' eyes and the fact that she is 'covered in breasts.' Meanwhile Julia tells Susan she's met someone 'edible' at the office. But is it ever acceptable to kiss someone really junior at work? And was there really detectable NAT between them? (NAT: Noise Avoidance Tilting - the first signpost on the road to intimate squelching.)...
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Coupling volume 6
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English
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Sally is lonely, unhappy and unfulfilled. And then she goes and spoils it all. Susan has been redecorating the bathroom, only she's removed the lock from the bathroom door and declutching is now out of the question for Steve.
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Coupling volume 7
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English
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Jane's attention has been caught by Bill, a stunningly handsome guy in the bar. Lust at first sight, contact is established. Although Jane has been a bit horrible to his friends, Bill suggests she join him for dinner the following evening at his place. Meanwhile Patrick needs a pretend wife just for one evening. He and a colleague Ivan are fiercely competitive; Ivan recently got married, so naturally Patrick has invented a whole marriage. Amazingly,...
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Coupling volume 3
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English
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Steve has lost his apartment keys and goes to Susan's to find them. But instead he finds Sally stepping out of the shower... How can he ever tell Susan that he's seen her best friend's bottom? "You have seen into the heart of the forbidden lands," Jeff tells him, "You must never speak of what you saw!" Steve must also steer clear of Captain Subtext, who will collude with the Prickles, the Blurts and the Head Laugh to tell Susan everything. All this...
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Coupling volume 5
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English
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In the salon Sally is slumped in front of the mirror examining her expanding face with Susan, when Jane stumbles in dramatically and tells them she's been totally and utterly sacked from her job as a flying eye with the local radio station. As the girls hit the vodka bottle, and discuss other career options for Jane, she shyly admits she has a plan. Meanwhile a grim looking Patrick strides into the bar. He has decided to terminate his latest girlfriend...
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Coupling volume 2
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English
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Jane finds herself competing with the Supreme Being of the Universe. She feels it isn't fair on either of them. Jeff has been going out with Julia for some time. But then the disconcertingly lovely Wilma propositions him in the stationery cupboard. Meanwhile Jane meets and quickly unnerves the ruggedly handsome James under similar circumstances.
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Coupling volume 1
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English
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On his morning train, Jeff has glimpsed paradise sitting several rows in front; she's shapely, long, and usually wears a red shoe. Susan is amazed that Sally has been seeing someone for two whole weeks. Two new relationships, two lies, one bar...
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Coupling volume 7
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English
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Three eggs, three women, three possibilities. Now Sally's blurted out how she feels to Patrick and has convinced herself it's not meant to be. More importantly, she really, really doesn't want to produce a bald, noisy thing that will destroy her life - and decides to use Jane and Susan as a pregnancy control test, which leads to some unexpected revelations.
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Coupling volume 3
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English
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Jeff is about to have a job interview — and he's pretty nervous. Jane appears on Steve's doorstep and is clearly very, very upset. Her aunt has just died and she wants Steve to go to the funeral with her. Meanwhile, Susan is busy inviting Patrick to the funeral while he is inviting Sally, who has a pathological fear of growing old, to be his decoy date. Before long, all six of them are heading up a suburban street dressed in funereal black...
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Coupling volume 1
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English
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Following an argument, Steve and Susan split up and make their separate ways to the Temple Of Woman. The entire episode is shown in split-screen. Susan is furious; Steve is as indecisive as ever. They are both sleepless and miserable. Steve seeks solace in lager, dirty video games and reaching for the phone, Susan in a soggy handkerchief and a self-help book about soul mates, faith and why men are rubbish.
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Coupling volume 3
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English
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Jeff, a beautiful woman, and an offer he cannot accept. A very nervous Jeff has arranged to have a friendly drink with gorgeous Wilma who comes clean – she likes him like mad and she wants to 'borrow' him from his girlfriend. After a spectacularly awkward, drink-sipping silence, Wilma offers him unconditional sex and Jeff is a man without the emotional software to say no. Steve inadvertently compares his own relationship to the Cold War and Sally...
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Coupling volume 2
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English
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Steve is in the bar with Jeff and Patrick, cringing at the memory of watching tv with Susan the previous evening - a documentary which mentions that men in stable relationships frequently continue to masturbate. Jane and Sally are intrigued to know whether Steve still goes solo. To add to Steve's misery, Susan has invited her parents for dinner - her parents who are in the habit of talking about sex as if it were a completely normal thing. Meanwhile,...
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Coupling volume 6
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English
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Jane turns up on Patrick's doorstep. Meanwhile the boys discuss screen nudity. When Jane opens Patrick's cupboard and is confronted by a wall of videos, she grabs him and slams him against the wall. It seems Patrick has filmed all the women he's ever had sex with — including Susan. News spreads about the videos. But just who has the naked rights to Susan now that she's going out with Steve? Slightly anxious, Susan decides to confront Patrick, only...