Summer 1914 Young Englishwoman Vivian Rose Spencer is in an ancient land about to discover the Temple of Zeus the call of adventure & love Thousands of miles away a twenty-year-old Pathan Qayyum Gul is learning about brotherhood & loyalty in the British Indian army Summer 1915 Viv has been separated from the man she loves; Qayyum has lost an eye at Ypres They meet on a train to Peshawar unaware that a connection is about to be forged between their lives
- one that will reveal itself fifteen years later when anti-colonial resistance an ancient artefact & a mysterious woman will bring them together again
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WINNER OF THE 2015 COSTA NOVEL AWARDA God in Ruins relates the life of Teddy Todd
- would-be poet heroic World War II bomber pilot
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Relates the life of Teddy Todd
- would-be poet heroic World War II bomber pilot husband father & grandfather
- as he navigates

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One of Granta's Best of Young British Novelists Spring 1971 East Pakistan Rehana Haque is throwing a party for her beloved children Sohail & Maya Her young family is growing up fast & Rehana wants to remember this day forever But out on the hot city streets something violent is brewing As the civil war develops a war which will eventually see the birth of Bangladesh Rehana struggles to keep her children safe & finds herself facing a heartbreaking dilemma ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Iconoclastic take-no-prisoners cop John Mc Clane for the first time finds himself on foreign soil after travelling to Moscow to help his wayward son Jack With the Russian underworld in pursuit & battling a countdown to war the two Mc Clanes discover their opposing methods make them unstoppable heroes ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Iconoclastic take-no-prisoners cop John Mc Clane for the first time finds himself on foreign soil after travelling to Moscow to help his wayward son Jack With the Russian underworld in pursuit & battling a countdown to war the two Mc Clanes discover their opposing methods make them unstoppable heroes Actors Bruce Willis Patrick Stewart Jai Courtney Cole Hauser Amaury Nolasco Megalyn Echikunwoke & Sebastian Koch Director John Moore Certificate 15 years & over Year 2013 Screen Widescreen Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) Duration 1 hour & 37 minutes (approx)
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Eddie Mair is by his own account one of Britain's most beloved broadcasters Born in Dundee Scotland he has worked in radio all his adult life From the foothills of commercial radio in his hometown through the sunlit uplands of the BBC in Scotland he has reached the peaks of his profession with BBC network radio in London & he's never afraid to work a metaphor beyond endurance In addition he's appeared on most of the BBC's TV channels including ones that are no longer on TV He witnessed the handover of Hong Kong & once asked Arnold Schwarzenegger a question
- though he takes no responsibility for either For nearly twenty years he has been at the helm of Radio 4's PM a nightly news round up that means Eddie works for just one hour a day giving him plenty time to knock together these diaries Whether he's interviewing politicians getting people to share their personal experiences or just imparting his favourite zesty chicken recipes Eddie is never happier than when he is at the microphone Except when he is at the microphone with a large martini In truth his neediness is an irritation to everyone who knows him & if you buy this book he might get out of their hair Eddie's other work as a humanitarian & tireless secret worker for charity is not mentioned in these pages
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Keoni Waxman writes & directs this action thriller starring Steven Seagal When notorious special ops soldier Alexander (Seagal) loses a Chinese target in a botched mission he decides to quit the business & try to lead a normal life going off the grid & finding work as a handyman When one of his clients gets caught up with an infamous Russian gangster Alexander vows to protect them at all costs As he realises that he has entered into the middle of a war between rival Russian & Chinese gangs he sees his opportunity to finally bring his once lost target to justice ...

These ten classic stories are masterful depictions of the underside of life deep in the American South On receiving an early copy Evelyn Waugh remarked ' If these stories are in fact the work of a young lady they are indeed remarkable' She's horrifyingly funny It's that cool removed style combined with very black stories' Donna Tartt' No one has written better about the reality of evil Few have written as well with such sharp-edged compassion about the weaknesses & follies of humanity about the operation of grace in our lives & about the necessity of humility Her stories
- her intelligence & passion
- can restore reason to minds unhinged by our fame-obsessed technology-obsessed culture' Dean Koontz New York Times

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' Superb
- one of the best real-life copy books ever written' Lee Child In a true crime cross between James Ellroy & David Simon's
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