It's December & the Shannon family are returning home to their clifftop mansion near Kinloch for their annual AGM Shannon International is one of the world's biggest private companies with tendrils reaching around the globe in computing banking & mineral resourcing & it has brought untold wealth & privilege to the family However a century ago Archibald Shannon stole the land upon which he built their home
- & his descendants have been cursed ever since When heavy snow cuts off Kintyre DCI Jim Daley & DS Brian Scott are assigned to protect their illustrious visitors As an ancient society emerges from the blizzards & its creation the Rat Stone reveals grisly secrets ghosts of the past come to haunt the Shannons As the curse decrees death is coming
- but for whom & from what?

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The Ratchet & Clank Trilogy
Includes: Ratchet & Clank Ratchet & Clank Locked & Loaded Ratchet & Clank
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The Ratchet & Clank Trilogy
Includes: Ratchet & Clank Ratchet & Clank Locked & Loaded Ratchet & Clank
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Shortlisted for the BBC Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-fiction 2011 Life is on the up We are wealthier healthier happier kinder cleaner more peaceful more equal & longer-lived than any previous generation Thanks to the unique human habits of exchange & specialisation our species has found innovative solutions to every obstacle it has faced so far In The Rational Optimist' acclaimed science writer Matt Ridley comprehensively refutes the doom-mongers of our time & reaches back into the past to give a rational explanation for why we can
- & will
- overcome the challenges of the future such as climate change & the population boom Bold & controversial it is a brilliantly confident assertion that the 21st century will be the best for humankind yet

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Edited by Seamus Heaney & Ted Hughes & conceived of as a collection of their own favourite poems The Rattle Bag has established itself as the classic anthology of our time Heaney & Hughes have brought together an inspired & diverse selection ranging from undisputed masterpieces to rare discoveries as well as drawing upon works in translation & traditional poems from oral cultures In effect this anthology has transformed the way we define & appreciate poetry & it will continue to do so for years to come Including writers from Shakespeare & Blake to Sylvia Plath & T S Eliot The Rattle Bag is eclectic instructive & inspiring at the same time ...

Someone claiming to be Terra's brother comes to the team Unfortunately Deathstroke the Terminator isn't far behind him! The Ravagers are having serious trust issues already so a visit from the world's deadliest assassin certainly won't help As Caitlin & Rose deal with the shocking revelation about their origins Deathstroke takes down the remaining Ravagers one by one Collects The Ravagers 8-12 ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play The year is 1864 England is at peace
- but across the Atlantic Ocean a bloody civil war is being fought between the North & the South & untold thousands are dying on the battlefield In Portsmouth the far distant war seems not to matter
- until a humble warehouse clerk Silas Trumble (Robert James) finds himself caught up in a chilling conspiracy & jailed for a crime he did not commit His daughter Abigail (Julia Lewis) fights to prove his innocence & enlists the help of street urchins led by Gegor (Jack Wild) & William Sedgwick (Steven Grives) a mysterious journalist with a strange secret Together they unmask a sinister plot that could well drag Britain into the American Civil War & change the course of history All six thrilling episodes of the popular ITV children s adventure series first broadcast on British television between 31st December 1979 & 4th February 1980 Actors Julia Lewis Jack Wild Language English Number of discs 1

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Harper Collins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved essential classics Take thy beak from out my heart & take thy form from off my door!"h the Raven Nevermore ' This selection of Edgar Allan Poe's poetical works

Includes:: some of his best-known pieces including the triumphant gleeful The Bells' the tragic ode Annabel Lee' & his famous gothic tour de force The Raven' Some present powerful nightmarish images of the macabre & bizarre while others have at their heart a profound sense of love beauty & loss All are linguistic masterpieces that demonstrate Poe's gift for marrying rhythm form & meaning An American writer of primarily prose & literary criticism Edgar Allen Poe never ceased writing poetry throughout his turbulent life & is today regarded as a central figure of American literary romanticism He died in 1849

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This is the first book in a brand new series from bestselling author Maggie Stiefvater Fans of SHIVER (9781407115009) LINGER (9781407121086) & FOREVER (9781407121116) will love this new quartet! Blue has spent the majority of her sixteen years being told that if she kisses her true love he will die When Blue meets Gansey's spirit on the corpse road she knows there is only one reason why
- either he is her true love or she has killed him Determined to find out the truth Blue becomes involved with the Raven Boys four boys from the local private school (lead by Gansey) who are on a quest to discover Glendower
- a lost ancient Welsh King who is buried somewhere along the Virginia ley line Whoever finds him will be granted a supernatural favour Never before has Blue felt such magic around her But is Gansey her true love? She can't imagine a time she would feel like that & she is adamant not to be the reason for his death Where will fate lead them? Look out for the next book THE DREAM THIEVES out 18th September 2013!

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Not only does this atmospheric AIP horror-comedy feature Boris Karloff Vincent Price & Peter Lorre but it also stars a young Jack Nicholson Add a funny script by Richard Matheson & deft direction by Roger Corman & this is unbeatable fun a perfect Halloween film for the whole family Price stars as Craven a sensitive nonpracticing 16th-century wizard who begins the movie alone in his castle lamenting for the lost Lenore via the famed Edgar Allan Poe poem Naturally he's soon visited by a raven which in this case turns out to be a wine-swilling obnoxious fellow magician Bedlo (Lorre) who's been enchanted by the evil sorcerer down the road Dr Scarabus (Karloff) When it's revealed that Craven's presumed-dead wife Lenore (Hazel Court) was seen at Scarabus's castle Craven heads over to investigate along with Bedlo Bedlo's son (Nicholson) & Craven's attractive daughter Estelle (Olive Sturges) Once they arrive at Scarabus's gloomy cobweb-covered abode a wild night of horror & hilarity ensues highlighted by a climactic wizard's duel between Scarabus & Craven replete with colourful special effects & great comic timing Hardly a gloomy tale of woe as the title might suggest THE RAVEN is a hoot with the chemistry of the leads providing maximum alchemical yield ...