Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play The Crown focuses on Queen Elizabeth II as a 25-year-old newlywed faced with the daunting prospect of eading the world&s most famous monarchy while forging a relationship with legendary Prime Minister Sir Winston Churchill The British Empire is in decline the political world is in disarray & a young woman takes the thronea new era is dawning Peter Morgan&s masterfully researched scripts reveal the Queen&s private journey behind the public facade with daring frankness Prepare to be welcomed into the coveted world of power & privilege & behind locked doors in Westminster & Buckingham Palacethe leaders of an empire await Features all 10 60 minute episodes Wolferton Splash Hyde Park Corner Windsor Act of God Smoke & Mirrors Gelignite Scientia Potentia Est Pride & Joy Assassins Gloriana ...

A reissue of a beautiful story for older readers in which bestselling author Dick King-Smith creates a fascinating picture of rural life at the time of the Second World War Discovered as a foundling in a lambing pen Spider Sparrow grows up surrounded by animals From sheep & horses to wild otters & foxes Spider loves them all even the crows he must scare away from the newly sown wheat Crowstarving was the idea job for Spider
- he was on his own yet never alone for all around him were animals of one sort or another Amazingly every animal who meets Spider implicitly trusts the young boy This magical rapport is Spider's unique gift but nothing else in his tough life is so easy
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Crowstarving was the ideal job for Spider
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The Heinemann Plays series offers contemporary drama & classic plays in durable classroom editions Many have large casts & a mixure of boy & girl parts The Crucible is a study of the events which led to the 1692 Salem witchcraft trials & a parable for 1950s Mc Carthyism in the USA ...

Arthur Miller's classic parable of mass hysteria draws a chilling parallel between the Salem witch-hunt of 1692
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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 Based on one of the greatest plays of the twentieth century The Crucible takes place in Salem Massachusetts in 1692 In the small puritan town where peoples lives are dedicated to serving God seven girls are discovered in the woods & are accused of engaging in &the devil&s& work As time goes by the village becomes consumed by cries of witchcraft One by one the blameless victims of this mass hysteria are torn from their homes & families Actors Daniel Day-Lewis Winona Ryder Paul Scofield Joan Allen Bruce Davison Rob Campbell & Jeffrey Jones Director Nicholas Hytner Certificate 12 years & over Languages English ...

The intricate & action-packed sequel to New York Times best-seller Eric Flint (with 3 million books in print ) & KD Wentworth’s ground-breaking Course of Empire–with cool aliens The intricate & action-packed sequel to New York Times best-seller & master tale-spinner Eric Flint & KD Wentworth’s ground-breaking Course of Empire Humanity is first subjugated by haughty alien colonizers calling themselves the Jao when Earth is unexpectedly attacked by the implacable & nearly-unstoppable Ekhat exterminators of all intelligent life not their own Now the fragile Human-Jao alliance is put to the test A devastating encounter with the Ekhat in a distant nebula reveals a powerful alien society that may hold the key to defeating the Ekhat once & for all There’s one big problem they utterly loathe humanity&s ally the Jao & why shouldn’t they? It was the Jao who drove them into hiding in the first place Once again everything depends on those innovators & idea-generators the humans to quell a brewing war & forge a tripartite alliance of very different species—or be blasted to empty cinders if they don’t succeed About the Author Eric Flint is a modern master of alternate history fiction with over three million books in print He’s the authorcreator of the New York Times best-selling Ring of Fire series With David Drake he has written six popular novels in the Belasarius alternate Roman history series & with David Weber collaborated on 1633 & 1634 The Baltic War Flint was for many years a labor union activist He lives in Chicago Illinois K D Wentworth is author of seven novels including Black on Black & Stars over Stars for Baen & more than fifty short stories which appeared in such magazines as Fantasy & Science Fiction Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Realms of Fantasy & others Wentworth is a winner in the Writers of the Future contest & has been a Nebula Award finalist twice She lives with her husband in Tulsa Oklahoma ...

The intricate & action-packed sequel to New York Times best-seller Eric Flint (with 3 million books in print ) & KD Wentworth’s ground-breaking Course of Empire–with cool aliens The intricate & action-packed sequel to New York Times best-seller & master tale-spinner Eric Flint & KD Wentworth’s ground-breaking Course of Empire Humanity is first subjugated by haughty alien colonizers calling themselves the Jao when Earth is unexpectedly attacked by the implacable & nearly-unstoppable Ekhat exterminators of all intelligent life not their own Now the fragile Human-Jao alliance is put to the test A devastating encounter with the Ekhat in a distant nebula reveals a powerful alien society that may hold the key to defeating the Ekhat once & for all There’s one big problem they utterly loathe humanity&s ally the Jao & why shouldn’t they? It was the Jao who drove them into hiding in the first place Once again everything depends on those innovators & idea-generators the humans to quell a brewing war & forge a tripartite alliance of very different species—or be blasted to empty cinders if they don’t succeed About the Author Eric Flint is a modern master of alternate history fiction with over three million books in print He’s the authorcreator of the New York Times best-selling Ring of Fire series With David Drake he has written six popular novels in the Belasarius alternate Roman history series & with David Weber collaborated on 1633 & 1634 The Baltic War Flint was for many years a labor union activist He lives in Chicago Illinois K D Wentworth is author of seven novels including Black on Black & Stars over Stars for Baen & more than fifty short stories which appeared in such magazines as Fantasy & Science Fiction Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine Realms of Fantasy & others Wentworth is a winner in the Writers of the Future contest & has been a Nebula Award finalist twice She lives with her husband in Tulsa Oklahoma ...

The Play Guide provides the perfect study & revision companion to Component 1 of the AQA GCSE Drama course It fully supports the written examination & helps you develop their key knowledge & understanding of the set play 160 pages Fox Annie ...

Each title in this series offers an exciting approach to English literature & will help students achieve a better grade This book is packed with detailed summaries & commentaries snappy advice fun facts & an extended resources section ...