A tie-in edition of Fallada's best-selling WW2 novel to accompany the major new film starring Emma Thompson & Brendan Gleeson Berlin 1940 & the city is filled with fear When unassuming couple Otto & Anna Quangel receive the news that their beloved son has been killed fighting in France they are shocked out of their quiet existence & begin a silent campaign of defiance A deadly game of cat & mouse develops between the Quangels & the ambitious Gestapo inspector Escherich in Fallada's desperately tense & heartbreaking exploration of resistance in impossible circumstances ...

Inspired by a true story Hans Fallada's Alone in Berlin is the gripping tale of an ordinary man's determination to defy the tyranny of Nazi rule This Penguin Classics edition contains an afterword by Geoff Wilkes as well as facsimiles of the original Gestapo file which inspired the novel Berlin 1940 & the city is filled with fear At the house on 55 Jablonski Strasse its various occupants try to live under Nazi rule in their different ways the bullying Hitler loyalists the Persickes the retired judge Fromm & the unassuming couple Otto & Anna Quangel Then the Quangels receive the news that their beloved son has been killed fighting in France Shocked out of their quiet existence they begin a silent campaign of defiance & a deadly game of cat & mouse develops between the Quangels & the ambitious Gestapo inspector Escherich When petty criminals Kluge & Borkhausen also become involved deception betrayal & murder ensue tightening the noose around the Quangels' necks If you enjoyed Alone in Berlin you might like John Steinbeck's The Moon is Down also available in Penguin Modern Classics' One of the most extraordinary & compelling novels written about World War II Ever' Alan Furst' Terrific a fast-moving important & astutely deadpan thriller' Irish Times' An unrivalled & vivid portrait of life in wartime Berlin' Philip Kerr' To read Fallada's testament to the darkest years of the 20th century is to be accompanied by a wise somber ghost who grips your shoulder & whispers into your ear This is how it was This is what happened' The New York Times ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Evil awakens Edward Carnby (Christian Slater) is a private investigator specializing in unexplainable supernatural phenomena His cases delve into the dark corners of the world searching for truth in the occult remnants of ancient civilizations Now the greatest mystery of his past is about to become the most dangerous case he has ever faced With the help of his ex-girlfriend archaeologist Aline Cedrac (Tara Reid) & his bitter rival government agent Richard Burke (Stephen Dorff) Edward is about to learn that just because you don&t believe in something doesn&t mean it cannot kill you! Actors Christian Slater Stephen Dorff Tara Reid Frank C Turner Mathew Walker Will Sanderson Mark Acheson Ed Anders & Francoise Yip Director Uwe Boll Certificate 15 years & over Year 2005 Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) ; DTSDuration 1 hour & 35 minutes (approx)
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Track Listing When I Was a Boy 312 Love & Rain 329 Dirty to the Bone 306 When the Night Comes 322 The Sun Will Shine On You 329 Ain&t It a Drag 234 All My Life 250I&m Leaving You 307 One Step at a Time 321 Alone in the Universe 354 ...

How far would you go to find yourself? The lyrical life-affirming new novel from the bestselling author of Private Peaceful There were dozens of us on the ship all up on deck for the leaving of Liverpool gulls wheeling & crying over our heads calling good-bye That is all I remember of England When six-year-old orphan Arthur Hobhouse is shipped to Australia after WWII he loses his sister his country & everything he knows Overcoming enormous hardships with fellow orphan Marty Arthur is finally saved by the extraordinary people he meets & by his talent for boat-design & sailing Now he has built a special boat for his daughter Allie
- a solo yacht designed to carry her to England in search of his long-lost sister Will the threads of Arthur's life finally come together? I was there on the quayside to see Allie take her out for the first time saw her dancing through the waves & I knew I'd never built a finer boat
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Looking at opposites & contrasts through unusual & humorous examples in the animal world this stylishly designed picture book is a great introduction to a key early years concept Its bold colourful illustrations are perfect for parents & young children to explore together & to pour over time & again sparking conversation about every day contrasts & opposites ...

When a young woman begins to have a series of problems the man who helps her out soon becomes a fixture in her life However it soon becomes clear that it is he who is causing the problems in the first place Actors Colin Hanks Ana Claudia Talancon Jordana Spiro Jonathon Trent Alex Boling Tony Armatrading Nicole Lawson & Morgan Star Director Eric Nicholas Certificate 15 years & over Year 2006 Languages English Duration 1 hour & 18 minutes (approx) ...

The Alpha Expansion for Alone

Includes:: 4 miniatures for the survival horrordungeon crawler game 2 miniatures

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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 A congressman&s daughter under Secret Service protection is kidnapped from a private school by an insider who calls Det Alex Cross (Morgan Freeman) drawing him into the case even though he&s recovering from the loss of his partner Actors Morgan Freeman Monica Potter Michael Wincott Mika Boorem Penelope Ann Miller Michael Moriarty Dylan Baker & Jay O Sanders Director Lee Tamahori Certificate 15 years & over Year 2001 Screen Widescreen 2351 Anamorphic Languages English ; Spanish
- Dolby Digital (51) Subtitles English ; Dutch ; Portuguese ; Spanish Duration 1 hour & 38 minutes (approx)
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The Alex Cross series proves it' LEE CHILD international bestselling author of the Jack Reacher series The legendary thriller that launched the international Alex Cross phenomenon Two children have been kidnapped from an elite Washington DC 496 pages Patterson James ...