No one expects a princess to be brutal & Lada Dragwyla likes it that way Ever since she & her brother were abandoned by their father to be raised in the Ottoman sultan's courts Lada has known that ruthlessness is the key to survival For the lineage that makes her & her brother special also makes them targets Lada hones her skills as a warrior as she nurtures plans to wreak revenge on the empire that holds her captive Then she & Radu meet the sultan's son Mehmed & everything changes Now Mehmed unwittingly stands between Lada & Radu as they transform from siblings to rivals & the ties of love & loyalty that bind them together are stretched to breaking point The first of an epic new trilogy starring the ultimate anti-princess who does not have a gentle heart Lada knows how to wield a sword & she'll stop at nothing to keep herself & her brother alive ...

With the world at her feet & Californian railroad fortunes in her purse Aimee had a tale or two to tell Here she boldly delivers her hilarious memoirs of escaping headhunters in Borneo avoiding poisoning in Hong Kong & outwitting murder in Shanghai Not remotely cowered by her skirmishes with sin shame or vice Aimee celebrates her quintet of unfortunate husbands including a Russian prince almost forty years her junior & King Kalakaua of Hawaii emboldened by her forcefulness to hold sway over the faint of heart Aimee was a woman of means not always a lady & never what you might call 'proper' In this laugh-out-loud story of her life she recounts her adventures with flair invincibility & unapologetic gusto ...

And Mother Makes Three was an early hit for BAFTA-winning comedienne Wendy Craig (Butterflies Not in Front of the Children) showcasing her talents as a harassed slightly dotty single mother doing her best to bring up two rather challenging sons Quite innocently & with the best will in the world widow Sally Harrison has a great facility for putting her foot in it
- in fact both feet right up to her neck Somehow she always manages to win through in the end but not before dealing with an array of problems involving sons Simon & Peter Auntie Flo boss Mr Campbell & the new man in her life
- antiquarian book expert & widower David Redway & Mother Makes Three originally aired between 1971 & 1973 & is produced & directed by sitcom legend Peter Frazer Jones (Never the Twain); this complete set brings together all four series for the first time on DVD Actors Wendy Craig George Selway Robin Davies Format Box set PAL Language English Region Region 2 Number of discs 4 Classification 12 Studio Network DVD Release Date 8 Nov 2010 Run Time 650 minutes

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' Those who read or listen to our stories see everything as though through a lens This lens is the secret of narration & it is ground anew in every story ground between the temporal & the timeless In our brief mortal lives we are grinders of these lenses' When John Berger wrote this apparently unclassifiable book it was to become a sensation translated into nine languages & indelible from the minds of those who read it This stunning work is a shoebox filled with delicate love letters containing poetry & thoughts on mortality art love & absence capturing moments in time that hover above Berger's surprising landscapes From his lyrical description of the works of Caravaggio & profound explorations of death & immigration to the sight of some lilac at dusk in the mountains this is a beautiful & most intimate response to the world around us ...

Tracklist Run Home These Secret Kings I Know Wasps Redesigned A Million Times People Not Sleeping Fucking Lifer A Beacon A Compass An Anchor Animal Ghosts Heirs Tryer You ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Two beautiful Americans embark on a trip of a lifetime through the glorious landscapes of Argentina But their idyllic journey takes a violent turn when one of them disappears A terrifying thriller starring Odette Yustman (The Unborn Cloverfield Transformers) & Amber Heard (The Ward Drive Angry) A pair of young travelers Ellie & Stephanie break away from their boring tour group to discover Argentina in pursuit of breathtaking scenery adventure & fun They reach the town of Alemana where beneath the sumptuous landscape lies a dark secret Despite rumours of local girls recently going missing the pair head for a noisy bar to celebrate their last night & help give Ellie closure from her recent breakup The next day the two girls fight & Ellie disappears Now all alone in an unknown country Stephanie instantly senses that her best friend is in great danger Who can Stephanie trust & moreover who must she fear? Stephanie follows a trail of sinister clues in an attempt to find her friend But time is running out & soon the darkness will fall ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play When two American girls on a bike trip in a remote part of Argentina split up & one of them goes missing the other must find her before her worst fears are realised Actors Karl Urban Amber Heard Odette Yustman Gia Mantegna Adriana Barraza Cesar Vianco Michel Noher Javier Luna Luis Sabatini Maria Salome Cari Andrea Verdun Jorge Booth Hugo Miranda Matias Paz Conde & Esteban Pastrana Director Marcos Efron Certificate 15 years & over Year 2010 Languages English ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Atmospheric thriller set in the French countryside Two British nurses Jane (Pamela Franklin) & Cathy (Michele Dotrice) take a cycling holiday through France but end up quarrelling & taking separate routes Racked with guilt the more responsible of the two decides to return to the lonely stretch of road where they last saw each other When there&s no sign of her friend she begins an increasingly desperate search for answers among the reluctant elusive locals With darkness falling her fears for her friend combined with a growing feeling of menace threaten to overwhelm her ...

Maya Angelou's poetry
- lyrical & dramatic exuberant & playful
- speaks of love longing partings; of Saturday night partying

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Roy & Silo are just like the other penguin couples at the zoo
- they bow to each other walk together & swim together But Roy &
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