' Some things are just sitting there minding their own business waiting to be discovered Like America & other things are probably better off left alone' Nine-year-old Bruno has a lot of things on his mind Who is the ' Fury'? Why did he make them leave their nice home in Berlin to go to ' Out-With' ? & who are all the sad people in striped pyjamas on the other side of the fence? The grown-ups won't explain so Bruno decides there is only one thing for it
- he will have to explore this place alone What he discovers is a new friend A boy with the very same birthday A boy in striped pyjamas But why can't they ever play together?BACKSTORY Read an interview with the author JOHN BOYNE & learn all about the Second World War in Germany
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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 Based on the best selling novel by John Boyne Berlin 1942
- Eight-year-old Bruno knows nothing of the Final Solution & the Holocaust He is oblivious to the appalling cruelties being inflicted on the people of Europe by his country All he knows is that his father was promoted & he has been moved from a comfortable home in Berlin to a house in a desolate area where there is nothing to do & no-one to play with Until he meets Shmuel a boy who lives a strange parallel existence on the other side of the adjoining wire fence & who like the other people there wears a uniform of striped pajamas Bruno&s friendship with Shmuel will take him from innocence to revelation as their secret meetings result in a friendship that has startling & devastating consequences
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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 Berlin 1942 Eight-year-old Bruno knows nothing of the Final Solution & the Holocaust He is oblivious to the appalling cruelties being inflicted on the people of Europe by his country All he knows is that his father was promoted & he has been moved from a comfortable home in Berlin to a house in a desolate area where there is nothing to do & no-one to play with Then he meets Shmuel a boy who lives a strange parallel existence on the other side of the adjoining wire fence & who like the other people there wears a uniform of striped pajamas Bruno&s friendship with Shmuel will take him from innocence to revelation as their secret meetings result in a friendship that has startling & devastating consequences Synopsis Based upon the novel by John Boyne The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas is a heart-wrenching tale of an unlikely friendship that forms between the son of a concentration camp commander & a young Jewish boy during World War II Directed by renowned British filmmaker Mark Hermon (Little Voice Brassed Off) the film features a cast that

Includes:: Vera Farmiga (The Departed Breaking & Entering) & David Thewlis (Mike Leigh&s Naked The Big Lebowski)

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Bruno doesn't like his new house He had to leave all his friends behind in Berlin & there are no children to play with here
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'THE BOY made from SNOW had me compulsively turning the pages to find out the fate of Daniel & his mother A haunting & thrilling read I absolutely loved it' Kate Hamer author of THE GIRL IN THE RED COAT' An evocative & stunning debut' Jane Harris author of GILLESPIE & I' Original & unsettling
- & just a little bit heartbreaking' Rachel Rhys author of DANGEROUS CROSSING'A beautiful & evocative debut' STYLIST' Affecting' DAILY MAIL In a sleepy English village in 1944 Annabel & her son Daniel live in the shadow of war With her husband away an increasingly isolated Annabel begins to lose her grip on reality When mother & son befriend Hans a German Po W consigned to a nearby farm their lives are suddenly filled with thrilling secrets To Annabel Hans is an awakening from the darkness that has engulfed her since Daniel's birth To her son a solitary boy caught up in the magical world of fairy tales he is perhaps a prince in disguise But Hans has plans of his own & will soon set them into motion with devastating consequences
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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 Jennifer Lopez leads the cast in The Boy Next Door a psychological thriller that explores a forbidden attraction that goes much too far Directed by Rob Cohen (The Fast & the Furious) & written by Barbara Curry the film also stars Ryan Guzman John Corbett & Kristin Chenoweth ...

The Boy on the Shed is a story of love & fate At 16 Paul Ferris becomes Newcastle United's youngest-ever first-teamer Like many a tricky winger from Northern Ireland he is hailed as 'the new George Best' As a player & later a physio & member of the Magpies' managerial team Paul's career acquaints him not only with Kevin Keegan Kenny Dalglish & Bobby Robson Ruud Gullit Paul Gascoigne & Alan Shearer but also with injury insecurity & disappointment Yet this autobiography is more than a tale of the vagaries of sporting fortune It begins during ' The Troubles' in a working-class Catholic family in the Protestant town of Lisburn near Belfast After a childhood scarred by his mother's illness & sectarian hatred Paul meets the love of his life his future wife Geraldine Talented & carefree on the pitch shy & anxious off it he earns a tilt at stardom His first spell at Newcastle turns sour as does his return as a physio although obtaining a Masters degree shows him what he could achieve away from football When Paul qualifies as a barrister a career in Law beckons Instead a craving to prove himself in the game draws him back to St James' Park as part of Shearer's management triumvirate
- with unfortunate consequences Written with brutal candour dark humour & consummate style The Boy on the Shed is a riveting & moving account of a life less ordinary
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The course of Harry & Robin's married life was set when their three-year-old son Dillon disappeared Five years on their lives are approaching a fragile normality That is until the day Harry catches sight of his dead son in the midst of a Dublin crowd Harry & Robin must embark on a journey that demands they reevaluate everything they believe to be true
- the secrets each holds & the lies they have told
- & one that will test their trust in each other to the limit

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Boy hides behind his wall because he doesn't trust people & he knows how it feels to be hurt & let down That is until Someone Kind arrives on the other side of his wall This colour picture book will help children aged 4-9 who have experienced trauma loss or neglect to come to terms with their experiences & to build healthy relationships 32 pages full colour fully illustrated throughout Redford Ali ...

From Salley Vickers bestselling author of Miss Garnet's Angel comes The Boy Who Could See Death an enchanting & unsettling collection of short stories Eli is an ordinary boy with an extraordinary gift It will shape the course of his whole life but he learns the hard way he must keep it hidden from those who know him best Seeing death is a mixed blessing Eli is not the only one defying the world's expectations of him Cousin Francesca a charming spinster & a favourite with the children is harbouring kleptomaniac tendencies Sarah Palliser living alone next to a ramshackle graveyard is more scared of the small box under her stairs than the ghosts outside her window Meanwhile dreamy artist Nan is nursing a growing obsession with wolves in Britain & the recently widowed Frances finds herself inventing an exotic imaginary boyfriend to pass the time Push through an unassuming front door on an unremarkable street or peer into the glowing fluorescent windows of an urban office block & within you'll find strange & unforgettable scenes normal people caught in situations they do not quite comprehend Salley Vickers is a master of the uncanny & the unexpected In this collection of eleven remarkable stories she explores bereavement & betrayal closely guarded secrets & common gossip long-overdue endings & decidedly strange beginnings Each story is perfectly formed a snapshot of a total stranger a fleeting glimpse of lives spiced with a little something extra ...