"A true genius Roald Dahl is my hero"
- David Walliams Phizzwhizzing new cover look & branding for the World&s NUMBER
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A splendiferous new hardback of Danny the Champion of the World part of a collection of truly delumptious classic Roald Dahl titles with stylish jackets over surprise printed colour cases & exquisite endpaper designs "A true genius Roald Dahl is my hero"
- David Walliams Danny lives in a gipsy caravan with his father the most marvellous & exciting father any boy ever had All the land around them belongs to Mr Victor Hazell a rich snob with a great glistening beery face & tiny piggy eyes Nobody likes him not one-little bit So one day Danny & his father concoct a daring plot that will give the old blue-faced baboon Victor Hazell the greatest shock of his life
- so long as they don&t get caught Now you can listen to DANNY THE CHAMPION OF THE WORLD & other Roald Dahl audiobooks read by some very famous voices including Kate Winslet David Walliams & Steven Fry
- plus there are added squelchy soundeffects from Pinewood Studios! And look out for new Roald Dahl apps in the App store & Google Play- including the disgusting TWIT OR MISS! & HOUSE OF TWITS inspired by the revolting Twits


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Stanley Kubrick&s 1980 film & The Shining& is one of the all-time great portraits of a man beginning to unravel to have ever been put on screen Featuring a paint-stripping performance from Jack Nicholson in the lead role of Jack Torrance it has become a modern &horror& film great This series of POP! brings us the three main characters Jack himself (with a 1 in 6 chase version of Frozen Jack to look out for) Shelly Duvall as Wendy Torrance & their child Danny (who is often involved in the most supernatural moments) A landmark film whose following continues to grow year on year The Danny Torrance POP! vinyl figure stands around 9cm tall Packed in an illustrated window box ...

A phizzwhizzing new edition of Roald Dahl's classic story in glorious full colour for the first time Danny lives in a gipsy caravan with his father the most marvellous & exciting father any boy ever had All the land around them belongs to Mr Victor Hazell a rich snob with a great glistening beery face & tiny piggy eyes Nobody likes him not one-little bit So one day Danny & his father concoct a daring plot that will give the old blue-faced baboon Victor Hazell the greatest shock of his life
- so long as they don't get caught
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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play French family drama written & directed by Christophe Honore Paul (Romain Duris) devastated by his separation from girlfriend Anna (Joana Preiss) decides to move back to Paris to live with his father (Guy Marchand) & younger brother Jonathan (Louis Garrel) Jonathan (from whose viewpoint the film is narrated) is a part-time student who spends most of his time fooling around & womanising
- but it turns out is really concealing a deep wound he has never really got over the death of their sister When the boys& beautiful & glamorous mother (Marie-France Pisier) turns up Paul&s depression seems briefly alleviated
- but her presence only serves to add complexity to the already taut network of relationships in the household

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From the mind of one of the most popular You Tubers of all time Dan TDM comes a graphic novel adventure that reimagines the Minecraft-style worlds & characters he's created like you've never seen them before After a day of experiments Trayaurus & Dan TDM are about to call it a night when a strange-looking crystal plummets to earth breaking into five pieces that scatter far & wide Dan TDM & Trayaurus recover one of the shards & quickly realise they are in possession of an object more powerful than anything they've ever known Word reaches Dan TDM & Trayaurus that other pieces of crystal have been recovered
- a group of pigs have harnessed the crystals' power to enable them to talk But they're not alone
- their archenemy Denton has also found a shard & manipulated its power for evil He has created a cloning machine producing a terrifying marauding army intent on hunting down the remaining crystals in his effort to become all-powerful It's down to Dan TDM & Trayaurus to stop him Will they prevail or will the forces of evil be too great for them to overcome?

