Tracklist Giant Comma Another Century Of Ice Mental Slavery (We Can't Quit) Wabash Wrecking Ball Violence In The Mouth Of Age My Adidas (Revisited) Political Rain Black Leather Jacket The Girl Of God's Lips Blood Orange ...

A pulp horror adventure game for 2-4 players aged 14 & up In Ancient Terrible Things you play the role of an intrepid adventurer exploring a dark jungle river Each turn you must travel to a Fateful Location face an Ominous Encounter & attempt to unlock its Ancient Secrets If you succeed (using a combination of dice tokens & cards) you add the Secrets to your score If you fail you unleash a Terrible Thing which counts against your score at the end of the game The object of the game is to be the player with the most Ancient Secrets when the game ends at the Unspeakable Event Game play involves rolling dice to achieve combinations (runs pairs three or more of a kind & single die showing a particular number or higher) Dice combos are used to overcome Encounter cards (worth points at the end of the game) & to acquire resources (tokens) There are 4 main resource tokens in the game Focus Courage Treasure & Feat Focus tokens used to re-roll individual Focus dice Courage tokens are spent to overcome an Encounter before rolling your dice Treasure tokens are spent on Swag cards from the Trading Postwhich give you a permanent game effect Feat tokens are spent to play Feat cards from your hand which allow for one-shot effects ...

This is a perfect general introduction to how people lived It is now published in a new edition providing excellent value for ...

A bold & imaginative page-turner that challenges ideas about the world of antiquity& Peter Frankopan (The Silk Roads) This vivid & engaging book brings to life some of the most important moments in ancient history moments that have shaped not only the politics & culture of bygone eras but the institutions thoughts & fantasies of our time& Yuval Noah Harari (Sapiens) As panoramic as it is learned this is ancient history for our globalised world& Tom Holland (Dynasty Rubicon) Acclaimed historian & TV presenter Michael Scott guides us through an epic story spanning ten centuries to create a bold new reading of the classical era for our globalised world Scott challenges our traditionally western-focused perception of the past connecting Greco-Roman civilisation to the great rulers & empires that swept across Central Asia to India & China
- resulting in a truly global vision of ancient history With stunning range & richness Ancient Worlds illustrates how the great powers & characters of antiquity shared ambitions & crises ways of thinking & forms of governing connections that only grew stronger over the centuries as political systems evolved mighty armies clashed universal religions were born & our modern world was foreshadowed Scott focuses on three epochal moments& across the ancient globe & their profound wider significance from 509-8 BCE (birth of Athenian democracy & Rome&s republic also the age of Confucius&s teachings in China); to 218 BCE (when Hannibal of Carthage challenged Rome & China saw its first emperor); to 312 CE when Constantine sought to impose Christianity on the Roman world even as Buddhism was pervading China via the vast trading routes we now know as the Silk Roads&A major work of global history Michael Scott&s enthralling journey challenges the way we think about our past re-draws the map of the classical age to reveal its hidden connections & shows us how ancient history has lessons for our own times
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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 An illuminating & spectacular six-part odyssey tracing the development of Western civilisation
- from the first cities of Mesopotamia to the fall of the Roman Empire Academic & archaeologist Richard Miles travels through the Middle East Egypt Pakistan & the Mediterranean to discover how the mainstays of our society
- community democracy commerce & technology
- were forged & fought over in a series of classical cultures Ancient Worlds tells the amazing stories of disappeared ruined & modern cities
- from Ancient Iraq to Augustan Rome & from Phoenicia & the city states of Greece to today&s Damascus
- & reveals the compromise ruthlessness sacrifice & toil that made each city work In an epic sweep of history against a panorama of stunning locations Richard Miles with the help of local experts & archaeologists brings these legendary civilisations back to life to show how the successes & failures of the ancients shaped the world that we have inherited




