The thrilling finale to the Vintener trilogy from the master of historical adventure France 1356 Ten years have passed since the battle of Crecy & the English fighters are still abroad laying siege to cities towns & even small villages Meanwhile the Prince of Wales raids across France to draw King John into a battle for sovereignty Berenger Fripper having lost everything to the plague is now captain of a company of mercenaries but treachery & deceit dog him when his travels with the company lead him to Uzerche & then his path crosses that of Prince Edward & his men as they embark on their latest chevauchee to bring death & disaster to the King of France’s subjects Enlisted as Vintener under Sir John de Sully Berenger finds himself drawn into a new struggle Can the English defeat the much larger French army or will they find themselves finally overcome when their weary feet bring them at last to the field of battle near Poitiers… ...

Become a child of darkness with Pathfinder Player Companion Blood of the Night! All of Golarion&s most infamous vampiric races take center stage in this guide to tracking hunting & playing the aristocracy of the undead Join your next campaign as a day-walking dhampir from a variety of vampiric heritages or infect your game with the vampiric curse as a full-blooded jiang-shi moroi nosferatu or vetala vampire
- complete with details on how to integrate such deadly & deathly characters into existing campaigns Add a true thirst for blood to your characters with new rules for vampiric hunger along with new powers associated with the most ravenous undead Or for true children of the light expand your arsenal with the latest & most effective in undead-fighting gear tactics & character options A silent war rages in Golarion&s shadows with Pathfinder Player Companion Blood of the Night it&s time for you to choose sides!
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Naomi Novik's beloved Temeraire series a brilliant combination of fantasy & history that reimagines the Napoleonic wars as fought with the aid of intelligent dragons is a twenty-first-century classic Shipwrecked & cast ashore in Japan with no memory of Temeraire or his own experiences as an English aviator Laurence finds himself tangled in deadly political intrigues that threaten not only his own life but England's already precarious position in the Far East Age-old enmities & suspicions have turned the entire region into a powder keg ready to erupt at the slightest spark
- a spark that Laurence & Temeraire may unwittingly provide leaving Britain faced with new enemies just when they most desperately need allies instead For to the west another wider conflagration looms Napoleon has turned on his former ally the emperor Alexander of Russia & is even now leading the largest army the world has ever seen to add that country to his list of conquests It is there outside the gates of Moscow that a reunited Laurence & Temeraire
- along with some unexpected allies & old friends
- will face their ultimate challenge & learn whether or not there are stronger ties than memory


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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 Combining the incredible action of Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon with the epic scale of 300 Blood Of Warriors is the incredible story of one village&s stand against overwhelming odds in the name of freedom Inspired by the true events of the Bang Rajan rebels a warrior tribe who fought to defend their land against a terrifying imperial military force hell-bent on destroying everything in their path this incredible story is the stuff of legend With only their sharp wits a strong spiritual knowledge of martial arts & a ferocious set of fighting skills to defend themselves these warriors set about bringing a vast army of bloodthirsty invaders to their knees Actors Jaran Ngamdee Winai Kraibutr Theerayut Pratyabamrung & Bin Bunluerit Director Thanit Jitnukul Certificate 15 years & over Screen Widescreen 169 Anamorphic Languages English Subtitles English Duration 2 hours & 2 minutes (approx) ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Eagerly awaited re-release of this seminal British horror film Patrick Wymarks stars in his last role (Where Eagles Dare Repulsion & Witchfinder General) with Linda Hayden (Baby Love Expose) in this horror thriller set in 17th century England about the children of a village slowly converting into a coven of devil worshipers Actors Patrick Wymark Linda Hayden Barry Andrews Simon Williams Tamara Ustinov Anthony Ainley Robin Davies Michele Dotrice Howard Goorney James Hayter Avice Landone Charlotte Mitchell & Wendy Padbury Director Piers Haggard Certificate 18 years & over Year 1970 Screen Widescreen 1851 Anamorphic Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) Duration 1 hour & 32 minutes (approx) Region Region 2
- Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players

