By Steppe Desert & Ocean is nothing less than the story of how humans first started building the globalized world we know today Set on a huge continental stage from Europe to China it is a tale covering over 10000 years from the origins of farming around 9000 BC to the expansion of the Mongols in the thirteenth century AD An unashamedly 'big history' it charts the development of European Near Eastern & Chinese civilizations & the growing links between them by way of the Indian Ocean the silk Roads & the great steppe corridor (which crucially allowed horse riders to travel from Mongolia to the Great Hungarian Plain within a year) Along the way it is also the story of the rise & fall of empires the development of maritime trade & the shattering impact of predatory nomads on their urban neighbours Above all as this immense historical panorama unfolds we begin to see in clearer focus those basic underlying factors
- the acquisitive nature of humanity the differing environments in which people live & the dislocating effect of even slight climatic variation
- which have driven change throughout the ages & which help us better understand our world today

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'a minor classic in battle picture painting It has an authenticity about it which could only come from deep personal experience translated by a lucid pen' The Times ' Movingly & evocatively written Tank! surely merits a place on the bookshelf of Second World War classics' British Army Review Normandy 1944 Like most of his comrades Ken Tout was just 20 years old Not until many years later did he feel able to gather their memoirs in three Hale books Tank! Tanks Advance! & To Hell with Tanks! Now these adventures are condensed into this one continuous narrative Follow the ordinary young lads of the Northamptonshire Yeomanry through the massive enemy defences on Bourguebus Ridge to the snows of the Ardennes to the night crossing of the River Rhine & finally to Grote Kerk I where they celebrated with liberated Dutch citizens They were not professional soldiers but young conscripts willing to 'do their bit' knowing that their Shermans were outgunned by the enemy's much heavier Tiger & Panther tanks By Tank D Day to VE Days vividly recalls in one complete volume the whole experience of battle with utter authenticity the fear confusion boredom excitement & grief ...

Set in the mysterious landscape of the bogs of rural Ireland Carr's lyrical & timeless play tells the story of Hester Swane an Irish traveller with a deep & unearthly connection to her land Tormented by the memory of a mother who deserted her Hester is once again betrayed this time by the father of her child the man she loves On the brink of despair she embarks on a terrible journey of vengeance as the secrets of her tangled history are revealed'A piece of poetic realism steeped in the past Carr has an extraordinary ability to move between the mythic & the real' Guardian'A great play a great work of poetry the word should soon carry across both sides of the Atlantic' Independent By the Bog of Cats premiered at the Abbey Theatre Dublin in 1998 It was revived at Wyndham's Theatre London in November 2004 ...

No quilter can resist a stack of beautifully co-ordinated fabrics all neatly folded into a bundle & tied with a bow As more fabric stores specialise in combining & marketing their own custom bundles of fat quarters it leaves many quilters with just a taste' of many fabrics in the form of these 18 x 22'' cuts (called fat quarters) but not really enough to make an entire quilt out of Emma a former fabric shop owner in Australia herself inspires quilters to create one of her 12 quilts specifically designed to showcase these fabulous cuts whether they are from a single fabric collection or a complementary combination of many fabric lines Emma's patterns cross over beautifully between the modern & the new traditional quilt maker alike ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play This high octane thriller tells the story of Nick Tortano (Ben Barnes The Chronicles of Narnia Prince Caspian Dorian Gray) a smooth-talking & ambitious criminal from the streets of Boston After years spent working & idolizing the Italian gangsters higher up the chain he has to find a way to prove himself to the boss (Harvey Keitel Reservoir Dogs From Dusk Till Dawn) ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play The stars come out when the night shimmers like this! Young lovers Doris Day & Gordon Mac Rae return in a moonlit sequel to ' On Moonlight Bay' ' By The Light Of The Silvery Moon' has charm by the bucketful as Leon Ames Rosemary De Camp Mary Wickes & Billy Gray rejoin the two leads in this remembarance of World War I-era Americana There's a new array of nine nostalgic standards
- & a new emphasis on production numbers Doris & Gordon spin through the Winfield kitchen to ' Ain't We Got Fun' Doris crow ' King Chanticleer' at a stage pagaent & just about the whole town heads to Miller's Pond & laces up ice skates for the title-tune finale Like its predecesor ' By The Light Of The Silvery Moon' draws from Booth Tarkington's ' Penrod' stories for its portraits of heartland mirth values & 'warm hearts cold feet' romance Ain't we got fun? You bet we have! Actors Doris Day Gordon Mac Rae Leon Ames Rosemary De Camp Billy Gray Directors David Butler Producers William Jacobs Format PALLanguage English Subtitles English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Number of discs 1
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One of the four richest people in the world may be dead But which one? A Kubrickian thriller from one of the world's leading authors of SF 272 pages Roberts Adam ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play By the Sea follows an American writer named Roland (Pitt) & his wife Vanessa (Jolie Pitt) who arrive in a tranquil & picturesque seaside resort in 1970s France their marriage in apparent crisis As they spend time with fellow travelers including young newlyweds Lea (Laurent) & François (Poupaud) & village locals Michel (Arestrup) & Patrice (Bohringer) the couple begins to come to terms with unresolved issues in their own lives ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play By the Sea follows an American writer named Roland (Pitt) & his wife Vanessa (Jolie Pitt) who arrive in a tranquil & picturesque seaside resort in 1970s France their marriage in apparent crisis As they spend time with fellow travelers including young newlyweds Lea (Laurent) & François (Poupaud) & village locals Michel (Arestrup) & Patrice (Bohringer) the couple begins to come to terms with unresolved issues in their own lives ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play This is the story of Temujin (" Genghis Khan") the ruthless founder of the largest contiguous empire in history the Mongol Empire His name is well-known worldwide His empire stretched from the yellow sea to the Mediterranean This movie traces the story of the young boy who would eventually become the emperor Three childhood friends Three sworn brothers One grew up to be a great shaman The other two followed the path of War but only one of them was to become the ruler of entire steppe Love for a woman will make him a warrior Allegiance to the law will lead him to a fratricide Striving for peace will force him to start a War Such was the price he paid for his greatness The greatness of the thriving civilisation he created Eurasian civilisation ...