THE 2017 MAN BOOKER-SHORTLISTED AUTHOR OF LINCOLN IN THE BARDOIn his first collection George Saunders' vision of our near future is as black & funny as you can get He takes us on a trip to the shopping malls & theme parks & enviromental hazards that lie just around the chronological corner introducing us to a gang of misfits & losers struggling to survive in an increasingly haywire world Bizarre but familiar fierce but always humane these are stunningly original stories by a master of the form ' Saunders is a morally passionate serious writer who perfectly expresses the madness of the times we live in He will be read long after these times have passed' Zadie Smith' He makes the all-but-impossible look effortless We're lucky to have him' Jonathan Franzen' There is no-one better no-one more essential' Dave Eggers ...

Clacks A Discworld Board Game is based on the " Clacks" semaphore messaging system — the fastest (non-magical) messaging system on the Discworld — featured in Sir Terry Pratchett&s novel Going Postal Using a semaphore system of shuttered lamps on top of high towers the Grand Trunk Semaphore Company has revolutionized long-distance communications on the Discworld Their network of towers covers most of the Unnamed Continent but now the old postal service is fighting back Driven by the determination of newly "volunteered" Post Master Moist Von Lipwig the Ankh-Morpork Post Office has challenged the Clacks operators to a race from Ankh-Morpork to Genua Play against your friends & claim the title of Fastest Clacks Operator on the line or play together as a team to win the race across the Discworld & prove that Clacks is here to stay In more detail Clacks A Discworld Board Game contains rules for a player vs player game a co-operative race game against the Post Office & a children&s introductory game ...

Clacton-on-Sea & the surrounding coastline is part of the Sunshine Coast an area of sandy beaches & low-level cliffs facing the North Sea This book gives a brief history of the major nearby villages Brightlingsea St Oysths Clacton on Sea Holland on Sea Frinton & Walton on the Naze as they developed from agricultural areas to seaside resorts in the mid to late 1800s & then into heavily defended hives of activity They were considered by the authorities to be convenient spots for foreign invasion & as a result mock invasion exercises at Clacton had taken place since the early 1900s Being close to the sea many of the inhabitants were heavily involved with yachting & the Royal National Lifeboat Institution so it's not surprising that a great number joined the Royal or Merchant Navy Brightlingsea became a major naval port & the Australian & New Zealander's Engineers trained there for four years Clacton itself saw over a 1000 men sign up & it also had a number of Military & Convalescent Homes that treated injured men Middlesex Hospital for one treated over 9000 men The local villages produced a considerable number of men who were awarded the Military Medal Cross & Walton on the Naze produced one VC in Herbert Columbine The tremendous efforts of others are also covered in particular those of the local women folk A number of appropriate poems many written at the time are included throughout the book as well as rarely seen photographs & insightful reports from the local papers of that period ...

On a beach in Antarctica scientist Adam Leith marks the passage of the summer solstice Back in Sydney his partner Ellie waits for the results of her latest round of IVF treatment That result when it comes will change both their lives & propel them into a future neither could have predicted In a collapsing England Adam will battle to survive an apocalyptic storm Against a backdrop of growing civil unrest at home Ellie will discover a strange affinity with beekeeping In the aftermath of a pandemic a young man finds solace in building virtual recreations of the dead & new connections will be formed from the most unlikely beginnings ...

A "clade" is a branch of the evolutionary family tree such as mammals arthropods & sauropsids that are thought to have evolved from a common ancestor In Clades players must quickly scan an array of cards on the table — along with their own private card — to make triples as quickly as possible Whoever spots the most triples wins ...

The King is dead! What happened? Nobody really knows but he was found face down in a wine barrel this morning It could have been either foul play or his own thirst that did him in Regardless the King is dead without any known heirs so it's up to the five factions of the realm to decide who will be the new king Will it be you or your opponent? Do you have what it takes to win over the realm's factions? Claim 2 is played in two distinct phases In phase one each player gets a hand of cards that they use to recruit followers In phase two they use the followers from phase one to compete & win over the five factions of the realms Each faction has a special power that effects play & powers can be different in each phase! At the end of the game the player who has the majority of followers of a faction wins that faction's vote & whoever wins the vote of at least three factions wins the game! Claim 2 is a standalone sequel to Claim featuring five new factions that can be played on their own or mixed in any combination with the factions in Claim Players 2 Playing time 25 mins Ages 10 ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Everything has a price California in 1860 is a tough place to live unless you&re Daniel Dillon Having made a fortune in gold he now successfully owns & runs Kingdom Come a sprawling prospecting town nestled between the snowscapes Daniel has designs on turning his town into a city but to do that he needs the railroad & so invites Dalglish the chief surveyor of the Central Pacific Railroad expedition to conduct a survey of the surrounding area But just when he thinks he&s about to put himself on the map his long lost wife Elena & their daughter Hope appear Twenty years earlier he had traded them in for the original claim that would later found his town & as Dillon seeks forgiveness his world begins to falter Actors Peter Mullan Milla Jovovich Wes Bentley Nastassja Kinski Sarah Polley Julian Richings & Shirley Henderson Director Michael Winterbottom Certificate 15 years & over Year 2000 Screen Widescreen 2351 Anamorphic Languages English ; Italian
- Dolby Digital (51) Subtitles English for the hearing impaired ; Italian ; Dutch ; French Duration 1 hour & 56 minutes (approx)
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For fans of Fifty Shades of Grey & the Crossfire series In Release Me powerful multimillionaire Damien Stark made Southern belle Nikki Fairchild an unforgettable indecent proposal which she couldn't resist Now their sensual erotic powerfully emotional romance continues in Claim Me the next in J Kenner's New York Times bestselling series For Damien our obsession is a game For me it is fiercely blindingly real Damien Stark's need is palpable
- his need for pleasure his need for control his need for me Beautiful & brilliant yet tortured at his core he is in every way my match I have agreed to be his alone & now I want him to be fully mine I want us to possess each other beyond the sweetest edge of our ecstasy into the deepest desires of our souls To let the fire that burns between us consume us both But there are dark places within Damien that not even our wildest passion can touch I yearn to know his secrets yearn for him to surrender to me as I have surrendered to him But our troubled pasts will either bind us closeor shatter us completely Spellbinding romance Electrifying passion Why not indulge in J Kenner Discover the whole story of Damien & Nikki's epic romance in J Kenner's hot & addictive bestselling Stark series Release Me Claim Me Complete Me Take Me Have Me Play My Game Seduce Me Unwrap Me Deepest Kiss Entice Me & Anchor Me
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If you don't know what your life's Purpose is or you don't believe you have one or you thought you knew what it was & you lost it it's TIME TO CLAIM YOUR POWER! Join bestselling author & Functional Life oach Mastin Kipp as he guides you on a 40-day journey to identify & dissolve whatever's holding you back & transform your life 272 pages Kipp Mastin ...

She succumbed to his sinful seduction Now she's carrying the Greek's baby! It's the last thing he wanted but Greek billionaire Ares Kourakis is going to be a father He'll do his duty & keep pregnant Ruby by his side-he'll even marry her But when all he can offer is intense passion & a vast fortune will that be enough to get idealistic Ruby down the aisle? ...