New Alternate History Fantasy series created by New York Times best-selling author Kevin J Anderson & Sarah A Hoyt Arcane America A new world New magic New history After Halley’s Comet was destroyed in a magical battle in 1759 the backlash separated the entire New World from the Old in an event known as The Sundering Now isolated from the rest of the globe America has become a very different place where magic works & history has been changed forever It is 1803—a new 1803 Young Meriwether Lewis footloose & intrigued goes to hear a lecture in St Louis by the venerated old wizard Benjamin Franklin Franklin’s talk is disrupted by the attack of a winged fire-breathing beast much like legends from Lewis’s own Welsh heritage In the aftermath Franklin tells the young man that he knows of a great growing evil that lurks in the uncharted Arcane Territories west of the Mississippi Using his own vast fortune Franklin commissions Lewis & his own talented partner William Clark to embark on a remarkable voyage of exploration to meet & document the indigenous tribes to find a route all the way to the Pacific Ocean—and perhaps beyond the magical veil to Europe again—and to stop the growing evil that is filling the American West For while the Sundering separated the rest of the world & granted the original colonists unexpected magical gifts sorcery inspired by native legends has also been ignited & the Arcane Territories may hold unparalleled dangers for the expedition both natural & magical Accompanied by the brilliant shape-shifting sorceress Sacajawea Lewis & Clark set off on an unparalleled adventure across a landscape that no European has ever seen About the Author Kevin J Anderson has published more than 140 books 56 of which have been national or international bestsellers He has written numerous novels in the Star Wars X-Files & Dune universes as well as unique steampunk fantasy novels Clockwork Angels & Clockwork Lives written with legendary rock drummer Neil Peart based on the concept album by the band Rush His original works include the Saga of Seven Suns series the Terra Incognita fantasy trilogy the Saga of Shadows trilogy & his humorous horror series featuring Dan Shamble Zombie PI He has edited numerous anthologies written comics & games & the lyrics to two rock CDs Anderson & his wife Rebecca Moesta are the publishers of Word Fire Press Sarah A Hoyt under various names is the author of over 30 books—she gets tangled up when she tries to count them & always misses a couple—in science fiction fantasy mystery romance & historical fiction Her first published novel Ill Met by Moonlight was a finalist for the Mythopoeic Award Darkship Thieves the first novel of her popular Darkship Thieves series is a Prometheus Award Winner She’s published over 100 short stories in magazines such as Analog Asimov’s & Weird Tales (and others some no longer in existence) as well as an array of science fiction fantasy & mystery anthologies Sarah was born & raised in Portugal & now lives in Colorado near her two grown sons with her husband & a varying clowder of cats English is her third language but she can swear fluently in seven When not laying down words on the latest manuscript she can be found refinishing furniture walking or studying history ...

Soon to be a major motion picture starring Dylan O& Brien (Maze Runner) Taylor Kitsch (True Detective) & Michael Keaton Tensions in the Middle East are simmering when Central Intelligence Agency Director Irene Kennedy pays a visit to Syracuse University where she hopes to recruit none other than Mitch Rapp a student who has quickly climbed up the academic & athletic ranks At first glance he appears like any other smart good-looking American college kid Under the surface however a tempest rages Nine months later after gruelling training Mitch finds himself in Istanbul on his first assignment He hits his target but quickly sees for the first time what revenge means Praise for the Mitch Rapp series& Sizzles with inside information & CIA secrets& Dan Brown&A cracking uncompromising yarn that literally takes no prisoners& The Times& Flynn perfectly measures all the ingredients for a fast & furious read& Publishers Weekly& Fast-paced & pulse-pounding& Crime & Publishing ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play AMERICAN ASSASSIN follows the rise of Mitch Rapp (Dylan O&8217; Brien) a CIA black ops recruit under the instruction of Cold War veteran Stan Hurley (Michael Keaton) The pair is then enlisted by CIA Deputy Director Irene Kennedy (Sanaa Lathan) to investigate a wave of apparently random attacks on both military & civilian targets Together the three discover a pattern in the violence leading them to a joint mission with a lethal Turkish agent (Shiva Negar) to stop a mysterious operative (Taylor Kitsch) intent on starting a World War in the Middle East Actors Dylan O' Brien Taylor Kitsch Michael Keaton Sanaa Lathan Scott Adkins Directors Michael Cuesta Writers Michael Finch Marshall Herskovitz Edward Zwick Producers Lorenzo di Bonaventura Nick Wechsler Language English Number of discs 1 ...

