Herge's classic comic book creation Tintin is one of the most iconic characters in children's books These highly collectible editions of the original 24 adventures will delight Tintin fans old & new Perfect for lovers of graphic novels mysteries & historical adventures 64 pages full colour illustrations Herge ...

Build your own castle by seizing the spaces on the board You can also attack your opponent&8217;s castle if you think you have enough power to break their defence First player to own four castles wins This is an exciting & strategic game Age 8 Players 2-4 6 Time 30 ...

Tracklist Aha Domyat 1331 Safe Space Broken Maqams Sand Enigma SSSSSSRecuerdo Bone Mass IBone Mass IIBone Mass IIIAna Trema Dol Tensor ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Danish historical drama written & directed by Martin Zandvliet After Germany&s surrender in May 1945 signals the end of World War II a group of young German prisoners are handed over to Danish sergeant Carl Leopold Rasmussen (Roland Moller) to clear the Danish coastline of thousands of live landmines Promising them that they will be free to return home once the job is done Rasmussen quickly sends the boys out onto the beaches to begin their dangerous assignment However as the group&s inexperience starts to show Carl soon finds himself forming a strong bond with his young charges as they attempt to carry on with their daunting task ...

Against a background of French & British colonialists busily carving up Mother Africa while local tribes were still unashamedly trading in slaves the vulnerable newcomers felt trapped & out of place Where men should have stood shoulder to shoulder they turned on each other instead THE LAND OF MY FATHERS plunges us into this world But in the midst of turmoil there is friendship Edward Richard a man born into slavery & a preacher by profession is convinced that the future of Liberia lies in bringing peace amongst the tribes His mission takes him to the far north where he meets an extraordinary man Halay Edward's new & dearest friend is ready to sacrifice his own life to protect his country; for the Liberians believe that with Halay's death no war will ever threaten their land A century later this belief is crushed when war engulfs the land bearing away with it the descendants of both Edward & Halay ...

Dazzling hallucinatory stories by Sara Gallardo a rediscovered Argentinian contemporary of Garcia Marquez An old man wakes up one morning to find that his beloved garden the envy of all his neighbours is floating away
- with him on board; a bored young woman decides to start a new double life in Buenos Aires
- with the useful prop of a spare head she keeps in her closet; a meek German missionary leaves Paraguay for the Pampas completely unprepared for what he will encounter there at night Land of Smoke is the first English translation of this recently rediscovered major Argentinian writer Dazzling & hallucinatory the stories collected here recall the masters of magical realism
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SHORTLISTED FOR ADVENTURE TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR 2018 EDWARD STANFORD AWARD A thrilling & dangerous adventure through Arunachal Pradesh one of the world's least explored places 'A fabulously thrilling journey through a beguiling land' Joanna Lumley ' With tremendous verve & determination Antonia plunges through an extraordinary world Thank heavens she survived to tell this vivid & thoughtful tale' Ted Simon author of Jupiter's Travels 'A tale of delight & exuberance
- & one I'd thoroughly recommend Bolingbroke-Kent proves a great travelling companion
- compassionate spirited & with a sharp eye for human oddity' Benedict Allen author of Edge of Blue Heaven & Into the Abyss 'A transformative journey that gripped me from the very first page' Alastair Humphreys author of The Boy Who Biked the World & Microadventures' Remote mountainous & forbidding here shamans still fly through the night hidden valleys conceal portals to other worlds yetis leave footprints in the snow spirits & demons abound & the gods are appeased by the blood of sacrificed beasts' A mountainous state clinging to the far north-eastern corner of India Arunachal Pradesh
- meaning 'land of the dawn-lit mountains'
- has remained uniquely isolated Steeped in myth & mystery not since pith-helmeted explorers went in search of the fabled ' Falls of the Brahmaputra' has an outsider dared to traverse it Antonia Bolingbroke-Kent sets out to chronicle this forgotten corner of Asia Travelling some 2000 miles she encounters shamans lamas hunters opium farmers fantastic tribal festivals & little-known stories from the Second World War In the process she discovers a world & a way of living that are on the cusp of changing forever 'A beautifully written exciting & revealing book that harks back to a golden age of travel writing' Lois Pryce author of Revolutionary Ride



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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 all-new chapter of horror has arrived Now that zombies have taken over the world the living have built a walled-in city to keep the dead out But all&s not well where it&s most safe as a revolution plans to overthrow the city leadership & the zombies are turning into more advanced creatures George A Romero&s Land of the Dead is the acclaimed director&s long awaited return to the genre he invented BE SCARED ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play With 2005&s LAND OF THE DEAD George A Romero positions the bulk of his story in a giant skyscraper which houses the last humans left on the planet & the film appears to be Romero&s commentary on the post-911 political landscape The zombies only bother crews who venture outside the makeshift city for supplies but the people are kept sedated by their leader the irascible Kaufman (Dennis Hopper) who exaggerates their threat What Kaufman doesn&t realise is that the zombies are learning skills they half-remember from their old selves leading to some impressively blood-soaked scenes of tumult ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play From the unchallenged master of 1960s small screen sci-fi Irwin Allen presents his boldest & most expensive show Land of the Giants Premiering in 1968 Giants has built up a devoted fan base over the past four decades thanks to its heady mix of mind-blowing special effects suspense & pure escapism It s 1983 & sub-orbital spaceship the Spindrift is en route from Los Angeles to London Mid-flight the craft is drawn into a terrifying space storm forcing it to crash on a hostile planet where little people are hunted down by giants Join Captain Steve Burton & his crew & passengers as they battle for their lives in this complete collection of Land of the Giants! ...