THE NEW YORK TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER A hero can't always be good Joe Rickman head of clandestine operations in the Middle East has been kidnapped & with him top secret CIA information that could prove disastrous in the wrong hands Mitch Rapp must find Rickman at all costs But something doesn't add up & he soon suspects something even more sinister is afoot With elements inside his own government working against him Rapp will have to make to make a tough call between playing the hero & playing nice Or will he be stopped dead before he can succeed?AMERICAN ASSASSIN book one in the series is soon to be a MAJOR MOTION PICTURE starring Dylan O' Brien (Maze Runner) Taylor Kitsch (True Detective) & Michael Keaton Praise for the Mitch Rapp series ' Sizzles with inside information & CIA secrets' Dan Brown 'A cracking uncompromising yarn that literally takes no prisoners' The Times ' Vince Flynn clearly has one eye on Lee Child's action thriller throne with this twist-laden story instantly gripping' Shortlist ' Action-packed in-your-face adrenalin-pumped super-hero macho escapist fiction that does exactly what it says on the label' Irish Independent ' Mitch Rapp is a great character who always leaves the bad guys either very sorry for themselves or very dead' Guardian ...

With an Introduction & Notes by Dr Pamela Bickley The Godolphin & Latymer School formerly of Royal Holloway University of London The Last Man is Mary Shelley's apocalyptic fantasy of the end of human civilisation Set in the late twenty-first century the novel unfolds a sombre & pessimistic vision of mankind confronting inevitable destruction Interwoven with her futuristic theme Mary Shelley incorporates idealised portraits of Shelley & Byron yet rejects Romanticism & its faith in art & nature Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley (1797-1851) was the only daughter of Mary Wollstonecraft author of Vindication of the Rights of Woman & the radical philosopher William Godwin Her mother died ten days after her birth & the young child was educated through contact with her father's intellectual circle & her own reading She met Percy Bysshe Shelley in 1812; they eloped in July 1814 In the summer of 1816 she began her first & most famous novel Frankenstein Three of her children died in early infancy & in 1822 her husband was drowned Mary returned to England with her surviving son & wrote novels short stories & accounts of her travels; she was the first editor of PBShelley's poetry & verse ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play British Survival Horror At It&s Best A group of friends journey to the woods for a weekend of camping barbecues & laughs However something is waiting for them something sinister that plans on taking no prisoners Soon the trip becomes a matter of survival as evil & carnage descends As the body count rises only one question remains Who will be The Last Man? Actors Alice Henley Albey Brookes Ryan Gaterral Kerry Bennett & Alexandra B Harris Director Alex Murray Certificate 15 years & over Year 2010 Languages English Duration 1 hour & 25 minutes (approx) ...

The author travels across Russia from crowded Moscow train to empty windswept villages following in the footsteps of one extraordinary man the dissident Orthodox priest Father Dmitry In this book he tells the story of a nation famine war the frozen wastes of the Gulag the collapse of communism & now a people seeking oblivion 304 pages Bullough Oliver ...

Eugene Cernan is a unique American who came of age as an astronaut during the most exciting & dangerous decade of spaceflight His career spanned the entire Gemini & Apollo programs from being the first person to spacewalk all the way around our world to commanding Apollo XVII man&s last mission to the moon Between those two historic events lay more adventures than an ordinary person could imagine as Cernan repeatedly put his life his family & everything he held dear on the altar of an obsessive desire Written with " New York Times" bestselling author Don Davis this is the astronaut story never before told
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A gripping thriller from David Baldacci The Last Mile is perfect for fans of Lee Child & James Patterson Memories can be a real killer Melvin Mars awaits his fate on Death Row He was one of America's most promising football stars until aged twenty he was arrested & convicted for the murder of his parents just as he was due to begin a very lucrative contract with the NFLWhen Amos Decker newly appointed special agent with the FBI hears the news that Melvin was saved in the final seconds before his execution because someone has confessed to the killings he persuades his boss to allow him to carry out an investigation into the Mars murders There are facts about the case which don't add up & as the investigation deepens Decker & his team uncover layer upon layer of lies & deception which are rooted at a time in American history which most would rather forget but some seem keen to remember There is someone out there with a lot to hide & a secret that everyone is looking for A race against time ensues because when revealed that information threatens to tear apart the corridors of power at the very highest level The case proves to be life-changing for both Mars & Decker in ways that neither could ever have imagined The Last Mile is the second in the Amos Decker series following Memory Man ...

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 acclaimed sci-fi short story by Lewis Padgett The Last Mimzy tells the story of two children who discover a mysterious box that contains some strange devices they think are toys As the children play with these "toys " they begin to display higher & higher intelligence levels Their teacher tells their parents that they seem to have grown beyond genius Their parents too realize something extraordinary is happening ...

A story based on the private life of President Francois Mitterrand As a journalist tries to interview Francois the elderly man's memories become one ...

DEATH IS NEAR ARMIES ARE GATHERED & THE FUTURE RESTS ON A KNIFE-EDGE The Annurian Empire is losing a war on two fronts
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SELECTED BY REESE WITHERSPOON AS HER DECEMBER BOOK CLUB PICK! Addictive dark thrilling & full of twists! You won't want to miss this mesmerising debut from a fresh new voice in psychological suspense Perfect for fans of B A Paris Shari Lapena & Liane Moriarty How far would you go to make all your dreams come true? Amber Patterson is tired of being a nobody an invisible woman who melts into the background She deserves more She deserves a life of wealth luxury & leisure Daphne Parrish is the golden girl of Bishops Harbor Connecticut With her model looks her picture-perfect mansion & her millionaire husband Jackson she has everything Amber wants Amber's envy could eat her alive-if she didn't have a plan Before long she has become Daphne's closest friend & is catching the eye of Jackson But a skeleton from her past could destroy everything & if discovered Amber's well-laid plan may end in disaster ...