This unique series gets close up to some amazing areas of our world & allows readers the opportunity to explore key countries topographical features & cities in a way that is both engaging & entertaining In addition each book highlights significant human geographical sporting & economic information ...

This unique series gets close up to some amazing areas of our world & allows readers the opportunity to explore key countries topographical features & cities in a way that is both engaging & entertaining In addition each book highlights significant human geographical sporting & economic information ...

Hercule Poirot returns in another brilliant murder mystery that can only be solved by the eponymous Belgian detective & his ‘little grey cells’ ‘ What I intend to say to you will come as a shock ’ Lady Athelinda Playford has planned a house party at her mansion in Clonakilty County Cork but it is no ordinary gathering As guests arrive Lady Playford summons her lawyer to make an urgent change to her will – one she intends to announce at dinner that night She has decided to cut off her two children without a penny & leave her fortune to someone who has only weeks to live Among Lady Playford’s guests are two men she has never met – the famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot & Inspector Edward Catchpool of Scotland Yard Neither knows why he has been invited until Poirot starts to wonder if Lady Playford expects a murderer to strike But why does she seem so determined to provoke in the presence of a possible killer? When the crime is committed in spite of Poirot’s best efforts to stop it & the victim is not who he expected it to be will he be able to find the culprit & solve the mystery? Following the phenomenal global success of The Monogram Murders which was published to critical acclaim following a co-ordinated international launch in September 2014 international best-selling crime writer Sophie Hannah has been commissioned by Agatha Christie Limited to pen a second fully-authorised Poirot novel The new book marks the centenary of the creation of Christie’s world-famous detective Hercule Poirot introduced in her first book The Mysterious Affair at Styles ...

Hercule Poirot returns in another brilliant murder mystery that can only be solved by the eponymous Belgian detective & his ‘little grey cells’ ‘ What I intend to say to you will come as a shock ’ Lady Athelinda Playford has planned a house party at her mansion in Clonakilty County Cork but it is no ordinary gathering As guests arrive Lady Playford summons her lawyer to make an urgent change to her will – one she intends to announce at dinner that night She has decided to cut off her two children without a penny & leave her fortune to someone who has only weeks to live Among Lady Playford’s guests are two men she has never met – the famous Belgian detective Hercule Poirot & Inspector Edward Catchpool of Scotland Yard Neither knows why he has been invited until Poirot starts to wonder if Lady Playford expects a murderer to strike But why does she seem so determined to provoke in the presence of a possible killer? When the crime is committed in spite of Poirot’s best efforts to stop it & the victim is not who he expected it to be will he be able to find the culprit & solve the mystery? Following the phenomenal global success of The Monogram Murders which was published to critical acclaim following a co-ordinated international launch in September 2014 international best-selling crime writer Sophie Hannah has been commissioned by Agatha Christie Limited to pen a second fully-authorised Poirot novel The new book marks the centenary of the creation of Christie’s world-famous detective Hercule Poirot introduced in her first book The Mysterious Affair at Styles ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Please note the UV copy is only compatible in participating regions please visit the UV website for full details In this gripping thriller a high-profile terrorism case unexpectedly binds together two ex-lovers on the defense team
- testing the limits of their loyalties & placing their lives in jeopardy Actors Eric Bana Rebecca Hall Jim Broadbent Julia Stiles & Ann-Marie Duff Director John Crowley Certificate 15 years & over Year 2013 Languages English Duration 1 hour & 36 minutes (approx)
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The second William Wisting mystery to be translated into English after the successful Dregs Ove Bakkerud newly separated & extremely disillusioned is looking forward to a final quiet weekend at his summer home before closing for winter but when the tourists leave less welcome visitors arrive Bakkerud's cottage is ransacked by burglars Next door he discovers the body of a man who has been beaten to death Police Inspector William Wisting has witnessed grotesque murders before but the desperation he sees in this latest murder is something new Against his wishes his daughter Line decides to stay in one of the summer cottages at the mouth of the fjord ...

A classic of postwar literature a small masterpiece of humour humanity & heroism from one of the best Czech writers For twenty-two-year-old Milos bumbling apprentice at a sleepy Czech railway station life is full of worries his burdensome virginity his love for the pretty conductor Masha the scandalous goings-on in the station master's office Beside them the part he will come to play against the occupying Germans seems a simple affair in Bohumil Hrabal's touching absurd masterpiece of humour humanity & heroism Closely Watched Trains which became the award-winning Jiri Menzel film of the ' Prague Spring' is a masterpiece that fully justifies Hrabal's reputation as one of the best Czech writers of the twentieth century ...

& Love & sex are like politics it&s not what you say that matters still less what you mean but what you do Patrick Marber understands this perfectly & in Closer he has written one of the best plays of sexual politics in the language it is right up there with Williams& Streetcar Mamet&s Oleanna Albee&s Virginia Woolf Pinter&s Old Times & Hare&s Skylight& The Sunday Times " Patrick Marber&s searing follow-up to Dealer&s Choice establishes him as the leading playwright of his generation" Independent on Sunday This Student Edition comes complete with a full introduction plot synopsis commentary discussion of the film version bibliography & questions for study It is the perfect edition for anyone studying the play at school or college ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play If you believe in love at first sight you&ll never stop looking Writer Patrick Marber adapted the screenplay from his own scathing stageplay in which a chance meeting between Englishman Dan (Jude Law) & American visitor Alice blossoms into a troubled relationship bringing together & then affecting a second couple involving Larry (Clive Owen) & Anna (Julia Roberts) Sex & love are explored capturing all the vulnerability & brutality of people falling in & out of love ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play If you believe in love at first sight you&ll never stop looking Writer Patrick Marber adapted the screenplay from his own scathing stageplay in which a chance meeting between Englishman Dan (Jude Law) & American visitor Alice blossoms into a troubled relationship bringing together & then affecting a second couple involving Larry (Clive Owen) & Anna (Julia Roberts) Sex & love are explored capturing all the vulnerability & brutality of people falling in & out of love Actors Natalie Portman Jude Law Clive Owen & Julia Roberts Director Mike Nichols Certificate 15 years & over Year 2004 Screen Widescreen 1851 Anamorphic Languages English ; Spanish
- Dolby Digital (51) Subtitles Arabic ; Bulgarian ; Croatian ; Danish ; Dutch ; English ; Finnish ; Greek ; Hebrew ; Hindi ; Icelandic ; Norwegian ; Portugese ; Romanian ; Serbian ; Slovenian ; Spanish ; Swedish ; Turkish Duration 1 hour & 41 minutes (approx)
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