This is the first full biography of Alexander Burnes (1805-1841) from his humble origins in Montrose (the great nephew of Robert Burns) to his entry to the East India Company & his work as a political agent in India & Afghanistan This is an astonishing true tale of espionage journeys in disguise secret messages double agents assassinations & sexual intrigue as Britain strove with Russia for control of Central Asia & the routes to the Raj There are many lessons for the present day in this tale of the folly of invading Afghanistan & Anglo-Russian tensions in the Caucasus Murray's meticulous study has unearthed original manuscripts from Montrose to Mumbai to put together a detailed study of how British secret agents operated in India revealing Burnes as a figure of broad intellectual range with a respect for local culture & a lack of racism out of tune with the mood of the day ...

This is an astonishing true tale of espionage journeys in disguise secret messages double agents assassinations & sexual intrigue Alexander Burnes was one of the most accomplished spies Britain ever produced & the main antagonist of the Great Game as Britain strove with Russia for control of Central Asia & the routes to the Raj There are many lessons for the present day in this tale of the folly of invading Afghanistan & Anglo-Russian tensions in the Caucasus Murray's meticulous study has unearthed original manuscripts from Montrose to Mumbai to put together a detailed study of how British secret agents operated in India The story of Burnes' life has a cast of extraordinary figures including Queen Victoria King William IV Earl Grey Benjamin Disraeli Lola Montez John Stuart Mill & Karl Marx Among the unexpected discoveries are that Alexander & his brother James invented the myths about the Knights Templars & Scottish Freemasons which are the foundation of the Da Vinci Code; & that the most famous nineteenth-century scholar of Afghanistan was a double agent for Russia ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play An acclaimed & faithful adaptation of George Eliot&s classic tale of tragedy intrigue & human tenderness Ben Kingsley gives a passionate & heartrending performance of a man betrayed & crushed but given hope where he least expects it Silas Marner was a man who had everything
- until he lost it all Falsely accused of theft & driven out of his town Silas starts life anew seeking solace in hard work solitude & his increasing hoard of gold When he is robbed of his entire savings by the wayward son of the local squire it seems he has lost everything for a second time Then one day upon arriving home he discovers a foundling child asleep on the hearth Could this young girl be the redemption to love & happiness that Silas has been looking for? Or is he just risking even more loss & heartbreak? Actors Ben Kingsley Jenny Agutter Jim Broadbent Patrick Ryecart Freddie Jones Jonathan Coy Patsy Kensit Elizabeth Hoyle Melinda Whiting & Angela Pleasence Director Giles Foster Certificate PGYear 1985 Languages English
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Gold!
- his own gold
- brought back to him as mysteriously as it had been taken away! Falsely accused of theft Silas Marner

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Introduction & Notes by RT Jones Honorary Fellow of the University of York Although the shortest of George Eliot's novels Silas Marner is one of her most admired & loved works It tells the sad story of the unjustly exiled Silas Marner
- a handloom linen weaver of Raveloe in the agricultural heartland of England
- & how he is restored to life by the unlikely means of the orphan child Eppie Silas Marner is a tender & moving tale of sin & repentance set in a vanished rural world & holds the reader's attention until the last page as Eppie's bonds of affection for Silas are put to the test

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Teenager Staci&s father has just remarried & now she finds herself being shunted aside by her new stepmother Shunted all the way to the run-down & dying Maine town of Silence in fact & the custody of her alcoholic mother It gets worse Silence seems to be stuck in the proverbial stone age There&s no cell phone service except at the very top of a bluff outside of town no internet except dialup & not one familiar franchise or business Staci&s mom seems to have gotten even worse since the last time Staci lived with her The only bright spots in the whole place are a friendly waitress at the diner & a bookstore where she meets a gaggle of geeks & gamers But all is not as it seems in Silence There are strange things moving beneath the shabby surface terrible plots in play & deadly players in the game & Staci is about to find herself caught up in the middle of it all SERRAted Edge Series Born to Run (1) by Mercedes Lackey & Larry Dixon Wheels of Fire (2) by Mercedes Lackey & Mark Shepherd When the Bough Breaks (3) by Mercedes Lackey & Holly Lisle Chrome Circle (4) by Mercedes Lackey & Larry Dixon Stoned Souls (5) by Mercedes Lackey Elvendude (6) by Mark Shepherd Spiritride (7) by Mark Shepherd Lazerwarz (8) by Mark Shepherd The Chrome Borne (omni contains Born to Run & Chrome Circle) by Mercedes Lackey & Larry Dixon The Other World (omni contains When the Bough Breaks & Wheels of Fire) by Mercedes Lackey Mark Shepherd & Holly Lisle Meet the Author Mercedes Lackey is the New York Times best-selling author of the Bardic Voices series & the Serrated Edge series (both Baen) the Heralds of Valdemar series & many more She&s the coauthor of the contempory meta-hero SF series The Secret World Chronicle Among her popular Baen titles are The Fire Rose The Lark & the Wren & also The Shadow of the Lion & Burdens of the Dead with Eric Flint & Dave Freer She lives in Oklahoma Cody Martin is a coauthor with Mercedes Lackey of three other books in the metahero saga The Secret World Chronicle including entries Invasion World Divided Revolution & Collision He is an avid gamer but spends his extra time chained to a computer writing Originally from Scottsdale Arizona he currently resides in Florida ...

With an introduction by Martin Scorsese director of the film starring Andrew Garfield & Adam Driver Beneath the light of the candle I am sitting with my hands on my knees staring in front of me & I keep turning over in my mind the thought that I am at the end of the earth in a place which you do not know & which your whole lives through you will never visit It is 1640 & Father Sebastian Rodrigues an idealistic Jesuit priest sets sale for Japan determined to help the brutally oppressed Christians there He is also desperate to discover the truth about his former mentor rumoured to have renounced his faith under torture Rodrigues cannot believe the stories about a man he so revered but as his journey takes him deeper into Japan & then into the hands of those who would crush his faith he finds himself forced to make an impossible choice whether to abandon his flock or his God The recipient of the 1966 Tanizaki Prize Silence is Shusaku Endo's most highly acclaimed work & has been called one of the twentieth century's finest novels As empathetic as it is powerful it is an astonishing exploration of faith & suffering & an award-winning classic ' One of the finest historical novels written by anyone anywhere flawless' David Mitchell'A masterpiece There can be no higher praise' Daily Telegraph ...

We can spend a lot of time looking for happiness when the world right around us is full of wonder But our hearts & minds are so full of noise that we can't always hear the call of life & love To hear that call & respond to it we need silence In his beautiful new book Buddhist monk & Nobel Peace Prize nominee Thich Nhat Hanh explains how mindfulness is the practice that stops the noise inside With gentle anecdotes simple Buddhist wisdom & practical exercises he shows us how to live mindfully so that all the internal chatter ceases & we are left with the eloquent sound of silence Now at last we can answer the call of the beauty around us Through silence Thich Nhat Hanh reveals we are free to hear to see
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When the bicycle 13-year-old Sinikka is discovered in the exact same wheat field where a heinous murderrape took place 23 years prior retired police detective Krischan senses that the two crimes are connected & vows to bring the killer to justice The fact that Krischan was unable to catch the killer two decades prior still haunts him to this very day but perhaps with the help of ambitious young officer David this time he will find a way to bring closure to the case Later as the investigation begins & a sweltering summer heat wave washes over the town the young victim&s parents begin to experience an overwhelming sense of dread concerning a clean cut husband & father who had recently visited their home ...