A collection of short sharp essays exploring the value of shared & accessible public knowledge in the face of its erosion The ...

Based on the true story of Richie Diener who was shot to death by his own father after a confrontation The film deals with Richie s descent into drug addiction & the battles he has with his father along the way culminating in the shooting incident Actors Ben Gazzara Directors Paul Wendkos Language English Region All Regions Number of discs 1 ...

'I charge you Sir Alan Dale with administering my death At the end of the game I would rather die by your hand than any other' England rebels War rages across the land In the wake of Magna Carta King John's treachery is revealed & the barons have risen against him once more Fighting with them is the Earl of Locksley
- the former outlaw Robin Hood
- & his right-hand man Sir Alan Dale France invades When the French enter the fray with the cruel White Count leading the charge Robin & Alan must decide where their loyalties lie with those who would destroy the king & seize his realm or with the beloved land of their birth A hero who will live for ever Fate is inexorable & Death waits for us all Or does it? Can Robin Hood pull off his greatest ever trick & cheat the Grim Reaper one last time just as England needs him most?

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Fear corruption & treachery abound in this political satire set in the aftermath of Stalin's death in the Soviet Union in 1953 When the leader of the Soviet Union Joseph Stalin has a stroke
- the political gears begin to turn plunging the super-state into darkness uncertainty & near civil war The struggle for supreme power will determine the fate of the nation & of the world & it all really happened
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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 Armando Iannucci directs this dark comedy following the final days of Soviet dictator Josef Stalin (Adrian Mc Loughlin)&s life & the pandemonium that came after his death Set in 1953 feared leader Stalin is taken ill & dies Soon after those closest to him fight for their chance at power The all-star cast

Includes:: Jason Isaacs Steve Buscemi Rupert Friend Jeffrey Tambor & Michael Palin

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THE EPIC EVENT THAT SHOCKED A NATION & CHANGED SUPERMAN FOREVER! Doomsday A creature with single-minded purpose of death & destruction He has landed on Earth laying waste to anything—and anyone—who dares stand in his way The Justice League makes a valiant but ultimately desperate attempt to stop the unknown juggernaut When the beast nears Metropolis Superman answers the call to stop him & then the unthinkable happens The Man of Steelis dead Join DAN JURGENS (SUPERMAN LOIS & CLARK) JERRY ORDWAY (ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN) LOUISE SIMONSON (SUPERMAN THE MAN OF STEEL) & many more as they bring you the seminal moment in the history of the DC Universe & the world itself Collects ACTION COMICS 18-20 ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN 496-498 SUPERMAN 73-75 SUPERMAN THE MAN OF STEEL 17-19 & for the first time ever in a collected edition NEWSTIME THE LIFE & DEATH OF SUPERMAN Meet the Author Dan Jurgens is a writer & artist most famous for creating Booster Gold as well as for being one of the main forces behind " The Death of Superman" He has written andor illustrated titles such as Justice League America Captain America The Sensational Spider-Man Thor Teen Titans Aquaman DC&s Tangent imprint & the company-wide DC crossover known as Zero Hour ...

This is an unforgettable recreation of life in wartime & of the tragic fate of Poland in the twentieth century a novel about sabotage betrayal & the terrible sadness of exile In 1940 during the Phoney War a French destroyer blows up in the Firth of Clyde The disaster is witnessed by Jackie a young girl who for a time thinks she caused the explosion by running away that day from school; by her mother Helen a spirited woman married to a dreary young officer; & by a Polish officer whose country has just been erased from the map by Hitler & Stalin Their lives & the lives of many others are changed by the death of the Fronsac This is a story about divided loyalties treachery & exile; about people in flight from the destinies that seemed to be theirs before the war disrupted the world they knew ...

' One of the last century's greatest woman writers' Guardian When sixteen-year-old Portia is orphaned she is plunged into the sophisticated & politely treacherous world of her wealthy half-brother's home There she encounters the attractive cad Eddie To him Portia is at once child & woman & he fears her gushing love To her Eddie is the only reason to be alive But when Eddie follows Portia to a sea-side resort the flash of a cigarette lighter in a darkened cinema illuminates a stunning romantic betrayal
- & sets in motion one of the most moving & desperate flights of the heart in modern literature
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Dr David Banner (Bill Bixby) has suffered an over-exposure to radiation which makes him turn into a big green monster (Lou Ferrigno) whenever he&s angry Terrorists want to exploit the power of the Hulk which may or may not prove to be Banner&s undoing ...

FROM THE AUTHOR OF THE SUNDAY TIMES NUMBER ONE BESTSELLER THE CALLER' Good job you didn't turn on the lights ' A student nurse has the shock of her life when she discovers her patient prosecutor Derek Nicholson brutally murdered in his bed The act seems senseless
- Nicholson was terminally ill with only weeks to live But what most shocks Detective Robert Hunter of the Los Angeles Robbery Homicide Division is the calling card the killer left behind For Hunter there is no doubt that the killer is trying to communicate with the police but the method is unlike anything he's ever seen before & what could the hidden message be? Just as Hunter & his partner Garcia reckon they've found a lead a new body is found
- & a new calling card But with no apparent link between the first & second victims all the progress they've made so far goes out of the window Pushed into an uncomfortable alliance with confident investigator Alice Beaumont Hunter must race to put together the pieces of the puzzle before the Death Sculptor puts the final touches to his masterpiece Praise for Chris Carter 'A touch of Patricia Cornwell about Chris Carter's plotting' Mail on Sunday ' Gripping not for the squeamish' Heat 'A page-turner' Express

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