The fifth in the fantasy series about children & their spirit animals fighting to save their kingdom Four children separated by vast distances all undergo the same ritual watched by cloaked strangers Four flashes of light erupt & from them emerge the unmistakable shapes of incredible beasts
- a wolf a leopard a panda a falcon Suddenly the paths of these children
- & the world
- have been changed for ever Enter the world of Erdas where every child who comes of age must discover if they have a spirit animal a rare bond between human & beast that bestows great powers to both A dark force has risen from distant & long-forgotten lands & has begun an onslaught that will ravage the world Part engrossing book series part action role-playing game
- discover your spirit animal & join the adventure



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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play CJ Adams of The Odd Life Of Timothy Green stars as Zach Wade a mischievous kid who
- along with his younger sister Hannah (Erin Pitt of American Girl Isabelle Dances into the Spotlight & Camp Rock 2) & their devoted dog Chinook
- become lost in the wilderness when their small plane has engine problems & must make an emergency landing Their mom (Natasha Henstridge of She Spies & The Whole Nine Yards) & dad (Ted Whittall of Beauty & The Beast) are frantic & rescue teams are searching But for the next few days Zach Hannah & Chinook must learn how to combine their skills trust their instincts & navigate a terrain as beautiful as it is untamed John Tench (Tooth Fairy) co-stars in this exciting family adventure about loyalty bravery & surviving AGAINST THE WILD Actors Natasha Henstridge CJ Adams Erin Pitt Ted Whittall & John Tench Director Richard Boddington Year 2013

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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 Starring Robert Beatty Jack Warner & Simone Signoret this is the story of a diverse group of people from very different backgrounds who were brought together in one of the strangest enterprises of the war Sabotage was their job; sabotage organised from London in the form of macabre practical jokes as ingenious as they were injurious to the enemy The work was over-clouded with the constant fear of discovery
- & what it would mean Actors Robert Beatty Simone Signoret Jack Warner Gordon Jackson Paul Dupuis Gisele Preville John Slater Peter Illing & James Robertson Justice Director Charles Crichton Certificate PGLanguages English Duration 1 hour & 34 minutes (approx)
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One of the greatest challenges Agamben presents to his readers is the vast & often bewildering range of sources he draws upon in his work Looking at figures including Michel Foucault St Paul Nietzsche the Marquis de Sade Simone Weil & Hannah Arendt this one-stop reference to Agamben's influences covers 30 thinkers his primary interlocutors his secondary references & the figures who lurk in the background of his arguments without being directly mentioned ...

None can defy the will of the gods but the gods themselves Driven by the ambition of their king the Greeks have arrived on the shores of Troy Some seek power some seek revenge while still others seek the great moment in battle that will define their place in history Agamemnon is a fast-paced strategy board game in which two players take on the roles of ancient Greek gods during the Trojan War By tactically deploying warriors to where they&re needed across the board each player may influence the final outcome of the battles famously detailed in Homer&s Iliad Some areas will be decided by the strength of the warriors others by sheer weight of numbers & some by the inspiration your heroes provide To begin the game Strings of Fate tiles are placed on their matching spaces on the board & each player receives one set of fifteen playing tiles These tiles come in three varieties Warriors with a numerical value marking their strength Leaders with both a letter rank & a strength value & Weavers who have no strength or rank but instead manipulate the Strings of Fate Each player will shuffle their tiles face down in front of them The first player flips over one of their tiles & places it on any available space If it’s a Weaver its effect immediately comes into play the Warp Weaver may swap two adjacent Strings of Fate whilst the Weft Weaver simply splits all strings it’s connected to After the first turn each player flips & plays two tiles on their turns Once all the tiles have been placed each string is resolved each Strength String is won by the player with the highest combined strength contained within it; each Leadership String is won by the player with the single highest ranked tile within the string; & Force Strings are won by the player with the most tiles including Weavers in the string Players claim all the tiles from Strings of Fate they have won & the player with the most tiles at the end wins Players 2 Playing time 20-30 minutes Ages 12 ...

At the dawn of time the world of Agarest was plunged into a terrible war between the forces of good & evil Entire races fought & died for their divine masters ending in the total destruction of Agarest The victorious Gods of light unified their defeated foes creating a new world & sealing their broken bodies into an eternity of darkness With the ancient wars fading into distant memory all have forgotten the evil slumbering beneath their feet but the darkness remembers It watches It waits The seal that held the evil for aeons is fading & war is again raging among the Kingdoms of Men Choose the path of darkness or light through a truly epic story spanning 5 generations & featuring 60 hours of gameplay Battle hundreds of different creatures using an array of character abilities in compelling & strategic turn-based combat Unite with your chosen heroine using the "soul breed" system & together shape the fate of the next generation of heroes Collect hundreds of items & weapons & harness the power of alchemy to vastly improve equipment Build the ultimate army of warriors & master Extra Skills Special Arts & Over Kills to defeat colossal enemies! ...

In a time long forgotten the gods of darkness & light fought in a savage battle across generations ravaging the land they had created A deadlock ensued leaving the Scarred Mountains to divide the continent between the sworn enemies With wounds running so deep the balance could not last forever & soon the darkness would arise to face its foe once again In this most pivotal installment of our epic tale we take you back to that most ancient of battles revealing the story of events preceding Agarest Generations Of War While patrolling the mountains Sieghart a young officer loyal to the armies of light meets a strange girl This chance meeting will change the world Watch the story unfold as you battle hordes of creatures in more than 80hrs of compelling turn-based combat Utilise the tactical new Card Skill System to shape the combat style of your uniquely created hero Featuring stunning new & beautifully animated character portraits displaying a variety of emotions The innovative Soul Breed System returns! Choose your bride to determine the strengths & fate of the world&s next heroic generation of warriors ...

Irish Times " The kind of books that adults will covet & collect as well The language & structure is simple enough for young readers while a biographical timeline at the end of each book offers greater historical complexity" In the Little People Big Dreams series discover the lives of outstanding people from designers & artists to scientists All of them went on to achieve incredible things yet all of them began life as a little child with a dream The book follows Agatha Christie who taught herself to read at the age of five on her journey to becoming the most famous crime writer of all time This inspiring & informative little biography comes with extra facts about Agatha&s life at the back ...

Irish Times " The kind of books that adults will covet & collect as well The language & structure is simple enough for young readers while a biographical timeline at the end of each book offers greater historical complexity" In the Little People Big Dreams series discover the lives of outstanding people from designers & artists to scientists All of them went on to achieve incredible things yet all of them began life as a little child with a dream The book follows Agatha Christie who taught herself to read at the age of five on her journey to becoming the most famous crime writer of all time This inspiring & informative little biography comes with extra facts about Agatha&s life at the back ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Evil is everywhere Even in paradise Hercule Poirot is called in to investigate a case for an insurance company regarding firstly a dead woman&s body found on a moor & then a important diamond sent to the company to be insured turns out to be a fake Poirot discovers that the diamond was bought for Arlena Marshall by Sir Horace Blatt & Arlena is on her honeymoon with her husband & step-daughter on a tropical island hotel He joins them on the island & finds that everybody else starts to hate Arlena for different reasons
- refusing to do a stage show stopping a book & for having an open affair with Patrick Redfern another guest in full view of his shy wife So it&s only a matter of time before Arlena turns up dead strangled & Poirot must find out who it is (Dir Guy Hamilton 1982)
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