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1857 On the LNWR train to London a criminal is being escorted to his appointment with the hangman But the wily Jeremy Oxley conman thief & murderer has one last ace up his sleeve
- a beautiful & ruthless accomplice willing to do anything to save her lover including cold-blooded murder When the Railway Detective Inspector Robert Colbeck learns that Oxley his arch nemesis has escaped black memories of their shared past leave him no choice but to do his duty whatever the cost With the faithful Victor Leeming at his side Colbeck must use all of his skills to track his elusive enemy But could he have finally met his match?
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A groundbreaking examination of a terrifying murder & its aftermath by the bestselling author of Hanns & Rudolf & The House by the Lake In June 2006 police were called to number 9 Downshire Hill in Hampstead to investigate reports of unusual card activity The owner of the house Allan Chappelow was an award-winning photographer & biographer an expert on George Bernard Shaw & a notorious recluse who had not been seen for several weeks Inside they found piles of rubbish trees growing through the floor & in what was once the living room the body of Chappelow battered to death & buried under four-feet of page proofs The man eventually convicted of his murder was a Chinese dissident named Wang Yam the grandson of one of Mao's closest aides & a key negotiator in the Tiananmen Square protests His trial was the first in the UK to be held in camera' behind closed doors & without access to the press or public Yam has always protested his innocence
- admitting to the card fraud but claiming no knowledge of the murder Thomas has spent the past three months investigating the case & has unearthed some revelatory material It's a story that has been described in the press & by the leading detective (now retired) as the greatest whodunnit' of recent years an extraordinary tale of isolation deception espionage & brutal violence stretching from the quiet streets of north London to the Palace of Westminster & beyond
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In June 2006 police were called to number 9 Downshire Hill in Hampstead to investigate reports of unusual card activity The owner of the house Allan Chappelow was an award-winning photographer & biographer & was not seen for several weeks Someone had recently accessed his bank accounts & attempted to withdraw large amounts of money 368 pages Harding Thomas ...

The fourteen interviews in this book form an unprecedented wealth of material on authors' responses to HIVAIDS in South Africa & Zimbabwe They comprise a valuable archive which documents & contextualises the variety of views & opinions of different authors on their often ground-breaking choices in writing about HIVAIDS Each author ranks among the first to publish fiction on HIVAIDS in their respective countries These interviews are of particular merit as these issues have not been discussed at length with any of the authors before Collectively they offer a unique range of approaches & opinions in response to the HIVAIDS pandemic in southern Africa Their significance lies in their specific literary as well as their broader social cultural & political perspectives on a disease which continues to spread despite extensive NGO medical & government intervention In both South Africa & Zimbabwe government responses have failed to address the urgent need for new political & economic solutions to the challenge of HIV infection Responses among the population have varied from widespread silence shame & fear to political activism & outspoken critiques of government inaction Writers give voice to this silence & contextualise the disparate reactions amongst diverse peoples Globally AIDS killed Approx. 2 million in 2008 In 1998 AIDS was the largest killer in southern Africa nearly double the one million deaths from malaria & eight times the 209000 deaths from tuberculosis It has long been the case that of those dying globally of AIDS the majority live in southern Africa When the associated social & cultural implications of infection with HIV are considered fictional representations contribute significantly to our understanding of the impact of HIVAIDS on communities & individuals & provide a much-needed basis for 'humanising' an epidemic which is unimaginable statistically It has been said that the feelings & reactions that HIVAIDS inspires are often 'too unreal for words' & it is this very notion that certain diseases are taboo unmentionable & hardly even named as such that makes verbalisation of this epidemic a modern imperative ...

Rebellion is in the air of London in the spring of 1663 Thomas Chaloner spy for the King's intelligence service has just returned from thwarting a planned revolt in Dublin but soon realises that England's capital is no haven of peace He is ordered to investigate the shooting of a beggar during a royal procession He soon learns the man is no vagrant but someone with links to the powerful Company of Barber-Surgeons He master the Earl of Clarendon is locked in a deadly feud with the Earl of Bristol & an innocent man is about to be hanged in Newgate Chaloner is embroiled in a desperate race against time to protect Clarendon to discover the true identity of the beggar's murderer & to save a blameless man from the executioner's noose ...