Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Two beautiful mysterious women seek refuge in a run-down coastal resort Clara meets lonely Noel who provides shelter in his deserted guesthouse Byzantium Eleanor befriends Frank & tells him their lethal secret They were born 200 years ago & survive on human blood As knowledge of their secret spreads their past catches up on them with deathly consequence Age Rating 15 ...

After surviving the fifth century fall of the Western European Roman Empire the Byzantine Empire flourished as one of the most powerful economic cultural & military forces in Europe for a thousand years In this Very Short Introduction Peter Sarris introduces the reader to the unique fusion of Roman political culture Greek intellectual tradition & Christian faith that took place in the imperial capital of Byzantium under the emperor Constantine & his heirs Using examples from Byzantine architecture art & literature Sarris shows how their legacy was re-worked & re-invented in the centuries ahead in the face of external challenges & threats Charting the impact of warfare with the Persian & Islamic worlds to the east Sarris explores the creativity of Byzantine statecraft & strategy as well as the empire's repeated (but ultimately forlorn) attempts to enlist aid from the Christian powers of Western Europe to ensure its survival ABOUT THE SERIES The Very Short Introductions series from Oxford University Press contains hundreds of titles in almost every subject area These pocket-sized books are the perfect way to get ahead in a new subject quickly Our expert authors combine facts analysis perspective new ideas & enthusiasm to make interesting & challenging topics highly readable ...

For a thousand years an extraordinary empire made possible Europe's transition to the modern world Byzantium An audacious & resilient but now little known society it combined orthodox Christianity with paganism classical Greek learning with Roman power to produce a great & creative civilization which for centuries held in check the armies of Islam Judith Herrin's concise & compelling book replaces the standard chronological approach of most histories of Byzantium Instead each short chapter is focused on a theme such as a building (the great church of Hagia Sophia) a clash over religion (iconoclasm) sex & power (the role of eunuchs) an outstanding Byzantine individual (the historian Anna Komnene) a symbol of civilization (the fork) a battle for territory (the crusades) In this way she makes accessible & understandable the grand sweeps of Byzantine history from the founding of its magnificent capital Constantinople (modern Istanbul) in 330 to its fall to the Ottoman Turks in 1453 ...

In the bustling market of Byzanz bundles of goods are available to savvy merchants Bid for the best bundles catch a deal at the main market & find the right moment to sell the goods you have collected Features Easy to learn card game with an original auction system Collect sets by bidding in auctions & visiting the market Dual purpose cards create tricky hand management decisions Ages 8 Players 3
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The most breathtaking & exhilarating ride you can't imagine It's The Matrix meets Inner Space in a futuristic battle for survival & the first in an incredible new action thriller series from Michael Grant author of GONE These are no ordinary soldiers This is no ordinary war Welcome to the nano where the only battle is for sanity Losing is not an option when a world of madness is at stake Time is running out for the good guys But what happens when you don't know who the good guys really are? It's BZRK Noah & Sadie newly initiated to an underground cell so covert that they don't even know each other's names Here they will learn what it means to fight on a nano level Soon they will become the deadliest warriors the world has ever seen Vincent feels nothing cares for no one; fighting his own personal battle with Bug Man the greatest nano warrior alive The Armstrong Twins wealthy privileged fanatical Are they the saviours of mankind or authors of the darkest conspiracy the world has ever seen? The nano is uncharted territory A terrifying world of discovery & everything is to play for The coolest author of books for teens writing today is back with yet another mind-blowing Young Adult series Warning BZRK contains some scenes of violence Praise for Gone exciting high-tension story told in a driving torrential narrative that never lets up This is great fiction I love these books' Stephen King bestselling author ...

Introduce your baby to cute cuddly animals with touch & feel textures Tickle & touch the textures together with your baby & help them discover all about Cuddly Animals Let their little hands roam to find a shaggy-haired pony a fluffy lion cub & a fuzzy-tailed bushbaby Twinkly fluffy & fuzzy textures in a chunky package perfect for encouraging tiny fingers to explore & tiny minds to develop Sturdy pages with tactile covers & rounded corners mean these books will last years of reading ...

Essential Business Grammar Builder presents & practises the fundamental grammar requirements for students studying Business English It is ideal to be used in class & for self-study Key features contains 60 units of grammar & functions; each unit is presented clearly on a double-page spread for simple cross-referencing & checking; over 100 authentic citations from sources such as Newsweek Wall Street Journal & International Herald Tribune provide authentic examples of the target language;

Includes:: 18 self-administered tests to check understanding of the grammar plus a preliminary test designed to raise awareness of their starting level & help assess progress; all exercises with a speakinglistening context are recorded on the Audio CD & can be used to check answers & practise pronunciation; the grammar points are reinforced through authentic cartoons creating a motivating context where students can enjoy the application of their learning; & the appendices include tables of regular verb forms a list of irregular verbs help with spelling & punctuation a glossary of key grammar terms all indexed & a full answer key

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