Soon to be a major motion picture starring Dylan O& Brien (Maze Runner) Taylor Kitsch (True Detective) & Michael Keaton Tensions in the Middle East are simmering when Central Intelligence Agency Director Irene Kennedy pays a visit to Syracuse University where she hopes to recruit none other than Mitch Rapp a student who has quickly climbed up the academic & athletic ranks At first glance he appears like any other smart good-looking American college kid Under the surface however a tempest rages Nine months later after gruelling training Mitch finds himself in Istanbul on his first assignment He hits his target but quickly sees for the first time what revenge means Praise for the Mitch Rapp series& Sizzles with inside information & CIA secrets& Dan Brown&A cracking uncompromising yarn that literally takes no prisoners& The Times& Flynn perfectly measures all the ingredients for a fast & furious read& Publishers Weekly& Fast-paced & pulse-pounding& Crime & Publishing ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play AMERICAN ASSASSIN follows the rise of Mitch Rapp (Dylan O&8217; Brien) a CIA black ops recruit under the instruction of Cold War veteran Stan Hurley (Michael Keaton) The pair is then enlisted by CIA Deputy Director Irene Kennedy (Sanaa Lathan) to investigate a wave of apparently random attacks on both military & civilian targets Together the three discover a pattern in the violence leading them to a joint mission with a lethal Turkish agent (Shiva Negar) to stop a mysterious operative (Taylor Kitsch) intent on starting a World War in the Middle East Actors Dylan O' Brien Taylor Kitsch Michael Keaton Sanaa Lathan Scott Adkins Directors Michael Cuesta Writers Michael Finch Marshall Herskovitz Edward Zwick Producers Lorenzo di Bonaventura Nick Wechsler Format PALLanguage English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Number of discs 1 ...

AMERICAN ASSASSIN follows the rise of Mitch Rapp (Dylan O’ Brien) a CIA black ops recruit under the instruction of Cold War veteran Stan Hurley (Michael Keaton) The pair is then enlisted by CIA Deputy Director Irene Kennedy (Sanaa Lathan) to investigate a wave of apparently random attacks on both military & civilian targets Together the three discover a pattern in the violence leading them to a joint mission with a lethal Turkish agent (Shiva Negar) to stop a mysterious operative (Taylor Kitsch) intent on starting a World War in the Middle East Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play ...

Presenting the first-ever collection of American Barbarian A red-white-&-blue-haired hero must defend a post-post-apocalyptic world from the immortal Two-Tank Omen A pop art odyssey from the artist & co-author of Transformers vs GIJoe by Tom Scioli ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Marking the feature film directorial debut of award-winning theatre director Sam Mendes this funny moving & shocking journey through life in suburban America follows the trials & tribulations of Lester (Kevin Spacey) & Carolyn (Annette Bening) an upper-middle-class couple whose marriage
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- are slowly unraveling Lester&s wife hates him his daughter Jane regards him with contempt & his boss is positioning him for the axe So Lester decides to make a few changes in his life; the freer he gets the happier he gets which is even more maddening to his wife & daughter But Lester is about to learn that the ultimate freedom comes at the ultimate price Winner of five Academy Awards Best Picture Director Actor Screenplay & Cinematography Actors Kevin Spacey Annette Bening Thora Birch Wes Bentley Mena Suvari Chris Cooper Peter Gallagher Allison Janney Scott Bakula Sam Robards Barry Del Sherman Ara Celi John Cho Fort Atkinson & Sue Casey Director Sam Mendes Certificate 18 years & over Year 1999 Screen Widescreen 2351 Anamorphic Languages English
- DTS-HD Master Audio (51) Additional Languages French ; Latin American Spanish ; Brazilian Portuguese Subtitles English ; English for the hearing impaired ; French ; Latin American Spanish ; Brazilian Portuguese Closed Captions Yes Duration 2 hours & 1 minute (approx)


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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 AMERICAN BEAUTY tells the story of Lester Burnham (Kevin Spacey) a suburban father who snaps when he becomes disgusted with his stale repetitive existence Burnham lets us know in voice-over from the film&s opening that this is the day he dies (using the SUNSET BOULEVARD flashback approach) a technique that adds an inevitable tension to the proceedings & keeps the story moving forward at all times On a whim Lester quits his job & begins a regression into young adulthood lifting weights smoking pot doing nothing & discovering the overflowing sexuality of his 16-year-old daughter&s best friend Angela (Mena Suvari) His wife Carolyn (Annette Bening) has her own midlife crisis of sorts A real estate agent she experiences a youthful awakening when super-agent Buddy Kane (Peter Gallagher) seduces her repeatedly Meanwhile Jane (Thora Birch) the Burnhams& daughter is pursued by Ricky (Wes Bentley) the mysterious boy next door who carries a video camera around with him at all times When Ricky&s militaristic father Colonel Fitts (Chris Cooper) discovers something potentially horrifying on one of his tapes & when Carolyn&s rage for Lester&s actions boils over the time bomb finally explodes ...

This is a tour-de-force new work by rising indie comics star Gene Yang American Born Chinese maps the adolescent Chinese-American experience through three separate but interwoven stories One story centres on Jin Wang a Chinese-American student at an all-white California high school Jin is plagued by jocks & bullies so when another Chinese student transfers to the school Jin wants nothing to do with him Next is a comic update of the legendary story of the Monkey King an ancient Chinese morality tale Finally there's the gross & surreal stereotype of Chin-Kee the ultimate negative Chinese cliche complete with a sitcom-style laugh track These three apparently unrelated tales come together in an astonishing climax
- all with a mighty blast of humour surprising poignancy & skilled artistry
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