' Mary Renault's portraits of the ancient world are fierce complex & eloquent infused at every turn with her life-long passion for the Classics Her characters live vividly both in their own time & in ours' MADELINE MILLER'I never learned Latin or Greek; I wasn't raised on the classics even in translation All my sense of the ancient world
- its values its style the scent of its wars & passions
- comes from Mary Renault Her Theseus novels are perhaps the most exciting of her Greek fictions I think I turned to writing historical fiction because of something I learned from Renault that it lets you shake off the mental shackles of your own era all the categories & labels & write freely about what really matters to you' EMMA DONOGHUEThe King Must Die retells the story of Theseus bringing Greek mythology vividly to life The story is continued in the sequel The Bull From the Sea Theseus is the grandson of the King of Troizen but his paternity is shrouded in mystery
- can he really be the son of the god Poseidon? When he discovers his father's sword beneath a rock his mother must reveal his true identity Theseus is the son of Aegeus King of Athens & is his only heir So begins Theseus's perilous journey to his father's palace to claim his birth right escaping bandits & ritual king sacrifice in Eleusis to slaying the Minotaur in Crete Renault reimagines the Theseus myth creating an original exciting story' Mary Renault is a shining light to both historical novelists & their readers She does not pretend the past is like the present or that the people of ancient Greece were just like us She shows us their strangeness; discerning sure-footed challenging our values piquing our curiosity she leads us through an alien landscape that moves & delights us' Hilary Mantel' There's much to say about her interweaving of myth & history & just as interestingly there's much to wonder at in the way she fills in the large dark spaces where we know next to nothing about the times she describes an important & wonderful writer she set a course into serious-minded psychologically intense historical fiction that today seems more important than ever'
- Sam Jordison Guardian



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Greetings best beloved my name is Gamayun I am a magical human-faced bird from Slavic mythology Today I will tell you anamazing tale the King of Birds This is the story of how a small golden apple started a great battle It all began with a mouse & a sparrow but soon all the animals & birds were waging a mighty war After all the King of Birds forgives no one but what will happen when he finds himself at the mercy of a plucky merchant? Enter a world of magic & adventure in this stunningly illustrated comic based on traditional Russian folklore ...

When the Baron decides to appoint a Lord of Misrule for Christmas making a peasant into a King for twelve days unruly jollity ensues 48 pages Duffy Carol Ann ...

Martin Scorsese&s THE KING OF COMEDY is a brutally funny depiction of the dangers of celebrity fandom Robert De Niro plays the ridiculously inept Rupert Pupkin an aspiring comic who idolises talk-show host Jerry Langford (Jerry Lewis) Still living at home with his mother Rupert spends his days trying to arrange a meeting with his hero When he isn&t doing that he&s at home talking to cardboard cutouts in his makeshift television studio After Rupert convinces Rita (Diahnne Abbot) a pretty bartender that Langford has invited them to his house outside the city the reality of the situation makes itself painfully apparent upon arriving at the star&s front door Trouble is Rupert&s too delusional to take the hint He eventually hatches a plan with an equally obsessed fan Masha (a scene-stealing Sandra Bernhard) to kidnap Langford in exchange for a chance to let him deliver his routine on the air De Niro & Lewis deliver scorching performances that are at once tragic & hysterical making for an unsettling yet highly stimulating viewing experience Paul D Zimmerman&s script takes the time to truly crawl inside the mind of a lunatic exposing celebrity worship as the ludicrous problem that it is THE KING OF COMEDY stands firmly as one of Scorsese&s most terrifying films ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play A joke writer who has never performed anywhere except his mother&s basement Rupert Pupkin (Robert De Niro) dreams of appearing on the ' The Jerry Langford Show& hosted by the king of late night talk shows Jerry Langford (Jerry Lewis) After relentlessly hounding both Jerry & the show&s talent bookers to no avail he kidnaps the talk show host with the help of his accomplice Masha (Sandra Bernhard) who herself is infatuated with Jerry Together they hold him hostage in exchange for Pupkin being given a guest spot on the show Actors Robert De Niro Jerry Lewis Diahnne Abbott Sandra Bernhard & Ed Herlihy Director Martin Scorsese Certificate PGYear 1983 Screen Widescreen 169 Anamorphic Languages English
- Dolby Digital (20) Mono Subtitles Danish ; Finnish ; Norwegian ; Swedish ; English for the hearing impaired Duration 1 hour & 38 minutes (approx) Region Region 2
- Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players

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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 A stylish high-octane live action feature based on the best selling video game franchise in which the last surviving descendants of three legendary clans are continuously transported to other

Dimensions to test their martial arts skills against an evil force that seeks to invade & infect the real world Actors Maggie Q Sean Faris Will Yun Lee Ray Park David Leitch Françoise Yip Hiro Kanagawa Bernice Liu Monique Ganderton Doug Abrahams Candus Churchill Robin Nielsen Scott Patey Toshi Haraguchi & Sam Hargrave Director Gordon Chan Certificate 12 years & over Year 2010 Languages English Duration 1 hour & 32 minutes (approx)

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Bringing together warriors from SNK fighting games like Fatal Fury & Art of Fighting as well as heroes from other classic games like Psycho Soldier & Ikari Warriors & adding an exciting story The King of Fighters series is a dream festival of 2D fighting The King Of Fighters 13 features fighters from the entire history of the series & concludes the Ash Saga storyline Global online play
- challenge anyone anywhere around the world Featuring over 30 playable characters from the history of SNK&s bestselling games including the return of fan favourites Mai Shiranui & Yuri Sakazaki Five new characters never before seen in previous King Of Fighters games Multiple special endings depending on specific characters or forming a specific team Unlockable customisation options to make your fighter unique choose from over 20 colour types parts & icons Overhaul of the fighting mechanics built completely new from the ground up New NEO MAX super moves Faster gameplay Better environmental lighting & camera control Ten game modes for the full KOF experience Choose from Arcade Story Versus Mission Online & more
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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 All nine series of the popular US sitcom about a beleaguered courier driver & his family Doug & Carrie Heffernan are a young Queens couple who should be sitting pretty Doug (Kevin James) is a courier driver with a cheeky playful nature who given a choice almost always chooses what&s most likely to rile his wife&s fiery temper Carrie (Leah Remini) is a legal assistant vivacious wise & on the face of it way too good for Doug
- a fact that informs much of the comedy here In the first flush of their married life together however Carrie&s parents& house burns down Her mum dies & dad Arthur needs a place to stay Arthur (Jerry Stiller) is an oddball hilariously volatile old man who never says anything that isn&t in anger or indignation An ensemble of Doug&s quirky friends who constantly dispense advice he takes to heart but which is utterly disastrously wrong round out the cast in this long-running family comedy
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Rex looks like an average 6 year old living on his parents' moog farm & going to mini galactic citizen school but he's going to be King of Space! With the help of unsuspecting friends Rex creates an army of warbots with dung-blasters & begins his conquest of the known worlds But when he goes too far only one person can save him from the wrath of the Galactic Alliance
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A classic 19th-century fairy tale gloriously illustrated by Quentin Blake 64 pages Illustrated in colour throughout Ruskin John ...