This is a new edition of the first volume of an anthology that has been called the new standard 920 pages ...

Tomas wants to be like his father
- strong brave & fearless Pappi is a mountain guide often away from home He has taught Tomas
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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 Set in the sprawling London metropolis Gina Mc Vey (Lena Headey) is a beautiful thirty something who works as a radiologist at a large hospital At a surprise birthday party for her father we meet the people most important in her life During the dinner party a mirror falls from the wall & smashes The superstition of seven years bad luck creates a palpable tension in the air as they all clean up the debris The next day on her way home Gina sees herself drive past in her own car Thrown she follows the car & the woman up to her apartment where Gina finds a photo of her father with her double Shocked & bewildered Gina flees the apartment & while driving away overshoots a red light & smashes into a truck While recovering in hospital & reliving the confusing experiences of the past few days Gina starts to unravel a much deeper & darker secret that finally leads her back to her boyfriend (Melvil Poupaud) & father (Richard Jenkins) & the horrifying truth Actors Lena Headey Richard Jenkins Asier Newman Michelle Duncan Melvil Poupaud Natasha Alderslade Elle Crocker Kubrick Ellis Stan Ellis Daren Elliott Holmes & Ulrich Thomsen Director Sean Ellis Certificate 15 years & over Year 2008 Screen Widescreen 2351 Anamorphic Languages English
- Dolby Digital (51) Subtitles English for the hard of hearing Duration 1 hour & 25 minutes (approx)
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The world's most famous travelling reporter must call on a feathered friend to track down a famous artifact & solve a murder in the process The Arumbaya fetish has been stolen! But with the help of a talking parrot Tintin is soon on the hunt for the famous artefact which can be distinguished by its broken ear He must solve a murder & discover the true value of the fetish & quick
- because he is not the only one on the trail! Join the most iconic character in comics as he embarks on an extraordinary adventure spanning historical & political events & thrilling mysteries Still selling over 100000 copies every year in the UK & having been adapted for the silver screen by Steven Spielberg & Peter Jackson in 2011 The Adventures of Tintin continue to charm more than 80 years after they first found their way into publication Since then an estimated 230 million copies have been sold proving that comic books have the same power to entertain children & adults in the 21st century as they did in the early 20th
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Herge's classic comic book creation Tintin is one of the most iconic characters in children's books These highly collectible editions of the original 24 adventures will delight Tintin fans old & new Perfect for lovers of graphic novels mysteries & historical adventures The world's most famous travelling reporter must call on a feathered friend to track down a famous artifact & solve a murder in the process The Arumbaya fetish has been stolen! But with the help of a talking parrot Tintin is soon on the hunt for the famous artefact which can be distinguished by its broken ear He must solve a murder & discover the true value of the fetish & quick
- because he is not the only one on the trail! The Adventures of Tintin are among the best books for readers aged 8 & up Herge (Georges Remi) was born in Brussels in 1907 Over the course of 54 years he completed over 20 titles in The Adventures of Tintin series which is now considered to be one of the greatest if not the greatest comics series of all time Have you collected all 24 graphic novel adventures? Tintin in the Land of the Soviets Tintin in the Congo Tintin in America Tintin Cigars of the Pharaoh Tintin The Blue Lotus Tintin The Broken Ear Tintin The Black Island Tintin King Ottakar's Sceptre Tintin The Crab with the Golden Claws Tintin The Shooting Star Tintin The Secret of the Unicorn Tintin Red Rackham's Treasure Tintin The Seven Crystal Balls Tintin Prisoners of the Sun Tintin Land of Black Gold Tintin Destination Moon Tintin Explorers of the Moon Tintin The Calculus Affair Tintin The Red Sea Sharks Tintin in Tibet Tintin The Castafiore Emerald Tintin Flight 714 to Sydney The Adventures of Tintin & the Picaros Tintin & Alph-Art
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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 In an endearing & funny coming-of-age story Dennis can&t quite decide if his friends are a blessing or a curse Benji is a punkish youth whose obsession with gym bods gets him into trouble Howie is an annoyingly overanalysing psychology grad student who can&t let go of his ex-boyfriend Cole is a "pretty boy" actor who goes through guys like clean underwear Patrick is a painfully ordinary "average Joe" whose insecurity has turned him bitter Taylor is the resident drama queen who prides himself on his LTR (long-term relationship) only to find himself sleeping single in a double bed Jack is the group&s wizened patriarch whose restaurant is a haven for them all & then there&s Kevin the naïve "newbie" & most recent addition to the club To an outsider it may seem like the only thing these friends have in common is that they play on the same team but when times get tough these friends are more like family ...

Below Forsaken Mountain a revolution stirs with the aim to overthrow the tyrant king of Trollus & Marc is the right hand of its leader It's a secret more than one troll would kill to possess which is why he must keep it from everyone even the girl he loves Since a tragic accident revealed her affliction & ruined her sister's chance at the throne Penelope is an anathema to her father the Duke d' Angouleme Deeming her life worthless he gives her one chance to survive find proof that the boy she loves is a leader in the sympathizer revolution Marc & Penelope must navigate the complex politics of Trollus where powers on all sides are intent on using them as pawns forcing them to risk everything for a chance at a life together Except being together might be the greatest risk of all File Under Fantasy ...

The long-awaited final volume of the trilogy by Patrick Leigh Fermor A Time of Gifts & Between the Woods & the Water were the first two volumes in a projected trilogy that would describe the walk that Patrick Leigh Fermor undertook at the age of eighteen from the Hook of Holland to Constantinople ' When are you going to finish Vol III?' was the cry from his fans; but although he wished he could the words refused to come The curious thing was that he had not only written an early draft of the last part of the walk but that it predated the other two It remains unfinished but The Broken Road
- edited & introduced by Colin Thubron & Artemis Cooper
- completes an extraordinary journey

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In his final hours in the Oval Office the outgoing President grants a full pardon to Joel Backman a notorious Washington power broker who has spent the last six years hidden away in a federal prison It's a controversial move but what no one else knows is that the presidential pardon comes as a result of enormous pressure from the CIA They claim that Backman may have obtained secrets that would compromise the world's most sophisticated satellite surveillance system Backman is quietly smuggled out of the country in a military cargo plane; he is given a new name a new identity & a new home in Italy Eventually once he has settled into his new life the CIA will leak his whereabouts to the Israelis the Russians the Chinese & the Saudis Then the CIA will do what it does best sit back & watch The question is not whether Backman will survive
- there's no chance of that The question the CIA needs answered is who will kill him?
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To the thousands of tiny nomes living under the floorboards of a large department Store there is no Outside No Day or Night no Sun or Rain They're just daft old legends Until they hear the devastating news that the Store is to be demolished & so their journey begins From the store to an abandoned quarry
- where they find the monster Jekub
- & on to a place where they must steal one of those space shuttle things all the nomes want is to get home again They don't mean to cause any trouble A magnificent trilogy of tales about about a race of little people struggling to survive in a world full of humans From Carnegie Medal-winning author Terry Pratchett

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