SUNDAY TIMES TOP TEN BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE BRITISH ARMY MILITARY BOOK OF THE YEAR 2016' Truly essential' Simon Sebag Montefiore The final destruction of the Ottoman Empire
- one of the great epics of the First World War from bestselling historian Eugene Rogan For some four centuries the Ottoman Empire had been one of the most powerful states in Europe as well as ruler of the Middle East By 1914 it had been drastically weakened & circled by numerous predators waiting to finish it off Following the Ottoman decision to join the First World War on the side of the Central Powers the British French & Russians hatched a plan to finish the Ottomans off an ambitious & unprecedented invasion of Gallipoli Eugene Rogan's remarkable book recreates one of the most important but poorly understood fronts of the First World War Despite fighting back with great skill & ferocity against the Allied onslaught & humiliating the British both at Gallipoli & in Mesopotamia (Iraq) the Ottomans were ultimately defeated clearing the way for the making for better or worse of a new Middle East which has endured to the present
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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 One of the great screen epics director Anthony Mann&s Oscar-nominated The Fall of the Roman Empire comes to DVD for the first time in this digitally remastered deluxe edition The all-star cast

Includes:: Academy Award winners Alec Guinness & Sophia Loren with Christopher Plummer Stephen Boyd James Mason & Omar Sharif Drawn from the same events that later inspired Gladiator the film charts the power-hungry greed & father-son betrayal that led to Rome&s collapse at the bloody hands of the Barbarians Featuring great sets fine acting & thundering battle scenes (Videohound&s Movie Guide) plus a blistering chariot race rivalling that in Ben-Hur this is a must-see epic full of the gore & glories of ancient Rome (Channel 4) Rated Parental Guidance

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The concluding part of John D Grainger's history of the Seleukids traces the tumultuous last century of their empire In this period it was riven by dynastic disputes secessions & rebellions the religiously-inspired insurrection of the Jewish Maccabees civil war & external invasion from Egypt in the West & the Parthians in the East By the 80s BC the empire was disintegrating internally fractured & squeezed by the converging expansionist powers of Rome & Parthia This is a fittingly dramatic & colourful conclusion to John Grainger's masterful account of this once-mighty empire ...

It took 600 men six years to build & was one of the longest bridges in the world On its completion in 1878 famous visitors including the Emperor of Brazil Prince Leopold of the Belgians & Queen Victoria herself came to pay homage to this marvel of Victorian engineering Then on the night of 28 December 1879 the unthinkable happened Battered by an apocalyptic storm the thirteen 'high girders' of the rail bridge over the Tay estuary fell headlong into the river below carrying with them a train with all its passengers & crew There were no survivors What caused the fall of the Tay Bridge & who was really to blame? Returning to the subject since the first edition of The Fall of the Tay Bridge in 1994 David Swinfen has meticulously analysed new evidence & now presents a solution to the riddle which has perplexed historians & engineers for generations what really brought the bridge down? ...

Misha Glenny&s acclaimed account of the war in former Yugoslavia contains substantial new material that discusses the end of the five-year conflict & looks ahead to an uneasy future in this turbulent region Writing in the Evening Standard Fitzroy Maclean said ‘ Misha Glenny’s deeply disturbing book is to my mind essential reading for anyone trying to understand or even just follow events in what was once Yugoslavia’ ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play All six episodes from the second series of the BBC crime drama starring Gillian Anderson as a Metropolitan Police detective drafted to Belfast to help on a puzzling murder case Though her superiors aren&t convinced Stella Gibson (Anderson) continues her investigations into an alleged serial killer who has so far been successful at covering his tracks & evading capture Meanwhile the killer Paul Spector (Jamie Dornan) remains true to his cause & seeks out his next victim ...

Discover the fascinating enigma at the heart of this mysterious adventure! After waking up in a mysterious Asian temple you realize you have lost your memory & have no recollection of how you got to the temple & now must find a way out fast! Use your adventure game skills to piece together your past & solve a variety of challenging puzzles & mini-games Dive deep into the world of The Fall Trilogy & discover helpful clues & items that will lead you to freedom Can you find your way out of the temple & discover your past life? 5 mysterious chapters to play through Over 15 challenging hidden-object scenes & puzzles Over 20 detailed adventure scenes 2 x navigation mode
- fixed & 360 views Multiple help system to assist you on your journey
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play All the episodes from series one & two of the BBC crime drama starring Gillian Anderson as a Metropolitan Police detective drafted to Belfast to help on a puzzling murder case Though her superiors aren&t convinced Stella Gibson (Anderson)&s investigations lead her to believe that a serial killer is at work Meanwhile the killer Paul Spector (Jamie Dornan) continues to evade capture & sets about finding his next victim ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play All 17 episodes from the first three series of the BBC crime drama starring Gillian Anderson as a Metropolitan Police detective drafted to Belfast to help on a puzzling murder case Though her superiors aren't convinced Stella Gibson (Anderson)'s investigations lead her to believe that a serial killer is at work Meanwhile the killer Paul Spector (Jamie Dornan) continues to evade capture & sets about finding his next victim Series 1 episodes are ' Dark Descent' ' Darkness Visible' ' Insolence &38; Wine' ' My Adventurous Song' & ' The Vast Abyss' Series 2 episodes are ' These Troublesome Disguises' ' Night Darkens the Street' ' Beauty Hath Strange Power' ' The Mind Is Its Own Place' ' The Perilous Edge of Battle' & ' What Is in Me Dark Illumine' Series 3 episodes are ' Silence & Suffering' ' His Troubled Thoughts' ' The Gates of Light' ' The Hell Within Him' ' Wounds of Deadly Hate' & ' Their Solitary Way' Actors Gillian Anderson Jamie Dornan Format PALLanguage English Subtitles English Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Number of discs 6 ...

Mississippi sheriff Quinn Colson had to admit he admired the bank robbers A new bank was hit almost every week & the robbers rushed in & out with such skill & precision it reminded him of raids he'd led back in Afghanistan & Iraq when he was an army ranger In fact it reminded him so much of the techniques in the Ranger Handbook that he couldn't help wondering if the outlaws were former Rangers themselves And that was definitely going to be a problem If he stood any chance of catching them he was going to need the help of old allies new enemies & a lot of luck The enemies he had plenty of It was the allies & the luck that were going to be in woefully short supply ...