Samuel Pepys is popularly known as the founder of the modern navy a member of the Royal Society & most of all as a unique & frank diarist Less well known is the fact that he was a serial sexual offender by modern standards; a voyeur a groper & a rapist Set against the London society of Charles II s restoration & extensively using Pepys own words this book concerns his numerous extra-marital affairs often using his professional status & position of influence to advance the careers of his subordinates in return for the sexual favours of their wives With his own very frank descriptions translated from the strange mix of languages & the seventeenth century shorthand he used to camouflage the content the reader witnesses in often very graphic detail how Pepys set about achieving his lascivious objectives on occasion resorting to physical force where persuasion or bribery failed Whether she be wife daughter mother or humble maidservant no woman was safe from his rapacious sexual appetite This book shows the reader a little known dark & sometimes very disturbing aspect of Samuel Pepys character one which even in his own day he would not have wanted to be publicly aired ...

A behind-the-scenes in-depth look at the making of one of the greatest sonic masterpieces & most commercially successful albums of all time Over three decades after its release Pink Floyd s The Dark Side of the Moon remains one of the most acclaimed albums of all time Its sales total around 30 million copies worldwide In its first run it took up residence in the US charts for a mind-boggling 724 weeks According to recent estimates one in five British households owns a copy This however is only a fraction of the story Dark Side is rock s most fully realised & elegant concept album based on themes of madness anxiety & alienation that were rooted in the band s history & particularly in the tragic tale of their one time leader Syd Barrett Drawing on original interviews with bass guitarist & chief songwriter Roger Waters guitarist David Gilmour & the album s supporting cast The Dark Side of the Moon is a must-have for the millions of devoted fans who desire to know more about one of the most timeless compelling commercially successful & mysterious albums ever made ...

DOM SALABOS HAD A LOT OF ADVANTAGESAs heir to a huge fortune he had an excellent robot servant (with Man-Friday subcircuitry) a planet (the First Syrian Bank) as godfather a security chief who even ran checks on himself & on Dom&s home world even death was not always fatal Why then in an age when prediction was a science was his future in doubt? ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Based on the best-selling book series by highly-acclaimed author Stephen King The last Gunslinger Roland (Idris Elba) has been locked in an eternal battle with the Man In Black (Matthew Mc Conaughey) determined to prevent him from toppling the Dark Tower which holds the universe together With the fate of the worlds at stake good & evil will collide in the epic battle as only Roland can defend the Tower from the Man In Black Actors Idris Elba Matthew Mc Conaughey Abbey Lee Jackie Earle Haley Nicholas Hamilton Directors Nikolaj Arcel Writers Nikolaj Arcel Anders Thomas Jensen Jeff Pinkner Producers Akiva Goldsman Ron Howard Stephen King Brian Grazer Language English Subtitles Czech Slovak Portuguese Polish Croatian Italian Arabic Hebrew Slovene Bulgarian Hungarian Icelandic Romanian Spanish English Greek Turkish Serbian Dubbed Czech Italian Hungarian Spanish Turkish Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired English Audio Description English Number of discs 2 ...

THE DRAWING OF THE THREE is the second volume in Stephen King's epic Dark Tower series The Dark Tower is soon to be a major motion picture starring Matthew Mc Conaughey & Idris Elba due in cinemas August 18 2017 In the second novel of Stephen King's bestselling fantasy masterpiece Roland of Gilead the Last Gunslinger encounters three mysterious doors which open
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- to different times in our world He must draw the three who should accompany him on the road In 1980s New York Roland joins forces with defiant Eddie Dean The second door leads to the 1960s & conflicted civil rights activist Odetta Holmes The final door reveals Jack Mort a deadly serial killer in the 1970s Mort is stalking Jake the young boy Roland met in Mid-World As titanic forces gather a savage struggle between underworld evil & otherworldly enemies threatens to bring an end to Roland's journey toward the Dark Tower JOIN THE QUEST FOR THE DARK TOWERTHE DARK TOWER SERIESTHE DARK TOWER I THE GUNSLINGER THE DARK TOWER II THE DRAWING OF THE THREE THE DARK TOWER III THE WASTE LANDS THE DARK TOWER IV WIZARD & GLASS THE DARK TOWER V WOLVES OF THE CALLA THE DARK TOWER VI SONG OF SUSANNAH THE DARK TOWER VII THE DARK TOWER THE WIND THROUGH THE KEYHOLE A DARK TOWER NOVEL

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WIZARD & GLASS is the fourth volume in Stephen King's epic Dark Tower series The Dark Tower is soon to be a major motion picture starring Matthew Mc Conaughey & Idris Elba due in cinemas August 18 2017 In the fourth novel in Stephen King's bestselling fantasy quest the Dark Tower beckons Roland the Last Gunslinger & the four companions he has gathered along the road In a terrifying journey where hidden dangers lurk at every junction the pilgrims find themselves stranded in an alternate version of Topeka Kansas that has been ravaged by a superflu virus While following the deserted highway toward a distant glass palace Roland recounts his tragic story about a seaside town called Hambry where he fell in love with a girl named Susan Delgado & where he & his old tet-mates Alain & Cuthbert battled the forces of an evil harrier who ignited Mid-World's final war JOIN THE QUEST FOR THE DARK TOWERTHE DARK TOWER SERIESTHE DARK TOWER I THE GUNSLINGER THE DARK TOWER II THE DRAWING OF THE THREE THE DARK TOWER III THE WASTE LANDS THE DARK TOWER IV WIZARD & GLASS THE DARK TOWER V WOLVES OF THE CALLA THE DARK TOWER VI SONG OF SUSANNAH THE DARK TOWER VII THE DARK TOWER THE WIND THROUGH THE KEYHOLE A DARK TOWER NOVEL ...

