A megalomaniac Boer frontiersman wreaks hideous vengeance on a Hottentot tribe for undermining the 'natural' order of his universe with their anarchic rival order mocking him & subjecting him to the humiliations of his own all too palpable flesh A specialist in psychological warfare is driven to breakdown & madness by the stresses of a project of macabre ingenuity to win the war in Vietnam Both the 18th-century Jacobus Coetzee & the 20th-century Eugene Dawn are in the business of pushing back the frontiers of knowledge & are dealers in death who denounce their own humanity & spurn their feelings of guilt In these two narratives Coetzee has crystallized in their absurdity & horror the extremes of scientific evangelism & heroic exploration ...

The much-anticipated final instalment of the Wool trilogy ' The next Hunger Games' The Sunday Times' Thrilling thought-provoking & memorable one of dystopian fiction's masterpieces alongside the likes of 1984 & Brave New World' Daily Express In the aftermath of the uprising the people of Silo 18 are coming to terms with a new order Some embrace the change others fear the unknown; none have control of their fate The Silo is still in danger There are those set on its destruction Jules knows they must be stopped The battle has been won The war is just beginning ...

DUST Adventures RPG is a rules-light exciting roleplaying game set in Paulo Parente&s DUST Universe & inspired by the epic tales arising from the DUST Tactics miniatures game From the mind of Paulo Parente comes the world of Dust Another Earth A different 1947 The Second World War has raged for nearly a decade & its grip has spread to every continent on the planet War has advanced swiftly & strangely in the Dust universe through the application of Alien VK technology
- a limitless source of energy in its simplest form & an unthinkable weapon in the wrong hands Tanks have evolved into powerful combat walkers & rocket troops take to the skies The latest laser cannons phasers & Tesla weapons rule the battlefield The core rulebook will contain full rules an introductory adventure & much more Later releases will include campaigns & supplements & card decks for simplified character generation Players will be able to bring their favourite figures from DUST Tactics & DUST Warfare into the roleplaying game & conversion rules will let them take their heroes into the tabletop miniatures game
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An amazing collection of dark & arresting imagery Dust Covers The Collected Sandman Covers presents the haunting artwork of this critically acclaimed & award-winning epic Through these dynamic pieces Dave Mc Kean reflected the mesmerizing mythology adult nature & imaginative storytelling that made the story of Morpheus the King of Dreams such a groundbreaking series Featuring an exclusive The Sandman tale this collection also

Includes:: insightful & revealing cover commentaries by author Neil Gaiman

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The penultimate book in the acclaimed Malazan Book of the Fallen fantasy series On the Letherii continent the exiled Malazan army commanded by Adjunct Tavore begins its march into the eastern Wastelands to fight for an unknown cause against an enemy it has never seen The fate awaiting the Bonehunters is one no soldier can prepare for & one no mortal soul can withstand
- the foe is uncertainty & the only weapon worth wielding is stubborn courage In war everyone loses & this brutal truth can be found in the eyes of every soldier in every world Destinies are never simple Truths are neither clear nor sharp The Tales of the Malazan Book of the Fallen are drawing to a close in a distant place beneath indifferent skies as the last great army of the Malazan Empire seeks a final battle in the name of redemption Final questions remain to be answered can one's deeds be heroic when no one is there to see it? Can that which is unwitnessed forever change the world? The answers await the Bonehunters beyond the Wastelands Archaeologist & anthropologist Steven Erikson's debut fantasy novel Gardens of the Moon was shortlisted for the World Fantasy Award & introduced fantasy readers to his epic ' The Malazan Book of the Fallen' sequence which has been hailed 'a masterwork of the imagination' This River Awakens was hist first novel & originally published under the name Steve Lundin Having lived in Cornwall for a number of years Steve will be returning to Canada in late summer 2012 To find out more visit wwwmalazanempirecom & wwwsteveneriksoncom
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While the war over Zverograd continues the Allies hope to strengthen their position in the area by launching a daring series of raids upon the city’s Axis-controlled airfield Such a move will pave the way for vital Allied air support but can the Allies keep the pressure on against an entrenched Axis presence? & what of the SSU forces who likewise seek to control the region? As the battle heats up all three blocs must struggle to secure the ground even as they look to the sky Fantasy Flight Games is proud to announce the upcoming release of Campaign Book Icarus a supplement for Dust Warfare! Campaign Book Icarus introduces a host of new aerial rules along with a focus on the airfields of Zverograd New special abilities like Air Superiority give jets the edge in dog fighting while new platoon upgrades & a variant battle-builder take the war to new heights! ...

April knows she was abandoned in a rubbish bin as a newborn baby fourteen years ago Now she's happily settled with her foster mother Marion
- but there's a part of April that's desperate to know where she really came from & who she really is If only she could remember her real mother
- or even find her An engrossing engaging & highly moving novel from the acclaimed bestseller Jacqueline Wilson

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Based on the much-loved Jacqueline Wilson novel DUSTBIN BABY follows the heartbreaking journey of 14-year old April (Dakota Blue Richards THE GOLDEN COMPASS) as she traces back over a troubled life of foster care & failed adoption in a bid to find her birth mother Abandoned as a newborn in a dustbin outside a pizzeria April&s life has sprung from one tragedy to the next After an argument with Marion (Juliet Stevenson TRULY MADLY DEEPLY) her most recent guardian the tenacious young teen runs away Taking the opportunity to re-visit the scenes of these tragedies she discovers a surprising amount of love & compassion along the way ...

Dustbin Baby is a powerful family drama which tells the heartbreaking but ultimately uplifting story of teenager April (Dakota Blue Richards) who sets out to discover where she came from & on the way discovers where she belongs April was abandoned in a dustbin as a baby Now on her 14th birthday after a row she walks out on her foster mother Marion (Juliet Stevenson) determined to discover her past remembering & revisiting the people who have shaped her life As Marion searches frantically for her their journeys take them on a course that will change their lives for ever ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play There&s comedy among the dustbins with this classic top-rated series from the late 60searly 70s Created by celebrated writer Jack Rosenthal (& The Evacuees&) the series revolves around four misfits & their affectionately-named dustbin van
- " Thunderbird 3" Rosenthal would go on to write the highly-successful comedy series & The Lovers& & create one of ITV&s most watched programmes
- & London&s Burning& & The Dustbin Men&s& working-class humour outraged Mary Whitehouse at the time it was broadcast & it could probably be rightly described as a less-adult & more amusing precursor to the early-90s hit series & Common As Muck& Included in this set are all remaining episodes (two episodes are missing from the final series) the pilot play & the Christmas special Actors Bryan Pringle Trevor Bannister Graham Haberfield Tim Wylton Paula Wilcox Brian Wilde & John Woodvine Director Les Chatfield & Michael Apted Certificate PGYear 1969 Screen Fullscreen 43 Languages English
- Dolby Digital (10) Mono Duration 7 hours & 15 minutes (approx)


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