Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play When mean-spirited two-faced foulmouthed Nan welcomes the festive season with her usual mix of sweetness sarcasm & expletives she finds her late husband appearing to warn her of some impending visitors This hilarious update of Charles Dickens& story unfolds after Nan has turned out the Cratchits her relatives from Yorkshire (with their dog Tiny Tim) on Christmas Eve & stolen the over-60 club&s lottery money The Ghost of Christmas Past reveals just how horrible Nan was as a child & as a young wife while the risotto-cooking Armani-clad Ghost of Christmas Present (David Tennant) & The Ghost of Christmas Future show the curmudgeonly old killjoy some home truths Will they be able to change Nan&s ways? Could there be a sweet old lady beneath that miserly exterior? ...

The play is a parable inspired by the Chinese play Chalk Circle Written at the close of World War II the story is set in the Caucasus mountains of Georgia & retells the tale of King Solomon & a child claimed by two mothers A chalk circle is metaphorically drawn around a society misdirected in its priorities Brecht's statements about class are cloaked in the innocence of a fable that whispers insistently to the audience ...

Azar Gat sets out to resolve one of the age-old questions of human existence why people fight & can they stop Spanning warfare from prehistory to the 21st century the book shows that neither an irresistible drive nor a cultural invention deadly violence & warfare have figured prominently in our behavioural toolkit since the dawn of our species People have always alternated between cooperation peaceful competition & violence to attain evolution-shaped human desires A marked shift in the balance between these options has occurred since the onset of the industrial age Rather than modern war becoming more costly (it hasn't) it is peace that has become more rewarding Scrutinizing existing theories concerning the decline of war
- such as the 'democratic peace' & 'capitalist peace'
- Gat shows that they in fact partake of a broader Modernization Peace that has been growing since 1815 By now war has disappeared within the world's most developed areas Finally Gat explains why the Modernization Peace has been disrupted in the past as during the two World Wars & how challenges to it may still arise They include claimants to alternative modernity
- such as China & Russia
- anti-modernists & failed modernizers that may spawn terrorism potentially unconventional While the world has become more peaceful than ever before there is still much to worry about in terms of security & no place for complacency



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There is a cave A cave that is home to a creature A creature that never leaves its cave Because of a wolf The wolf tries everything to get the creature to leave the cave to no avail But what will happen when he's finally successful? This is a laugh-out-loud story with a BIG surprise! ...

In The Cave a board game from K2 author Adam Ka&322;u&380;a players take on the role of a speleologist team tasked with exploring a newly discovered cave Players start from a base & explore a cave tunnel after tunnel effectively building the board (the cave) They have to overcome steep descents underground lakes & tight squeezes They will be given a chance to admire the wonders of the underground like halls full of stalactites To make it all possible they must take the right supplies with them like ropes & oxygen The cave differs every game so players have to be prepared for everything or they will lose time Players earn points for exploring different tiles underwater wondrous descents & so on but to win they&ll need to acquire bonus prizes for exploring the most tiles of each type This makes decision-making during trips very difficult When the cave is fully explored the player who made the biggest effort in the most spectacular way wins the game ...

The Fourth William Wisting Mystery Only three houses away from the policeman's home a man has been sitting dead in front of his television set for four months There are no indications that anything criminal has taken place Viggo Hansen was a man nobody ever noticed even though he lived in the midst of a close-knit community His death doesn't hit the headlines but there is something about the case that catches the attention of William Wisting's journalist daughter Line & she decides to write a newspaper article with a different twist for the festive season the portrait of a completely anonymous & obscure person whose death goes unremarked & unmourned ...

A sweeping multi-generational saga for fans of Downton Abbey set around the stately home of Cavendon Hall as the roaring twenties change the family's fortunes forever 1926 One stately home's future lies with four very different young women On a summer weekend in 1926 the Ingham family gathers at Cavendon Hall the great house in Yorkshire that has been their family home for centuries summoned by the Earl With them are the Swanns who have served the house for generations
- & know all their secrets The estate is under threat the aftermath of the Great War has left Cavendon facing ruin Its heir is pushing for divorce so he can follow his heart & the Earl has a surprise of his own Four young women from both sides of the house will be the ones to shape its future
- Daphne fighting to modernise her ancestral home; Cecily Swann forging a path as a fashion designer in London; Deidre the career girl & Dulcie the outspoken debutante They will change the estate's future for good or ill as the roaring twenties burn towards the Great Depression Nothing will ever be the same again SPECIFICATIONS testing NULL

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In the future convicted Teens have a choice Life in prison or taking their chance in The Caves Two Teens are dropped onto a remote island along with a cyborg monster If they kill the cyborg they go free If they fail they die Zak the wild boy of the island watches the Teens Sometimes he helps them Sometimes he doesn't Highly readable exciting books that take the struggle out of reading Caves encourages & supports reading practice by providing gripping age-appropriate stories for struggling & reluctant readers or those with English as an additional language aged 12 at a manageable length (32 pages) & reading age (6) This series can be read in any order Produced in association with reading experts at Catch Up a charity which aims to address underachievement caused by literacy & numeracy difficulties Book band violet Ideal for age 12 Reading age 6 ...

In the future convicted Teens have a choice Life in prison or taking their chance in The Caves Two Teens are dropped onto a remote island along with a cyborg monster If they kill the cyborg they go free If they fail they die Zak the wild boy of the island watches the Teens Sometimes he helps them Sometimes he doesn't Highly readable exciting books that take the struggle out of reading Caves encourages & supports reading practice by providing gripping age-appropriate stories for struggling & reluctant readers or those with English as an additional language aged 12 at a manageable length (32 pages) & reading age (6) This series can be read in any order Produced in association with reading experts at Catch Up a charity which aims to address underachievement caused by literacy & numeracy difficulties Book band violet Ideal for ages 12 Reading age 6 ...

A Puffin Book
- stories that last a lifetime Puffin Modern Classics are relaunched under a new logo A Puffin Book There are 20
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