The extraordinary new novel from the Nobel Prize-winning author of Never Let Me Go & The Remains of the Day The Romans have long since departed & Britain is steadily declining into ruin But at least the wars that once ravaged the country have ceased The Buried Giant begins as a couple Axl & Beatrice set off across a troubled land of mist & rain in the hope of finding a son they have not seen for years They expect to face many hazards
- some strange & other-worldly
- but they cannot yet foresee how their journey will reveal to them dark & forgotten corners of their love for one another Sometimes savage often intensely moving Kazuo Ishiguro's first novel in a decade is about lost memories love revenge & war

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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 Tomer Sisley stars as adventurer assassin & international playboy Largo Winch in this action sequel directed by Jerôme Salle While announcing the sale of his late father&s corporation in order to establish a humanitarian organisation Largo finds himself at the centre of serious allegations which threaten to derail his plans Now determined to clear his name he sets out for the dense jungles of Burma to take on the gang of criminals responsible ...

Losing weight feels great but what happens when your weight loss comes to a screeching halt just five or ten pounds shy of the finish line? You have a big event coming up
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The compelling YA debut from Laura Bates founder of The Everyday Sexism Project bestselling author of Girl Up & leading voice for women's rights 352 pages Bates Laura ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD region B Blu-ray & will require a region 2 or region free DVDBlu-ray player in order to play IT WILL TAKE YOU FURTHER THAN FEAR Of all the many slice-&-dice films that emerged in the early 80s few remain as gruesomely effective as The Burning the notorious video nasty now finally unleashed on Blu-ray! When an ill-advised prank misfires summer camp caretaker Cropsy is committed to hospital with hideous burns Released after five years hospital officials warn him not to blame the young campers who caused his disfigurement But no sooner is Cropsy back on the streets than he s headed back to camp with a rusty pair of shears in hand determined to exact his bloody revenge With standout gore effects courtesy of FX legend Tom Savini The Burning proved too shocking for UK censors upon its original video release Now fully uncut & in High Definition The Burning is ready to reclaim its place as the ultimate summer camp nightmare Actors Brian Matthews Leah Ayres Jason Alexander Directors Tony Maylam Format CDDVDLanguage English Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired English Region Region B2 (Read more about DVDBlu-ray formats) Aspect Ratio 169
- 1851 Number of discs 2
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France 1562 As the Wars of Religion begin to take hold a courageous Catholic woman & a passionate Huguenot believer find themselves united in possession of a priceless relic & set upon a quest to uncover a long-buried secret hidden in the haunting Chateau de Puivert in the foothills of the Pyrenees 608 pages Mosse Kate ...

A masterful debut short story collection from the award-winning critically-acclaimed poet Adam O' Riordan In these eight stories an English writer focuses his gaze on America's West Coast moving from fractured lives in remote sun-scorched towns to the charged hum of Venice Beach A man visits his long-distance lover in Los Angeles; the foreman of a desert building project embarks on a journey into California's underworld; an artist finds peace in exile after the disintegration of an affair; & itinerant Brits discuss love & acting in downtown LA Written with an outsider's keen eye this collection paints an intimate portrait of diverse lives in a work of remarkable beauty & poignancy ...

The fifth novel in Bernard Cornwell's epic & bestselling series on the making of England & the fate of his great hero Uhtred of Bebbanburg BBC2's major Autumn 2015 TV show THE LAST KINGDOM is based on the first two books in the series To King Alfred he is the lord of battles' He has gained riches loyal men & a beloved wife But Uhtred is dogged by betrayal & tragedy The ailing Alfred presses Uhtred to swear loyalty to his son & heir Edward preventing the warrior lord from taking vengeance on those who stole his home at Bebbanburg Now Uthred will once again defend the Christian kingdom
- in a battle which could smash the growing power of the deadly Danes In so doing he meets a woman more dangerous than any warlord A killer a schemer with a dark power over men's hearts Skade Uhtred of Bebbanburg's mind is as sharp as his sword A thorn in the side of the priests & nobles who shape his fate this Saxon raised by Vikings is torn between the life he loves & those he has sworn to serve
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In 1895 twenty-six-year-old Bridget Cleary disappeared from her house in rural Tipperary At first some said that the fairies had taken her into their stronghold in a nearby hill from where she would emerge riding a white horse But then her badly burned body was found in a shallow grave Her husband father aunt & four cousins were arrested & charged while newspapers in nearby Clonmel & then in Dublin Cork London & further afield attempted to make sense of what had happened In this lurid & fascinating episode set in the last decade of the nineteenth century we witness the collision of town & country of storytelling & science of old & new The torture & burning of Bridget Cleary caused a sensation in 1895 which continues to reverberate more than a hundred years later Winner of the Irish Times Prize for Non-Fiction ...

Detective Harry Bosch tackles a cold case unlike any he's ever worked in the new thriller from the Sunday Times bestselling author Michael Connelly 464 pages Connelly Michael ...