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The record-breaking debut novel that won every major science fiction award in 2014 Ancillary Justice is the story of a warship trapped in a human body & her search for revenge Ann Leckie is the first author to win the Arthur C Clarke the Nebula & the Hugo Award for Best Novel in the same year They made me kill thousands but I only have one target now The Radch are conquerors to be feared
- resist & they'll turn you into a 'corpse soldier'
- one of an army of dead prisoners animated by a warship's AI mind Whole planets are conquered by their own people The colossal warship called The Justice of Toren has been destroyed
- but one ship-possessed soldier has escaped the devastation Used to controlling thousands of hands thousands of mouths The Justice now has only two hands & one mouth with which to tell her tale But one fragile human body might just be enough to take revenge against those who destroyed her'ENGAGING & PROVOCATIVE' SFX Magazine'UNEXPECTED COMPELLING & VERY COOL' John Scalzi'HIGHLY RECOMMENDED' Independent on Sunday'MIND-BLOWING'io 9com'THRILLING MOVING & AWE-INSPIRING' Guardian'UTTER PERFECTION 1010' The Book Smugglers'ASTOUNDINGLY ASSURED & GRACEFUL' Strange Horizons'ESTABLISHES LECKIE AS AN HEIR TO BANKS' Elizabeth Bear The Imperial Radch trilogy begins with Ancillary Justice continues in Ancillary Sword & concludes with Ancillary Mercy Also available now Provenance is a stunning standalone adventure set in the same world as Ancillary Justice NPR calls it 'A fitting addition to the Ancillary world'


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Ancillary Mercy is the stunning conclusion to the trilogy that began with Ancillary Justice the only novel ever to win the ...

Ancillary Sword is the sequel to Ancillary Justice the debut which is the only novel to ever win the Hugo the Nebula & the Arthur C Clarke Award Breq is a soldier who used to be a warship Once a weapon of conquest controlling thousands of minds now she only has a single body & serves the emperor she swore to destroy Given a new ship & a troublesome crew Breq is ordered to the only place in the galaxy she will agree to go to Athoek station to protect the family of a lieutenant she once knew
- a lieutenant she murdered in cold blood The Imperial Radch trilogy begins with Ancillary Justice continues in Ancillary Sword & concludes with Ancillary Mercy Also available now Provenance is a stunning standalone adventure set in the same world as Ancillary Justice NPR calls it 'A fitting addition to the Ancillary world' Praise for the trilogy'ENGAGING & PROVOCATIVE' SFX Magazine'UNEXPECTED COMPELLING & VERY COOL' John Scalzi'HIGHLY RECOMMENDED' Independent on Sunday'MIND-BLOWING'io 9com'THRILLING MOVING & AWE-INSPIRING' Guardian'UTTER PERFECTION' The Book Smugglers'ASTOUNDINGLY ASSURED & GRACEFUL' Strange Horizons'ESTABLISHES LECKIE AS AN HEIR TO BANKS' Elizabeth Bear
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Equipment bag for storing a camera including accessories & for protection from dirt & scratches Opening with a two-way zipper Zipped front pocket for accessories like cables memory cards & rechargeable batteries Mesh side pockets Belt loops for carrying convenience Padded handle Adjustable removable shoulder strap Two adjustable inner dividers for organized storage Sturdy base made from robust & sturdy EVA material ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 or region free DVD player in order to play & a Nightingale Sang strikes a chord with its bittersweet & sharply humorous portrait of working-class family life on the British Home Front during World War Two Despite air raid sirens gas masks ration books & whistling bombs punctuating their everyday lives the Stott family remain stoic as they focus on keeping life as normal as possible Joan Plowright is the beleaguered church-going matriarch who finds herself drawn to her priest John Woodvine plays her husband who escapes from awkward family situations by banging out popular tunes on the piano Helen Stott (Phyllis Logan) is their sensible 30-year-old daughter She is a kindly if self-deprecating soul but life hasn t been very kind to her She walks with a limp & falls for a soldier who could be toying with her heart Joyce (Pippa Hinchley) is her young sister a flirt who is attracted to every soldier except her husband (Stephen Tompkinson) This is a heart-warming household where misery & happiness mingle as naturally as they do in real life reminding us that in the face of adversity humanity will keep calm & carry on loving

Includes:: three short public information films from the Imperial War Museum They Keep the Wheels Turning (1942); Britannia Is a Woman (1940); & The New Britain (1940) Actors Stephen Tompkinson Tom Watt Joan Plowright John Woodvine Pippa Hinchley Directors Robert Knights Format PALLanguage English Region Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe Read more about DVD formats) Number of discs 1

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