A 1959 classic 'hard' science-fiction novel by renowned Cambridge astronomer & cosmologist Fred Hoyle Tracks the progress of a giant black cloud that comes towards Earth & sits in front of the sun causing widespread panic & death A select group of scientists & astronomers
- including the dignified Astronomer Royal the pipe smoking Dr Marlowe & the maverick eccentric Professor Kingsly
- engage in a mad race to understand & communicate with the cloud battling against trigger happy politicians In the pacy engaging style of John Wyndham & John Christopher with plenty of hard science thrown in to add to the chillingly credible premise (he manages to foretell Artificial Intelligence Optical Character Recognition & Text-to-Speech converters) Hoyle carries you breathlessly through to its thrilling end

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It's 1902 London is looking forward to the new King's coronation & ignoring the threat of war from across the sea ...

Tracklist Twice As Hard Kick The Devil Outta Me Sister Luck Jealous Guy You're Such A Pity Hard To Handle Could I've Been So Blind Stare It Cold Jealous Again It's A Sin ...

Tracklist Twice As Hard Jealous Again Sister Luck Could I've Been So Blind Seeing Things Hard To Handle Thick N' Thin She Talks To Angels Struttin' Blues Stare It Cold ...

Tracklist Sting Me Remedy Thorn In My Pride Bad Luck Blue Eyes Goodbye Sometimes Salvation Hotel Illness Black Moon Creeping No Speak No Slave My Morning Song Time Will Tell ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play The Black Dahlia weaves a fictionalized tale of obsession love corruption greed & depravity around the true story of the brutal murder of a fledgling Hollywood starlet that shocked & fascinated the nation in 1947 & remains unsolved today Two ex-pugilist cops Lee Blanchard (Aaron Eckhart) & Bucky Bleichert (Josh Hartnett) are called to investigate the homicide of ambitious silver-screen B-lister Betty Ann Short (Mia Kirshner) aka " The Black Dahlia"
- an attack so grisly that images of the killing were kept from the public While Blanchard&s growing preoccupation with the sensational murder threatens his marriage to Kay (Scarlett Johansson) his partner Bleichert finds himself attracted to the enigmatic Madeleine Linscott (Hilary Swank) the daughter of one of the city&s most prominent families
- who just happens to have an unsavory connection to the murder victim True crime meets urban legend as De Palma brings James Ellroy&s The Black Dahlia to life

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A gripping account of how a deadly plague swept across the world in the 14th century killing almost half of the population Discover how the Black Death reached Europe the disease's terrifying symptoms the desperate efforts to prevent it from spreading & the devastating effects it had on life & society in the Middle Ages & beyond Illustrations Full colour throughout ...

Track Listings 1 Napoli 2 Grandfather&s Clock 3 Crown Imperial
- Grand March 4 Finlandia Op 26 5 David Of The White Rock 6 The
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Go back to where it all began for LAPD detective Harry Bosch star of Amazon Prime's Bosch in his first case The Black Echo
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'TERRY'S PLACE IS AT THE HEAD OF THE FANTASY WORLD' Philip Pullman The first book of the triumphant four-part conclusion to the Shannara series from one of the all-time masters of fantasy The age of peace that has reigned across the Four Lands is now at an end An army of invaders wielding a terrible new magic is cutting a bloody swathe across the far north The fate of the world now rests on the shoulders of an exiled druid a conflicted warrior & a young woman struggling to master a powerful magic As the conflict grows they will face dangerous adversaries & deadly challenges
- & the consequences of their actions will determine the future of the Four Lands Through twenty-eight novels written over the course of forty years Terry Brooks's Shannara series has entranced millions of readers around the world Now with The Black Elfstone
- the first book in the Fall of Shannara
- Terry begins to bring his epic vision to a grand conclusion' Terry's place is at the head of the fantasy world' Phillip Pullman'I can't even begin to count how many of Terry Brooks's books I've read (and re-read) over the years' Patrick Rothfuss'I would not be writing epic fantasy today if not for Shannara' Peter V Brett'A master of the craft required reading' Brent Weeks


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