Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Julian Jarrold directs this British comedy drama following the future Queen of England & her sister as they go out on the town to celebrate the end of the Second World War On VE Day 8th May 1945 Princess Elizabeth (Sarah Gadon) & her younger sister Princess Margaret (Bel Powley) beg their parents King George VI (Rupert Everett) & Queen Elizabeth (Emily Watson) to let them leave Buckingham Palace for the night so they can join in the celebrations The King & Queen give their consent & Elizabeth & Margaret head out incognito but their night takes some unexpected turns ...

The first memoir to emerge from the Vietnam conflict Philip Caputo's A Rumor of War is now regarded as one of the great classics of war literature ranked alongside All Quiet On the Western Front & The Naked & the Dead
- 40th Anniversary Edition with an introduction from Kevin Powers In March 1965 Marine Lieutenant Philip J Caputo landed in Danang with the first ground combat unit committed to fight in Vietnam Sixteen months later having served on the line in one of modern history's ugliest wars he returned home
- physically whole emotionally wasted his youthful idealism shattered A decade later having reported first-hand the very final hours of the war Caputo sat down to write simply a story about war about the things men do in war & the things war does to them' A singular & marvellous work
- a soldier's-eye account that tells us as no other book that I can think of has done what it was actually like to be fighting in this hellish jungle' The New York Times Unparalleled in its honesty unapologetic in its candour & singular in its insights into the minds & hearts of men in combat this book is as powerful to read today as the day it was published in 1977 Caputo has more than earned his place beside Sassoon Owen Vonnegut & Heller' Kevin Powers To call this the best book about Vietnam is to trivialize it A Rumour of War is a dangerous & even subversive book the first to insist that readers asks themselves the questions How would I have acted? To what lengths would I have gone to survive? A terrifying book it will make the strongest among us weep' Los Angeles Times Book Review Caputo's troubled searching meditations on the love & the hate of war on fear & the ambivalent discord warfare can create in the hearts of decent men are amongst the most eloquent I have read in modern literature' New York Review of Books Superb At times it is hard to remember that this is not a novel' New Statesman


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Just after the iron curtain fell on Eastern Europe John Steinbeck & acclaimed war photographer Robert Capa ventured into the Soviet Union to report for the New York Herald Tribune This title deals with the two artists who at the height of their powers answer their needs to document human struggle 240 pages Steinbeck John ...

If you've ever wondered what happened to the young fellow from Malta who bought his grandfather an altar If you're concerned about the camper called Jack who found a huge snake in his pack & if you suspect that an eccentric landowner called Grey spent Christmas a very strange way but aren't sure precisely what that entailed Then a dip into Michael Palin's Sackful of Limericks will provide all the answers
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A brilliantly conceived Viking epic set in eighth-century Sweden Bernard Cornwall meets George RR Martin in this ambitious masterful series 704 pages Brun Theodore (Author) ...

The biography of Jane Digby an enthralling tale of a nineteenth-century beauty whose heart
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A brilliant sci-fi novel from one of the last century's most influential pop culture figures Substance D
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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 What does a scanner see?A Scanner Darkly is set in suburban Orange County California in a future where America has lost the war on drugs When one reluctant undercover cop is ordered to start spying on his friends he is launched on a paranoid journey into the absurd where identities & loyalties are impossible to decode It is a cautionary tale of drug use based on the novel by Philip K Dick & his own experiences Like a graphic novel come to life A Scanner Darkly uses live action photography overlaid with an advanced animation process (interpolated rotoscoping) to create a haunting highly stylized vision of the future ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play A deaf garbage collector happens upon a broken & discarded surfboard The discovery plants in him dreams of becoming a surf champion Encouraged by his also deaf girlfriend he persists against all odds Though trapped in silence their expression of love is no less profound A heartrending masterpiece that as with Kitano&s other films (Sonatine) (Fireworks) has a sharp eye for human frailties & a love for the courage of the underdog Special features New HD restoration New audio commentary by film critic Jasper Sharp First 1000 copies contain a limited edition slipcase featuring new artwork ...

A School Like Mine is an amazing children&s book exploring schools around the world through the eyes of pupils A modern take on DK&s classic children&s book reveals the lives of children as they learn at school in their own words See school activities classrooms & playtime in photographs that will appeal to all children curious to learn about the lives of other schoolchildren on every continent With classic DK design & text using children&s own words children will take a journey around the world to discover A School Just Like Mine ...