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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Deep space at the edge of the galaxy The future A new prisoner arrives on top-security prison ship & psychiatric research unit Dante 01 Sole survivor of an encounter with an alien force beyond imagining Saint Georges is a man possessed by inner demons caught up in the battle to control the monstrous power within him It&s a power that will infect the other highly dangerous occupants of Dante 01 jailers & prisoners alike unleashing a violent rebellion that turns this terrifying labyrinthine world upside down In the otherworldly hell of the ship&s depths through danger & redemption each must journey to his very limits each must confront his own Dragon Actors Lambert Wilson Linh Dan Pham Dominique Pinon Yann Collette Bruno Lochet François Levantal Simona Maicanescu Gerald Laroche François Hadji-Lazaro Lotfi Yahya Jedidi & Dominique Bettenfeld Director Marc Caro Certificate 15 years & over Year 2008 Languages French Subtitles English Region Region 2
- Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players
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Please note this is a region B Blu-Ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-Ray player in order to play Without warning day becomes night air turns to fire & solid ground melts beneath white-hot lava From director Roger Donaldson comes an adrenaline-pumping adventure starring Pierce Brosnan & Linda Hamilton Welcome to the town of Dante&s Peak where a long dormant volcano is about to erupt with devastating force Who will survive when the inferno unleashes its fury? The answer will leave you breathless & the special effects will blow you away! Actors Pierce Brosnan Linda Hamilton Jamie Renee Smith Jeremy Foley Elizabeth Hoffman Charles Hallahan & Grant Heslov Director Roger Donaldson Certificate 12 years & over Year 1997 Screen Widescreen 2351 Languages English
- DTS-HD Master Audio 51 Additional Languages Brazilian Portuguese ; French ; German ; Italian ; Japanese ; Latin American Spanish ; Spanish ; Russian Subtitles English for the hearing impaired ; Brazilian Portuguese ; Danish ; Dutch ; Finnish ; French ; German ; Greek ; Italian ; Japanese ; Korean ; Latin American Spanish ; Norwegian ; Polish ; Portuguese ; Spanish ; Swedish ; Thai ; Trad Mandarin ; Turkish Duration 1 hour & 48 minutes (approx)
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In this Very Short Introduction Peter Hainsworth & David Robey take a different approach to Dante by examining the main themes & issues that run through all of his work ranging from autobiography to understanding God & the order of the universe In doing so they highlight what has made Dante a vital point of reference for modern writers & readers both inside & outside Italy They emphasize the distinctive & dynamic interplay in Dante's writing between argument ideas & analysis on the one hand & poetic imagination on the other Dante was highly concerned with the political & intellectual issues of his time demonstrated most powerfully in his notorious work The Divine Comedy Tracing the tension between the medieval & modern aspects Hainsworth & Robey provide a clear insight into the meaning of this masterpiece of world literature They highlight key figures & episodes in the poem bringing out the originality & power of Dante's writing to help readers understand the problems that Dante wanted his audience to confront but often left up to the reader to resolve 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 ...

Dante&s Inferno will take gamers to the western world&s most definitive view of the afterlife as created in the 13th Century by the Italian poet Dante Alighieri in part one of his epic classic " The Divine Comedy" Dante&s Inferno tells an adapted story that focuses on delivering a blockbuster third-person action game experience while bringing Alighieri&s depiction of Hell to the medium Players assume the role of Dante who descends into Hell after returning home to find his beloved Beatrice murdered with Lucifer seducing her soul into the underworld Dante sets out on a rescue mission to save Beatrice but he soon realises he is also in Hell to face his own demons & ultimately to redeem himself Players will take Dante through nine unique circles of Hell as mapped out & described by Alighieri limbo lust gluttony greed anger heresy violence fraud & treachery An Epic Adaptation of a Classic Based on part one of Dante Alighieri&s classic poem " The Divine Comedy" Dante&s Inferno is a third-person action adventure game that takes Dante on an epic journey through Hell as he seeks to rescue the soul of his beloved Beatrice The Nine Circles of Hell Just like the poem players will descend through Dante&s unique nine circles of Hell limbo lust gluttony greed anger heresy violence fraud & treachery Each circle features distinct environments enemies & story elements befitting the sins committed by their inhabitants Control the Beasts of Hell Dante&s Inferno features large scale beasts & bosses some of which Dante will be able to fully tame utilising them to throw back Hell&s wrath to its minions Bring Hell With You Wherever You Go Dante&s Inferno gives PSP owners the same level of fast responsive gameplay through all nine detailed & unique circles of Hell the team is aiming to achieve on the consoles ...