The first novel in Ellroy's extraordinary Underworld USA Trilogy as featured on BBC Radio 4's A Good Read 1958 America is about to emerge into a bright new age
- an age that will last until the 1000 days of John F Kennedy's presidency Three men move beneath the glossy surface of power men allied to the makers & shakers of the era Pete Bondurant
- Howard Hughes's right-hand man Jimmy Hoffa's hitman Kemper Boyd
- employed by J Edgar Hoover to infiltrate the Kennedy clan Ward Littell
- a man seeking redemption in Bobby Kennedy's drive against organised crime The festering discount of the age that burns brightly in these men's hearts will go into supernova as the Bay of Pigs ends in calamity the Mob clamours for payback & the 1000 days ends in brutal quietus in 1963



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Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Nanette Burstein directs this documentary tracing a year in the life of five ordinary senior-year students at a small-town Indiana high school Follow the Prom Queen the Heartthrob the Jock the Rebel & the Geek as they navigate their way through the minefield of life as a teenager the clique system applying for college the jubilation of getting together & the heartbreak of breaking up & the bitter agonies of a wrongly-forwarded email or a missed jump-shot ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Growing up in Texas Bill Hicks first started performing comedy at the age of 15 He soon became a regular in Houston&s comedy circuit before moving to LA & embarking on a touring schedule playing up to 300 shows a year all in a country where he was largely unknown In 1990 Hicks performed in the United Kingdom for the first time & became an instant star finding fame & notoriety which had escaped him in the US & it was just as Hicks seemed on the verge of a commercial breakthrough in America that he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer & died on February 24 1994 at just 32 Using never before seen animation techniques we hear Bill&s story for the first time through the people who knew him best his family & friends showing a timeless legacy left that&s as fresh & relevant today as it was when he wrote it Special features Over 5 hours of extras 30 Mins UNSEEN footage & rare clips from Bill&s career 3 hours of extend interviews Bills personal audio journals Trailers & audience reactions 6 deleted animation scenes Featurettes including Bill&s family visit abbey road & Dominion Q&A panel Comedy School & Dwight in London The Ranch & Making of Arizona Bay Product Details Actors Bill Hicks Kevin Booth John Farneti Lynn Hicks Mary Hicks Steve Hicks Andy Huggins David Johndrow James Ladmirault & Dwight Slade Director Matt Harlock & Paul Thomas Certificate 15 years & over Year 2010 Languages English Duration 1 hour & 1 minute (approx) ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play French-Canadian thriller inspired by the life & crimes of legendary Quebec drug dealer Lucien Rivard in the late 1950s & early 1960s Remy Girard stars as Rivard who becomes a reluctant go-between between the criminal underworld & the American secret services & soon finds himself entangled in a web of global political intrigue & corruption that reaches boiling point with the assassination of John F Kennedy Colm Feore co-stars as bilingual CIA agent Maurice Bishop Actors Remy Girard Gerard Darmon Colm Feore Joe Cobden & Janet Lane Director Charles Biname Certificate 15 years & over Year 2008 Languages French Subtitles English Duration 1 hour & 36 minutes (approx) ...

From the developers of the hit franchise Euro Truck Simulator prepare to experience life on the West Coast in American Truck Simulator With the base game featuring major arties throughout the Golden state you’ll experience trucking routes so realistic it’s recommended to apply sun lotion before playing! In America big is beautiful & the trucks you’ll be driving are no exception With a selection of vehicles that are larger than their European counter parts you’ll feel the raw power of each vehicle’s engine as you cruise down the wide-open roads & manoeuvre through densely populated cities This base game will continue to be expanded upon with future releases extending your Californian driving experience Unlike digital versions this boxed version will include a serial key to allow the free download of American Truck Simulator’s Arizona expansion pack later on during 2014 ...

Please note this is a region B Blu-ray & will require a region B or region free Blu-ray player in order to play Jesse Eisenberg & Kristen Stewart star in this American comedy action thriller directed by Nima Nourizadeh The film follows Mike Howell (Eisenberg) a permanently stoned young man who is content with his small-town life & spending time experimenting with recreational drugs with his girlfriend Phoebe (Stewart) However it soon becomes apparent that Mike has been included in a top secret government operation of which he has no memory of & is actually a highly trained lethal assassin When Mike is deemed a liability & marked for extermination by top government officials it&s time to put his training to good use ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play Documentary which follows American rock stars Josh Homme & Iggy Pop as they get together for the recording of Iggy&s album & Post Pop Depression& Joined by guitarist Dean Fertita & drummer Matt Helders the group record the album in a secluded studio in the Californian desert before embarking on an energetic tour culminating in a memorable performance at London&s Royal Albert Hall in May 2016 Directors Andreas Neumann Joshua Homme Language English Subtitles English French German Spanish Number of discs 1 ...

This new hardcover collects two epic tales " The Beast in the Cave" about Skinner Sweet's involvement in the brutal Indian Wars & " Death Race" about 1950s vampire hunter Travis Kidd! Collects issues 19-27 of the smash-hit series! ...

This first volume of the critically acclaimed series collects issues 1-5 & follows two stories one written by Scott Snyder & one written by Stephen King both with art by superstar Rafael Albuquerque Snyder tale follows Pearl a young woman living in 1920s Los Angeles who is brutally turned into a vampire & sets out on a path of righteous revenge against the European monsters who tortured & abused her & in King story set in the days of America Wild West readers learn the origin of Skinner Sweet the original American vampire
- a stronger faster creature than any vampire ever seen before
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In this title collecting issues 6-11 of the hit series it Las Vegas circa 1935 & Skinner Sweet & our gal Pearl must learn the hard way that the bloodsuckers in Hollywood were nothing compared to the ones in Sin City ...