Stephen King&s The Dark Tower the ambitious story from one of the world&s most-celebrated authors makes its long-awaited launch to the big screen starring Idris Elba as Roland Deschain & Matthew Mc Conaughey as the Man in Black Sharing an ancient vendetta they must fight to the death in this epic battle over the fate of the All-World Universe Special Features Blooper Reel" The Man in Black" featurette" The Gunslinger In Action" featurette Deleted Scenes (exclusive to Blu-ray)" Last Time Around" featurette (exclusive to Blu-ray)" The World Has Moved On" featurette (exclusive to Blu-ray)" Stephen King Inspirations" featurette (exclusive to Blu-ray)"A Look Through the Keyhole" featurette (exclusive to Blu-ray) Bonus Disc Exclusive
- " Roland of Gilead
- The Last Gunslinger" featurette

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WOLVES OF THE CALLA is the fifth volume in Stephen King's epic Dark Tower series The Dark Tower is soon to be a major motion picture starring Matthew Mc Conaughey & Idris Elba due in cinemas August 18 2017 In the fifth novel in Stephen King's bestselling fantasy series Roland & his ka-tet are bearing through the forests of the Mid-World on their journey to the Dark Tower Tracking their every move is a group of farmers from the town of Calla Bryn Sturgis The trackers have been warned that the Wolves a band of masked riders are about to gallop out of the dark land of Thunderclap & raid their town & they want to enlist the help of the four gunslingers How can Roland & his tet both protect the innocent community & return to New York to save our world's incarnation of the Dark Tower from the machinations of the evil Sombra Corporation?JOIN THE QUEST FOR THE DARK TOWERTHE DARK TOWER SERIESTHE DARK TOWER I THE GUNSLINGER THE DARK TOWER II THE DRAWING OF THE THREE THE DARK TOWER III THE WASTE LANDS THE DARK TOWER IV WIZARD & GLASS THE DARK TOWER V WOLVES OF THE CALLA THE DARK TOWER VI SONG OF SUSANNAH THE DARK TOWER VII THE DARK TOWERTHE WIND THROUGH THE KEYHOLE A DARK TOWER NOVEL ...

SONG OF SUSANNAH is the sixth volume in Stephen King's epic Dark Tower series The Dark Tower is soon Soon to be a major motion picture starring Matthew Mc Conaughey & Idris Elba due in cinemas August 18 2017 The pivotal sixth novel in Stephen King's bestselling epic fantasy saga provides the key to the quest that defines Roland's life Susannah has used the power of Black Thirteen to get to New York where she can give birth to a child fated to grow up as Roland's nemesis Jake & Father Callahan set out to break her date with destiny & to find Calvin Tower owner of the vacant lot where a magical rose grows
- a rose that must be saved at all costs Meanwhile Roland & Eddie tumble into Maine in the Summer of 1977 Here they are greeted by the gangster Balazar & must face their maker a man called Stephen King JOIN THE QUEST FOR THE DARK TOWERTHE DARK TOWER SERIESTHE DARK TOWER I THE GUNSLINGER THE DARK TOWER II THE DRAWING OF THE THREE THE DARK TOWER III THE WASTE LANDS THE DARK TOWER IV WIZARD & GLASS THE DARK TOWER V WOLVES OF THE CALLA THE DARK TOWER VI SONG OF SUSANNAH THE DARK TOWER VII THE DARK TOWERTHE WIND THROUGH THE KEYHOLE A DARK TOWER NOVEL
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THE DARK TOWER is the seventh volume in Stephen King's epic Dark Tower series The Dark Tower is soon to be a major motion picture starring Matthew Mc Conaughey & Idris Elba due in cinemas August 18 2017 The final book in King's epic The Dark Tower series sees gunslinger Roland on a roller-coaster ride of exhilarating triumph & aching loss in his unrelenting quest to reach the dark tower Roland Deschain & his ka-tet have journeyed together & apart scattered far & wide across multilayered worlds of wheres & whens The destinies of Roland Susannah Jake Father Callahan Oy & Eddie are bound in the Dark Tower itself which now pulls them ever closer to their own endings & beginnings & into a maelstrom of emotion violence & discovery And as he closes in on the Tower Roland's every step is shadowed by a terrible & sinister creation Finally he realises he may have to walk the last dark strait alone JOIN THE QUEST FOR THE DARK TOWERTHE DARK TOWER SERIESTHE DARK TOWER I THE GUNSLINGER THE DARK TOWER II THE DRAWING OF THE THREE THE DARK TOWER III THE WASTE LANDS THE DARK TOWER IV WIZARD & GLASS THE DARK TOWER V WOLVES OF THE CALLA THE DARK TOWER VI SONG OF SUSANNAH THE DARK TOWER VII THE DARK TOWER THE WIND THROUGH THE KEYHOLE A DARK TOWER NOVEL ...