'A great read & a fascinating insight into performance' Sir Clive Woodward We all want to discover our hidden talents & make an impact with them But how? Rasmus Ankersen an ex-footballer & performance specialist quit his job & for six intense months lived with the world's best athletes in an attempt to answer this question Why have the best middle distance runners grown up in the same Ethiopian village? Why are the leading female golfers from South Korea? How did one athletic club in Kingston Jamaica succeed in producing so many world-class sprinters? Ankersen presents his surprising conclusions in seven lessons on how anyone
- or any business organisation or team
- can defy the many misconceptions of high performance & learn to build their own gold mine of real talent

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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 Leave it up to the Tramp to turn hard times into hilarity as he savours a Thanksgiving feast of boiled shoe slip slides inside a house teetering on a cliff choreographs a whimsical dance of dinner rolls & faces all manner of perils with pluck & fortitude ...

Winner of the 2016 EDGAR AGATHA MACAVITY & HRFKEATING crime writing awards this real-life detective story investigates how Agatha Christie & colleagues in a mysterious literary club transformed crime fiction Detective stories of the Twenties & Thirties have long been stereotyped as cosily conventional Nothing could be further from the truth The Golden Age of Murder tells for the first time the extraordinary story of British detective fiction between the two World Wars A gripping real-life detective story it investigates how Dorothy L Sayers Anthony Berkeley Agatha Christie & their colleagues in the mysterious Detection Club transformed crime fiction Their work cast new light on unsolved murders whilst hiding clues to their authors' darkest secrets & their complex & sometimes bizarre private lives Crime novelist & current Detection Club President Martin Edwards rewrites the history of crime fiction with unique authority transforming our understanding of detective stories & the brilliant but tormented men & women who wrote them ...

Parts of the previous e Book edition of The Golden Cage have been removed from this edition & will be re-released in the fourth book in The Ballad of Benfro series The Broken World There's a new fantasy phenomenon for 2014
- The Golden Cage is the third enchanting tale in J D Oswald's epic fantasy series The Ballad of Sir Benfro Queen Beulah is determined to have her war despatching Inquisitor Melyn north through the ancient forest to cross unseen into the land of her enemies Battling the ever growing influence of Magog Benfro struggles to resist the treacherous orders of the long dead Dragon Mage a task made yet more difficult by the arrival of Errol in his forest refuge His body broken Errol is tormented by dreams of his beloved Martha imprisoned in a Golden Cage He has escaped from King Ballah's torture chamber but remains powerless to help her Yet fate has united these two Errol holds the key to halting Magog's influence & Benfro has the skill to heal broken bones Working together they might survive Apart they will surely perish & all Gwlad with them The Ballad of Sir Benfro is an utterly compelling & beautifully written new fantasy series from JD Oswald Fans of the Inheritance Series & readers hooked to the world of George R R Martin's Game of Thrones series will love the magic of the Twin Kingdoms The Golden Cage is the third book in the series following Dreamwalker & The Rose Cord which are also published as Penguin e Books Please note that parts of the previous e Book edition of The Golden Cage have been removed from this edition & will be re-released in the fourth book in The Ballad of Benfro series The Broken World J D Oswald is the author of the epic fantasy series The Ballad of Sir Benfro Currently Dreamwalker The Rose Cord & The Golden Cage are all available as Penguin ebooks He is also the author of the Detective Inspector Mc Lean series of crime novels under the name James Oswald In his spare time James runs a 350-acre livestock farm in North East Fife where he raises pedigree Highland Cattle & New Zealand Romney Sheep httpjamesoswaldcouk
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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 Big-budget children&s fantasy adventure adapted from the first instalment of Philip Pullman&s & His Dark Materials& trilogy Lyra (Dakota Blue Richards) a twelve year-old girl living in an Oxford somewhat dissimilar to the one we&re used to goes off in search of a friend who has been kidnapped by &the Gobblers& In this alternate world where a person&s soul appears outside the body in the form of an animal called a &daemon& & witches & talking bears co-exist a shadowy organisation called the & Magisterium& controls the population keeping them in check As she embarks on her quest to find her friend Lyra is soon involved in an epic battle against the forces of darkness in a desperate attempt to save her world Actors Nicole Kidman Daniel Craig Dakota Blue Richards Ben Walker Sam Elliott Directors Chris Weitz Writers Chris Weitz Producers Bill Carraro Deborah Forte Language English Number of discs 2 ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Based on Philip Pullman&s acclaimed His Dark Materials trilogy of books The Golden Compass follows the epic adventure of Lyra through this dimension-crossing family movie ...

The official game of the New Line Cinema feature film ' The Golden Compass' starring Oscar winner Nicole Kidman newcomer Dakota Blue Richards & Daniel Craig Based on Philip Pullman's best-selling & award-winning first novel in the His Dark Materials trilogy Immerse yourself in a parallel world where giant armoured bears rule a kingdom beautiful witches fly through frozen skies & a human beings soul manifests itself as a transforming talking animal
- their demon Assume the role of Lyra a rebellious young girl as she journeys through the frozen wastes of the North on an epic quest to save not only her own world but ours as well Assume the role of Lyra's demon Pan to help her solve puzzles collaborate with other characters to gain vital information & collect special items in order to explore evade & deceive their way through confrontations & adventures Gamers can also play as Lorek a giant armoured polar bear & Lyra's companion who battles enemies with his powerful attacks & special moves
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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 It&s a voyage of discovery in this love story of two immigrants crossing paths on their way to the &new world& Widower & poor Sicilian farmer Salvatore Mancuso (Vincenzo Amato) meets enigmatic English woman Lucy (Charlotte Gainsbourg) on a tempestuous ocean crossing to a new life in America During the voyage romance blossoms between the two leading to marriage prior to their arrival in New York But they have to use all their wits to make it through & The Golden Door& at Ellis Island if they are to realise their dreams ...

Chosen as play of the year in the 2010 Theater Heute yearbook critics survey A funny & theatrical fable of modern life & migration whisking you from your local takeaway to East Asia & back revealing what really goes into that bowl of spicy soup Are you hungry yet? 96 pages Schimmelpfennig Roland ...

Please note this is a region 2 DVD & will require a region 2 (Europe) or region Free DVD Player in order to play Three teenagers jump & The Beast&
- the infamous train that illegal immigrants board to take them from Guatemala through Mexico to the American border The journey to a better life is fraught with danger Facing exploitation at every turn the only people they can trust on this perilous journey are each other Winning critical & audience praise world over this multiple award-winning debut feature establishes Diego Quemada-Diez as a new & powerful voice in contemporary cinema Extras Interview with Director Short Film &I Want To Be A Pilot&
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