Filmed on location in Morocco & based on Greek philosopher Nikos Kazantzaki's controversial novel brings to life an alternative view of the life of Jesus Christ ...

' Gripping An exquisite conversation between two people who know each other like each other & have mutual respect for one another'
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Pope Benedict made history by being the first Pope in over a thousand years to resign from office The Catholic Church the world over was stunned Faced with the internecine warfare in the Vatican by accusations of corruption in the Church & by a seemingly endless series of clerical sex scandals he decided that the resolution of all these problems was outside his power for a man of his age In this most touching & revealing book the author speaks with disarming honesty & humility of his inner life his life of prayer & his firm belief in God But he also addresses all the causes celebres which impacted his pontificate including the Vatileaks scandal readmitting a holocaust denier to full communion with the Church his arguably misunderstood Regensburg speech which upset Muslims his childhood in Nazi Germany On a more personal level he writes with great warmth of his successor Pope Francis & writes beautifully of his love of Mozart This book comes as a final & fitting sequel to his previous works on Jesus of Nazareth ...

In 1933 Bella Stuart leaves her quiet London life to move to Italy to tutor the child of a beautiful Jewish heiress & an elderly Italian aristocrat Living at the family's summer home Bella's reserve softens as she comes to love her young charge & find friendship with Maestro Edward his enigmatic music teacher But as the decade draws to an end & fascism tightens its grip on Europe the fact that Alec is Jewish places his life in grave danger Bella & Edward take the boy on a terrifying train journey out of Italy
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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 Please note the UV copy is only compatible in participating regions please visit the UV website for full details Billy (Academy Award-winner Michael Douglas) Paddy (Academy Award-winner Robert De Niro) Archie (Academy Award-winner Morgan Freeman) & Sam (Academy Award-winner Kevin Kline) have been best friends since childhood So when Billy the group&s sworn bachelor finally proposes to his thirty-something (of course) girlfriend the four head to Las Vegas with a plan to stop acting their age & relive their glory days However upon arriving the four quickly realize that the decades have transformed Sin City & tested their friendship in ways they never imagined The Rat Pack may have once played the Sands & Cirque du Soleil may now rule the Strip but it’s these four who are taking over Vegas It&s going to be legendary! Actors Michael Douglas Robert De Niro Morgan Freeman Kevin Kline Mary Steenburgen Jerry Ferrara Romany Malco Roger Bart Joanna Gleason Michael Ealy Bre Blair April Billingsley Stephen Scott Scarpulla Andrea Moore & Noah Harden Director Jon Turteltaub Certificate 12 years & over Year 2013 Screen Widescreen 2401 Anamorphic Languages English Subtitles English for the hearing impaired ; French ; Italian ; Spanish ; German ; Danish ; Finnish ; Icelandic ; Norwegian ; Swedish Duration 1 hour & 40 minutes (approx) ...

A tale of war of Italy of a beautiful young woman & a terrible tragedy from the number on bestselling author of Songs of Love & War Italy 1945 The war is over but its shadow still lingers & deep in the lush countryside an eccentric aristocrat is savagely murdered in his beautiful palazzo London 1971 Years later this unsolved crime touches the life of Alba a hedonistic girl who lives on a houseboat in swinging Chelsea Between these two distinctive times runs a thread of love decadence & betrayal that takes Alba to the olive groves of the Amalfi Coast rich with the scent of figs the drama of wartime & the lingering decay of tragedy The past unfolds revealing a secret web of partisans & Nazis peasants & counts & in the centre of it all an alluring woman of mystery her mother ...

A Kelsey & Lambert novel A Longmead schoolteacher is found strangled with her own silk scarf & several of the village's men become suspects as Chief Inspector Kelsey investigates ...

Blood is thicker than water
- but it's not as hard as cash The trial of Robbie Munro's life one month to prove he's fit to be a
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In his last will your rich uncle stated that all of his millions will go to the nephew who can enjoy money the most How to find out which nephew should be rich? You will each be given a large amount of money & whoever can spend it first will be the rightful heir Visit the most exclusive theatres or eat in the most expensive restaurants Buy old properties for the price of new ones & sell them as ruins Host a huge party in your mansion or on your private boat Spend like your life would depend on it Spend to become rich! If you&re the first to run through the money on hand you&ll receive the rest of his inheritance – oh & win the game In Last Will each player starts with a certain amount of money an individual player board two errand boys & two cards in some combination of properties & helpers At the start of each round lay out cards from the appropriate decks on the offering boards; the four regular decks are properties companions events helpers & expenses with special cards forming a deck of their own The particular mix of cards varies by round & by the number of players Each player then chooses a plan for the round with each plan indicating the number of cards the player draws (drawn immediately from the four regular decks in any combination) how many errand boys he can use later (one or two) the number of actions available to him that round & his spot in the playing order that round In the playing order for that round players then take turns choosing an action with their errand boy (s) with those actions being Take a card on display & add it to your hand Draw a card from any regular deck – This can be chosen only once by each player Visit the opera & spend 2 Adjust the value modifiers in the property market Take a player board extension thereby giving you room to play more cards Players then take actions in the playing order for that round with each player having as many actions as indicated on his plan Actions let you play one-time events (which have a cost possibly variable); helpers & recurring expenses (which are placed on your individual player board); & properties (which cost money & may depreciate over time) You can often play companions with events or recurring expenses – of course you should bring a date to the opera or a horse on your yacht! – to increase their cost You can also use actions to activate cards on your player board possibly with one or more companions & always with the goal of spending money Helpers & special cards can provide you with unique powers to further boost your profligacy At the end of each round you must discard down to two cards in hand & properties that can depreciate do so; this is good as a player cannot go bankrupt if he owns properties & the only way to get rid of properties is to sell them which regretably puts money back in your hands unless the depreciation was intense or you manipulate the market If a player has no money & no properties he declares bankruptcy & the game ends at the conclusion of that round; otherwise the game ends after seven rounds The player who has the least money (or even who is most in debt) wins ...

In Last Will Getting Sacked the lawyers have found a hidden clause in your uncle&s last will Spending money faster than all your relatives will not be enough To inherit your uncle&s fortune you must also lose your job! After all your uncle&s heritage can&t go to someone who&s employed! With this expansion added to Last Will each player begins the game with a job card that provides him with a regular income each turn & details a number of things the player must do in order to get fired Unlike in real life it can be difficult to persuade your employer to give you the old heave-ho When you miss work he&s inclined to be charitable because he liked your uncle & he&s sorry for your loss To make him angry you need to get caught living it up when you should be working He won&t sack you straight away but he will at least dock your salary Once per round you are able to reduce your income by completing one of the things listed on the job card earning you a demotion Even your kindly old boss has his limits though; when you earn enough demotions to cancel out every line of income you can discard your employment card Congratulations You have been sacked & are one step closer to winning the game! You will also have a chance to find yourself a good demanding wife A wedding is such a romantic way to spend piles of money in a hurry right? The expansion has six nuptial cards so get down on one knee & ask the question! Also with this expansion each game can have a different planning board to bring additional variety to the game When you set up the game boards you randomly select the eight plan tiles that will be used in the game ...