A war that could turn friends into enemies lovers into fighters Summer 1935 Best friends Kate Shelton Ella Tetley & Daphne St Maur are on the cusp of a new life having graduated with Classics degrees Kate is desperate to start work on an archaeological dig straightaway & she is thrilled to be given a position at the famous Knossos palace site in Crete However she doesn't bargain for working with gruff site director Lewis Sinclair
- nor for her own complex feelings towards him In Yorkshire Ella's family expect her to marry Sam her steady friend who is training to be a doctor but Ella too feels pulled to the Mediterranean by the promise of freedom When she meets Christos life as a country GP's wife seems even less appealing Daphne however throws herself into London's high society falling madly in love with diplomat & heir Sholto Hertford
- but then his work brings them to Crete & Daphne becomes enchanted by the island as well Meanwhile the threat of war rumbles on as reports of Hitler's rapid expansion across Europe become impossible to ignore It seems that nothing can touch the perfect glittering sea & snow-capped mountains but Kate Ella & Daphne know that the island haven they now call home will never be the same again

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Please note this is a region B Blu-Ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-Ray player in order to play Driving to a wedding in Los Angeles through the Mojave Desert Paul & Adrienne seem destined for a life of genuine love & happiness Road-weary they decide to stop for the night at lonely Roy&s Motel & Cafe This roadside artifact proves to be a strange & surreal place with an unsettling mix of travellers including front-desk manager Frank & his promiscuous wife Sandy Ultimately these ill-fated lovers lead Paul & Adrienne down a path of tense & emotionally charged experiences In the end a horrifying secret from Paul&s past is revealed with grave consequences for all parties involved Actors Josh Stewart Jamie-Lynn Sigler Chris Browning Angela Featherstone & Afemo Omilami Director Chad Feehan Certificate 15 years & over Year 2010 Screen Widescreen 1781 Languages English
- DTS-HD Master Audio (51) Subtitles None listed Duration 1 hour & 37 minutes (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 After hours of driving through the lonely Mojave Desert young lovers Paul & Adrienne pull over at Roy&s Motel to stay for the night They soon discover that the roadside rest stop is home to a strange & deranged bunch of characters including front-desk manager Frank & his wanton wife Sandy The night&s stay quickly turns nasty & ultimately a horrifying secret from Paul&s past is revealed with deadly consequences for all As shocking as it is horrifying
- you&ll never be able to spend a night in a motel again Actors Josh Stewart Jamie-Lynn Sigler Chris Browning Angela Featherstone & Afemo Omilami Director Chad Feehan Certificate 15 years & over Year 2010 Screen Widescreen 169 Anamorphic Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) Subtitles None listed Duration 1 hour & 37 minutes (approx)

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A small-town mortician finds his darkest secret revealed in director Martin Guigui&s edge-of-your-seat thriller Everyone in Smithville Texas knows the name Ely Vaughn (Dennis Quaid) A former star quarterback on the high-school football team amiable Ely went on to become the town mortician Ely&s always got a quick smile ready as he cheers on the hometown team but two years after his wife&s untimely death he&s grown increasingly reclusive He lives in a sprawling mansion that also doubles as the local funeral home & rumor has it that the house is haunted For curious teens Travis (Tony Oller) Brian (Stephen Lunsford) Abby (Aimee Teegarden) & Danny (Devon Werkheiser) the temptation to find out for themselves if the stories are true prove too powerful to resist Gazing into Ely&s windows the teens witness the silhouettes of the grieving widower & an unidentified woman dancing together & decide to get a closer look But it may be the last mistake they ever make because beneath Ely&s friendly facade dwells a murderous sociopath capable of unspeakable evil ...

