The moving & inspiring story of one of history's most powerful yet forgotten Christmas stories the spontaneous 1914 Christmas truce ...

Christmas is a mysterious as well as magical time of year Strange things can happen & this helps to explain the hallowed tradition of telling ghost stories around the fireside as the year draws to a close Christmas tales of crime & detection have a similar appeal When television becomes tiresome & party games pall the prospect of curling up in the warm with a good mystery is enticing
- & much better for the digestion than yet another helping of plum pudding Crime writers are just as susceptible as readers to the countless attractions of Christmas Over the years many distinguished practitioners of the genre have given one or more of their stories a Yuletide setting The most memorable Christmas mysteries blend a lively storyline with an atmospheric evocation of the season Getting the mixture right is much harder than it looks This book introduces readers to some of the finest Christmas detective stories of the past Martin Edwards' selection blends festive pieces from much-loved authors with one or two stories which are likely to be unfamiliar even to diehard mystery fans The result is a collection of crime fiction to savour whatever the season
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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 Three years after helping to achieve some of the most amazing imagery in cinema history with 2001 A Space Odyssey special effects maestro Douglas Trumbull made an auspicious directorial debut at age 29 with the environmentally themed science fiction classic Silent Running In the distant future plant life on our planet is extinct Remaining specimens are cultivated in vast greenhouse-like domes orbiting in space Bruce Dern (Marnie Coming Home The &burbs Monster) stars as Freeman Lowell dedicated botanist aboard the " Valley Forge" awaiting the call to refoliate Earth
- despite the scorn of his crewmates When an order comes to instead destroy the domes & return home Lowell takes matters into his own hands beginning a long & lonely voyage into the unknown With its remarkable special effects (especially the robot drones Huey Dewey & Louie); glorious score (including songs performed by Joan Baez); memorable sound effects (created by Joseph Byrd from the cult band The United States of America); a screenplay co-written by Michael Cimino (The Deer Hunter) & Steven Bochco (Hill Street Blues) & an impassioned central performance from Dern Silent Running remains a uniquely contemplative & haunting adventure that continues to make hippies of young children even today Actors Bruce Dern Cliff Potts Ron Rifkin Jesse Vint Mark Persons Steven Brown Cheryl Sparks & Larry Whisenhunt Director Douglas Trumbull Certificate Universal Suitable for All Year 1971 Screen Widescreen 1851 Languages English Subtitles English for the hearing impaired Closed Captions Yes Duration 1 hour & 30 minutes (approx)
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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 Amazing companions on an incredible adventure that journeys beyond imagination! As this science fiction classic opens botanist Freeman Lowell has spent eight years aboard the space freighter & Valley Forge& preserving the only botanical specimens left on earth under huge Geodesic domes When he receives orders to destroy the project & return home Lovell rebels & hijacks the freighter killing his fellow crewmen injuring himself & plunging the craft into the gaseous rings of Saturn From that moment on he has only the trees the gardens & two & Drone& robots Huey & Dewey to keep him company in the loneliest adventure of all Actors Bruce Dern Cliff Potts Ron Rifkin & Jesse Vint Director Douglas Trumbull Certificate Universal Suitable for All Year 1971 Languages English ; German
- Dolby Digital (10) Mono Subtitles English for the hearing impaired ; German ; Dutch ; Swedish ; Norwegian ; Danish ; Finnish Duration 1 hour & 26 minutes (approx) Region Region 2
- Will only play on European Region 2 or multi-region DVD players

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- the world's bestselling new crime author Even the darkest secrets can't stay buried forever
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Rachel Carson's Silent Spring alerted a large audience to the environmental & human dangers of indiscriminate use of pesticides spurring revolutionary changes in the laws affecting our air land & water This Penguin Modern Classics edition

Includes:: an introduction by Lord Shackleton a preface by World Wildlife Fund founder Julian Huxley & an afterword by Carson's biographer Linda Lear Now recognized as one of the most influential books of the twentieth century Silent Spring exposed the destruction of wildlife through the widespread use of pesticides Despite condemnation in the press & heavy-handed attempts by the chemical industry to ban the book Rachel Carson succeeded in creating a new public awareness of the environment which led to changes in government & inspired the ecological movement It is thanks to this book & the help of many environmentalists that harmful pesticides such as DDT were banned from use in the US & countries around the world Rachel Carson (1907-64) wanted to be a writer for as long as she could remember Her first book Under the Sea Wind appeared in 1941 Silent Spring which alerted the world to the dangers of the misuse of pesticides was published in 1962 Carson's articles on natural history appeared in the Atlantic Monthly the New Yorker Reader's Digest & Holiday An ardent ecologist & preservationist Carson warned against the dumping of atomic waste at sea & predicted global warming If you enjoyed Silent Spring you might like John Christopher's The Death of Grass also available in Penguin Modern Classics' Carson's books brought ecology into popular consciousness' Daily Telegraph ' Very few books change the course of history Those that do include Silent Spring' Linda Lear author of Rachel Carson Witness for Nature

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Silent Victory is a solitaire tactical level game placing you in command of an American submarine during WWII in the Pacific Your mission is to destroy as much Japanese shipping & as many warships as possible while advancing your crew quality & decorations
- all while remembering you have to make it home Silent Victory is purposely designed to deliver a brisk yet intensive gaming experience that forces many decisions upon you as you take command of one of the major US Fleet submarine types in service Patrols will take you to differing parts of the Pacific as time progresses in the war The most successful commanders will be those that can manage the risks they take while prosecuting as many targets as possible The game engine is built upon the successful Hunters design & has proven to be a solid playable experience All the major US Fleet boat types are accounted for with every level of detail including period of service armaments crew makeup damage capacity & more
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For forensic pathologist Dr Sam Ryan solving child murders & ritual killings is all in a day's work But in her search for justice & truth she must confront her own demons particularly when faced with personal tragedy

Includes:: all teh episodes from the show's first series

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All ten two-part episodes from series 15 & 16 of the BBC crime thriller Forensic experts Dr Leo Dalton (William Gaminara) Dr Harry Cunningham (Tom Ward) & Dr Nikki Alexander (Emilia Fox) investigate various cases including the murder of one of Harry&s work colleagues & the re-emergence of evidence relating to an unsolved case involving a notorious serial killer The episodes are & Death Has No Dominion& & And Then I Fell in Love& & Paradise Lost& & Domestic& & Redhill& & Fear& & Change& & Trust& & True Love Waits& & & Greater Love& ...

Nikki struggles to come to terms with Leo&s death following the arrival of the new boss Thomas Chamberlain Her feelings surface as the pressure grows to find leads for two unsolved cases--a mother & son murdered in their wealthy London home & the disfigured body of a young woman Episodes ...