From industry legend Mark Texeira (Ghost Rider Punisher Moon Knight) & writer Ricardo Sanchez (Resident Evil Legends of the Dark Knight Teen Titans GO!) comes a story about our collective need for hope optimism & heroes The Hero died 20 years ago but her death still haunts one young reporter Now on the anniversary of her death the reporter digs in to find out the truth about what really happened This special edition from IDW collects the fully painted graphic novel by Texeira & Sanchez " Kill your Heroes" an illustrated short story based on the character an art gallery & the original short story the graphic novel was based on ...

1919 The Derbyshire village of Wenfield is still reeling from four terrible years of war & now just when the village is coming to terms with the loss of so many of its sons the brutal murder of a young girl shatters its hard-won tranquillity Myrtle Bligh is found stabbed & left in woodland her mouth slit to accommodate a dead dove a bird of peace During the war Myrtle worked as a volunteer nurse with Flora Winsmore the local doctor's daughter caring for badly wounded soldiers at the nearby big house Tarnhey Court When two more women are found murdered in identical circumstances Inspector Albert Lincoln is sent up from London a man not only wounded in war but damaged in peace by the death of his young son & his cold loveless marriage Once in Wenfield Albert begins to investigate the three recent murders & the Cartwright family of Tarnhey Court & their staff fall under suspicion as their hidden lives & secrets are uncovered With rumours of a ghostly soldier with a painted face being spotted near the scene of the murders the village is thrown into a state of panic
- & with the killer still on the loose who will be the next to die at the hands of this vicious angel of death?
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Five days before Christmas 1943 a badly damaged American bomber struggled to fly over wartime Germany At its controls was a twenty-one-year-old pilot Half his crew lay wounded or dead Suddenly a German Messerschmitt fighter pulled up on the bomber's tail
- the German pilot was an ace a man able to destroy the American bomber with the squeeze of a trigger This is the true story of the two pilots whose lives collided in the skies that day
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- 2nd Lieutenant Charlie Brown & the German
- 2nd Lieutenant Franz Stigler A Higher Call follows both Charlie & Franz's harrowing missions & gives a dramatic account of the moment when they would stare across the frozen skies at one another What happened between them the American 8th Air Force would later classify as 'top secret' It was an act that Franz could never mention or else face a firing squad It was the encounter that would haunt both Charlie & Franz for forty years until as old men they would seek out one another & reunite



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In dark wintry Lochdubh Christmas Cheer is about as welcome as a flat tyre on a deserted road The Calvinist element in town has always resisted what they view as secular frivolity so for most of the townsfolk there&ll be no carols feasting gifts
- or even whisky on Christmas Day! And for PC Hamish Macbeth there&s no holiday from crime
- he finds himself hunting for a missing cat belonging to a lonely spinster Curt & unfriendly the woman is convinced her pet has been stolen but once behind her heavily-bolted door Hamish can spot her true problem
- she lives in fear though of who or what he cannot guess Then someone steals a Christmas tree & lights from the nearby village of Cnothan So it is up to Hamish to sort all these problems out
- & he had better do it quickly for the church bells will soon peal on the eve of Christmas This one-off standalone story is a special Christmas treat for all fans of Hamish Macbeth & can be read at any point in the ongoing series



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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 The cargo ship MV Rozen is heading for harbour when it is hijacked by Somali pirates in the Indian Ocean Amongst the men on board are the ship&s cook Mikkel (Pilou Asbæk Borgen) & the engineer Jan (Roland Møller) who along with the rest of the seamen are taken hostage in a cynical game of life & death With the demand for a ransom of millions of dollars a psychological drama unfolds between the CEO of the shipping company (Søren Malling The Killing Borgen) & the Somali pirates Actors Pilou Asbaek Soren Malling Dar Salim Roland Moller Gary Skjoldmose Porter Abdihakin Asgar Amalie Ihle Alstrup Amalie Vulff Andersen Linda Laursen Keith Pearson Allan Arnby Bettina Schjerlund Derrick Dharmakan & Jumamvita Director Tobias Lindholm Certificate 15 years & over Year 2012 Languages Danish Subtitles English Region Region 2
- Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players
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The essential volume on the history of maritime & mainland Southeast Asia from earliest recorded times until the present day
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Continues Neil's landmark exploration of how our land & its people came to be which began with the acclaimed A HISTORY OF SCOTLANDWho were the first Britons & what sort of world did they occupy? In A HISTORY OF ANCIENT BRITAIN Neil Oliver turns a spotlight on the very beginnings of the story of Britain; on the first people to occupy these islands & their battle for survival There has been human habitation in Britain regularly interrupted by Ice Ages for the best part of a million years The last retreat of the glaciers 12000 years ago brought a new & warmer age & with it one of the greatest tsunamis recorded on Earth which struck the north-east of Britain devastating the population & flooding the low-lying plains of what is now the North Sea The resulting island became in time home to a diverse range of cultures & peoples who have left behind them some of the most extraordinary & enigmatic monuments in the world Through what is revealed by the artefacts of the past Neil Oliver weaves the epic story
- half a million years of human history up to the departure of the Roman Empire in the Fifth Century AD It was a period which accounts for more than ninety-nine per cent of humankind's presence on these islands It is the real story of Britain & of her people
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In this fascinating series TV historian & archaeologist Neil Oliver (Coast A History of Scotland) travels the British Isles to tell the story of the very beginnings of our land & its people The series traces the development of Britain from the glacial wasteland of 12000 BC through the glories of the Stone Age to the magnificence of international Bronze Age society
- following the growth of farming & trade; the establishment of homes & hamlets & the sophisticated spiritual life of the country including the incredible creation of the monument at Stonehenge In an engrossing series Neil Oliver travels the length & breadth of the British Isles to explore some of its greatest wonders discover the significance of renowned & lesser-known monuments & reveal how modern science is solving many ancient mysteries
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The extraordinary history of Ancient Egyptian civilization
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Outlining the major political & cultural events A History of Ancient Egypt is an authoritative & accessible introduction to this fascinating ancient culture An accessible chronological narrative that draws on a range of historical sources Offers an up-to-date survey of ancient Egypt s history from its origins to its domination by the Roman Empire Considers social & economic life & the rich culture of ancient Egypt Places Egypt s history within its regional context detailing interactions with Asia & Africa Engages students with various perspectives on a range of critical issues with the Key Debate section included in each chapter Makes the latest discoveries & scholarship accessible to a wide audience ...