In this collection of twelve dark unerring & surprising short stories John Boyne explores the extremities of the human condition in all its brilliance & brutality 272 pages Boyne John ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play The bizarre world you met in & Planet of the Apes& was only the beginning What lies beneath may be the end! The second installment in the Planet Of The Apes series Here an earthling sent to find the astronauts of the original film discovers not only a world of intelligent talking apes but an underground cult of grotesque "humans" who are the survivors of a nuclear blast years ago Unfortunately these mutants worship a nuclear bomb a weapon which not only is the centerpiece of their society but can be detonated at any time Actors James Franciscus Kim Hunter Maurice Evans Linda Harrison Paul Richards Victor Buono James Gregory Jeff Corey Natalie Trundy Thomas Gomez David Watson Don Pedro Colley Tod Andrews Gregory Sierra Eldon Burke & Charlton Heston Director Ted Post Certificate 15 years & over Year 1970 Languages English Duration 1 hour & 35 minutes (approx) ...

Beneath the Roses contains the complete set of images from Gregory Crewdson's new series of photographs made between 2003 & 2007 As in his earlier Twilight series each elaborately choreographed image depicts an emotionally heightened moment in which something very important (although we never quite know what) seems to have happened or is about to happen Like film stills from unmade movies these photographs portray mysterious unknowable stories which are reduced to a single static highly charged image This book also

Includes:: source materials production photographs lighting charts sketches & architectural plans which give the viewer a behind-the-scenes look at the creation of his elaborately staged photographs

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I was gripped immediately' KATERINA DIAMOND author of THE TEACHER I didn't want this book to end' ELISABETH CARPENTER author of 99 RED BALLOONS Three women Three secrets Antonia is beautiful & happily married Her life is perfect So why does she hurt herself when nobody's watching? Sophie is witty smart & married to the best-looking man in town She likes a drink but who doesn't? Olivia is pretending to be a happy wife & mother But her secret could tear her family apart Their lies start small they always do But if they don't watch out the consequences will be deadly I loved Beneath the Skin It's so beautifully written & kept me hooked right to the end Caroline England knows her wonderful cast of characters inside out I didn't want this book to end' ELISABETH CARPENTER AUTHOR OF 99 RED BALLOONS 'I loved this book A clever glamorous observational page turning read which pulled me in right from the start until the pivotal & most satisfying end Beneath the Skin transcends the ordinary crime genre taking it to another level' AMANDA ROBSON BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF OBSESSION Beneath the Skin is a startling debut It slowly put me under its spell until I was absolutely beneath its skin With characters that pulsate off the page complex relationships & dark mysteries this novel follows the lives of four couples Their dramas are revealed slowly patiently & beautifully until the breath-taking climax I can't recommend this enough' LOUISE BEECH AUTHOR OF HOW TO BE BRAVE Four couples with interlocking histories; eight individuals all with secrets that are ready to explode Set in the lush heartland of the Cheshire countryside this is a tautly elegant psychological thriller razor-sharp & utterly believable I loved it' SARAH JASMON AUTHOR OF THE SUMMER OF SECRETS ...

THE TOP TEN BESTSELLERSHORTLISTED FOR THE RICHARD & JUDY SEARCH FOR A BESTSELLER COMPETITION'A writer to watch out for exceeded all expectations' Amazon reviewer Did I know it would come to this? There is no shot at redemption I am going to die The gun is in my eye-line as the second bullet is fired That's the one that kills me Late at night two powerful men meet in a secret location to discuss a long nurtured plan about to come to fruition One is desperate to know there is nothing standing in their way
- the other assures him everything is taken care of Hours later a high-ranking government official called Ryan Finnegan is brutally slain in the most secure building in Ireland
- Leinster House the seat of parliament Inspector Tom Reynolds & his team are called in to uncover the truth behind the murder At first all the evidence hints at a politically motivated crime until a surprise discovery takes the investigation in a dramatically different direction Suddenly the motive for murder has got a lot more personal but who benefits the most from Ryan's death?

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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 Mike & Tony Petrakis are Greek divers who search for sponges off the coast of Florida When they come into competition with the Rhys family they must venture further out to find their haul As the competition between the two families hots up matters are complicated by the growing relationship between Tony Petrakis & Gwyneth Rhys Actors Robert Wagner Directors Robert D Webb Language English Number of discs 1 ...